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A fantastic album, even brilliant, but it’s just too long.
Pretty good job being better than oasis.
Det her album har en af Beatles fineste sange i Blackbird. Og en af deres tungeste mest skramlede i Helter Skelter. Det har wacky Beatles på toppen med Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da. Og Harrison formår endelig at forløse sit potentiale på While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Lennon er eftertænktsomt politiserende på Reveloution 1. Men så er der også mere end 50% fillers. Og Reveloution 9. Beatles har er tårnhøjt bundniveau. Så deres fillers er bedre end mange andres bangers. Men deres selvbetitlede album have ikke behøvet at være er dobbelt album. Og derfor kan det desværre ikke få maks karakter.
I would have sworn blind that is listened to every Beatles album, but it turned out I've but heard this. Lovely discovery! I need to listen to it some more. On a first listen, it's less coherent than Sergeant Pepper or Abbey Road, but has sone amazing tracks on it. The very heavy tracks and the much simpler arrangements are interesting.
One can't adequately rate this album after only spending a day with it, it's a sprawling (for good and for bad) album that isn't perfect, however you're getting some of the best, some of the worst, and Revolution 9 from this
No new faves. Overall good but several songs were skip-worthy.
In my opinion, their best. Not their most cohesive. Major points off for Revolution 9. I'm not a die-hard, so I'm not sure if other fans just laugh this track off or if they also roll their eyes so hard at it like I do. Dammit, John. It could have been perfect.
A VLP (very long play) album from one of the greastest bands to ever exsist. There are diamonds on this album front and center, there are excellent songs, and good songs but I'm hard pressed to find a bad song in this entire release. I would argue dispite my statement this is not a "no skip" album nor a magnum opus. Its simply a late career spanning release than includes things that they mastered in their short career up to this point (4-5 ish years). Boy band harmonies, folksy stand outs, british pub songs, meloncoly McCartney solo tracks, raw infused Rock and Blues. Harssions most beautiful song? PHEW. The white album is a doozy. 4.5 stars if I could.
3.91
love it of course. check out the Asher demos for something really special.
solid album, I like a lot of the songs on there and stuff
Look this is undoubtedly the Beatles best album and contains a good chunk of their hits. But 1h30? Obviously includes a bunch of filler nonsense. Cut some of the crap and this would be the easiest 5 of my life. Fave track: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
There's a lot to unpack here - a double album, 30 tracks, plenty of Beatle's hits and even some pretty weird shit, that inspired some very, very unpleasant weird shit. I don't think there's a bad track here, but it is a lot to go through and quite obviously across 30 tracks, not all of them are hits. It's a solid 9/10 album and the Beatles are legendary. 4.5/5
1.) Back In The U.S.S.R.: They can't stop thinking about the Beach Boys. 2.) Dear Prudence: It is a classic. Pretty glad they didn't go too much into experimentation for this song. 3.) Glass Onion: Too tongue-in-cheek with talking about Strawberry Fields and the Walrus. 4.) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da: Wild that Charles Manson liked this album. 5.) Wild Honey Pie: Filler. 6.) The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill: One or three minute(s) too long. 7.) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Still can't believe that this wasn't going to get recorded. 8.) Happiness Is A Warm Gun: One of Lennon's best songs. 9.) Martha My Dear: My left ear liked this song. I think one of more overlooked songs on this album. 10.) I'm So Tired: How I'm feeling about this album. Might be my first skip. 11.) Blackbird: A classic. 12.) Piggies: Tad bit on the nose. 13.) Rocky Raccoon: I guess not all British can do an American accent. It is one of my favorite songs on the album though. 14.) Don't Pass Me By: Fine, a bit repetitive. 15.) Why Don't We Do It In The Road?: Reminds me of that Italian song that is supposed to sound like an American rock song but is complete gibberish. Was this supposed to be them trying to sound like the Blues? 16.) I Will: Odd to go from last song to this one. Weird idea to say that you that you will love someone forever and not know their name. Otherwise, good love song/lullaby. 17.) Julia: Not bad song but feels like McCartney vs. Lennon love song battle after following I Will. 18.) Birthday: No one asked for this. 19.) Yer Blues: O god, this is their take on Blues. 20.) Mother Nature's Son: Maybe because I'm thinking of Mother Child Reunion, but you could convince me that Paul Simon wrote this song. Its in a similar vein to Blackbird. 21.) Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey: Would like this more if it didn't follow Mother Nature's Son. Should've followed Back In The U.S.S.R. Good and upbeat. 22.) Sexy Sadie: Eh, its fine I guess. Randy Newman sounding piano intro. Better 2nd half. Not a fan of the "wa-wa-wa-wa" 23.) Helter Skelter: Probably my favorite on the album. Good song about a slide and like that it was to one-up The Who. McCartney's yell-singing is good here except for the middle part. 24.) Long, Long, Long: Good song, but doesn't need the sound at the end. 25.) Revolution 1: A classic. The clashing sounds fits the theme. 26.) Honey Pie: I like it. Wasn't expecting this vaudvillian sound from them. 27.) Savoy Truffle: Good song for writing about a sweet tooth. 28.) Cry Baby Cry: Almost sounds like a companion piece to Eleanor Rigby. 29.) Revolution 9: Interesting. 30.) Good Night: I always like the idea of finishing a large album with a symphony backing piece. One of the few Ringo-led vocal songs.
Whilst I love The Beatles, and it is obvious that they are one of the greatest and most influential acts ever, I don'[t think they've ever made a flawless album. There's always at least 1 tune that should have been kept off it - maybe a consequence of absolutely rattling through the releases. SO many incredible tunes on the White Album, including a bunch that I regularly forget about - nice to revisit Yer Blues, Long Long Long, Julia, and I'm So Tired. Won't point out the clangers, they're mostly pretty obvious, but Revolution No 9 is not one of them.
Yes, this should definitely be on the list.
I was hesitant to revisit at first. I don’t recall if I’ve listened before, but I believe I have. I still think I prefer the middle albums most, but I appreciated the range and honesty with this album. Several songs stood out and touched me today.
Pretty good
Beatles summoned because I used them to make fun of the Syd Barrett album. perfectly fine but like most Beatles, not a lot on here that I'll seek out on my own
demasiadas canciones, demasiada buena prensa 4.2
Pretty comfortably in 4/5 territory for me! Was never my absolute pinnacle Beatles. I’ve never tried to condense it into a one-disc affair for fun but i might. There’s definitely some “good but inessential” stuff here. You know that though? I’ll say it: Wild Honey Pie? I actually kind of like it and i think people who hate it as much as they claim to are being overdramatic. Like calm down y’all, it’s literally only 50 seconds. Revolution #9 is also kind of fucking awesome. Overall though, they’ve got a few records i like a lot more than this.
A delightful mess of creativity. Some of my favorite Beatles songs are on here. Some of my least favorite Beatles songs are on here. While I like all the songs, I think there is credibility in that I only like them because they are Beatles songs and I've been exposed enough. So, despite the creativity, it's not among the greats due to some bleh tracks.
4/5
Would be perfect if it wasn't sprawling. Some of their best, coolest and weirdest songs.
Would be a 5/5 if a few songs were cut off the tracklist, but some all-time great Beatles songs are on here.
I used to think this album was just bloated. I now think it’s just not great compared to the albums they released around it. Too many strung out on acid songs here. Too many nonsensical lyrics. You don’t even get the good version of Revolution. It’s just a mess. The three albums preceding it and the two following it are all much more coherent.
It took 270 records to finally get a Beatles record. And I think this is the hardest of them for me to rank. This is the Beatles record I am the least familiar with as a whole, likely due to the length. I absolutely adore some of these songs. And some are just out there. Do the gems make up for the misses? If I’m just ranking against all albums on this list, it’s probably closer to a 5. But if this gets a 5 I can’t see how all the other Beatles records wouldn’t get a 5. And I don’t think this is quite as good as the other mid to late Beatles work. The highest of fours. Revolution 9 and wild honey pie keep it off the 5 line.
#1 My first review on this website. Maybe one day I'll finish this challenge, maybe not. I will definitely not always be able to do one album every day. Anyways, idk who's even going to read this but I'll leave this out here. At times it's hard to get the hype of The Beatles but I try. Sometimes I succeed but have to force myself which may not be the best thing to do. Once I get them though, I truly get them but it really depends on my mood. The album itself is so bloated. It's always hard for me to listen to albums longer than an hour. Luckily SOME of the songs make up for it. One track The Beatles are being the brightest musicians of their generation and on the next they sound just like some drunks having fun. And of course there's Revolution 9... At the end of the day, the overall first impression of listening to a full album from this band is positive for me.
re: Glass Onion: incredibly funny to be like 'hey, remember all these songs you thought were crazy?' in your own songs. re: Bungalow Bill: you can't be talking like that, white baby re: Piggies: i think even in 1968 this was way too on-the-nose This album is fascinating. The very highest highs in the catalog as well as some of the lowest lows.
With so many tracks there are some misses for me but the highs are really high.
Great album with some of my favorite Beatles songs on it. I give it a 4.5, mostly because there’s too much going on with the album and too many tracks that I don’t care for.
3.5/5
I listened to it more than my parents' lectures
Great “album” (more like a compilation but whatever), top 5 in their discography but absolutely not their best, no 100 minute album featuring wild honey pie can be an artists best, let alone a 5 star, and its also very unfocused. That said, a chunk of the beatles best stuff is here, so roast aside, it is a good time, and i don’t even dislike revolution 9, its out of place but a pretty cool eerie track. Standouts are Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Yer Blues, Sexy Sadie and Helter Skelter.
idc im a revolution 9 defender it’s not a song it’s a sound collage
é beatles né, fazer oq
Great album
Classuc
Classic rock
Back in the U.S.S.R. - 4/5 Dear Prudence - 4/5 Glass Onion - 2/5 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 5/5 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 2/5 Martha My Dear - 5/5 I'm So Tired - 4/5 Blackbird - 2/5 Piggies - 3/5 Rocky Raccoon - 3/5 Don't Pass Me By - 5/5 Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 3/5 I Will - 4/5 Julia - 3/5 Birthday - 3/5 Yer Blues - 3/5 Mother Nature's Son - 4/5 Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 5/5 Sexy Sadie - 3/5 Helter Skelter - 5/5 Long, Long, Long - 2/5 Revolution 1 - 4/5 Honey Pie - 3/5 Savoy Truffle - 3/5 Cry Baby Cry - 3/5 Revolution 9 - 1/5 Good Night - 4/5
Bunch of fun songs, good for background music, didn’t really awe me, could be good to use as a substitute for a playlist as there is a lot of different music
Heb hier heel erg lang over na moeten denken, maar het wordt toch 4 sterren. Het is wel duidelijk dat alle 4 de bandleden simpelweg een X aantal "eigen" nummers wilden(/kregen?) op het album, waardoor er dus zoveel nummers op staan. Maar tegelijkertijd; sommige nummers hadden hier simpelweg echt niet niet op.hoeven staan.
Late 60s Beatles waren niet te stoppen, gewoon elk jaar een plaat uitbrengen die nu stuk voor stuk gezien worden als absolute klassiekers. The White Album is een hieronder een grote, ook letterlijk. Hier zit gelijk mijn probleem met dit album: de lengte. Mijn lat ligt hoog als het gaat om het rechtvaardigen van een dubbelalbum. De hoogtepunten op The White Album zijn ongetwijfeld hoog, maar er zitten ook echt wel stinkers tussen deze nummers. Dit maakt dat The White Album voor mij niet de status van Abbey Road of Sgt Pepper bereikt. Hét hoogtepunt is absoluut het schitterende Blackbird.
This used to be my favourite Beatles album but I do think it’s a bit too hit and miss now. If they removed the crap it would easily be a 5 star. There are also a lot of forgettable songs on here Dear Prudence, Happiness is a Warm Gun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Im So Tired, Helter Skelter, Julia … all brilliant .. then you have Revolution 9 … can we all agree is rubbish and should just be deleted from history? Maybe a bit of editing could have prevented the Manson murders.
Strange one to rate, because there is a normal album's worth of absolute bangers on here, but buried among a lot of absolute nonsense. If this were a twelve-track record then it would quite possibly be the best Beatles album - Dear Prudence and Blackbird are beautiful, Helter Skelter is tremendous fun, and Good Night is awful but also but also not, and would be a great song to die to, Ringo and an orchestra ushering you into the great beyond. Alas, it is far too long, and having to wade through endless guff is a punishable offence on any decent review scale. I GOT BLISTERS ON MY RATING SYSTEM.
There’s some great stuff on this and I wanna give it a 5, the only problem is it’s a double album. I have yet to find a double album that doesn’t drag on for too long with some filler in there. While this filler may be higher quality than others there’s too many forgettable tracks to rate this one a 5
good
Beaucoup plus rock que ce que je pensais 6 CD impossible de tout écouter
Great songs on this album, I like this era of the Beatles. Cool back story. Don't like 30-song long albums, and this is no exclusion.
I gather this is the start of the Beatles becoming "Paul's band" and not a band of 4. It kind of shows with the lack of cohesion. It's hard to say I don't love it though.
It is definitely on the higher end of 4 stars, only reason it's not 5 is because I think the Beatles have better albums.
I was expecting to give this 5 stars... but I found it a bit disjointed.
4.5?
I get why Ringo quit for a bit.
Scattered (duh) but very enjoyable, definitely did this dirty on first listens. Favorites: - Back in the USSR - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Happiness is a Warm Gun - Martha My Dear - Helter Skelter - Revolution 9 - Goodnight Overall Rating: 4/5
obviously it's good but not all the songs are good... i was bored by the end and then sent into a spiral with Revolution 9
They're lucky ussr is on this album
so many bangers but also a few fillers
It's so so good, but also not
Great. Nothing new to me.
Wish a couple of the sillier songs had been cut to make perfection.
A bunch of good songs. Could have been a 5 if they cut out about half of it. Best Beatles album so far.
Not my favorite Beatles album, but inspired a memorable conversation where Josh and I brainstormed what we would include on a revamped 1 album and if you had to listen to just one Beatles song for the rest of your life what would you choose
there's a 5 in there if they were a bit more judicious
There's definitely filler here where there didn't need to be.
High hopes for this one because I know it’s highly regarded. I own the cd but haven’t listened all the way through. USSR is call sic Beatles. Really good piano on this one. Good writing and vocals. Cool song. More rock than pop which I like. They mastered the art of the fade in/out. Dear prudence is fine. Really nice bass. Rest of it is pretty simple. Glass onion is fine. I hate the flute. But the lyrics are good. Guitar is good too. Very poppy. Oh bla di is an all timer. It’s dated but it still bangs. Just a great beat and great singing to go with it. Honey pie sucks. Unnecessary. Don’t get it. Back on track with bungalow bill. Really well written. Just a fun song. While my guitar weeps is good not great. The guitar is simple but so good. Same with the drums. good vocals too. The the production on all of these songs so far has been really good. Guitar is really good again on happiness, lyrics aren’t as good tho. Just a little choppy. Nice horns on Martha my dear. Again the production is really good. Not very catchy. I’m so tired is relatable. A little Too slow for me. Ok song. Nice guitar. Blackbird is slow again but I like this one better. Much better written. I want to sign along. Again really good production on piggies. I like the sintar and bass. Rockyracoon is very well written. All about the lyrics on this one. Classic Beatles song. Good production again on don’t pass me by. Really good strings and drums. This is good song. Followed by why don’t we do it in the road which is really good. It’s not a complicated song but I love the piano. Good vocals too. Julia is fine. Not my style. Too slow. Birthday is a banger. Why is this not the reg birthday song. That guitar riff is so good. Ter blues is pretty good. I like when they’re more rock than pop which this definitely is. Another really cool/unique bass line. And a good guitar solo to boot. Good production again on mother natures son. Lyrics are a little whiny and too slow for me. This is the type of Beatles I don’t really like. But it’s still a well put together song and I can appreciate the change in pace. Back on track with my monkey. Thai is on your face rock. Bullshit lyrics tho. Sexy Sadie is fine. Good production again. Lyrics are whatever. Helter skelter is a banger. Awesome guitar. Good vocals. In your face rock again. Nice change of pace with long long long. Good writing on this one. Good production again. Cool outro. Revolution 1 is a banger. Really calming. Good singing. Love the orchestra production too. Honey pie is fine. Classic pop Beatles song. Not my style. Just super dated at this point. Savoy truffle is really well made. Awesome horns and keys. This song doesn’t even need vocals but they work well. Cry baby cry is good not great. Nothing really special. Cool piano tho. Opening to revolution 9 is very funky. 3 mins in and still waiting for the song to start. 5 mins in. Still waiting. And still waiting at 9 mins. This was not a song it was sounds. I don’t understand that at all. Good night is a banger at least. Really nice way to end the album. Strings are awesome. Just great production from start to finish on this album. It took me a while but as i hear more I get the Beatles hype. This album was 28 good to great songs and 2 junk songs. That’s a pretty good ratio. Overall very satisfied with this album. 3.9/5 stacrs.
Album was a fun listen, a bit all over the place in a good way. Song titles get interesting. No takeaways from me though. Solid 3.5?
4.5/5
I was happy to start with the Beatles, as I enjoy their music! The album is good but not outstanding to me… It holds some amazing classics! Album is also long as hll
To quote Paul, "It's the Goddamned Beatles White Album."
Incredible album. Not giving it a 5 stars because I don’t love every song. It could have been a single album instead.
Classic album – lots of interesting songs. Clear inspirations to doo wop and motown style music, but also tracks with a rockier tinge.
Beautiful album. 3rd time listening to it.
I LOVE THE BEATLES🥹
I've already had so many of these songs on my favorites, and I love the variety of songs on the album.
This is a good album. But I feel like it is a bit of a hodge podge collection of varied ideas and less cohesive than their earlier single disc works. Probably because the guys were going their separate ways.
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS DETECTED Long ass album, but pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it Beatles is weird
I know, I know. But I think wjen they did it counts more in its favour tham what they did. I cannot deny the quality of the work, and I refuse to reject the silliness. But it ain't perfect.
Surely one of the most nostalgic albums there.
The generator really said "you've had one experimental double album, but how about a second experimental double album?" (I had Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" over the weekend) I have said before how I am less of a fan of post Revolver Beatles and while that is still true this may be my favorite Beatles album post Revolver. I think I like it so much because to me it spiritually feels like a pre Revolver Beatles album (maybe because this album has less songs that have been overplayed to death). As long as this album is there are some incredible tracks here including "Back in the USSR," "Blackbird," "Revolution 1," and "Birthday" just to name a few. However, this album, like most double albums I've encountered so far, doesn't hit all the time and starts to drag towards the end. I think if it was narrowed down to one single album this could easily be a 5/5 for me. As it stands its a really good 4/5
clasico de los beatles, pero sabés que no es mi favorito? para nada.
well ya i loved the songs i already love
Listened to this at least 20 times previously. Not my favorite Beatles album. It does have one of my favorites, Happiness is a Warm Gun. The album is less cohesive than most later Beatles albums. Still a great album that has an anthology/b-side feel.
Classic album. Some songs are gonna be lost to time, but its not a stretch to say it will live on past a century.
의외로 다양한 비틀즈의 모습들. 실험적이기까지 함
I did not give this a fair listen because I was listening to it on a call with my buddies playing a game. Has a good number of hits and is a great rock album. I had a great time listening to it and will likely give it another listen someday.
I'm reaching mental saturation towards listening to 50-70's music. It stating to sound the same with the same kind of artist. I liked some of this album and can listen to it again and do like the songs but holy shit it's too much old music.
On kyllä pitkäks repsahtanu tääki levy vaikka tasaseen tahtiin sieltä kovia lekoja tuleekin. On kyllä kovaa tavaraa
Ehdan äärellä. Pihdataan nyt fetosta niinkin lapzellisesta syystä kun on tässä vähän liikaa mittaa.
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A hodgepodge of sounds from the Beatles with brilliant highs and dreadful Lowe’s. My least favorite album from my all time favorite band.
Paras deepcut levy
Not much to add to what has already been extensively written about this classic
I don’t like The Beatles and have heard this album many times, and was dreading having to slog through it again. Pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed revisiting some of these songs. Shocked at myself to give it 4/5.
This was really good, I've never listened to it in full but I have listened to parts of it for a long time. Enjoyed the experimentation and different directions that still managed to feel cohesive, but it's maybe a few tracks too long.
Shamefully, I have never heard most of these songs before. But on the other hand it's an absolute treat to hear many of them for the first time. The first half of this album is fantastic, I kept waiting for it to drop the ball and it just kept delivering banger after banger until we get to Don't Pass Me By and it seems to run out of energy, if not ideas. There are a couple of other great tracks in the back nine, but they're the exception. So this leaves me with a dilemma. There's absolutely a 5/5 record among these songs, so do I rate that, or do I rate the album as a whole? Given this is an "albums" list, I feel compelled to go with the latter and drop away star. It also suits my sense of contrariness. Now to go and read the history which sounds fascinating, and may explain why the boys didn't exercise the quality control which would have made agree it's the stone classic so many clearly feel it is.
a couple songs off of the b side are kinda mid but overall this album is fantastic, I don't get the hate for revolution 9, its an amazing start to more experimental music to come, and who can forget My Guitar Gently Weeps, one of my favorite songs of all time
Pretty good. But also pretty long. There's a ton of songs and they begin to blend together. But it's still enjoyable nonetheless
The White Album is a masterpiece and a beautiful mess. Decades after its release, It is the sound of a band falling apart and refusing to edit each other, and the listener is left to make sense of it. At its core is a masterpiece of raw and intimate sounds , stripped of the psychedelic smoke and mirrors of the past. It feels incredibly human—as if you've been invited into a private, late-night jam session where the musicians have let their guards down. I quite like this version of The Beatles. Yet, in direct opposition to this lies the album's undeniable bloat. For every moment of acoustic genius, there is a head-scratching studio experiment or a jarring genre exercise because four solo artists refused to veto one another. The result is a sprawling double-album desperately crying out for an editor to give the music cohesion. It is also the only Beatles album I own.
4,5 if i could
Probably a weak 5/5 until Revolution 9. The highs are high
This is a slightly weird album to review. It’s one of the most famous albums ever, and there’s times when you hear one of the best songs you’ve ever heard immediately followed by hot garbage. I know it was experimental for the time, but a few of these are losers. But so much of the other parts work so well that it carry’s it. Other than that it’s late stage Beatles; what it says on the tin.
dang dude, you used to get a hundred songs for a nickle back in the day. no wonder the boomers hate everything
Absolute bangers and even more refined. I wasn’t overall familiar with rocky raccoon and I’m on the fence about revolution 9
An iconic album in the Beatles catalog, a mix of all time classics, lesser known hits, and some outright not great stuff. 4/5.
Double album stuffed with different stylings. But didn't need to be so long
Seemed to me quite diverse compared to Abbey Road, but also definitely not as good. A few really good tracks, including “I’m so tired”, “Martha mg dear” and ofc “Blackbird” is worth the mention. Idk whats going on in “Revolution 9” tho
This one is pretty difficult to review, considering how much the style changes throughout. I really enjoyed a chunk of it, standout tracks - Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, Rocky Racoon, Yer Blues and Helter Skelter. Kinda wish the album was a bit more condensed, 30 songs is a lot and naturally won't all be great. Still a very good album and one I'll no doubt listen to more in the future.
Lots of good stuff here... Really good stuff. But also just don't not so good... Tough to give this one a 4.
Great catchy album. The notorious number 9 song is as bizarre as I always heard and probably the only song I'd ever skip
Great stuff.
An album of grand, soaring highs supplemented with a smattering of weak, grounding lows. It feels like the Beatles had more ideas than they knew what to do with so at times the album feels like a brainstorming session. Fortunately, if you didn't already know, they were pretty good at writing songs so it manages to hold itself together across two records. Maybe I'll hold off giving it a 5, but it certainly has plenty of five star songs - Glass Onion is a personal favourite. 4
I love the Beatles, and The White Album has some of their great tracks. "Blackbird," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Dear Prudence," to name a few. But it also contains more filler than most of their albums (a common problem for double albums). Having said that, I kind of like the "bad" tracks on The White Album, like "Piggies," "Wild Honey Pie," and "Revolution 9." I find The White Album somewhat weaker than their other later-career records, mostly because of its bloat. But a weak Beatles record is still a great record, and it certainly deserves its place on this list.
A part of me thinks I should give this 5/5 on principle... it's a legendary album by a legendary band. Another part of me thinks I should give this a 5/5 because of how high the highs soar... every side has a perfect song, and some have multiple. It was also a pretty ballsy record for the time, with a lot of historical significance, both in terms of learning more about The Beatles and also the world around them. You got war songs, songs about protest, songs about racism interspersed with deeply personal songs about isolation, fear, the loss of loved ones, and drug addiction. There are songs on this LP that have altered the way I listen to music forever (both in terms of the albums avant-garde dirges and poppy masterpieces, both things I have come to adore in music in large part due to this album). But i guess my hang up comes from the fact that I cannot call this a perfect 'album.' You could make the case that it's a one of a kind album, and maybe even that it's a skip-less album, but there are a handful of songs on this album that you have to endure to get to the great ones. I understand "Revolution 9" is the punching bag (usually bemoaned in the same breathe as Paul's ska song) but I would take both of those over all of the songs about animals. If there was one novelty song about animals, i could give it a pass. There's one avant-garde noise wall thing and one attempt at Ska, but silly animals are a recurring theme. They're usually in varied genres, but they've never been terribly charming to me. I think that this album having bad songs isn't a terribly controversial opinion to hold, but to say that those songs drag the recording down seems to be. Oops. Do not misunderstand me, I believe this album is a masterpiece in it's own ugly way. And I also believe it should be on this list, and should be heard as a full monster of post-modern claptrap. I just think that this working as an art project doesn't mean it always works as an album, and that there are songs I can do without. I suppose if any band earned a few nonsense songs in 1968, it was probably The Beatles.
Best Beatles album I’ve listened to thus far.
Classic and good
bro this is so long. Listened to it in the car on the way to asters cottage.
kind hard not to rate the white album highly. This was probably the last great hurrah before the band got full of themselves and broke up. Divas all of em, but man could they write songs
There are a lot of great tracks on here for Beatles fans. That's kind of the snag though. Songs reference other previous Beatles songs or they are very obviously a 'Paul McCartney one'. It would be a weird one to just jump in from a cold start which when I was a kid would have been impossible. Somehow you would have already heard Help, Abbey Road, etc. I guess I'm trying to say that if I had to pick only one Beatles album to put on the list it wouldn't be this one but I absolutely love some of the tracks on here. I'm like a 4.5 rounded down at the moment.
Little too much filler. But like…the good stuff is incredible.
90 minutes of the most bi-polar album ever. Ranging from unlistenable, to sheer perfection.
There are a lot of great songs on this record, but there are far too much filler and "bloated corpse" songs that the Beatles could put on a record just because they were the Beatles. It's almost as though they were trying to see what they could get away with. If they had released an entire album of John and Yoko audio experiments in the vein of Revolution 9, it still would have sold millions of records. I, for one, do not blame Yoko for the break up of the Beatles. They were impossibly young, creatively adventurous, internationally famous and under the ever watchful eye of the media. That life is unsustainable.
Yeah it’s the Beatles again Some misses on this one but the highs are so high Guitar gently weeps is a masterpiece The run from track 7-11 is insane I love I’m so tired I think about it every time I can’t sleep literally
Despite its near universal acclaim, this album did not feel as perfect as Rubber Soul. The White Album’s highs are as good as music can be: Dear Prudence, the string of tracks from Happiness is a Warm Gun up to Blackbird, I Will, and Revolution 1 are all masterpieces. However, the lows are much lower and they hurt the experience of this album as a whole. It’s still The White Album so it can’t go much lower than 4 stars.
Fantastic album with some classic Beatles songs. I will say, the songs can be jarringly dissimilar.
The white album feels like each beatle member taking turns making songs with each of their unique vibes and it’s kinda fire
One of their best but way too long
I feel as if this can be wildly uneven or at least the more experimental cuts leave me hanging
Going in every possible directoin, but mostly top notch. A bit more inconsistent towards the end. 4.5 stars
As Paul McCartney has said, “it’s the White Album. Fuck Off”. It’s an undeniable classic with so much epic lore behind it - band going off to India to search for enlightenment with Mahesh Yogi Bear and Mike Love. Splintering up, spurting out their own separate songs savagely separate like. Ringo leaving the band at one stage and then coming back. Band even letting him write his own song. George Harrison starting a beautiful bromance with Eric Clapton who contributes lead guitar to what is the crown jewel moment on the album While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 30 songs. About 18 great ones. All in all it’s a ten tonne 60s classic where nothing can possiblie go wrong. Now here is Ob La Di Ob La Da, Wild Honey Pie and The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill where Yoko Ono takes a guest vocal spot.
Not a big fan of the Beatles, but it was good
Old school and new to me
White
Already listened
High highs and low lows, there's probably a GOAT album in here somewhere
Number 9
I understand how this can be someone’s favourite (Beatles) album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, and Helter Skelter are some of the best Beatles songs. Back In The U.S.S.R., Glass Onion, I Will, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey and Savoy Truffle are great songs as well. But a big portion of this album doesn’t come close to that level. The obvious ones are Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9, but songs like The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road and Good Night don’t do much for me either. It’s not like these lesser songs make it an unpleasant experience, but it does drag down the score a bit. It’s cool to see so many ideas, but not all of them stick the landing in my opinion.
This album contains some of my favourite Beatles songs, and they’re incredibly well written, which makes it a tough one for me to rate. The problem is that The White Album is just too long and too uneven. I’m really torn on the score. I can’t quite put it at the very top knowing that Abbey Road or Sgt. Pepper’s are still waiting down the road.
Beatles improved. Pro max. Tres Camaritas.
Yeah yeah yeah. It’ll get a 4. I. Am. Not. A. Fan. Of. The. Double. Album. Not. A. Fan. Don’t care if it’s the Beatles. I almost want to give it a 3. But, you know… it’s… So I know before I even put the damn thing on what I will rate it. And this exercise is actually making me more and more ambiguous about the Beatles. But.. it’s THE WHITE ALBUM. And it’s chock full. Blackbird. While My Guitar. Sexie Sadie into Helter Skelter. Arghhhh. 4 Boolean: yeah, true, of course
You have got to respect The Beatles for putting out an album with this scope. You can hear in every song how influencial this album is. The pop songs are insanely catchy. Even the at times mildly annoying Ob-La-Di just sticks in your head. There are so many amazing songs here, but the highlights are the slower and more mellow moments. While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Blackbird are simply stunning. Some of the best songs ever put on record. Some songs i could do without but overall this is a great record. Actually, now that i’m writing this, i’m not sure what songs i personally would cut. Maybe Honey Pie? Ob-La-Di? Honestly, it probably depends on the mood i’m in. I’m happy that i finally listened to The White Album in full and now know what all the fuzz is about. (Revolution 9, i will always have your back!)
No soy muy fan de los Beatles, pero es un buen disco, entiendo el hype. Como siempre, las que más me gustaron fueron: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wild Honeypie y Blackbird.
Maybe just a tad overrated, but there's no denying that this is still The Beatles in their about prime. Each member's amazing songwriting and performance skills come through on every song. I definitely can't go without addressing the elephant in the room though, and that's the tracklist. It's mostly great songs, but there are still quite a few that really could have been cut (Revolution 9 is NOT one of them, I absolutely will not tolerate Revolution 9 slander). But even among just having a small handful of dud tracks in an otherwise brilliant album for The Beatles is easy to get away with, especially when the parts that are are genuinely that good.
En general siento que el album tiene un poco de todo, el hecho de tener muchas canciones, hace tener variedad. Y bueno, el album tiene muchas canciones destacables, y diria que increíbles para la época, inimaginables incluso. Al escucharlo por primera vez siento yo que es complicado agarrarle cariño si no eres tan fan, pero con el rato te das cuenta lo increible que llega a ser. Aunque no todo es positivo, porque igual hay canciones que tal vez no destacan mucho o que son aburridas, a mi gusto hay algunas que podria saltarmelas porque no me generan nada o me aburren. El album en general es un conjunto de muchas cosas, pero un conjunto bueno, es un trabajo muy bueno de la banda y muy destacable.
Some very high highs, but also some pretty weird and/or mediocre sections.
3.5/5
A mixed bag, but probably the best document for showing who the Beatles were. Meme lords, pop-songwriting savants, experimental weirdos, and tender balladeers.
The Beatles, it turns out, are really good. I'm saying this now 7 albums deep and not one of them rated less than a 4. In this instance, there's much to like still, and there's still plenty of bangers in there, but it's just inconsistent. That means it's not up there with their very best, but still absolutely worth a look - but I'll be honest, due to the length, and the number of weird tracks, I'm probably only dipping in for specific tracks. The good: I like the variance in the songs, the variety of styles and approaches. There's plenty of quirk and plenty of sincerity. The bad: There's a reasonable amount of filler, with some genuinely weird shit that I don't get the point of (Wild Honey Pie, Piggies, Revolution 9). I would have liked it to be more focused, but inarguably what's here is mostly great.
Groundbreaking stuff - really changed the game. Lot of it is timeless, and a lot of it I would never throw on
Not their best but.. I mean, it’s the Beatles
The Beatles album called The Beatles or commonly referred as the White Album is one of first double albums (in rock music.) Majority of the songs come from when earlier in the year (1968) they - the Beatles travelled to India with some others to do some spiritual stuff. They wrote a shit ton of songs in the short amount of time they were there for. They obviously didn't use all of the songs, some were left as fragments which were used for the Abbey Road Medley, but a lot of it were used. I very much love eclectic albums, some the styles are: "Back in the USSR" is a Beach Boys-like song, Dear Prudence, is very folk-oriented, Reggae in "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", beautiful melancholic song of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." All of that is the first side of the album. It's one of the most eclectic albums out there. It's semi-far from being my favourite Beatles album, but it's still good, because it's literally a Beatles album. This album continues the point of the Beatles being innovative guys and pioneering sounds that are so common nowadays. Highlight Song/s: "Back In The U.S.S.R.", "Dear Prudence", "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "Don't Pass Me By", "Sexy Sadie", "Helter Skelter" and "Revolution 1"
Beatles, pero un buen albun
got some bangers
Back in the USSR is such a good opener. Idk man it’s the Beatles, what do you want me to say? They were pretty famous for a while.
Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: My Guitar Gently Weeps, new addition Good Night Date listened: 30/05/26 Listen when: Always? Good Night first listening experience was heavenly and wasn't expecting much after revolution 9. Defo some not my taste. Surprisingly loved Yer Blues? Insane track 7 to 11 run. My Guitar Gently Weeps and I Will still on top.
so viele Hits wow! und sehr langes Album, 30 songs haha liebe "while my guitar gently weeps" sexy sadie!!!! paar random songs aber insgesamt mega
i've heard some of the well-known tracks off this album, but i haven't heard it in full. it's over 90-minutes long so I hope it's worth the time i'll be sinking into it Back in the U.S.S.R. - 5/5 Dear Prudence - 5/5 Glass Onion - 4/5 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 4/5 Wild Honey Pie - 3/5 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 4/5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5/5 Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 5/5 Martha My Dear - 5/5 I'm So Tired - 5/5 Blackbird - 5/5 Piggies - 3/5 Rocky Raccoon - 4/5 Don't Pass Me By - 3/5 Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 1/5 I Will - 4/5 Julia - 5/5 Birthday - 3/5 Yer Blues - 4/5 Mother Nature's Son - 4/5 Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 3/5 Sexy Sadie - 4/5 Helter Skelter - 5/5 Long, Long, Long - 3/5 Revolution 1 - 4/5 Honey Pie - 4/5 Savoy Truffle - 3/5 Cry Baby Cry - 4/5 Revolution 9 - 1/5 Good Night - 3/5 Average score: 3.9/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ is the first half of the album worth listening to? i think so, especially considering some of their most popular tracks are there (Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, etc.) is the last half worth listening to? meh, a little less so. it's okay but not nearly as good (with Helter Skelter being the biggest exception for me), and it ends kinda weird with the last couple tracks
me cuestan un poco los escarabajos, pero al final estuvo bastante bien
Oh The White Album... It always leaves me unsatisfied. A little bit disappointed. To me it's too long. Too many songs that should have been left on the cutting floor, but sure as hell the band wasn't in the place to easily cut something. It's one of those records where the story behind is even more interesting than the music itself. There's quite some negative stuff, but these are just my excuses for not finding it a perfect record. So many beautiful and immortal songs here.
a lot of good stuff that I'm already familiar with but bungalow bill Is bullshit other than that though I actually got a bit more than I expected out of this one
MASTERPIECE
love the beatles. Love Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Julia
I wanted to hate on this as over rated but failed - too many good tracks even tho it's too long. Some ridic bullshit (revolution no9) for sure, but also some hidden greats - see Yer Blues.
Why Don't We Do It In The Road ?
Its the Beatles, of course I like it. But I grew up with the blue album compilation on vinyl and that just hits the spot way better.
So many different styles but my favorites have to be the mellow acoustic ones or really any of paul mccartney’s Top song - I will
A lot of really iconic songs in this album. Really enjoyed listening.
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.
The epitome of a once-in-a-century album. There quite literally isn't anything else that comes close to sounding like this. On this 90+ minute double album, the Beatles explore every single facet of their recording careers, careening from music halls and brass bands to proto-punk freakouts and acoustic ballads (with everything in between to boot!) Truly, this is an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink kind of recording. One of the major points of discussion surrounding the White Album is that it's too long, or that it could be cut down by a few minutes without losing its quality. The interesting part of this debate is WHICH songs should be cut, and that seems to be something no one can agree on. My honest opinion is that all of the songs contribute at least a little bit to the massive scale and ambition of this album, though I do concede that some of the shorter interludes could be done away with without losing too much. I might just be in awe of how remarkably consistent an eclectic, 30-track album could be, or even at how such a concept could exist in 1968. This album could have been made at any point after that initial release year and still be considered ahead of its time. Though I believe the experimental side of rock has finally caught up to this, I couldn't imagine a mainstream artist releasing anything remotely close to a White Album in this day and age. After all, how many chart toppers have made a "Revolution 9?" Now that's a song that has to be heard to be believed. It was probably the most expensive sound collage piece of all time given the limitations of the time. This is an album where a song about an amusement park sounds like the apocalypse (in Charles Manson's mind, anyway.) It's an album where an inane children's tune can coexist with proto-Sabbath guitar crunch. It's an album where wobbling blues shuffles live alongside restrained, elegant folk tunes and almond-eyed tape loops. This kind of release, at the midpoint of all that came before it and all that came after, truly only appears once in a century. Key Tracks: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Don't Pass Me By, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1, Revolution 9
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