Beatles, The (The White Album) - Beatles (The) > Reviews

Advantages: Great songs
Disadvantages: Some naff tracks

To all intents and purposes, The Beatles’ last real album as a band was Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and even then that album was more about George Martin and the studio working magic with a few hammy songs while the band members were spending their time growing facial hair and dressing up. Pepper had been the rock music event of 1967, but it had seen the band behind the music start to move apart. Thus when the revolutionary air of ... Read review

Advantages: There's never been, and never will be, anything like it. Some of the greatest rock ever.
Disadvantages: Possibly too long to listen to all at once, but still great all the way through.

When the “loveable moptops” released this album in 1968, they had become considerably less loveable in the public eye. Their interests in drugs, Indian mysticism and religion, along with the disastrous “Magical Mystery Tour” flick of 1967, had tarnished their reputation. And to top it all, they had grown huge beards! Certainly, no-one was expecting this sprawling masterpiece, which changed the direction of rock music, and confirmed ... Read review

Advantages: Side 1
Disadvantages: Revolution #9 - cover your ears up time

I do think it's a shame they didn't make it as a single album - it would have been absolutely brilliant. Let's see, if they'd missed off Revolution #9, Bungalow Bill, Ob-La-Di (leave that one for Marmalade) and Rocky Raccoon. OK, they might have had to dump a couple of other songs too, to fit it all on. And that might have been difficult, as the rest of the White album is made up of good (some excellent) songs. It's worth buying for "While My Guitar ... Read review

Advantages: Classic songs
Disadvantages: Some dire work

"The White Album" was thought to have suffered from not being split into two. Certainly it is a fragmented work with so many different styles of song on it. Part of this can be attributed to the fact that the Beatles were coming to the end of the road, their personal and artistic difficulties making it tough to work together. Even so there are some classic songs on this from "Back in the USSR" to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Paul McCartney has ... Read review

Advantages: Intriguing to hear individual Beatle styles, great songs.
Disadvantages: Occasionally ramshackle.

The cover has become the most famous design gimmick in rock history, famously aped in Spinal Tap (an all black over), the White Album, as it has become known, is at times ramshackle, untidy and occasionally very wierd (John). At other times you find yourself basking in beautiful melodies by Paul(Blackbird) and introspective lyrics by George(While my Guitar gently Weeps), to be suddenly awoken by a screaming rocker from John (Everybodys got Something ... Read review

Advantages: a lot
Disadvantages: expensive (£30)

This album is issued like the original just with 2 CDs and smaller size. The poster and cards are there and it is numbered just like the 1968 version was. This is a really good album and worth buying in any form. There is a real medly of songs from all of the Beatles with "Glass Onion" from Lennon and "Ob la di" from McCartney. Not forgetting "Revolution" which is a personal favourate. A must buy album for any Beatles fan. It is a classic and ... Read review

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