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One of the seminal albums of my youth.
Superb
Hard to argue with The Beatles...great album, lots of songs. All of them are a pleasure to listen to. Forgot how much I enjoyed listening to the Beatles.
A Classic.
Love the eclectic nature of the album, still sounds relevant and interesting in 2023.
Cannot get less than five stars.
So good!
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What an album. After 11 months without a major release and a whopping 18 months since their last full album, the Beatles are showing off that they are producing so much material they can randomly do a double album instead of single. That being said, to flesh out all the way to a double album there is some definite filler in here (not much but it's there). Knowing all the other material they were working on that would find spots on later albums and even their solo careers, I don't know why they decided to put tracks like Wild Honey Pie on here. But of course being the Beatles even the filler kind of serves to highlight the surrounding songs when listened to in proper album context. Despite how much I love this album, it contains the one part of the Beatles discography that I always skip: I always end this album two tracks early. Revolution 9 is just too experimental and garbagey to listen to more than about once a year, and Good Night sucks so I just end the album instead of skipping. The album was recorded with the four Beatles working separately on a lot of it as they went through a period of internal strife. For the most part you can tell the songs where they worked separately as they have a single Beatle's instrument or singing super highlighted with little harmony. At this point in their career John and Paul were producing so much high quality stuff that the music transcends whatever internal conflict they had and comes out as yet another set of fantastic tracks. This is also the first album where George has one of the most famous contributions to the album in While My Guitar Gently Weeps. This is the time where his writing production skyrocketed in both number and quality, which shows over the rest of the Beatles' career and into his solo act. Ringo also contributes a composition in Don't Pass Me By, which is forgettable. What an opening. That jet fade in for Back in the USSR, crossfade to Dear Prudence's flowing guitar arpeggios, to Glass Onion is three great rock tracks to get you in the mood. As you move through the rest of the album you're greeted with the typical Beatles fare: great chord progressions, great melodies, great instrumentation, great album pacing, a variety of styles, and of course sprinkled in are a number of all-time classics. It's not hard to forgive the album of Good Night, Revolution 9, Wild Honey Pie, and Don't Pass Me By when they are counterbalanced by Back in the USSR, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, I Will, Mother Nature's Son, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1 and Cry Baby Cry. Random tidbits: -Helter Skelter is considered to be a major influence in the development of early heavy metal. -Yoko Ono's line in Bungalow Bill is the only female lead line in the Beatles catalogue. -Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. -Blackbird is played by every person who has ever owned an acoustic guitar but somehow everyone stills likes hearing it anyways. -Everybody's Got Something to Hide is one of the only songs where I have never been able to properly sync up my mental beat counter with the song before the rest of the instruments come in. I have tried so hard. -Revolution 1 is amazing but Revolution is still better. I'm beginning to think these Beatles characters were pretty talented. Fun game: create your personal single disc version of the white album. Limit it to 23 minutes on each side of the LP, and order the tracks so both sides flow well. It's so hard.
10/10
THE ONE AND ONLY. THE SUPER BEST White album. It´s the perfection.
This is why I love this site, it's so great for discovering unknown albums from bands I've never heard of
Deserves the reputation it has. Thought the Beatles fans were overhyping but they're actually good lmao. So many songs that sound and feel timeless.
Min absoluta favoritskiva med Beatles. Första LPn har inte ett dåligt spår. Andra plattan är kanske inte fullt lika vass men den har å andra sidan Helter Skelter som är en av världens bästa låtar. Toppbetyg!!!!!
Classic Beatles
An interesting and incoherent look into what the Beatles would mostly become in their solo work. Most notably, Paul did not go on to continue making Heavy Metal music.
Even as a massive Beatles fan I’ve never been especially attached to the White Album. I still liked it a lot, but in my mind it couldn’t hold a candle to the Beatles’ “true masterpieces” like Revolver or Abbey Road. My thinking was always influenced by the infamously fraught recording process, where a chaotic and disjointed set of sessions resulted in a pretty chaotic and disjointed album. I guess for me this album represented the beginning of the end for my favorite band, so it was hard to have too much affection for it. All that being said, I’ve rarely done full listens of the White Album, and actually doing one for the first time in a long time helped me realize how much this album teems with creativity. The Beatles try any genre, any style, throw em all at the wall and see what sticks, and they all come out a bit of fun at the worst and masterful at the best. They might be tired and annoyed at each other, but they’re also utterly unserious and having fun at flower power culture’s expense, from tearing down their own mythos in Glass Onion to dismissing the hippies' all-bark-no-bite politics in Revolution 1. And of course John, Paul, and George are all pretty close to the top of their game as writers. When the first side alone features Back in the USSR and Dear Prudence and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, they all could have gone home and celebrated a hard day's work (night?) in my book. Could this album still have been improved by cutting the obvious chaff like “Wild Honey Pie” and “Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" Yes. Is it still chaotic, disjointed, and overlong? Yes. None of that takes away from its magic and beauty. It is, warts and all, the Beatles. Best song: Blackbird
What a truly tremendous double album from one of the greatest bands of all time. Standouts include Back In The U.S.S.R., Glass Onion, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Birthday, Yer Blues, Mother Nature's Son, Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey, Long, Long, Long, Revolution 1, Cry Baby Cry, and Good Night.
So fucking essential. And influential. An argument can be made that it has elements from every single album on this list, even the albums with a 1 rating. One could also argue that it's essentially four solo albums, but better than any of the "official" solo albums each member would release in later years. It's the sound of the Beatles breaking up, while also serving as a breakthrough for George Harrison, who finally decided to put down the sitar and find his guitar. A double album that somehow didn't have room for either "Hey Jude" or the fast version of "Revolution". I'm not sure what it says about me that I like all of John's songs. It probably makes me a candidate for scream therapy. Even the "filler songs" have aged well, although, in the interest of full disclosure, I decided to listen to the 2018 Mix this time (having already listened to the album repeatedly for 50 years), and extra time spent polishing those songs might have helped. I used to insist that cutting this album in half and eliminating the "filler" would make this the Fab's best album. The bulk of my time with this album was back when it was released on compact disc. I'd wear out Disc 1 while rarely spending any time with Disc 2. This was famously the first album The Beatles recorded after the death of their longtime manager Brian Epstein, meaning these fellas no longer had anyone around to tell them "No". The Beatles wanted to make a double album, so they made a double album. So go ahead and keep the filler. Don't skip over Revolution 9 or Piggies. As Paul says, it's the freaking White Album. By The Beatles. And it's possibly their best album.
One of great album of all time
Guter Flow, viel Abwechslung, macht insgesamt einfach Spaß.
All killer, no filler is an apt description (except Wild Honey Pie). A truly amazing album.
One of the best albums of all time and perhaps my favorite.
This is an easy 5 for me. Often a double album is stuffed with filler. Not here. There are so many great tunes with incredible songwriting. It seems a miracle that it was achieved.
Yeah, the Beatles are great.
I think I would rate every Beatles album 5 stars, but there are a few, including this one, that would get more than 5 if it was an option.
One of the best albums of all time
Meh
Come on now. 💅
FUCK YEAH
5/5 I'm having a hard time being partial about this album because it was one of the few physical items my biological father left me so, I have a emotional connection to it. Yes, it does that psychedelic, funky, artistic, experimental de-evolution that many albums of this era did (breaking ground for other people). However, before it goes south, it has so many beautiful love songs, and insane songs about having sex in the road and fun to sing ballads about ordinary people and messages about revolution. Were they starting to get full of themselves and a little too Frank-Zappa-Meta? Sure, but the social commentary mixed with the animal themes, the average Joe take and the rock and roll, just does it for me.
Wow. 30 tracks, and SO much creativity and variety. How could I not give this 5 stars? Too many brilliant moments to list. Turns out The Beatles were pretty good!
Love the Beatles, love this album
I mean, it's the white album!
I'm a young Beatles fan and I've been avoiding this album for years. It's a double album with masterpieces such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Blackbird" cramped together with goofy songs like "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" and meme songs such as "Revolution 9" and "Wild Honey Pie". It's a bit intimidating to dive into the world of Beatles at their wildest and most experimental. After listening to Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma", their most experimental album, I reckon listening to such adventures need a bit of energy to do so. Today, however, this album blew my mind, as many Beatles albums usually do. Side-A is an absolute masterpiece. I didn't even care about "Wild Honey Pie", all of them are bangers in their own unique ways. Side-B is a bit more challenging to listen to. It has more aggressive and heavier songs like "Helter Skelter" and the one of the many amazing gems I've just discovered, "Yer Blues". "Revolution 9" is not that bad imo, it's a nice albeit poorly executed sound collage about human history. Overall, I can see why this is many Beatles listeners' favorite. It's a glorious mess of many styles and moods. It's an adventure to listen to. I've always thought that they like it only because it's "experimental" or has "many styles". But it turns out it's an absolute banger of an album.
Here's one we definitely don't need to question if its inclusion on this list is justified. The whole thing is definitely on the long side, but it never gets too old, through the sheer variety between tracks, all of them executed quite well within their style. This also gives the impression that there isn't much chaff or filler here / just different tastes. The only tracks I would cut out of all 30 are the last two. Great album.
The great songs on here on about as great as it gets for pop-ish structured tracks. There are some weird things thrown in there - avant garden one-upmanship I guess. But the good vastly outweighs the bad and it's not hard to give this a 5 star rating. There is some merit to the argument that this is an example of why artists shouldn't do double records. I think the best true double album release I can think of was Mellon Collie (which BTW would def be on my list), but the thing it does really well is kind of stick to the album aesthetic even when the songs are truly incredible The White Album doesn’t have much of an ‘aesthetic’ Personally I dig the ‘avant garde’ additions but they’re pretty annoying for full front-to-back listens when you just want to hear the ‘real’ songs Comparing to a similar double album my listening group just had recently Tusk by Fleetwood Mac (which I realize no one really liked except me haha) I think it’s a similar process leading to a similar result. Both bands were very fragmented socially during the recording and the effects of ego and drugs were apparent. John McVie (the ‘Mac’ from Fleetwood Mac) was quoted something like Tusk “sounds like 3 records recorded by 3 solo artists” and I kind of feel the same way about The White Album
Come on now. I gotta do the white album? It's such an important album for music as a whole. Like damn. It's got history. It's got bops. It's infinitely interesting. What else would anyone want? And it's not cause I'm "supposed" to like it. The Beatles in general have always been a part of my life. It's some of the first music I remember hearing and loving. Thanks family for that one. It's a 5 easy. It's a 5 for sure
One of the best of The Beatles
Helter Skelter went so hard a bunch of people got murdered.
One of my favourite albums ever.
4.6 Probably one of my least favourite Beatles albums it's got some great bangers but just awful awful songs (it did not need to be a full double LP let's just say that, one and a half maybe). fave songs: martha my dear, i will, helter skelter, glass onion
One of my favourite albums
It's just pure genius, man. Nothing else to say. Favorite tracks: Back in the USSR, Helter Skelter
Gonna give 5 for the 5 star content. But there’s a lot of guff in here which could have made it lower. Some of the dross is a 2
There’s nothing I can say about this album that hasn’t been said already.
greatest album ever made
Normally i skip revolution 9, but even with it, it remains a good album
PREFS : TOUT MOINS PREF : RIEN
The common critique that the White Album receives is that it is too bloated and should have been cut down. I disagree. What we see here is a period of unfettered creation that signifies the beginning of the end. This is an album of competing personalities writing wildly different material under the singular name of the Beatles. It works though, partly because we know the story of how tumultuous 1968 was for them. The tumult gets its greatest expression in the penultimate track, Revolution 9, a nine minute amalgamation of unsettlingly arranged studio chatter and snippets of music. It is generally reviled due to its oppressive atmosphere and its perceived lack of justification. However, unpleasant as it is to listen to, I think it's necessary. This is a postmodern album; it eschews convention purposefully and destabilizes the notion of genre and the concept of a unified album. Revolution 9 literally carves up and repackages studio sounds into something unrecognizable before falling into the dreamy 'Good Night' with its classic Hollywood style string arrangement. It's all a bit tongue in cheek. To those who still say the album is too long, I offer this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9xDBTpLz-8
White Album: I think I agree with Liz now about double albums. Just too much Beatles here and it feels like there is some filler. They should have cut some of this. I could’ve done without the 8 minutes of Revolution 9. I probably could do without Wild Honey Pie, Don’t Pass Me By, Piggies, Why don’t we do it in the road, Helter Skelter, bungalow, bill Weird that they wouldn’t include Hey Jude. Wikipedia said they had demos for Jealous Guy and Junk? It’s a great album but It could’ve been a much tighter/ stronger album. It doesn’t flow the way sgt peppers or Abbey Road do. Still a 5 though- it includes so many great songs: Blackbird, Mother Nature’s Son, Happiness is a warm gun, Dear Prudence, Julia, While my guitar gently weeps, Martha my Dear, I’m so tired.. I really like Lennon’s singing. I appreciate the experimentation and the punkness of the record.
This Beatles album is not iconic like Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road, but it's pretty damn good. The tracks are not as coherent - a concept album this is not; in fact, the song selection is very eclectic. Still, The Beatles were on the peak of their songwrighting here, and their driving force was undoubtedly Paul McCartney. Some of his songs are very self-indulging, even outright silly (Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Rocky Raccoon), and for all the creativity, the band might have been wise to self-edit and trim the 1:33 h running time a little bit. But really, in the face of the quality of most of these songs, this is just nitpicking. Back in the U.S.S.R., Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Blackbird and Helter Skelter alone would make for an absolutely classic of an album. And this is only a small selection of the songs penned by McCartney. But even if John Lennon took a bit of a backseat as a member of the Beatles during this time, he was no slouch when it came to songwrighting. He provided a much needed counterpoint to McCartney's style of writing, providing both more experimentation and more moody and edgy songs. Glass Onion, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Julia, Revolution 1 and Revolution 9 are all a case in point. George Harrison, meanwhile, was coming into his hown as a songwrighter. His output was not as high as that of Lennon or McCartney, but he made that up with quality. Piggies is a fascinating track with harpsichord and the backing of a chamber orchestra. But While My Guitar Gently Weeps is an absolute monster of a song with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, which can rightly be called one of the best tracks the Beatles have ever recorded. And then there is Ringo Starr, the Beatles' legendary drummer, who was always a little bit overshadowed by his bandmates when it came to penning songs. Here, he provides the equally strange and charming Don't Pass Me By, and especially the gorgeous Good Night, the album's closing track. Having all these remarkable, classic tracks (among others of varying quality) on a single collection makes for an instant classic album. I'll deduct half a point for the lack of trimming, but this album is one of the (clearly less than 1001) albums that really deserves to be on this list and to be listened to by everyone. 4.5/5
Classic
One of my favorite albums
Four or five stars? There's a bit of fluff on this, but so much gold too.
Err mer gurd! What a banger! The track list is something to marvel at, even without listening. It has a bunch of my favourites.
Ok ok. If this was distilled down to 14 tracks, it would be perhaps the greatest album ever. As it stands it's just in the top 10. Plus we get 14 extra pretty kooky Beatles tracks. So good decision to go for the double.
Many complaints over the years have centered on the length of this album, but ignore them -- each of these songs are fantastic in their own way (yes, even "Revolution 9"), each set a template for entire branches of rock music, and each has their time and place. Some albums are summer albums; some are winter albums. The White Album says, how about something for every season? And what's more, it delivers. Skip around if you want, sure, but you'll land on something that's perfect for wherever you are, whenever you are. What could be more perfect than that?
Pillar rock album. Very enjoyable listen
Classic!
good
Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace Molly is the singer in a band Desmond says to Molly girl I like your face And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on brah La-la how life goes on Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on brah La-la how life goes on -And- Your inside is out when your outside is in Your outside is in when your inside is out So come on come on Come on its such a joy Come on its such a joy Come on let's make it easy Come on let's make it easy Make it easy, make it easy Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey Enough said, really. 5/5
An amazing album - after Sgt Pepper they wanted to get back to their real style of music - however the mix of Pepper like sounds, blues, romantic melodies and strange words (Ob-La-Di …. etc.) seems like a reverse retrospect - bottom line: I enjoyed this album when it was released and enjoyed re-listening today! Glass Onion !!!
Probably more of a strong 9 for me but classic so 5/5
NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9. NUMBER 9.
Yay, more Beatles! I don't think I've actually ever listened to this one all the way through in one sitting, so that was nice. There's a few songs on here I'm not really crazy about, but given that it's so long, I'll give it a pass. I've also never listened to Revolution 9 all the way through before now, so that was something. There's a lot of really good stuff on here. I'm a sucker for the more acoustic stuff. It's a pretty obvious 5 for me. My favourite song was Revolution 9. Just kidding, I'm not insane. My favourite songs were Mother Nature's Son, Honey Pie, and Don't Pass Me By.
yala
It's always a fantastic journey to listen to this album in its entirety. It's a very cohesive album despite it a double one and it being very diverse stylistically (rock, pop, proto-heavy metal, blues, avantgard etc). The White Album has the best songs of Lennon, a lot of great McCartney tunes, Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps, among others, and Ringo's first song he wrote for the band. Even Revolution 9 is an interesting piece of music concréte, an atmospheric college of sounds. The Beatles once again showed what geniuses they were.
Not the best Beatles, but an easy 5 none the less. The were so far ahead of everyone at the time.
Ik heb blaren op m'n vingers!! Misschien wel meer dan ooit zijn de Beatles op dit album het muzikale equivalent van Monty Python (dat het volgende jaar van start ging). Veel experimenten, veel muzikale lolbroekerij. 'Back in the USSR' is een parodie op de Beach Boys, Paul mag zich uitleven met cowboyliedjes en vooroorlogs klinkende deuntjes. Andere nummers zijn gewoon gekte, en ja, het klinkt alsof hadden ze toen heel misschien mogelijk gebruik gemaakt van bepaalde middelen. Ik zou er persoonlijk geen diepere betekenis achter zoeken... Meer rechtoe-rechtaan-nummers zijn er ook, zoals de klassiekers 'While my guitar gently weeps' en 'Blackbird'. Veel maffe instrumenten en af en toe een ruw randje ('Helter skelter'), en 'Revolution 9' is een soort conceptkunst die bijvoorbeeld Pink Floyd de weg zou wijzen naar wat er zoal mogelijk was. Een (wit) album dat veel biedt, veel doet en gemaakt is door een stel eigenwijze mafkezen op het toppen van hun kunnen.
Even with Revolution 9, this one gets 5/5 (mainly because I always skip past that one).
Great
Good album, very Beatles style. Haven't heard a lot of the songs but will listen to it more
Belles découvertes, gros mélange rythmé
Perfect !!
Back in the USSR has a cool guitar solo. Blackbird is a beautiful song!! 💝 Rocky Raccoon is a cute song :) Helter Skelter was a good song I enjoyed sexy Sadie and honey pie too. Overall really well put together album that I could listen to anytime. Had a bit of everything, but wasn't musically boring at all - each song was really interesting and creative. 5/5
Lo he escuchado un montón de veces en mi vida, yo creo que es el disco de los Beatles que más me gusta(PSP)
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
A couple of bangers like blackbird and dear prudence but not my favorite (3.6/5)
Great. Gotta take a point off because its over 90 minutes.
This one is tough to rate. There is an incredible amount of good here. But there’s *way* too much filler. Long, Long, Long is awful as mixed, and I actually skipped Revolution 9, which was actively annoying. It’s very uneven. Take this 93-minute album and trim it down to a tight 45-minute album, and it might be an all-timer. As it is, I’m going to remove a star for the roller coaster. 8/10 Most Excellent
Despite having lots of filler this album still contains some of the bands best work.
Number: 275 Familiarity: Well-versed (4) Rating: 4 Before: ======= Nice selection today. I do like the Beatles but they're not my favorite artists from that era, that would probably be The Doors. After : ======= Well, that is the first time I've ever listened to the whole album. There are for sure some head scratcher's but overall I give it a 4.
por momentos brillante por momentos dificilisimo de escuchar
Obviously a load of great individual tunes here, and I love a rambling mess as much as the next person, but the bad stuff (Ob La Di, Bungalow Bill, several others) and the unreplaced placeholder rhyming dictionary lyrics bring it down too often for a 5.
Always felt strange as one of their most beloved albums, the Beatles do all sorts of weird pastiche and parody here for like 90 minutes before ending it with a bunch of sound collage and noise. Don't get me wrong I like it but it seems like it would be more divisive then it is, especially on this site where a sizable portion of listeners get frightened by anything that isn't soft rock
This album is really interesting. I definitely appreciate the risks and the multiple genres the Beatles explored in this two disc record. Starting off hot with a song that sounds like the Beach Boys but is talking about the USSR, I thought that was hilarious. Some of the songs on the album were odd and I didn't enjoy them, but I guess that's what happens when you genre hop as much as the Beatles did on this album.
The biggest fault of The White Album is that it came out right after Sgt. Pepper's, which doesn't make it less of a classic masterpiece, but it's my reason to not rate it as a five-star album.
There are of course legendary songs on this. But if only it had been one disc with all the great songs… too many songs to skip. 8/10
A great album if not a tad long for my liking.
Classic beatles music. Colourful room, posters, mini-dresses and blue eyeshadow with chunky eyelashes... the 60s.
I don't love The White album as much as most fans and critics. While I appreciate the creativity, there's an awful lot of faff. It's great watching musicians go fully off the leash, but like we see in other industries, sometimes that doesn't lead to great results. Curios more than classics. The album has some classics, but it has some stuff which would have been better served being released on a rarities album 10 years later. My personal feeling is that it's a three star album and the least good Beatles album since With The Beatles. The counterpart to that opinion is - this is The White Album. So the trade-off is 4 stars.
Only album of there's i like
I like The Beatles. I don’t LOVE The Beatles. I’m sure that’s blasphemous to those who think The Beatles are bigger than Jesus. Some albums have the problem of all the songs sounding the same. This album definitely didn’t have that problem. On the other hand, there was almost too much variety. This could have and probably should have been reduced to a single record in my opinion and some of the songs (like the ones written in a Vaudeville style) scrapped.
Some of their best, also Wild Honey Pie ?
Classic
Tev patīk The Beatles?🙂🙂 Ir daudz labas dziesmas, bet kopā ar filler, kas novelk kopā bišķīt uz leju. Tāpat patika, pat ja bija 1.5h jāklausas double album 🥱
The White Album is probably the best record that isn't worth listening to from start to finish. Fortunately, great pop songs outnumber the silly and/or awful tracks.
Has my two favorite Beatles songs (Helter Skelter and While My Guitar Gently Weeps)
99% das vezes não há necessidade de double album, tem os bangers mas muito filler
durchgehen gutes Album. Revolution 9 ist ein Trip
I have a lot of nostalgia around this record and feel like I can't give it less than four stars.
I am of an age where The Grey Album has a bigger cultural footprint than the White Album. I was honestly disappointed when Jay-Z didn't come in on some of these songs. 22 keepers in 30 (73%). 3 bangers (10%).
Fav song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps