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Weekend Rock List: The Beatles’ Studio Albums

9/11/09, 5:22 pm EST

This week, 9.9.09 finally arrived and if you’re like us, you’ve spent the majority of your free time listening to both the studio and mono remasters of the Beatles catalog from With the Beatles to Abbey Road over and over again. (That is, when we weren’t playing The Beatles: Rock Band.) Now that we’re all finally hearing the Fab Four on compact disc like the band likely intended, this week’s Rock List is dedicated to the Beatles’ albums.

They’re all five-star albums in our book, but as George Orwell once said, some Beatles LPs are more equal than others. So tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll tally the votes. Let’s keep the balloting at one album per person — sometimes you gotta make a tough choice. For a refresher, check out our guide to all the Beatles’ albums and review of the remasters.

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Shapiro | 9/11/2009, 5:34 pm EST

The Beatles (The White Album)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Abbey Road
Revolver
Magical Mystery Tour

StrumerJones | 9/11/2009, 5:39 pm EST

Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul

Oddjob | 9/11/2009, 5:40 pm EST

It changes from year to year, in my mind as well as the overall public consensus. It’s been Revolver’s time for a while now. I think this is the year for:

Rubber Soul

StrumerJones | 9/11/2009, 5:40 pm EST

Oh, hey, the balloting is one per person anyway. Cool!

Newch91 | 9/11/2009, 5:41 pm EST

Please, Please Me
With the Beatles
A Hard Days Night
Beatles for Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (The White Album)
Abbey Road
Let It Be

They’re all great.

Fahad | 9/11/2009, 5:47 pm EST

Revolver

mr. wildflowers | 9/11/2009, 5:58 pm EST

The White Album!

Ale | 9/11/2009, 6:00 pm EST

Abbey Road

booger | 9/11/2009, 6:04 pm EST

Abbey Road

Rote | 9/11/2009, 6:20 pm EST

Revolver

Mark | 9/11/2009, 6:35 pm EST

Abbey Road

ghostoftomwaits | 9/11/2009, 6:35 pm EST

the beatles (white album)

Adam | 9/11/2009, 6:43 pm EST

Magical Mystery Tour

Robb | 9/11/2009, 6:52 pm EST

Abbey Road

pq | 9/11/2009, 6:58 pm EST

Well, I see most people are afraid of being cliche. Nonetheless, I will state my favourite is indeed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, even though every album is incredible.

Z | 9/11/2009, 7:09 pm EST

Abbey Road

Tom | 9/11/2009, 7:25 pm EST

Revolver

Gabriel | 9/11/2009, 7:29 pm EST

Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
(although Revolver is also amazing!!)

StrummerJones | 9/11/2009, 7:36 pm EST

1. Rubber Soul
2. Abbey Road
3. Help!
4. Revolver
5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Magical Mystery Tour
7. Please Please Me
8. A Hard Day’s Night
9. The Beatles
10. With The Beatles
11. Let It Be
12. Beatles For Sale
13. Yellow Submarine

Brian Wilson | 9/11/2009, 7:37 pm EST

Pet Sounds

Brad | 9/11/2009, 7:49 pm EST

Pepper or Abbey Road. Pepper sounds amazing on the remasters. So does AR. so does the white album. Its an embarrassment of riches, really.

I’ll vote for Pepper.

mjr | 9/11/2009, 7:52 pm EST

1. Abbey Road
2. White Album
3. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

mjr | 9/11/2009, 7:55 pm EST

Magical Mystery Tour

mjr | 9/11/2009, 7:55 pm EST

Magical Mystery Tour

ragazza | 9/11/2009, 8:04 pm EST

rubber soul
revolver

mhmm | 9/11/2009, 8:13 pm EST

Revolver

BillyBreathesJF | 9/11/2009, 8:34 pm EST

Beatles (White Album)
Revolver
Sgt Peppers
Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
Yellow Submarine (Songtrack)
Help!
Hard Days Night
Let It Be
Please please me
With The Beatles

Whiskers | 9/11/2009, 8:49 pm EST

Abbey Road

Rob Geurtsen | 9/11/2009, 8:57 pm EST

The Beatles (aka The White Album)

moheganer2 | 9/11/2009, 9:05 pm EST

White Album

jbl | 9/11/2009, 9:11 pm EST

Sgt. Pepper

Njoy Beat | 9/11/2009, 9:12 pm EST

tough choice, but i might have to say Revolver. I still consider Pepper the greater album, but Revolver is my fav.

Njoy Beat | 9/11/2009, 9:16 pm EST

For people picking the white album, yeah, it is their most diverse album, and contains many, many incredible tracks, but if I had to listen to that album from beginning to end more than a couple of times, i’d sick listening to Revolution 9, Goodnight, Wild Honey Pie, and a few others. Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Rubber Soul, and Abbey Road do not have that problem (for the most part).

Anonymous | 9/11/2009, 9:39 pm EST

abbey road

njskydiver | 9/11/2009, 9:43 pm EST

Abbey Road

Brian | 9/11/2009, 9:48 pm EST

Abbey Road

tom in vegas | 9/11/2009, 10:13 pm EST

Revolver

DJ | 9/11/2009, 10:23 pm EST

Rubber Soul ( If I MUST choose)

Dane | 9/11/2009, 10:27 pm EST

revolver

KDK | 9/11/2009, 10:28 pm EST

White Album
Abbey Road
Revolver
Help!

Rumikie | 9/11/2009, 10:28 pm EST

Abbey Road

Dane | 9/11/2009, 10:29 pm EST

Abbey Road

kepp | 9/11/2009, 10:41 pm EST

The Beatles (White Album)

kepp | 9/11/2009, 10:46 pm EST

Revolver.

Michael The Rutle | 9/11/2009, 10:51 pm EST

“We’re Only In It For The Money” — Mothers Of Invention.

Danny | 9/11/2009, 11:15 pm EST

Gotta be Abbey Road

lordbean | 9/11/2009, 11:16 pm EST

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

BushCrimeFamily | 9/11/2009, 11:31 pm EST

Revolver

Orgo | 9/12/2009, 12:20 am EST

Rubber Soul

Lance | 9/12/2009, 12:47 am EST

Abbey Road is their greatest but only because of the overlong White Album. MMT is my personal favorite.

chuck | 9/12/2009, 12:53 am EST

Beatles For Sale

Slimjimmy | 9/12/2009, 1:24 am EST

Abbey Road

Grew up with this album (I’m 42) and it’s the only one of their albums/CDs that I don’t skip any songs. Yes, that includes Silver Hammer.

Chuck | 9/12/2009, 1:49 am EST

Sgt. Pepper’s

Morty | 9/12/2009, 2:39 am EST

With The Beatles

tskogg | 9/12/2009, 2:53 am EST

A Hard Day’s Night (the closest thing to a Lennon solo Beatle album)

Horseman | 9/12/2009, 3:06 am EST

Abbey Road hands down. Every song is memorable from beginning to end. They all could have been singles.

Nathan | 9/12/2009, 3:22 am EST

The White Album

msonic | 9/12/2009, 5:04 am EST

abbey road

ttod | 9/12/2009, 5:12 am EST

Revolver

Bmuig | 9/12/2009, 6:44 am EST

1. The Beatles (The White Album)
2. Sgt. Pepper’s
3. Revolver
4. Rubber Soul
5. Abbey Road
6. Help!
7. Yellow Submarine
8. Let It Be
9. Please, Please Me
10. Magical Mystery Tour
11. A Hard Days Night
12. With the Beatles
13. Beatles for Sale

Anonymous | 9/12/2009, 8:50 am EST

My list:

1. Revolver
2. White Album
3. Abbey Road
4. Rubber Soul
5. Sgt. Pepper
6. Magical Mystery Tour
7. Let It Be
8. Help
9. A Hard Days Night
10. Please Please Me
11. With The Beatles
12. Beatles For Sale

(I am not counting Yellow Submarine, Past Masters, Live at the BBC, Anthology, etc…)

Ian | 9/12/2009, 10:19 am EST

I can’t choose. I’m like Rolling Stone… they’re all 5 star albums in my book. That’s one thing that made the Beatles so great… ALL their albums were good, start to finish. It all just depends on my mood for what I want to listen to. You just can’t beat The Beatles! They were the best!

enmanuel | 9/12/2009, 10:55 am EST

THE BEATLES
RUBBER SOUL

The Walrus' Honey Pie | 9/12/2009, 10:56 am EST

1.The WHite album
2.Sgt. Peppers
3.Revolver
4.Rubber Soul
5.Let It Be
6.Abbey Road
7.With The Beatles
8.Please Please Me

Miche | 9/12/2009, 11:00 am EST

Abbey Road
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper
A Hard Day’s Night
Help
Magical Mystery Tour
Rubber Soul

Whalespoon | 9/12/2009, 11:16 am EST

1. Revolver
2. Rubber Soul
3. Sgt Pepper’s
4. Help!
5. Abbey Road

It’s really hard to pick just 5. Ask me tomorrow and you might get an entirely different list. The only constant would be that “The White Album” would never make my top 5 list. While it’s got a few great songs on it that are up to the usual high standard, it also includes some of their most embarrassing work ever. (”Why Don’t We Do It in the Road” anyone?) Though pared down to a single album of only the cream, it might make this list.

Kip | 9/12/2009, 12:11 pm EST

I’m torn, I’ll say “Rubber Revolver”

Nick | 9/12/2009, 1:01 pm EST

Sgt. Peppers. So good it drove Brian Wilson crazy.

Kevin | 9/12/2009, 1:16 pm EST

Right now its Abbey Road

rrrrocks | 9/12/2009, 1:36 pm EST

White Album

BK | 9/12/2009, 1:40 pm EST

Abbey Road, but Please Please Me in a close second…

ronnyt | 9/12/2009, 1:56 pm EST

‘Revolver’ is magnificent. it really captures the weird but incredible vibe that The Beatles possess that no other group does.

Michelle | 9/12/2009, 2:39 pm EST

Just bought “Rubber Soul”, and I love it. I can’t wait to get “Abbey Road” and “The White Album”

Bryant | 9/12/2009, 2:39 pm EST

Abbey Road
White Album
Rubber Soul
Help

Cris | 9/12/2009, 2:47 pm EST

Abbey Road

omar little | 9/12/2009, 3:39 pm EST

Let It Be, because no one else seems to like that one too much. I’ve Got a Feeling is an incredible song. Brandon loved it.

Devil in disguise | 9/12/2009, 3:39 pm EST

With the Beatles

A Hard Day’s Night

omar little | 9/12/2009, 3:39 pm EST

Omar’s got to say Let It Be, because no one else seems to like that one too much. I’ve Got a Feeling is an incredible song yo. Brandon loved it.

qlady | 9/12/2009, 4:09 pm EST

White Album
But I’m still knocked out that Please Please Me was done in one day. What a club act these guys must have been!

hendrix | 9/12/2009, 4:56 pm EST

revolver

Gassman | 9/12/2009, 6:01 pm EST

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Abbey Road
3. Revolver
4. Magical Mystery Tour
5. The Beatles (The White Album)
6. Rubber Soul
7. Let It Be
8. Please Please Me
9. Help!
10. A Hard Day’s Night
11. With The Beatles
12. Beatles For Sale
13. Yellow Submarine

TequilaMockingbird | 9/12/2009, 6:44 pm EST

1. Rubber Soul
2. Revolver
3. Abbey Road
4. The White Album
5. Please Please Me

Cheesecrop | 9/12/2009, 7:43 pm EST

Rubber Soul
Revolver
Help
White Album
Yesterday and Today

Phil Vier | 9/12/2009, 8:12 pm EST

1. Abbey Road
2. Revolver
3. Beatles For Sale
4. Sgt. Pepper
5. The Beatles(a.k.a. White Album)
6. Rubber Soul
7. Magical Mystery
8. Let It Be(naked, of course)

ed | 9/12/2009, 11:41 pm EST

my top 10

1.abbey road
2.sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band
3.the beatles 1
4.white album
5.magical mystery tour
6.rubber soul
7.please please me
8.hey jude
9.revolver
10.yellow submarine

bob | 9/13/2009, 2:20 am EST

1. The White Album
2. Revolver
3. A Hard Day’s Night
4. Abbey Road
5. With the Beatles
6. Rubber Soul
7. Sgt. Pepper
8. Magical Mystery Tour
9. Help
10. Please Please Me
11. Beatles For Sale
12. Let It Be
13. Yellow Submarine

BUNGALO BILL aka ROCKY RACCOON | 9/13/2009, 2:45 am EST

METHINKS BEGGARS BANQUET AND LET IT BLEED!!!
SERIOUSLY ALL THEIR EARLY STUFF..
1)MEET THE BEATLES
2)RUBBER SOUL
AND THEN…, SGT PEPPERS, MAGICA; MYSTERY TOUR, ABBEY ROAD, THE WHITE ALBUM LOL, I’M SO OLD I CAN’T REMEMBER MOST OF THE NAMES OF THE ALBUMS. I JUST KNOW HOW THEY INFLUENTCED ME AND JOW THEY CHANGED THE WORLD AND OPENED THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF A GENERATION. WAY MO BETTA N “SURF” MUZAK DONCHA KNOW!!!!! PEACE, N, LET IT BE…

RTickle | 9/13/2009, 6:43 am EST

The least important thing to remember, because I don’t amount to a freckle on the ass of a giraffe, is that the Beatles albums came out in a specific order and as they were swept up in the creative maelstrom of the 60’s so were we.
And so is history.. and what everyone seems to be trying to do is ascertain their creative peak.
What remains is an amazing unfolding of the most beautiful flower ever created.
Stare into the blossom. Why don’t YOU do it? In the road.

B | 9/13/2009, 10:05 am EST

1. Let It Be
2. The White Album
3. Sgt. Pepper
4. Revolver
5. Abbey Road
6. Rubber Soul
7. Magical Mystery Tour
8. Hard Day’s Night
9. Help!
10. Please Please Me
11. With The Beatles
12. Beatles For Sale
13. Yellow Submarine

JRW | 9/13/2009, 10:41 am EST

It changes from day to day….today it’s: The White Album. (For shere variety it can’t be beat!) Yesterday it was Revolver. Tommorow never knows.

RTickle | 9/13/2009, 10:52 am EST

Dang, deleted again!

ok ok…
The White Album

Pink Freud | 9/13/2009, 11:37 am EST

White Album

Chicago | 9/13/2009, 11:56 am EST

If I have to pick one…

The White Album

freddie c | 9/13/2009, 12:36 pm EST

Revolver
Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Let it Be
Magical Mystery Tour
Please Please Me
A Hard Day’s Night
With The Beatles
Beatles For Sale
Yellow Submarine

Phileas | 9/13/2009, 12:37 pm EST

1. Abbey Road
2. The White Album
3. Revolver
4. Rubber Soul
5. Sgt. Pepper
6. A Hard Day’s Night
7. Let It Be
8. Magical Mystery Tour
9. Help!
10. Please Please Me
11. Beatles For Sale
12. With The Beatles
13. Yellow Submarine

Zack | 9/13/2009, 12:38 pm EST

Revolver

David | 9/13/2009, 1:39 pm EST

white album

does it in the road | 9/13/2009, 1:40 pm EST

the WHITE ALBUUM

Nick | 9/13/2009, 2:12 pm EST

Abbey Road
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
Rubber Soul
The Beatles
Help!
Let it Be
A Hard Day’s Night
Beatles for Sale
Please Please Me
With the Beatles
Yellow Submarine

ChannelNo.5 | 9/13/2009, 2:13 pm EST

Sgt. Pepper
Abbey Road
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles

Lance's neighbor | 9/13/2009, 2:49 pm EST

Which ever one I’m listening to.

GreyWolf | 9/13/2009, 2:54 pm EST

Abbey Road
Rubber Soul
Please Please Me
The Beatles (White Album, would be higher on the list in terms of individual songs, but as an album not as high)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Revolver
Let It Be
Magical Mystery Tour
A Hard Day’s Night
Help!
Beatles For Sale
With the Beatles
Yellow Submarine

Kate | 9/13/2009, 8:30 pm EST

Ouch. That’s hard. I gotta say the White Album.

RAIDER | 9/14/2009, 6:08 am EST

white album!

Phil Vier | 9/26/2009, 3:37 pm EST

Listening to The Beatles as I was growing up, I’m now 57, each album of songs had a direct influence and impact on my life. However, I have always had a strong connection to the songs on Revolver, Sgt. Pepper and The Beatles (white album). I just love their music!

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