The White Album

Whenever it was someone's birthday in our household, my parents would throw side 3 of the Beatles' 1968 self-titled album on to the turntable, and blast "Birthday." It was a fun tradition, albeit a strange one for a household that was normally full of anger and abuse most days of the year. Even though we had this album on vinyl (my dad would always lament that he had passed up the opportunity to purchase a copy of it on white vinyl for $20), "Birthday" and the first five seconds or so of "Yer Blues" were the only songs I had ever heard off of it until I was an adult. I can't remember when it was, but at some point, my brother was looking at the track listing on this album and pointed out some of the more eclectic titles of "Happiness is a Warm Gun" and "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for me and my Monkey" to me, and we were both incredibly confused as to what was going on on this album, but I don't remember our curiosity ever taking us further than that. This is my third Beatles album that I've gotten on this list, and I had really high expectations going into it. This album has some of my favorite Beatles songs on it ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Dear Prudence," "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da," and "Birthday") but I'm pretty sure this was my first time listening to it from start to finish. Just like the other Beatles albums I've listened to on this list (A Hard Day's Night and With The Beatles), this album is a masterpiece when it comes to the instrumentation. Every note is perfectly placed, and there's all sorts of wonderful things going on in the background that elevate the overall sound of the album. Each member of the band really seems to be at the height of their craft here, with George Harrison's guitar playing on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as the shining example of this. But as a whole, I don't think my expectations of this album were met. I can appreciate the ambition that went into crafting a record with so many different sounds and genres, but it just feels overblown and and self-indulgent. Hell, the whole band only performed on just over half the songs here, and it kind of shows. And at a total running time just over an hour and a half, it was a lot to get through this album in one sitting. I did enjoy the folk-inspired songs quite a bit though; it was really interesting to hear The Beatles put their own spin on the genre, and I thought they executed those songs really well, both in musical style and in lyrical content. I appreciate how ambitious this album was, how great some of the songs are, and how influential it was on music, but as a whole work it just fell a little bit short for me.

Messy, it's got some tracks I don't usually revisit, but wow. It's the White Album.

It's the White Album.

Probably loses something without the historical context. Long. Would be better if reduced by a song or two.

The famous White Album by The Beatles. This album is mildly experimental in nature with multiple styles of music throughout. Having been on a retreat in India and written most of the songs there, it feels like they wanted to just really get into their feels, yet at the same time it seems as though they placed all of the songs written since their last album onto this record. Whilst there are some absolute classic Beatles songs throughout this double album, I wish it was curated a little better. Best: Blackbird Worst: Good Night

Highlights: "Martha My Dear," "Blackbird," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Helter Skelter" I wouldn't call White Album jumping the shark, but it's definitely at the point where they had a right to be up their own ass and have no quality control. The majority of songs on here are like gags or quaint diversions. Some of these try a new direction -- you know, the awful ones, like "Ob-La-Di." The quality songs, some of their best, mainly revisit styles that have worked for them before. A lot of the rockers are the weaker songs: as heavy as "Yer Blues" is, it overstays its welcome; as strong as the riff on "Monkey" is, it's uneven as a song. It's weird how many of these songs are thrown off by awkward counts, *made* un-catchy, and it's weird how many of them are pointedly old-fashioned, pure kitsch. Even the at times spectacular production winds up as a gimick. The main thing that keeps this album afloat is their charismatic vocal performance. Whether this album can get pinpointed as highly influential or excellent rests on "Helter Skelter." And yeah, maybe that's enough.

I think this is good? Honestly it's 90 minutes long and has 30 tracks so it's hard to really get a good grasp on this after just one listen, but I think I enjoyed it. Plenty of iv6 chords and it was fun listening to all the different contexts they're used in.

i had some hateful review with no rating when i hadnt even heard the album. weird. anyway, ive never been much for this style of album, i usually prefer something tight and clean. theres some great tunes (sexy sadie, helter skelter, while my guitar gently weeps) but im just gonna go back to those rather than this whole bloated mess.

Det håller fortfarande.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, and Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da are the standouts for me from this album. Incredibly creative album, sort of the Beatles throwing everything at the wall. I think that brought out some real highs, but as a double album of experimental tracks or things they wrote as challenges to themselves, it does end up feeling a bit bloated and unfocused particularly in the back half.

Some absolute classics on this album. An absolute masterpiece with some psychedelic interludes…

Dear Prudence is one of, if not my favorite song ever. There’s quite a bit of filler spaced throughout but I believe if you got rid of the fillers and kept the bangers down to one disc it’d probably be the greatest album of all time. As it stands, it’s merely an incredibly great album.

ну classicss love so much while my guitar gently weeps :зз

Really well-made. Really long, but packed with good songs. More experimental, which I like. Hard to list all songs I liked. Cool melodies, lush orchestral pieces. + Wild Honey Pie, Glass Onion, Bungalow Bill, Martha My Dear, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Julia, Mother Nature's Son, Me And My Monkey, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Good Night

Very long album, but good stuff once again from the Beatles

A Classic with some hits and others with eccentric taste

Classic album. Some genre defining sounds here that I’m sure influenced generations. One off though for me personally because not every one is a winner

love all the different genres on here

Some of my favorite Beatles songs are on this album, but there’s also a good chunk of this album that I don’t like.

Lots of good on this album. And also lots of silly, experimental songs on this album. One can see the creative differences at play between the Beatles, but overall they churn out another album with plenty of classics.

I feel like I'm obligated to give this a 5 for some reason but "Wild Honey Pie" dropped it to a 2 all by it's little lonesome. "While my guitar gently weeps" brought it back up to a 4. That song is gold. 'Happiness is a warm gun,' whoops, back down to 3. Long story short, this album has moments of greatness.

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One of my challenges with rating albums in services like this is, this is obviously a 4 or 5 star album that I would never, of my own volition, put on to listen.

3.75/5 some good songs

i'm always kind of conflicted on this album. while it is a definite classic and it does have some of the beatles best songs on it, there are entire sections of the album that i don't return to very often. an example of this is the run from "piggies" to "why don't we do it in the road?", which i think is one of the worst in their entire discography. but at the same time, the variety is what makes this one of my most listened beatles albums behind revolver. and if we're talking about track runs, the run from "everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey" to "revolution 1" is probably one of the best in their catalogue and possibly best period. so while i can't give this a perfect rating like many others have, i still do consider this to be one of my favorite albums.

Only thing better is The Grey Album.

Whoo... lots going on here. Lots of good stuff packed in here, but it really does feel like 4 different albums mashed together. Provides some great Wiki reading holes as well...

Great, but not their absolute best. Dear Prudence and While my guitar are 10/10 though.

Holds up.

Always a pleasure to spend time with this weird, wondrous, sprawling album. We talk a lot about the huge influence that The Beatles had on music and culture. I think them releasing this album, where odd little experiments and silly jokes commingle with fantastic songwriting, gave countless future artists the permission to make other strange, rambling albums in a similar vein. And what a wonderful gift! The White Album continues to give other artists permission to get weird if they want to. I'm very grateful for that. This is The Beatles' funniest album for sure. I still can't get over "Back in the U.S.S.R." It must have started as a joke - part Beach Boys parody, part political satire - but because they're just so good at writing songs, it ends up being a catchy jam and a great song. And "Glass Onion," where the lyrics troll Beatles fans searching for secret meanings that don't exist. I love how the druggy experiments like "Wild Honey Pie" made it onto the album. It gives you a little insight into what being in the studio with them must have been like - goofing around, laughing and always creating and recording. There are also a bunch of stunning songs that might not have made it onto a less adventurous album. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is incredible, but dark and twisted. And "Helter Skelter" always blows my mind. Like, in addition to everything else they did, did The Beatles also play a role in inventing heavy metal?? And I haven't even mentioned the absolute classics - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Blackbird" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" are on this album. "Revolution 1" has always been a favorite of mine too. I could go track-by-track because there are a ton of gems here. But I'll shout out one more - "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" is a personal favorite. I love its energy.

When this came up and I started looking over the track listing I had to do a double take to check that this wasn't some form of greatest hits or era's-compilation sort of release. It's so good. "Dear Prudence" "Obla Di Obla Da" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" "Blackbird" "Helter Skelter" "Revolution 1" are all truly amazing and legendary tracks. While My Guitar.. and Blackbird are two of my favorite Beatles songs. Both very different and both highlighting guitar creativity along with the magic that can happen between a perfect vocal and a perfect guitar part. This is a 5/5 of course and is probably one of the highest rated albums on this list for all users.

Revolution 9 is the most Yoko Ono thing ever. The rest of the album is damn near perfect.

1/2 5 Star - 1/2 4 Star, with a 3 Star in there... So 4 1/2 stars. Obviously, I don't have to say much about my love for the Beatles. This record is not a fit for every day, or for some activities... but it sure is a great listen when you're into it.

Ein Klassiker...ganz schwierig. Was zählt meine Meinung da schon gegen millionen Anderer. Einige Lieder kannte ich schon und mag sie auch sehr wie Blackbird. Ein paar habe ich neu kennengelernt. Den würde ich safe fünf Sterne geben. Dann gibt's viele Songs, die einfsch nichts in mir auslösen, die sagen mir irgendwie gar nichts. Und dann gibt's noch die Kategorie "über Essen singen". Solche Lieder direkt nach einem Love Song oder so...passt weniger. Allgemein glaube ich das Album ist etwas zu lang...da kann man nicht alles gut machen. Und dann doch diese banger dazwischen...bin unentschlossen

Also ich finde es schwierig, weil an sich kenne ich die Beatles vom Namen her, aber recht wenig Songs. Zum einen hat sich meine Vermutung oder meine Vorkenntnisse, was für Musik die machen bestätigt, aber zum anderen gab es auch so Ausnahmen, wo ich voll überrascht war. Natürlich kannte ich schon ein paar von den Songs und höre die auch, aber waren jetzt noch nie wirklich Lieblingssongs oder so, also es gab wenig Songs die mir wirklich gefallen haben, ich fand es aber trotzdem interessant, wie viele unterschiedliche Genres in dem Album ausprobiert wurden. Trotzdem find ich es für ein Album etwas lang, da verlierst man meiner Meinung nach irgendwann Interesse…

Are you kidding me? Fundamental.

Great

I'm too under qualified to explain why this album is so good but one thing I do know is that Blackbird could be the best song ever written.

1 - Back in the USSR 2 - Dear Prudence 3 - Ob-la-de, Ob-la-da 4 - While my Guitar Gently Weeps 5 - Happiness is a Warm Gun 6 - Martha my Dear 7 - I’m so Tired 8 - Blackbird 9 - Piggies 10 - I will 11 - Yer Blues 12 - Everybody’s Got Something to Hide 13 - Helter Skelter 14 - Revolution 1 15 - Good Night Chopped it in half and there’s still a few filler tracks. Can’t go lower than a 4 though for the great one on there.

Beautiful. A lifetime of memories wrapped up in 1 album.

Vinilo. Aunque hay alguna canción demasiado experimental.

Gotta love the beatles

First time fully listening to this overall a great album with a handful of songs that I just can't stand namely wild honey pie. Blackbird and while my guitar gently weeps were highlights. I still am unsure if there's an arc that is trying to be constructed throughout the album here but it ends nicely.

Quality

I was excited to listen to this iconic album, ranked #29 on the RS Top 500 behind Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Peppers and Revolver. From Wikipedia: "Featuring a plain white sleeve, the cover contains no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed. This was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's previous LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Back in the USSR is classic Beatles: fast paced, synchronized voices, that timeless sound. Dear Prudence is a beautiful love song. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is a bouncer. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is moaning, slow and deliberate. Blackbird is simple, hopeful and incredibly poetic. Rocky Raccoon, a fan favorite, is a jangly saloon piano sing-a-long that's different than many Beatles songs. I've heard the riff to Birthday 1000X but didn't know it was The Beatles. I really enjoyed the mangy track Yer Blues. Great album. Timeless and packed full of hits.

Was really enjoying this album’s experimental work until John took it too far with NUMBA NINE. Everything else was very good, definitely could have dropped some other songs, like Wild Honey Pie and had it be a single disc. Overall, very enjoyable, will listen again. 4/5

Ive always loved this album hard to ignore the weird amount of total duds here though 4.5

It's the white album

It's the big one. I like it.

the best beatles album.

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Like winning the quadruple in album form

5/5. Classic. Brilliant from start to finish.

So many all-time, forever known songs. Huge album. Some songs I would deem throwaway due to being too jumpy and energetic in the Beatles fashion that I am not as partial to (beach boys sound). Those that hit do hit though.

Some of the best Beatles songs, some of the worst. Never not interesting

Banger album.

Ok, so I thought this album started out as a 5. There were songs in the middle which made me think maybe this album is a 4. By the end, which overstayed it’s welcome, I was wanting to turn it off. By the time revolution 9 came on I was just over it. So even though my favorite beetles song is on this album, it’s a 3. T3B 1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 2. I’m So Tired 3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Wonderful

as tonally weird as "Tommy" but more accessible to me.

I remember discovering my dads Beatles vinyl back in about 1991 and this album was always a strange curiosity to me. It was really pretty different to everything else. A combination and great tunes (Gently Weeps, Blackbird) and oddities (Piggies, Honey Pie). I was put off by some and instantly loved others. Time has made appreciate it all collectively. A decent album but not anywhere near their best. I’d like to give it 3.5 but I’ll round it up to 4 because… well, because it’s The Beatles White Album.

What can I say that wasn’t said before? Honestly, this albums has really great songs. It production techniques showed a leap forward. It is a great musical milestone. However, I think that they could have cleaned the song list a little bit and come up with a single kick ass record. That would have been an A+

That's good.. but it's too much stuff to be all good and, in fact, it isn't

So longggggg. But definitely some bright points and influential in scope.

The good songs are fantastic and sufficiently outweigh the cringe / mediocrity of the bad to make this a 4.

As an album, this is a rambling, incoherent mess, desperately searching for a stronger producer. This feels like a brief, misguided staging post between Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road. It is self-indulgent almost to the point of parody, gropingly unsure of what it wants to be, yet at the same time contains some of the greatest individual tracks ever recorded. If we’re reviewing “albums”, then this is an album in the same way a “Best of…” compilation is an album; a nice collection of singles and deeper cuts, but barely registering as singular piece of work in its own right. Songs on it; 5/5. As an album; 1/5.

A glorious mess of explosive creativity 5/5

Classic.

I mean. It's the Beatles. And not only that, it's my favorite Beatles album. I've always that this was peak Beatles - mature, ironic, not too woo-woo, a little stranger than earlier albums. I know that intelligent minds could differ over what the BEST Beatles album is, and this might not get the majority vote, but it's my favorite.

Beautiful to hear.

This one was a hard choice for me. Torn between a 4 and a 5 because the album is great, I’ll listen to it again certainly, but it doesn’t blow the roof off when looked at overall, and gets a little too quirky for me to immediately place at the top of the top. The one deal breaker for me is Blackbird. I just love this song, it has brought voice to heartache and given me hope so many times. Of course there are other great songs on this album, Helter Skelter, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Dear Prudence, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, but the 5 stars is due to Blackbird in the end.

I’ll admit: first time listening to this album from start to finish. Came in grumpy (can’t give The Beatles all the stars just cause they’re The Beatles! Grrr!). Then songs like Happiness is a Warm Gun, Julia, and Helter Skelter kept coming on and I thoroughly loved it and I’m giving it all the stars.

Not my favorite but there’s an intimacy and a confidence that are really nice. Feels like this is making music especially for themselves, what they had inside wanting out. And it took until this listen to realize I’ve been playing Blackbird wrong.

Revolution 9 ne peut pas rester impunie

on est pas là pour être objectifs (tqt Piggies c pas sur toi)

Brilliant

Legendary.

Viiiiel zu lang. Die zweite Hälfte kommt dann aber noch mal richtig in die Gänge. Frustrierend, dass die Beatles eigentlich alles schon gemacht haben - vielleicht nicht immer am allerbesten von allen, aber immer mit Klasse. Revolution 9 nimmt im Collagenformat bereits vorweg, was Pink Floyd ein gutes halbes Jahrzehnt später mit ihren Klangstücken zur Meisterschaft bringen werden und mit Good Night wird ein für die Band ungewöhnliches Stück (wovon zugegebenermaßen einige auf der Platte sind) an das Ende gestellt und somit ein veritabler Recency Effect ausgenutzt. Danke für die Meßlatte, Jungs!

Lastig, voelt wel alsof het veel invloed heeft gehad, voelt ook meteen een stuk moderner dan hun vorige album. Maar er zitten wel heel wat nummers op die een beetje meh zijn

I feel guilty giving it 4 as such as classic album, but that’s what it felt like.

Beaucoup de chansons sont des 5; par contre, quelques électrons libres me font douter. En même temps, c'est ce que j'apprécie de cet album: la créativité, la prise de risque, le fait que les membres du groupe semblent avoir tellement de plaisir à expérimenter. Tellement d'airs me sont restés dans la tête par la suite aussi!

they simply do not make boy bands like this anymore — a group of adrenaline-pilled, disillusioned 20-somethings who pour all their vigor, joys and sadnesses, anger and anxieties, into a 30-song double album that’s as thematically concise as it is sprawling. the Beatle’s colloquial White Album is an overly indulgent, disjointed epic inspired by any and everything, reeking of the brewing dysfunction that would lead to the Beatles’ eventual disintegration. it’s also a brilliant masterwork. not for nothing, The Beatles were not afraid to just have fun. songs like “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, “Why Don’t We Do It in The Road?” and “Dear Prudence” showcase their ability to write wildly and comically, and the joy is incredibly infectious. but The Beatles also know when to bow their heads for a moment of somber introspection. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (easily one of the best songs on the record), “Blackbird”, and “Julia” expose the underbelly of a band who masked visceral emotion with hip-swinging tunes about stupid nothings. they show their disdain for a political climate fueled by greed (even though their political inclinations are toned down here), but then follow them up with pastiches of people in their lives and made up individuals. it is pure chaos rolled into an album that, listened front to back, tells the story of a group of people who constantly sought the beauty in the mess and horror of a dying world around them. this is not a funeral for that world, mind you — it is a celebration of its contradictions, and its strength exists in its non-singularity.

Want to listen to beatles chronologically so I listened to please please me instead the rating will be for the debut not the white album

What a bunch of strange dudes. Top notch.

It's a bloated mess but there's so much great stuff on here, and even the songs I don't like add so much character to the album that I honestly wouldn't change a thing. I can't give it a 5 in good conscience as it can be such a slog to listen to all the way through, but on the whole it's a stunning collection of songs

Not bad.

Maybe I'm too influenced by the media and the Beatle's propaganda, but this is one of my favorite albums. Even with the wide range of styles found here, I enjoy all the songs. Its influence is spread worldwide, and many bands and musicians were made around the concepts they developed on this album, so a 5-star rate is the minimum rate possible for it.

The Beatles are good Album a bit long at 1 hour and 33 minutes

Amazing how all over the place this album is. Saying that I’m meaning it in the best way possible. Could do anything/any sound as a band and make it sound great. Had to check auto play hadn’t started a new album by a new band for Good Night. Belter Skelter (auto correct changed that and I’m not correcting it) Obla Di, While My Guitar my stand outs, with Blackbird one of my favourite Beatles songs ever

Kind of couldn't be arsed listening to it properly. Heard plenty of the beatles.

Did not feel 90 minutes which is a huge compliment. This album is fucking bonkers in the best way. It has rock and roll, jazz, 1920 showgirl tunes, lullabies, hollywood film scores all whilst being Beatles tunes. What a band. I cannot imagine what people thought each time they released something new. Must of been so exciting.

“It was great, it sold, it’s the bloody Beatles White Album, shut up!”

The beginning of the end for the Beatles. I always feel a little bittersweet listening to the white album because (more than even Let it Be) I feel like I can hear the pain of these four friends discovering that they are all different people than they once were and just can't work together anymore. But what a strange unique and wonderful album that they managed to produce. Lennon's songs tend to stand out as the high points, Happiness is a warm gun, Glass onion and The continuing Story of Bungalow Bill all show a sublime mastery of melody, dynamics and Lennon's signature bizarre lyrics. Subsequently there is a tendency to write off McCartney's "granny music shit" (John's words, not mine) but personally I wouldn't want to live in a world deprived of the unashamed fun of Rocky Racoon or Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da or indeed the wonderful creation that is Blackbird. My favourite part of the album comes right at the end with Revolution 9, an experimental piece that is so large in its scope and ambition that even at 8:22 (the longest Beatles track) it feels like they could barely fit in all the ideas they wanted. Its tempting to put this down as yet another influence of Yoko's influence on John but when you dig a bit deeper there appears to have been far more involvement from Ringo and George than you'd first think, but we will never know the full story behind exactly how it came to be, which gives the piece a wonderful mysterious quality. An of course how do you finish an album after 8:22 of pure experimental weirdness? With the pure corniness of "Goodnight", in a way I see them as companion pieces, Revolution 9 being pure tension and stress and Goodnight putting a very soft and surprisingly emotional full stop on the album. I always think Ringo's voice was incredibly under utilised and he is on great form here and his whisper of "Goodnight everybody" at the end of this remarkable album always makes me feel a bit emotional. Simply one of the greatest albums ever made and I don't think I could ever fully understand someone who couldn't find at least something to like in it.

this is awesome

So terrible good…

Ah, the White Album. While it may not be the best Beatles album, it is a high contender for my favorite LP of there's, if not favorite album in general. It even sports what is perhaps my favorite song of all time, Julia. The album starts with, while not my favorite Beatles song, a great start to an album with hugh energy necessary for the ninety-three minutes ahead. It then flows perfectly into Dear Prudence, which is just super nice and calm, and I think of all things Rock Band really nailed in the visuals, adding color to the formally monochrome gameplay as the song heightens the sound. As we enter Glass Onion I remember thinking how I disliked the song for being a little to self referential, but I've grown to like it with this re-listen. Perhaps it's due to the focus on the severely underrated Magical Mystery Tour LP's songs. Next is Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, which is not that bad. I think people only hate it because John said he hated it so much, and it grew from there. It totally goes for the energy it sings about and nails it, and I think it's a great test to see if someone can just enjoy a happy song. This sentiment continues with Wild Honey Pie, which is absolutely hilarious, and is short enough where it isn't a bother. The first song that does actually irk me is The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, which chorus does grate me a little on so many repeats, and the vocals on the rest of the song doesn't help, but this is totally forgotten by the time you're getting into the opening notes on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which is a rare moment where despite being a famous song, absolutely earns it and does not lose any luster because of it. The absolute emotion coming from both the guitar and Harrison's voice speaks volumes to any listener, and is in my opinion one of the few times Clapton earns his recognition. We end the first side with Happiness Is A Warm Gun, and it's range from the beginning of the song to the end is such an impressive range of understanding how to write a song that it is an absolute joy no matter how it sounds. We start side two with a jolly song about a dog. How a song about a dog can be such a lovely tribute is astonishing, and may be the perfect example of how much McCartney truly loved things in his life with this joyful passion that sometimes other Beatles members feel too cold to take advantage of. I'm So Tired, while the weaker of the Lennon sleep duology, is really good at stripping back it's sound to let it stick in the listener, and to also build up the sound as Lennon sings "A Little Piece of Mind". Blackbird shows that McCartney once again is an excellent song writer. The guitar on this is fantastic and I've yet to hear a cover that recreates it just as well, and the vocals suit it perfectly. Not McCartney's best guitar focused song (how can you top Yesterday), but it is still amazing. We do next have a tad bit of a stinker in my mind with Piggies, which is a rarity for George, but this song has never worked for me. The harpsichord sounds too dainty, and the vocals almost sound drowned out by the orchestra at times. Perhaps a stripped down version would be up my alley more. Rocky Raccoon probably has my favorite outtake of any Beatles song, and tend to listen to more than the original, but this only makes me somewhat fresh-faced for this re-listen. I think it does an excellent job telling this simple story, something certainly not rivaling Dylan's storytelling, but just fun, which fits for once again Paul. The Old Timey piano hits this sweetspot for me that I think the harpsichord in Piggies was trying to go for. I may all be bias though, as my name is in this song. Next is Ringo's only song that he wrote himself other than Octopus's Garden (which George helped with anyway), and I should hate this, as the fiddle can come as annoying and Starr's vocal talent is less than ideal, but I don't. In fact, I quite enjoy this. It has the same energy some of the goofy Paul songs from earlier bring, while completely showing Ringo should have truly been a country music singer, and just so happened to be in the most famous rock band of all time instead. Why Don't We Do It In the Road? really shows that vocal talent I love about McCartney, and shows some of that not silly love song energy from Paul we'll see later with Helter Skelter. Paul gets a completely contrasting song right after with I Will, just a completely relaxing piece that is that silly love songs that McCartney fans, including myself, just adore. The little background instrumentation that happens is severly underrated in this piece. And then we get Julia. Dear God Julia. It's just so gorgeous. We have John just singing his soul out to his deceased mother Julia, who while their relationship is certainly... "interesting", it doesn't detract at all from the pure love in this song. The vocals, the lyrics, and the guitar playing just feel the most authentic the Beatles have ever and did ever feel, and while John has never been my favorite Beatle, he does earn my top spot for the song by a Beatle. I would write more, but I want to cut myself off now. Perfect way to end side two. Side three starts with Birthday, which I'm sorry but this song isn't that bad either. It is the perfect song for what the song is about, and Paul sounds genuinely more excited for my biethday than I have ever been. Just feels like an older Beatles tune, but if they didn't have to write about love for once. In my opinion this nails what Back in the USSR tries to capture. Which is of course why it is led up with John saying "Yes I'm Lonely, Want to Die" to really bring you back down from that pleasant high. A very bluesy number, which indeed makes this a song I'm not too crazy about, but that riff certainly sticks in your head, and those repeated lyrics I already mentioned are an excellent line to show people who don't know the lesser known Beatles discography. To pair with Julia we have McCartney's Mother Nature's Son, a very melancholic song, which feels like something you listen to while laying in the grass. Just so light and airy, and the orchestral brass giving it the weight to keep it tied down to earth. Not as emotional as Julia in my opinion, but glad this made it over of Child of Nature (especially so Jealous Guy could make to Imagine later on). What I would say is somehow the most forgettable song on the album is Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, which other than John belting out the title, I completely forget the sound of after hearing. Not a bad track, but nothing crazy, and totally doesn't earn that ludicrous title. With Sexy Sadie I remember thinking it sounde reminiscent of a Hunky Dory era Bowie song, but I have since noted the actual influence in Radiohead's Karma Police. This used to be one of my favorite songs on the album, with it's 50's style doo-whop type sound really sticking in my mind and the piano focus only taking a backseat for the guitar in the chorus (save for that enchanting guitar ending) really feeling great to hear. Then Helter Skelter starts. Now, this song has been in my concious for years and years, so it's nothing new, but this seems so crazy for 1968. I'm not about to say the Beatles solely invented metal, because that would be really narrow-minded, but the raw power on this track is stronger than the album Raw Power. We end side three with another Harrison song, Long Long Long to really round out the semifinal part of the album, which is just a heartfelt message from Harrison, something he is quite good at doing. We start the final part of the album with a taste of what is to come in just a few songs. Luckily this one is far more casually enjoyable. While I don't like this version quite as much as the high octane rendition the original presents, this is still a good head bopper that really feels from it's era in a good way. Shoo-bops and all. Speaking of songs alluding to other songs, Honey Pie is sorely underrated, often being undermined by it's far weirder and shorter sibling, when it deserves to be a highlight of the album. The way once again Paul just shows a true love of the music he is making really presents an enjoyment rarely seen in the music industry. It's almost criminal that the show tune style this song goes for is not given a chance more often, as it really gives it this nostalgic feeling while still being thematically relevant to the lyrics presented. I like this kind of music indeed. Savoy Truffle is a track I always thought when I first went through the entire Beatles discography was a McCartney track because of how bubbly it is, with the horns really adding to the song, and the food allusions really just makes it so groovy to listen to. With Cry Baby Cry, which I was saw someone say was the most British song ever, is enjoyable on it's own, although a little simple, makes an excellent choice of adding a snippet of Can You Take Me Back at the end to have relaxed sound after a slowly building up song. Perhaps it's good to have to prepare for what's to come. Now Revolution 9 is... well, it's bad. Is it super experimental, and thus perhaps impressive for the time? Definitely, but it isn't enjoyable to listen to or even dissect, as it's been done to death. It's boring at best, and extremely uncomfortable most of the other time. It's coolest thing is how it messes with the audio channels, but the actual song presented should never be listened to as a song, and is definitely something I consider a sour point on the album, especially so close to the end. Luckily we get to end on an extremely peaceful note, with Ringo using his suprisingly soothing voice to basically sing as all a lullaby and bring us back to peace after that... experience. It's no wonder he went on to narrate Thomas the Tank Engine for a time. The sweeping orchestra really makes me adore this one too, and is a perfect placement and a perfect send off to this fantastic album. Now, this album does obviously have small issues, but there's so much fantastic stuff here that it really destroys any negatives this album may have, and makes it what I consider a near perfect album, and certainly good enough for the 5 star. I love this album, apparently enough to write something about each song, something I've never done and may never do again, and I just really appreciate getting to listen to this all again in one sitting, haven't done that in so long, and it really made me remember why I love the Beatles so much. Once again, fantastic album.

I'm not sure how to feel about this album. The good is really good, but there's a chunk of weird and experimental stuff that doesn't always work. Not that I'm against pushing the envelope so to speak, I really like some music I would consider very weird and experimental. I just don't know if most of it worked or even sounded good. I don't think the Beatles are any better by Wild Honey Pie or Why Don't We Do It In The Road existing. Savoy Truffle is pretty good from a musical standpoint, I don't think I understand the lyrics, or maybe they're meant to be just plain odd. Revolution 9 feels like I'm undergoing an experiment and drifiting in and out of sleep while the words "number nine" are being played through speakers constantly to see how it affects my brain waves and my dreams. It definitely is different and I would consider it a good different, but also feels like it might give me nightmares. This album opened my eyes to some good Beatles songs I didn't know existed, but it also left me asking "why?" and "what the fuck am I listening to?" more than I would have hoped. I definitely will come back to listen to some of these songs again, but the album as a whole I will probably not. Favorite Tracks: Back In The U.S.S.R., Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Birthday, Helter Skelter

Not particularly of the experimental songs but man this album has some bangers

Strong contender for best album of all time. It is endlessly engaging, interesting and entertaining – and wildly so on all fronts. The full-on experimentation, the boldness and willingness to try on a lark, the offbeat McCartney and Lennon never better, each contributing both masterpieces and several priceless (and underrated) gems. George and Ringo at their best, too. If a mishmash, then a marvelous one. More like a transcendent embarrassment of riches.

What could I possibly say that hasn't already been said. It's an all-time classic amongst all-time classics.

Old favourite - have been listening to this for 30 years and it doesn’t get old.

3.8 + I’ve rarely listened to this album without the skip button close at hand. Plumbing its depths once again, I can see why that’s the case. Realistically I’d cut about half the songs on here. But intermingled are some of my favorite Beatles tracks as well as some wildly zany ditties, which makes it a rewarding if confounding listen. At best I’d say it adds a very interesting curveball to a catalog that would otherwise feel too polished.

yo this album is long. and i have a confession. i know fuck all about the beatles. one time my co-worker was talking about the beatles and he said 'surely everybody knows which beatles are alive and which are dead', and i said 'i don't think i could even name all four of the beatles, let alone tell you if they're dead or not'. i think that annoyed him quite a lot, turns out he was a big beatles fan. this is a real anecdote, and not one of those bullshit 'check out this awesome thing i said in real life' flexes that people make. how can you tell it's real? because the anecdote makes me look fucking stupid, so i would never choose that to flex about. i would only ever share it if i wanted to make myself look worse... which i do for some reason??? please forget you ever read this. anyway i realised that loads of songs i have heard before but didn't know were by the beatles are actually by the beatles. so this was a kinda enjoyable listen! turns out the beatles are not bad. bit weird i guess, and some of the tracks were kinda annoying, but not awful. wow. what a shock. mind = blown. i still wouldn't really say that they are my 'thing' though, so i don't think i'll bother listening to this album again in the future. halfway through disc 2 i was starting to wish it would hurry up and be finished lmao, but i stuck it out all the way to the end for the sake of the review. a 2/5 rating for me. but here in the space between xmas and new year when i have to spend half the day working remotely out of my father-in-law's home office and trying to find ways to be productive, it was a lot of fun having revelations about the beatles. and by 'revelations' i guess i mean just affirming what i already assumed to be true and had just never bothered to formalise, because i didn't care enough to do so. favourite song: man, i dunno. the one that goes oh-bla-dee-oh-bla-da i guess.

Ekkert nema dásemd, með dashi af fíflagangi. Elsk ❤️

The most chaotic Beatles album. The White Album is masterful, it's ridiculous, it's sentimental, it's goofy, it's obnoxious, then it's 8 minutes of random sound effects, then it's time to say good night. The album that introduced the world to heavy metal also includes multiple classic children's songs. Every song is practically a different genre. Even the low effort songs are awesome. I named my cat Martha because of this album.

beatles. everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Interesting musically, didn’t know where we were going one song to the next.

This is probably my favourite album of all time. I still remember listening to it for the first time when I was 14 on a Walkman in my room. All I had were bootleg tape cassettes my parents probably recorded from someone’s CD. I don’t know what 14 year olds are like now, but liking the Beatles did my already low popularity no favours in the year 2000. I didn’t care, I knew I had found my jam. For the next few years (basically all of high school), I used all my birthday and Christmas money on acquiring every Beatles album. The White Album was one of the first (if not the first) album I purchased, with my first paycheque from corn detasseling. I bought this CD and a pair of baby blue Modrobes (what up Canadians?!). Anyway, despite being my favourite album, there are a couple songs I don’t really care for, those being “Julia” and “Good Night.” I think they have their place on the album, I’m just not into slow, sappy songs.

Still just not a huge Beatles guy. I can recognize the impact they had on rock but I can't fully get into any of their albums. Songs here and there that I like and enjoy but overall I don't find myself seeking out Beatles music.

banger

This is a confusing album to rate. This album showcases The Beatles at their absolute best, serving more than a dozen undeniable all-time classics. The drawback is, that's not even half of the album. This thing has 30 songs spanning over 90 minutes, and mixed in among the aforementioned classics are some songs that are banal and forgettable, but also some songs that contend for the absolute worst in The Beatles' discography (see Wild Honey Pie, Sabor Truffle, and the perplexing 8-minute long Revolution 9). There's a universe where this album is half as long and contends for one of the all-time greats, but the severe bloat and lack of consistency within sadly knocks a couple points off of it.

This album is pretty good. There are some good songs, but my god is this album long. It just kept going and going, so it felt like the album had a ton of filler songs between the songs I enjoyed. Favorite song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Worst song: Birthday Worst 8 minutes of noise: Revolution 9

It's quite strange, very unique (Doubly so back at the time of its release) and certainly not boring. Of course it has a place on this list, no doubt about that. I think I will eventually go back to it to listen through again, because it's certainly a great album, though I don't know if it'll be my favourite Beatles album. Favourite: Back In The U.S.S.R

Honestly this one should get a two because it has so many shitters on it but it has some of my favorite Beatles songs on it. Mix between revolver and hard days night

Var á ferðinni og hlustaði ekki. Samt klassík sem ég geymi til betri tíma.

A mixed bag, and much too long.

Pretty good, not their best

A mean, what do you even say about the White Album?

No sé mucho de música y de hecho es la razón por la que estoy acá, este álbum quizás para algunos no es tan bueno pero a mí me gustó mucho, no me ha aburrido y lo he disfrutado. Estuve todo el día escuchándolo

Too folksy. Too bloated. If I never hear blackbird again it'll be too soon.

Feels like a greatest hits album which means it’s full of bangers but didn’t feel cohesive

The least good of the really good Beatles albums and the one I would probably leave out of my personal list if I was ever inclined to make one. Some of their best songs among some really forgettable tunes, unfortunately. There's an amazing single album in here somewhere, but the thing just drags a bit too much as a double album.

12/12

Amazing, clearly. I know the idea that with some editing it would be a great single album. Balls, it's a great double album. I've listened to some pretty shoddy long records whilst doing this but the White Album is a joy throughout, I love the weird songs and I love the songs I'm supposed to hate (ob-la-di...) and I love the groundbreaking stuff like Helter-skelter. Best song of many, Blackbird.

Good but inconsistent. One of my lower ranked Beatles albums

One of the better Beatles albums in my opinion.

This album is super eclectic! I've listened to it many times over 30 years and do enjoy it because it is ridiculous. Great!

Racist

It’s The Beatles, it’s great… but, I always thought there were too many weak, filler tracks on this. If they cut half the songs it’d have been perhaps the greatest album ever.

I do like the Beatles.

This was The Standard. Mature Beatles musically. So many number ones.

Legendary album. Masterpiece.

I love this album but I can’t give it 10/10 because it feels like there’s so much filler. 9/10

7/10. Okay, yeah, I see why this is their only double album. Feels like they stretched themselves a little thin, butter over too much bread and all that. Fortunately, the bread is still pretty good.

Like an old friend. 10/10 My (single) White Album: 1. Back in the USSR 2. Helter Skelter 3. Happiness is a Warm Gun 4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5. Martha My Dear 6. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 7. Dear Prudence 8. Julia 9. I Will 10. Blackbird 11. Piggies 12. Rocky Raccoon 13. Mother Nature's Son 14. I'm So Tired 15. Goodnight

A masterpiece in their discography IMO

This was mostly terrible.

It's the bloody Beatles' white album, shut up.

While my guitar gently weeps? Perfection.

A frenetic and dizzying musical tug-o-war between all four Beatles. I enjoyed it, but there was a major lack of cohesion. Lyrically, thematically, musically, it just pushes and pulls every which way. The tension between Paul and John is palpable! Bless George Harrison for being able to get While My Guitar Gently Weeps included. And Paul for writing Blackbird. I know this album is touted as the high watermark of the Beatles career, but it’s just too jarring a listening experience for me. Still a good time, just one that yanks your chain a bit.

goed maar waarom zo lang ?!

Ja lang ja goed. Zet het op de achtergrond op en het gaat weet je

Beatles are overrated

p156. 1968. 4 stars. This might sound like heresy, but there is a LOT of filler here. Trim that out and you would have a 5 star album. On the plus side, there is still more inventiveness and melody here than most bands manage in a 10 year career.

Usually not a fan of albums this long as the songs can end up blending into another. Each song here has a distinct sound. Songs here are amongst the best the Beatles ever made, although there are a few strange songs mixed in. This album hold up even now.

Allways up there among my top 3 Beatles albums. Not much you can write about this that hasn't already been written.

Thought I was going to like it more. Too long and weird towards the end. Love Blackbird

A big mess but I love it

A bit hit and miss really. Prefer the Beatles when they do the music not when they do the weird shit.

timeless classic but dont recommend listening to this at night because the second to last song will make you shit your pants

Weird -- and difficult -- to write anything about this band, of course, so suffice it to say I love this album and love this band. Tomes and treatises have been written about them for decades so I'll leave deeper analysis to the pros. I'll just listen to this album again and again and keep loving it.

boy don't you just love the old stereo split the album being split into 4 does mean there's space for quite a few classics in there

Good. A few tracks were a bit meh but overall i liked it. I'm also into weird music so if you don't like that it's probably just an annoying listen half the album.

Some great stuff, mostly myeh, some bad stuff. Only a few caught my attention but nothing that I hadn't heard before unfortunately.

Pop , Rock, folk

Brought back a lot of memories-a classic

Great stuff. Period.

Otro disco fantástico de uno de los mejores grupos de siempre. Canciones muy básicos, pero muy pegadizas. Muy melódicas y bien construidas. Muchas siguen perdurando en el tiempo

An album I loved as a teenager so I was looking forward to listening to it. Some tracks were great but overall it wasn’t as great as I remembered. Also my tastes have changed and developed over time. I was going to give 4* but that would just be for the nostalgia so a fairer reflection of the music would be a high 3*

Expected better.

4* Because of Blackbird

I enjoyed the vocal harmonies and some guitar melodies on this album the most. Their more experimental, avant-garde stuff is lost on me, and I still struggle to hear the genius in this music so many people love.

Without a doubt, in my opionion, this is one of the best and most influential albums ever produced. Almost every song on this album, correction - DOUBLE album, is a classic. The diversity and pure but simple production, make it easy for one to find a song (or more) to connect to. Not only do we see Lennon and McCartney's genius, we see Harrison coming into his own as a wonderful songwriter. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is one of my favorites. Lennon once said that "Dear Prudence" was the best song he ever wrote, and it is a beauty, also one of my favorites. Blackbird is one of McCartney's acoustic gems. I could go on and on. The album is a 5+ for me.

The White Album by the Beatles. Is there really a question?

That was far more Beatles than I really needed. I knew it was in here somewhere (all Beatles albums are), I knew eventually I'd have to put up with it, but doing so wasn't fun. Almost 2 fucking hours. 2/5.

Ma okej je ovaj samo ne toliko koliko i ovi drugi.

Ovo je njihov takoreć' eksperimentalniji album. Drugačiji od ostalih - i zato mi se jako sviđa. Imaš svega na ovom albumu - od laganice - rokerice do eksperimentalice. Gdje bih svrstao ovaj album kad bi' rangirao bar nekih top 5? Težak je taj top 5, bar kod njih. Revolver, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper i The White Album. Ovo nije po redu, zna se to sve izmiksat samo tako. Rubber Soul npr. u posljednje vrijeme najviše slušam, ali mi je baš drago što ću baš ovaj album danas slušati. Ali pazi ti to, toliko nakrcan album, a opet tako dobar. '68 ljudi moji - blueprint za metal (Helter Skelter) i eksperimentalnu glazbu (Revolution 9). 4.5/5 u mojoj knjizi - a to što vamo nema pola zvjezdice još uvijek smatram kriminalnim dijelom.

Why don't we fuck in the street! Little piggies

Brialliant.

Well-written album, great breadth of music. This album showcases what the Beatles are all about, writing catchy and fun songs. But nothing really hits you in a meaningful way.

Lastig, zo iconisch dit album. Los van alle context: carnaval, kermis en kerst vallen in dezelfde week.

Gisteren al de knuppel in het hoenderhok gegooid door Arjan en Sander te vertellen dat de helft van deze plaat uit circus muziek bestaat en ik de aapjes door brandende hoepels zie springen als ik mijn ogen dichtdoe. De overige nummers zijn natuurlijk wel echt geweldig. 3,5 ster, maar afgerond naar beneden door die kermis-associatie, sorry mannen!

Niet mijn meest favoriete album van de Fab Four, maar zeker in mijn aanzien gestegen.

Het Beatles album waar mijn obsessie van deze band mee begon. Qua sound en productie geweldig. (En de 2018 remix is nóg mooier!) Een aantal opvulles die ze misschien weg hadden kunnen laten maar zelfs die ben ik gaan waarderen. Briljant goed album.

Lastig verhaal. Gevarieerd, zeer muzikaal, tijdloos, jeugdsentiment (obladi oblada zongen we tijdens de muziekles op school - met de docent op piano :)) en een aantal echt goede nummers, toch is het niet helemaal m’n smaak.

Setting the mold for extended double-and-beyond albums, this record goes for it. Bangers? Quasi-solo songs? Experiments, failed or otherwise? Yes, yes, and yes. It's a showcase of a band that has hit its peak and begin to come apart at the seams.

I'm not a big Beatles fan, but that's a really good album.

What can I say about this record--most likely my favorite record from The Beatles. Though not necessarily their best. 5 stars all the way.

Urgh - the Beatles Although to be fair I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

haaaappiness....is a warm gun

Not very impressive today. I find their music a bit bland, there are some songs here and there in their discography that are good (Hey Jude). But overall, it doesn't get more mid and unremarkable than this. It's easy to see where other artists have drawn inspiration from, Bowie definitely heard Bungalow Bill before writing Ziggy Stardust, and they may have been revolutionary in their time. However, we have so many artists that have done it better in our age.

I will admit there are several songs on the White Album that are not my favorite Beatles songs. But it’s still the Beatles. Throw in the fact that White Album includes While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and that alone is enough for 5 stars.

It’s not the album I’d play to non-believers to convince them of the Beatles’ genius as there are a lot of songs on here that sound like jokes, or unfinished (both may be true, but usually in a good way). It might be the album that best displays the breadth of what they could do, though. In amongst some stone cold classics like While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter, Blackbird and Back in the U.S.S.R. there are some excellent John Lennon compositions (Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Cry Baby Cry etc), and some genuine oddballs, just because it’s The Beatles and they could do what they liked. I remember being a bit underwhelmed when I first heard the album but now I find something new to enjoy with each listen. There’s some filler of course, but not as much as I first thought (and it’s part of the fun anyway). The first disc is great. 4.5

Long time favourite Beatles album / album, period. Would say it’s perfect if not for Rev 9…but even that has its value to me!

In 1967, The Beatles were focused on making cohesive albums rather than just focusing on singles. The result was Sgt. Pepper, and even down to the intricate album art, it was clear that The Beatles were putting a lot of time into recording and crafting complete albums. So how do you follow a monster like Sgt. Pepper up? You do the exact opposite! At least that’s what The Beatles thought. The White Album, as it has become known, is a double album released by the Beatles in 1968. The album consisted of many seemingly “loose” songs, thus there is no definite flow throughout the album. This throws a lot of people off. A lot of people also don’t like the “filler” tracks. Personally, I think many of the filler tracks are fun. I really love how the Beatles explored different musical styles throughout the record, such as folk, blues, proto-metal, and even avant-garde. Overall, this was a really fun listen and a great album, even if it isn’t as cohesive as their other efforts.

Still solid.

The bona dose classic on this list, am essential listen for an introduction to the Beatles.

I fuck with this album hard

I don't know which is my favourite Beatles album but this is extremely special! I love all of it through and through. Pretty much every one of these amazing tracks has some special meaning or connection for me. Beyond that there is so much variety and innovation in this album I can't even explain in a review. I also love the whole concept behind having a blank album cover with no title "The White Album" was given by the fans I think. I saw a very cool exhibit about the album in a museum in Rotterdam where they collected loads of the numbered originals from around the world and you could see where loads of people had drawn their own drawings or written lyrics out or doodled on the covers it was amazing. The fact that this album is still inspiring more art today beyond just other music is extremely cool and impressive. I can't even list highlights as there's about 20 haha.

I really like that this whole thing is getting me to listen to the Beatles, I feel like I sort of know they're good and am aware of their big hits, bur to really take the time to listen to full albums is nice. Enjoyed this and found it kinda playful :)

Obviously one of the best with some of my fav Beatles on. Why don't we do it in the road is up there

The best Beatles album in my opinion.

The fact that the "White Album" has one of my least favorite songs ever made *by any band* on it ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da") and that it is yet my *favorite Beatles album* (not to mention one of my 20 favorite albums of all time), just speaks VOLUMES about how pitch-perfect everything else in it sounds for the writer of those lines. Even the most whimsical or supposedly self-indulgent few cuts in it have something going on for them. And don't get me started on the dozen of jewels you can find on those two discs. When it comes to the Fab Four's album discography, *Abbey Road* and *Revolver* are in the number 2 and number 3 spots, as far as I'm concerned. But *The Beatles* will always have a special place in my heart. It's such a joy and an adventure to get lost in that maze of melodies and tones and colours and 180-degrees turns. Rarely has an album deserved its reputation so much. Both a postmodernist "tour de force" and a gallery of heartfelt, inventive songs, this double-LP is one for the ages--the sort of record those "best of lists" just can't exclude or dismiss. It's also been a joy reading all those 5-star reviews on this app. A lot of us seem to be going through the same sort of exhilaratd experience as they're diving into this legendary album. An essential listen if there is one to be found. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 785 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 112 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 52 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 51

Of course this is 5 stars. One of the best albums of all time from some of the best songwriters of all time and mixed by some of the best producers of all time.

It's a great album, there's no arguing against that. Is it their best? No. But it might be their smartest. The songwriting is very clever and shows the depth of their skill by conveying some pretty deep and significant concepts with simple, almost childlike, lyrics. There's nuance here that's missing from earlier Beatles albums. It's also fun to listen to which helps.

Sehr starkes Album. Kein Wunder, dass die Jungs so durch die Decke gegangen sind!

This album shows the clear influence as it's all over the place. Blues, rock, psychedelia, etc While I don't prefer to listen to The Beatles, I can see why this album is so loved by critics

It's great, and I'm enjoyed. There are some classics songs and other new discovered.

A noted Beatles hater, I enjoyed quite a bit of this album. Love Dear Prudence. Liked Back in the USSR, Everybody's got something to give and Helter Skelter. My high school used to play Today is your birthday, over the intercom, then announce the names of everyone had a birthday that day. Ended that around junior year. Ob la di, oh la da may be most annoying song ever.... I enjoyed a good portion. 3

2.5 Heard this one before and I think for every one cool song there’s a bullshit psychedelic nonsense song. Should’ve been a single LP. Favorites: Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Helter Skelter

2.5 Here we go, Round #2 with The Beatles. As mentioned, I've never been much of a Beatles fan, but I gotta say it dawned on me quickly this album is a lot better than their earlier work - in particular, this is miles ahead of A Hard Day's Night. Still, I'm not exactly sure what makes The Beatles the most recognizable and legendary band of all-time. Most (if not all) of the tracks here don't sound too out of place from other albums of the time - not bad, but not great either. There are a few shining moments (Blackbird's a good song with probably one of the most iconic guitar riffs of all-time), but the rest feels like a lot of 60's fluff that I'm not sure justifies a double album. Favorite songs: Blackbird, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter, Julia

I mean, it's the White Album. Other than Revolution No. 9, which I don't think anyone is a fan of, even the tracks that seem like filler or tossed in (Wild Honey Pie, anyone?) actually work when you hear them in sequence as a part of the whole. I was ready to come into this album willing to nitpick all of those weaker tracks, which, to be fair, probably kind of suck in isolation. But taken as a whole, it's an easy 5 stars.

Nothing necessary to say here...

It's hardly a hot take to say this is a sprawling masterpiece and that disc 1 is a lot more accessible than the more experimental disc 2. My personal preference tends to be for more concise albums, and there is a single album of pure bangers amongst the 30 tracks here. However, the weirder songs and 'grout tracks' really work here and are an essential part of the piece. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: Back In The U.S.S.R Date listened: 13/09/22

Good, but mostly the popular songs

Disc 1 almost perfect album but there’s a lot of misses on the 2nd

I'm 60 years old and somehow today was the first time I ever listened to The White Album. Of course I know almost all the songs but I don't think I knew that they were on The White Album. It has always been between Rubber Soul and Revolver as to which one is the best Beatles album. Sgt. Pepper just had too many novelty songs and Abbey Road though has great songs is not as consistently strong as either Rubber Soul or Revolver. Well The White Album is now, in my opinion, the greatest Beatles album. So many incredible songs some of them not so well known so actually still sounding fresh. I feel lucky to only be hearing this album now because I'm going to be listening to it over the coming weeks as if it is a new discovery. Looks like I have a contender as well for the crown of greatest double album of all time along with London Calling of course. 5 stars

Pretty good until after helter skelter then hot garbage

A couple of good tracks, but for the most part I was a bit bored. Perhaps I just have to be in a Beatles mood. USSR is always good. Gently Weeps had some David Gilmour-esque guitar work which I liked. Happiness is a Warm Gun was also a standout.

Lotta classics

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Oh I've listened to this album so many times. It starts so strong with Back in the USSR. My favorite The Beatles song While my guitar gently weeps is on this album. The song Helter Skelter also shows a heavier side of The Beatles.

Incoherent and all over the place, but it makes for a fun listen. The playfulness is felt through the songs, which are mostly individually strong. The runtime is long, but the wide palette of sounds prevents the album from being a drag to listen to. Favs: Dear Prudence, Martha My Dear, I Will, Helter Skelter, Revolution 9

Groundbreaking.

Some amazing tracks, some random tracks. But on the whole a great album!

My love of the Beatles seemed to happen in my mid thirties. Seems to be a right of passage.

The quality of the top songs outweighs some of the more madder stuff. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a masterclass, and Blackbird is haunting. Really, genuinely fantastic album. Standard - not a Beatles fan - disclaimer.

It's a pretty long album at 30 tracks but was found it quite enjoyable overall.

Banger after banger

Got some great songs on.... While my guitar gently weeps and blackbird. Helter skelter too.... But also a lot of shite

Not my favorite Beatles album but still very good.

The album where Paul is fixated on honey pies - the wild and domestic kinds - for some obscure reason. With 93 minutes this includes a plethora of first class Beatles songs: 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun', 'Blackbird', 'Revolution' to name some. But in all honesty it does also contain some fillers ('Wild Honey Pie', 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?'), and I found side three to be actually quite weak. The record would probably have been stronger if Harrison had been allowed to get more songs in the final tracklist. My biggest surprise with this re-listen was that 'Revolution 9' was... not that bad? I actually quite enjoyed it, and they seemed like they were having fun.

Ending on “Cry Baby Cry” and only 28 songs was a really good decision by the Beatles. Really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really glad nothing comes after. You can almost physically sense the creative overflow of the Fab Four on this record. You never sense the turmoil going on behind the scenes; on the contrary actually. In many ways this is back to basic compared to Sgt. Pepper. Simply just expertly written songs one after the other.

An hour and 20 minutes of relentless twaddle in 2 and a half minute chunks with the exception of one good song - While my guitar gently weeps and a couple of OK tracks - Yer Blues and Helter Skelter. Why this band is considered the greatest ever is completely beyond my comprehension.

What a great collection of songs

One of the GOAT

Pop, rock, 1968. One of the most famous album in the world by the most famous band ever. It contains huge masterpieces such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Helter Skelter" and a lot of other great tracks but it is probably not as cohesive like "Abbey Road" or "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". In the end this is in my top 5 Beatles' albums, but not in my top 3.

An absolute classic.

timeless

I totally forgot how blues, americana folksy this album gets at certain songs (and then early heavy metal with Helter Skelter??? Amazing). The fiddle in Don't Pass Me By, the lyrics in ballad of Rocky Raccoon. Besides the fireside tunes, there's so many other catchy, goose-bumping songs on the White Album (While My Guitar Gently Weep, Dear Prudence). I get why it's always quoted as one of the best Beatles albums. I think it is, too. One of my favorite Beatles songs actually, Happiness is a Warm Gun, is on this album. On this listen, my standout song was Martha, My Dear. The White Album to me is like a pizza from your favorite place. It's always amazing, but you forget how so because you've been eating it for so long. Also, like tomatoes on pizza that came to Italy from China, and the pizza from Italy that made its way to the greasified USA version, the Beatles talent was taking the components of something already great (Chuck Berry's guitar, Motown records, etc.) and churning them into popular smashes. The White Album is a hit machine.

87/100: Much more filler than I was expecting listening to it in one go. I think this album gets a lot of praise because of the drama and turmoil going on amongst the Beatles behind the scenes, but I think for all of the groundbreaking songs on this album that possibly benefitted from that turmoil, just as many made their way on the album that probably wouldn’t have made it on earlier Beatles albums. I think this is the struggle in producing a piece of art as innovative as The White Album is, for every novel shot in the dark that lands (“Helter Skelter,” “Happiness is a Warm Gun,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”) there are just as many, and sometimes more, that miss the mark entirely (“Revolution 9,” “Piggies,” “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road,” and “Honey Pie”). It might be unfair to hold that against the Beatles because that’s a part of the process of making good art—how can you know what will stick when no one has ever made music like this before—but I can think of many other innovative albums that are better coherent albums than this, hence the less than stellar review.

Very cool album and kind of crazy how many good songs are on the one album, quite enjoyed it but not something I would listen to a lot

i agree that this is an album that belongs on this list. some tracks are skippable, but the album as a whole is iconic. favorite track is good night.

Las canciones más cañeras estaban muy bien. Del resto, muchas indiferentes y algunas insoportables.

Horrorósamente largo, aunque algunas canciones me han gustado bastante, como Helter Skelter y Blackbird. Entiendo aún así que se diga lo importante que es porque es cierto que en muchas canciones he escuchado cosas que me han sonado a grupos modernos. Me ha sorprendido lo mucho que se habla de sexo y que todo parece que va de chicas.

I have always thought that this was their best album. Even if they did not work together on each song as much as before, there was a level of inspiration here that exceeded all previous albums, in my opinion. Also, George was allowed to contribute more songs and they add a lot to the whole. My favorites are Dear Prudence, Mother Nature's Son, I Will, Julia, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Long, Long, Long, Cry Baby Cry, Piggies, and Why Don't We Do It In The Road!

Few interesting songs, mostly too bland and pop-y.

It has good songs but a bit too long with a decent amount of filler. That said, I have listened to this album so many times that even the filler has grown on me a bit.

There are a whole lot of extremely weird but memorable songs on this album (sexy Sadie, wild honey pie, piggies) which I always though was an odd choice to pair with so many serious and iconic Beatles songs (Blackbird, Julia, happiness is a warm gun). A heady mix. Used to listen to my dads vinyl of this all the time.

Don't like it so much. Never liked the Beatles and this didn't convince me

Revolution 1 - super groovy

Exceptional for its time and influential as they come, but not 100% my favourite album, not even my favourite Beatles album. Thanks!

Альбом хоть и длинный, но жанрово и стилистически он разнообразный и содержит очень хорошие песни, в особенности в плане мелодии и звука. Великая вещь, которая по сей день звучит свежо и способна раскачать.

Can’t believe I never listened to this before. There are some true bangers on here, but they’ve been so overplayed that they sound cliche now. Suffering from success. The terrible terrible song “Revolution 9” keeps this album from being 5 stars.

Not necessarily their best, but certainly my favourite Beatles album. McCartney’s saccharine sweetness works here in tempering the darker, weirder edges of these songs. And the sinister undertones temper the silliness in a way that doesn’t happen with Sgt Pepper, for example. I usually avoid double albums, but this one is the perfect length. Eclectic, bonkers, silly and dark, all in one beautiful package.

16/29, 55%

Loved this album, so many iconic songs.

An amazing album.

O ápice da força criativa com elementos pesados.

The White Album was a trip to listen to with it being an 1 hour and 30 minutes long. This record is unbalanced and far from polished. I do love the experimentation throughout the album, even if sometimes it didn't sound great. The album had it's peaks and it's filler. You can always expect filler on a double album. Overall, I did enjoy the album even if it was very long and bloated at times. Favorite Tracks: Back in the U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter Least Favorite Tracks: Wild Honey Pie, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Revolution 9

By far, the most influential album of my youth.

Probably my favorite beatles album cuz it sounds the least like the beatles

Overall pretty good! Hard to set aside the charles manson mystique around it

im a beetle slut so it's hard for me to rate any of their albums below a 4 but this one has some special tracks but it's also a bit all over the place because the band started having arguments at this point of time but still a solid album👍

Very decent and memorable experience. Classic Beatles album

I know that this album is regarded as one of their best, I didn't know it was a double album. I enjoyed and can see why The White Album is held in such high regard.

It's not my favourite Beatles album but it has some real standout moments. Blackbird, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter etc. Will have to give it a 5 but it's probably more like a 4.6.

It's the Beatles.

Beautiful

A bit too sprawling and uneven to be counted as truly great, but credit where credit is due-the Beatles fearlessly throw everything at the wall to see what sticks, and most of it does. Even ideas that aren’t fully formed contain intriguing lyrics and melodies, showing just how far they’ve come as a band.

Didn't Helter Skelter inspire Charles Manson

I KNOW THIS IS AWESOME

It's the famous Beatles White Album. A record I've heard dozens of times during my life, and it's the typical double-album with double-album issues. There are some masterful songs on here, but also some songs I loathe with such a passion I could never rate it as high as some of the Beatles' other works than are just amazing albums start to finish. An album where I start skipping songs is just not worthy of 5*. Still, the album never gets boring and the Beatles play a wide range of songs and styles. Stay for: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Julia, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long Skip every time: Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Rocky Raccoon, Honey Pie, Sexy Sadie, Revolution No.9

The Beatles. The White Album. What do you fucking think?

Released while the group was going through some rough times, and it shows. First time listening to the complete album is years, I forgot how many animal mentions there are (goofy Paul). Speaking of Paul, his choice to keep songs like Ob-la-di, Why Don't We Do It In The Road and I Will on an already bloated album. Also his order of tracks on side 1 and 2 and equally bizarre (I Will into Julia specifically). His contributions to this album are mostly goofy and do nothing for me, the one exception being Blackbird, a lovely song. This is really some of John's best work; Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Happiness is a Warm Gun, and Yer Blues. His ability to help everyone else shine is never more clear. George and Eric Clapton on While My Guitar Gently Weeps is another stand out track, and my favorite Harrison Beatle song. Overall a disjointed and overloaded album, that includes some beautiful moments. The highs are high and the lows and low.

Even though ive heard many of the these songs hundreds? of times, I dont remember ever actually listening *the album*, in order. Here we go. Starts off rocking, with the Beatles doing their best impression of the Beach Boys. I dont think ive ever heard Glass Onion.... wow, drugs. OblaDa - fun and silly. classic. Wild Honey Pie. WHAT. THE. FUCK. While my Guitar Gently Weeps - I absolutely love this song. So far, it does not belong in the album at all....ever? hmm. Blackbird is lovely of course. It is strange to hear these great songs just mixed in with these other songs. Yer Blues was enjoyed by me. HelterSkelter - nice and heavy. I didnt know they did different versions of Revolution. Savoy Truffle. Sounds delicious. Number 9. Number 9. Number 9. I do like the ending on a soft lullaby, good night song. IMO and disappointingly, this album is not great and should not be included in this list of greatest albums. There are some serious tone/vibe management issues. And just because there are GREAT songs mixed in, there are also plenty of songs that are straight up bad.

Just incredible, so many iconic songs.

Has to be 5 stars. A classic

A great album! Everyone needs to hear it! Lots of classic and little treasures. Gets trippy sometimes.

A LOT of filler, and a few gems. Earlier Beatles albums are much stronger and more worthy of the praise this one gets. Also LOL at drugged out hippies killing people because of this album.

some extremely good songs mixed in with filler wacky songs. there's not a cohesive sound for the album. dear prudence is really good, if it was more songs like this id listen to the album again.

An extremely easy summary to write. The best songs on The White Album (e.g., Back in the U.S.S.R., Happiness Is a Warm Gun) make the album a firm 4, whereas the worst songs on it (e.g., Wild Hairy Pie, Good Night) prevent it from being a 5. Job done. Okay, I suppose I better look under the bonnet. After Sgt. Pepper cemented them as the most feted longhairs on the planet, the Beatles fled to India to to learn Transcendal Meditation and to try and comprehend their extraordinary position on the world's stage. Ringo returned to Blighty within a fortnight, because he was craving a nice, juicy steak after all that curry malarkey. Macca stayed a bit longer, and John and George longer still. George especially became further entranced with Indian culture, and the stay at Rishikesh saw his blossoming as a capable songwriter. The group wrote songs voluminously whilst in India, but the recording sessions in London proved highly trying. Their recently formed business Apple Corps sapped the Fabs' cash amid a series of failed projects. Along with this, the bandmembers had grown more distinct from each other artistically, fragmenting their previously unified vision of the band's direction. Ringo left for a period, upset at all the bickering and his apparent peripheral status within the band. With egos and hostility percolating in the studio, the bandmembers rejected George Martin's suggestion that they edit the album into a spliffing single album of the best songs from the recording sessions, and so came to pass the Beatles' double album. Oh, and Yoko had begun hanging out around the studio. There's that familiar challenge concerning the White Album, over what 15 songs you'd choose for a single-record edition of the White Album. I suspect that everyone would choose pretty much the same songs. To restate that, the White Album meanders wildly in terms of quality, but a consensus over which tracks are good became established rather swiftly. As such, the supposed innovations of the White Album have faded so much that the contemporary listener struggles to see the invention. Yes, I know that may seem comparable to that dismissal of Hamlet as a ropey old plot strung along with the mouldiest of clichés, yet I think that I not only can defend that position, but also argue that the White Album wasn't that innovative anyway. Take Helter Skelter, for instance. The standard assessment of Helter Skelter is that it's the song that forges heavy metal with Macca's declaration that he wanted to write a song as loud and dirty as possble. I humbly suggest that this is piffle. Jimi Hendrix had released the much louder, much dirtier, much heavier, much better Purple Haze the previous year. But no, fanboys insist that credit must go to the Beatles just because of those murders. Or what about the claim that the White Album is the first postmodern record? Without getting too abstract, one definition of postmodernism that consistently works is that it's the stuff that came after modernism. By that definition, rock n roll itself is a postmodern construction. Or for a more rigorous candidate, you have David Bowie and his band adopting the personae of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars to record The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars, an album telling the fable of the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. That's far closer in spirit to If on a winter's night a traveller. The White Album isn't postmodern just because the Fabs were too atomised to enact proper quality assurance. I recognise that I have only named two examples. I have written long enough already, and you don't need me cracking out the microscope to examine every instance of the White Album not being quite as novel as its reputation claims. Why not give it a go yourself? For starters. try tackling the role of pastiche on the album. And console yourself with the thought that innovation is not quite a virtue in itself: your bright idea of an onion milkshake will shock, but not because it's new. You can love the album even if it's not the Nikola Tesla of music. Anyway, in conclusion, just read the first paragraph again. I'm off for a kip.

One of the few Beatles albums that I actually like and return to a lot. I feel the new mix also does a lot to modernize and lift up the blemishes that existed in the older mastering. I've only grown to like the White Album as time goes by.

Wonderful!!!

Probably my favorite Beatles album.

Probably the wildest that any Beatles album got, and I love it to pieces. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is still one of their most addictive, mystifying songs. "Blackbird" is one of the Beatles' best songs ever, and "Yer Blues" is an interesting excursion into a new genre for the group. "Piggies" is downright haunting. The whole thing just rules, I still think about years after my first listen!

I'll give this album 4 stars because it has some great singles, but I thought it was an incoherent mess that also had some mediocre tracks.

Some classic songs on the White Album, but I feel it is overly long with too many of the weird concept songs to listen all the way through on a regular basis.

white, massive influence on younger generations and wayyy too long. remind you of anything???😘 i don’t mind a long album, but this didn’t need to be so long, got fairly repetitive and a few album fillers. lots of strong songs i liked revolution 9, good to see musically good, shame they’re scouse downloaded the first half best beatles album 6.8/10

Chock full of classics with some weird ones in there. Back in the USSR, While my guitar and helter skelter are orgasmic. Obviously massively influential but too long and too many shitters. Bungalow Bill carried. 3.9/5

I mean it's Beatles isn't it. I've heard most of these songs before, but was still surprised by some bits, such as Revolution 9... I thought the album ended and I got some random psychedelic band on. Helter Skelter was much 'harder' than I remembered too.

Great album though I was expecting maybe more hits or known songs the way everyone talks about this initiative? 9/10.

Listened to the remastered 2009 version - some things seemed a little over produced so some sound took over the vocals

i was surprised to realize i had never listened to the white album all the way through. i enjoyed hearing many new songs! i wasn't expecting this amount of experimental music, though. this album recorded and released in 1968 definitely shows the year with its brand of experimental music. some songs were just weird, but others like "piggies" were charming enough to forget any eclectic aspects. this album demonstrates a more grown-up sound, different from the solid pop their beginning--which isn't to say one is better than the other. the hits on this album are unbelievable. memorable, catchy, delightful, beautiful. the album balances itself so nicely. "back in the ussr" starts you off high. the album bounces between sweet, somber, fun. george's "while my guitar gently weeps" is the scene stealer. "glass onion" contains throwbacks delightful for even a casual beatles fan. "blackbird" is a lovely, soft number, worthy of its hit status. "ob-la-di" and "birthday" are plain fun, undeniably. how can you not clap along with "bungalow bill"? the guitar on "helter skelter" goes so hard, and edges this album toward some harder rock. no two songs are alike! we end with "goodnight," a simple and gentle song i wasn't expecting for ringo but provides a perfect end to the album. we all know beatles' songs were not equally distributed through its four members, but george's songs are always delightful; this album is no exception. it's always a treat to listen to new george music. an album i was so excited for, threw me some surprises, and left me so satisfied. an album which its hype is so, so valid.

My 100th album on this project! And what an iconic one! This double album is packed with music! Not only that, but there is so much diversity and variation of styles from song to song. This album is interesting if for no other reason than that it's on the precipice of the 60s ending and the 70s beginning. Sounds from both decades permeate this album, showing just how influential the Beatles were on both decades. Helter Skelter is also a song I personally enjoy a lot, partially for this reason -- I love how McCartney just went full force on this song, his goal to make something loud and raw and "dirty". Not only did he achieve that, but it's obvious that the song would inspire heavy metal sounds of the 70s. Other songs on this album (While My Guitar Gently Weeps) would go on to inform other definitive sounds of the 70s as well. I'll be the first to admit that I am not the biggest Beatles fan, and that a lot of what they do is lost on me. While I found this album to be great, I don't think the entire album is at the same caliber as the best songs off of the album; there was definitely some filler (thanks, Lennon). Nothing on the album is BAD, but not everything is downright great. That said, this is a good album for George Harrison, as it features his best Beatles song ever (and one of the band's best songs in general), While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Savoy Truffle is another easy standout from Harrison's side of the catalog, which also features on this album. An interesting album that, in my opinion, really challenged and pushed the state of music at the time. I would rank this album at about a 3.5, so I'm going to go ahead and round up to 4.

Mixed bag of classic and totally forgettable. Highlights: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon.

What can you say?!? It's the bloody White Album. 25 years ago I thought it was half full of filler, now ALL of it is essential.

i fucking hate this album. except for the songs i like. this is tough because i do really like the beatles but this is where it starts to go downhill for me.

It’s crazy to think that this is probably one of the greatest albums ever made but not even one of the best Beatles albums. Fuckin yoko just had to ruin it for everyone

It’s actually called “The Beatles”

There’s some absolutely epic songs on here but man could the Beatles be weird sometimes

Where to even begin with this album? This is the second album I ever owned (Bob Seger's Beautiful Loser was the first - what can I say, I was young). I got it for Christmas probably when I was 10 or 11, around 1975. I still have it, but it's completely worn out and unplayable at this point. I hung the posters in my room, I played it forward and backward looking for secret messages (turn me on, dead man!), I analyzed it inside and out. In short, I loved it and I still do. Listening to it again with fresh ears, this album still blows me away. It's not perfect, but it's utterly mind blowing. This is a band who had reached the pinnacle and decided to go into the studio and throw away all the rules. The result? It's not just a collection of tunes, it's a new world to explore, full of beautiful vistas, curious landscapes, and dark crevices. It showcases the talent of each individual but also somehow holds together as a band working together with full freedom to explore. The pure variety of musical styles and genres alone is mind boggling. Paul's channeling of the Beach Boys on the opening track. Both John and Paul displaying some beautiful acoustic/folk inclinations with Dear Prudence, Mother Nature's Son, Julia, I Will, and Blackbird. John tackling the blues in fine form with Yer Blues, Paul continuing his vaudeville explorations with Martha My Dear and Honey Pie. John going avant garde with Revolution 9. George has the amazing While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but I also love his lesser known works on this album - Long, Long, Long is a beautiful, understated tune and Savoy Truffle is a great rock n' roller. (Piggies? Eh, not so much.) Not to mention the meta world of Glass Onion, the ska dabbling of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, a few dips into country with Ringo's Don't Pass Me By and Rocky Raccoon, and some hard rock and roll from Paul and John with Helter Skelter, Birthday, and Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey. I'm So Tired is another beautiful song from John, really a sequel to I'm Only Sleeping. Sexy Sadie, Happiness is a Warm Gun, and Revolution 1 are additional highlights from John that are hard to classify. There's just so much to explore here. 5 stars, of course.

Not a Beatles fan, but if forced to choose, would say I prefer their later work. This one however is way too long and with too much filler and an abundance of the usual Beatle corny-ness. Stylistically inconsistent, soulless attempts at blues, rockabilly, surf rock are particularly jarring. Second disk better than first, overall a work with potential if only was more focused and trimmed of the fat. Best tracks; While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter.

This is not the classic I expected. Random throwaways paired with well-recognized tunes extended for a very long time.

back in the USSR is very beach boy vibes. Each track has its own sound which I love

Wow, this makes me happy. I haven't listened to this album in decades. I used to listen to my dad's vinyl copy over and over as a kid. I still anticipate a skip about 1 min in on "I'm So Tired" where his record was scratched. I wasn't sure if this would hold up for me. In general, I don't love the Beattles. But there is so much to love about this album and it's not all nostalgia. So many of the songs have a heaviness, a gritty, bluesy feeling. Then some are just weird and goofy. It's a really fun album

It’s The Beatles. There’s a certain level of quality there. Too many filler songs hurts a record that has some all time great tracks.

The best Beatles album.

In which the Beatles both rock and suck at the same time. It’s hard for me to remain objective about the White Album. I love it because it’s so messy and all over the shop. It triumphs because of its indulgences and lack of quality control and screening. It’s also incredibly well sequenced (the real secret to its success) meaning that things stay interesting for the whole 90 minutes, and the record never drags. It’s the original ‘whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ album, because let’s face, a lot of these songs wouldn’t work in any other context.

Els The Beatles més experimentals, i en alguns moments, més brillants. Un dels grans dobles discos de la història, merescudament. Aquí no es pot dir allò que si fos un sol disc brillaria molt més. Més aviat el contrari, hauria d'haver estat triple!

Some of my absolute favorite Beatles tracks on this one. The range of sonic and lyrical experimentation here is astounding, and demonstrates how innovative the band could be once they dropped the pop focus. The use of early distortion tones is a key feature to note - my dad told me how the blown-out intro riff on 'Revolution' floored him at the time because nothing else before it had sounded quite like that. I do think this album falls a bit short of 5 stars as there's no hope of cohesion as a full LP given how many genres and styles exist alongside one another, but the highs are plentiful and represent the most exciting and out-there tracks of the Beatles' long career.