Rubber Soul

Run for your life is just a horrible track and needs banishing to obscurity, the album before they were great

Some good tracks

pretty decent, didn't finish though

BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR

Meh

This is probably sacrilege, but other than "Michelle", "In My Life", and "You Won't See Me", there isn't much here that I revisit. It's too strong to call the songwriting weaker, but if I'm being honest, I find most of Rubber Soul lacking the essential element that drives my fandom, and I find it in spades on everything that comes after, as well as on Help!. What am I missing?

achei michelle a mais legal pra mim beatles elvis presley michael jackson entre outros tem a mesma vibe morro mas eu odeio elvis presley nao ouvirei quero morrer sem escutar essa praga

The Beatles. Overrated?? yes. Any good?? It’s not bad Better that the Rolling Stones?? Absolutely not. I like them. Some absolute classics. But I just don’t get the hype.

A few great songs in there. Not my favorite album of theirs but still really solid.

5/10 Listened a good three times and I can confidently say I liked "A Hard Day's Night" a bit more. Still good though.

See album jättis mind ükskõikseks. Ma ei tundnud ei vastumeelsust ega ka huvi selle muusika suhtes. See oli tõesti selline keskmine muusika. Anda kaks tundub veidi karm, aga mu mõtte triivis selle albumi ajal pidevalt eemale, niiet kolma on ka nagu palju antud. Annaksin 2,5 kui saaksin.

Good. I mean it’s the Beatles so bops for sure. But I guess I’m not wowed

Two Beatles in a row! What even are the chances? This one is significantly worse than the last, that being The White Album, but it’s still important. Also, it’s got some bangers! The majority of this album is really quite great. Frankly, however, this album also contains some pretty dismal numbers. “The Word” is annoying, and so is “What Goes On.” “Run For Your Life,” despite the pretty good vocal performance, is very plainly contemptible, and I can’t help but dislike it for that. Truly, this album is an important turning point for the band, and it can be pleasant, with some incredible songs, but I don’t see how I could truly love it, at least for what it plainly is. 6.8/10

Surprised by the one country sounding song, otherwise nothing memorable

Nowhere Man

Beatles album #2 and I’ve yet to be interested. It’s a weak 3

Some good songs

Better than the last couple of Beatles albums, some nice songs on here. Some crap ones too, mind.

As with every Beatles album, it’s okay, but it just adds to my opinion that they’re massively overrated

Drive My Car is pretty good

The transition album between basic pop Beatles and the influential genre-pushing Beatles

Drive my car: fun Norwegian wood - bit repetitive but good you won't see me - strong start, like the voice wavers, nowhere man - like this smooth longer melody with the voice overs is nice. think for yourself - fun! the word - michelle - like the french and the lilt - probs one of my favourites what goes on - i like. girl - wistful, and slightly eery, i'm looking through you - in my life - obviously a classic wait - i liked this! if i needed someone - this is lots of fun, strong vocals run for your life - also one of my favourites, weird messaging though

Didn’t love that the last song was from the perspective of an abuser, but I’ll never say the Beatles didn’t have great sound.

It was eh for me

Altså, det er Beatles. Dem har jeg aldrig været så meget til i virkeligheden. Men det er da selvfølgelig meget godt alligevel I min optik er det numre som "Norwegian Wood", der stadig holder i dag. Ikke sådan noget som "Drive My Car", det er fandme WACK 3.6

latter part was better claasic beatles but i get why it had no songs i knew beforehand

They can't all be bangers but I do love the occasional country song.

Giving a three in comparison to most Beatles albums

beatles are good but I'm good

the most mid beatles album

baby you can drive my car?? okay i guess?? norwegian wood lowk bangs nvm BORINGGG i like the banjo violin wtvr thing zoned out through you won’t see me and nowhere man and think for yourself the word is the best so far ssh the WORDDDDDD

20260628 - gut für nebenbei. Letztes Lied düster :)

Good, some great songs, but I wouldn't call it exceptional

Creo que este es de los álbumes que les fui dando su status de estrellas a los Beatles Canciones muy movidas, pero también bajaban revoluciones en ciertos puntos, considero yo de forma atinada Todos los integrantes tienen su momento de protagonismo, eso me parece un buen toque de parte de los rockandroleros Mi canción favorita no sé cuál es necesariamente, pero Michelle, In my Life son las que más me resuenan ahorita Divertido álbum, me gustó más que los anteriores que he escuchado de esta lista, y sé que aún viene lo mejor

It's hard to rate The Beatles accurately because they're so foundational to so much that came after them that stuff that was groundbreaking at the time is just normal now, so this doesn't have the impact now that it might have done. Listening to, the song craft remains undeniable, though this is kind of the transitional album from their more straightforward love song mode to something a little deeper, it doesn't hurt the artistic heights of their next couple of albums. I'd say that the John Lennon songs are the stronger ones on this album, though "Run For Your Life" is just a nasty little slice of misogyny. I usually prefer Paul's songs, but his strongest here is "Michelle," which doesn't feel like a highlight.

nice groovy album. never realized how bad some of their lyrics are lol. favourite song: you won’t see me

Good but I find their songs have a lack of diversity don’t feel like I was taken anywhere on the album

Good album with a few singles that I consistently listen to. Only thing I was kind of hoping for was to pick up on some pervasive theme, and I didn’t happen. It was kind of just songs put together.

It’s nice

Good and influential, but personally the song writing didn't captivate me

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RATING: 7.5/10 HIGHLIGHT: In My Life LOWLIGHT: Run For Your Life

Sort of boring but still very good maybe a 7/10 or a 6.5/10

La première c’est drive my car, beatlecore : niais et ennuyeux mais ça reste de la bonne musique ? Norwegian wood et you won’t see me : quel ennui. Pareil pour nowhere man en fait. Juste un rif de la chanson me fait penser à un autre mais j’arrive pas à mettre le doigt dessus. David Bowie ? Suede ? Je vais arrêter de noter les chansons que je trouve chiante ce sera plus simple J’arrive pas à comprendre que ce soit considéré un des 100 meilleurs albums all time Je vois que j’avais déjà noté cet album 3/5. C’est peut-être trop généreux L’Album finit bien : If i needed someone. C’est effectivement un 6, j’étais basé Et on finit sur une chanson qui parle d’un feminicide sur une « Little girl », berk. Et par ailleurs la chanson est super weak pour finir l’album 6/10

Drive My Car: 6/10 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): 8/10 You Won’t See Me: 4/10 Nowhere Man: 3/10 Think For Yourself: 7/10 The Word: 3/10 Michelle: 10/10 What Goes On: 5/10 Girl: 10/10 I’m Looking Through You: 3/10 In My Life: 9/10 Wait: 5/10 If I Needed Someone: 9/10 Run For Your Life: 7/10

Solid album, but I've never been a biggest fan when it comes to their Pre-Revolver catalogue.

Fairly good, I liked this album.

felt like i had to be meaner as soon as i heard that british man sing in french but this was very listenable as the beatles tend to be. fav: im looking through you

This isn’t enough of a transition from the pop nonsense that they were before this. Norwegian Wood is a great song, but not enough of this ilk for my liking. It’s fine, but this iteration of the Beatles isn’t my cup of tea (yet).

imma give a 3 simply because it's got one of my fav and personal songs aka michelle but irl would be a 3.5

A pretty mixed album from the boys. It starts off strong enough, but loses it's luster partway through. The last track is very weird and I didn't much care for it. 3/5

Prima te luisteren maar ook niet spannend genoeg om later nog eens aan te zetten.

Regular Beatles. Nothing special, not so many catchy song.

The weakest Beatles album is better than most things ever recorded.

Not sure how this is the highest rated album I have heard to date (i'm only 40 albums in). There are a couple of great songs on here, but the love I see posted for this album is a bit much.

Pleasant but nothing captured me, which is pretty damning considering this is The Beatles of Beatle fame

7.5 / 10

Taattua Biitlesiä.

Ending an album with a song about murdering a woman for being with another man is certainly a choice. These fellows could write songs, but ehhhhhhhh.

I'm sure it's an incredibly influential album but to my modern ears I didn't find much of note beyond the first two songs

A bit bland

Le pire bon album des beatles

not their best stuff

Not my favourite of theirs, there were a few stand out tracks but overall I’d call this a skip which is wild for me

Interesting channel mixing, remaster isn't terrible. Songs are okay I guess, it's Beatles so the historical significance is rather obvious. It's also pretty obvious this album is from a point where people had stopped saying "no" to the band because some of the songs should never have left the writer's table (dishonourable mention to "Michelle" here for example), but ah well. Yet another 2,5 which tips to a 3 because of mixing and some upbeat and non-misogynistic songs.

I think I wasn't in the right mood for this because I found a lot of it grating. But, trying to be objective, there are some good/classic songs on this and I understand this little band is somewhat influential, so I'm probably being too harsh in the moment.

I've not listened to the Beatles' backlog. I know their big singles and this is just okay by comparison.

Definitely a transition album for the Beatles as they figured out their sound for the later 60s. Some deep cuts that I didn’t know I liked so much, and in my life is one of their best. Run for your life is not so good.

Lotta songs were kinda hollow, but I really liked "girl" and I did not mind the majority of them

Has some real good hits, beep beep and such but has such a weird low point with run for your life. The song feels like it was written from the pov of a serial killer but apparently it's not some deep cut critisim but just some weird casual misogyny

Högt och lågt. Finns mmyxket att hämta här. Oftast otroliga melodier och idéer men som bär de upprepas och dras ut, till vad som känns som långa låtar, blir lite segt. Bängskallar

2.8/5 There was probably only 1 song I'd heard off this album before listening to it, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

i liked this album

Perhaps it’s because I don’t fully understand the context, perhaps it’s because I’m insufficiently enlightened, perhaps it’s because I spent my teens and twenties getting brains addled in mosh pits at punk shows. Whatever the reason, I cannot see the Beatles as anything more than a mid-tier 60s pop band.

It’s fine. Kind of sad. Guys singing harmonies in the sixties depress me.

7/10

This, and the Abba album are how I finally figured out I don't like unison style group singing. Lots of this album is musically sensational.

Very much a transitional album for the lads, it feels like they’re drawing more heavily from their influences than on later albums. Lots of all timers here but there’s also a noticeable lull in the middle of the track list. Great record but they still had a few months before their first real masterpiece 3.5ish

aw fuck. shit and fuck. fuck shit shit fuck. shittity fuck. fuckity fuck Fuck. right then. let's see why brian wilson #locked in for pet sounds. but before that, an anecdote: i took a songwriting class in college and our 2nd assignment was to write a cover of a beatles song we'd never heard. i ended up making (to quote my group members/classmates) some charli xcx lcd soundsystem berghain eurotrash type beat with a jersey club breakdown in the middle. the song? drive my car. nonetheless i'm a little underwhelmed. as for the rest, white washed temptations songs (they're not bad but it must be said) and some mad alright to decent rock. nowhere man + michelle + in my life would do it for the wilson level up but. i'm leaning 80-20 on the spector of it all (pun intended). he didn't think ringo tapped the phones, did he? the "i'm fucking your cat" cover pretty fuego tho. 3.4-4.1. no homo jann wenner smoking MANDINGO if he thinks this is the 5th greatest album of all time. like yeah. baby(whitey? that feels mean. i mean that shit tho)'s first exposure to various genres due to racism + payola + the economics of owning records but i mean. FIFTH?

I usually find Beatles albums terribly overrated but this one wasn’t so bad

Some great tracks on here, some ok tracks on here. Why do they like little girls so much? Ugh. Lennon always comes off pretty sus.

An album filled with “safe songs”. They’re all catchy, they’re all short, and they still within their lane the whole time. Honestly front to back there’s not really a dry moment. But this isn’t what I look for in music

pretty good not really my style or fav but good 1 time listen

Kinda sucks lowkey? I mean a few of the best songs I’ve ever heard and then some str8 trash. “I’d rather you be dead than with someone else” foh

Beat my Shmeat’ls is overrated per usually. This album is OK at best, slightly aged. Consistently OK with no Bad tracks. In My Life is really nice, and Drive My Car with the Mario kart remix is better.

This album was chill. Ain't no Sgt. Peppers, or Band On The Run, but this album was good. I liked the first few tracks, and the French in Michelle. This album would be a very good album if they kept up the pow of the first few songs, but it kind of trails off. Favorite track is Norwegian Wood

bangers and mash

Well... run For Your Life is certainly problematic... a bit of filler but a solid output.

rougher than there later work with some songs i didn’t enjoy but overall a decent album

Not the best not the worst. 3,5

Altså, det er Beatles. Dem har jeg aldrig været så meget til i virkeligheden. Men det er da selvfølgelig godt. 3.2

u cant go wrong with a beatles album ig

Not as good as Sgt peppers but still fun

A transitional album. The songwriting is transforming from 60s rock and roll, through psychedelic 60s Americana and into something uniquely Beatles. Norwegian Wood is a line in the sand - Indian instruments, acid lyrics and genuinely inventive. The recording quality is excellent (remastered version) and the vocal harmonies are pixel perfect. There are some humdrum songs, and I can't quite give it a 4

First Beatles album. This one feels rather "easy listening" which isn't a bad thing, but isn't great either. I prefer when they do more drugs and such. I feel like the songs are so short that they never get meaty enough for my liking, which I know isn't true for all of the Beatles stuff. There wasn't a bad song on here until the end when we decided to kill our bird. Fucks sake.

Simple straightforward songs for the most part but they have those solid vocals that the band is iconic for including the harmonies. I prefer the songs that lean away from that soft rock sound but appreciate the whole album for what it is. Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, Michelle, In My Life are the more interesting parts for me.

Not too bad of an album, some fun classics but overall, not a huge standout

yep, that's a beatles album. mostly unremarkable pop rock, with a couple more memorable tracks sprinkled about. vocal harmony is fun though, and the hooks are decent.

Really funny to get this right after an album that sort of reminded me of the Beatles. It was alright but I didn't find myself particularly blown away or engaged. Easy listen.

Im not really into folk but I enjoyed the electronic elements and mix of different instruments. Some songs were similar to one another and that made it kind of boring. Especially because they're more slow paste, I just felt like I was losing attention and I couldn't catch anything characteristic or new in the sound. But its over all a nice listen.

Are all the Beatles' albums on this list? Because surely we have to draw a line at some point. This was...fine?

I accept the influence this album had on a generation of musicians, but it didn't do much for me. There are people who listen to this and hear the complex interplay and power struggle between John and Paul. I just hear an album of songs from that time when "oldies" was becoming rock and roll.

258/1089 look, this is “good” if we’re trying to be objective and i am not disputing its influential nature. I just feel that the other albums of theirs (white, revolver and abbey road) are superior. Therefore, did i need to hear this one on this project? i’m not so sure i think it ends stronger than it started faves: If I Needed Someone, In My Life, Wait, The Word 61/100

Drive My Car has such a great guitar riff.

Bien, pour démarrer une journée. Plutot doux. J’aime la chanson Michelle à réécouter

Since I've already cleared the hurdle of rating/reviewing my first Beatles album (Abbey Road), I feel like I can afford to be a little more critical now. That's not to say I thought Rubber Soul was bad, it's just a perfectly adequate folk rock album – there's nothing here I'm chomping at the bit to tell my friends and family about, outside maybe "Norwegian Wood" or "In My Life." I guess it's fitting that this is one of the only Beatles Book Albums that I didn't recognize a single song title from (the other being With the Beatles). Highlights: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), The Word, Michelle, Girl, In My Life

6/10

Me gustó, no es el mero álbum de los Beatles ni de cerva

very cool guitar! and other instruments too :) it has a summer-y boho-ish cool vibe! it doesn’t really have very relatable lyrics that i adore though, and i have to be in a very specific mood to pick this kind of music…

First beatle album, the mixing is definitely smth else

3/5

Let’s talk about Rubber Soul, the album critics treat like it descended from Mount Olympus, when in reality it feels more like a collection of diary entries from four men who had never heard the word “boundaries.” If this is emotional maturity, then I fear for the emotional state of 1965. This is the era where The Beatles supposedly “grew up.” And by “grew up,” I mean they started writing songs that sound like they were penned by guys who think being moody automatically makes them profound. The whole album radiates the energy of someone who buys one self‑help book and suddenly believes they’re a tortured poet. Ah yes, the part of Rubber Soul that fans love to pretend doesn’t exist. “Run for Your Life” is basically a jealous‑boyfriend threat set to a jaunty beat. Nothing says “timeless classic” like thinly veiled violence, right? “Girl” is a masterclass in romanticizing emotional labor. She’s exhausting, she’s dramatic, she’s too much—yet somehow he’s the victim. “You Won’t See Me” is the anthem of a man who refuses to consider that maybe—just maybe—he’s the problem. It’s like the band discovered introspection but forgot to apply it to their own behavior. Even if you ignore the lyrical side‑eye, the songs themselves blend together into a soft, strummy haze. It’s the kind of album that makes you check the tracklist to confirm you haven’t been listening to the same song on loop. “Norwegian Wood” is clever, sure, but it’s also a story about a guy who gets rejected and responds by… burning down a woman’s house. Charming. “In My Life” is the emotional high point, but that’s like saying the tallest building in a small town is impressive. It’s nice. It’s sweet. It’s not the revelation people pretend it is. By the midpoint, I felt like I was trapped in a vintage boutique where every song is played through a speaker that’s been collecting dust since the Johnson administration. The pacing drags, the energy sags, and the album seems determined to lull you into a state of mild, polite boredom. Beatles fans talk about Rubber Soul like it cured heartbreak, invented introspection, and personally taught humanity how to feel. In reality, it’s a transitional album with a couple of gems and a whole lot of “please stop Rubber Soul is historically important, yes. But it’s also uneven, overhyped, and sprinkled with enough casual misogyny to make you wonder why more people don’t mention it. A few standout tracks can’t save an album that mostly feels like homework wrapped in acoustic guitar.

- As I mentioned before, I used to listen to the Beatles a lot, but I don’t anymore now that I know that John engaged in DV and Paul is a Zionist. - I liked this album the most of all their albums, but I'm not that into it anymore and there are a lot of songs that really piss me off with the blatant sexism. - There are great songs on here, for example, Norwegian Wood, though now I know it's about cheating on his wife, which takes the charm away from it, Girl, In My Life (love the harpsichord), and I'm Looking Through You is one of my favourite Beatles songs. - That said, the other songs aren't that engaging, and I skip most of them (Drive My Car, Think For Yourself, The Word, What Goes On). And Run For Your Life is advocating for DA. - So, on relisten, I think that I just really liked the songs that I like, but overall, this isn't as good as I remember it to be.

Cool ! Je l’avais jamais écouté en entier. Mais des bons morceaux. J’aurais aimé lui mettre 3,5, mais bon, vous connaissez la chanson.

Sigh.

Beatles, i like but i havent heard this album before, nice. But kind of boring, very few different songs

I have to just come out and admit that I really never liked this album. For all the studio brilliance this band created, the production here sounds like the album they had to make to get to Revolver. And there are actual moments on the record I genuinely don't like. John sucking in air on every chorus of Girl is really unpleasant. And the closing track is a low point. The opening four tracks are special in the way most of the music they made is. The rest of the record? Man... I guess there's one too many Beatles records on this list for me.

One of the albums of all time

not the best beatles album, id give 4 but i know there are many wayyyyy better albums out there

I mean it’s the Beatles

A true transitional album. You can hear the pop group they were but you can also hear them striving to be more. There's no "I Want to Hold Your Hand" or "She Loves You" on Rubber Soul, but there's also no "Eleanor Rigby." What we do get is: - The guitar production and embrace of minor chord harmonies on "Wait" - The dark boogie of "Think for Yourself" - "Girl"'s memorable slow inhale in the chorus and its simple "dueling" guitar solo - "Michelle," which is basically a perfect song, from the backing vocals to the Chet Atkins style guitar to the way the instruments work together in the intro and tag to the French lyrics - The hand and leg percussion in the verses of "I'm Looking Through You" - The somber nostalgia of "In My Life," a beautiful and sad song I think people cite the sitar of "Norwegian Wood" as the turning point for this band. I think it's a super weird song, because it sounds like Celtic folk to me, lyrically name-checks a Scandinavian country, and prominently features an Indian instrument that had never been used in a Western rock recording before. I've never cared much for it. The true turning point for me comes on their next album, with "Eleanor Rigby," one of the greatest songs that's ever existed. This album is described as a "folk rock" album and I'm sure that's why I have never really connected with it as a complete work. When I think of individual songs, there's a lot to like, but I do feel like a lot of these songs are only something like halfway there, when compared to what they achieved on Revolver just eight months later. This is supposed to be the album that made everyone else want to focus on the album as an art form, and I'll never fully understand it in context, but its folksy sound has never made me want to explore it deeper.

A good bop/sway along. No stand out favourites here

Looovely. It’s not my fave Beatles album but there are some faves on here, and that’s good enough for me.

Never really grew up listening to the Beatles (obviously aware of them) and haven’t listened to one of their albums before. I was surprised that I knew Drive My Car (without knowing it was them), interesting to listen to Norwegian Wood a decade after reading the novel, album as a whole was fine but I just could never see myself loving a Beatles song

First: It's crazy that their previous album was Help. Of course it was a huge step artistically. Then: Does it really work that well as an album? They put their choir track over all the tracks - that's about what it holds it together. Sure, a few great tracks like In my life or Michelle, but otherwise not really a great album, at least not by Beatles standards.

3.5

Basic

Well what a surprise. Solo conocía norwegian wood, y creo que es la única que me sigue gustando properly, pero el disco en si fue enjoyable de escuchar. Tipo, musicalmente muy diver, ningún tema me dio ganas de skippearlo, por momentos me encontraba agitando o bailando en la silla. Lyrically no le di mucha bola porque no me inspiró para nada, pero realmente, en comparación con todo lo otro que venía escuchando, fue tremedo respite, finalmente algo decente, algo que volvería a escuchar de fondo sin que me parezca annoying. Supongo que los beatles tienen la reputación que tienen por una razón (?

They are clearly ahead of their time here, but it just didn't move me emotionally at all.

I'm slowly going through their catalog and starting to realize that I might really like The Beatles. This one's not my favorite but there's good stuff here.

Ok album with interesting things going on every now and then. Didn't blow my mind but wasn't a chore to listen through the whole thing.

tuvo buena

Eh. 3.1

De los más accesibles.

It's a nice album, I would say nothing very interesting. More background songs to be honest

dang what are we talkin bout here? classic record from the most classic band. last song aged poorly but overall this is an easy recommend and its not even in my top 3 beatles record.

Yep, that sounds like a Beatles album. I mean, this is just decent to good pop rock. I really don’t understand how people can rave about this. Like, I enjoyed it, but it’s so simple I don’t know what’s supposed to be exciting about this. Some decently catchy songs, but I’ve heard so much better. It’s a fun first listen, but I don’t see how this can stay with me for any considerable amount of time. 7/10

nie dla mnie

Lots of great things happening in this album from great lyricism to incredible harmony and chemistry within the group, this a good album to vibe to. But I feel like songs could have been much longer I feel like the shorter 2-3 minute songs made it feel like I couldn't take in the entire song and I would've just loved to hear more of the group's instrumentation and creativity given more time. 6/10, Favorite Song: If I Needed Someone

it definitely is a the beatles album!

thanks for pet sounds

meh

It's classic. I think, everybody should listen to The Beatles...at least once

The start of the greatest run of albums in history?

A nice album completely ruined by one song

Good album, great title, excellent band, the celebratory sing-a-long misogyny is horrible. Three stars. Tom.

se le nota que estaban empezando con las drogas

Never been a Beatles fan. A mix of songs that must have been radio favoutites as I recognise them other hearing for first time. Seems like a bit of a mish mash of songs and styles. Where the hell did country sounding "What goes on" come from?

I keep trying to like the beatles but whenever listening to their albums my mind just drift to other things. To be clear, their sound is enjoyable, it is just not something extraordinary to me.

I used to love Michelle when I was into these lads. I still like it but i don't actively choose to listen to it. This album isn't so bad as some.. I can tolerate...

Not the biggest Beatles fan but some great classics

Not terrible, but not terribly interesting. The Beatles are the most overrated band in history.

Not heard many of these songs before. Sounded OK but I expecting more to be honest!

I’m too spoiled having listened to White Album (genuinely might be a top 10 ever album for me now) early in this and nothing will ever measure up. Good solid jangly pop though. Cool to see just how impactful they are that 3 of the 4 first tracks have films named or inspired by them

I don't care for the Beatles, and I remember feeling like everything wanted me to care about the Beatles in the late 2000s. iTunes got the Beatles catalog, 'Across the Universe' pins were adorned on messenger bags, and 'The Beatles: Rock Band' was the game to get. There was all of this, but the hits I would hear from their albums did not click (except for Sgt. Peppers, that is my Beatles carve-out). I think my tepid feelings for the Beatles also stem from not liking John Lennon, but that rant will be saved when we get to Imagine. Now that I have to listen to the Beatles, I can say that I liked this album a good bit. I liked the songs with unique sounds (such as the sitar in 'Norwegian Wood' and the sped-up piano in 'In My Life'). The album is close to a 4 for me, but I am not willing to shake my past sentiments as easy as I did with Nirvana. The deduction is also for ending with such a weak and uncomfortable song. Sure, they have mature and thoughful lyrics like in 'In My Life' but they end it with the "Daddy is going to kill his little girl" song.

Did the Beatles do it first and everyone followed the sound? Whatever the case, almost everything from the mid-60's sounds like the Scooby Doo soundtrack - the guitar tones, over use of the tamborine and maracas, cheesy harmonies - and I don't like it. I'll give it 3 stars, though, because of Norwegian Wood and In My Life.

I have to think about secondary school music education, our teacher used Beatles songs to teach us about structure of music, verses etc. Not really my music, but some great classics on here.

I never think of this as a favourite Beatles album of mine but it does have some of my faves like Michelle, Drive my Car, In my Life. But I think this made me realise the gap between good Beatles songs and bad Beatles songs is SO vast. The definitely feel like a band that just threw everything at the wall in the hopes some stuff stuck. As people I think I prefer the Beatles, but musically I think I’m a Stones kinda gal.

c'est sympatoche, sans plus, après j'aime pas trop comment la stéréo est utilisée sur ce genre d'album. ça me soule d'avoir à entendre les voix à ma droite et le reste du son à gauche

Sympa sympa

Repeat listen

Extremely pleasant, but I admit some of the overplayed songs I’m not fond of…

I love the beatles, but the only track on here that I really dug was In My Life

It's fine. Bored.

Unremarkable. I literally don't remember any of the songs after listening. Still, mostly pleasant.

Good listen, enjoyed thoroughly l

classic

3.5 stars.

moj prvi beatles album, kinda nervous! зашто ми певају само у десно уво :( ово су просто битлси, не знам како боље да објасним. знам мишел!! смешно ми је што има само једна песма која је дужа од 3 минута, трендови у музици стварно се враћају и понављају. готов албум! нисам пала на дупе? е али то је трик код битлса, слушаш их и мислиш ''па шта је овде тако посебно звучи ми као свака рок фолк песма икада'' АЛИ БАШ ТО! СВИ ЗВУЧЕ КАО БИТЛСИ! ЈЕР СУ ОНИ ПРВИ! ЧИЈА ЈЕ МУЗИКА ЗВУЧАЛА ОВАКО! не знам од кад ја овако страствено делим своје мишљење о битлсима. не знам ни од кад имам мишљење о битлсима. све у свему, микс је катастрофа, у једном уху бубањ и гитара у другом вокали и то је то лоллл. али не могу много да серем јер је ово '65. , миксовали су песме на телеграфу вероватно. лупкала сам ногама, махала сам главом- мелодије су стварно супер, а и инструменти такође. не знам о чему су певали искрено, и не могу тиме да се бавим, опростите ми битлси.

enjoyable but a bit boring to me. the 2:00 track length fromat across the album makes has me cross eyed as it bops between tracks that are making similar musical statement over and over. feels like a collection of singles rather than the type of album i typically appreciate...one that takes me on a journey. credit them tho, it definitely turned into a collection of singles because im sure most of these songs are considered classics. if this is a step in a new direction for the beatles....if feels more like a turn towards where they will go, rather than a first big step...one foot is still firmly planted in teeny boppin beatles highlights: accoustic lick/sitar on NORWEGIAN WOOD. MICHELLE'S melancholly trot. everything about IM LOOKING THROUGH YOU. IN MY LIFE's unexpected and weird baroque bridge.

Can't say I loved it but it was an easy, quick listen.

not my taste

Nice

Good time

Fine. It’s the Beatles, ofc there’s hits and hoppy moments. But overall… kinda boring? Highlight for me was recognising samples taken from this.

Had eigenlijk nog nooit echt naar de beatles geluisterd maar was opzich best leuk

Bien. Agradable en general, pero no me he enterado mucho

There's a few songs I really like on this album, but I don't think it's as strong overall as some of their other albums. I don't think it's as inventive as some of their other albums. I like the weird Beatles better than the pining classic 60s-sounding stuff like Michelle and Girl. Drive my car is fucking sick.

boring for a Beatles album

No my favorite Beatles album but who the hell asked nyway.

5/10… 60s pop / classic rock / *1965

I know it's a classic and I know it has some brilliant songs (In my life) but for some reason Rubber Soul always leaves me feeling a little cold.

Bit disappointing but this was the last of the pre-LSD era Beatles albums. A few good tracks with the usual fillers, Revolver came next and with it all their experimental creativity.

I liked it. Can't really go too wrong with the Beatles tbh.

I will admit I am not the biggest Beatles person, and this is the first time I have listened to a Beatles from front to back. It was okay. There were a few songs I enjoyed. I liked Norwegian Wood. I really liked Michelle, I actually added it to my library. In My Life is extremely beautiful. The rest were okay. I was hoping this would start my conversion into a Beatles fan, but I fear it has maybe cemented my meh opinion on them instead.

Doesn't feature any of my favourite Beatles songs, but a sign of the great things to come.

Eerlijk, overrated. Album is wel begin van de betere albums

it's was good. almost a four. wis it was a little more upbeat but overall pretty good

Some bangers indeed. Thought the second half of the album was much better it definitely improved throughout. Lacked any cohesion between songs.

Upbeat Songs, album didnt blend together just songs

Ses väl som någon brytpunkt mellan tidig och sen Beatles, håren lite längre och typsnittet lite flummigare på omslaget. Men musiken har egentligen inte förändrats så mycket jämfört med föregångaren Help! Något mer förfinad produktion, så som groovigt piano på Drive my car och sitar på Norwegian wood. Bäst är de småstökiga poplåtarna Think for yourself, Harrisons If I needed someone och The Word (framförallt verserna). Drive my car är också härligt Ringo-drivig. Det finns också en del rätt trötta stunder som vi kunde varit utan: Michelle, In my life, Girl till exempel.

Ofta hyllat som ett av Beatlarnas bästa. Något jag inte riktigt kan hålla med om. Det är roligare såväl med album före och definitivt med efterföljande Revolver. Här finns flera fina popkompositioner men framförandet är i regel rätt tamt. Det är inte för intet som det i regel finns coverversioner som är bättre än Beatlarnas original. I synnerhet gällande första halvan av deras produktion. Men som sagt flera i grunden bra låtar som Drive My car, Norwegian Wood, Waits osv låter albumet landa in på en stabil trea.

I can’t tell if I’m biased against the Beatles or if this album is extremely mid. I can say that there are some really good songs on the album, but I know that there are better albums that they made. Another thing is that some of the songs don’t even sound like the Beatles, like What Goes On, but then there are total classics like Nowhere Man. I’m torn on saying this album is good and saying it’s bad.

Drive my car 8.4/10 Norwegian Bjrd: 8.5/10 You won’t see me: 7.5/10 Nowhere Man: 7/10 Think for yourself: 6.1/10 The word: 5/10 Michelle: 5/10 What goes on: 5/10 Girl: 4.7/10 I’m looking through you: 6.1/10 In my life: 7.8/10 very nostalgic Wait: 8.4/10 If I needed someone: 4/10 Run for your life: 5.3/10

Me gustó aunque me parece muy lo que he escuchado de los beatles siempre (a lo mejor si pero no estoy segura) Me recordó a Amílcar y por eso le pongo 3 estrellas 🧡

sounds like spongebob music

3.5 Songs i liked: Think for yourself Michelle Girl I'm looking through Wait

Listend on 12/30/25 I liked the more psycadelic elements of this album. It was also a little bit twangy which was fun and unexpected for The Beatles. Favorite Song on the Album - Wait and Norweigan Wood

Its ok

I’d hoped for a surprise new favorite or two, but I guess hoping the Beatles might surprise you is like hoping Christie Brinkley would come down off the poster on the wall of my teenage bedroom…

changes. transition. growing up.

The Beatles are starting to use the studio as an instrument, the material is kinda good, but I didn't feel it was a major step up to have it in the list.

A ver, no está mal. Pero si esto es lo primero que alguien escucha por primera vez de los beatles, no es lo mejor

First time listening to this album as a whole but norwegian wood has been in my folksy rotation for many years now 🙂‍↕️ that last song, “run for your life”, left a bad taste in my mouth, though. like get away from heeerrr

This album is like the first couple of days road tripping in a combi van with your hippie girlfriend and her psychedelic friends. You’re in for a good time, but you haven’t fully assimilated to their ways yet. You and your girlfriend are in the back of the van, with some guy called Gavin. Gavin is talking about the freedom of polyamorous romance, but you can’t help notice he is only really talking to your girlfriend and he’s ignoring you. You don’t like Gavin, and you are not yet comfortable in this journey.

A fine Beatles album but I could not pick this out from any other of their albums or pick what,makes this special over others.

Again feel mad to give a Beatles album this rating but it just doesn’t move me in anyway whatsoever, I don’t think it’s bad at all but it doesn’t do anything for me. It’s obviously some perfectly made pop songs, but that is it. Best song: Norwegian Wood

Sometimes I wish I liked the beatles

A classic, but not my favourite Beatles album going

It’s ok, it’s the Beatles. It’s just American rock repackaged and sold out of the UK.

The second time i listen to this album, nothing stands out.

Its classic its pretty mid good listen but definietly not dancey fun music its more background kind music that you bop your head to 5/3

Low-key enjoyable but not really my cup of tea Muzică de fundal for me

Endelig begynder det at ligne noget.

Album clásico de una banda clásica. No mucho más para decir 7/10

it was a vibe but unfortunately the second half was weaker than the first

Well produced. Typical spot on harmonizing by the group. Strength of songs though, this isn’t their best work. Norwegian Wood Nowhere Man Both weak Drive My Car? A classic you say? I say no. Maybe it’s because I heard it way too many times on radio stations at the beginning of the traffic report. I skipped it right away. That’s what I did. You know what? I’m going to rate this against other albums by them instead of rating them against this little world called the 1001 songs….. This is not an album I’ll return to. Instead, go listen to the Love Compilation. That, in my mind is a 5 star and the best Beatles album. Good night Mic drop. Dab.

It's definitely a Beatles album.

Kind of same-y & “one-note”, but still solid overall.

Rubber Soul was not bad. I've come to enjoy the variety from start to finish in Beetle's albums. This one was good.

Pretty good. Less memorable than some other Beatles albums, but this one marks a nice transition in the Beatles songwriting. I'm my life is clearly the best song, followed closely by drive my car.

Fav Songs: In My Life, Drive My Car, Michelle

I never knew the name of the Norwegian Wood song, not that I had particularly tried to find it. But yeah, another decent album. The Beatles were a pretty good band lol.

i dont want to be a beatles contrarian but kind of meh on this one to be honest

it was good! not anything cray. knew a couple songs, with that being said -- i likely won't revisit it. The Beatles aren't for me!

Great Songs: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Michelle, In My Life Good Songs: Drive My Car, You Won't See Me, What Goes On, I'm Looking Through You, Run For Your Life Mid Songs: Nowhere Man, Think For Yourself, The Word, Girl, Wait, If I Needed Someone Bad Songs:

OK it took over 250 albums, but here we are: the Beatles. My major blindspot that I knew I would have to look into. Honestly, I'm not going to say the Beatles are bad, because I get that people adore their music and I assume there's something here I'm missing. I still don't know what it might be. It's a vocal harmony boyband group, but I don't like any of their voices. It's a genius(?), timeless(?) work of art, but the lyrics go "baby you can drive my car beep beep yeah", "run for your life if I catch you with another man, little girl". What is going on? The music is pretty crisp and solid. Catchy, pop-rocky, with a clean and punchy sound. The mono mix sounds good. I think I would massively prefer this with completely different songwriting and vocalists. The endless harmonising is grating, and there isn't a single song that I particularly want to hear again. This may be "it's not you, it's me", but the best I can do is a 3*.

Demasiados coritos pa mi gusto

Not as bad as an average Beatles album. It is almost good, actually.

Certainly stands out from other albums from the 60s. I enjoyed the contrast between the Byrds earlier last week and this because it really contextualized what the Beatles started to do with music. Some great songs on this album but a lot of forgettable ones. I’d give it a 7/10, but we must go by a 5 star rating.

It was fine.

Okay , I guess I don’t hate everything the Beatles ever made. Them going “beep beep” in ‘Drive my car’ at least convinced me they had some sort of whimsy even when it annoyed me. I guess when you mix in every single style idea you ever had there has to be something even I like. I had to fight myself with this one but I listened to it three times and apart from short breaks where I needed to listen to music i actually like this wasn’t too unpleasant of an experience. This was fine.

It was a nice album, enjoyed the harmonies. Don’t have strong feelings one way or the other on it. Norwegian wood was great, surprised that this one was pre-India given the sound

Not my favorite Beatles album.

Nice one

Revolver is when the Beatles begin to grab my attention. This album has its moments as they begin to mature and find an identity in a more experimental drug influenced approach. It's not got any tracks that I particularly enjoy. There always seems to be a lingering Beatlemania quality to this record that doesn't occur in the albums following this one.

Oh no...

3.5

Not a huge Beatles fan, decent enough

I quite liked this one. The mellow slower tone worked well for them. Still feels like them but comes across as more mature. Though the overall quality is good not a ton of hard hitters on it though.

Is much said about the Beatles’ fondness for lousy wordplay? Rubber Soul of course pairs a play on “plastic soul” with … shoes, but go a level deeper and you’ll find examples like “Michelle” – a clear and obvious reference, once you see it, to the elytra common to the order Coleoptera. Or even “I’m looking through you”, which isn’t a pun but rather a metaphor; the song isn’t, as you’d have the right to expect, about a window at all. Thankfully, the Beatles reserve the trickery for the titles. Rubber Soul is a comparatively straightforward pop record, perhaps the most influential of all the pop records. The harmonies, swinging middle 8s, tight production optimised for the airways and heavy push on the vocal performances; it’s a properly packaged product that sounds like a band trying to be the biggest band in the world. “In My Life” and “Norwegian Wood” are all time classics; melodies you can’t believe someone actually wrote. Songs like “Nowhere man”, “Wait”, “The Word” and “Think for yourself” sound like a band settling into itself and pushing their craft for the better (and that “better”, as posterity will note, is the better of all subsequent 20th century music, no less). Opening and closing tracks “Drive my Car” and “Run for your life” both feature strong and easily recalled hooks, challenging lyrics and, in the final analysis, fucking suck (I’ll lump “What Goes On” in there too – sheesh). You can’t win ‘em all, I guess. Rubber Soul is obviously, on the balance of it, a very good album. In fact, it’s starting to feel like a cliche in my own mind that the only thing more boring than a Beatles record is someone’s – ok, my own – attempt to have a negative opinion of a Beatles record. There’s no wordplay sophisticated enough to deliver me from the fact that, when it comes to the Beatles, contrarianism is completely pointless. I surrender.

So many songs I know that I didn't know were sung by The Beatles.

Interesting transition period for the Beatles. Signs of what’s ahead.

Not my fav Beatles album. Could definitely hear the sitar influence so that was cool.

Not my fave Beatles album, but still good nonetheless.

Nice sounding album but wasn't ground breaking for me.

Good

It was alright, i mean no super good songs and no bad songs

really enjoyed the instrumentals, super groovy and interesting Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life and If I Needed Someone stood out to me as my top 5 off this album

Judging against all the other Beatles albums sure to be on this list.

Fine

Not bad, but a bit boring to me. doesn't really do it for me. 2,5/5

Im sorry I know they’re “The Beatles™️” but im not enjoying this. Fairly monotonous, dated and just not for me. I can appreciate their clear influence on the music industry though- 3.5 but rounding down

Veldig bra plate. Interessert at de var så "Beatles-aktige" helt til de siste, med samme sound og alt.

First 2 songs were great, petered out a little after that.

the beatles gör beatles grejer, lite varierande kvalitet på just det här albumet

3 sterne

Just another Beatles album isn’t it

Not my favorite Beatles record. Of course it’s got some classic tracks but it’s also got a handful of songs I would consider stinkers- “Michelle” “What Goes On” “Run For Your Life” Highs are really high but pretty mid album especially for the Beatles. 6/10

Enjoyable

Didn’t love it as much as I expected to.

Oh THESE guys! Is anyone with boomer parents able to listen to the Beatles objectively? Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, Think For Yourself, The Word, Girl, all make me feel icky. Run For Your Life is obviously atrocious. Actually I think this might be my least favorite Beatles album, I don't like John Lennon's songs on this album I'm SORRY I just don't. I do like I'm Looking Through You and If I Needed Someone. Ok I'm a Paul and George fan.

Listenable.

I understand why people love them but I find a lot of their music boring

There's a few decent Beatles tracks on here. I think I enjoyed 'You Won't See Me' the most on this listen. 'In My Life' is a top tier Beatles song as well. I'm not totally sure I would put this in my top 3 Beatles albums and I don't know how many slots they should occupy on a list capped at 1001.

Iiiiit's just fine. I mean not bad, but nothing sticking out to me either.

Not as good as Revolver and Sgt Pepper… … but still, Beatles good. Like I didn’t find myself hating any of it and the quality was excellent for 1965. But still nothing amazing popping out at you. Would have probably been elevated if Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out (which was recorded at the same time as the album) was a part of the album instead of being released as a single alongside it?

An average Beatles album is still a pretty good album 👍

Not bad, I feel like I can see the band’s originality begin to unfold here where the songs are sounding less like covers and more like the Beatles. I don’t know what possessed them with “Run for your Life” but it’s an otherwise solid album with serious bops.

It’s fine. A few bops.

Songs about killing girls that cheat them? These guys are going to be huge.

I think when I was younger I would have automatically given this a knee-jerk rating of 5. I mean, it's Rubber Soul, right? By the Beatles!?! But honestly, it's not that good. They just weren't there yet. Revolver was a big step forward, and by Sgt. Peppers they had finally truly broken free. Rubber Soul, to me, still has too many trappings of the early Beatles, and some of them sure haven't aged well. So (shrug) a 3 it is.

I was surprised to be incredibly underwhelmed!

Nit the fav album

I love and respect The Beatles, but this is the one I rank one of the lowest. Not because it’s bad, but because it’s just a bit boring compared to what comes later. It feels like the pre-experimentation era, before drugs really started shaping their sound. I can’t rate it higher than 3 stars knowing the masterpieces that follow. (Love your Ringo!) Still, it’s The Beatles, so even one of their weakest gets a solid 7.5/10.

Better than the white album at least.

Įdomiai patiko. Aš tikia heiterė visada buvau, bet wow, tikrai patiko dainos.

I never know what to expect with a Beatle's record, just because they've covered so much ground in their discography. I enjoyed listening to this less-polished record.

I like the beatles but they do have a lot of filler

I knew a kid in 6th grade whose entire personality revolved around The Beatles. This 12-year-old kid dressed like it was the 1960s every single day. I hope he's doing okay.

It was alright. I like other Beatles albums. Probably wouldn't be a consistent rotation

Love the Beatles, just not my favorite album of theirs.

Enjoyed think for yourself, in my life piano(?) solo is nice

I think I was only familiar with one of these songs. Everything sounded new to me, different but still familiar. Enjoyed the album

Classic album

Alright… better than most beetles albums

Ok

Pretty decent.

I listened to this at least 3 times and it just didn't go in so i must therefore assume it's MID (very good, but not as good as other beatles albums)

A collection of excellent works which sadly predate the Beatles working out how to write an album

trunku bolji od prethodnog njihovog albuma koji sam slušo (revolver), al manje više isti kurac. otvara najbolja stvar, ima nekoliko dobrih i ostalo zaboravljivo. na ovom albumu sličniji zvuku kinksa (npr. face to face), možda mi se zato više sviđa. no sintar zvuči toliko glupo i forsirano na nekim mjestima

Some of my favourite tracks and a lot of never-heards. 3 stars because it's rather angry towards women in general.

A perfectly fine album crushed under the weight of overrating. 3.5*

Nice album, not very exciting

I enjoyed this one. The album ending on “run for your life little girl cause I am going to kill you” is not what I expected haha. Songs added to/on playlist: - Norwegian Wood - What Goes On 3.5/5

Enjoyed it. Surprised I knew so many of the songs

I need to listen again

Ganska många, för mig, okända låtar. Endast fyra st kände jag igen (drive my car, michelle, girl och in my life). De är ganska bra och lyfter skivan en del. Hade en kort Beatlesperiod som ung, men då var det andra större hits som lockade. Ger ändå skivan ett medelbetyg.

I think this is my favorite Beatles era, middle period Beatles. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) has grown on me. I love Nowhere Man too. I bet this was David Bowie's favorite album in 1965. Ringo isn't the lead singer often, but I generally like the songs he is the lead singer. In My Life is one of the best Beatles songs. I just can't get into the Beatles. They are very hit or miss for me. Run for Your Life is creepy as shit.