The White Album

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Number 9

I understand how this can be someone’s favourite (Beatles) album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, and Helter Skelter are some of the best Beatles songs. Back In The U.S.S.R., Glass Onion, I Will, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey and Savoy Truffle are great songs as well. But a big portion of this album doesn’t come close to that level. The obvious ones are Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9, but songs like The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road and Good Night don’t do much for me either. It’s not like these lesser songs make it an unpleasant experience, but it does drag down the score a bit. It’s cool to see so many ideas, but not all of them stick the landing in my opinion.

This album contains some of my favourite Beatles songs, and they’re incredibly well written, which makes it a tough one for me to rate. The problem is that The White Album is just too long and too uneven. I’m really torn on the score. I can’t quite put it at the very top knowing that Abbey Road or Sgt. Pepper’s are still waiting down the road.

Beatles improved. Pro max. Tres Camaritas.

Yeah yeah yeah. It’ll get a 4. I. Am. Not. A. Fan. Of. The. Double. Album. Not. A. Fan. Don’t care if it’s the Beatles. I almost want to give it a 3. But, you know… it’s… So I know before I even put the damn thing on what I will rate it. And this exercise is actually making me more and more ambiguous about the Beatles. But.. it’s THE WHITE ALBUM. And it’s chock full. Blackbird. While My Guitar. Sexie Sadie into Helter Skelter. Arghhhh. 4 Boolean: yeah, true, of course

You have got to respect The Beatles for putting out an album with this scope. You can hear in every song how influencial this album is. The pop songs are insanely catchy. Even the at times mildly annoying Ob-La-Di just sticks in your head. There are so many amazing songs here, but the highlights are the slower and more mellow moments. While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Blackbird are simply stunning. Some of the best songs ever put on record. Some songs i could do without but overall this is a great record. Actually, now that i’m writing this, i’m not sure what songs i personally would cut. Maybe Honey Pie? Ob-La-Di? Honestly, it probably depends on the mood i’m in. I’m happy that i finally listened to The White Album in full and now know what all the fuzz is about. (Revolution 9, i will always have your back!)

No soy muy fan de los Beatles, pero es un buen disco, entiendo el hype. Como siempre, las que más me gustaron fueron: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wild Honeypie y Blackbird.

Maybe just a tad overrated, but there's no denying that this is still The Beatles in their about prime. Each member's amazing songwriting and performance skills come through on every song. I definitely can't go without addressing the elephant in the room though, and that's the tracklist. It's mostly great songs, but there are still quite a few that really could have been cut (Revolution 9 is NOT one of them, I absolutely will not tolerate Revolution 9 slander). But even among just having a small handful of dud tracks in an otherwise brilliant album for The Beatles is easy to get away with, especially when the parts that are are genuinely that good.

En general siento que el album tiene un poco de todo, el hecho de tener muchas canciones, hace tener variedad. Y bueno, el album tiene muchas canciones destacables, y diria que increíbles para la época, inimaginables incluso. Al escucharlo por primera vez siento yo que es complicado agarrarle cariño si no eres tan fan, pero con el rato te das cuenta lo increible que llega a ser. Aunque no todo es positivo, porque igual hay canciones que tal vez no destacan mucho o que son aburridas, a mi gusto hay algunas que podria saltarmelas porque no me generan nada o me aburren. El album en general es un conjunto de muchas cosas, pero un conjunto bueno, es un trabajo muy bueno de la banda y muy destacable.

Some very high highs, but also some pretty weird and/or mediocre sections.

3.5/5

A mixed bag, but probably the best document for showing who the Beatles were. Meme lords, pop-songwriting savants, experimental weirdos, and tender balladeers.

The Beatles, it turns out, are really good. I'm saying this now 7 albums deep and not one of them rated less than a 4. In this instance, there's much to like still, and there's still plenty of bangers in there, but it's just inconsistent. That means it's not up there with their very best, but still absolutely worth a look - but I'll be honest, due to the length, and the number of weird tracks, I'm probably only dipping in for specific tracks. The good: I like the variance in the songs, the variety of styles and approaches. There's plenty of quirk and plenty of sincerity. The bad: There's a reasonable amount of filler, with some genuinely weird shit that I don't get the point of (Wild Honey Pie, Piggies, Revolution 9). I would have liked it to be more focused, but inarguably what's here is mostly great.

Groundbreaking stuff - really changed the game. Lot of it is timeless, and a lot of it I would never throw on

Not their best but.. I mean, it’s the Beatles

The Beatles album called The Beatles or commonly referred as the White Album is one of first double albums (in rock music.) Majority of the songs come from when earlier in the year (1968) they - the Beatles travelled to India with some others to do some spiritual stuff. They wrote a shit ton of songs in the short amount of time they were there for. They obviously didn't use all of the songs, some were left as fragments which were used for the Abbey Road Medley, but a lot of it were used. I very much love eclectic albums, some the styles are: "Back in the USSR" is a Beach Boys-like song, Dear Prudence, is very folk-oriented, Reggae in "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", beautiful melancholic song of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." All of that is the first side of the album. It's one of the most eclectic albums out there. It's semi-far from being my favourite Beatles album, but it's still good, because it's literally a Beatles album. This album continues the point of the Beatles being innovative guys and pioneering sounds that are so common nowadays. Highlight Song/s: "Back In The U.S.S.R.", "Dear Prudence", "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "Don't Pass Me By", "Sexy Sadie", "Helter Skelter" and "Revolution 1"

Beatles, pero un buen albun

got some bangers

Back in the USSR is such a good opener. Idk man it’s the Beatles, what do you want me to say? They were pretty famous for a while.

Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: My Guitar Gently Weeps, new addition Good Night Date listened: 30/05/26 Listen when: Always? Good Night first listening experience was heavenly and wasn't expecting much after revolution 9. Defo some not my taste. Surprisingly loved Yer Blues? Insane track 7 to 11 run. My Guitar Gently Weeps and I Will still on top.

so viele Hits wow! und sehr langes Album, 30 songs haha liebe "while my guitar gently weeps" sexy sadie!!!! paar random songs aber insgesamt mega

i've heard some of the well-known tracks off this album, but i haven't heard it in full. it's over 90-minutes long so I hope it's worth the time i'll be sinking into it Back in the U.S.S.R. - 5/5 Dear Prudence - 5/5 Glass Onion - 4/5 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 4/5 Wild Honey Pie - 3/5 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 5/5 Martha My Dear - 5/5 I'm So Tired - 5/5 Blackbird - 5/5 Piggies - 3/5 Rocky Raccoon - 4/5 Don't Pass Me By - 3/5 Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 1/5 I Will - 4/5 Julia - 5/5 Birthday - 3/5 Yer Blues - 4/5 Mother Nature's Son - 4/5 Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 3/5 Sexy Sadie - 4/5 Helter Skelter - 5/5 Long, Long, Long - 3/5 Revolution 1 - 4/5 Honey Pie - 4/5 Savoy Truffle - 3/5 Cry Baby Cry - 4/5 Revolution 9 - 1/5 Good Night - 3/5 Average score: 3.9/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ is the first half of the album worth listening to? i think so, especially considering some of their most popular tracks are there (Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, etc.) is the last half worth listening to? meh, a little less so. it's okay but not nearly as good (with Helter Skelter being the biggest exception for me), and it ends kinda weird with the last couple tracks

me cuestan un poco los escarabajos, pero al final estuvo bastante bien

Oh The White Album... It always leaves me unsatisfied. A little bit disappointed. To me it's too long. Too many songs that should have been left on the cutting floor, but sure as hell the band wasn't in the place to easily cut something. It's one of those records where the story behind is even more interesting than the music itself. There's quite some negative stuff, but these are just my excuses for not finding it a perfect record. So many beautiful and immortal songs here.

a lot of good stuff that I'm already familiar with but bungalow bill Is bullshit other than that though I actually got a bit more than I expected out of this one

MASTERPIECE

love the beatles. Love Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Julia

I wanted to hate on this as over rated but failed - too many good tracks even tho it's too long. Some ridic bullshit (revolution no9) for sure, but also some hidden greats - see Yer Blues.

Why Don't We Do It In The Road ?

Its the Beatles, of course I like it. But I grew up with the blue album compilation on vinyl and that just hits the spot way better.

So many different styles but my favorites have to be the mellow acoustic ones or really any of paul mccartney’s Top song - I will

Liker mye av det! Men Beatles er fortsatt litt oppskrytt. Jeg hører dog hvor mange nyere artister som har hentet fra Beatles. De var sinnsykt forut sin tid! Det er et bevis på hvor geniale de var!

Its a good album a bid too long thats why its not 5 stars but one of the best beathles albums.

favs: ob-la-di, ob-la-da, the continuing story of bungalow bill, while my guitar gently weeps, good night

230526 10:37 3.5

I don't think it's necessarily that much of a hot take to say this isn't my favorite Beatles album, or even in my top 3, but I do respect it as an achievement and what it represented as a pretty colossal body of work. Some very high points here to be sure, also a few head scratchers, but it certainly is interesting. Too long for a song by song breakdown - it's a great album, just not the greatest for me.

Bona fide

Beautiful and poetic, but long and angular. This has always been the late Beatles record that I struggle the most with. There is some incredible art (it's a Beatles record!) There are some beautiful pop songs and then there are some fantastic experimental pieces. I found revolution 9 much more coherent and beautiful this listen and I haven't always. The more creative narrative songs are a trip too. It being a double album though, I struggle to stay with it and fully connected in a way that definitely isn't an issue for any other Beatles. It's great though

не ожидала, что прям так сразу возвращение в ссср 5 и 6 трек как-то что-то никак, детский утренник какой-то ну а в целом очень даже хорошо while my guitar gently weeps прям шикарный

More enjoyable than I remembered. Still very weird to think the Manson family listened to this

an absolute classic

As we all know, the White Album is an overly-sprawling mess of an album that really ought to be half as long. And yet, that's what makes it so compelling! You can almost hear the creative processes going in real-time here, what with the mix of songs that should have never been written, the songs that should have been left on the cutting room floor, the songs that could have used a bit more work, and the all-time classics. Sure, you don't really need "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" in your life, but doesn't the contrast make "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" just that little bit more satisfying?

I felt in a 90s movie in California, awesome

Une excellente première partie avec un coup de cœur pour la face B du disque 1. Le deuxième disque est plus lourd, inégal et difficile à terminer. Un grand album, mais trop long pour rester au top du début à la fin.

4.5?

Interesting album, one of their best

Some truly bizarre songs on this one

#125/1001 🇬🇧⬜️ I have always had such mixed feelings about this record, mainly about the number of slightly gimmicky tracks, pastiching styles like Ska, Country, Ragtime and also the Beach Boys. That said there is some absolutely wonderful stuff here and we shouldnt forget that they invented Heavy Metal and inspired Charles Manson with Helter Skelter. I think my belief has always been if they trimmed it down to 3 sides of the best tracks (with Revolution 9 as a single track on side 4) this would be a far stronger record. I guess there were lots of egos at play by this point and everybody had to do their bit. Best Tracks: Happiness is a Warm Gun, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Glass Onion, Blackbird. Also good: Long Long Long, Cry Baby Cry, Julia, Good Night. Nope: Bungalow Bill, Rocky Raccoon, Savoy Truffle, Honey Pie.

Would be a lot of peoples best album, might not even be in their top 5.

A GREAT Beatles album. Not in my top few, so I can't give it 5 stars, but definitely like a 4.5

My favorite Beatles album for a reason. What a treat

This runs long. It has some good songs on it tho I don’t think you need to listen to the whole thing tho you get some bangers on the first side alone.

People love this ine

This goes past exploration and whatnot. This album is just disjointed. For every legendary banger, you take two steps back.

1 - Back in the U.S.S.R. (what is normally a conventional piano-led, surfy garage rock song has this persistent whistling noise in the back, as though the listener can never be fully at ease listening to this song, like someone is always watching them....I wasn't expecting paranoia to be an audible aesthetic in a Beatles song of all things, yet here we are. Excellent opener overall ) 4.5/5 2 - Dear Prudence (rootsy and folky, this brings down the lights to give us a reflective peace and love song - one of many in this era, but with an increasingly tense energy attached. The breakdown in the end really puts this one over for me; another great track) 4/5 3 - Glass Onion ("I told you bout Strawberry Fields" is an INCREDIBLE lyric to open this one on. This was the Beatles trying to retcon everything they had done previously and push their sound into and endless present where every release is a step forward while also serving as a debut-esque launch pad. The song itself isn't all that past the lyrics but that opening line made me think of the Beatles aesthetic in this era) 3.5/5 4 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (this is he most clowned on song on this album, but I don't really understand why. It's inane to be sure, but it's inoffensive enough that it's forgotten in good time. This is one of Paul's silly little music hall pieces and the simple singalong chorus makes me think this was his attempt to capture a live sound considering how desperate he was to get back to touring) 3.5/5 5 - Wild Honey Pie (the wildest song on the album (so far, there's much worse coming.) It's less than a minute long but you feel every second of its runtime. Not sure why this is on the album as a separate track. If it was an intro to Honey Pie it would have worked much better) 3/5 6 - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (this one sounds like a catchy song from an old-timey children's cartoon. I think of that anthology about American heroes narrated by James Earl Jones; it reminds me of the song about John Henry from the first part of that anthology. Long tangent aside, this one fluctuates wildly between the kids-at-camp chorus and John's portrayal of the protagonist as a dead-eyed soulless hunter. Very odd song and one you don't hear much about when discussing the Beatles catalogue) 4/5 7 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (here's the best-known song on this album. The verses have probably been copied thousands of times at this point. It's a perfectly written pop song complete with the sort of off-kilter bridge with the electric piano (?) Haven't thought much about this song in the grand scheme of Beatles songs, but it's definitely one of their era-defining ones) 4/5 8 - Happiness Is a Warm Gun (a sort of uneasy opening that leads to a proto-Sabbath riff followed by the more typical Beatles shuffle and John giving this very aggressive performance one the song "clears up" so to speak. Very strange that I don't know what to feel about this song once it's done) 4/5 9 - Martha My Dear (another music hall type of song led by a jaunty piano and followed by horns later on. A little too cutesy for me) 3.5/5 10 - I'm So Tired (a brief 2-minute track almost serves as an interlude. It's got some crunchy (!) guitars on it but I'm not sure why it couldn't have been a minute or so longer since it builds so well before it abruptly ends. Could have given this one more time and cut some of the fluff - actually, that's one of my favourites things about this album; the debate on which songs are filler) 4/5 11 - Blackbird (this is the other one everyone knows off this album. A soothing, almost ambient song sung by Paul. There's a tiny subtext about race relations, which of course was a very timely subject in this era. For a song so sparse it actually captures your attention the whole way through despite it being structured like some archival recording of a 1930s country blues tune) 4/5 12 - Piggies (a very formal harpsichord starts this next music hall interlude. The interplay is quite nice and this might be the only one of these music hall songs I would unequivocally keep on the album; the rest are sort of nonsense fluff to my ears) 4/5 13 - Rocky Raccoon (the slow acoustic guitar and occasional hits from the rhythm section make me think this song is going to build to something huge. However, it turns into a jaunty dance led by a saloon piano. There isn't too much else to write about; this one I would probably cut from the album) 3/5 14 - Don't Pass Me By (the swirling Hammond in the back lends an unusual feel to this song. As the violin and harmonicas interrupt here and there, this makes me feel like I'm dissociating in a bar while a country band is playing on stage. The Hammond almost makes this feel like a circus song (!) I give this song bonus points for being written and sung by Ringo, who has so far given us the most genre-bending, tripped beyond belief tune on the album so far! 4.5/5 15 - Why Don't We Do It in the Road? (Paul sounds so blitzed out and gruff I almost didn't think I was still listening to the same album. This one is going for that rough-and-tumble blues sound, and it mostly succeeds) 4/5 16 - I Will (this is the closest the Beatles get to their pre-1965 sound. I can see why this one is popular but there just isn't much of substance to me on this song. Some of the guitar work is interesting, as is the beat, but that's about it) 3/5 17 - Julia (a very old-sounding song for an album made with the absolute cutting edge of tech for the time. It sounds like a medieval English folk tune in places. I guess it would sound like it's echoing and coming from all directions when on psychedelics, but otherwise it's a perfectly serviceable folk tune, and probably the only reasonable way to end the first half) 3/5 18 - Birthday (the riff borrowed from "Pretty Woman" is the perfect backing for another absolute barn burner of a vocal from Paul. This is a proto-punk tune when both him and John show up halfway through. What a belter of an opener!) 4.5/5 19 - Yer Blues (so, so, SO many alt and indie bands copied this spelling style decades after it came out. It's a classic wobbling shuffling blues track and honestly would not sound out of place on a Muddy Waters album. Another home run to start the second half of this album) 4.5/5 20 - Mother Nature's Son (another perfectly acceptable folk tune sung by Paul. There isn't too much to write about this song that I already didn't write about for I Will or Julia. At least 2 of those songs could be cut from the album with no real impact on quality) 3/5 21 - Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (well that's a title that certainly catches your attention, as does the alarm-bell percussion on this. John doesn't leave much to the imagination either; the song's theme is literally its title. It sounds like an alt rock track from the mid-90s; wonderfully ahead of its time and delightfully absurd. This is a definite highlight for me) 4.5/5 22 - Sexy Sadie (this sounds more like a high school prom track than anything that would convey the sort of sex appeal I was expecting from the song title. If the song was brightened up a little bit it could fit in the soundtrack of Grease if you ask me. Not too much else for this song besides that bizarre comparison it made me think of...) 3/5 23 - Helter Skelter (I find that rock stations sort of overplay this one and it detracts from just how damn vicious this song is. It inspired Charles Manson's ideals after all. Only a song like this, about a theme park, could sounds like the apocalypse itself. This is probably my favourite song on this huge, huge album, just for how innovative it is and how it's aged incredibly well. I would argue it still holds its own against most of the hard rock that came out decades after it) 4.5/5 24 - Long, Long, Long (the quiet, whistling keyboards on this song really convey this sense of isolation and a desperate need to break out. Appropriately enough, this was written and sung by George, who was seeking a way out of the Beatles since the music started pouring out of him around this time. It's very restrained and elegant sounding, until the weird tape loops come in and rearrange everything you thought about this song. Great in every way) 4.5/5 25 - Revolution 1 (I'm so used to hearing the sped-up version that plays on rock radio I thought this was an alternate version aping the original on a different album. This one has a classic nonviolent protest message, which, in modern contexts, sort of feels naive and inane considering the extremity of change and the continued decline of broader society. All that aside, the song has a varied sound palette that paints a vivid image. The song gets increasingly intense but Ringo's beat never flinches, as if to communicate the unstoppable march of time and progress through all the political movements the lyrics reference) 4.5/5 26 - Honey Pie (the latest and greatest in Paul McCartney music hall tracks. This one is the cutest one yet! I maintain that Wild Honey Pie could have gone on either end (more likely the start) and saved the album a track. This is probably the best of the music hall tracks on this album since it's easily the most memorable) 3.5/5 27 - Savoy Truffle (I wasn't expecting a big horn section on a Beatles album but I guess this is a kitchen-sink type of recording. It kind of chugs along for 3 minutes even as the guitars and horns trade passages for the instrumental section. This feels like a British Motown track; needless to say I'm impressed by this one) 4/5 28 - Cry Baby Cry (after what feels like dozens of weird disparate tracks it's refreshing to hear a conventional(?) Beatles on the album for a change. This is typical of the sound that made them the biggest band in the world. The feathery vocal outro is a perfect way to end this song and an eerie foreshadow of the song to follow....) 4/5 29 - Revolution 9 (it simply must be heard to be believed. Probably the most expensive sound collage of all time given they did the entire thing on physical tape and only had around 8 or so at most. This is Stockhausen by way of Lennon and Ono. I can only imagine this must have scared the living daylights out of their fans when it first came out. I really doubt a modern artist could include something this difficult and inaccessible in their album these days. Easily the point (high? low? I don't know anymore) of this album of the album) NUMBER NINE/5 30 - Good Night (the Beatles welcomes us back to the world of the living (in this case, conventional music.) This one sounds like it would play in a Disney movie with all 4 Beatles waving goodbye and they go back into the clouds as they ride in a hot air balloon. Full string backing lends a dreamlike atmosphere (as if anyone could undo the mental scarring of Revolution 9. A fitting way to end this titan of an album) 4/5 OVERALL - 7.7/10

I mean. Yeah. Beetlys. Yay.

Beatles, good stuff, hard to argue with this album. Still not the best I ever heard, so no 5 stars.

first selection was just covers by assorted artists.

Very experimental and fun. The only reason I couldn't go 5 stars is because there are much better Beatles albums. It's hard not to go Blackbird for my favorite track since it was my introduction to the Beatles many many years ago. I listened while working, but I've listened to the album before several times. I'd be interested to know the number of different instruments used on this album.

If you cut out an album's worth of material, you would have possibly the best Beatles album. As it is, you get a lot of songs from all different genres and perspectives. Still very very good overall but not at Sgt Peppers, Revolver, or Rubber Soul though.

It's the Beatles' White Album, for god's sake. Baggy, full of filler, what happens when you become too powerful for a disciplined editor. Everybody's Got Something To Hide is my favourite but FFS there's Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon and Piggies.

nice

The album is iconic. But a bit before my time. Obla-di will make the list

cool music with some of best songs of the beatles

4.5/5

Rocky racoon new beatles fav

All over the place

oh god... the horror i am feeling right now realising that my disdain for the beatles my whole life has been mostly performative and i just hadn't heard all that much from them... don't get me wrong, some of the songs on here really weren't my thing, but i can appreciate it in the context of them being out there for the time. and the songs i did like, i really liked. surprisingly very easy to have on in the background, and i didn't find the length of it too offensive either (i can't lie, seeing it was one and a half hours long was not a good start, but they turned it around)

listened to my grandma’s original copy of the vinyl which made it 1000x better

So many different musical angles on this one keeps it exciting despite the super long run time.

no complaints other than the fact that it was extraordinarily too long fav song: honey pie

Why is it so damn long? Stand-outs - Back In The U.S.S.R. - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Long, Long, Long

Highest highs and Lowest Lows. Best: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Worst: Dear Prudence

Highlights: Back in the U.S.S.R, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Rocky Raccoon, Don't Pass Me By, Birthday, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1, Savoy Truffle, Good Night

Icónico ciertamente, contiene varias de mis canciones favoritas de la banda y es el álbum que me hizo su fan. Lastima la constante incongruencia y desconexión entre canciones, demuestran el estado de la banda en ese tiempo.

I've never been a big Beatles fan. I recognize that their spot in the annals of music history is well earned, they have had so many hits and just dominated for over a decade. I just felt like their earlier stuff was pretty basic, even if it was well crafted. This record is a nice departure from that. There's a good amount of complexity to this album. Of course, everyone will rightfully talk about the Lennon McCartney writing partnership and appropriately so. That said, I have always liked George Harrison the best and it's no surprise that I find While My Guitar Gently Weeps to be the best track on here. There are plenty of others to like though. Back in the USSR, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Blackbird, Birthday, Yer Blues were all highlights for me, which speaks further to the diversity on this record. All in all, this is the Beatles at the best. A great, great album.

Ein Beatles-Doppel-Album mit vielen interessanten Songs. Mir sagen die meisten nichts, ist aber auf jeden Fall angenehm zu hören und vielseitig. Wenn man das Alter bedenkt, eine herausragende Leistung. 4/5

this is my first proper impression of The Beatles. The only tracks I knew were Blackbird, ____ . Honestly, interesting panning choices, I thought my speakers were spoilt, it trips me up. mad emo rock vibes, disc 1 & 2 are quite different but they seem to allude to real-life situations

To be honest I think this album is mildly overrated - less cohesive than Sgt. Peppar and less iconic than Abbey Road. It's still great though, I just think the mismash of random genres every other song is a bit random. Also, I hate Revolution 9 so it gets knocked down a star for that alone.

PEAKKK

Well this is a high 4. Long one incoming. I've never heard the album all the way through but it's pretty immediately clear that we're hitting that late 60s Beatles and Beatles-adjacent quality. Always a huge fan of Paul McCartney and his songwriting which I find to be interesting and emotionally charged, even in the midst of some of the vaudville-y stuff he likes to drop into. I'll go to war for Ob-La-Di. I hear shades of his later stuff in songs like Mother Nature's Son and Martha My Dear. Not always the biggest fan of John Lennon's writing, but the ones that are attributed to him on this album are quite good. Julia is lovely, maybe a little Freudian but lovely. George is holding it down with what he was allowed to contribute, I like the snark of Piggies and obv While My Guitar has the rep it does for a reason. Ringo holding down the grooves. Yes, great great album. I think the things holding it back from a perfect 5 for me are the length and specifically Revolution 9. I'm no stranger to longer albums and my attention span isn't completely shot. That was by no means a slog, all of the songs are at least good songs. But truthfully, I really wouldn't have minded that being broken up into 2 albums. Just an aural break would have been a godsend for my ears that are always overtaxed with noise anyway. Lastly, I understand Revolution 9's impact on avant garde and the ongoing fluxus movement of the time, but I'm honestly not sure how to take it. When I read Lennon talking about it, sometimes he's saying that it's an auditory representation of how he sees the general idea of a revolution. Kinda vague, but a fairly serious topic to put forth. But then sometimes someone goes "what does this part mean" and he goes "oh I just thought that was funny lmao". It's not like serious ideas can't be brought up in the context of lighter avenues of discussion or anything like that. But, I think with the already pretty out there composition and low digestibility of a lot of avant garde art, maybe it would have landed for me better without knowing that the subject matter is serious but some stuff is just memeing in there. Makes it more difficult to really attach to anything in there cuz I can't land on what I think the intent really is. Then again, other times he says that it's just a collection of sounds to be taken as is when the listener gets a hold of it and that's what I got out of it the first time I heard it before reading anything. So I dunno, maybe another time. Anyway, that's gonna be a more than solid 4.

It is the White Album. A really big turning point in Beatles career. Yes, you can hear what every member of the band would do later as a solo artist. Yes, there’s cohesive Beatles songs. Yes, there’s a lot of: Ok songs. And Yer blues, John, yer blues…

The White Album is a complete mess full of filler and random left turns, which is the key to its charm. It's like an insane after hours DJ set on the radio. I will never have a random desire to listen to Why Don't We Do It In The Road?, Revolution 9 or Wild Honey Pie, but I always smile when they come up while going through the album. There are probably at least three Beatles albums I prefer, but The White Album is the most unique album in their catalogue. The fact that the best tracks on the album are also some of the best songs ever made goes without saying. Favourite track: Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Lots of iconic songs, favorite track while my guitar gently weeps, solid A tier

no voy a ser nada objetiva con este album porque es The Beatles la dualidad de glass onion me encanta, nunca la había escuchado este album tiene muy buenas canciones martha my dear, fan de los metales amo I will, que canción más hermosa estan los clasicos conocidos y muchos desconocidos, por lo menos para mi

Tikrai gražios dainos, ypač paskutinės.

OK, this will not be popular with some people. This is a good double album but as a single album it would have been a masterpiece. They kind of went off the rails with a few songs but has classics like Rocky Raccoon, Dear Prudence and Blackbird.

Me quedé en negro.

Favorite Song: Blackbird

Its actually pretty good.

Well it has My Guitar, Revolution, Blackbird… but there’s also a fair amount of nonsense. Maybe they should have included Hey Jude and cut a bit of the silliness.

Absolutely immaculate

Awesome album with great diversity. Gently weeps is probably top 3 Beatles songs for me.

It's a Beatles album. It's good but the Beatles sound always gets a little tiring on the ears eventually. Some classics in this album and some songs that feel like filler. 4/5.

Such a strange album and so difficult to rate. You could easily argue it's beyond rating as in so many ways it's an experiment, a reach for the next rung of the ladder when it's impossible to see. Some incredible, beautiful, complex songs (While my guitar gently weeps) and some seeming dross. Some you need to let percolate. Should probably be a five but can't quite get there.

Bit too long and a few too many experimental tracks that don't quite hit the mark, they're the only things stopping this being a five star. It did however remind me of the masterpiece that is The Grey Album, a Dangermouse remix of the White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album......

Some really good tracks, others not so great. Can't quite give it 5*

Some incredible material on here (Helter Skelter and Piggies being my favourite here) but this is also the textbook example of record that didn’t need to be a live album. Would have been up there with Abby road with a more robust editing process….

Fire 😋

That's really good album. My rating of each song: disk 1 1. Back in the USSR - 5/5 2. Dear Prudence - 4/5 3. Glass Onion - 5/5 4. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 4/5 5. Wild Honey Pie - 3/5 6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 (my fav) 8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun - 5/5 9. Martha My Dear - 4/5 10. I'm So Tired - 5/5 11. Blackbird - 5/5 12. Piggies - 4/5 13. Rocky Raccoon - 4/5 14. Don't Pass Me By - 5/5 15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? - 4/5 16. I Will - 5/5 17. Julia - 5/5 disk 2 1. Birthday - 4/5 2. Yer Blues - 4/5 3. Mother Nature's Son - 5/5 4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - 5/5 5. Sexy Sadie - 4/5 6. Helter Skelter - 5/5 7. Long, Long, Long - 5/5 8. Revolution 1 - 5/5 9. Honey Pie - 5/5 10. Savoy Truffle - 4/5 11. Cry Baby Cry - 4/5 12. Revolution 9 - 4/5 13. Good Night - 4/5

good

I have never been a big fan of the Beatles, being more inclined to heavy metal and punk rock. However, the White album has a lot of very good tunes. I could do without the Bungalow Bill song though. Overall, I can see why this album is considered one of the greatest.

Muchas canciones, pero muchas obras de arte al mismo tiempo

A handful of my favourite Beatles songs and a lot of songs that are not. I like the interesting experiments (and I am happy to include Revolution 9 in that) but there are too many flimsy throwaways. Even by double album standards, the lack of quality control is exceptional

Beautiful, long. I probably have a tendency to stop paying close attention after a certain number of tracks, as well as one to stop reflecting critically. But I was buoyed by good feeling from start to finish and that's not my default. Kudos, bugmen.

Buen disco la primera canción no suena tanto a lo clásico

Wonderful songs/instruments. Vocals and vibes are good but all over the place.

J’ai préféré la première partie de l’album mais ça reste un classique de fou. Bangers dessus

Besides a few duds, I think there's a reason the Beatles are as popular as they are.

Probably can't listen to this full album. Never-the-less I enjoy the first few tracks and it has a lovely upbeat rhythm to it, I can definitely understand why this album is so loved!

The White Album is sooooo good. Front half or back half? That is the question. (Probably front half) This isn't my absolute favorite Beatles album, but it is Top 5 for sure. It is so interesting and hits so many styles throughout. It is so much fun. 4.5 stars. Is "Back In Yhe U.S.S.R. the strongest Beatles album opening track? I think so. Revolution 9 sucks ass and I am not sure what John was thinking...(I understand it was a political statement, but still... Liked Songs: Most of this album is in my daily rotation

Great to hear both tracks. Very diverse music.

Good album!!

Could have been a 5, but some songs feel like definite filler.

8.0/10 Lots of amazing tunes but others not so great…

People must have lost their minds when this album when this dropped! Rating: 4.5/5 GEMV (03.04.2026)

I forgot how long this album is. The Beatles take some big swings and not all of them hit.

I got two Beatles albums in a row. Embracing baked beans

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While I did already hear some of the songs on the album I never listened to it entirely, and i have to say this was an experience I needed to have. Anytime I listen to The Beatles I am remembered of how influential they really were on the music as we know it today. And even if this sounds like an old Beatles fan saying Beatles fan things, the production is still so relevant even almost sixty years after its release. Hearing the sample that was used in MF DOOM's "Tick, Tick..." in "Glass Onion" was another reminder of that broad influence I guess. All in all I enjoyed this a lot !

Too long and too same soundy, I'm generally not a fan of double albums for this reason

I just simply am not the man for this album. It drags and feels extremely scattered at its worst. A cut down version would work for me. At its best however, I really see the mastery and legacy. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is one of my favorite Beatles songs. Blackbird has stood the test of time, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is so much fun. Just not a Beatles guy at the end of the day but the hits hit for me. Favorite Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

First full Beatles album! I’m realizing that I like shorter albums but this was manageable because all the songs felt distinct. I’ve heard many many of these songs, too, but not all in one place like this. There’s some cool panning too especially in Revolution 9. I also thought revolution 9 was the most interesting and experimental song on the album. I generally like art that takes risks so I liked it but I wouldn’t put it on to listen to even though I enjoyed my first experience. Favorites: Dear prudence, the continuing story of bungalow bill, blackbird, rocky raccoon, I will, Julia, cry baby cry

The Beatles (The White Album) shows impressive variety and creativity, but feels inconsistent, with filler tracks weakening overall listening experience.

Although I'm not a fan and it is a double album containing only one true sucker ("Revolution 9") I have to appreciate it is a strong effort. 3,5

This is a great album. Groundbreaking soundscapes from an undeniable great band. They have some absolute killer tracks. Also 1968!? Get the fuck out with some of these sounds. Still, the double album curse follows for me. Inevitably, to fill both albums you get filler. Not a lot, and for the Beatles the filler is better than most. But it still isn’t a completely stamped coherent album statement. Now, I will listen to the hell out of it, but the redux would be insane!

Massive album, clearly influential, and very eclectic. Some of my favourite Beatles stuff on here. Great album.

This could be a 5 if the goofy, filler songs were pushed to b-sides, making the album more cohesive and cutting down to half the play time. It’s like they just threw whatever shit they wanted on this album because they were bigger than Jesus, allegedly.

An extremely long album filled with some of The Beatles's best and worst songs. I give it a solid 8/10. First listening tracklist ranking: 1. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. Helter Skelter 4. Sexy Sadie 5. Dear Prudence 6. Blackbird 7. Savoy Truffle 8. Revolution 1 9. Back In The U.S.S.R 10. Revolution 9 11. Piggies 12. Yer Blues 13. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 14. Glass Onion 15. I Will 16. Birthday 17. Martha My Dear 18. Julia 19. I'm So Tired 20. Good Night 21. Rocky Racoon 22. Cry Baby Cry 23. Long, Long, Long 24. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill 25. Mother Nature's Son 26. Don't Pass Me By 27. Honey Pie 28. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 29. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? 30. Wild Honey Pie

favorites: while my guitar gently weeps; i will; sexy sadie

Hella interesting, sometimes amazing, occasionally bad (no. 9 is more boring than bad)

Some fantastic songs but a lot of fillers in the song list

Faszinierend, anstrengend, lustig, wunderschön(,) schrecklich. Ich werde zwar kein Verehrer dieses Albums, von denen es doch so viele gibt, aber großartig ist es ohne Zweifel. Mit einer Hand voll Songs kann ich jedoch rein gar nichts anfangen, auch wenn ich den experimentellen Charakter wertschätzen kann.

Truly, a great album. Truly, too long.

Second beatles album on this, obviously heard it before though not many times the ranking for beatles albums now goes: 1. revolver 2. white album i think revolver is more enjoyable to listen to especially with the length in mind

Decent album, a lot of good songs. I have fond memories of listening to Revolution 9 when I was younger. 4 stars.

Two thirds awesome, one third meh, as is the way with Beatles albums. But this is one of their best.

Love it

Favorite tracks: Dear Prudence, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter, Savoy Truffle Against all odds, an incoherent grab bag of 30 tracks ends up being a generational record. But we all knew that cause it's the fucking Beatles and they were amazing songwriters.

4/5

A legendary album, yes—but also the Beatles at their most self‑indulgent. It’s crammed with brilliant songs (“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Blackbird,” “Helter Skelter”) that remind you why they’re untouchable… but it’s also packed with half-baked sketches, band-in-joke throwaways, and experiments that probably sounded more fun to make than they are to listen to. It’s a fascinating document of a band pulling in four different directions, but it’s also a prime example of why not every idea deserves a place on a double album. Trim the fluff and you’d have a tight, killer single LP. As it stands? Messy, uneven, occasionally genius, occasionally baffling—but undeniably compelling.

The White Album is a classic.

A este album le juega muy en contra la cantidad de canciones que tiene porque contrasta con lo redondo que son albumes como abbey road o revolver, pero al dejar a un lado canciones que ni pinchan ni cortan, nos encontramos con algunas de las canciones mas iconicas y mejor producidas de los beatles, entre ellas mi favorita (While My Guitar Gently Weeps). Este era el album de ellos que yo tenia en repeticion a mis 15 años, asi que le tengo mas cariño

EXTREMENT AGREABLE cependant je lui attribue la note de 4 étoiles parce que 1. nul n'est parfait 2. c'est moi qui note je fais ce que je veux

Excellente expérience musicale. Les Beatles nous bercent dans un voyage tantôt joyeux, tantôt plus triste, tantôt énigmatique. Cet album est un laboratoire musical à prendre dans son ensemble qui ne laisse pas indifférent. Ce projet est plus une expérience qu'un album dansant. Revolution 9 est un super exemple pour illustrer cet album, cryptique, angoissant et cousu de plusieurs sons pour composer ce morceaux. À réécouter plusieurs fois pour comprendre un peu plus ce projet. Note : 4 À réécouter : Oui

31# Wow, now the band that invented music (/s) The Beatles must have a kink for playinf things just for one ear.

I stick by the assertion that the beatles are overrated but I suppose this is difficult to avoid for a group so crazy popular and era-defining! What can I say, it's a great album. Lots of hits. Way too long. Especially enjoyed Back In the USSR, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Sexy Sadie, and Revolution. Lots of them are good.

I’m going to ignore the second disk entirely in this review because it simply wasn’t as interesting to me as disk one. Albeit rather convoluted in terms of sounds and themes, the album somehow manages to retain some sense of cohesiveness. Perhaps this is why it’s the white album as the Beatles used a blank canvas as a launching point to see where music without boundaries could take them. Dear Prudence and Julia are as tender as the Beatles ever got. They continue their playful streak in Rocky Raccoon and Ob La Di. But there are some very serious moments here as well, with Happiness Is a Warm Gun containing one of the most poignant music intro put to tape. Blackbird is a classic McCartney guitar solo piece, delicate and blissful. What can I write about While My Guitar Gently Weeps that hasn’t been already expressed? It’s a big album, and every single track feels like something different and yet familiar in disc one. I’d give disc one a 5 but there’s an entire other album that was t interesting at all to me. So a 4 it is.

So many songs I hadn’t heard before! Good to go through the entire catalogue. Blackbird is one of my faves :)

Can agree with most here that this could've been shorted into a single LP. A lot of filler that is not anything to write home about. Side A however, is some of the best Beatles stuff.

3/3/26. Not my favorite Beatles album but still great. Some all time classics for me on here including Gently Weeps, Blackbird, and Back in the USSR. Realizing that this album falls in an interesting place for the band, they took a break from psychedelia and went back to their blues roots.

three heads at work almost separately

There is nothing left to say about this album, or about the Beatles for that matter. For me personally, I admire their ambition, but my favorite songs are the first two. ("Dear Prudence is my favorite Beatles song, full stop.) That leaves a looooooong time with other stuff. There's plenty to like in there, and plenty that feels as if it was fun to make but not at all essential.

Classics and new to me stuff 4

i’m normally queen of beatles are overrated nation but i have to admit this is quite a solid album

Piggies love listening to this album with their wives.

This was a long and interesting one. There's some certainly great songs (back in the ussr, obladi oblada, black bird, helter skelter, while my guitar gently weeps, etc.) but also a ton of super forgettable 2-3 minute long songs. There's also a couple real weirdos in there (looking at you piggies) not to mention whatever the fuck that ending was of revolution 9's cacophony into the bizarrely out of place almost symphony feel of good night. Despite that, it was an overall enjoyable ride.

Llevo como 4 canciones y me esta gustando pero muy leve, o sea not a big fan for now.

It's a great album and a classic

What hits. Crazy amount of talent, but also its so many songs. And some are so silly. Which is fun. But cultivate a bit

Pretty good, the Beatles is always nice to listen to. Many popular Beatles classics on here, and I liked listening to those. My favorite was Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Most of the songs were good, but Revolution 9 caught me by surprise. The album had 30 songs too but it didnt feel too long. 7.5/10

A good album that's absolutely carried by the first half of side A. Revolution 9 is enjoyable in its own way but I wouldn't call it music.

didnt think itd be so weird. always another interesting sound around the corner. not a ton of skips for a double album. favorite song is Rocky Raccoon

Rating: 8/10 A fantastic double album and send off for The Beatles' peak creativity, really not bloated at all and excellent pretty much the whole way through. Removing my least favorites, like Wild Honey Pie and Why don't we do it in the road, really wouldn't even change this album much because they're such a short part of the runtime. I don't really care for Piggies Me and My Monkey but I would never take them away because I'm sure there someone out there's favorite Beatles songs. So many great songs, Revolution 9 is some cool weird experimental noisy shit that sounds like the end of the world

As someone whose experience with the Beatles is restricted to the inescapable and infectious early pop hits and the endlessly parodied eccentricities of the members themselves, The White Album provides an eye-opening range of musical styles showcasing what the Beatles are and can be. What feels more like a compilation of eclectic artists, this album is an enjoyable portfolio of work that can be enjoyed with the band's catalogue as a whole or just as perfectly as a standalone musical event.

Very Good. Highlights of the album: Rocky Raccoon Back in the USSR Ob-La-De... 8.75/10

Heard Before? That's the crux of the problem. The impact of the Beatles on post-1964 music is like the impact of the Bible on pre-20th century literature: inescapable. We are all born essentially having heard the Beatles already. But yes, I've heard it. Notes: - nothing that hasn't already been mentioned thousands of times. - I listen to music in order to learn and (occasionally) to be surprised. It's not the Beatles' fault, but there is none of that here. - I will say the sequencing stuck out this time, and I would always rather listen to whole Beatles albums than the 30 biggest songs over and over. Verdict: It's the Beatles. But if (like me) you enjoy self-indulgence and short songs, there is plenty of both here. Listen Again? Who knows? But it's a big world and there is so much I haven't heard a thousand times over.

The White Album is a good, varied selection and is always worth a listen. It *maybe* could have benefited from a little trim, but nonetheless it’s still a solid four.

Zone out a tiny bit. Classic

Listened to the whole thing and never really got tired of it. Knew a couple songs already but learned a few more good ones. Also just gonna make a note that I think The Offsprings song Why Dont You Get a Job sounds pretty dang similar to Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.

Solid album all throughout, except for Revolution 9. Would give it a 3.5 if I could, but guess I'll round up for this one

Would be 5 stars if the chaff was cut off a bit. Some incredible songs on here of course

Overall a good album, disc 2 is better than 1. Plenty of classic Beatles songs overall, some cool proto metal with Helter Skelter and impressive sampling for the time, some songs were lazy or uninspired and the blues songs were slightly out of place. I give the album 4/5 in general and 3/5 for the Beatles

Had listened to a lot of the songs but never in order - many many favorites

Not perfect but still a Timeless album can’t go wrong

A bit too weeeird to be a good time

The Beatles were a bit weird sometimes weren't they

Definitely some solid songs, 4 stars

No private session used for Spotify. Some folks say this is the Beatles' best album, they are wrong. There are some great tracks on this album but there are also some complete stinkers. If this wasn't a double album, and therefore didn't have the crap like Wild Honey Pie, Bungalow Bill, and Rocky Raccoon this album could be their best, but it does, so it's not. Still a great album, showing the Beatles continual growth as musicians.

Fun and joyful pop. Love it!

A lot of fricken bangers, quite a few mid ah songs

i wanted to try to find enough holes to state that this album is not as good as all the hype, but it's impossible. with the exception of "birthday" it's almost all bangers. even though i find "revolution 9" unnecessary, it is not uninteresting. i appreciate the weirdness of it. i did love being reminded that "helter skelter" and "revolution 9" are essentially punk songs

While I recognize there are some that rank The White Album as the Beatles very best, here is my issue. There are some cuts that I find just mediocre and if I had my druthers, I would reduce this work to a single album, and that my friends, would be a stellar piece of work. It’s the Beatles though, and while I may have a few albums I prefer to this one, it is still a very good album, even if it contains too much material for my liking.

Some of my favourite songs of all time on this album, but I think it's just slightly too long, a few songs that I didn't get along with. But mostly an amazing listen.

Feels so harsh giving this a 4 when it's packed with some of the best songs of all time. But alas, here we are

The album drags on. At its best it can arguably be considered the greatest Beatles album but there is a messy second half in there that while groundbreaking, takes a smidge off the rating for me. 9/10 [KEEP]

They are doing so many different things, and doing them well. I don't think anyone believes this is a "perfect" record but that doesn't necessarily mean it can't be a 5 -- it certainly was a 5 in 1968 and it still has a good number of perfect songs that have more than withstood the test of time. The main critique you hear of this album is about the length and the "fluff", but I think that was kind of the point. It feels like they were just trying whatever the wanted without being confined to a single concept. They been there done that. To be that's what makes this record special. If the "fluff" was released as its own album, perhaps by a different band without the monumental expectations that the Beatles have cultivated, those songs would likely be more appreciated (when not placed next to Blackbird and Dear Prudence). Personal Favorites: Happiness is A Warm Gun, Rocky Raccoon, Helter Skelter 4.5

Not perfect, but with some of the greatest songs ever written.

This album is all over the place. Still a classic

At times I’ve made a personal cut of the White Album, eliminating the tracks I thought did not belong. But they all belong. This is who the Beatles were at time of release - exploring, starting to move in their own independent directions, dipping into weird, sometimes self-indulgent music. It’s sloppy and brilliant and sometimes dumb, but it is absolutely the Beatles. I still like to listen to Revolution 9,, because it’s the spiritual capper to an album that tries to encompass everything.

While my guitar gently weeps I will 8,5/10 Wow war das lang

Probably a 4 for the album. Classic Beatles songs. A bit too long tbh. Thinking about +0.5 stars for I will. But overall it’s still a four for me.

Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La,Da, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Revolution... this album is just peppered with hits across it. while it was long, certainly, i can't image the excitement when you learned that the Beatles, one of the greatest bands ever, had released a double album. this album takes its experimentation seriously. some works, some doesn't, but all in all its a pretty great album. shout out to Yoko Ono for breaking up the beatles, way to go

Some great and then some just solid Beatles songs on here but man it did not need to be that long. I tend to give them a lot of leeway just because I’ve always been a fan but “wild honey pie” is probably one of the worst things in the history of the recording technology to ever be recorded

I have no musical talent, and I don't claim to be better than the Beatles, however........ I think I can make this better by cutting it down to a single album. 1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." (2:43) 2. "Dear Prudence" (3:56) 3. "Glass Onion" (2:18) 4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (3:08) 5. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (4:45) 6. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (2:47) 7. "Blackbird" (2:18) 8. "I Will" (1:46) 9. "Julia" (2:57) 10. "Birthday" (2:42) 11. "Yer Blues" (4:01) 12. "Sexy Sadie" (3:15) 13. "Helter Skelter" (4:30) 14. "Revolution 1" (4:15) Total length: (45:21) I do really like this album but it's way too long with too many meaningless tracks for me to give it 5 stars. Cutting it down to 45 minutes with just the best tracks would easily bring it to a 5 for me.

The second of the Generator's "Big 2" albums that are continually vying for the top spot on the Global list of top albums. I gave Rumours a 5, so what will The White Album get... Firstly, it's The Beatles, and I like The Beatles. Secondly, it's really fucking long, and I get annoyed when albums are really fucking long. It's clearly a great album but for me, there is just too much of it to feel like a coherent (double) album. It was The Beatles at the height of their powers, but also at the near height of their "actually we think we might hate each other" phase. They were too big and powerful to really say no to, and too competitive to feel like one of the other members was "winning", and the result is a two album epic with songs I would definitely consider filler. But then it also has some stone cold classic Beatles tunes, that are among their greatest ever songs. I love Back In The USSR (because The Beatles pretending to be The Beach Boys is always going to go down well with me), My Guitar Gently Weeps is incredible, Happiness Is A Warm Gun is one of my favourites, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da is one of the catchiest songs ever written. But like, did you really need Piggies and Don't Pass Me By (sorry Ringo) on this record? Especially as you left off Hey Jude, which was recorded in the same sessions! Madness. This is so difficult to rate, because it's a cultural icon from perhaps THE cultural icons. But I've always been clear about my favourite Beatles album, and it's not The White Album. This is a 4.5 for me, but the lack of a ruthless editor means I'm marking it down rather than up. 4/5

It’s a classic. Diverse song composition, some weirdness thrown in, and fun to listen to. Not my fave Beatles album, but it’s always a good time

I will go to my grave saying that if the Beatles had edited it, this would be their best album, bar none. A 44-minute White Album? Incredible. Instead, the whole second "disc" feels uneven, and a little half-baked. But, goddamn, what amazing songs. A classic. 9/10

4,1/5

It was good, and it was foundational for sure, but it's undesirably long, lacks some larger cohesion, and by my modern standards and tastes doesn't feel like it deserves its title as one of the best albums ever made.

I was very late to the Beatles, having grown up in a household where my dad expressed indifference and my mom was more or less antagonistic. It wasn't until my adult life that I actually delved into the Beatles back catalog. This album is a monster, weighing in at 93 minutes. And while 93 minutes is a long time to spend in a single soundscape, this album is widely varied with great writing across the playtime. That said, my upbringing is such that I don't regard every fart that Paul McCartney and John Lennon cut to be some exquisite perfume. I find the first disc to be more compelling than the second, containing most of my favorites: Glass Onion, Julia, Happiness is a Warm Gun, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. The second feels a little looser is some respects featuring two alternative takes of Revolution -- well one that is relatable (1) and the other that plays like some abstract psychedelic experiment (9) -- and some songs that feel a little less polished (e.g., Cry Baby Cry). And yet, the second half contains a few of my other favorites here: Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, and Helter Skelter. By and by I'd be hard pressed to say this isn't a great album, but I find it far from perfect. For me this is a solid 4 -- glad it exists, but I am tested by the long playtime.

Another great Beatles album with a lot of call backs to their older songs which I thought was pretty neat. Couple of standouts include Dear Prudence and Blackbird. Another odd congruency like Paul Simon a few albums ago; Revolver was our 16th album and we have 15 albums left after this one.

A 90 minute doozy of an album that has so many of their great songs on it. Really liked the variety of types of songs on here and it was all jsut classic Beatles. Revolution 9 made me feel like I was in one of those dreams that you have when you are falling asleep before a nap on the couch that are just really insane.

Would be perfect if Why Don't We Do It in the Road was never written

Lots of hit songs as well as plenty of other lesser known songs that are really good too. It's a classic album that was super influential. I've heard the hits on this album so many times just in passing that I don't need to seek it out but the other songs are worth listening to. They add some great variety.

Quintessential Beatles eclecticness. Silly goofy childlike songs interspersed with dark lyricism as on Yer Blues and Helter Skelter which would later inspire the development of Heavy Metal. Isn't it just so cool that on the same album exist the nursery rhyme-esque Obla-Di-Obla-Da and crooning about being suicidal?

The best Beatles

Some were great, some were OK, some were awful. Overall I thought it was decent and an enjoyable listen.

While this album is a drawn out hodgepodge of songs of varying styles and lengths, when the brain trust behind that is as creative as the Beatles, the product you receive is still quite good. I agree that many tracks could've been left out, but I also found myself enjoying many of the lesser-known cuts. I found the album. Does a pretty good job of keeping you entertained through variety, despite its length. This is one of my new favorite Beatles albums.

Brilliant, I wish I could give it a 4.5 So many diverse so songs.

There's songs which are amazing, some I don't like and some which are bizarre. It's a winner overall for me even if it polarises.

Too many filler tracks to be a 5. That said, It's still a masterpiece. The inner Beatles tension is felt by some of the heavier tracks, which in some cases fell inspired by Hendrix, but that's just me. I think John outshines Paul on this album. Best Ringo track with Don't Pass Me By, and George's incredible While My Guitar Gently Weeps, whilst being unknowingly cucked by Eric Clapton.

You can’t blame them for having tension and being headed for a breakup at this point—I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be to be in a band with Paul and have him invent Metal on Helter Skelter and then the next week he brings in Honey Pie

Like this needs a review.

Some of the most memorable Beatles songs, with some of their most forgettable.

the beatles knew they could release songs as singles right? great listen, but no cohesion.

7/10

Som vanligt med Beatles är jag kluven. Albumet är bra men alldeles för långt och det finns några låtar som inte är bra. Men på det stora hela bra. Skönt att slippa super poppiga Beatles och att det är lite rockigare och psykedeliskt.

노래 되게 많은데? 역시 밴드 사운드가 취향이라 그런지 좋네

This wasn’t what I was expecting but it was fun and good to hear super early and synthy drum n bass. I can see a lot of inspiration and samples coming from this! I wish I was driving at night to this album, or at least doing some cardio to feel the beat and speed!

Such a fascinating album. Has some of my favourite ever Beatles tracks - Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter - some genuinely interesting innovate work that's way ahead of its time...and some god awful nonsense. I always cringe at songs like Bungalow Bill. As often the case with double albums, you could make the greatest ever single LP if you just edited properly, but there you go. Still worth a 4 due to the many highlights, but just falls short of perfection

Hard to say no to some of those songs. Not my tea though. 3.9

There's this ongoing discussion about which Beatles album is the best one, a discussion I have my own thoughts on, and for me, this one isn't quite it. Sure, it's an excellent album, with a lot of great tracks, but I personally don't think it's their best. That said, it's still worth a strong 4.5 out 5.

Heard Many Times; 4; It's been a bit since I listened through this whole album, and like a few others I've only relistened to after a few years, I feel like I appreciated this album more. I enjoyed the diversity of the album; really like the stripped down, straightforward rock songs, the folkier songs, and the ones that are just strange and off-the-wall. Favorite Tracks: While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Helter Skelter

Side 1: Back in the USSR starts out swinging (although the parody is pretty hamfisted), Dear Prudence and all the way down to Blackbird absolutely slap. We wobbled with Piggies (another edgy commentary that felt like babies first capitalist critique), Rockie Racoon, Why Don't We Do It In The Road. Felt like some filler tracks and a big shift in quality. Side 2: Another rock n roll start on Birthday and Yer Blues, both initially starts as a standard blues is backed up by some really solid licks and wider production, we're cooking. Helter Skelter rocked, real progenitor for heavy metal, sadly spoiled by Charles Manson doing "that". Revolution 1 again has Lennon's lazy political analysis on display. Honey Pie is a really lovely song. Savoy Truffle is a banging b-side. Cry Baby Cry is another lovely one with great production, the organ linking with the bass is *chefs kiss*. Revolution 9 was an assult, deeply unsettling. To say this side was eclectic in an understatement.. All in all, a real tour through what the Beatles were about. Many hits, but also a fair few misses. Not bad for album no 9. 3.5 rounded up

What an absolute beast of an album. As one of the very few albums I had actually dipped my toes into before I started this list, The White Album is in a bit of a tough spot for me. There's no doubt this album is great. 30 tracks, any number of them having the potential to be someone's favorite, and each so stylistically distinct from the others in a way that causes the album to feel even larger than it already is. I've always been partial to Paul McCartney's vocals, and there's such a cool range of him here. Growing up listening to The Beatles with my parents maybe put them on a pedestal in my head. My parents thought they were great, the world thought they were great, and I liked their music so they must be great. Greatest of all time even, maybe. I've always been a sucker for vocal harmonies, something that's in the forefront across The Beatles discography, and a lot of their experimental or influential use of what I would call sound effects always made their songs fun, or at the very least interesting. But the more music I've gone out and found thanks to this list, and now coming back to the white album after so many years, I can't help but recognize that there are many other albums that just felt better to me. Ones that I enjoyed more as a whole than what was presented here by John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Despite knowing of the revolutionary influence this album had, and the great display of talent and creativity that is on display, I would much rather listen to A Hard Day's Night nine times out of ten. The same could be said of any of the other 5 star albums on this, my, list. Maybe it's a factor of too much of a good thing, side 1 and side 2 of this album easily being enough to stand on their own. Maybe it's my distaste for many of John Lennon's songs, here and elsewhere. At the end of the day, there's not enough enjoyment here for me to personally rank it with the other 5's on my list, though there is no doubt in my mind that this album could deserve one. Highlights: Back In The U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence Glass Onion Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is A Warm Gun Blackbird Rocky Raccoon Birthday Helter Skelter Good Night Lowlights: Wild Honey Pie I'm So Tired Piggies Yer Blues Revolution 9

Great album, not too much to say here. If I listened to it a bit more it might end up being 5 stars but hey ho

Incredible. In any other band this would probably be their best work. With The Beatles, however, depending on the day, it could slide down to fourth best. It's strength and weakness is its eclecticness, giving it a wide variety of flavors and colors. This also causes it to have too far a range and too long a leash to make it comparable to the likes of Blonde on Blonde, Sign Of The Times, or London Calling in terms of the tops of non-concept rock-oriented double albums.

The White album... I have nothing to say that hasn't already been said. It's a bit all over the place, some fantastic songs, some pap. There's enough songs on there to make a single length album that's amazing.

Very solid album, just extremely bloated. Top 3: 1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 2. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 3. Glass Onion Least Favourite Wild Honey Pie

I think, they have more magical albums then this)

I, surprisingly to me, haven't heard a lot of these songs. My dad was more of a (old style not racist) country aficionado when I was little. That and Irish trade and rebel songs. They're good though. Fun. Some make little to no sense lol Definitely a lot of drugs involved in this particular album. Jaunty stuff though. Liked listening while doing schoolwork AND bringing the hidden litter box cabinet up from the basement (we're getting 2 new cats in a few days (this is going to be a fun time capsule at some point!)) Ok, this album is weird lol I like it though.

Pour moi, ça constitue l'apogée de la période sombre des Beatles, celle des albums Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour et White Album. Je sais je sais, unpopular opinion. J'adore absolument tout de Help! Rubber Soul, Revolver, et après le grand retour avec Abbey Road (sauf les tounes niaiseuses de Paul McCartney). Mais j'ai de la misère avec la période psyché-pop. Quelques bonnes tounes quand même, il faut le noter, mais beaucoup trop de filler sur un double album qui se veut ambitieux, mais qui n'a au fond aucun thème. Mes prefs: While My guitar gently weeps, I'm so tired, Blackbird, Yer Blues, Mother Nature's Son, Helter Skelter. A vomir: Ob-la-di ob-la-da, Birthday, Bungalow Bill, Glass Onion.

Very 90s movie sunny cold Thursday vibes.

I was loving this album and fully prepared to give it an easy 5 stars. Then I had to listen to Revolution 9. So here is your 4 stars.

generally don't get the love for this album, I will maybe get it one day, but it is deffo not my favourite beatles album. There are some outstanding songs on it but lots of weird stuff. But i guess for some peopel its nice to see what the boys came up with.

Obv its good

Hints of genius interspersed with drug-induced nonsense… presumably by ‘69 they were too big for the studios to give guidance. But I surprised myself… took me back to s time in life, and I’m still almost word perfect. Iconic.

Some absolute classics interspersed with some weird ones. Still overall a good album

There's no denying that this is a great album. It's full of hits, quality album tracks, and showcases each member's abilities and contributions. However, I think this one suffers from a classic case of double album syndrome. Is it a great album? Of course. Are there filler tracks and other questionable choices that could have easily been omitted if there weren't two LPs worth of space to fill? Unfortunately...yes. Honestly, it's nothing reflective of the Fab Four. There are 30 tracks on this bad boy, they're not all going to be zingers. Not even the greatest rock band ever could do that. Maybe it's too varied? There are a variety of styles and influences here, with some typical Beatles style weirdness sprinkled in for good measure. But for some reason it seems fragmented and kind of all over the place. It diverges from the more psychedelic sound of some of their previous records, and maybe that's them transitioning again into more of a pure "rock" band. It would be interesting to see what would have happened to their sound if they would have stayed together longer. "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be" are a taste. But would have The Beatles have sounded like in the 70's? According to Sir Paul... ELO.

This is an album I grew up with. My brother is a huge Beatles fan. Whenever he picked up an album, he would sit me down and make me listen to it with him. I may not have fully appreciated it when I was young, but as I got older, I grew to appreciate their style and contribution to music. So many eclectic tracks...definitely something for every mood.

As a great man once said, "It's great, it sold, it's the bloody Beatles' 'White Album, shut up!". Thank you Paul for such choice words, but let's consider why he said this. The White album gets a lot of conversation and as far as I can tell general consensus is this album is pretty widely liked... with a caveat. In my opinion this album is about 20% amazing, 50% good, 15% okay and 15%... I want to say be kind and say unimpressive but it's worse than that. Seriously we are given some career peaks with George's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", John's "Happiness is a Warm Gun" and Paul's "Blackbird", alongside massively important songs like Helter Skelter and Dear Prudence this album is absolutely stacked in terms of quality songs. Honey Pie when taken out of the context of the album is maybe the worst Beatles song, and Revolution 9 attempts to be artsy but is a touch too meaningless. I'm not even particularly a Yoko hater, I think the Beatles were doomed as soon as they started supressing George, but good lord her direct effect on John causing this song is reason enough especially for an 8 minute song on a 93 minute album. There's a blend of some incredible, interesting material in here and with each listen I find another song I like more than I thought I did, probably because listening to this in one sitting can become quite a task. Equally there is some real nonsense, for better or for worse, and I can't even be that critical considering I really like Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Meanwhile some songs fit well into the album but when isolated are just weird, like Rocky Raccoon for instance. I do think this album is good and even if not a big Beatles fan it's well worth a listen so you can take your pick of what songs do and don't deserve to be on this album the length of an actual movie. Also I wish "I Will" was 4 minutes long because good lord Paul sounds beautiful. Best songs: While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Happiness is a Warm Gun Worst songs: Honey Pie / Revolution 9 Rank compared to everything else so far: 17/54 (below Revolver, above Van Halen.)

Really surprised by the variety within this album, I guess I didn’t know the Beatles balled like that.

I did a lot of research on the origination of the songs for this album and the recording. It basically happened at the beginning of the end for the Beatles. Yoko Ono was now fully on the scene, which caused issues between John Lennon and the rest of the band. Ringo Starr left the band completely for a few weeks. Most of the songs were written while the band was attending a Transcendental Meditation course in India. It's amazing to me that this album came out of all that chaos. Having said that, a good chunk of the album is made up of songs that clearly belong to one band member or the other. Rare on the album are songs where the band is one cohesive unit. Some of the songs are just bizarre and really not that good. But the number of absolute classics and iconic songs that were not only classics for the Beatles, but songs that have been covered over and over again, is a tribute to how talented they were not only as a band, but as individuals.

Solid

8.5 / 10

This comes in at 3rd in my ranking of Beatles albums, it’s still brilliant it almost feels like listening to a greatest hits album. It’s REALLY long though. I did find disk 2 to be slightly worse than disk 1 which is a shame because If disk 1 was released as an album on its own this would be a sure fire 5

I think this album gets longer everytime I listen to it. It has some of the best Beatles songs (while my guitar gently weeps) alongside some of the worst (revolution 9)

I really like the feel, the lyrics, and the musical composition itself. Will definitely listen to again :>.

Let's say it's 1970 and you're 12 years old and you go with your saved-up allowance money to buy a Beatles album, and then you get home and are greeted with "Revolution 9." I don't have a clear memory of my initial reaction to this record, but I imagine that experience was fairly formative, considering the nonlinear stuff I like to listen to these days. This isn't a perfect record; there are goofy bits on here like "Bungalow Bill" and "Rocky Raccoon" that I could have lived without ever hearing again. And the apolitical theme of "Revolution 1" felt off to many people on the left at the time, and feels kinda problematic now too, considering everything going on at the moment. But hey, it's a double album, so there's a lot of good stuff left to hear if you skip those. So while my general position re the Beatles is that people need to quit playing them all the time already (and that Siouxsie and the Banshees covers of Beatles songs are better than the originals), still: 4/5 stars for the white album.

Lots of silly filler in an otherwise amazing classic album. Could have been 5 if it was about ten songs shorter.

It's great man, it's great. It's - you know, it's great. Yeah sure yeah

An important album of its time. Sounds a little bloated now and could have benfited from being provided as a single album.

My first Beatles album, ever, that I’ve listened to in full. Yet another band that I know and like the hits, but have never done a discography deep dive. I even have two of their “best of” albums on vinyl that I inherited that I should probably give a spin at some point. Starting off strong with Back in the USSR. I only really knew this song in passing, but a great listen to really pay attention to. Dear Prudence was a nice simple little song. I really liked the simplicity of the guitar through most of the song. Going into Glass Onion, I thought it was solid. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da was very fun musically wise. The shaker and percussion was great, and even though I didn’t catch a lot of the lyrics on first listen, I liked those too. Wild Honey Pie was definitely, out there, totally. It reminded me of some of the stuff I’ve heard off magical mystery tour. Bungalow Bull was fun and I liked the narrative aspect of it. My Guitar Gently Weeps was a gorgeous track. It was so melodic. *slight pause as I drive home and listen to the rest of the album* Ok I’m back to writing this after getting home. Oh boy to I have a lot to say. The first little bit of this album was SO good, and there are still highs to come, but… well… you’ll see. Happiness is a Warm Gun, Martha my Dear, I’m so Tired. Serviceable tracks, not my favourites off the album but they work. Blackbird, other than giving me flashbacks from when I took guitar lessons at 14, was an amazing track and I’m glad it lived on to give a punk rock obsessed teen an interesting introduction to guitar, This is where the album, and I tbh, go off the rails a bit. I read a review on here at one point that said if an albums over an hour, it just means the right cuts weren’t made, and with this album I agree. Piggies was… a song. I was really thrown off by the random snorting thrown in. Like it wasn’t horrible, but in the big scheme of things, this album is over an hour, it could’ve easily made an outtakes album. Same with Rocky Raccoon, which I can only describe as sounding like a mid 90s Canadian Edutainment song. If you know you know. The rest of disc one is alright. Nothing really to comment on, but they all sort of blended together for me. Disc 2. Birthday was a fine opener and I loved Mother Natures Son. I thought it was very pretty. Helter Skelter, of course was fun! Was happy to see that on this album, same with Revolution 1, which is a classic and one that my dad started singing as soon as I told him this was today’s album. I seem to remember liking Savoy Truffle, but I don’t remember what I liked about it or anything about the song. Revolution 9 deserves a paragraph all to itself. Imagine for a second you’re driving home, it’s dark, 8pm, you’ve just had a long day at work and been to the gym and are super ready to get home, eat dinner, and go to bed. Then, about 10 min from home, this comes on. You don’t know the track, so you just think it’s a quick little, somewhat strange intermission. Then it keeps going. For almost 8 and a half minutes I drove, thinking it would be over soon, and every time I thought maybe it’ll be over, it kept going. I think it’s the closest to going insane I’ve ever been. I get that a lot of the Beatles charm comes from drug filled genius, but holy. Good Night was beautiful, no complaints. Just the fact I couldn’t enjoy it fully as I was still reeling from the Revolution 9 experience. Overall, the highs of this album were so high, but the averageness of the lows really took me out of it. Maybe I just don’t get it, maybe being born 36 years after this album came out wasn’t the right choice to enjoy it fully. There are such good points on this album, I was so prepared to give it a 5, but I just can’t. Maybe if it had been edited down to 40-50 min of just the best, it would’ve been a 5 for me. For that, I sadly give it a 4/5 ⭐️. Maybe I’ll go sit and spin one of the greatest hits records I have and have a think about what I’ve done. 13/1089

I know it's historically acclaimed album. But personally, I did not enjoy disc 2 that much.

Iconic album Kind of sounds like a child's book... with dark content... Blackbird is a hearty work of art

I almost want to give it 5, there's just a few songs that miss for me, when you compare 'Martha my Dear' to 'Back in the USSR', the album feel a bit disjointed, but all in all an excellent album, breath of fresh air from Norah Jones!

Back In The USSR: 7.7/10 MBPW Dear Prudence: 7.2/10 MBPW Glass Onion: 3/10 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da: 6/10 Wild Honey Pie: 5/10 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill: 7/10 MBPW While My Guitar Gently Weeps: 6/10 Happiness Is A Warm Gun: 7/10 MBPW Martha My Dear: 7/10 MBPW I’m So Tired: 7/10 MBPW Blackbird: 8/10 Piggies: 7/10 PW Rocky Raccoon: 7/10 MBPW (Peak fade) Don’t Pass Me By: 6.4/10 Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?: 4/10 I Will: 8/10 PW Julia: 4/10 Birthday: 7.8/10 MBPW Yer Blues: 7.8/10 MBPW Mother Nature’s Son: 6/10 Everyone Got Something To Hide Expect For Me And My Monkey: 7/10 MBPW Sexy Sadie: 4/10 Helter Skelter: 3/10 IVE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS! Long, Long, Long: 6.7/10 Revolution 1: 6.2/10 Honey Pie: 6/10 Savoy Truffle: 7/10 Cry Baby Cry: 3/10 Revolution 9: 2/10 Good Night: 5/10

Great

A great album with some of the best Beatles songs but loses a star for some filler. 3.5

Some classics, some new favourites and a couple of duds. While long but while good

Great album

Great

I love The Beatles, they’re constantly fighting with Pink Floyd for my favourite artist. I listen to them relentlessly every year. Having said that, I am firmly in the camp that the White Album would perfect if they just trimmed the fat off it. This album has some great songs on it: Blackbird, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Julia but Jesus Christ there is some shit here too. Obviously a big part of this album is just how fractured this band of near-brothers had become. Some parts of the White Album just feel like solo work, there’s a bit of the Beatles charm missing (and half the time it’s because the rest of the Beatles are missing such as on Back in the USSR which has no Ringo, Blackbird is purely Paul and Julia is purely John). It’s such a strange album and that’s certainly an interesting part of it, it just feels like when you finally reach a good part of the album you get hit with shit like Wild Honey Pie. Probably the only Beatles album I can’t give a perfect score to.

Having heard this on and off for 50 years I think it is rather over hyped. George Harrison at his best and a collection of music hall tunes and parodies of American popular music. Some very fine songs indeed but the demos album left me a bit cold. The hippy fascination for art nouveau and the 19th century (music hall) was charming but always a bit of a puzzle to me.

Solid album by a stellar band.

8/10

Не плохо. Я и до этого их слушал, но особо не обращал внимания на все песни их альбома. Мне понравилось

Brilliant. A masterpiece. Respectfully, still didn't make me a fan.

This is actually my first time listening to the "White Album" in full. I get the hype now. My only criticism is that it drags on ever so slightly. Not my favourite Beatles album, but still incredibly strong. 'Blackbird' remains one of the most beautiful songs ever made

There's a 5/5 album in there somewhere.

I knew the big songs but never heard the whole album before. Ya, nice.

ya lo conocía y me encanta, no es mi favorito de beatles pero entiendo porqué es considerado de los mejores. canciones fav: while my guitar gently weeps; blackbird; i will

long album so bound to be hit or miss. but overall a hit

Taylor gave it a 3. Some great songs but also some weird songs you don’t want to listen to.

What a ridiculous album! Drugs, hey? Also, Paul is obviously the silly one. So much tuba, which I get given that it's the bass of the brass section. I get the critiques that this album is all over the place. Which is simultaneously it's weakness, but could also be it's strength. Depending on the strength of your drugs, of course. Still, the bangers are bangers. While my guitar gently weeps sounds absolutely fabulous. Happiness is a Warm Gun is just weird. Love the tenderness of Blackbird, but who doesn't? I should learn that on the guitar one day. Also, Dear Prudence. Yes please. I still think it's hilarious that I went through ten years of my life thinking that it was a Siouxsie and the Banshees song. The follies of youth. Oh, and once again, do the mono version. Gawd it's so much better. Otherwise you have Ringo bonking away in only one ear. Sure, listen to Revolution 9 in stereo for the fun effects, but John said that the album is better in mono. And are ya going to fight with John? I thought not. Speaking of Revolution 9. I just realized that Skinny Puppy borrowed heavily from this in on Love in Vein. Tres cool. Then again they also sampled (kinda) Helter Skelter on the Rabies album, so that somewhat makes sense. In a fucked-up Skinny Puppy kinda sense. Still, I love it. Anyhow four stars. Can't rate the Beatles less than that, right?

Mooie nummers, maar sommige ook niet.

4.8

listened

i’ve kind of always been a self proclaimed beatles hater but this album is very enjoyable. honestly i’m enjoying the whole story a lot more than i would have expected. halfway through and looking up copies of the album for my record player lol

My sense is that with this album the good outweighs the bad. There are some absolute gems on this album, but it also feels like they just recorded everything that popped into their heads.

4.5

15 favorites but also my two least favorite Beatles songs. Makes that a 4/5.

This is not a beatles album I've listened to that much. Or at least I felt so initially. After this listen it does feel very homely in a strange sort of way. it is just a strange album... feels sort of out of character for them, like it doesn't quite fit with the rest of their discography... I kind of like it

The world doesn’t need one more word written about this album. Four stars.

Pretty long, beatles always deliver

It’s a solid album, just not the biggest fan of the Beatles

Definitely a solid album, lots of fun nostalgic songs

Of course love the beatles, but this album isnt THEIR best as a collective group. The whole album really reflects on when they began to focus on themselves individually instead of performing as a band Each song is written and sung by the author (except for good night bc John Lennon is a bit of a coward) and they use the band almost as their backup band if that makes sense. Best songs to me: Back in the USSR, Happiness is a warm gun, Martha My dear, I will, Julia, Honey Pie, Sexy Sadie, While My guitar gently weeps

So many great songs on this but it’s also really long and there is stuff that’s rubbish on it. Helter skelter alone makes it very close to a 5 though.

not my speed. might give it a listen when I'm older

listened to on my vinyl so far like a lot gives very much late may early june vibes i give it like an 8/10 i would have to listen to it more but i like it so far i also like the song birthday and it has a lot of classics

Don't get me wrong, there is quite a lot of great things here, and some even better than the rest, but also some real strange things, yes very beatles, but just left me thinking this album wouldn't be missing anything if a few songs weren't on it.

I love the white album, as it was one of my first Beatles exposures. Love the variety, even of there are a few duds.

overall a GREAT album, I wouldn't say there is no skips tho. Some of the greatest songs ever written came from it(my top three): while my guitar gently weeps, happiness is a warm gun or helter skelter. I wouldn't necessarily listen to wild honey pie again but I was quite surprised by long, long, long, it was not a song I particularly listened to before but I loved the drums and the vocals on it. A few of my favorites also included dear prudence, I will and blackbird.

Wow post Sgt Peppers Beatles this should be brilliant and is … mostly But the Beatles are thier own worst enemy Imaginative , yes Revolutionary, check Pushing boundaries , definitely Genre bending , again yes Good , Hmm ... probably Great … no Brilliant, beautiful songs with interesting changes are intermixed with songs that feel like someone taking the piss. Ob-la-di … sounds like a song for school kids to sing - oh wait that’s why I dislike it Continuing on to the story of bungalow bill - great in bits but the chorus and refrain fell like a joke Can any album with these on be a 5 Obviously, the Beatles are great - and there are enough great songs on this album (some that got plenty of radio play and other lesser-knowns) to warrant a 5-star rating. But - there are a lot of crap on this album too. It sounds like the Beatles were just like, "fuck it we are the Beatles “ Yet another double album that is harmed by too many filler . I do love that they were not concentrating on a polished product but this is a step too far. Even if there are elements to love in all songs. Is don’t make me cry an album track ? If this were a single album ? A sure fire 5 star if it was cut to 1 album In giving it 4 over a 3, mostly as I appreciate the space a double album gives to experiment

So many songs on this album or bangers. As an album as a whole feels like a mishmash of randomness. Thats why for me it is a four stars and not 5.

I really wasn't sure about this after one listen. But again with certain bands and reputations I'm more inclined to give them a second chance. Of course there are some absolutely brilliant songs on here (Blackbird , While My Guitar...) but also a lot of stuff I've never heard. The lyrics are often a bit simple, or plain silly, but the tunes are quality. Could have been a 5, but I can't give a 5 to an album that has a track of jumbled sonic mess. It's a skip every time (though I will make an exception when I finally review The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)