Reviews (page 7 of 14)
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.
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
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
It's the bloody Beatles' white album, shut up.
While my guitar gently weeps? Perfection.
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.
A big mess but I love it
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.
Pop , Rock, folk
Brought back a lot of memories-a classic
Great stuff. Period.
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?
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.
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.
haaaappiness....is a warm gun
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.
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!
Still solid.
The bona dose classic on this list, am essential listen for an introduction to the Beatles.
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.
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!
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...
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
Lotta classics
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.
Groundbreaking.
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 the mad shite from Paul. Superb.
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.
One of the GOAT
An absolute classic.
timeless
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!
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.
Revolution 1 - super groovy
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.
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.
An amazing album.
O ápice da força criativa com elementos pesados.
By far, the most influential album of my youth.
Probably my favorite beatles album cuz it sounds the least like the beatles
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.
Beautiful
I KNOW THIS IS AWESOME
The Beatles. The White Album. What do you fucking think?
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.
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 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!
Great album though I was expecting maybe more hits or known songs the way everyone talks about this initiative? 9/10.
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.
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”
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.
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!
klasse
Fantastic
Итак, 68-ой год. Битлы стали звучать сложнее и солиднее. Зрело. Это уже не четыре мальчика, а автономные творческие единицы, которые могут сделать хит. Каждый. Помимо Леннона и Маккартни в альбом внёс заметный вклад и Харрисон со своими песнями. Один из любимых альбомов Битлов. Один из тех альбомов, которые я смело могу указать как некий эталон того, каким может быть музыкальный альбом. Здесь как мелодичные песни, так и ритмичные. Как привычные по звучанию для Битлов песни, так и эксперименты, блюз, хардрок. Хит на хите. Некоторые песни просто для меня одни из любимых вообще. Например, Sexy Sadie, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Glass Onion, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1. Так ли много в истории прекрасно звучащих альбомов с таким количеством хитов, достаточно непростым содержанием и таким жанровым разнообразием? Ответ ясен. Это 10 из 10.
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5 stars, no question.
This is my favorite album from one of my favorite bands. Everything you could want from the Beatles can be found there: pop songs, deeper folk ballads, psychedelic moments, their heaviest piece, experimental material, etc. I could listen to it anytime!
Another 5/5 stars album by the Beatles, I think this one might be my second or third favorite from them, i don’t really care for some of the tracks but none of them are bad, maybe Obladi lol… I really like this album, even Revolution 9 although I do remember it use to scare me when I was a child. When I saw it on the draw I went and unpacked my moon version from 2014, my god it is an excellent recording. Love it.
Amazing album, lots of depth, will come back to it again and again.
Qué más vamos a decir, es perfecto.
Not uniformly great but if you don't miss sometimes you aren't shooting high enough, right? Overall this album is an astonishing achievement. But you already know that.
Always an amazing album to listen to
Besta plata ársins 1968 og á köflum finnst mér hún besta Bítlaplatan. Endar samt líklega oftast í þriðja sæti.
A few songs here almost merit giving 5 stars on their own. Then some skip worthy filler. Classic gets 4.5 and rounding up.
It's tough because this is no Abbey Road, but one band having a monumental album shouldn't negatively impact their not-best-album-that-is-still-miles-above-most-music. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is the best Beatles song and lots of other great stuff here too.
I don't know if additional listenings to this album added anything musically to what I already thought and heard with previous listenings. A great album and one of their best in my mind. I did, however, learn a lot about its history and the state of The Beatles at the time. 19 of the 30 songs were written and initially acoustically recorded in India during their Transcendental Meditation. Although lots of different musical styles/genres between songs, there were no style changes within a song (a change). There were lots of signals that this might be the beginning of the end for The Beatles as a group; George Martin left during the recordings. Ringo also left for two weeks. Yoko presence during the recording seemed to annoy everyone. And, in only 16 of the 30 songs were all four band members performing. Regardless, none of this appears to have affected the quality. The songs on this album cover many styles: Rock, Blues, Country, Reggae and Experimental. I'd have to write a book (and there is a lot written commentary already) on each song. For the album as a whole, I'm not sure it's necessary or imperative to listen to everything at once or even in its album order. I really don't find a connection between songs. Maybe, there is one. Lots of song highlights, some of mine: "Happiness is a Warm Gun" - Lennon's vocals and overall band performance, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - maybe my favorite Beatles' song, "Helter Skelter" - McCartney vocals and finding out Helter Skelter is British slang for a playground slide and "Good Night" - maybe Lennon's best singing and a lullaby for Julian. Some may say some of these songs are fillers but hard to argue with their final decision to keep everything the way they did.
So much richness in one [double] album! There's literally every genre of contemporary western (and a bit of non western) music in the mix here, as well as stuff from each individual Beatle. And, for one reason or another, it is all packaged in what I consider a very cohesive album. So much so that even the much maligned Revolution 9 feels like a logical conclusion. For these reasons, while I don't consider The White Album to be the Beatles' best (there's very tough competition there), it does happen to be the Beatles album I listen to the most.
Cool and awesome!!!!
From 1001 recommended albums this is the one that started the next thousands to come also not recommended in this list. The weird thing is that you need to listen to many of these recommended albums to realise it and appreciate this one
Rich and varied, weird and wonderful, one can make a case that this is not just the best Beatles album, but the best two. Good records make it hard to pick the best 2 or 3 songs, great records the best 4-5; for this one, the top 8 or 10 are debatable. So many underappreciated gems – both from Lennon (“Happiness Is a Warm Gun,” “I’m So Tired” “Julia,” “Sexy Sadie,” “Me & My Monkey) and McCartney (“Mother Nature’s Son” and “Helter Skelter” [one wishes we’d heard from extreme Paul down the years.]) Plus solid contributions from Ringo and George. The contrasting cuts between tracks makes for compelling texture – from “Piggies” to “Rocky Raccoon” to “Don’t Pass Me By;” from “Bungalow Bill” to “While My Guitar;” from “Do It in the Road” to “I Will” are all attention-grabbing segues. Yes, “Revolution No 9” might have been a few minutes shorter and binning “Ob-La-Di” would be addition by subtraction, but it’s the excess that makes the overall record so excellent and endearing. I can’t get enough of this record, which is saying something, considering how much of it there is. So good that “Hey Jude” failed to make the cut. 4.8/5
90. disse que tinha qualidades de prestímano como se eu soubesse o que significa como se alguma vez tivesse sabido explicou é alguém com uma grande habilidade de mãos vem da forma como passas a moeda entre os dedos mãos velozes braços apoiados ao balcão eras capaz de enganar um ilusionista se a morte se escondesse num de três copos às voltas na mesa serias imortal e eu a pensar todo este tempo que era algo parecido com prestável que era bom a ajudar os outros quando na verdade só os engano reajo mal a palavras que desconheço por isso aprendo poucas prestímano é a tua mãe disse de impulso és sempre a mesma merda e rimos já de copos no ar a morte nestes esconde-se de mansinho "Man, I had a dreadful flight"
Its the beatles, love.
This was amazing, how were the Beatles this good 9/10
Qué más se va a decir. Es una obra maestra
Vinilo. Aunque hay alguna canción demasiado experimental.
Noice
I think this is my favorite Beatles album. There's just so much good content on it. John's voice sometimes gets on my nerves. I love Dear Prudence but John's voice really irritates me on that one; the Beatles discography would be improved if John was only allowed to sing one or two songs on each album. I don't see how people can hate the Beatles. The Beatles aren't even in my top 30 favorite bands but they're so quality. They've got a good balance of accessible and weird.
An exceptional album. Really displays how talented the group is. This one is in my top 3 for Beatles ablums.
A masterpiece, complete with perfect flaws.
What can I say more? It's a classic. Anybody say otherwise, they a hater.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I've not listened to the White Album in full for a long time. I know some people think that there are too many "novelty" songs post Sgt Pepper. But this feels like the Beatles issuing a challenge. "Give us a style and a subject and we'll write a song about it and not just any song but a fucking good one, go on we dare you. We're that good."
5/5. Top three beeduls 🤘
Wowee. I’d never sat and listened to the whole thing but this is something else. What a progressive, post modern, avant garden piece of work. The sounds of the future… what a masterpiece.
A smorgasbord of styles all with an unistakable Beatles feel, which is weird but I liked it. A concept album without a central concept, which appears to be the concept, unless it isn't. I even like the 'lesser' tracks which build the landscape. An album of 'We do this, which is showing off, and you can listen if you want' An album to Muso over.
1. John, Paul, George and Ringo really put their whole Beatussy into this album. The combination of sex, drugs and rock and roll was at its apex. 2. So many of the songs on this album have been covered. And so many of those covers are actually better than the original. However, the Beatles' originals still hold up, especially when listening to the album as a whole. But you cannot tell me that the Breeders version of "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is not vastly superior to the original. 3. I owned this album on vinyl in the 90s. It wasn't even a good pressing and I never got much enjoyment out of listening to it, so I mostly associate it with listening on my crappy record player and all the associated garbage of the mid 90s. 4. How many albums can be a product of their era and also sound like something from 20 years later and also sound kind of modern but in a throwback way? 5. When I was 11, a deeply Christian girl in my class told us about a Satanic song where a man just said "number nine, number nine" over and over and if you played it backwards there was a Satanic message and a boy she knew listened to it and he started acting strangely. Years later I realised it was just the Beatles sound collage. I listened to it and started acting normal.
10/5. Oh, that's not possible? Then 5/5. I can't pick a favorite Beatles record, but this one is tied for first with a handful of others. I probably know this record better than any other Beatles record. It represents the band wringing the sponge of every drop of music they could muster, at the tail end of their harmonious/collaborative times. The songs are so varied. Every song on this record could have spawned an entire generation of bands that try to emulate that one 3-4 minute moment in the Beatles catalog. Eric Clapton's finest moment (by 10 miles) is on this record. I thought about listing my favorite songs, but the list basically just became the full record. People say this could have been a single album. They just haven't listened to it enough.
In an album of stunning rock monuments and some of the most iconic pop culture statements, you get the colossal stinker Why Don't We Do It In The Road. Wild Honey Pie is in the same vein. The thing about this album is that the Beatles still had expiraments they wanted to do. It doesn't sound like a band ready to explode and splinter. Helter Skelter kicks so much ass. Revolution 1! Goddamn the final act of a cultural juggernaut.
An excellent record. Unfortunately it's plagued by some mediocre songs, but more than 2/3rds of this record is full of masterpieces. So close to being a front-to-backer for me. Overall excellent album.
Not a huge Beatles fan- my dad drowned me with them while growing up. That said, this album is spectacular and really enjoyed it for a double album.
Uno de mis albums favoritos, lo he escuchado dscenas de veces y cada vez que lo vuelvo a escuchar me enamoro más de el. Sin duda es fascinante
The prototypical messy, overindulgent, late career double album. I almost always appreciate them but sometimes it's more about the ambition and cohones then it is the final result but I mean, it's the Beatles, it's perfect. I'm pretty sure this was the first Beatles album I ever owned and I've listened to it hundreds of times probably. It holds up of course, it's fun, it's weird and there's nothing else I can say that hasn't already been said by smarter people and better writers.
First of all, I just want to point out the obvious: "The Beatles" must be the worst ever name for a band. Now that that's taken care of this album is incredible. Very eclectic but just about every song is amazing.
Jag har av någon anledning tänkt på The White Album som ett album någon nivå under deras absolut bästa, och följaktligen förtjänt av max en 4:a. Kanske har det att göra med omfattningen, jag har aldrig tidigare lyssnat på alla 30 låtar som en helhet, och bara sett det som ett spretigt projekt innehållandes några svaga låtar. Ett spretigt album är det definitivt, men, efter en grundlig genomlyssning känner jag att ett album som innehåller While My Guitar, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Julia, Yer Blues, Mother Nature's Son, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter; Long, Long, Long; Revolution 1, och Revolution 9 (ja) kan inte förtjäna något annat än en femma. Det spelar ingen roll hur många Wild Honey Pies man slänger in. Bästa låt: Happiness is a Warm Gun.
What a mixture - some mad stuff in with the greats. Difficult to rate because this is all just a part of history. It's not their best album but includes some of their best songs. Obviously I love it but I'm torn. 4.5 would be about right, really. 4 isn't eniugh but 5 is too much. oh well..
Some dumb crap at the end, thought I left a 5 minute long youtube pest control commercial on or something. There are a lot hits on this album, more than i realized.
No review of this is going to break any ground obviously. Seems more relevant to mention the (few) negatives rather than why this always rates among the "best albums of all-time" - first off, it's obviously a bit long, and many (most?) of the filler songs are bad or pointless (Wild Honey Pie, Why Don't We Do It In The Road good god). I do love experimental weirdness but I think The Who did this kind of thing better (Sell Out; Tommy). Maybe not a popular opinion but some of John's songs are often mediocre to me, and that holds here as well (Yer Blues and I'm So Tired for example) - I'll take Paul's "corny" and melodic songs every day (e.g. "Mother Nature's Son" and "Martha My Dear") and more George Harrison songs would have been nice as While My Guitar Gently Weeps is perfect. No more negatives - the 20 (!!!!) or so best songs on this are legendary for a reason and the amazing variety is a perfect CV for why the Beatles were...The Beatles. Might seem wrong for me to give a 5 since I'd end up skipping/cutting maybe 20% of this but this would be 9/10 and dammit it's my scale. 9/10 5 stars
С двойными альбомами ситуация интересная. Сделать полноценный двойной LP с единым звучанием и без проходных треков - дело более трудное, чем запилить обычный LP. На самом деле навскидку только "Сто лет одиночества" летовский вспоминается. В The Wall некоторые треки альбом будто аморфным делали. Так вот, стоит ли скидочку делать? Думаю, как минимум стоит глядеть иначе. В данном случае наберётся ли треков на пиздатый стандартный альбом? Думаю, да. Навскидку отметил: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 30. Helter Skelter вообще, возможно, в сотку моих любимых песен попадает. Или несколько соток, как минимум. Остальные треки раздражают, нагоняют скуки или душат? Да вроде нет. Есть и есть, пусть будут. Не лучший альбом в дискографии The Beatles, но, вероятно, один из 1001 лучших альбомов в истории человечества.
All time classic
Great album, shame no one told John that revolution #9 is best left off the album.
30 tracks. A handful of absolute jams (While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird and Helter Skelter probably top my list), a lot of quirky yet well executed stuff, and another handful of throwaways. I get that there’s more than enough odd stuff to turn some folks off, but to me this still one of the must-listen Beatles albums. Even some of the deeper tracks here are gems
It's pretty messy and doesn't fit together as an album that well but still so so much good stuff on there. Amazing they were knocking these out twice a year
2LP, mais les fillers sont smooth et satisfaisants. Top tier album
I've heard this album and most of the songs before. It's not my favorite Beatles album but I like it.
30 canciones en el doble album de los Beatles, hora y media de la mejor música posible capaz de trascender realidades paralelas. Más de 5 estrellas. Hay canciones buenas y muy buenas como: Back in the U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", The continuing history of Bungalow Bill, Will my guitar gently weeps, Happiness is a warm gun, Blackbird, Piggies o Sexy Sadie. Y por supuesto la canción que quisieron robarles: Helter Skelter.
Super long but great tunes 4.75/5
Tantas rolas buenas en un solo disco... uno de tantos
Classic. WMGGW is my fav.
One of my favorite albums from them. Really good. At this point they were getting closer to a real good prog sound.
nåt av det bästa jag vet
I feel like this is an album I "get" more than I truly enjoy. Made me wanna put on eyeliner and wear all black clothing. A song like "Hong Kong Garden" has NOT aged well, even if it means well. The Beatles cover is so on-brand for what I expected this to be: dramatic, over-the-top, artsy. Favorite tracks: "Jigsaw Feeling", "Carcass", "Suburban Relapse".
I mean its probably the greatest album of all time
Revolution 9 ne peut pas rester impunie
Pretty good. But also pretty long. There's a ton of songs and they begin to blend together. But it's still enjoyable nonetheless
4,5 if i could
Probably a weak 5/5 until Revolution 9. The highs are high
This is a slightly weird album to review. It’s one of the most famous albums ever, and there’s times when you hear one of the best songs you’ve ever heard immediately followed by hot garbage. I know it was experimental for the time, but a few of these are losers. But so much of the other parts work so well that it carry’s it. Other than that it’s late stage Beatles; what it says on the tin.
dang dude, you used to get a hundred songs for a nickle back in the day. no wonder the boomers hate everything
Absolute bangers and even more refined. I wasn’t overall familiar with rocky raccoon and I’m on the fence about revolution 9
An iconic album in the Beatles catalog, a mix of all time classics, lesser known hits, and some outright not great stuff. 4/5.
Double album stuffed with different stylings. But didn't need to be so long
Seemed to me quite diverse compared to Abbey Road, but also definitely not as good. A few really good tracks, including “I’m so tired”, “Martha mg dear” and ofc “Blackbird” is worth the mention. Idk whats going on in “Revolution 9” tho
Lots of good stuff here... Really good stuff. But also just don't not so good... Tough to give this one a 4.
Great catchy album. The notorious number 9 song is as bizarre as I always heard and probably the only song I'd ever skip
Great stuff.
An album of grand, soaring highs supplemented with a smattering of weak, grounding lows. It feels like the Beatles had more ideas than they knew what to do with so at times the album feels like a brainstorming session. Fortunately, if you didn't already know, they were pretty good at writing songs so it manages to hold itself together across two records. Maybe I'll hold off giving it a 5, but it certainly has plenty of five star songs - Glass Onion is a personal favourite. 4
I love the Beatles, and The White Album has some of their great tracks. "Blackbird," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Dear Prudence," to name a few. But it also contains more filler than most of their albums (a common problem for double albums). Having said that, I kind of like the "bad" tracks on The White Album, like "Piggies," "Wild Honey Pie," and "Revolution 9." I find The White Album somewhat weaker than their other later-career records, mostly because of its bloat. But a weak Beatles record is still a great record, and it certainly deserves its place on this list.
A part of me thinks I should give this 5/5 on principle... it's a legendary album by a legendary band. Another part of me thinks I should give this a 5/5 because of how high the highs soar... every side has a perfect song, and some have multiple. It was also a pretty ballsy record for the time, with a lot of historical significance, both in terms of learning more about The Beatles and also the world around them. You got war songs, songs about protest, songs about racism interspersed with deeply personal songs about isolation, fear, the loss of loved ones, and drug addiction. There are songs on this LP that have altered the way I listen to music forever (both in terms of the albums avant-garde dirges and poppy masterpieces, both things I have come to adore in music in large part due to this album). But i guess my hang up comes from the fact that I cannot call this a perfect 'album.' You could make the case that it's a one of a kind album, and maybe even that it's a skip-less album, but there are a handful of songs on this album that you have to endure to get to the great ones. I understand "Revolution 9" is the punching bag (usually bemoaned in the same breathe as Paul's ska song) but I would take both of those over all of the songs about animals. If there was one novelty song about animals, i could give it a pass. There's one avant-garde noise wall thing and one attempt at Ska, but silly animals are a recurring theme. They're usually in varied genres, but they've never been terribly charming to me. I think that this album having bad songs isn't a terribly controversial opinion to hold, but to say that those songs drag the recording down seems to be. Oops. Do not misunderstand me, I believe this album is a masterpiece in it's own ugly way. And I also believe it should be on this list, and should be heard as a full monster of post-modern claptrap. I just think that this working as an art project doesn't mean it always works as an album, and that there are songs I can do without. I suppose if any band earned a few nonsense songs in 1968, it was probably The Beatles.
Best Beatles album I’ve listened to thus far.
Classic and good
bro this is so long. Listened to it in the car on the way to asters cottage.
There are a lot of great tracks on here for Beatles fans. That's kind of the snag though. Songs reference other previous Beatles songs or they are very obviously a 'Paul McCartney one'. It would be a weird one to just jump in from a cold start which when I was a kid would have been impossible. Somehow you would have already heard Help, Abbey Road, etc. I guess I'm trying to say that if I had to pick only one Beatles album to put on the list it wouldn't be this one but I absolutely love some of the tracks on here. I'm like a 4.5 rounded down at the moment.
Little too much filler. But like…the good stuff is incredible.
90 minutes of the most bi-polar album ever. Ranging from unlistenable, to sheer perfection.
There are a lot of great songs on this record, but there are far too much filler and "bloated corpse" songs that the Beatles could put on a record just because they were the Beatles. It's almost as though they were trying to see what they could get away with. If they had released an entire album of John and Yoko audio experiments in the vein of Revolution 9, it still would have sold millions of records. I, for one, do not blame Yoko for the break up of the Beatles. They were impossibly young, creatively adventurous, internationally famous and under the ever watchful eye of the media. That life is unsustainable.
Yeah it’s the Beatles again Some misses on this one but the highs are so high Guitar gently weeps is a masterpiece The run from track 7-11 is insane I love I’m so tired I think about it every time I can’t sleep literally
Despite its near universal acclaim, this album did not feel as perfect as Rubber Soul. The White Album’s highs are as good as music can be: Dear Prudence, the string of tracks from Happiness is a Warm Gun up to Blackbird, I Will, and Revolution 1 are all masterpieces. However, the lows are much lower and they hurt the experience of this album as a whole. It’s still The White Album so it can’t go much lower than 4 stars.
Fantastic album with some classic Beatles songs. I will say, the songs can be jarringly dissimilar.
The white album feels like each beatle member taking turns making songs with each of their unique vibes and it’s kinda fire
One of their best but way too long
I feel as if this can be wildly uneven or at least the more experimental cuts leave me hanging
Going in every possible directoin, but mostly top notch. A bit more inconsistent towards the end. 4.5 stars
As Paul McCartney has said, “it’s the White Album. Fuck Off”. It’s an undeniable classic with so much epic lore behind it - band going off to India to search for enlightenment with Mahesh Yogi Bear and Mike Love. Splintering up, spurting out their own separate songs savagely separate like. Ringo leaving the band at one stage and then coming back. Band even letting him write his own song. George Harrison starting a beautiful bromance with Eric Clapton who contributes lead guitar to what is the crown jewel moment on the album While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 30 songs. About 18 great ones. All in all it’s a ten tonne 60s classic where nothing can possiblie go wrong. Now here is Ob La Di Ob La Da, Wild Honey Pie and The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill where Yoko Ono takes a guest vocal spot.
Not a big fan of the Beatles, but it was good
Old school and new to me
Already listened
High highs and low lows, there's probably a GOAT album in here somewhere
Number 9
I understand how this can be someone’s favourite (Beatles) album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, and Helter Skelter are some of the best Beatles songs. Back In The U.S.S.R., Glass Onion, I Will, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey and Savoy Truffle are great songs as well. But a big portion of this album doesn’t come close to that level. The obvious ones are Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9, but songs like The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road and Good Night don’t do much for me either. It’s not like these lesser songs make it an unpleasant experience, but it does drag down the score a bit. It’s cool to see so many ideas, but not all of them stick the landing in my opinion.
This album contains some of my favourite Beatles songs, and they’re incredibly well written, which makes it a tough one for me to rate. The problem is that The White Album is just too long and too uneven. I’m really torn on the score. I can’t quite put it at the very top knowing that Abbey Road or Sgt. Pepper’s are still waiting down the road.
Beatles improved. Pro max. Tres Camaritas.
Yeah yeah yeah. It’ll get a 4. I. Am. Not. A. Fan. Of. The. Double. Album. Not. A. Fan. Don’t care if it’s the Beatles. I almost want to give it a 3. But, you know… it’s… So I know before I even put the damn thing on what I will rate it. And this exercise is actually making me more and more ambiguous about the Beatles. But.. it’s THE WHITE ALBUM. And it’s chock full. Blackbird. While My Guitar. Sexie Sadie into Helter Skelter. Arghhhh. 4 Boolean: yeah, true, of course
You have got to respect The Beatles for putting out an album with this scope. You can hear in every song how influencial this album is. The pop songs are insanely catchy. Even the at times mildly annoying Ob-La-Di just sticks in your head. There are so many amazing songs here, but the highlights are the slower and more mellow moments. While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Blackbird are simply stunning. Some of the best songs ever put on record. Some songs i could do without but overall this is a great record. Actually, now that i’m writing this, i’m not sure what songs i personally would cut. Maybe Honey Pie? Ob-La-Di? Honestly, it probably depends on the mood i’m in. I’m happy that i finally listened to The White Album in full and now know what all the fuzz is about. (Revolution 9, i will always have your back!)
No soy muy fan de los Beatles, pero es un buen disco, entiendo el hype. Como siempre, las que más me gustaron fueron: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wild Honeypie y Blackbird.
Maybe just a tad overrated, but there's no denying that this is still The Beatles in their about prime. Each member's amazing songwriting and performance skills come through on every song. I definitely can't go without addressing the elephant in the room though, and that's the tracklist. It's mostly great songs, but there are still quite a few that really could have been cut (Revolution 9 is NOT one of them, I absolutely will not tolerate Revolution 9 slander). But even among just having a small handful of dud tracks in an otherwise brilliant album for The Beatles is easy to get away with, especially when the parts that are are genuinely that good.
En general siento que el album tiene un poco de todo, el hecho de tener muchas canciones, hace tener variedad. Y bueno, el album tiene muchas canciones destacables, y diria que increíbles para la época, inimaginables incluso. Al escucharlo por primera vez siento yo que es complicado agarrarle cariño si no eres tan fan, pero con el rato te das cuenta lo increible que llega a ser. Aunque no todo es positivo, porque igual hay canciones que tal vez no destacan mucho o que son aburridas, a mi gusto hay algunas que podria saltarmelas porque no me generan nada o me aburren. El album en general es un conjunto de muchas cosas, pero un conjunto bueno, es un trabajo muy bueno de la banda y muy destacable.
Some very high highs, but also some pretty weird and/or mediocre sections.
3.5/5
A mixed bag, but probably the best document for showing who the Beatles were. Meme lords, pop-songwriting savants, experimental weirdos, and tender balladeers.
The Beatles, it turns out, are really good. I'm saying this now 7 albums deep and not one of them rated less than a 4. In this instance, there's much to like still, and there's still plenty of bangers in there, but it's just inconsistent. That means it's not up there with their very best, but still absolutely worth a look - but I'll be honest, due to the length, and the number of weird tracks, I'm probably only dipping in for specific tracks. The good: I like the variance in the songs, the variety of styles and approaches. There's plenty of quirk and plenty of sincerity. The bad: There's a reasonable amount of filler, with some genuinely weird shit that I don't get the point of (Wild Honey Pie, Piggies, Revolution 9). I would have liked it to be more focused, but inarguably what's here is mostly great.
Groundbreaking stuff - really changed the game. Lot of it is timeless, and a lot of it I would never throw on
Not their best but.. I mean, it’s the Beatles
The Beatles album called The Beatles or commonly referred as the White Album is one of first double albums (in rock music.) Majority of the songs come from when earlier in the year (1968) they - the Beatles travelled to India with some others to do some spiritual stuff. They wrote a shit ton of songs in the short amount of time they were there for. They obviously didn't use all of the songs, some were left as fragments which were used for the Abbey Road Medley, but a lot of it were used. I very much love eclectic albums, some the styles are: "Back in the USSR" is a Beach Boys-like song, Dear Prudence, is very folk-oriented, Reggae in "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", beautiful melancholic song of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." All of that is the first side of the album. It's one of the most eclectic albums out there. It's semi-far from being my favourite Beatles album, but it's still good, because it's literally a Beatles album. This album continues the point of the Beatles being innovative guys and pioneering sounds that are so common nowadays. Highlight Song/s: "Back In The U.S.S.R.", "Dear Prudence", "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "Don't Pass Me By", "Sexy Sadie", "Helter Skelter" and "Revolution 1"
Beatles, pero un buen albun
got some bangers
Back in the USSR is such a good opener. Idk man it’s the Beatles, what do you want me to say? They were pretty famous for a while.
Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: My Guitar Gently Weeps, new addition Good Night Date listened: 30/05/26 Listen when: Always? Good Night first listening experience was heavenly and wasn't expecting much after revolution 9. Defo some not my taste. Surprisingly loved Yer Blues? Insane track 7 to 11 run. My Guitar Gently Weeps and I Will still on top.
so viele Hits wow! und sehr langes Album, 30 songs haha liebe "while my guitar gently weeps" sexy sadie!!!! paar random songs aber insgesamt mega
i've heard some of the well-known tracks off this album, but i haven't heard it in full. it's over 90-minutes long so I hope it's worth the time i'll be sinking into it Back in the U.S.S.R. - 5/5 Dear Prudence - 5/5 Glass Onion - 4/5 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 4/5 Wild Honey Pie - 3/5 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 5/5 Martha My Dear - 5/5 I'm So Tired - 5/5 Blackbird - 5/5 Piggies - 3/5 Rocky Raccoon - 4/5 Don't Pass Me By - 3/5 Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 1/5 I Will - 4/5 Julia - 5/5 Birthday - 3/5 Yer Blues - 4/5 Mother Nature's Son - 4/5 Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 3/5 Sexy Sadie - 4/5 Helter Skelter - 5/5 Long, Long, Long - 3/5 Revolution 1 - 4/5 Honey Pie - 4/5 Savoy Truffle - 3/5 Cry Baby Cry - 4/5 Revolution 9 - 1/5 Good Night - 3/5 Average score: 3.9/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ is the first half of the album worth listening to? i think so, especially considering some of their most popular tracks are there (Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, etc.) is the last half worth listening to? meh, a little less so. it's okay but not nearly as good (with Helter Skelter being the biggest exception for me), and it ends kinda weird with the last couple tracks
me cuestan un poco los escarabajos, pero al final estuvo bastante bien
Oh The White Album... It always leaves me unsatisfied. A little bit disappointed. To me it's too long. Too many songs that should have been left on the cutting floor, but sure as hell the band wasn't in the place to easily cut something. It's one of those records where the story behind is even more interesting than the music itself. There's quite some negative stuff, but these are just my excuses for not finding it a perfect record. So many beautiful and immortal songs here.
a lot of good stuff that I'm already familiar with but bungalow bill Is bullshit other than that though I actually got a bit more than I expected out of this one
MASTERPIECE
love the beatles. Love Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Julia
I wanted to hate on this as over rated but failed - too many good tracks even tho it's too long. Some ridic bullshit (revolution no9) for sure, but also some hidden greats - see Yer Blues.
Why Don't We Do It In The Road ?
Its the Beatles, of course I like it. But I grew up with the blue album compilation on vinyl and that just hits the spot way better.
So many different styles but my favorites have to be the mellow acoustic ones or really any of paul mccartney’s Top song - I will
Liker mye av det! Men Beatles er fortsatt litt oppskrytt. Jeg hører dog hvor mange nyere artister som har hentet fra Beatles. De var sinnsykt forut sin tid! Det er et bevis på hvor geniale de var!
Its a good album a bid too long thats why its not 5 stars but one of the best beathles albums.
favs: ob-la-di, ob-la-da, the continuing story of bungalow bill, while my guitar gently weeps, good night
230526 10:37 3.5
Bona fide
Beautiful and poetic, but long and angular. This has always been the late Beatles record that I struggle the most with. There is some incredible art (it's a Beatles record!) There are some beautiful pop songs and then there are some fantastic experimental pieces. I found revolution 9 much more coherent and beautiful this listen and I haven't always. The more creative narrative songs are a trip too. It being a double album though, I struggle to stay with it and fully connected in a way that definitely isn't an issue for any other Beatles. It's great though
не ожидала, что прям так сразу возвращение в ссср 5 и 6 трек как-то что-то никак, детский утренник какой-то ну а в целом очень даже хорошо while my guitar gently weeps прям шикарный
More enjoyable than I remembered. Still very weird to think the Manson family listened to this
an absolute classic
As we all know, the White Album is an overly-sprawling mess of an album that really ought to be half as long. And yet, that's what makes it so compelling! You can almost hear the creative processes going in real-time here, what with the mix of songs that should have never been written, the songs that should have been left on the cutting room floor, the songs that could have used a bit more work, and the all-time classics. Sure, you don't really need "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" in your life, but doesn't the contrast make "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" just that little bit more satisfying?
I felt in a 90s movie in California, awesome
Une excellente première partie avec un coup de cœur pour la face B du disque 1. Le deuxième disque est plus lourd, inégal et difficile à terminer. Un grand album, mais trop long pour rester au top du début à la fin.
4.5?
Interesting album, one of their best
Some truly bizarre songs on this one
#125/1001 🇬🇧⬜️ I have always had such mixed feelings about this record, mainly about the number of slightly gimmicky tracks, pastiching styles like Ska, Country, Ragtime and also the Beach Boys. That said there is some absolutely wonderful stuff here and we shouldnt forget that they invented Heavy Metal and inspired Charles Manson with Helter Skelter. I think my belief has always been if they trimmed it down to 3 sides of the best tracks (with Revolution 9 as a single track on side 4) this would be a far stronger record. I guess there were lots of egos at play by this point and everybody had to do their bit. Best Tracks: Happiness is a Warm Gun, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Glass Onion, Blackbird. Also good: Long Long Long, Cry Baby Cry, Julia, Good Night. Nope: Bungalow Bill, Rocky Raccoon, Savoy Truffle, Honey Pie.
Would be a lot of peoples best album, might not even be in their top 5.
A GREAT Beatles album. Not in my top few, so I can't give it 5 stars, but definitely like a 4.5
My favorite Beatles album for a reason. What a treat
This runs long. It has some good songs on it tho I don’t think you need to listen to the whole thing tho you get some bangers on the first side alone.
People love this ine
This goes past exploration and whatnot. This album is just disjointed. For every legendary banger, you take two steps back.
1 - Back in the U.S.S.R. (what is normally a conventional piano-led, surfy garage rock song has this persistent whistling noise in the back, as though the listener can never be fully at ease listening to this song, like someone is always watching them....I wasn't expecting paranoia to be an audible aesthetic in a Beatles song of all things, yet here we are. Excellent opener overall ) 4.5/5 2 - Dear Prudence (rootsy and folky, this brings down the lights to give us a reflective peace and love song - one of many in this era, but with an increasingly tense energy attached. The breakdown in the end really puts this one over for me; another great track) 4/5 3 - Glass Onion ("I told you bout Strawberry Fields" is an INCREDIBLE lyric to open this one on. This was the Beatles trying to retcon everything they had done previously and push their sound into and endless present where every release is a step forward while also serving as a debut-esque launch pad. The song itself isn't all that past the lyrics but that opening line made me think of the Beatles aesthetic in this era) 3.5/5 4 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (this is he most clowned on song on this album, but I don't really understand why. It's inane to be sure, but it's inoffensive enough that it's forgotten in good time. This is one of Paul's silly little music hall pieces and the simple singalong chorus makes me think this was his attempt to capture a live sound considering how desperate he was to get back to touring) 3.5/5 5 - Wild Honey Pie (the wildest song on the album (so far, there's much worse coming.) It's less than a minute long but you feel every second of its runtime. Not sure why this is on the album as a separate track. If it was an intro to Honey Pie it would have worked much better) 3/5 6 - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (this one sounds like a catchy song from an old-timey children's cartoon. I think of that anthology about American heroes narrated by James Earl Jones; it reminds me of the song about John Henry from the first part of that anthology. Long tangent aside, this one fluctuates wildly between the kids-at-camp chorus and John's portrayal of the protagonist as a dead-eyed soulless hunter. Very odd song and one you don't hear much about when discussing the Beatles catalogue) 4/5 7 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (here's the best-known song on this album. The verses have probably been copied thousands of times at this point. It's a perfectly written pop song complete with the sort of off-kilter bridge with the electric piano (?) Haven't thought much about this song in the grand scheme of Beatles songs, but it's definitely one of their era-defining ones) 4/5 8 - Happiness Is a Warm Gun (a sort of uneasy opening that leads to a proto-Sabbath riff followed by the more typical Beatles shuffle and John giving this very aggressive performance one the song "clears up" so to speak. Very strange that I don't know what to feel about this song once it's done) 4/5 9 - Martha My Dear (another music hall type of song led by a jaunty piano and followed by horns later on. A little too cutesy for me) 3.5/5 10 - I'm So Tired (a brief 2-minute track almost serves as an interlude. It's got some crunchy (!) guitars on it but I'm not sure why it couldn't have been a minute or so longer since it builds so well before it abruptly ends. Could have given this one more time and cut some of the fluff - actually, that's one of my favourites things about this album; the debate on which songs are filler) 4/5 11 - Blackbird (this is the other one everyone knows off this album. A soothing, almost ambient song sung by Paul. There's a tiny subtext about race relations, which of course was a very timely subject in this era. For a song so sparse it actually captures your attention the whole way through despite it being structured like some archival recording of a 1930s country blues tune) 4/5 12 - Piggies (a very formal harpsichord starts this next music hall interlude. The interplay is quite nice and this might be the only one of these music hall songs I would unequivocally keep on the album; the rest are sort of nonsense fluff to my ears) 4/5 13 - Rocky Raccoon (the slow acoustic guitar and occasional hits from the rhythm section make me think this song is going to build to something huge. However, it turns into a jaunty dance led by a saloon piano. There isn't too much else to write about; this one I would probably cut from the album) 3/5 14 - Don't Pass Me By (the swirling Hammond in the back lends an unusual feel to this song. As the violin and harmonicas interrupt here and there, this makes me feel like I'm dissociating in a bar while a country band is playing on stage. The Hammond almost makes this feel like a circus song (!) I give this song bonus points for being written and sung by Ringo, who has so far given us the most genre-bending, tripped beyond belief tune on the album so far! 4.5/5 15 - Why Don't We Do It in the Road? (Paul sounds so blitzed out and gruff I almost didn't think I was still listening to the same album. This one is going for that rough-and-tumble blues sound, and it mostly succeeds) 4/5 16 - I Will (this is the closest the Beatles get to their pre-1965 sound. I can see why this one is popular but there just isn't much of substance to me on this song. Some of the guitar work is interesting, as is the beat, but that's about it) 3/5 17 - Julia (a very old-sounding song for an album made with the absolute cutting edge of tech for the time. It sounds like a medieval English folk tune in places. I guess it would sound like it's echoing and coming from all directions when on psychedelics, but otherwise it's a perfectly serviceable folk tune, and probably the only reasonable way to end the first half) 3/5 18 - Birthday (the riff borrowed from "Pretty Woman" is the perfect backing for another absolute barn burner of a vocal from Paul. This is a proto-punk tune when both him and John show up halfway through. What a belter of an opener!) 4.5/5 19 - Yer Blues (so, so, SO many alt and indie bands copied this spelling style decades after it came out. It's a classic wobbling shuffling blues track and honestly would not sound out of place on a Muddy Waters album. Another home run to start the second half of this album) 4.5/5 20 - Mother Nature's Son (another perfectly acceptable folk tune sung by Paul. There isn't too much to write about this song that I already didn't write about for I Will or Julia. At least 2 of those songs could be cut from the album with no real impact on quality) 3/5 21 - Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (well that's a title that certainly catches your attention, as does the alarm-bell percussion on this. John doesn't leave much to the imagination either; the song's theme is literally its title. It sounds like an alt rock track from the mid-90s; wonderfully ahead of its time and delightfully absurd. This is a definite highlight for me) 4.5/5 22 - Sexy Sadie (this sounds more like a high school prom track than anything that would convey the sort of sex appeal I was expecting from the song title. If the song was brightened up a little bit it could fit in the soundtrack of Grease if you ask me. Not too much else for this song besides that bizarre comparison it made me think of...) 3/5 23 - Helter Skelter (I find that rock stations sort of overplay this one and it detracts from just how damn vicious this song is. It inspired Charles Manson's ideals after all. Only a song like this, about a theme park, could sounds like the apocalypse itself. This is probably my favourite song on this huge, huge album, just for how innovative it is and how it's aged incredibly well. I would argue it still holds its own against most of the hard rock that came out decades after it) 4.5/5 24 - Long, Long, Long (the quiet, whistling keyboards on this song really convey this sense of isolation and a desperate need to break out. Appropriately enough, this was written and sung by George, who was seeking a way out of the Beatles since the music started pouring out of him around this time. It's very restrained and elegant sounding, until the weird tape loops come in and rearrange everything you thought about this song. Great in every way) 4.5/5 25 - Revolution 1 (I'm so used to hearing the sped-up version that plays on rock radio I thought this was an alternate version aping the original on a different album. This one has a classic nonviolent protest message, which, in modern contexts, sort of feels naive and inane considering the extremity of change and the continued decline of broader society. All that aside, the song has a varied sound palette that paints a vivid image. The song gets increasingly intense but Ringo's beat never flinches, as if to communicate the unstoppable march of time and progress through all the political movements the lyrics reference) 4.5/5 26 - Honey Pie (the latest and greatest in Paul McCartney music hall tracks. This one is the cutest one yet! I maintain that Wild Honey Pie could have gone on either end (more likely the start) and saved the album a track. This is probably the best of the music hall tracks on this album since it's easily the most memorable) 3.5/5 27 - Savoy Truffle (I wasn't expecting a big horn section on a Beatles album but I guess this is a kitchen-sink type of recording. It kind of chugs along for 3 minutes even as the guitars and horns trade passages for the instrumental section. This feels like a British Motown track; needless to say I'm impressed by this one) 4/5 28 - Cry Baby Cry (after what feels like dozens of weird disparate tracks it's refreshing to hear a conventional(?) Beatles on the album for a change. This is typical of the sound that made them the biggest band in the world. The feathery vocal outro is a perfect way to end this song and an eerie foreshadow of the song to follow....) 4/5 29 - Revolution 9 (it simply must be heard to be believed. Probably the most expensive sound collage of all time given they did the entire thing on physical tape and only had around 8 or so at most. This is Stockhausen by way of Lennon and Ono. I can only imagine this must have scared the living daylights out of their fans when it first came out. I really doubt a modern artist could include something this difficult and inaccessible in their album these days. Easily the point (high? low? I don't know anymore) of this album of the album) NUMBER NINE/5 30 - Good Night (the Beatles welcomes us back to the world of the living (in this case, conventional music.) This one sounds like it would play in a Disney movie with all 4 Beatles waving goodbye and they go back into the clouds as they ride in a hot air balloon. Full string backing lends a dreamlike atmosphere (as if anyone could undo the mental scarring of Revolution 9. A fitting way to end this titan of an album) 4/5 OVERALL - 7.7/10
I mean. Yeah. Beetlys. Yay.
Beatles, good stuff, hard to argue with this album. Still not the best I ever heard, so no 5 stars.
first selection was just covers by assorted artists.
Very experimental and fun. The only reason I couldn't go 5 stars is because there are much better Beatles albums. It's hard not to go Blackbird for my favorite track since it was my introduction to the Beatles many many years ago. I listened while working, but I've listened to the album before several times. I'd be interested to know the number of different instruments used on this album.
If you cut out an album's worth of material, you would have possibly the best Beatles album. As it is, you get a lot of songs from all different genres and perspectives. Still very very good overall but not at Sgt Peppers, Revolver, or Rubber Soul though.
It's the Beatles' White Album, for god's sake. Baggy, full of filler, what happens when you become too powerful for a disciplined editor. Everybody's Got Something To Hide is my favourite but FFS there's Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon and Piggies.
nice
The album is iconic. But a bit before my time. Obla-di will make the list
cool music with some of best songs of the beatles
4.5/5
Rocky racoon new beatles fav
All over the place
oh god... the horror i am feeling right now realising that my disdain for the beatles my whole life has been mostly performative and i just hadn't heard all that much from them... don't get me wrong, some of the songs on here really weren't my thing, but i can appreciate it in the context of them being out there for the time. and the songs i did like, i really liked. surprisingly very easy to have on in the background, and i didn't find the length of it too offensive either (i can't lie, seeing it was one and a half hours long was not a good start, but they turned it around)
listened to my grandma’s original copy of the vinyl which made it 1000x better
So many different musical angles on this one keeps it exciting despite the super long run time.
no complaints other than the fact that it was extraordinarily too long fav song: honey pie
Why is it so damn long? Stand-outs - Back In The U.S.S.R. - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Long, Long, Long
Highest highs and Lowest Lows. Best: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Worst: Dear Prudence
Highlights: Back in the U.S.S.R, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Rocky Raccoon, Don't Pass Me By, Birthday, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1, Savoy Truffle, Good Night
Icónico ciertamente, contiene varias de mis canciones favoritas de la banda y es el álbum que me hizo su fan. Lastima la constante incongruencia y desconexión entre canciones, demuestran el estado de la banda en ese tiempo.
I've never been a big Beatles fan. I recognize that their spot in the annals of music history is well earned, they have had so many hits and just dominated for over a decade. I just felt like their earlier stuff was pretty basic, even if it was well crafted. This record is a nice departure from that. There's a good amount of complexity to this album. Of course, everyone will rightfully talk about the Lennon McCartney writing partnership and appropriately so. That said, I have always liked George Harrison the best and it's no surprise that I find While My Guitar Gently Weeps to be the best track on here. There are plenty of others to like though. Back in the USSR, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Blackbird, Birthday, Yer Blues were all highlights for me, which speaks further to the diversity on this record. All in all, this is the Beatles at the best. A great, great album.
Ein Beatles-Doppel-Album mit vielen interessanten Songs. Mir sagen die meisten nichts, ist aber auf jeden Fall angenehm zu hören und vielseitig. Wenn man das Alter bedenkt, eine herausragende Leistung. 4/5
this is my first proper impression of The Beatles. The only tracks I knew were Blackbird, ____ . Honestly, interesting panning choices, I thought my speakers were spoilt, it trips me up. mad emo rock vibes, disc 1 & 2 are quite different but they seem to allude to real-life situations
PEAKKK
Well this is a high 4. Long one incoming. I've never heard the album all the way through but it's pretty immediately clear that we're hitting that late 60s Beatles and Beatles-adjacent quality. Always a huge fan of Paul McCartney and his songwriting which I find to be interesting and emotionally charged, even in the midst of some of the vaudville-y stuff he likes to drop into. I'll go to war for Ob-La-Di. I hear shades of his later stuff in songs like Mother Nature's Son and Martha My Dear. Not always the biggest fan of John Lennon's writing, but the ones that are attributed to him on this album are quite good. Julia is lovely, maybe a little Freudian but lovely. George is holding it down with what he was allowed to contribute, I like the snark of Piggies and obv While My Guitar has the rep it does for a reason. Ringo holding down the grooves. Yes, great great album. I think the things holding it back from a perfect 5 for me are the length and specifically Revolution 9. I'm no stranger to longer albums and my attention span isn't completely shot. That was by no means a slog, all of the songs are at least good songs. But truthfully, I really wouldn't have minded that being broken up into 2 albums. Just an aural break would have been a godsend for my ears that are always overtaxed with noise anyway. Lastly, I understand Revolution 9's impact on avant garde and the ongoing fluxus movement of the time, but I'm honestly not sure how to take it. When I read Lennon talking about it, sometimes he's saying that it's an auditory representation of how he sees the general idea of a revolution. Kinda vague, but a fairly serious topic to put forth. But then sometimes someone goes "what does this part mean" and he goes "oh I just thought that was funny lmao". It's not like serious ideas can't be brought up in the context of lighter avenues of discussion or anything like that. But, I think with the already pretty out there composition and low digestibility of a lot of avant garde art, maybe it would have landed for me better without knowing that the subject matter is serious but some stuff is just memeing in there. Makes it more difficult to really attach to anything in there cuz I can't land on what I think the intent really is. Then again, other times he says that it's just a collection of sounds to be taken as is when the listener gets a hold of it and that's what I got out of it the first time I heard it before reading anything. So I dunno, maybe another time. Anyway, that's gonna be a more than solid 4.
It is the White Album. A really big turning point in Beatles career. Yes, you can hear what every member of the band would do later as a solo artist. Yes, there’s cohesive Beatles songs. Yes, there’s a lot of: Ok songs. And Yer blues, John, yer blues…
The White Album is a complete mess full of filler and random left turns, which is the key to its charm. It's like an insane after hours DJ set on the radio. I will never have a random desire to listen to Why Don't We Do It In The Road?, Revolution 9 or Wild Honey Pie, but I always smile when they come up while going through the album. There are probably at least three Beatles albums I prefer, but The White Album is the most unique album in their catalogue. The fact that the best tracks on the album are also some of the best songs ever made goes without saying. Favourite track: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Lots of iconic songs, favorite track while my guitar gently weeps, solid A tier
no voy a ser nada objetiva con este album porque es The Beatles la dualidad de glass onion me encanta, nunca la había escuchado este album tiene muy buenas canciones martha my dear, fan de los metales amo I will, que canción más hermosa estan los clasicos conocidos y muchos desconocidos, por lo menos para mi
Tikrai gražios dainos, ypač paskutinės.
OK, this will not be popular with some people. This is a good double album but as a single album it would have been a masterpiece. They kind of went off the rails with a few songs but has classics like Rocky Raccoon, Dear Prudence and Blackbird.
Me quedé en negro.
Favorite Song: Blackbird
Its actually pretty good.
Well it has My Guitar, Revolution, Blackbird… but there’s also a fair amount of nonsense. Maybe they should have included Hey Jude and cut a bit of the silliness.
Absolutely immaculate
Awesome album with great diversity. Gently weeps is probably top 3 Beatles songs for me.
It's a Beatles album. It's good but the Beatles sound always gets a little tiring on the ears eventually. Some classics in this album and some songs that feel like filler. 4/5.
Such a strange album and so difficult to rate. You could easily argue it's beyond rating as in so many ways it's an experiment, a reach for the next rung of the ladder when it's impossible to see. Some incredible, beautiful, complex songs (While my guitar gently weeps) and some seeming dross. Some you need to let percolate. Should probably be a five but can't quite get there.
Bit too long and a few too many experimental tracks that don't quite hit the mark, they're the only things stopping this being a five star. It did however remind me of the masterpiece that is The Grey Album, a Dangermouse remix of the White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album......
Some really good tracks, others not so great. Can't quite give it 5*
Some incredible material on here (Helter Skelter and Piggies being my favourite here) but this is also the textbook example of record that didn’t need to be a live album. Would have been up there with Abby road with a more robust editing process….
Fire 😋
That's really good album. My rating of each song: disk 1 1. Back in the USSR - 5/5 2. Dear Prudence - 4/5 3. Glass Onion - 5/5 4. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 4/5 5. Wild Honey Pie - 3/5 6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 (my fav) 8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun - 5/5 9. Martha My Dear - 4/5 10. I'm So Tired - 5/5 11. Blackbird - 5/5 12. Piggies - 4/5 13. Rocky Raccoon - 4/5 14. Don't Pass Me By - 5/5 15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? - 4/5 16. I Will - 5/5 17. Julia - 5/5 disk 2 1. Birthday - 4/5 2. Yer Blues - 4/5 3. Mother Nature's Son - 5/5 4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - 5/5 5. Sexy Sadie - 4/5 6. Helter Skelter - 5/5 7. Long, Long, Long - 5/5 8. Revolution 1 - 5/5 9. Honey Pie - 5/5 10. Savoy Truffle - 4/5 11. Cry Baby Cry - 4/5 12. Revolution 9 - 4/5 13. Good Night - 4/5
good
I have never been a big fan of the Beatles, being more inclined to heavy metal and punk rock. However, the White album has a lot of very good tunes. I could do without the Bungalow Bill song though. Overall, I can see why this album is considered one of the greatest.
Muchas canciones, pero muchas obras de arte al mismo tiempo
A handful of my favourite Beatles songs and a lot of songs that are not. I like the interesting experiments (and I am happy to include Revolution 9 in that) but there are too many flimsy throwaways. Even by double album standards, the lack of quality control is exceptional
Beautiful, long. I probably have a tendency to stop paying close attention after a certain number of tracks, as well as one to stop reflecting critically. But I was buoyed by good feeling from start to finish and that's not my default. Kudos, bugmen.
Buen disco la primera canción no suena tanto a lo clásico
Wonderful songs/instruments. Vocals and vibes are good but all over the place.
J’ai préféré la première partie de l’album mais ça reste un classique de fou. Bangers dessus
Besides a few duds, I think there's a reason the Beatles are as popular as they are.
Probably can't listen to this full album. Never-the-less I enjoy the first few tracks and it has a lovely upbeat rhythm to it, I can definitely understand why this album is so loved!
The White Album is sooooo good. Front half or back half? That is the question. (Probably front half) This isn't my absolute favorite Beatles album, but it is Top 5 for sure. It is so interesting and hits so many styles throughout. It is so much fun. 4.5 stars. Is "Back In Yhe U.S.S.R. the strongest Beatles album opening track? I think so. Revolution 9 sucks ass and I am not sure what John was thinking...(I understand it was a political statement, but still... Liked Songs: Most of this album is in my daily rotation
Great to hear both tracks. Very diverse music.
Good album!!
Could have been a 5, but some songs feel like definite filler.
8.0/10 Lots of amazing tunes but others not so great…
People must have lost their minds when this album when this dropped! Rating: 4.5/5 GEMV (03.04.2026)
I forgot how long this album is. The Beatles take some big swings and not all of them hit.
I got two Beatles albums in a row. Embracing baked beans
Skønt
While I did already hear some of the songs on the album I never listened to it entirely, and i have to say this was an experience I needed to have. Anytime I listen to The Beatles I am remembered of how influential they really were on the music as we know it today. And even if this sounds like an old Beatles fan saying Beatles fan things, the production is still so relevant even almost sixty years after its release. Hearing the sample that was used in MF DOOM's "Tick, Tick..." in "Glass Onion" was another reminder of that broad influence I guess. All in all I enjoyed this a lot !
Too long and too same soundy, I'm generally not a fan of double albums for this reason
I just simply am not the man for this album. It drags and feels extremely scattered at its worst. A cut down version would work for me. At its best however, I really see the mastery and legacy. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Blackbird has stood the test of time, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is so much fun. Just not a Beatles guy at the end of the day but the hits hit for me. Favorite Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
First full Beatles album! I’m realizing that I like shorter albums but this was manageable because all the songs felt distinct. I’ve heard many many of these songs, too, but not all in one place like this. There’s some cool panning too especially in Revolution 9. I also thought revolution 9 was the most interesting and experimental song on the album. I generally like art that takes risks so I liked it but I wouldn’t put it on to listen to even though I enjoyed my first experience. Favorites: Dear prudence, the continuing story of bungalow bill, blackbird, rocky raccoon, I will, Julia, cry baby cry
The Beatles (The White Album) shows impressive variety and creativity, but feels inconsistent, with filler tracks weakening overall listening experience.
Although I'm not a fan and it is a double album containing only one true sucker ("Revolution 9") I have to appreciate it is a strong effort. 3,5
This is a great album. Groundbreaking soundscapes from an undeniable great band. They have some absolute killer tracks. Also 1968!? Get the fuck out with some of these sounds. Still, the double album curse follows for me. Inevitably, to fill both albums you get filler. Not a lot, and for the Beatles the filler is better than most. But it still isn’t a completely stamped coherent album statement. Now, I will listen to the hell out of it, but the redux would be insane!
Massive album, clearly influential, and very eclectic. Some of my favourite Beatles stuff on here. Great album.
This could be a 5 if the goofy, filler songs were pushed to b-sides, making the album more cohesive and cutting down to half the play time. It’s like they just threw whatever shit they wanted on this album because they were bigger than Jesus, allegedly.
An extremely long album filled with some of The Beatles's best and worst songs. I give it a solid 8/10. First listening tracklist ranking: 1. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. Helter Skelter 4. Sexy Sadie 5. Dear Prudence 6. Blackbird 7. Savoy Truffle 8. Revolution 1 9. Back In The U.S.S.R 10. Revolution 9 11. Piggies 12. Yer Blues 13. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 14. Glass Onion 15. I Will 16. Birthday 17. Martha My Dear 18. Julia 19. I'm So Tired 20. Good Night 21. Rocky Racoon 22. Cry Baby Cry 23. Long, Long, Long 24. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill 25. Mother Nature's Son 26. Don't Pass Me By 27. Honey Pie 28. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 29. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? 30. Wild Honey Pie
favorites: while my guitar gently weeps; i will; sexy sadie
Hella interesting, sometimes amazing, occasionally bad (no. 9 is more boring than bad)
Some fantastic songs but a lot of fillers in the song list
Faszinierend, anstrengend, lustig, wunderschön(,) schrecklich. Ich werde zwar kein Verehrer dieses Albums, von denen es doch so viele gibt, aber großartig ist es ohne Zweifel. Mit einer Hand voll Songs kann ich jedoch rein gar nichts anfangen, auch wenn ich den experimentellen Charakter wertschätzen kann.
Truly, a great album. Truly, too long.
Second beatles album on this, obviously heard it before though not many times the ranking for beatles albums now goes: 1. revolver 2. white album i think revolver is more enjoyable to listen to especially with the length in mind