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So I'm not the biggest Beatles fan in the world, I like them fine I just never connected with them on a deep personal level like a lot of people do. That being said I think this album collectively is one of my favorites of theirs. I agree with everyone above that the last track (Run For Your Life) is my least favorite but I like everything else. 4/5.
I could happily sit here and sing along with every single song. The songs, the melodies, the harmonies are all spot on and so, so good. Apart from the wildly inappropriate 'Run For Your Life' this is an almost perfect album. 4 / 5 stars.
Probably the Beatles at their best, and it is a good album.
Genres: Folk rock, rock, pop Formed: Liverpool in 1960 Run time: 14 songs, 35 min 32 sec I love some Beatles songs, some are too poppy for me. This album fits that. Despite being only a 35 minute album it crams in 14 songs, all of which are concise and perfectly formed. As song writers, Lennon and McCartney are amazing. They might be equalled, but they won’t be surpassed. The track “The Word”, which I have never heard of and don’t recall ever listening to has over 15M plays on Spotify. Unbelievable! Most tracks have over 10M plays, and three have over 100M plays. I enjoyed the album, and it’s great to read about the tracks and their origins, which is possible because they are so well analysed. My Rating: ****
Fine OK?! Its a FINE album. The Beatles are fine. Four stars.
4.5 Just the tiniest bit of filler that, ironically, keeps it from being on par with Abbey Road.
Great album.qa
Not as good or fresh as their other albums but still a decent pop/rock album with some great songs. "In my life" gets a whole star by itself.
Tight, sharp sound. Love Norwegian Wood and I'm Looking Through You. Nowhere Man and In My Life are absolute classics. Run For Your Life is creepy.
אחלה של אלבום. בטופ 5 אלבומים שלי של הביטלס. 8/10.
Not their best, still pretty darn good.
A classic Beatles album with rumblings of the greatness to come. For those who prefer their Beatles poppier and only a tiny bit experimental, this is probably the group's zenith. 'Drive My Car', 'Nowhere Man', 'In My Life', 'Michelle' - there's just so much to love on this album.
Real classic.
Bastante bueno, aunque no lo considero lo mejor de los Beatles, hay muchos otros album que prefiero sobre este pero aun así, una buena escucha :) Débil a sólido 9 Canción favorita: The Word
I can't believe that I've listened to 157 records on this generator before I got 1 Beatles album, because I'm assuming that there are quite a few in this list. Historically, I've been known to not be a huge fan of the Beatles. I never cared for their poppy stuff too much, but always understood how influential they were in the grand scheme of music. This album, however, was a bit of a stray from their usual poppy crap, and they were testing the waters of psychadelica/blues rock a bit here. Certainly albums that followed (Revolver/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) delved into these genres heavier, but this album was the start of that shift. I thoroughly enjoyed the country/blues rock feel of the song What Goes On, and the inclusion of a sitar in the song Norwegian Wood was great! The song Run For Your Life was a bit jarring, and a weird way to end a record, but it was still a great song. The reason I tend to hate the Beatles is because apparently to make a Beatles song, all you need is harmonizing, "Ooh La La La's", and a fuck ton of tambourine work, which this album has a bit of, but not too much. Overall, a good record from a very influential band. The Beatles aren't in heavy rotation for me, but a few of these songs may make it onto a playlist for sure. Favourite songs: What Goes On, Run For Your Life, Norwegian Wood, I'm Looking Through You, Drive My Car, The Word Least favourite song: Girl 4/5
A lot of well-known songs, including one of the most beautiful songs in the world: In My Life. It’s interesting to listen knowing what was ahead of them. The songwriting has taken a big departure from the early doo-wop pop numbers but many of the arrangements are still rough and ready guitar band with close-harmony. Overall there isn’t a consistent sound and the quality of the songs is variable. For that reason, it isn’t an album I listen back to.
It's good. It's the Beatles. I respect what they did for music but I get bored before the albums are done. I'm just not really a huge Beatles fan I think is what it comes down to.
Beatles undisputed they are the best-just not for me. Lots of hits here. That means 4/5 to me.
It's one of those ones where I have to be harsh because of who it is. While it has the strongest opening tracks (idiots fave Drive My Car, the back to back classics with Norwegian Wood, You Won't See Me and Nowhere Man) it gets very saggy (by Beatles standards later on. Though that sag includes Michelle, In My Life and I'm Looking Through You, so, still a country mile ahead of the competition. In short, this is the last Beatles album containing any filler till the White Album. It's a Beatles 4, which would be any other bands career defining 5. And Run For Your Life is just odious. We get it John, you woman hating piece of sh!t.
Lo escuché en la bici. Hermoso
Was all for giving this 3 stars before I re-listened. There's not really a bad track on it and one or two stunners
•Performances: John and Paul are perfect match vocally in this album! Compared to the group’s first four albums, “Rubber Soul” is the Beatles in more matured period of their lives. “Drive My Car” is wonderful opener with probably the most hooky chorus in the album, “Nowhere Man” is a campy tune from John and Paul, and “Michelle” is, melodically, the most beautiful song in the record. •Production: When I read the title, I thought it was going to be something along the lines of Amy Winehouse’s type of sound, but it’s probably closer to what I hear in Tame Impala’s music: psychedelic rock music in its most primitive state. The use of the sitar in the album brings out that sound without using much effects and reverb. Score: strong 7 to a light 8
I really enjoyed this. Found it went by relatively quickly and before I knew it I’d listened to it 3 or 4 times over. Different to what I was expecting, I found it more ‘radio friendly’ than other stuff I’ve heard, so I was surprised to hear this was their first album on acid. ‘Girl’ was probably my favourite, reminded me a bit of Zorba the Greek… but actually I think most songs are strong and work well together
One of the good albums.
A natural progression of the Beatles formula, and in my opinion the first time you can hear what is to come with albums like Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, etc. It's interesting how all over this album can be quality wise. Like, there's songs like Michelle and Girl, which while being very much like older Beatles songs, feel like a deeper understanding of that style of music. You also have songs like Drive My Car and The Word that really just feel generic and boring. Finally you have songs like Norwegian Wood and In My Life that sound like what's to come more than anything. It's just a situation where for every bad song there's three great songs, but those bad songs still sour the music, leaving to be unable to grasp that five star rating. Still a must listen for that transition period, and still has some fantastic songs (Girl being in my top three Beatles songs), but every Beatles album has good songs.
For a brief time this was my favourite Beatles album. But eventually I came to realise that the Beatles best work came after Rubber. This album definitely feels like the start of something new for the Beatles. But I do think that this album gets a bit overrated in terms of where it ranks among the Beatles work. It doesn’t crack the top 5.
Ahh the Beatles middle years, in this case quite literally 1965, halfway through the bands time together. And Rubber Soul seems to be looking backwards and forwards at the same time Much of the pop sensibilities remain, the opener 'Drive My Car' is a proper Beatles pop banger. But then it dives into "Norwegian Wood" and shortly after "Nowhere Man" which are much more of a departure from what they had done before (but in the case of Nowhere Man still keeping a lot of great harmonies and la la's to keep it grounded) The fact that this came out only 2 years after Please Please me by the same group of songwriters is staggering. Its so easy to overlook just how quickly the Beatles were moving and reinventing no only themselves but pop music which I think is a key point that's not taken into account in modern Beatles parlance. I don't find myself appreciating these middle albums (By that I mean this and Revolver) quite as much as their earlier or later works and unfortunately Rubber Soul doesn't fit into my personal category of 5 being records that can have my personal stamp of approval as one of my favorites. Nor does it blow me away so much that I cant help but give it a near perfect score. Its got to be a 4 but that's doing it a disservice as well. I might have to track down Paul and Ringo and apologize.
Peress li hemm ħafna diġa miktub fuq il-Beatles bl-ingliż u niddubita li se nikontribwixxi xi ħaga ġdida jien, se nipprova niktibha bil-Malti. Album kbir, xorta għadu mhux l-aħjar tagħhom - imma qisu l-bidu ta' l-aqwa żmien ta' dawn l-artisti. Dan ir-rekord qisu b'sieq il-passat tagħhom u sieq fil-futur. 'Norwegian Wood', 'Michelle' u Nowhere Man juru ċertu ambizzjoni fil-kompożiżżjoni li ma kienetx hemm qabel, filwaqt li 'Girl', 'Drive My Car' u 'In My Life' jagħtu xeħta għall-albums ta' qabel fil-quċċata tal-kitba. Kollox ma' kollox album tajjeb, sabiħ, bilanċjat u mhux twil wisq - hawn il-Beatles qed jagħtu lemħa tal-enormitá tal-arti tagħħom imma jidru li għadhom naqa fit-triq għall-quċċata.
It's a great album with some real stand-out all-time songs. In My Life is possibly my favourite Beatles song. The content and lyricism is just superb. Deceptively simple, but so expressive and effective.
Startlingly spare.
As mentioned previously, I never listened to any Beatles albums before Sgt Peppers - but grew up on compilations. Many of my childhood favourites on this album, plus good “new” songs in between with a surprisingly folky/country flavour. Among other things, this album demonstrates how versatile they were becoming with their (already excellent) vocal harmonies.
A classic. Fave B-Cuts: Think For Yourself, What Goes On. Not cool: Run For Your Life.
Nem rossz, volt több dal is ahol tetszett a hook. 2022.12.07.
Its iconic, its timeless but its not the best Beatles album. I enjoyed it but I found it a little bit boring from time to time
As someone who has chosen not to listen to the Beatles in like 15 years this shit is pretty good. The middle is pretty forgettable, but the nostalgia factor from my parents playing this when I was a kid is strong. Excellent that “Run For Your Life” is just a threat. Best songs: Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, You Won’t See Me, I’m Looking Through You, In My Life Best
One of my favorite Beatles albums. The transition from pop band to psychedelic rock is evident here. Many popular songs but with unique instrumentals and great Melodie’s. A lil of their wound are great and I’d say this one is top 3. 8.6/10
NICE
I don't have as much love for this one as some people but it's still a fantastic album and one of their best. Norwegian Wood, Michelle and In My Life are all tippity top
tijdloos
The first Beatles album (chronologically) that I truly love. Truly revolutionary in its time. Fav tracks: Nowhere Man, Michelle, In my life, I’m looking through you (my personal favorite) and Run for your life
The first great Beatles album. If I never hear Drive My Car, Michelle or Norwegian Wood ever again it will be too soon. And Nowhere Man? Argh! But the rest of the songs on here are playful, inventive and beautifully crafted. The harmonies here are joyful. The Word is one of many under-rated tracks here. And What Goes On may be one of Ringo's best contributions outside of his drumming. Timeless and of its time simultaneously, I love this album, despite the over-exposed songs mentioned above.
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Love the Beatles
42 consecutive weeks on the UK #1... I'm guessing this is a good album. Drive My Car is a classic. Norwegian Wood is something I hadn't heard before, but it's good. The rest is classic Beatles.
The hits are obviously great (in my life, Michelle, Norwegian wood) but some of the deeper cuts don’t really interest me
Zeer tof Beatles album. Iets vrolijker van toon
Great album
Pretty good, some classics like norwegian wood and in my life.
Great album, once again the vibe is expected but the production and the mood of the album is great. I don't think I ever listened to a full beatles album before and it was an awesome experience from beginning to end. 4.5/5
Not sure what I could say that hasn't been said so I'll just leave my rating
Playful, light-hearted, hints of hedonism and egoism but in a funny way, kind of like the do whatever you want to do present type of talk, classic, essential Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, Michelle
вечная классика, люблю две моих любимых песни тут
Amazing 4.5/5
I hadn't listened to this Beatles album before. As expected a fantastic record, there's some great tracks throughout this album. Such good flow. Tempted for a 5 but ill go with a 4.6 or so!
Not my favourite Beatles album (by quite a margin, given their sublime output), but I do consider Rubber Soul a turning point: it marks the point in time when the band stopped offering pure pop music and started their truly creative phase. The one we can now recognise for its creative genius. Rubber Soul offers a bit of a whiff of that, whereas the likes of Sgt. Pepper provide for a blessed overdose. It's the albums that followed Rubber Soul that made the Beatles the great band they are, which therefore make it into a critical turning point.
That's always beautiful, but I think there are better ones. There are some amazing tracks but the average of the album is not a 5
Always love the Beatles.
WONDERFUL!!! it gives me a good feeling inside. there are beatles albums i like quite a bit more than this though, so it has to be a 4.
Who these boys’ barber I got a cuppa questions
4 A subtle and cheery intro into their psychodelic period. A fairly decent album.
Not sergeant peppers, but still the beatles love the old school production
The melodies are so pleasant. It’s funny that when it came it out, it was rock n roll and now I would categorize it as easy listening. It’s also funny that some songs are 2 mins. I think I looking through you is the best.
Klassiek opgroeien voor mij. Papa die op zaterdag pannekoeken bakt tijdens dit album. Eindeloos vaak in de auto aangehad. Nostalgie. Ik word onterft als ik dit minder sterren dan dit geef
Lekker toegankelijk, chille vibes, mooie gitaarrifjes. Goed om op te zetten op de achtergrond, tijdens het koken bv.
Listened to half. It's the Beatles so it's good.
Great album, lot of good tracks from the Beatles that I didn't realize were on this album.
Solid album with good blues sounds. Nice middle ground between the early poppy Beatles and the later more pyschedelic Beatles
Listened Before? N Pretty darn good! I quite enjoyed this one, and I know it's considered a classic, so that may have biased me but I really liked it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Drive My Car
Lekker zo in de ochtend met de tuindeuren open
Voor mij niet hun beste plaatje, maar natuurlijk wel erg goed!
Niet mijn meest favoriete Beatles album, maar vanaf hier werd het alleen maar beter. Heerlijke nummers, vooral Norwegian Wood
fantastic, not my fave album but solid. I'm reserving my 5-stars for one of their other albums.
A bridge between the R&B and pop of Beatlemania and the cornucopia of genres that would characterize their later years. The Beatles incorporate folk, country and a bit of Indian raga for a jewel of an album.
Muy bueno, nunca lo habia escuchado entero y me gusto mucho. Top 5 albums de los beatles y el mejor que sacaron antes de sgt peppers.
Songs are a bit samey, but this was solid, especially for the beach and a puzzle afternoon.
A solid 4. Some enjoyable songs on there with typical Beatles sound and not as trippy as others.
Not quite as strong as Sgt. Pepper’s, but still overall enjoyable. The lyrics for Run for Your Life are questionable though…
Lots of songs on here that I had actually never heard. Some very good, some not so good. Overall I enjoyed it but definitely not my favourite Beatles album.
Great!
How this remains fresh sounding after so long is an absolute fucking mystery.
Quite a solid album. I have neglected many of The Beatles albums and the remediation starts here.
Beep, beep, beep, beep yeah!
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Classic Beatles... Love songs before they wove deeper meanings into it
3.5
Not my favourite Beatles album, but still a great listen.
This is probably the Beatles album I'm least familiar with, so I found myself pleasantly surprised by how strong the songwriting is here. Not too many fancy instrumental tricks or experimental styles, just good instrumentation and lyricism executed to a T with genuine feeling.
Will admit I know a bit more about the Beatle's personal life than their music, despite learning to play Hey Jude as my first contemporary song on the piano, and so it's been a journey listening to their albums. Revolver is my favorite album and now Rubber Soul is my second. Such a fun and experimental album compared to songs like ‘Help” or “Hey Jude.” Standout Songs: Drive My Car, Michelle, You Won't See Me
Not their best
inte deras bästa
Great easy listening album full of jolly folly songs. Hard not to like it
Very good album. The Beatles are pretty good at what they do I think. I only don't give this a 5 star rating to enrage Jack
4/5
Great album.
They really were good, weren’t they?
p79. 1965. 4 stars Loveable 60s mop tops discover illicit substances, and expand minds and song writing potential. This is the departure point from covers and 3 minute pop gems - you can hear the cross-pollination between Dylan and The Byrds. It's Lennon-McCartney-Harrison, so there are more stone cold classics on this one album than most bands manage in a career. Docked a point for What Goes On, and the production which haven't aged well. This album is a bit like sex - when it's good, it's terrific, and when it's bad, well, it's still good.
I like it. Didn't know that's the album those songs were from
A well-rounded album in its entirety. Except for the last song, which I do not care for.
And so the rise to greatness begins
Lol! It's a biggie this one. Almost every track is famous and culturally significant. This is Beatles in transition from boyband to transcendent gurus. There are albums I like better than this but this is probably their most accessible.
One of the interesting things about having to rest during Covid is that I actually sat and listened to this album *without doing anything else*. I haven’t done that with an album in a long time. Really a different experience than listening to music while doing other activities, even driving. An album of its time, in some ways that aren’t amazing. But when the album shines, it shines bright. “Run for Your Life” and all its “little girl”s is pretty irritating in its typical 60s music discourse about women. But I do actually really like the song “Girl”—the Greek style of the song saves it for me. And In My Life and Norwegian Wood are brilliant and favorites and always lovely to listen to.
9/10 Best track - Nowhere Man
Good but not their best
Harmittaa kyllä että en oo aiemmin kuunnellu tätä. About kaikki biisit oli just sitä hyvää beatlesiä.
Ei haluaisi liikaa haippaa, mut on sille syy miksi Beatlesilla on näin monta levyä tällä listalla. Tällä levyllä nappaa esim. Drive my car:n kertsin pianot ja Nowhere Man. 4/5 taattua tavaraa
The first Beatles album I’m rating. I never listened much to them, know their famous songs of course. But this album is great, it has a nice variety of songs. Favourite songs: - Drive my car - Michelle - I’m looking through you
This is the first Beatles album to come up and I've gotta say, there are better. It's wild to like 8 songs off an album and feel that way but it's the Beatles.
Brilliant trippy LP cover for the transitional album bridging the early beat pop years and the later groundbreaking studio experimental albums. Love the funky chops, the pretty ballads and tight pop.
not my favourite beatles album, still solid would listen again
Great album.
So many classics. So streamlined and focused. They deserve the accolades that are heaped on them. Top tier legends.
Rubber Soul is bridging the gap between the early poppy and the late experimental Beatles. As such, we can find tunes like Drive My Car, which could have easily been published one or two year prior, and Norwegian Wood, a folky song that experiments with instruments like the sitar. There are some real Beatles classics here, like the aforementioned Drive My Car and Norwegian Wood, Michelle, and especially In My Life. Even though I much prefer their later material, this album never gets boring. It's a solid 4/5.
The Beatle's 6th outing was quite successful, from influencing peers to even being named Rubber Soul to mean "Plastic Soul" because they didn't feel as genuine as the African-American soul artists they admired. This was definitely when they ventured into the world of drugs.
не ну это ш битлз, всё понятно чо
It's hard to give this album any rating lower than 4. It's great music and super easy to listen to, but it's not really a 5 for me and I don't know why.
Very Good...but not the best of the Beatles.
Many excellent songs on this, but that last song can go fuck itself.
Good album, some songs drag but others are good. Probably a 3
So many iconic Beatles songs on one album. Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, Michelle, Girl, In My Life. Amazing.
An evolution they took that I liked. Less bouncy and more harmony. I think how much I like this is based on how familiar it is, having been drilled into our heads forever. Hearing this today for the first time probably wouldn’t even make an impression.
Big moment in their discography obviously. Shame that the 2009 mixes that are available on Spotify are so weird.
Not my favorite Beatles album, but it's a solid transition album from their early stuff to their later REALLY good stuff. "Norwegian Wood" and "Michelle" remain personal favorites.
Good
A very good album, one I come back to frequently.
In my opinion, this is the first Beatles album that actually was good. The earlier ones are "fine" but haven't aged as well for me. Rubber Soul shows a few style choices that hint of what was to come. Norwegian Wood and Nowhere Man are my favs.
The Beatles at their midway point. Moving away from pure pop but not yet as self-consciously experimental as they would become. The best word to describe this would probably be playful.
Amazing songwriting. So varied and creative.
Still not a big fan of the Beatles, but found this album quite enjoyable.
Un album de qualité, bien que je n'eusse pas vraiment la chance de l'apprécier. J'étais trop occupé à brouillonner puis rédiger ma critique de Bad au même moment. Il y a quelques jours, j'ai vécu un moment très étrange et inquiétant pour la suite de notre aventure au sein de ce Générateur. Je vous explique. J'étais en train de boire du Glühwein dans un café-restaurant avec une amie lorsque celle-ci m'annonça qu'une personne allait nous rejoindre. Jusque-là rien d'anormal. Soudain, je ne sais pour quelle raison, je décidai d'introduire le Générateur à la discussion : 《 Et donc avec eltrapeze, on est sur le Générateur de Robert, mais les gens me confondent souvent avec lui parce que je m'appelle Robcremière, et donc comme je te disais... — Oh, voilà mon ami ! 》 La personne en question venait d'arriver, au moment exact où j'allais m'exprimer sur les défauts du Générateur. J'ai donc très rapidement soupçonné celle-ci d'avoir été envoyé par Robert en personne, lui qui a pour habitude d'envoyer toute sorte de gens dans toute sorte d'endroits. J'ai bien conscience d'être une des personnalités les plus influentes de ce Générateur, mais s'il y a bien quelque chose dont j'ai horreur, ce sont les espions. La suite de l'après-midi s'est déroulée simplement. Je n'ai pas adressé la parole à la personne m'ayant interrompu dans mon discours mais ai épié chacun de ses mots et mouvements. Vous serez les premiers informés si j'étais amené à faire de nouvelles découvertes.
Well, one song on this album will be forever tainted for me, I guess, but the rest of it is just so solid, so good that I can't fault it. Can't believe this is the first Beatles album to be thrown up by the random generator either!
Not their best, but some great songs on here. And then there's Run For Your Life.
-"Beep Beep, Beep Beep, yeah" -The Beatles -In "Michelle" stupid idiot singer accidentally starts speaking French, the song is in ENGLISH, DUMB DUMB -I really like the synth riff thing in "I'm Looking Through You" I wish they used that sort of thing more -I like the bass riff in "The Word" even though it is only in my right ear. Also "Bird" is the word, not "Love" -It was all solid, Beatles-y music, but like nothing to poop your pants over
I hate it.
So I’m in the dull majority who like the Beatles, though the music is no longer in heavy rotation for me. I like this crossover period from pop to psychedelic: still punchy ditties almost all under 3 minutes. The latter half is a little heavy with upbeat but mopey lyrics in the “girl done me wrong” vein, capped (in the 2009 remaster the YouTube music offered up) with a catchy, charming countrified number about a man’s vow to stalk and kill his girlfriend for infidelity.
Everything comes together so well, with a few absolutely fantastic tracks. Not my favourite Beatles album but a classic still
Bra. Men nog inte en femma. Vissa svaga låtar
Good album, nice to see some music that defined the Beatles, and listen to so more tunes written by John. I didn't enjoy the album and its themes as much as I did Abbey Road so I'll leave this at a low 4.
This very much sounds like the album Oasis ripped off. Still focused on love but a different vibe musically. Not quite so jangly
The Beatles are a classically popular band, and this album was great, but not my favorite of their collection. It was okay.
Um álbum bastante interessante e que marca a transição da sonoridade dos Beatles. Muito agradável e simples de ouvir. As músicas tornaram se mais complexas e mais interessantes e mais variadas. Nota: 7/10
It's the beatles!
Good album
On the eve of my 42nd Birthday party I shoved 18 beetles up my bum. After a rather uncomfortable night, I jumped out of my bed and ran downstairs. All of the family were waiting, along with a film crew and a number of acclaimed art critics. They all sang Happy Birthday to me and I blew out each of the 42 candles on the cake. I ripped down my pants and fired those beetles directly into the faces of the audience. They gasped. I was awarded the Turner Prize.
Interesting. : )
Buen disco de esta banda que está empezando a petarlo por liverpool
creo que me gusto mas la primera mitad, que es un poco menos moñas cuando lo he empezado a escuchar me han dado ganas de hacerme falangista aunque ya se me ha pasado si a alguien le gusta la melodia de in my life, sunflowers - the orielles esta basada en una melodia muy parecida
Solid from top to bottom.
Great song writers. You can hear them starting to transition from their Hard Days/Help style towards their Sgt. Peppers/Magical Mystery Tour style. Excellent transitional album. Especially love the harmony on Drive My Car. The "horn" harmonies. Fantastic. Norwegian Wood. Such an underrated song.
Most underrated beatles? Less maximalist, but still go it.
Is very good. A good amount of influence from folk on top of the preestablished rock/pop. Includes favorites like In My Life, Michelle, If I Needed Someone, and Drive My Car.
This was perfect for a Friday afternoon. I am not usually a huge Beatles fan, but this album really hit the spot. Short and simple, but a lot of catchy tunes on this one.
Great songs on there, but not my favorite beatles album.
Kada bih već rasporedio najbolje albume Beatlesa, ovaj album bi se svakako morao čuti, jer se nalazi u top 3 najboljih njihovih albuma. Lijepo melodičan album koji me često nekako vuče na jesen, po samom coveru? (boje možda). Odličan početak albuma sa pjesmom Drive My Car, potom ide Norwegian Wood koji je baš autumn mood. Divan instrumental, predivan štoviše. Općenito da ne dužim. Cijeli album je zabavan, lijep, radostan, melodičan i među najbolja u D Bitls katalogu.
Oh wow the Beatles made a good album? They could at least be shit for a change smh
Great album with some solid classics and no duds
Pretty good. Has some standouts.
Done
Not one I am particularly familiar. Good stuff though
Got some bangers on, and 'I'm Looking Through You' is easily one of my favourite Beatles tunes, so it's an easy 4/5.
Heard it a million times before.
Nice to listen to. Surprising how not dated this is.
pretty darn good, glad I listened. a bit rapey at times but I likey
Classic
Great album
Ich hör Capital Bra wer sind die Beatles? Chillige mukke Hype gerechtfertigt.
pop and fresh
Un gran album, destaca por las canciones que no son tan conocidas, para escuchar en un viaje mientras se canta.
I’m not sure how i missed this - by rubber soul is one of the Beatles best albums. 4/5.
the definition of 60's pop rock!
A definite classic Beatles album, with some ridic songwriting in there. Tried to listen to this and therefore score it objectively (I pretended I was Ash listening to it for the first time) and it did make me think about it differently. It’s an album I know so well, but if I was trying to convince someone of the genius of the Beatles I probably wouldn’t choose this one, no matter how good I think it is. It’s quite poppy still, and doesn’t really push the envelope in the ways that albums like Revolver, Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road do.
First time I’ve listened to a full actual non-compilation Beatles album. It was very good, these guys will go far
Yeah wonderful album. Kind of wild how short each song is. First thing I noticed and loved about the album was the positioning and panning of the instrumentation. Super awesome. Favorite track: In my life
I beatles come al solito spaccano. bellino l'album e soprattutto c'erano poche canzoni famose quindi ne ho scoperte di nuove
Reminds me of my dad <3
7
Really liked this one! A lot more than the last Beatles album I listened to. Songs were a lot more catchier and I felt like they landed better will def revist a lot of songs from thus project. I also appreciate how short it is Fav tracks: drive my car, you won't see me, no where man!!!!, think for yourself, the word, Michelle, what goes on
I like this album. I was surprised that I didn't know more of these songs, but I would have guessed that all of them were the Beatles not having heard them before. I think my favorite was Michelle.
Am I alone in saying that I don't think there's a single Beatles album that is strong all the way through? There always seems to be some filler lurking in the margins. But, of course, when they're on form the Beatles do no less than re-write the face of rock and roll. Some of the tracks here are untouchable. Aside from the fluff, the only things working against them are ubiquity and personal taste - I prefer the Beatles' most early incarnation, but here, as they transition to a more psych sound, they're still near the peak of their powers.
Overall solid album from the Beatles. Not to into boomer music but overall really like the first half of the album and thought it was overall a different sound from other Beatles albums. Idk though since I haven't listened to a lot of Beatles though
Sublime, lo disfrute mucho
This one was really fun to read the wikipedia as each song played. Good music - 4 stars
Tres bon album! Je connaissais deja apres des dizaine d’ecoutes. 4.95*
Bitels
Easy listenin'. Lots of harmonica, makes me feel like I could jam these songs on a porch with me friends on a summer night. I mean I can't, because I'm not the Beatles, but seems the most accessable of their albums. Also only 35min!
Pop melódico. Bueno.
4
Fröhlech wie immer vode Beatles, aber me Winter-Herbst Vibes ufne Art. Es hettmi itze nid blowt, aber uf jede Fall worth a listen.
Really enjoyable but not the best Beatles work but still very iconic
Okay. No big songs.
drive my car beep beep
pretty good, i guess it's not random so far as people on Reddit were also talking about it as their first pick. a lot of cheesy staff here but there are some thoughtful songs as well, can recommend certainly. a benchmark for the group and the genre fav tracks- Norwegian wood, my life, nowhere man, girl, i needed someone
was cool
Loved it... it was nice to revisit something I forgot about.
- now this, i have heard - the riff in the word is niiiiiiice
4.5
not the greatest beatles albume but it slaps
Transported back in time. Some serious 60s vibes. Norwegian wood is as awesome as ever.
Noniin, vihdoin Beatlesia. Olen kuullut aiemmin kaikkia bändin studiolevyjä, mutta kuuntelu on todella vahvasti keskittynyt kokoelmalevyihin. Kiinnostavaa siis kuunnella kokonaista albumia keskittyneesti. Laadukasta musiikkiahan tämä on, mutta valitettavasti keskinkertaisia täytebiisejä löytyy yllättävänkin paljon. Kokonaisuutena levy ei siis pidä otteessaan ihan niin hyvin kuin oletin ennakkoon. Toki levyltä löytyi myös "tuttuja" helmiä joiden olemassaolon olin ihan täysin unohtanut (esim. You Won't See Me, In My Life). Tämä Beatles-levy ei ole viiden tähden arvoinen, mutta ehkä niitäkin vielä tulee!
great album containing some of my favorite Beatles songs that don't make it on to their top hit albums. The album itself doesn't really have a running theme other than the usual overarching Beatles themes.
Has some really good songs, and overall the album is good. A nice sort of solo chill album. Not all the songs are zingers, but it is a nice length at 35 minutes.
Incredible songwriting, as you would expect. Only criticism is that a lot of the guitar tones sounds pretty weak - I'm guessing recorded straight into the desk. Some people like this aesthetic, but I feel better sounding guitars would have filled out the sound more. Still a great record, though.
No co mam powiedzieć, zajebisty album, ale nie na 5 gwiazdek wedlug mnie
The Beatles evolved a lot on this album, and the effort really paid off. Not a perfect album, but still very good.
What’s left to say about this album. A bunch of classic songs.
Perfect pop.
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.
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
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