The White Album

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)

Although it does have a pretty big handful of forgettable tracks, The White Album also has the highest concentration of great Beatles' songs in my opinion. More than any other, it seems to really explore a wide range of sounds and genres with each song being unique. It's really close between this and Sgt. Pepper for my favorite Beatles' records, although I'm definitely not the biggest fan.

The first half of this is great. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Back in the USSR, Martha, Blackbird, Oh Bla Di (yeah it's catchy), others. But the rest is a mix of quite nice or bang average or (some) not very good. With Helter Skellter mixed in. I've never been the greatest Beatles fan but while I can appreciate the sheer range of things here, a bolder producer might have suggested an edit.

almost all of this individually is just great but there is just…so much of it. there is so many songs. so. many. songs.

This is so good. There are so many incredible moments, fascinating ideas and playful joyous bits of music in here and since I am very familiar with it the double album was isn't as annoying as others (but still, it is looooong), but it's more that in there they have some stuff that should have been b-sides, that should have been deep cut tracks that only avid Beatles fans needed to hear. You can't have revolution number 9 on a 5/5 album, you just can't. As clever as it was at the time, as forward thinking. But there is easily a 5/5 album in there, probably a long one. while my guitar gently weeps is just glorious. Blackbird, USSR, dear prudence, I will, helter skelter, there is so much greatness... but they added more that wasn't 5/5 and it must just be a 4, which makes me a little sad.

Lots of variety and styles throughout the album. Thought it was a little long and lacked a theme but very enjoyable nevertheless.

Hun andere albums zijn beter

Fav Song: while my guitar gently weeps

Early beatles kills

A real classic. Some of the best Beatles' songs on it (While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Happiness Is A Warm Gun back to back is a crazy combo). The first heavy metal song (Helter Skelter). Experimental Revolution 9. But I think generally it could be a bit shorter.

Such a good album, I don’t care what anyone says. Only song I’d skip is Revolution 9, just not a fan. Love every other song though!

Some of my fav Beatles songs are in here, but now I've found a few new favs after listening to the album as a whole!

Even though I've never listened to this album in its entirety before now, I'm really impressed at how many songs I *have* heard over the years, and I can certainly see/hear why this seems to be generally considered The Beatles' best album, and one of the best albums of all time. I don't really agree with that latter estimation, but I'm also not a huge Beatles fan so I'm probably not a good judge of that. I feel like there are just as many duds on this double album as good songs, and only a few great songs: "Dear Prudence", "While my guitar gently weeps" (I didn't realize until I read the Wikipedia entry that Clapton guest guitared on this, which makes this probably *his* greatest song too), possibly "Happiness is a warm gun", and the beautiful "Blackbird". I also enjoyed a few not-so-perfect tunes that were more gimmicky but still appeal to me, especially "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da", "Rocky raccoon", and "Helter skelter". Regardless, though, there's no denying the immense influence of this album and its place in Western music history, despite the kind of incoherent eclecticism that hovers over the whole album and paints a picture of a band desperately pumping out the remainder of what they could manage to put together (and often only in pieces, given how few tracks have all four of them playing together).

3.97/5 Stars Top Songs: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Glass Onion, Why Don't We Do It In the Road

Das album ist sehr gut um es nebenbei zu hören und ein paar vereinzelte Lieder sind sehr Ohrwurm tauglich Lieblingslieder: The continuing story of Bungalow bill Julia Everybody‘s got something except me and my monkey Lieder die ich schon kannte: I will Blackbird

Better than coldplay

I joke, I know, and while it's easily my least favourite of later stage Beatles Albums, it is still the Beatles.

Its all over the place and thats the charm

Didn’t have time to listen to the whole thing

This album was the first time I realised the Beatles are really capable of anything. All songs are really diverse and unique which probably has a lot to do with the fact that all members wrote songs for this one album. This also means you can't judge the full record as something cohesive and makes it feel more like a compilation album. This is of course especially noticeable when you hear the sixth beatle Yoko Ono's influence in Revolution 9. Taking that song out of consideration this album is really solid and my second favourite records of the Beatles in general.

I was born a little late to understand the impact the Beatles had - My parents also didn't listen to them, so my first exposure was through references in TV shows and movies. That aside, this album has a lot of really catchy songs, back in the U.S.S.R was a strong start to the album, and I've heard ol-la-di, ob-la-da previously (and loved it) It was fun to hear how playful this album got.

Revolution 9 is bullshit.

Not my favorite Beatles album and the first disc is superior (except for Helter Skelter) but it’s still objectively awesome

8/10 - Really incredible first album with a lesser second album. In its totality it’s a 8/10 but the first album was a 10/10. A few good songs on the back half of the project, but with this many songs, there wasn’t a way for this album to be all hits and no misses. My 3rd or 4th favorite Beatles album, but in most other bands catalog this would be their pinnacle. The Beatles were just that good.

I love the scattered nature and length of this album. Obviously the fat could've and probably should've been trimmed, but that's part of the enjoyment. On the first disk I would've cut out Wild Honey Pie and Don't Pass Me By, and on the second disk there's Birthday and Revolution 9. This thing is so dang good but I can't rate it higher than this with some of the misses. Low 9/10

This is awesome. I wasn’t sold on it at first. It of course has some amazing classic songs right off the bat but there were a few weird ones where I didn’t know where they were going on but it makes sense now. Really cool.

A ver son los Beatles. Y es el White Album. Es cierto que este siempre ha sido el clásico suyo que menos me he escuchado. Supongo que porque es bastante largo y por eso siempre escuché más bien temas sueltos. De hecho la primera mitad la tenía bastante más controlada pero la segunda me desorientó bastante. En cuanto sonó Back in the USSR fui super feliz y me vinieron un montón de recuerdos chulos, creo que me había olvidado de que existía ese tema. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Blackbird, While my guitar gently weeps,… Un montón de temazos preciosos que me hicieron super feliz a lo largo de la primera mitad recordando la primera vez que escuché estas canciones. La segunda mitad no la recordaba tan extraña, bien pero raro, y he de decir que Revolution 9 me gustó bastante más de lo que recordaba.

Such a great album, with a lot of really fantastic tracks to start it off, especially While My Guitar Gently Weeps. While I do appreciate the ingenuity of it, honestly I don't think it had the legs to quite reach a 5, as the second half of the album has a lot of songs that drag or don't mesh. I think I may revisit this one later on in the list to try it again and see if it changes, but for now, it's a 4.

Spretigt men allt utom Revolution 9 flyter som smör in i hörselgången. Vad betyder det egentligen? Hur ska man kunna bedöma utan att ta in mytbildningen. "Åååh de var så trötta på varandra här". Nu slår vi på klippet när Prince smeker upp While my guitar gently weeps.

Lots of ups and downs, as this album feels too long and not cohesive enough. There are some amazing songs and a lot of fillers.

Too many songs, but a good album, rare gems

I enjoyed the album. I think this is the first album from The Beatles I've heard in its entirety.

Best Track - "Back In The U.S.S.R"

It's growing on me. I like Rubber Soul and Revolver more on those first listens though

My first real exposure to this album, and it's a great album, and I flip-flopped between 4 and 5 stars. A lot of great stuff, a few items I didn't care for. I understand we're taking music to strange new places with this one, just a few points where it took me out of the album.

i mean det är ju beatles dvs för bra. kul att lyssna på flera mindre kända låtar

Love it 4/5

A lot of good songs, but feels all over the place from time to time. For me, it kind of lacks the structure/"identity" I expect from a 5/5 album. Probably slightly above 4, but not the full 5/5.

Back in the USSR is an amazing opener. Followed immediately by the lovely deceleration of Dear Prudence. Blackbird is incredibly beautiful and well constructed; the same can be said of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. But it’s hard to sustain that kind of quality through a double album. The White Album features a number of very experimental pieces, and those contribute to its lore and influence. But some of those experiments, while interesting, are not so listenable — like would I listen to this twice in a row? Would it work to have these tracks on “random” during a party? Some of the experiments become a little self indulgent. That’s fine, I appreciate the effort. But it does not necessarily make for a superior listening experience. This is a fantastic, amazing, and influential album it’s a spectacular 4.

4 for The Beatles is a 5 for most other bands. It's a 4 in comparison to their other albums. Turn this into a single album, and it's an easy 5

This was a fantastic album

I've already listened to his album (32). Side A is stellar, but then it gets progressively less wonderful. Even though it's amazing to think that this was released in 1968, we gotta admit that there are a few duds in there.

Quintessential Beatles. One of their strongest offerings. Great songwriting with a variety of sounds.

Good to spend time with a classic, gorgeous moments

Una locura la magia que hicieron en 2 discos. Masterpiece. 8/10

Nostalgic and is still pretty good

Important music.but not really my genre.

I think on my relistening to the entire Beatles discography that White Album may now be my favorite of the band. Of course the length and sheer amount of Beatlemania that is on display here surely helps the group, but the songwriting all across the board is arguably the best the boys ever had. It is weird and a bit janky with how varied the tracklist is, but when taking a step back you can see just how surprisingly well it flows together for the most part even with the constant genre shifts. It is a larger than life painting of the band to this point with everything in between and even some new sounds they never dabbled with before. Some of my favorite tracks from here have to be Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (I song I always quote unironically), Helter Skelter, and Rocky Raccoon to name a few but just about every song here I enjoyed quite a fair bit. Of course on each disc of this project there is one odd song that feels even more out of place than the rest and it is Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9, I tried getting down with both tracks but they simply never clicked with myself despite me really trying to open my mind. Honestly for this album being 1 hour and 33 minutes and only really having 2 misses in the entire runtime, the shortest and longest song here, that isn't too bad. The band was coming down from their Psychedelic Pop/Rock phase after really throwing themselves out in the open and releasing some really stellar tracks, but now are returning to a strictly Rock phase. You can still feel the hints of the remaining Psychedelia remaining but for the most part the band had mostly cut entire ties with those sounds to finish off their years in a more rocking way. I found this album, even with it's noticeably large length, to be quite replayable and enjoyable throughout the entire runtime. It is catchy, funny, thoughtful, and an all around good time for any Beatles fan like myself. White Album may not be everyone's favorite from the group, but I think to a certain extent it is their most impressive as it really challenged the band to go places they never had been before while sustaining their fans for the duration of what is for most a very harsh runtime. All in all White album is nothing short of a classic and while I do wish those two filler tracks were cut out, it still doesn't stop it from being a classic that should continue to be praised over 50 years later.

Super interesting to listen to it in full - some great tracks (obviously), but some weird ones as well - fun.

No es su mejor, pero son los beatles, que mas quieres

More good stuff on here than I remember

Yeah it's good! It's got a lot of hits! And also songs that are good and riveting but not my favorite! So I give it a 4.

Pretty shameful this is my first full Beatles album to listen to. Music like Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Hendrix etc. always appealed to me more growing up. Of course I've heard a good chunk of these throughout the years but listening from start to finish is an enjoyable experience. There's an argument to be made that the album has 10/15 songs too many, particular when you compare the classics on disc 1 vs disc 2. Regardless I enjoyed both albums and found some gems I'd never heard before. Top end of 4 stars for this album, likely an easy 5 if it was a tight 15 track album. Just loses it's steam on disc 2. "I've got blisters on my fingers" Favourites: Back in the USSR, Glass Onion, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter Least Favourites: Wild Honey Pie, Mother Nature's Son, Honey Pie, Revolution 9 Rating 8/10

(4) I loved this album as a kid. I had the record; and would play it for my birthday every year. But, I know it too well to critique it, there are a lot of songs here that are fun but not of greatness, rocky raccoon, back in the USSR; this is not their greatest album. Rubber Soul is a lot better.

I wanted to be a hater for this one really bad. I love the Beatles, but so far I never had this album in my top 3-4 records by them. It IS much better than I thought it would be. I'd still rate it maybe their 4th best, and it does have a lot of fillers, but it has to be at least a very high 4

Pretty good. I do love the more uptempo songs on this album, Back in the USSR being the standout for me.

Siin albumil on head Biitlite klassikat. Aga on ka sellist täidet, mis oleks vabalt võinud albumilt välja jääda. Album on kahepoolne ja kestab üle pooleteise tunni ning ühe pika kuulamisega hakkavad lood sulanduma ning nende lugudega samastumine läheb aina raskemaks. Kui albumilt oleks pooled (või äkki kolmandiku?) lood ära võetud ja järele jäänud vaid parimad palad, siis oleks see tõesti 5/5. Aga kahjuks nii ta pole ja jääb tunne, nagu poisid lihtsalt läksid hulluks selle plaadi tegemisel ja neil polnud filtrit. Ma mõistan, kuidas see plaat (või plaadid) mõjutas järgmise 30a muusikat ning kuidas tol ajal see 2 plaati saada ühe plaadi hinna eest oli haige diil. Aga tänapäeval on teda ühe jorus raske kuulata.

Klassikko

Although filled with some of the best Beatles material, there's also a lot of filler in this album which detracts quite a lot. If this was a leaner album, I'm quite convinced it would be their best, but as is I'm not too interested to listen to it again. I'll just look for the hits I enjoy

Kind of a hard album to rank, it feels bloated with a lot of songs that weren’t very good and could have been scratched, but then it also has some of the best songs the Beatles ever made, so overall I feel like it deserves a 4

I never get the weird Beatles songs until I hear them in context. Then the whole thing makes sense. I think this is much greater than the sum of its parts

On this album, up is down, left is right and inside is outside. Perhaps tired of the conceptual weight of the *Sgt. Pepper* and *Magical Mystery Tour* Technicolor extravaganzas, the The Fab Four intentionally put a perverse twist on their sound, embracing parody and pastiche, and putting ironic distance between themselves and their material. Only a few of the tracks, like "Dear Prudence", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Blackbird", are played straight; nearly everything else is warped, fun-house mirror style. Regardless, the band remained committed to presenting these songs in the best light possible, even on near-novelty songs like "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" and "Rocky Raccoon". As a whole, it has a very specific character different than the rest of the band's catalog; however, 90-plus minutes of deliberate weirdness can be a bit much for one sitting.

Interesting to listen to this the whole way through. I've heard of many of these songs but not actually listened to them before. Lots of good songs, but the definitely some misses too that bring the album down a bit.

I've come on here and ripped a lot of the Beatles albums in prior reviews, but this one is actually pretty good. That being said, I still have my gripes here. This album is kind of all over the place. It's very clear that the each of the (relevant) band members started going off in the own direction and writing their own stuff. Not a knock, there's a lot of variety here. It can be a little disorienting because some of these guys were into some pretty freaky shit and the lyrics on some of these are genuinely uncomfortable. And for being hailed as some of the greatest song writers of all time, there are a couple of songs where they just repeat the same line the entire time. Overall, I liked this one a lot more than I've liked any other Beatles album. I thought there was a ton of creativity on this one, which I honestly don't know if you can say about a lot of their other albums. Understanding that this is one of their most beloved works, I still can't help but think that this group is overrated, but the absolute simping of this group by boomers makes more sense here than it does on any other album I've heard from them to date.

Good mix of the Beatles' commercial work and their more funky songs.

This was the album I bought in my 20s when I was trying to deal with the fact that I had never really listened to the Beatles. I tried to get into it but never really did. I still don't really care for it, or for the Beatles in general. I recognize it as a great album, except for that number nine garbage.

Nothing more needs to be said about the Beatles or this album.

Me gustó la separación de los discos. Sin sorpresa Rev 9 es mi favorito solo por lo bizarro que es. Nota: 3.7

I've never been a big fan of the Beatles, but this was a very good listen. So many strong songs, just couldn't deny it anything less than a 4/5. Blackbird is a lovely song.

One of the most famous albums ever, but only their 3rd or 4th best album. It's a long double album with multiple throw away songs - that are still charming and work. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #29 Best Songs Dear Prudence While My Guitar Gently Weeps Blackbird Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Julia Mother Nature's Son Good Night

I'm not going to do a traditional review at this time as I've previously heard the album & Phish's live version(sans no.9) I'm going to ask questions. Is every Beatles album a 5 star album? What makes an album 5 stars? Does the bloat of a double album make it a lesser album than single album? Are going to accept that this is 5 star album because "it's ThE wHiTe AlBuM" or are you going to critically listen to it? Do you start with 5 stars & deduct due to lesser songs not being as good as the "hits?" How does one review a legendary album? These are the questions I ask when reviewing a legendary album. This is part of fun of doing this list.

Double album, lots of losers, fractured Helter skelter While my guitar Back in the ussr

The famous White Album by The Beatles. This album is mildly experimental in nature with multiple styles of music throughout. Having been on a retreat in India and written most of the songs there, it feels like they wanted to just really get into their feels, yet at the same time it seems as though they placed all of the songs written since their last album onto this record. Whilst there are some absolute classic Beatles songs throughout this double album, I wish it was curated a little better. Best: Blackbird Worst: Good Night

Some great stuff some silly stuff…not their best but, hey, it’s the Beatles!!

Yes, it's the Beatles and the album does feature some great songs, but it also sounds like they've put just everything they could think of on this album. Lot of lows with some really great highs.

4.25 Not my favorite Beatles album but still a classic.

This is the only double album the band released during its tenure. It's an experience that contains classics and many good songs all around.

Had some great songs but the album was too long. I think if they removed half of the tracks they would have had a very good album

Loistava levy kuten saattoi odottaakin. 4,25/5.

It's very good but not my favourite Beatles album. Favourite track is Blackbird

Good stuff

A truly eclectic mix of songs, including some greats, but also a lot of filler and B-tier Beatles, to the point where I could happily skip the entirety of Side 4.

I couldn't be bothered to listen to it all again but I do enjoy it on the whole. McCartney at his most Lennonesque, George and Ringo having a go. Shame about Bungalow Bill, that song is shite

Not my fav Includes album, but obvs a great adventurous work. Some true bangers.

Als komplettes Album betrachtet garnicht mal so nice, weil sehr viel bullshit dabei ist. Aber kranke banger wie While my guitar gently weeps, Back in the USSR, Blackbird, Julia, Helter Skelter etc. reißen alles EXTREM nach oben, was sonst nur ein Abwechslung aus WEIRD WEIRD shit und Kindersongs wäre 3,6/5

Classic for a reason. Loses a star for being too long due to a couple of stinkers.

Lindo e muito abrangente. Vários estilos musicais e com a sonoridade única dos Beatles.

I liked this one quite a bit. It had many good songs, and my only qualm is that it was a bit to long

What can you say? It's almost 5 star worthy but I'll save that for others. This is a great album, iconic in many ways. Are there some fillers? Yes. Is it full of hits? Yes. Being a double album it's tough to be flawless all the way through.

I didn’t enjoy this album until I’d read up on it. First spin through was, on the whole, pretty lacklustre – I disliked about as many of the tracks as I enjoyed, and even those I liked whiffed a bit of a kind of contamination unique to being nearby “Piggies”. Second time through was an improvement, and I’d tuned my ear into hearing only the ten or eleven tracks I’d enjoyed first time through. Third listen through, just to be sure, was accompanied by Wikipedia (surely up there with, spoiler, The Beatles for greatest achievement of the 20th century?). And that’s when it all comes crashing in. Context. The missing piece. I can scarcely believe it, but life’s like that sometimes: in my long struggle to understand what the fuss was about, I had never thought to put The Beatles in context. Why, I think, boils down to too high expectations; a point that crosses quickly into a debate of aesthetics. Without me ever having consciously caught on before, it seems that any musician beyond a certain popularity threshold – a threshold I’ve arbitrarily, unnecessarily calibrated in my own head over however many years – there’s an expectation that the hyped thing (the album, the song) must demonstrate, to me, an immediate value in-itself. I must be wowed on the spot. As applied to the work of The Beatles – wildly popular – I have brooked no compromise; it must be grab-me-by-front lobe brilliant, quickly. Anything less – and by “less” I mean anything that’s less easy to love, and might therefore require me to do some work in meeting it halfway – is doomed to disappoint. That disappointment is perturbing, alienating, even. In it, I am then forever the one who “doesn’t get it”. Far worse than unmoved, I’m effectively shut out: denied an experience that’s been so generously doled out to millions, maybe even a billion by now, across generations. Those fucks, how dare they?! What’s particularly galling – about me, to me – is that I’m an otherwise patient person. I enjoy modern art very much. Tediously so. I’ve taken maybe six different people to see My Disco – at least four of whom have been, I suspect, extremely gracious in humouring both me and the band by remaining there against their better judgement. It would be fair to see that I seek out experiences that to some extent challenge me (and champion those that move me; I’d like to think I’m more portentous, as in early, than I am pretentious, as in late, but the hit rate on that isn’t convincing) … just not if it’s, e.g. The Beatles. Why the resistance? Maybe I read too much Adorno; maybe I clung to the safety of snobbishness; maybe admitting the opposite felt wan, vulnerable. Maybe I was just being lazy. Maybe, maybe. Not to worry. I’m a fucking idiot. Can you believe it took for me to read that the White album was recorded as a bit of a mixed bag because the band was trying new things for me to realise that the weird, cobbled together feel of the album might have come about because these mere mortals were trying some things? And then suddenly I’m picturing it: four supremely talented, internationally feted young men saying “we can’t just do Sgt Peppers again” (props to the implication that it’s because they nailed it first time around) and so … not. Not resting on any one thing; sticking their necks out, trying on some new hats (Beach Boys? Donovan?) and some familiar ones (Kinks?). Numbering the records to nurture that sense of personal connection with the audience – a guarantee that The Beatles sees you, but a move that’s maybe, as much as anything else, a request for permission to miss the mark sometimes too? Anyway, an even longer story short, having successfully humanised The Beatles, I started to really like them. I stopped asking them to nail it every time – and in reply they stopped failing. It’s a paradox that turns on a single, simple premise, really. I was never afraid The Beatles were letting me down, I was afraid I was failing them as a listener. And that’s the context. Now what of the songs? Ah whatever, enough’s been said about those.

Some really fascinating songs! Some of them didn't land, but all were interesting. Crazy how many songs I knew from other places instead.

Now this was challenging. The white album is actually two albums - one solo album by John and one by Paul plus some extra stuff by George (among them the great "While my Guitar Gently Weeps"!) and Ringo - totally shuffled. A significant share of the songs are actually parodies of other stuff running at that time, making the album even broader style- wise and thus less coherent. For me, the Beatles always stood out by combining various styles in each of their songs. In contrast, the white album features a new style in every song. Hence, I personally found it less convincing than I had actually expected (because I like the experimental approach).

I feel like this was the only Beatles album needed on this list. It really gives a good mix of the band when I feel like they were at their best. It is a little pop, a little deep and a little psychedelic. It also seemed to highlight all of the members pretty well. It also had some deep lyrics and some more just fun playful ones. On the flip side this album does kind of go everywhere. I am not sure where it was in their list of albums but it felt like it might be falling between different musical eras for them. Leaving it slightly lacking in terms of a cohesive album.

This is an eclectic collection of songs. I like their anything goes approach to this album. Some songs are better than others. It has a few hits but most of the songs are more like interesting Beatles deep cuts. Happiness is a Warm Gun is an especially strange song. The Breeders do a cover of it that I actually like a little better than the original. The fast version of Revolution is way better. Yer Blues is a pretty great blues tune with alot of soul. Lennon is really giving 100% on that one and I especially like the guitar work. They probably could have edited this a little more and got it down to one album but maybe their dissolving creative relationship just made it easier to throw everything in the pot.

There’s a lot to love on The White Album…Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Martha My Dear, Piggies, Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? And that’s just the first disc, which is definitely better than the second (if only because Revolution 1 is the very weak album version compared to the rockin’ and FAR superior radio version, and Revolution 9 is one of the biggest wastes of time on an album ever, inspiring other bands to dump their most callous recordings on their albums in the name of “art”). Even in the lesser songs, you can at least hear the Beatles trying their best to reach a musical nirvana. I look at this album as I do any great double album…a vast garden of fruit to pick from. Some food is more beloved than others but at the end of the day, they all give some kind of proper nutrition and contribute to the whole.

It's been more than a year since we had a Beatles album in the project, so this was fun to wake up to today! I've never listened to this album, so a lot of these songs were new to me. It's quite a cornucopia of sound. If I didn't know they were on the verge on breaking up, maybe I wouldn't hear that in the music, but it does feel more like a compilation of individual projects and concepts, rather than a cohesive whole. Like they reached their peak, and this is the start of their descent down Beatle Mania Mountain. And did this really need to be a double? The fact they chose to include the 8:22 Revolution 9 is almost offensive. All that being said, there's a lot of great songs on here too. It's not on the same tier as Abbey Road or Sgt Pepper for me, but their individual talents still overflow in this, and their ability to make this work through the tension that was festering is pretty impressive.

Some amazing songs, will listen again

Some amazing songs and a big nostalgia factor, but the second half kinda fades a bit, losing it a star.

God album just not my favorite!

Hear me out - I've never been the biggest Beatles fan. I've always respected what they did for music, but have heard their songs too many times and have always liked, but not loved, most of what I've heard. I will say this double album has quite a lot of great songs, but it also has some filler (which could be forgiven since they were experimenting with new styles/sounds). It also had many of the over-played hits, which while great songs, I don't need to hear them yet again. If we were using a 10 point scale, I'd probably give the album a 7 or 8. Since we only use a 5 point scale, I'll go with a 4.

What does Tomek think?? 5 ⭐️??

charming

This was waaay better than the last Beatles album I heard. 4 Stars for this one.

Yah I was very much ready and expecting to give this album a 5 cause this album contains some of the greatest songs of their entire discography. And those songs truely are all time greats in just music in general. But I did not remember how unbelievably long this album is. There are some really grating tracks that take away from the experience as a whole. The Beatles were definitely one of the best bands at making solid front to back albums, and this is definitely that, but there are a bunch of duds hidden behind the massive stars. Seriously though, not my absolute favorite album by them but probably in the top 5.

Turn me on dead man!

Några onödiga låtar.

Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9

Some of my favorite Beatles music on this one, however it does drag on a bit in places and some of the songs on here (looking at you number 9 number 9 number 9) can barely be categorized as music. I don’t know if it was worthy of inspiring a series of murders, but it was worth a listen.

I mean it’s the Beatles, so it’s excellent. But listening this time, you can tell things just aren’t the same. Each song is its own album. There doesn’t feel like there’s a cohesive feel throughout because everyone is sick of being together and wants to do their own thing. So each song is a chance to do your own thing. I saw something once that said something like each song is either Paul and the band or John and the band, but not everyone and everyone. And you can really tell.

I get it. The Beatles. Seminal rock. Starting to get into their experimental phase. So many of their famous hits. I'm sure it was very innovative in its day, and certainly culturally significant. My dad listened to so much Beatles while I was growing up it's kind of hard for me to hear it with fresh ears. Objectively as I can listen, it's a mixed bag for me. Rock has gone a lot of ways since this was the cutting edge. Some later rock bands are much more to my taste, but maybe they don't exist without the Beatles. I like some songs here way more than others, and there are definitely gems all over this album: While My Guitar, Blackbird, Glass Onion, Helter Skelter, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Dear Prudence.

Controversial, groundbreaking, but certainly revolutionary... the Beatles' White Album. A cousin of mine considers it the best Beatles album. I've listened to them all. At the time, I wasn't ready for the revolution. These days, I give it a...

Des bangers absolus et des bruits de cochons.

Interesting album. I find a lot of Beatles albums lack cohesiveness or have big ups and downs as far as material goes and that is definitely the case here. On the other hand, it’s because they continually experimented with music and production in the studio. I’ll leave it up to you whether that makes for a good or bad album experience. Several hits on this one including Back in the USSR, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Birthday, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1.

Rating: 4.2 I have a lot of thoughts about this one. 1. This is the coolest and most experimental/weird thing the biggest band on earth could have done at the time. Whoever takes over that title from Taylor Swift when she gets old and tired should take notes. 2. The first half of the album is almost impossible to criticize. Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, While My Guitar…, Happiness is a Warm Gun and Martha My Dear (and Blackbird, I’m So Tired is just okay) in such quick succession is one of the greatest runs of all time. I’m not even THAT opposed to the widely hated song (that I ignored on purpose) that’s in the middle of all that. 3. The second half has a ton of skips, and songs like Yer Blues and Revolution 1+9 are genuinely bad and unnecessary. The three best songs on this side (Helter Skelter, Savoy Truffle and Cry Baby Cry) are comfortably worse than all of the songs I named for the first half. 4. Out of all of the stuff they threw at the wall for this album, I would say more of it sticks as opposed to the minority that goopily slides down the wall. 5. Now for a little personal justification— is this album more influential than the two albums I’ve rated 5 stars thus far? Most likely. Does it have a better crop of songs? Debatably, if they were trimmed down. The only problem is I would not listen to this album front-to-back like I ecstatically would for some other Beatles albums. I’m not upset that they dumped everything they had onto this huge, edible but slightly shoe-leathery steak of an album, but there’s a perfectly cooked filet in there if they cut it a little differently. For reference if anyone actually reads this: the two albums I’ve rated 5 are Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Funeral by Arcade Fire. And I’m only on day 50 something. Maybe my opinion of this album will improve or get worse based on all of their other work on this list I get to hear.

For a double album not too much self indulgence.

some wonderful songs but just way too long

Nostalgic classic.

ObLaDi is the banger on this Album or Dear Prudence. Solid Beatles Album which is growing to my favorite of them. Pauls Bass-lines are more experimental and more funky.

My first Beatles album! I liked it and all, but it was way too long.

Honestly this album is kind of a mixed bag. It has some classic hits on it that are good, and then some weird ones like piggies and rocky raccoon, which I still enjoyed.

Sounds stupid but I did not realize how experimental the Beatles were

Not my favourite of The Beatles albums but I do like the kookiness of The White Album. Good listen.

It's alright. I'll listen to it. People like it. I get it's ahead of it's time. Who am I to judge?

Can't go wrong with the Beatles. Blackbird is on this album.

I mean come on it’s the White Album. There’s 30 tracks on here and too many of them could be claimed by someone as their favorite Beatles’ song. The sheer variety of genres they explore on this is absolutely insane. I mean what kind of band at the height of their popularity put a musique concrète in a double album (Revolution 9)? Not only that, you’ve got George Harrison dropping bangers like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”? Insane album. That said, there are songs that I’m less fond of like “Wild Honey Pie” and for that, it’s not my favorite Beatles record. If a 4.5 star is possible, that’d be my rank. Favorite songs: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Helter Skelter”, “Blackbird”, “Happiness is a Warm Gun”, “Julia”.

Onhan tämä klassikko mutta turhaan tupla. Saisi tästäkin tiivistää! 4/5

Erinomainen levyhän se tämäkin on, mutta tuplana vähän ylipitkä vitoseen asti pääsemiseen.

Great album with some shite songs

So I always had the assumption that The Beatles were too boy band and pop heavy for me. I’m pleased that this album proved just how wrong I was. Thoroughly enjoyed it and the wide range of songs. Love the freedom they had to be able to genre bend like they did.

Revolution 9 pulls this album down to a 4, as does the length

4.1

Great album with some legit bangers. Unfortunately the second half falls a little off the rails, but it is still a solid album.

Litt mange tullesanger. Bungalow Bill? Piggies? Allikevel en klassiker.

Ahead of their time for sure. Great stuff

More songs about birds and monkeys.

Not the best Beatles album that I’ve listened to, but was still great and had a lot of fun songs on it. Some of them I’ve heard them more as covers than the original Beatles cut, so this was cool to hear too

im so tired!! julia!! dear prudence!! sexy sadie!! while my guitar gently weeps!! blackbird!!

Timeless classic, the drums are so good. People remember the great Beatles songs but there are certainly some odd ones in there that have been forgotten by the wayside (the continuing story of bung????)

Dank

Album is definetly quite long. Also I liked drums by Ringo Starr he's so good. Here's some songs I like, some hard to like: Liked these songs: Back in the USSR Happiness is a warm gun Martha my dear Rocky Raccoon Don't pass me by Why don't we do it in the road? Mother Nature's son Sexy Sadie Helter Skelter Revolution 1 Honey Pie Revolution 9 Good Night Also I liked drums by Ringo Starr he's so good.

my fav beatles album

wow

Beatles and Bob Dylan mania early in my journey! Full of classics, enjoyable deep cuts, fuck they were high as balls on LSD for some of this.

Many great songs and creative arrangements, but quite a lot of dumb stuff too.

What can I say? It's admittedly one of the greatest albums of all time. I cannot agree more

A critically acclaimed album for sure, full of white, but lacks direction, synchronicity, and is a tad long to be considered a perfect album.

Nice to see an album come up that you already know is packed with hits. Starts so strong, the whole 1st disc is hit after hit really. Disc 2 was less recognisable from the titles but pretty impressive to smash out 30 songs of such consistency. To be fair there are probably more recognised songs on disc 2 than on most albums that have come up on here. No song is the same to the next, so varied which I guess is because there are multiple great songwriters in the band with their own style. Other note Ob La Fuckin Di!

Simply a classic

Ah, the famous White Album. It has several great music tracks, ballad tracks and "My Guitar Gently Weeps". I didn't quite understand "Section 9", which sounded like the experience of half-waking from a lucid dream.

Love this album. Has a lot of my favorite songs on it. However, this album could have been trimmed down a bit. 4/5

Third Beatles album (fourth if you count All Things Must Pass by Harrison), and I'm pretty sure I've listened to this before, but am not recognizing some of the deeper cuts. Will say, being a double album, this one probably could have used some pruning. It's a weird dichotomy between some of the best work they ever did in their career (While My Guitar Gently Weeps is probably the best song of their career, along with other fantastic tracks like Back in the USSR, Ob-La-Di, Helter Skelter, and Revolution) with some really weird, nothing tracks (Wild Honey Pie, really?) and decent but not especially great tracks in the context of the Beatles (Rocky Raccoon). Definitely hearing them going heavy on the "proper" British Royalty sound they'd have from time to time with this record (Piggies), along with a slight American 50's diner-esque sound. Still, some great deeper cuts like Martha My Dear and Blackbird. The Beatles really have a knack for making weird, gimmick songs legit. Ob-La-Di, Martha My Dear, a lot of the great Ringo songs (not just on this record). This is definitely a McCartney/Harrison record where Lennon's contributions weren't quite as strong (aside from Revolution). But yeah. Great album, just inconsistent. Runs the gamut from greatest of all time to puzzling why specific songs were included. This would be a 5/5 if it were cut down to a single album about 60 mins instead of the 93 it actually is.

This is an album of mostly 5/5s but the unfortunate 2/5s sneak in. Overall 4/5

Mijn favoriet: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Eerste Beatles album. Ik kan hier stiekem toch veel naar luisteren. Wel veel liedjes voor een album, maar sommigen hebben ook grappige titels.

Like most Beatles album this has a lot of filler. If they distilled this down to 12-15 tracks it would be up there with any one of their best albums but it is so long and has so many songs that just aren't S tier Beatles songs. With that being said, there are some of the best Beatles songs on this album and, just like every other Beatles album, the top tier songs are so damn good they outshine the mediocre songs and make the album seem perfect. When these 4 lads hit the right notes and keys, their songs can me magical. I love The Beatles and this album, but I am not sure it deserves to be on this list. They have I believe 7 albums on this list, which seems far too many for any one group or artist, even The Beatles. And this album, while great, wasn't anything special, it was basically John and Paul following their tried and true formulas and refining their skills to a more mature and learned level than before. 8.8/10 124/1001

my least favorite beatles album, I think the track listing is too long, haphazardly arranged, and gives little thought to cohesiveness. that being said, it is *the fucking beatles* -- some of these songs are absolutely their greatest and most influential tracks ever (while my guitar..., happiness..., yer blues, helter skelter, yes even revolution 9!) and i would rather listen to my least favorite beatles album any day than some of the other wacky stuff on this list! (no hate... ok, a little hate, maybe).

4.5

This was an awesome album, but I felt like the whole thing could have been consolidated into a single LP. The filler makes a slight dent to this album's rating. They would fix this with Abbey Road. Other than that, a killer album that serves as a good baseline album to remind you of what good music can look at. The story behind the thing also provides context to why this album is as good as it is. Plus, Blackbird and Gently Weeps are enough to carry this album to infamy. 8/10

Great album. Listened to it before. Never have been quite as in love with the later-era Beatles, as some of the songs aren't quite my speed. However, I think it's a mix of higher highs and lower lows. Maybe it's worth it for those higher highs vs just being consistent throughout. 4/5

84/100. (The White Album) is a great record, filled with a lot of variety and some truly brilliant moments. With 30 tracks, it's natural that not every song will land the same, and there are a few that don’t do much for me. That said, the highlights are outstanding.

What a wild album lol. The absolute best and worst of the Beatles. The most Beatles Beatles album.

Classic beatless album, alot to sing and vibe too Not a bad listen first thing in the morning

Some decent songs on there but a lot of shit

Incredible range of song. Which I prefer to a double album full of similar songs. Highlights Dear Prudence and My Guitar Gently Weaps. Gets a little weak towards the end

It's a little wild to me that this is many Beatles-heads fav - although it is the one which my relationship to has changed the most over time - I like Side 1 less than my younger days and Side 2 quite a bit more - I think the six song run from Mother's Nature through Revolution 1 is more consistent than any on S1 and Long, Long, Long has been the sleeper of my Beatles life - together with Dear Prudence pushing for inclusion in a top 10. Anyway..my pared down album would be - S1 - keep a generous 11 of 17 S2 - keep 9 of 13 Probably still a double bit will have to check the revised running length...

Another of those popular beat combos. I’m sure they’ll never amount to anything 😁

Look, it's far from the best Beatles album, but if you mine hard enough you'll find some gold. "Why don't we do it in the road?" Is also one of my favourites. Especially with the comic strip if you see it ever...

very long but I liked Happiness is a Warm Gun

Love this album. Forgot how many actual bangers there are on here

This is their most expansive and experimental album The Beatles have ever created.

Lennon and McCartney turned the musical world in a direction we are still following. It elevated mainstream rock from “culture-caused” to “culture-causing”.

I mean, son los Beatles.

This album is all over the place and is better for it. I even listened to Revolution #9 in its entirety. Great stuff.

Oof. I didn't realize I wasn't a big fan of the White Album. Controversial, I'm sure, but I much prefer other Beatles albums.

i like ‘wild honey pie’ and i’m tired of pretending i don’t. apparently pattie boyd really pushed for it to be included on the album which makes me love and respect her even more than i already do. idk what i should say otherwise cos everything’s already been said. too many songs, yes, and a couple of really SHITE tracks (’goodnight’) but there are actually fewer true stinkers than i always remember. it could have been 3 sides instead of 4 i guess. and the good songs are just stone cold classics. fav tracks: dear prudence; while my guitar gently weeps; happiness is a warm gun; mother nature’s son; back in the USSR; i’m so tired; yer blues; glass onion; long long long; savoy truffle; cry baby cry; helter skelter; julia

PRETTY FUCKING SICK

My Beatles knowledge is patchy to be honest having grown up mainly listening to the Red and Blue compilations. It's more recently that I'm working my way back through albums and, as a double, this is literally a big one to get your teeth into! But I've been taking big bites of it of late and, whilst like many doubles, it can be a bit patchy and overly long, there's a hell of a lot of quality on it and it contains a number the great Beatles songs, including.....

I mean... it's The White Album. 4/5

As John was probably thinking at the time, lose the Paul filler tracks, okay so we’ll give him Helter Skelter, drop a couple of George’s and save Revolution 9 for a John and Yoko release. Then you’d have a 5-star, non-double album.

A classic. Lots of stand-outs, but not my favorite Beatles album. There are too many skippable songs that the record comes across as bloated rather than dense and rich. The more experimental work in the back half of disc 2 is really fun to listen through, though!

Okay, it's a pretty good band. Probably exceptional in the 60s, now it sounds bit outdated. Certain songs are overplayed, some are definitely underrated, but it's clear that all four members are great songwriters. Otherwise, just a long album filled with very old pop hits.

After revolutionising pop music from 1963-67, the cracks start to show. There is no real innovation. There's Revolution 9 but that’s not a song. There are lots of novelty songs. Lots of messing around. A lot of mediocre Paul songs that needed John’s input but he couldn’t be arsed. « I’m so tired » is one of the better songs. It sums up the mood of much of the album. But there are still some songs that make you smile, feel genuinely sad, or smile. About a single album’s worth. A lot of people say this is their favourite Beatles album but it is not mine. 3.75. So round up to 4

What can I say? It's the Beatles.

Gave it a listen, pretty good. Heard a lot of familiar songs in it.

Quite a lot of filler on here, but also some absolute bangers and classics, most of the music holds up well. Although songs like revolution 9 are... unnecessary.

It's kind of amazing that the Beatles could put out a 30-track album in the midst of releasing so many other songs, and that the album wouldn't really contain any bad songs. There are some that aren't all that good, but mostly the worst tracks are still OK. Interestingly, there's also not really any stand out "great" tracks on the record either. It is pretty much just a steady stream of good songs, though it does end on a couple weak notes. Regardless of your opinion on the Beatles, it's undeniable that they were prolific songwriters. They were able to cover a huge range of stylistic ground in writing the songs as well. There's some hard rock, folk, blues, pop, psychedelia, swing, and more on this album. The diversity kept things interesting over the hour-thirty-plus runtime. The album's main weakness to me is that it is so long. While no song is particularly bad, there are some diversions that really didn't add much to the listening experience. If they weren't Beatles songs, I have to think they would've been regarded much differently, or not at all. Remove four or five of the "meh" tracks from this album and I think it becomes better than it is already. Even just cutting off the last two tracks (the soundscape Revolution 9 and orchestral Good Night) would've solidified the record for me. At the very least, cutting some out would make it easier to appreciate the stronger tracks. As it stands, I think it is one of the most consistently good albums I've had on here. That said, it never really goes beyond simply being good to me. I had this in the low 4s before the last two tracks but they dropped it down a tad. Overall: 3.9/5

bloated? absolutely. has some complete stinkers? oh for sure. has some of the stupidest, most experimental, and weirdest songs released under their name? yes, and that's awesome. god bless this mess. everyone agrees that this is inconsistent, but there's little agreement on what the peaks and nadirs are. that's cool! Revolution 9 is one of the peaks btw. deserves to be one of the 1001? fuck i mean there are 7 Beatles albums on here and that seems like a bit much. not *too* much, but you could cut it down to 4 or 5, which I think is the most any artist deserves. shit though, cutting this album would feel Wrong. cutting most would feel wrong. I would make my top 4 one of the early ones, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, and Abbey Road. but that leaves both this and Rubber Soul off... i mean i guess Revolver is less important than Rubber Soul to understanding the band but it's also my favorite. hmmmm. this album could be left off and i would understand it but i would have trouble cutting it if i were making the list. or not. they're The Beatles, they can have 6 albums, fuck it.

Hard to beat this

The White Album isn’t my favorite, but it’s still iconic. It’s always a pleasure to listen to start to finish, which I don’t do often enough. Sure, there are some oddities on it, but that’s what makes it The White Album.

Rv/g

First time I listened to Revolution 9 all the way through. Never again. We're they making fun of different genres of music? I'd never thought that before. Enjoyable but I prefer Sgt. Pepper's.

Surprised some of the versions are different from the versions I’m more used to hearing

random animal theme that i hadn’t noticed before. revolution 9 is super disconcerting. Overall really good album- favs- "For No One", "Yellow Submarine" and "Here, There, And Everywhere".

Weirder than I remembered.

Classic

I've owned a copy of this since high school, but it's been a while since I last sat through the entire thing. The first disc is perfect, not a single bad song on it. The second disc is more of a mixed bag. There are some really great songs in there, but there's also a handful that are just okay. And "Revolution 9" is an interesting experiment, but a chore to listen to more than once. It drags on for so long it kills the momentum. Luckily there's only one song left after it, but still. The good mostly outweighs the bad, but I can't give it full marks.

I'm thankful for this list showing me that I actually like the Beatles a fair amount. I was kind of indifferent beforehand, didn't hate them, appreciated their influence but I wouldn't have said I was a fan. I didn't realise how weird they could get until I'd heard the albums on this list Some really nice stuff like While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Blackbird, the sort of stuff I think of when I think of The Beatles. Back In The USSR is a fun rocker. I love Helter Skelter, just dirty and noisy proto-metal I think it's pretty obvious that tensions were high during the recording, as the songs really feel like they're by each individual member. It also feels like a weird compilation of odds and ends so the flow is a bit strange There are a few duds that let it down for me, and the way the album ends is a bit limp. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill and Rocky Raccoon are just weird little oddities that I don't really enjoy (the former is particularly repetitive and annoying). Revolution 9 is mostly nonsense and completely out of place and I'm not keen on Good Night, it's like some traditional pop or some film score. It feels weirdly out of place too A very good album containing some of my favourite Beatles songs Highlights: Helter Skelter, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Back In The USSR, Glass Onion

Heel chill. Het paste de warme weer

Classic album! A few duds that brought the rating to a 4, shorten the album, it's a NO BRAINER to be 5 stars!

Not the best Beatles but definitely had some of their strongest deep cuts

I love this album, but it really suffers from the Use Your Illusion syndrome of "You know this would be awesome if you'd exercised a little bit of self-control and kept it to a tight 12 tracks, right?" The madness is kind of what makes it great in both cases, though.

While I know a bunch of these, I guess I've never listened to the whole album. There's some weird shit on here. I think a third of the album could be cut for a better listening experience. At least for me. Knowing that Back in the USSR is a response to the Beach Boys makes me appreciate it more. Dear Prudence, Blackbird, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps are just fantastic on every level (but we already knew that). I can do without Wild Honey Pie or The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - especially the legit terrible girlfriend screeching ('cause I can't call that singing).

I liked all the Beatles albums I've gotten on this list so far, but I was still waiting for that wow factor that helped me fully understand how they got so big. I think it finally clicked for me with this album. I love how experimental the Beatles got on this one, it's the perfect showcase of the entire group's talent.

Great album, this challenge has definitely helped me appreciate the beatles more

ighttt Rachel I get it

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liked it! I hadn't heard some of them before, glass onion and savoy truffle, and liked those. HATED revolution 9 tho. yoinks

So many great songs on here! Some of my favorite Beatles songs are present; “revolution 9” (sans all of the trip fest), “blackbird”, “while my guitar gently weeps” to name a few. But the real magic lies with the playful tunes that shirk expectations. Song like “why don’t we do it in the road”, “rocky raccoon” and even “wild honey pie” excite me the most. For an album to get a 5, I have to like every song - or at least stay involved for all of them. This album, with so many songs, struggles to clear that hurdle. But it’s a solid 4.

finally the beatles i’ve been hearing about for years!! this was actually good, weird, cool, and interesting in the ways that everyone claims the beatles to be. i didn’t ‘like’ a single song but it all worked pretty well as a big work, while definitely being on the longer end. i still don’t understand the overwhelming love for these guys but this was much better than abbey road and revolver

Beat, 1968 -> 4

One thing I like about the Beatles is that almost all songs have a Wikipedia page with a lot of stuff to read about. Another thing i like is that their albums are usually pretty short, so I was a bit annoyed with this one. The first disc was a lot better than the second one. Right now this is around 3rd place on my list (Revolver, Abbey Road, White Album, Rubber Soul, Hard Days Night).

The Beatles followed up the monumental critical and cultural success they enjoyed with Sergeant Peppers with easily their lengthiest and most challenging work. A huge part of The White Album’s appeal comes from its sheer variety. It’s got the hits but it also sees them taking on unexpected and even sinister new modes that have you question who this band are. To pick a song out (and feel I have to zone in on particular tracks because there’s 30 of them) Helter Skelter is one of The Beatles most exciting and surprising songs. It creates a phenomenal vision of a completely different band, perhaps even paving the way for Heavy Metal bands of the 1970s. They are saying “we could be this band if we wanted to be, and we’d be amazing at it.” And they’re right. How unbearable or enjoyable you find Revolution 9 is completely down to how prepared you are to hear songwriting icons, The Beatles, step away from music and instead create sound art. For me it’s an interesting enough idea to happily spend 8 minutes on. As a one off it’s pretty damn interesting, especially given how it transitions into the crooning old fashioned brilliance of Good Night, which has to be one of the all time most affecting transitions between songs. Good Night is another example of “we could be this band if we wanted to be...” If I was to pick one hit to discuss it would be While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which is in my opinion The Beatles’ best song. Across a discography dominated by John and Paul, George manages to best them with his rawest and most emotional outpouring. It’s a pop song but it’s also tough, twisted and mean. The guitar solo is as gut wrenching as it is beautiful to listen to. So why is this an 8/10 for me and not, as most would have it, an out and out classic? Simply put, I think it could do with a bit of a trim. I’d keep the big singles of course, and welcome all the bizarre outliers, but I’d cut out songs like the Honey Pies and Bungalow Bill which neither push the band into new territory, nor are particularly exciting examples of their craft. 90 minutes has to be well a truly earned and for me cuttable songs on such a long LP is a bit of a sin. Though I appreciate there will be people for whom their enjoyment of the band truly hinges on Wild Honey Pie and The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill. Mine does not, so for me this The White Album sits in the category of flawed epic.

3-4

Some weird shit on this one, but it has all my favourite Beatles songs so I'm biased.

This album has many of my favourite tracks that the Beatles have made. This project also has a couple of experimental tracks. I think the most interesting track here is Revolution 9, which I liked because it made me feel scared and vulnerable, rather than how it sounded. Favourite Track(s): Blackbird, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Rocky Raccoon, Mother Nature's Son Least Favourite Track(s): Piggies

i am a hardcore beatles hater but unfortunately this really does slap

Yoko Ono SUCKS

6/10, solid but i dont fw the beatles that much

3.9/what a behemoth of an album

4.5

4/5 the later 60s Beatles are great (this one included) but this album isn't non stop bangers like some other albums are (i.e. Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's)

So many hits. As with most of their albums for me. This one has just a few too many that shouldn’t have been included.

Definitely some bangers and some other songs I'm less excited about. This probably could have just been two separate albums, but it's still quite memorable. The ones that hit really do stick to you. And I'm glad it ended with a Ringo song.

Høyrer jo ein del på denne til vanleg pga er velsigna med eit Beatlesbarn. Har låter eg er meir glad i enn andre, men det er jo svære greier.

It’s their biggest. It’s their mostest. But it’s not their bestest. Lotta filler and eh.

Good

"half of what I say is meaningless"-sums up the Beatles lyrics well. They are entertaining though. Melodies are varied and you can really hear how heavily they have influenced other bands. The highs on this album are high, but the double album is overlong.

8.5/10

It’s the Beatles, I love the Beatles. Yet, this album is pretty bipolar imo. Like it has some of their best songs like “my guitar gently weeps”; some of their most important for music, like “helter-skelter” which was like one of if not the first hard rock songs, and my favs of Beatles like “happiness is a warm gun. Yet, some bad ones too. Like Yoko, and some just forgettable ones. Still, really good

duh duh duh disc 1 is fire. they start to lose me on disc 2. overall good. my boyfriends claims they’re so basic and general but i really don’t care what he thinks about them. i know what i like.

It's the beatles so of course it's good but the version on spotify was far too long. Also the 8 minute long song was interesting but I wouldn't say it's good

This album has some incredible songs and some absolute garbage - 5 stars for the boys and -1 for Yoko

Surprisingly good wtf?

the space between sgt pepper and abbey road that they filled out with basically whatever they felt like maybe underwhelming relative to the rest of the beatles' significant works from the second half of the 60s, but its still the beatles and it is good

How have I never listened to this album in it's entirety before? I've heard some of the songs individually but never as a collective work. There were a couple of songs that I did not love, but it is a real work of art. I'm also shocked by how many songs are on the album! A true classic.

Good variety of sound

Great album. Barely feels like a Beatles album, which is both its strength and its weakness.

started out really strong but not as good as i was expecting

What a classic... just wish it was one album instead of 2, quite a few fillers, Revolution #9 is certainly an experience

Definitely an experience. A very eclectic mix of sounds and ideas all thrown into one anthology. Definitely a good one to throw on to mix things up.

Truly a classic

I have always loved this album so had a big smile on my face when I saw it come up today! Weird to listen to it on headphones though with the v. weird old school mix designed for mono speakers.

they're getting self-indulgent by this point - whimsical, all over the place, lots of traditional influences. Less compelling than some of their other albums but still interesting

USSR, guitar gently weeps

some real hits, some misses. Absolutely a solid album and one of the all time greats for a reason. Each song in a different style while keeping entirely true to that style.

Not bad, not my style though. I can seehow influential it was. Never really listened to the beatles but they have a lot more energy in this album than i thought. 7/10 in my personal opinion

So many classics.

a mixed bag and pretty damn long, but when it’s good, it’s really good. classic

Good

A few filler-esque tracks here and there but otherwise still a great album

Pretty nice album, it was great having it in the background, I think that they were super popular at this time, so they were going all in on just whatever music they wanted. There were a couple of popular songs, there were some that were a bit meh but overall good stuff.

Has a lot of interesting bits, especially for its time. However, it's also waaaay too long.

I absolutely love The Beatles! My parents, specifically my dad, is a big fan so I grew up with a lot of their songs on repeat in my childhood homes. That said, I know a ton of the hits from this record and many more. I'm more intimately familiar with the Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour records in their totality - so I'm hoping this dive into the white album will yield a better appreciation for some of the deeper cuts. One thing that strikes me about this record is that it's production is stellar. For some reason good production on an album that came out in 1968 seems unheard of for me. I also appreciate that this album seems a little more paired back than the concept records like Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. It was almost as if the amount of drugs these guys were doing was still there but it just feels like their sound matured? One of the things that strikes me about this record too is George Harrison's guitar work - the songs "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" and "Helter Skelter" just have some really jammy sounding guitar work that is extremely pleasing to listen to. One of my only criticisms of this record is that I feel like there's probably 6 - 8 songs you could reliably cut out and this would still be an extremely solid release. This was a really fun album to return to and still shows me the reasons why The Beatles are still highly celebrated 57 years later. Standout tracks for me on this one (with the caveat that I didn't already know well them coming in) - "Dear Prudence", "Why Don't We Do it in the Road?", "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey", and "Revolution 1".

docked a star for a certain song

A little bloated but still so many great songs. Sort of a transition point between Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road which are both incredible albums