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Free Music Review: The White Album
Hit: 5 Stars
This may not be the Beatles best album, but it is still worth every penny. I got it for Christmas and I was pretty excited. The best songs have to be:
Back in the USSR
Dear Prudence
OblaDi OblaDa
Wild Honey Pie
Bungalow Bill
While my Guitar Gently Weeps
Martha My Dear
Blackbird
Rocky Racoon
Don't Pass Me By
I Will
Birthday
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Honey Pie
Savory Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Every Beatles album is worthwhile. They all have their hits. Every Beatle fan needs this album. There is a perfect balance of Paul, John, George and Ringo on this album. (Don't Pass Me By is sung by Ringo, but surprisingly it is really good!) The album might seem expensive, but you have to realize that it is a double album.
I would SO reccommend this to any Beatles fan!
--Kari :)
Free Music Review: How can I not be redundant?
Hit: 5 Stars
There are already nearly 1,000 reviews of this fine, double CD Classic Rock work so I'll just make a few comments which will hopefully be informative.
This is arguably the best Classic Rock album of the 20th Century... it's certainly in the top 10 and no rock music enthusiast should be without a copy. The 60s counterculture compositions/renditions manifested herein are representative of the culmination of The Beatles' (psychedelic) "middle period". I know of no rock music which was ever more innovative than that which is found within the songs on this CD. I suppose, at this point, I've owned a half-dozen copies over the years in every format of available media.
My favorite song on the album has always been "Mother Nature's Son" which I finally learned to play correctly on acoustic guitar about 5 years ago. It's really a simple set of lyrics, prose with no particularly deep meaning -- just a fun little song.
It's true that Paul, George, and Ringo tried desperately to keep Yoko Ono's dubious "contribution," the sound collage of "Revolution No. 9," (the credit reads "Lennon/McCartney" which probably irks Paul to no end), off the album but John ultimately prevailed on that one -- it quickly became the most controversial cut on the album and remains so today. From my view, that singular recording, musically speaking, manifests 8+ minutes of worthless trash -- as a curiosity which launched similar ideas on other rock albums, it's difficult to estimate its considerable impact. All other songs on the CD (melodically) are just great, brilliant actually.
This CD set does include a nice insert which contains all song lyrics, individual color bust photos of the Fab Four, and, a few collages of The Beatles, shot mostly in the studio as they developed this album but you'll need a magnifying glass to view the latter.
And finally, enthusiastic Beatles fans should be made aware that significant differences exist between the mono and stereo versions of the original vinyl albums, including differences in vocals, instrumentation, sound effects, etc.
So, there you have my two-cents' worth!
Free Music Review: PLUG ME IN, IT'S JOHNNY'S BIRTHDAY
Hit: 5 Stars
The White Album is an excellent work of art and is perhaps the greatest rock and pop double album of all time.
Some critics claim that the haphazard mix of tunes from Honey Pie to Blackbird to Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey failed to highlight a cohesive, artistic direction. I retort that this classic was crossover before crossover was in the vernacular of pop music. Thus, The Beatles, upon this release, added a new, somewhat bipolar dimension in the psychological realm of music.
Despite the apparentness that the myriad ranges and themes did not come close to mirroring one another, The White Album recordings revealed that The Beatles knew how to amalgamate all the chaos as they had earlier done with Revolver. As they did several times previously, they masterfully assorted an excellent blend of tracks, ranging from acoustic numbers to electric guitar moments to the soulful piano tunes that had been their trademark for so long.
Back then, and even now, any other group or performer that would or did dare to perform Back in the USSR or Helter Skelter would likely sound little more than a mere garage band. Thus, The White Album was and is another testament that The Beatles are arguably the greatest pop and rock group ever.
Free Music Review: Horrible
Hit: 1 Stars
I never received this item even though they took my money. It took me 3 e-mails with a threat to dispute the charge before anyone even answered me. I still do not have it and it is Christmas morning. How horrible. I will be disputing the charge with my credit card company. I only rated it at all because I couldn't submit the review without a rating, otherwise I wouldv'e given it zero.Free Music Review: The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album)
Hit: 5 Stars
ESSENTIAL ALBUM! This was actually the first Beatles album I ever got, I got it at its release. I suppose the very plainness of the cover is what attracted me, initially. I'm always in a quandary when faced choosing between this album & Abbey Road as to which is the best. Usually, Abbey Road wins out but it's still a win-win situation; this IS the Beatles, after all! The White Album is the only studio album by the Beatles that was, and is, two discs. This created a twofold (no pun intended) situation; it put a lot of good material on it but it also burdened it with some trash. Really, the only song I wish wasn't here would be "Revolution #9". Does anyone really listen to this so-called song? This album ranks in the top 10 best selling albums in history.
This was another #1 album by the guys from Liverpool. There weren't any singles released from the album though there could have been several. The album opens with "Back in the U.S.S.R.", a song that McCartney still performs in his tours. The chorus was a tribute to the Beach Boys. That's Paul playing drums on this one, not Ringo. This is one of the best songs on the album. This song then segues into "Dear Prudence", one of my favorite Lennon songs. John, Paul & George layered about six guitars to get the sound that they wanted. This song was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, who was on the same retreat to India that the Beatles were. Then comes "Glass Onion", a lot of people like this song but I don't care for it all. Then comes one of McCartney's ditties "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", a song he wanted very much to be a hit. It's humorous & catchy, another song that fit the Lennon remark, "It's a song your granny would dig." McCartney actually goofed singing th lyrics of the next to last verse & George Martin decided to go with it anyway. Then comes the short throwaway "Wild Honey Pie", fun but filler. Then we get an incredible flamenco-style acoustic guitar opening the song "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", very acidic & cynical lyrics by Lennon. Yoko Ono actually sings the line "Not when he look so fierce". Then comes the Harrison classic "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". This definitely could have been a single. When Harrison first played this song for Lennon & McCartney, they almost literally turned their noses up at this song. They didn't want any part of it. That's Eric Clapton playing the lead guitar. Lennon & Harrison were actually at immense differences at the time when this album was recorded; Lennon refused to play on the four Harrison compositions on this album. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is one of those complex Lennon songs, it has multi-movements & time changes. It's loaded with imagery & is one of my favorite songs from the album.
"Martha My Dear" is an average song, but cute, that Paul wrote about his sheepdog. "I'm So Tired" is a good Lennon song that has some acerbic lyrics. "Blackbird" is a McCartney classic that he still performs. He was the only Beatle to play on this one. "Piggies" is a Harrison song that isn't anywhere near his best. "Rocky Raccoon" is another McCartney classic with a country twist to it; it's some of the best lyrics he has written. "Don't Pass Me By" was the first song on a Beatles album to be solely written by Ringo (the writing credit is actually his real name, Richard Starkey). It's similar to country music & completely dispensable. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" is completely McCartney. He plays all the instruments on this one. It was recorded late after the scheduled session had ended & all the other Beatles had gone home. This was one of those things that added tension to the sessions & caused the other three to be very resentful toward McCartney. It's one of my favorites. There follow a typical McCartney ballad "I Will" that's average. Disc one closes with the moody Lennon composition "Julia", a song he had written in honor of his mother. Once again Lennon's lyrics are loaded with imagery.
Disc two opens with the rocker "Birthday". Typically inane lyrics by McCartney but the song moves & could have been released as a single. Lennon's "Yer Blues" is next; it's an intense song that goes through different variations of the same riff. "Mother Nature's Son" is an acoustic number written by McCartney, once again he's the only Beatle on it. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey" is the longest title in the Beatles canon. It's one of Lennon's best, it rocks hard & has a great bass riff near the end. "Sexy Sady" was written by Lennon & is really about the Maharishi that the Beatles went to see on their Indian retreat. One can tell that Lennon wasn't too crazy about the guy. "Helter Skelter" is one of the hardest rocking songs the Beatles would do; it comes very close to being heavy metal. This song would get some very sinister press because of some famous murders that would occur not long after the release of this album. "Long, Long, Long" is another Harrison composition that's not among his best, it has a very eerie ending. Then comes the original version of "Revolution". This was the way Lennon wanted to do it but George Martin convinced them to do a much speeded up version that became a hit single. I feel this slow version is the better version. "Honey Pie" is another McCartney ditty, a 'granny" song. "Savoy Truffle" is lone of Harrison's best songs; he wrote it about a box of candy. "Cry Baby Cry" is a great Lennon ballad but one he personally thought was garbage. It has unique lyric content & is one of his better efforts. The fragment at the end is a McCartney bit, "Can You Take Me Back" that was spliced on to the end of "Cry Baby Cry". Once again it's McCartney recording by himself after the rest of the band has gone home. There follows the avant-garde "Revolution #9", it's atrocious & is the one song that could & should be deleted. Does anyone really listen to this? Disc two closes with Lennon's "Good Night", vocal done by Ringo. Lennon told Martin to write an arrangement for it making it sound like 'Hollywood'. Ringo is the only Beatle performing on this song.
This isn't actually a Beatles album. It's more like four solos albums with each Beatle playing with the same backing band. It's incredible that they put this album together with all the animosity that was going on between them.The vast majority of these songs were written while they were on their sojourn to India. The diversity of song styles here is incredible; there's big band, pop, rock, country, blues & ballads. That was always one of the best things about Beatles albums; one never knew what to expect of them but it was going to be good. Truly an amzing album!