The White Album

Honestly when I think of an “album,” this is usually what comes to my mind. The biggest band in the world, fresh off a stretch of 3 classic, creative, and cohesive albums, find themselves without a manager and a direction. So they go to India, write a bunch of music, record it, and say f*** it and release it. Every good album needs drama, every good album needs filler tracks to keep the pace. There are days where I get tired of hearing Sgt Pepper or Revolver, but listening to the White Album is always interesting. And yes, that means I even like “Wild Honey Pie,” “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road,” and “Revolution 9”

Always amazing

I feel like I gave a lot enough explanation of why it’s an important album already. For a non Beatles fan this album is probably waaaay too long but I’m obviously a huge fan so it’s like a gold mine of classics as well experimental tracks that makes you feel like you’re in the studio for a day hearing all the a-sides and the b-sides they’re working on. I will, mother natures son, Julia, and blackbird are some of the best acoustic songs ever and show they can be great songwriters even without the orchestras and experimentation that made so many other Beatles songs great. 👍: while my guitar, mother nature’s son, happiness is a warm gun, I will

Let me start by saying: I love all things unconventional. I love anything that purposefully subverts expectations. This album, from what I have learned, does just that. The Beatles were the biggest band of all time, and used this album to completely dissolve themselves of the responsibility a band of that stature would have to make consistent music for a specific audience. I love not just what this album does and says about music but about art in general. That the very creation of it is what’s important. I also really enjoyed playing this on vinyl, I took the album in small chunks through the day and it was the perfect vibe. No notes.

Probably five MEH songs on this entire album of thirty songs? One of the best of all times.

I always forget how long this album is. And how strange some of these songs get.

Not usually a Beatles fan but I did really like this

I grew up in the 70s. Now the Beatles have never really been out of style, but by the time I discovered this album in the mid-80s, no one my age particularly wanted to listen to them. I DID NOT CARE. If you were riding in my car, you were going to listen to "Wild Honey Pie" and "Revolution 9" and you were going to like it, damn it. If I was going on this journey, I was taking everyone I knew with me. My whole 17th year in this world revolved around this album, which I played endlessly. I was a weird pre-alternative kid who loved the Smiths and REM, but this album spoke to me. It still does, more than almost any other album. It opened my mind to all kinds of possibilities in music. This is probably one of the most creative and diverse albums ever made. The songs really don't connect at all and it absolutely should not work to put them together, but somehow it works. That's a testament to the talents of the Beatles that they managed to pull it off, in spite of personal tensions and creative splintering. In fact, I would say that this tension allows these songs to live together in this space. It's that disjointed sensibility that gives this album its fire. It's all at once melodic and whimsical, ethereal and lovely, even abrasive and gleefully weird. You have several of the most well known and beloved Beatles songs ever made, mixed in with all kinds of odd little gems that you don't hear much if you're not a fan. This album remains a stunningly vital work, over 50 years since it came out. It never ceases to be entertaining and it always encourages us to expand our ideas of what music should be. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Helter Skelter; Long, Long, Long; I'm So Tired; I Will; Blackbird; Dear Prudence; Don't Pass Me By; Julia; Martha My Dear; Happiness Is a Warm Gun; Rocky Raccoon; Good Night; Mother Nature's Son; Why Don't We Do It in the Road?; Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey; Glass Onion; Cry Baby Cry; Wild Honey Pie; The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; Savoy Truffle; Honey Pie; Revolution 1; Sexy Sadie; Yer Blues; Piggies; Back in the U.S.S.R.; Birthday; Revolution 9

i mean, AMAZING.

Absolutely crazy album that I had no idea had so many of their biggest hits on it. It's funny to say that this is a huge departure from their normal music, but Sgt Pepper's was the album before this one. However, this is still a big departure, in a much different way from Sgt Pepper's. Not all the artistic decisions land for me, which is going to happen in an album as long as this. You cannot deny a legend though. Favorite tracks: Back in the USSR, Helter Skelter, Yer Blues

I understand why dad loves this band, this album is loooong (which may be to it's detriment) but it's still filled with some absolute belters! Back in the USSR is a great start, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Yer Blues, Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey, Helter Skelter(!!!), God this is good. Also I get the 'number 8' Simpsons joke much more now, but wiersly I really liked Revolution 9 still. Huge album with a huge reputation that it definitely deserves

Evidemment

My favourite Beatles Album by a country mile. So much to unpack here. It goes to a lot of places, proto metal, country, early sampling...a peak of creativity over perfection.

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

It's the White Album.

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

love all the different genres on here

Only thing better is The Grey Album.

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.

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.

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

Vinilo. Aunque hay alguna canción demasiado experimental.

Gotta love the beatles

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.

the best beatles album.

As Batman loomed over the dead baby, his throat cracked. He'd been waiting all weekend for his chance to piss all over the dead daughter of the man who stole his favourite pair of leather shorts. Batman smiled, released his penis and a sturdy stream of urine splattered all over the lifeless infant. He finally had his revenge.

Like winning the quadruple in album form

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

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

Banger album.

Wonderful

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.

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

Brilliant

Legendary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

3.5/5

I listened to it more than my parents' lectures

idc im a revolution 9 defender it’s not a song it’s a sound collage

é beatles né, fazer oq

Great album

Classuc

Classic rock

Back in the U.S.S.R. - 4/5 Dear Prudence - 4/5 Glass Onion - 2/5 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 5/5 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 2/5 Martha My Dear - 5/5 I'm So Tired - 4/5 Blackbird - 2/5 Piggies - 3/5 Rocky Raccoon - 3/5 Don't Pass Me By - 5/5 Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 3/5 I Will - 4/5 Julia - 3/5 Birthday - 3/5 Yer Blues - 3/5 Mother Nature's Son - 4/5 Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 5/5 Sexy Sadie - 3/5 Helter Skelter - 5/5 Long, Long, Long - 2/5 Revolution 1 - 4/5 Honey Pie - 3/5 Savoy Truffle - 3/5 Cry Baby Cry - 3/5 Revolution 9 - 1/5 Good Night - 4/5

Bunch of fun songs, good for background music, didn’t really awe me, could be good to use as a substitute for a playlist as there is a lot of different music

Heb hier heel erg lang over na moeten denken, maar het wordt toch 4 sterren. Het is wel duidelijk dat alle 4 de bandleden simpelweg een X aantal "eigen" nummers wilden(/kregen?) op het album, waardoor er dus zoveel nummers op staan. Maar tegelijkertijd; sommige nummers hadden hier simpelweg echt niet niet op.hoeven staan.

Late 60s Beatles waren niet te stoppen, gewoon elk jaar een plaat uitbrengen die nu stuk voor stuk gezien worden als absolute klassiekers. The White Album is een hieronder een grote, ook letterlijk. Hier zit gelijk mijn probleem met dit album: de lengte. Mijn lat ligt hoog als het gaat om het rechtvaardigen van een dubbelalbum. De hoogtepunten op The White Album zijn ongetwijfeld hoog, maar er zitten ook echt wel stinkers tussen deze nummers. Dit maakt dat The White Album voor mij niet de status van Abbey Road of Sgt Pepper bereikt. Hét hoogtepunt is absoluut het schitterende Blackbird.

This used to be my favourite Beatles album but I do think it’s a bit too hit and miss now. If they removed the crap it would easily be a 5 star. There are also a lot of forgettable songs on here Dear Prudence, Happiness is a Warm Gun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Im So Tired, Helter Skelter, Julia … all brilliant .. then you have Revolution 9 … can we all agree is rubbish and should just be deleted from history? Maybe a bit of editing could have prevented the Manson murders.

Strange one to rate, because there is a normal album's worth of absolute bangers on here, but buried among a lot of absolute nonsense. If this were a twelve-track record then it would quite possibly be the best Beatles album - Dear Prudence and Blackbird are beautiful, Helter Skelter is tremendous fun, and Good Night is awful but also but also not, and would be a great song to die to, Ringo and an orchestra ushering you into the great beyond. Alas, it is far too long, and having to wade through endless guff is a punishable offence on any decent review scale. I GOT BLISTERS ON MY RATING SYSTEM.

There’s some great stuff on this and I wanna give it a 5, the only problem is it’s a double album. I have yet to find a double album that doesn’t drag on for too long with some filler in there. While this filler may be higher quality than others there’s too many forgettable tracks to rate this one a 5

good

Beaucoup plus rock que ce que je pensais 6 CD impossible de tout écouter

Great songs on this album, I like this era of the Beatles. Cool back story. Don't like 30-song long albums, and this is no exclusion.

I gather this is the start of the Beatles becoming "Paul's band" and not a band of 4. It kind of shows with the lack of cohesion. It's hard to say I don't love it though.

It is definitely on the higher end of 4 stars, only reason it's not 5 is because I think the Beatles have better albums.

I was expecting to give this 5 stars... but I found it a bit disjointed.

4.5?

I get why Ringo quit for a bit.

Scattered (duh) but very enjoyable, definitely did this dirty on first listens. Favorites: - Back in the USSR - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Happiness is a Warm Gun - Martha My Dear - Helter Skelter - Revolution 9 - Goodnight Overall Rating: 4/5

obviously it's good but not all the songs are good... i was bored by the end and then sent into a spiral with Revolution 9

They're lucky ussr is on this album

so many bangers but also a few fillers

Great. Nothing new to me.

Wish a couple of the sillier songs had been cut to make perfection.

A bunch of good songs. Could have been a 5 if they cut out about half of it. Best Beatles album so far.

Not my favorite Beatles album, but inspired a memorable conversation where Josh and I brainstormed what we would include on a revamped 1 album and if you had to listen to just one Beatles song for the rest of your life what would you choose

there's a 5 in there if they were a bit more judicious

There's definitely filler here where there didn't need to be.

High hopes for this one because I know it’s highly regarded. I own the cd but haven’t listened all the way through. USSR is call sic Beatles. Really good piano on this one. Good writing and vocals. Cool song. More rock than pop which I like. They mastered the art of the fade in/out. Dear prudence is fine. Really nice bass. Rest of it is pretty simple. Glass onion is fine. I hate the flute. But the lyrics are good. Guitar is good too. Very poppy. Oh bla di is an all timer. It’s dated but it still bangs. Just a great beat and great singing to go with it. Honey pie sucks. Unnecessary. Don’t get it. Back on track with bungalow bill. Really well written. Just a fun song. While my guitar weeps is good not great. The guitar is simple but so good. Same with the drums. good vocals too. The the production on all of these songs so far has been really good. Guitar is really good again on happiness, lyrics aren’t as good tho. Just a little choppy. Nice horns on Martha my dear. Again the production is really good. Not very catchy. I’m so tired is relatable. A little Too slow for me. Ok song. Nice guitar. Blackbird is slow again but I like this one better. Much better written. I want to sign along. Again really good production on piggies. I like the sintar and bass. Rockyracoon is very well written. All about the lyrics on this one. Classic Beatles song. Good production again on don’t pass me by. Really good strings and drums. This is good song. Followed by why don’t we do it in the road which is really good. It’s not a complicated song but I love the piano. Good vocals too. Julia is fine. Not my style. Too slow. Birthday is a banger. Why is this not the reg birthday song. That guitar riff is so good. Ter blues is pretty good. I like when they’re more rock than pop which this definitely is. Another really cool/unique bass line. And a good guitar solo to boot. Good production again on mother natures son. Lyrics are a little whiny and too slow for me. This is the type of Beatles I don’t really like. But it’s still a well put together song and I can appreciate the change in pace. Back on track with my monkey. Thai is on your face rock. Bullshit lyrics tho. Sexy Sadie is fine. Good production again. Lyrics are whatever. Helter skelter is a banger. Awesome guitar. Good vocals. In your face rock again. Nice change of pace with long long long. Good writing on this one. Good production again. Cool outro. Revolution 1 is a banger. Really calming. Good singing. Love the orchestra production too. Honey pie is fine. Classic pop Beatles song. Not my style. Just super dated at this point. Savoy truffle is really well made. Awesome horns and keys. This song doesn’t even need vocals but they work well. Cry baby cry is good not great. Nothing really special. Cool piano tho. Opening to revolution 9 is very funky. 3 mins in and still waiting for the song to start. 5 mins in. Still waiting. And still waiting at 9 mins. This was not a song it was sounds. I don’t understand that at all. Good night is a banger at least. Really nice way to end the album. Strings are awesome. Just great production from start to finish on this album. It took me a while but as i hear more I get the Beatles hype. This album was 28 good to great songs and 2 junk songs. That’s a pretty good ratio. Overall very satisfied with this album. 3.9/5 stacrs.

Album was a fun listen, a bit all over the place in a good way. Song titles get interesting. No takeaways from me though. Solid 3.5?

4.5/5

I was happy to start with the Beatles, as I enjoy their music! The album is good but not outstanding to me… It holds some amazing classics! Album is also long as hll

To quote Paul, "It's the Goddamned Beatles White Album."

Incredible album. Not giving it a 5 stars because I don’t love every song. It could have been a single album instead.

Classic album – lots of interesting songs. Clear inspirations to doo wop and motown style music, but also tracks with a rockier tinge.

Beautiful album. 3rd time listening to it.

I LOVE THE BEATLES🥹

I've already had so many of these songs on my favorites, and I love the variety of songs on the album.

This is a good album. But I feel like it is a bit of a hodge podge collection of varied ideas and less cohesive than their earlier single disc works. Probably because the guys were going their separate ways.

WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS DETECTED Long ass album, but pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it Beatles is weird

I know, I know. But I think wjen they did it counts more in its favour tham what they did. I cannot deny the quality of the work, and I refuse to reject the silliness. But it ain't perfect.

Surely one of the most nostalgic albums there.

The generator really said "you've had one experimental double album, but how about a second experimental double album?" (I had Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" over the weekend) I have said before how I am less of a fan of post Revolver Beatles and while that is still true this may be my favorite Beatles album post Revolver. I think I like it so much because to me it spiritually feels like a pre Revolver Beatles album (maybe because this album has less songs that have been overplayed to death). As long as this album is there are some incredible tracks here including "Back in the USSR," "Blackbird," "Revolution 1," and "Birthday" just to name a few. However, this album, like most double albums I've encountered so far, doesn't hit all the time and starts to drag towards the end. I think if it was narrowed down to one single album this could easily be a 5/5 for me. As it stands its a really good 4/5

clasico de los beatles, pero sabés que no es mi favorito? para nada.

well ya i loved the songs i already love

Listened to this at least 20 times previously. Not my favorite Beatles album. It does have one of my favorites, Happiness is a Warm Gun. The album is less cohesive than most later Beatles albums. Still a great album that has an anthology/b-side feel.

Classic album. Some songs are gonna be lost to time, but its not a stretch to say it will live on past a century.

의외로 다양한 비틀즈의 모습들. 실험적이기까지 함

I did not give this a fair listen because I was listening to it on a call with my buddies playing a game. Has a good number of hits and is a great rock album. I had a great time listening to it and will likely give it another listen someday.

I'm reaching mental saturation towards listening to 50-70's music. It stating to sound the same with the same kind of artist. I liked some of this album and can listen to it again and do like the songs but holy shit it's too much old music.

On kyllä pitkäks repsahtanu tääki levy vaikka tasaseen tahtiin sieltä kovia lekoja tuleekin. On kyllä kovaa tavaraa

Ehdan äärellä. Pihdataan nyt fetosta niinkin lapzellisesta syystä kun on tässä vähän liikaa mittaa.

Ya 👍

A hodgepodge of sounds from the Beatles with brilliant highs and dreadful Lowe’s. My least favorite album from my all time favorite band.

Paras deepcut levy

Not much to add to what has already been extensively written about this classic

I don’t like The Beatles and have heard this album many times, and was dreading having to slog through it again. Pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed revisiting some of these songs. Shocked at myself to give it 4/5.

This was really good, I've never listened to it in full but I have listened to parts of it for a long time. Enjoyed the experimentation and different directions that still managed to feel cohesive, but it's maybe a few tracks too long.

Shamefully, I have never heard most of these songs before. But on the other hand it's an absolute treat to hear many of them for the first time. The first half of this album is fantastic, I kept waiting for it to drop the ball and it just kept delivering banger after banger until we get to Don't Pass Me By and it seems to run out of energy, if not ideas. There are a couple of other great tracks in the back nine, but they're the exception. So this leaves me with a dilemma. There's absolutely a 5/5 record among these songs, so do I rate that, or do I rate the album as a whole? Given this is an "albums" list, I feel compelled to go with the latter and drop away star. It also suits my sense of contrariness. Now to go and read the history which sounds fascinating, and may explain why the boys didn't exercise the quality control which would have made agree it's the stone classic so many clearly feel it is.

a couple songs off of the b side are kinda mid but overall this album is fantastic, I don't get the hate for revolution 9, its an amazing start to more experimental music to come, and who can forget My Guitar Gently Weeps, one of my favorite songs of all time

Pretty good. But also pretty long. There's a ton of songs and they begin to blend together. But it's still enjoyable nonetheless

The White Album is a masterpiece and a beautiful mess. Decades after its release, It is the sound of a band falling apart and refusing to edit each other, and the listener is left to make sense of it. ​ At its core is a masterpiece of raw and intimate sounds , stripped of the psychedelic smoke and mirrors of the past. It feels incredibly human—as if you've been invited into a private, late-night jam session where the musicians have let their guards down. I quite like this version of The Beatles. ​ Yet, in direct opposition to this lies the album's undeniable bloat. For every moment of acoustic genius, there is a head-scratching studio experiment or a jarring genre exercise because four solo artists refused to veto one another. The result is a sprawling double-album desperately crying out for an editor to give the music cohesion. It is also the only Beatles album I own.

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

This one is pretty difficult to review, considering how much the style changes throughout. I really enjoyed a chunk of it, standout tracks - Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, Rocky Racoon, Yer Blues and Helter Skelter. Kinda wish the album was a bit more condensed, 30 songs is a lot and naturally won't all be great. Still a very good album and one I'll no doubt listen to more in the future.

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.

kind hard not to rate the white album highly. This was probably the last great hurrah before the band got full of themselves and broke up. Divas all of em, but man could they write songs

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.