The Beatles - Beatles [White Album] (CA)

Beatles [White Album] - THE BEATLES

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 16, 2006 | 1 out of 1 found this Beatles [White Album] review helpful

Pros: none

Cons: none

Disc 1: Back in the U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence Glass Onion Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Wild Honey Pie Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is a Warm Gun Martha My Dear I'm So Tired Blackbird Piggies Rocky Raccoon Don't... Pass Me By Why Don't We Do It in the Road? I Will Julia Disc 2: Birthday Yer Blues Mother Nature's Son Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Sexy Sadie Helter Skelter Long, Long, Long Revolution 1 Honey Pie Savoy Truffle Cry Baby Cry Revolution 9 Good Night Read more Less

The White Album Review

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 8, 2006

Pros: Innovative and Original

Cons: Uneven

Here's one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite rock bands. I have this in original stereo vinyl pressing and have been thinking about getting this on CD. I never really did like CDs because of the sometimes crudding transfer that allows... too much tape hiss to be heard. The songs are original, most of them were written in India at the time while each was forming their own distinctive style. Well, and a lot of drugs helped them compose and record the uneven sounds on this album. Yoko Ono was a constant presence in the studio while making this record and the tensions can be heard on tracks "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" and "Long Long Long." "Revolution 9 really lets down this album with John and Yoko experimenting with tape loops and voicings which can be heard throughout their Unfinished Music #1: Two Virgins LP that was released that same year. The folky songs are there like "Mother Nature's Son", "Julia", "I Will", and "Dear Prudence." The screaming bloody rock and roll classics like "Helter Skelter" and "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey" are great, too. I think the Ringo-sung "Good Night" is a sweet lullaby but his stab at country in the form of "Don't Pass Me By" is boring. It is a serious listen for Beatles fans. This was recorded while the guys were going through their not-so-happy-to-be-a-grou
p time in their careers. Abbey Road is better, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the best by far of any Beatles album ever pressed. Read more Less

The Beatles - The Beatles (1968) (White Album)

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 23, 2006

Pros: Very varied and mixed array of songs...

Cons: Nothing really....

My 100th review....what better way to do it than my first proper Beatles review? 30 songs here....25 by Lennon/McCartney...but actually mainly solo pieces...whoever sang what...was them that basically wrote it...4 by Harrison, 1 written by Starr. Som...e standouts, some average tracks...but all nontheless interesting, alot of this was basically written while the Beatles were in India with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi studying Transcendental Meditation. We'll do the album version....4 sides. Side 1 kicks off with the obvious Beach Boys sendup "Back in the USSR"....I hear Ringo isnt even on this one cause of a feud with the rest of the guys...but he was back pretty quickly obviously, this song seagues off into the next track "Dear Prudence" written I believe about Mia Farrow's sister Prudence who was at the India resort but was scarely seen anywhere...sung pretty good and good track. "Glass Onion" is next and there is alot of references in it to other Beatle songs such as "Fool on the hill" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"...decent song sung by Lennon and cool ending to it..."Obla-Di Obla-Da" is more bouncy poppy stuff sang by Mccartney...was the theme song to that old tv show "Life Goes On"...cool song, not bad....more of a well known one here. "Wild Honey Pie" is kinda a throw away...kinda weird, pretty forgettable....into "The Continuing story of Bungalow Bill" which is a funny kinda sing along song with everyone present including Yoko Ono which you can hear her high pitched vocals in the chorus, sounds like a little girl's actually. The next song is one of the best here...."While my Guitar Gently Weeps" penned by George Harrison with some guest guitar work by Eric Clapton...easily outdoes half of Lennon and Mccartney's work here....which shows how far he was really coming by 1968. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is a Lennon song...pretty cool, but average. Side 2 kicks off with the McCartney song "Martha my Dear" about his dog I believe...kinda sappy and not the best...but works. "I'm So Tired" is a Lennon song...pretty decent with cool lyrics, "Blackbird" is next by McCartney, more of a well known tune and one of Charlie Mansons songs where he predicted the end with racial tension...hence "Black"...in his twisted mind. "Rocky Racoon" is next...a countryish kinda feel of a song sung by Paul, pretty good, very different. "Piggies" by Harrison and badly misinterperted by Manson as 'piggies' as in wealthy people...but wasnt. "Dont Pass Me By" is the first penned Ringo Starr song and not a bad one at that....with some hoe-downish violin playing at the end, kooky lryics and written as early as 1964 I believe. "Why Dont We Do It In The Road" is basically that....the only lyrics and lasts like a minute....but pretty effective...screamed by Paul basically..with participation by 1 other member, I know only 2 are present. "I Will" is another McCartney tune, short and simple, not bad. "Julia" is by Lennon...a tribute to his deceased mother, very touching and sad to listen to. Side 3..."Birthday".
..a very popular song played on birthdays...rocks and is very short and effective. "Yer Blues" is really cool and more down and dirty...a rarity by this time with the fab four, alot of chemistry going on in this song. "Mother Natures Son" is sung by Paul and is very cool, an ode to the Indian guy I believe..."Everybody
s got something to hide except me and my monkey" has got to be the longest song title...pretty cool song though kinda Monkees sounding, but cool. "Sexy Sadie" is sung by John...decent track and something of course Manson named one of his women. "Helter Skelter" is probaly the heaviest song ever done by the Beatles...very loud and hard, Read more Less

Beatles Biggest Release

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 14, 2004

Pros: Lots of good songs

Cons: none really

As a Beatles fan, I have nearly every Bealtes EP from "Please Me Please Me" to "Let It Be". I must say that this is one hell of an album. There are tons of good songs such as "While By Guitar Gently Weeps", "Back To... The USSR", and "Helter Skelter". This album shows the Beatles at their full experiemental mode. Although "Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Band" , and "Revolver" may have been the first records they did different experientation on, this album truely shows them at their peak of creativity. Songs like "Obla Di Ob La Da", and "Revolution 9" are probably good examples of how this album is different than their first record which contained more simplistic songs such as "Love Me Do", and "Do You Want To Know A Secret?". Overall, a great Beatles record. Read more Less

One of the best albums from tha Beatles.

By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 28, 2003

Really great music, the fab four really explore diffrent sounds and diffrent ways to making music which is aparent in every song startin from Back in the USSR to Helter Skelter. On of the best albums of all time and has set the bar for all bands to f...ollow. Read more Less

complete list of tracks on cd or album

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 15, 2003

wide selection with complete listings of songs on cd/album. makes it easy to find an old favorite when you can only remember either the title or album title alone.

WHITE ALBUM

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 23, 2002

Any people out there who smoke weed listen to this album, but beware of Revolution #9. It may be too much for some.

ALRIGHT

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 5, 2002

This isn't my favorite Beatles album, there's so much crap on this album. They should have released it on single record and made one good compilataion .

groundbreaking

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 13, 2002

This is one of the Beatles best. Some groundbreaking material here that changed rock.