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I was going to give a higher rating to this album than I usually give to Beatles albums. But then I got to the last song and, umm, that was horrid.
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I was going to give a higher rating to this album than I usually give to Beatles albums. But then I got to the last song and, umm, that was horrid.
This is when it starts to be really interesting. You can hear that they start to explore new ways, to experiment, and move from the nice but not so interesting (from a music point of view) sound of their first years. And it will get even more interesting than this from now on. Apart from that, WTF with the last song? Seems that Lennon regretted it afterwards, but still.
This was the album that saw the Beatles transition from a jangly Merseybeat band into something much more ambitious. With the help of George Martin, they started playing with different instruments (sitars and fuzzed out bass), genres (country!) and studio effects. Lyrically they were a long way from hand holding romance with songs about dysfunctional relationships and existential angst, and the still shocking Run For Your Life as an album closer.