The Beatles – Let It Be
So here it is — the last Beatles album, except that it wasn’t. I mean, this feels like their last album. This feels like a band coming apart. If you get to see any...
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The Beatles – Hey Jude
Oh, did I think we were going to roll from “Abbey Road” right into “Let It Be”? No. In a strict chronology, the album that was released after “Abbey Road” was this compilation, titled...
The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album)
First, we had albums from a band so famous that it didn’t need to put its name on the album covers. Now, we have an album where the only thing on the cover is...
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
Here’s another example of knowing The Beatles before I really knew The Beatles. Although I was pretty insulated from radio and music generally until I was about 12, I spent my teen years as...
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Seriously? We go right from Revolver to Sgt. Pepper’s? Well, not exactly. I mean, chronologically, yes. “Revolver,” dark and magical, was released at the beginning of August in 1966. “Sgt. Pepper’s” didn’t come out...
The Beatles – Revolver
“Revolver” was actually the first Beatles album I ever listened to, and it blew my mind, but I’m not sure I was ready for it at the time, and my mind recovered . ....
The Beatles – Yesterday And Today
I’ve mentioned how much I hate the US releases of the early Beatles’ albums, right? So, why do I own this abomination? “Yesterday and Today” is most famous for originally having the “butcher cover.”...
The Beatles – Rubber Soul
Stare super hard at this cover. That rounded free-hand lettering – this is the record that set that style off in pop culture in the ‘60s. The trippy distorted photograph. The band’s name. Yes,...
The Beatles – Help!
Unlike the film “A Hard Day’s Night,” the film “Help!” is not a gem and a wonder. To me, it is a mess. Like the Dave Clark Five, it tries too hard (in-joke for...
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