@@keddw Yes, since the song was featured in the movie so they wanted a version on the album, but the band never did a satisfactory version during the sessions, so George, Paul, and Ringo recorded that one in early 1970.
Yes, and 25 years ago Paul, George and Ringo went into the studio to finish two John's songs - Free as a bird and Real love...These are the last Beatles songs that appeared on the charts.
A Day In The Life was one of the few compositions that was really John and Paul. John wrote the bulk of it, but Paul wrote the middle part that starts with "woke up, fell out if bed". Technically, it was actually two different songs that they blended into one. Brilliant song. Arguably their most brilliant song.
I love when there’s a legitimate John/Paul collaboration in Beatles songs. I’ve Got A Feeling is one of my favorites from Let It Be for the part where the two of them are singing their separate songs on top of one another.
I grew up in a "typical" dysfunctional family situation in the '60's and '70's, with a lot of dark things happening all the time, and I have to say that discovering the music of the Beatles was one of the bright spots that helped carry me through all of that. I'm 61 now, and still love their music--never grew tired of it. My sister feels the same way. Thanks for the video!
Sgt. Peppers has become our annual "decorate the tree while eating Pepperidge Farm cookies" Christmas tradition. It somehow works as a Christmas album!
A Hard day's night movie changed my life when I was 12 years old. In my house there were all kinds of music, from father's folk music to brother's Metallica and Sepultura, but Beatles made me start a music journey to 60's and 70's. When I was young, so much younger than today I adored the early Beatles. During the years on the University I became a huge fan of their 1965-1970 phase, after an almost religious experience with Tomorrow never knows . My favourite albums now are Revolver and Abbey Road, it's a tie. I'm a huge Beatles fan, I can never get tired of their music.
well said -- Tomorrow Never Knows isn't just a high-water mark of Beatles songs, it's a high-water mark of 20th century culture. If you haven't already, you might enjoy reading "Revolution in the Head".
The Beatles were actually my first love. They were the earliest music I remember as a really young kid in the mid 70s. As the 70s closed and the 80s began my attention was drawn to Punk and Metal and of course it got more extreme from there. During the 80s when I was heavily into Thrash and getting into Death Metal, The Beatles were the furthest thing from my mind. I think because I always associated them with my childhood I immaturely thought of them as basic, irrelevant, and old. That literally changed in the early 90s after I graduated from high school. There was a brief period back then when I was directionless and unemployed and I rediscovered The Beatles by going through a box of old stuff and finding my dad’s old cassette dubs from his albums, which we’d literally lost in a fire at the beginning of my senior year. All of a sudden, those tapes were precious. This is way before they started reissuing vinyl albums and being unemployed I didn’t have the cash to go out and buy the cds. When I started listening to those cassettes I was in love all over again. I can honestly say I’ve been a Beatles fan nearly my entire life even if there was a brief time in my teen years I really didn’t appreciate them as much.
Pete, you earned my respect by noting that Rubber Soul was their first serious album. Not to diminish the early work but Rubber Soul elevated them to legendary status. No other band has captured our imaginations and stretched the sonic boundaries like the Beatles.
Always found it amazing that all of these albums came out within 7 years, they crammed an entire varied experimental genre bending world dominating, journeyed musical career into less that a Decade, those who say they’re overrated have no idea what they’re talking about.. ps love the videos Pete keep up the good work 🤘
Beatles vs Stones is kinda like the Ginger vs Mary Ann thing. I can go either or on any given day for any given mood. And sometimes, why not both. Stay well and if this can't pick you up, go listen to some Zappa and laugh.
I remember back in the day our radio station would have Stones vs The Beatles nights where listeners would call in there fav Stones or Beatles songs. It was a blast to listen to.
For myself, My list of favorite Beatles albums would change from time to time. I've always kind of separated their music into 3 different eras. The early and touring years 1962-65 Experimental studio years 1966-68 Final back to the roots years 68-70 So, depending on my own mood depends on what my favorite. But, as you mentioned the different albums, the more I wanted to jump into those albums right away. As always, great list and great subject. Thanks, Pete
Solid list, Pete. I enjoyed your take on such a listing, which with the Beatles (no pun intended) is never an easy feat. Mine is slightly different: 1 A Hard Days Night 2 Rubber Soul 3 Revolver 4 The Beatles 5 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 6 Abbey Road 7 Magical Mystery Tour 8 Let It Be 9 Help! 10 Please, Please Me 11 With the Beatles 12 Beatles for Sale
All 4 my fave band in their own way: Led, Rush, Beatles, ELO. Fave era of the Beatles: Rubber Soul through Let it Be('65-'70). First Beatles experience: in the 70's listening to Pepper on 8-track tape. No fave Beatles album, too many great one's to choose a fave.
It would probably be 5 for me and that would be Zeppelin, Beatles, the Who, Pink Floyd, and Steely Dan. ELO definitely in my top 10 and Rush probably as well.
The Stones make you feel crazy and the Beatles make you feel good, every day or every season of the year. I'm embarrassed that I've discovered their music a little bit late, but now I'm hearing them every single day of my life. Thank you for your ranking!
As always, great ranking. I always tell people my favorite Beatles album is Sgt Peppers, and my fav album of all time is Abbey Road. Thanks for your sobering comments at the end too
And.....It all depends on how I feel at any time which is my favourite. Whatever my mood or what's going on in my life, there is a Beatles album that fits what I need.
@@jimandlizhudson2501 with this horrible virus gripping the entire world,i am playing back to back Beatles all day today,ending with Come Together,because one day,that huge party will take place and I'll play The Beatles all day THAT day too. By tonight I'll be fully charged and happy with my lot.
In driving around LA, I actually found the real "Blue Jay Way" that George Harrison wrote the song about. I don't know what house it was on that street, but it was up in the hills, so I could imagine it at night, foggy and being kind of spooky.
Unlike almost any other band, there are multiple great songs on every single album they released. The best part, is that they evolved and experimented throughout their career and still put out stellar album after stellar album.
"Unlike almost any other band, there are multiple great songs on every single album they released", that's a big pile of horseshit about your comment on other bands lack of multiple great songs on every album.
@@lehtokurppa7824 Don't hold back. Tell me how you really feel. I think there are very few bands that keep a really high standard through their whole discography. I am not even a huge Beatles fan,but there is no denying their songwriting talents.
After listening to PP's rankings, I'd disagree that every album had multiple great songs. If the band split up after their first 3 albums, they'd be talked about in the same breath as The Bay City Rollers. In other words a pop band. Thankfully they evolved from a pop band to a great band. Every album after that contained 80% great songs, but also a bit of filler.
When I was a kid I had almost all the Beatles records before I had anything by anyone else. I love the music and I love the vibe. Later on I thought I would never listen to another Beatles song I heard them so much. But I gave it a break and one of best bands came back into my heart. I love the Beatles. You are right the power of music is liberating and frees the soul. Today as we feel the world is burning maybe a little Blackbird or In my Life reminds us that humanity will return and to not close our hearts too much to the world around us. It will be a glorious day when we can embrace each other again. Thanks Pete for the break in the Heavy that is going on in the world these day.
Pete I'm 51 and never bought a beatles album and never heard any of their albums before. I have heard their radio playlist which is alot of songs. Watching your rating got me thinking I own so many bands entire catalog alot of bands. So after watching this I bought the beatles studio albums 13 of them. And they are fantastic. How did they not ever make a subpar album or even a stinker song? Brilliant material. I never got into them cause I always thought its not my style. Its too poppy or whatever. But great music is great music. I wasn't sure after I got all 13 where to start so I just listened to them in order of their release. I listened to each 5 times to get a good feel for each album before moving onto the next. Thanks again Pete for what you do. Gotta go gonna listen to the beatles straight thru again. Take care.
That 2nd LP is sadly very underrated. My favorite early LP and my 5th choice over all. A great collection of Soul, Rock and Roll and Pop. Seamless! Love Georges first great song- 'Don't bother me' and no weak tunes IMHO!
1. Abbey Road 2. White Album 3. SGT. Peppers 4. Revolver 5. Rubber Soul 6. Magical Mystery Tour 7. Let it Be 8. Help 9. A Hard Days Night 10. With the Beatles 11. Please Please Me 12. Beatles for Sale Great job Pete. My top 3 can change because I can definitely make a case for anyone of them to be my favorite. The Beatles don’t have any weak albums.Super high quality all they way through.
Here’s my ranking from my favorite band of all time (I don’t think there’s a single bad album): 13. Yellow Submarine (again, not a bad album by any means, however half of it are Beatles songs, and the other half is the George Martin film score.) 12. With The Beatles (this is another solid album, but it’s always been my least favorite early Beatles album.) 11. Please Please Me (underrated debut album that’s really strong.) 10. Beatles For Sale (even more underrated content, but I listen to this album quite a bit.) 9. A Hard Day’s Night (such a great improvement from their first two. Also, great movie.) 8. Help! (always has been my favorite early Beatles album, great movie as well.) 7. Let It Be (I know a lot of people would say this album was disappointing, however I really like it a lot.) 6. Rubber Soul (really, in my opinion, where they got interesting. Such a great album.) 5. Magical Mystery Tour (such a great album with many favorites of mine.) 4. Revolver (literally a masterpiece from start to finish, not a bad song on here.) 3. The White Album (one of my favorite, if not, my favorite double album of all time, it goes by fast for me because it’s such a classic.) 2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (the very first album I have ever listened to, and has stuck with me ever since.) 1. Abbey Road (my favorite album of all time, it absolutely never gets old for me.)
Thanks Pete!!!! This was so uplifting and encouraging. I needed to hear this, this morning. I was feeling like "I'm Down". Now I'm feeling "It's getting better".
The great Beatles ranked by one of the greatest human souls I've ever met, you can believe me. Thank you Peter. My list: 13. Yellow Submarine (soundtrack) 7/10 12. Please please me 8.5/10 11. With the Beatles 9/10 10. For sale 9/10 9. Help 9/10 8. Magical mistery tour 9.5/10 7. Let it be 9.5/10 6. Rubber soul 9.5/10 5. White album 9.5/10 4. A hard day's night 10/10 3. Revolver 10/10 2. Sgt. Pepper's 10/10 1. Abbey Road 11/10
Although I love a lot of today's music, it isn't uncommon for a band to go 5 years between albums now. The Beatles did what they did, had their impact on the world and music, in these 7 incredible years of their discography. They changed everything.
What you were saying towards the end there Pete is exactly what's happening in the U.K.too. We're all in this together. Really appreciate the content you're putting up and some of the recent videos have been excellent. I can confirm that the Beatles just get better with age; from the early songs of joy to the thoughtful and mature masterpieces of their later years. It will always be the Beatles, then everyone else.
Your appraisal of the Beatles' discography closely aligns with my own. The first several albums are fine examples of the peppy, early '60s rock and pop sound that they had distilled to near perfection by "Beatles For Sale," but it wasn't until "Rubber Soul" that the band hit their stride as mature, full-fledged musicians and craftsmen of fine art!
@@robertrobertsakarogerslemer "Obrigado pela correção" - ?! Que correção? Eu concordo com você! :) Sim, estamos todos juntos nisso, não importa qual país, não importa qual idioma. Amor ao mundo de língua portuguesa. Cuidem-se!
Pete-Thank you for your great videos! I particularly enjoy your “Ranking the Albums” series. Regardless where you rank my favorites, I appreciate your thoughts and insights into why you rank each album as you do. Your love and enthusiasm for music clearly comes through in your videos and you have inspired to me to revisit artists that I have overlooked like Wishbone Ashe, Rush, UFO, King Crimson and so many others. Please keep up the good work!
Agree, it has everything! it's rocking, witty, heavy, somber, lovely and has 2 medleys! Just Fantastic, it was the 1st album I ever purchased with my own money and has been in the #1 spot ever since.
I can't rate these albums in any order, but I will say that the "mop top" Beatles are my favorite era. Talk about "good time music!" The early Beatles are very John dominate, as far as how many vocal tracks he sung leads on, and is my favorite era for him as a singer and front man. His vocals had the young man's angst and defiance to it. There is no question who was the leader of the band, at this point.This band is impossible to pigeonhole, because they changed so often and and invented so many different sounds that no one ever had heard before. Beatles music is just Beatles music. They were as incomparable as any entity that this earth has ever seen. Or ever will. The Fab Four came in like a comet and exploded into a starburst whose still burning embers continue to shine just as brightly as the years roll on and people, of all ages, continue to discover their music and fall under it's hypnotic and intoxicating spell...
In my mind I feel that they just got better and better for each album. Their greatness I would say is just that, they never stopped to develop and really loved to experiment and explore what they could do in music.
Personal Ranking: Revolver Sgt. Pepper Abbey Road A Hard Day’s Night The White Album Rubber Soul Please Please Me Help! Beatles For Sale Magical Mystery Tour Let It Be With the Beatles Yellow Submarine
The Beatles recorded more albums in one decade then Michael Jackson, my hero, did in nearly half a century! This fact is doubly incredible when you consider the immense quality of their output. Not a bad apple in the bunch. (Revolver is my personal favorite, and in general I prefer the later, more rock n roll records.)
@@brianfergus839 No I didn't. I wasn't including J5 records, which would bring the MJ studio albums to 25, making my statement wrong, since than he would have recorded more albums that the Beatles as a single entity, as some MJ fans draw no distinction between the two, for some reason.
Excellent effort Pete as always! My top 5: 1) Abbey Road 2) Sgt. Pepper 3) Revolver 4) Magical Mystery Tour 5) Rubber Soul The White Album would be in there if it didnt have so much filler...shame - great single album in there (IMHO)
My favorite Beatles era is from the very beginning of their experiments with psychedelia with Rubber Soul and Revolver, through the height of their psych/boroque pop period: Magical Mystery Tour.
I used to be the most overwhelmed by Sgt. Pepper's opulence and the White Album's great variety, but as I grew a bit older Abbey Road has firmly put itself in the number 1 spot for me. Not a weak track in there, two absolute masterpieces by George, and a closing medley to cap off the career of the undisputed best band of all time. "And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make."
Not so sure about "musically, sociologically, culturally." But "commercial and creative at the same time". UnBeatable. Without Beatles no Rock n Roll evolution past the early seventies.
This group.....simply mind boggling...50 years from now, people will still be talking about their importance, their impact, and the love of their music.
Thanks for getting around to ranking the Beatle albums. I'm pleased you used the British configurations of the albums. This is always tough to rank because for me it shifts from week to week. What a catalogue - with no wrong or bad answers!
Wow. That's all I can say wow. Been a subscriber for a few years and probably have seen every video you've posted. This is one of the best. Not only for the group review, one of musics best, but your thoughtful and poignant words at the end. Deep respect Mr. Pardo.
I love your channel Pete, but also the average public that visite this site. Compared with many other YT forums you are blessed with a kind and polite audience. It's a breath of fresh air after reading a lot of crap and hate mail from people who got to much time nowadays. Thanks for helping us through the day. Greetings from Belgium. ❤
12 - Please Please Me. Great debut album but, in my opinion, that's where it stops. I don't think there's a lot that makes this album really great, though I enjoy it. 11 - Beatles For Sale. It definitely has a bunch of filler but some songs are nostalgic, like Eight Days A Week and I'm A Loser. I like the album. 10 - With The Beatles. It's kinda uninteresting overall but there are some great gems like Till There Was You. It's also pretty nostalgic. 9 - Let It Be. Definitely a very raw sounding album, but I hate the tracklisting on this album, and I really feel like it should've ended on The Long And Winding Road. It does have some of my favorite songs like Let It Be, Across The Universe, and For You Blue, so it certainly isn't bad in my opinion. 8 - White Album. Just gonna get this out of the way, I really don't like the tracklisting here, and there is a lot of filler. That said, the non-filler songs are some of their best ever. This is probably their only album that doesn't have a specific feel which actually is interesting. I don't not like it because it's a double album however, I just feel that every side could've taken away one song. 7 - Help! Among the best of their pop albums, and you can hear a seed of songwriting that would sprout with Rubber Soul. Yesterday, in my opinion, is the song that put them on that path, and it's a beautiful song. I only have a problem with the tracklisting, like how Dizzy Miss Lizzy comes right after Yesterday. 6 - Magical Mystery Tour. I love this album a lot but it kinda feels like a wannabe Sgt. Peppers in some parts. It's not the the extent of King Crimson's In The Wake Of Poseidon trying to be In The Court Of The Crimson King, but it certainly gives off the vibe. What's cool about this album is they kinda revisited their early pop sound with their newfound musicality (look at Hello, Goodbye). 5 - A Hard Day's Night. For me it ranks high because personally it just has a lot of nostalgia. But what's great is that this is probably their best pop album, musically. They had a plethora of dramatic sounding bridges and some dark sounding songs. They definitely grew with this album. 4 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Great album, though I do think there is a lot of filler. Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields should've been on it. 3 - Abbey Road. Absolute classic! The medley on side 2 goes through so many different moods, from a gloomy to a jammy to an immensely powerful ending. I do think songs like Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Octopus's Garden kinda kill the seriousness of the album (but I'll just stop there because I don't wanna get killed). 2 - Revolver. Definitely their transitional album. Songs like Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows are probably the pioneers of the sound to Sgt. Peppers. 1 - Rubber Soul. I had a hard time choosing between this and Revolver, but I love the songwriting here more. This album is just packed with masterpieces, and it serves as a change of pace for their direction.
Pete,I've only discovered your reviews pretty recently but I've enjoyed ,and found informative,just about all of them.This Beatles one has been my favourite.Your appreciation of the band,your comments about the times we all at present are living through and your attitude to them have made my day better.You,my friend,are one of life's good guys and I will back you up too.We always need ,and I think we will always need,The Beatles.Thanks and take care.
Pete, you rock! I'm 68. Rubber Soul. Memories..... Then Revolver, Pepper, White, Abbey Road. Thank you for what you do. You reintroduced me to Genesis. "Watcher of the Skies". "Supper's Ready". Oh my. So much I missed when I was pre-med and failed and stopped living for 5 years trying to make my parents love me. Now catching up partially thanks to your "spot" on TH-cam. I'm big time vinyl. Garage Sales religiously in 80's, 90's and first decade of 2000. Pennies on the dollar. Thanks to all you folks that fell for the "perfect sound forever" gambit. Yes, I have CD's too.
You are a hero! People shouldn't be hoarding supplies they don't need because there are people that actually need it. Thanks for being such a good man. Everyone should follow your example. God bless you!
XTCs my fav band of all time or maybe King Crimson.I don't think Pete's into alt rock though,not to put words in his mouth.But yeah,a XTC ranking would be awesome.
@@davidbowman4259 English Settlement is a pretty good one to !Most of their stuff is good and a very underrated band.They were a smart bunch of writers much like the Beatles.
13: Yellow Submarine - 2.5 12: With the Beatles - 3.5 11: The Beatles For Sale - 3.5 10: Please Please Me - 3.5 9: A Hard Day’s Night - 4 8: Let It Be - 4 7: Help! - 4 6: Rubber Soul - 4.5 5: The Magical Mystery Tour - 4.5 4: Abbey Road - 5 3: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - 5 2: Revolver - 5 1: The Beatles “White Album” - 5
Damn....this is incredibly difficult for me. Like everyone who was alive when the Beatles were conquering the globe, I can't be....I don't _wanna_ be....objective about them. I realize that as time goes on it's become acceptable and even hip to casually dismiss them - and that both depresses me, and boggles my mind. Suffice it to say that everything music fans love about rock music emerged from the wellspring of Beatles records. There are a few truths about them that have become muddied over the years; one is that each new Beatles album seemed to be, and was, a quantum leap forward from the last like no one before or since - another is how each new Beatles record _instantly_ became a road-map for the whole (musical) world to memorize and follow. Without in any way meaning to disparage or minimize the greatness of the Stones, Who, Kinks, Animals, et al - if you had to distill the entire rock era down to one band, it's not even a choice - it can only be the Beatles. Having said all that, I'm as lost navigating the clusterfuck that is their discography as anyone else. I did the best I could here: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR REVOLVER RUBBER SOUL SGT PEPPER ABBEY ROAD WHITE ALBUM PAST MASTERS 2 HELP! LET IT BE PAST MASTERS 1 WITH THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME
@@111usul In my opinion, I find Sgt Pepper to be a little bit overrated. I can understand the significant impact it had on music history, but I found Abbey Road to be a much better album since there were much more passion and effort put into it. Plus, it has "Something" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", the former actually being my favourite song by the band as a whole. I guess it because there was much more passion put into Abbey Road, plus there was a raw organic feel to it that made me relate to this album more than I did to Sgt Pepper. The case for why everybody appears to love Sgt Pepper is because of its significant impact on Pop, Rock, etc, but I always felt that The White Album accomplished what Sgt Pepper attempted when it comes to pushing the boundaries of what The Beatles could do, thus making Sgt Pepper look safer in comparison (Not to say that it's a bad album of course, as I do enjoy listening to it sometimes). Plus, I can find myself relating more to the rawness and irony of songs like Helter Skelter, Dear Prudence, and Glass Onion than I do to the polished psychedelia of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. And with regards to Revolver, I think Tomorrow Never Knows will always be a better song than A Day in The Life. I know I will get a lot of hate in the comment section for this, but for me, Sgt Pepper is only one of the many remarkable achievements The Beatles made. If I could rank the later period Beatles albums, here would be my ranking 1. Abbey Road 2. White Album 3. Revolver 4. Sgt Pepper 5. Let It Be
@@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 I love Sgt. Pepper and I think it's a great record. A Day in the Life is my favorite Beatles song. Just have a really strong personal connection to it. Abbey Road is also a great record. Not really sure how you can say 1 has more effort or passion over the other unless you were there during the recording sessions.
Pete, I went back and watched this again today. Over a year ago. Really great. Loved your advice. You're a good person. Thanks. Thanks for a great channel and great content!
i really apreciate what you're doing pete. comforting people through these difficult times is what we all should be doing and i think a lot of people could learn a lot from you. i enjoy your videos a hell lot, but i also respect you as a person a lot. thanks!
I'm glad you talked about this vid in your livestream, because I did not get a notification for this one. I've gotten notifications for everything else, as far as I can tell. Weird - especially considering that The Beatles are my NUMBER ONE favorite band OAT.
Great stuff Pete and a great reminder to remain positive and consider others. We’ll all get through this thing together and come out stronger, more appreciate, more rested (hopefully) and more compassionate. Keep pumping out the great content and positive vibes man
My Rankings: 1: Revolver 2: Abbey Road 3: Rubber Soul 4: Sgt. Pepper 5: Help 6: Magical Mystery Tour 7: Hard Day's Night 8: White Album- Note Disc 1 ranks much higher than Disc 2 9: Please Please Me 10: With the Beatles 11: Let it Be: Phil Specter cut, naked would be higher 12: Beatles for Sale Also Yellow Submarine would be like right around the White Album
David G. Although I don't agree with all of your rankings, I was glad to see you put the White Album lower than most would. Most overrated album of all time.
@@s1hemp tbh the top five in any order depending on the mood. In all honesty white album would be lower were it not for a couple songs that pull it from the depths.
Let It Be was the last Beatles album to be released, but Abbey Road was actually the last to be recorded, so technically it's their last work, yeah?
That is what he said.
Wasn't 'I, Me Mine' on Let it Be, the very last track they worked on in 1970? Anyway as a batch Abbey Rd was the last album they worked on, I suppose
@@keddw Yes, since the song was featured in the movie so they wanted a version on the album, but the band never did a satisfactory version during the sessions, so George, Paul, and Ringo recorded that one in early 1970.
Let it be was recorded January 1969 but not released until 1970, Abbey Road was recorded July 1969 and was released the same year. Love them both.
Yes, and 25 years ago Paul, George and Ringo went into the studio to finish two John's songs - Free as a bird and Real love...These are the last Beatles songs that appeared on the charts.
A Day In The Life was one of the few compositions that was really John and Paul. John wrote the bulk of it, but Paul wrote the middle part that starts with "woke up, fell out if bed". Technically, it was actually two different songs that they blended into one. Brilliant song. Arguably their most brilliant song.
James Rudd >>> Paul also did “I’d love to turn you on” .
Paul was responsible for the orchestra freak out sections too.
I love when there’s a legitimate John/Paul collaboration in Beatles songs. I’ve Got A Feeling is one of my favorites from Let It Be for the part where the two of them are singing their separate songs on top of one another.
I grew up in a "typical" dysfunctional family situation in the '60's and '70's, with a lot of dark things happening all the time, and I have to say that discovering the music of the Beatles was one of the bright spots that helped carry me through all of that. I'm 61 now, and still love their music--never grew tired of it. My sister feels the same way. Thanks for the video!
Sorry to hear that, but I’m glad you made it through
@@trafalgerd.waterlaw3084 Thank you. Things have definitely gotten better. Lol, didn't realize I just referenced a Beatle song....
Beatles albums, rather than being ranked from bottom to top, should be ranked side to side. That's how good they all are.
Yes!
Well said!! ✌️
Revolver on yes before no i've never been a big fan of their early stuff it's good not great
The Beatles were the only band I know of that never had shitty music. John , Paul , and George made "Hit Making" look easy.
But that wouldn't be ranking.
The Abbey road medley is one of the most beautiful compositions in music history 👍
One of the best things they did
I agree!
Agreed!
true
You couldn't be more right
Always bringing people together and spreading positivity, even in these crazy times. Keep putting out awesome content Pete :)
Here here!
@@theconfesser The expression is "Hear! Hear!"
Brining people is probably illegal!
Dude wow ok
liuzhou haha, where’s autocorrect when you need it
Revolver is my favourite Album of all Time
They shot into the stratosphere with that one.
One of the best period
revolver my favorite beatles album. its not talked about enough, so fucking good
Brendan McHugh according to acclaimedmusic.net that is the 2nd greatest album of all time
Revolver deserves more credit than Sgt. Pepper.
Pete, I wish everyone had your approach and philosophy of how to handle this situation we find ourselves in at present. Great words of positivity!👍
You're awesome Pete. We need people like you in these tough times. Thanks for being around.
Btw, top 3 for me:
1. Abbey Road
2. Revolver
3. Sgt Pepper
"Breakfast with The Beatles"
I'm honestly surprised that was never used as an album title.
It was the name of a syndicated weekend radio show back in the 80’s.
@@michaelduran1461 they still do Breakfast With The Beatles every Sunday on Q104.3 out of NYC
Sgt. Peppers has become our annual "decorate the tree while eating Pepperidge Farm cookies" Christmas tradition. It somehow works as a Christmas album!
I always us the Beatles as Christmas music. Every one of their early albums sound like Christmas (and summertime all rolled into one) to me.
For me it's Life With the Lions every Christmas.
I’m a second generation Beatles fan.. proud to say my kids are a 3rd and it’s most likely to keep going long after I’m gone..Thank You Pete
It tells something about the greatness and catchiness of Beatles' songs when Pete's singing more than ever 🙂👍
A Hard day's night movie changed my life when I was 12 years old. In my house there were all kinds of music, from father's folk music to brother's Metallica and Sepultura, but Beatles made me start a music journey to 60's and 70's. When I was young, so much younger than today I adored the early Beatles. During the years on the University I became a huge fan of their 1965-1970 phase, after an almost religious experience with Tomorrow never knows . My favourite albums now are Revolver and Abbey Road, it's a tie. I'm a huge Beatles fan, I can never get tired of their music.
well said -- Tomorrow Never Knows isn't just a high-water mark of Beatles songs, it's a high-water mark of 20th century culture. If you haven't already, you might enjoy reading "Revolution in the Head".
17:33 you're a great person man, I wish more people could understand this.
Agreed.
Completely
Live simply so others can simply live.
It is the same in Australia and we are a souple of weeks behind the USA. People have to be sensible. I am at home listening to some great music.
We were blessed with these men, And they will carry us through good and bad times for generations to come. #Rubbersoul
My favorites are Revolver and The White Album.
The White Album is just the coolest record....
@@dvanmartin9842 agreed
White Album is awesome
Gary Creswell Spot on. Revolver 1st, White Album 2nd. 🤘
Same. Those are my top two.
Very heartfelt bit for Pete “It’s Getting Better”
Prefer Steve Hillage's version of this one!
Too bad he was just whistling past the graveyard, though.
The Beatles were actually my first love. They were the earliest music I remember as a really young kid in the mid 70s. As the 70s closed and the 80s began my attention was drawn to Punk and Metal and of course it got more extreme from there. During the 80s when I was heavily into Thrash and getting into Death Metal, The Beatles were the furthest thing from my mind. I think because I always associated them with my childhood I immaturely thought of them as basic, irrelevant, and old. That literally changed in the early 90s after I graduated from high school. There was a brief period back then when I was directionless and unemployed and I rediscovered The Beatles by going through a box of old stuff and finding my dad’s old cassette dubs from his albums, which we’d literally lost in a fire at the beginning of my senior year. All of a sudden, those tapes were precious. This is way before they started reissuing vinyl albums and being unemployed I didn’t have the cash to go out and buy the cds. When I started listening to those cassettes I was in love all over again. I can honestly say I’ve been a Beatles fan nearly my entire life even if there was a brief time in my teen years I really didn’t appreciate them as much.
Thanks Pete for your encouraging words about these trying times, it’s a good time for all of us to pull together.
In my humble opinion Revolver is a masterpiece, overall I agree with you
My parents introduced me to Rubber Soul when I was 4, and to this day I absolutely love that album
Pete, you earned my respect by noting that Rubber Soul was their first serious album. Not to diminish the early work but Rubber Soul elevated them to legendary status. No other band has captured our imaginations and stretched the sonic boundaries like the Beatles.
Today is my daughters birthday....march 22. Born in 1988........a great tribute for her.blackbird is our song......thank you pete......rick.
That particular listing as put a wide smile on my face, we all love The Beatles don’t we?
I dont trust people who dont like The Beatles.
I loved your message today. Great human being. Dont ever change. Greetings from Barcelona.
Warm hugs from Spain.
I've always thought Let It Be is underrated. It's raw and rockin. It's in my top 5
It’s in my top 3!
Always found it amazing that all of these albums came out within 7 years, they crammed an entire varied experimental genre bending world dominating, journeyed musical career into less that a Decade, those who say they’re overrated have no idea what they’re talking about.. ps love the videos Pete keep up the good work 🤘
Beatles vs Stones is kinda like the Ginger vs Mary Ann thing. I can go either or on any given day for any given mood. And sometimes, why not both. Stay well and if this can't pick you up, go listen to some Zappa and laugh.
Frank will bring us all together.
I remember back in the day our radio station would have Stones vs The Beatles nights where listeners would call in there fav Stones or Beatles songs. It was a blast to listen to.
Hey, come on! :-) It's Ginger, no contest. Ginger was hot!
@@shanewright2772 Mary Ann for me ...
Maybe Pete should rank all of Zappa's albums.... or maybe not, since he put out over 60 albums during his lifetime!
For myself, My list of favorite Beatles albums would change from time to time. I've always kind of separated their music into 3 different eras.
The early and touring years 1962-65
Experimental studio years 1966-68
Final back to the roots years 68-70
So, depending on my own mood depends on what my favorite.
But, as you mentioned the different albums, the more I wanted to jump into those albums right away. As always, great list and great subject.
Thanks, Pete
SAME BRO! i'm nearly 20 and recently found out how legendary they were, i mean they still legends
Solid list, Pete. I enjoyed your take on such a listing, which with the Beatles (no pun intended) is never an easy feat. Mine is slightly different:
1 A Hard Days Night
2 Rubber Soul
3 Revolver
4 The Beatles
5 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6 Abbey Road
7 Magical Mystery Tour
8 Let It Be
9 Help!
10 Please, Please Me
11 With the Beatles
12 Beatles for Sale
All 4 my fave band in their own way: Led, Rush, Beatles, ELO. Fave era of the Beatles: Rubber Soul through Let it Be('65-'70). First Beatles experience: in the 70's listening to Pepper on 8-track tape. No fave Beatles album, too many great one's to choose a fave.
Fave guy.
It would probably be 5 for me and that would be Zeppelin, Beatles, the Who, Pink Floyd, and Steely Dan. ELO definitely in my top 10 and Rush probably as well.
The Stones make you feel crazy and the Beatles make you feel good, every day or every season of the year. I'm embarrassed that I've discovered their music a little bit late, but now I'm hearing them every single day of my life.
Thank you for your ranking!
As always, great ranking. I always tell people my favorite Beatles album is Sgt Peppers, and my fav album of all time is Abbey Road. Thanks for your sobering comments at the end too
My favorite stat about the Beatles is when they broke up they were all still in there 20s that's incredible
Yep the two oldest Ringo and John were still 29
And this is why you cannot compare them to The Rolling Stones thank you very much!
That’s funny I also didn’t get into the Beatle’s until my 30’s and I am 51.
Great job on this one, Pete. I agree about the Beatles being able to give us a lift!
And.....It all depends on how I feel at any time which is my favourite. Whatever my mood or what's going on in my life, there is a Beatles album that fits what I need.
@@jimandlizhudson2501 with this horrible virus gripping the entire world,i am playing back to back Beatles all day today,ending with Come Together,because one day,that huge party will take place and I'll play The Beatles all day THAT day too.
By tonight I'll be fully charged and happy with my lot.
In driving around LA, I actually found the real "Blue Jay Way" that George Harrison wrote the song about. I don't know what house it was on that street, but it was up in the hills, so I could imagine it at night, foggy and being kind of spooky.
Unlike almost any other band, there are multiple great songs on every single album they released. The best part, is that they evolved and experimented throughout their career and still put out stellar album after stellar album.
"Unlike almost any other band, there are multiple great songs on every single album they released", that's a big pile of horseshit about your comment on other bands lack of multiple great songs on every album.
@@lehtokurppa7824 Don't hold back. Tell me how you really feel. I think there are very few bands that keep a really high standard through their whole discography. I am not even a huge Beatles fan,but there is no denying their songwriting talents.
After listening to PP's rankings, I'd disagree that every album had multiple great songs. If the band split up after their first 3 albums, they'd be talked about in the same breath as The Bay City Rollers. In other words a pop band. Thankfully they evolved from a pop band to a great band. Every album after that contained 80% great songs, but also a bit of filler.
@@mauharley name the filler.
When I was a kid I had almost all the Beatles records before I had anything by anyone else. I love the music and I love the vibe. Later on I thought I would never listen to another Beatles song I heard them so much. But I gave it a break and one of best bands came back into my heart. I love the Beatles. You are right the power of music is liberating and frees the soul. Today as we feel the world is burning maybe a little Blackbird or In my Life reminds us that humanity will return and to not close our hearts too much to the world around us. It will be a glorious day when we can embrace each other again. Thanks Pete for the break in the Heavy that is going on in the world these day.
Pete I'm 51 and never bought a beatles album and never heard any of their albums before. I have heard their radio playlist which is alot of songs. Watching your rating got me thinking I own so many bands entire catalog alot of bands. So after watching this I bought the beatles studio albums 13 of them. And they are fantastic. How did they not ever make a subpar album or even a stinker song? Brilliant material. I never got into them cause I always thought its not my style. Its too poppy or whatever. But great music is great music. I wasn't sure after I got all 13 where to start so I just listened to them in order of their release. I listened to each 5 times to get a good feel for each album before moving onto the next. Thanks again Pete for what you do. Gotta go gonna listen to the beatles straight thru again. Take care.
Nice story
Fool on the Hill is one of my favorite songs!
hi Pete ... good one 👍🏻 ... thanks for doing extra stuff ... hopefully it will help all of us to get through these times ... 🤟🏻✌🏻🤞🏻
I like all of them, but as I've gotten older I find the first 2 albums get the most play. I like the raw, live sound of 4 kids rocking out.
That 2nd LP is sadly very underrated. My favorite early LP and my 5th choice over all. A great collection of Soul, Rock and Roll and Pop. Seamless! Love Georges first great song- 'Don't bother me' and no weak tunes IMHO!
@AWelsh Celt totally agree
1. Abbey Road
2. White Album
3. SGT. Peppers
4. Revolver
5. Rubber Soul
6. Magical Mystery Tour
7. Let it Be
8. Help
9. A Hard Days Night
10. With the Beatles
11. Please Please Me
12. Beatles for Sale
Great job Pete. My top 3 can change because I can definitely make a case for anyone of them to be my favorite. The Beatles don’t have any weak albums.Super high quality all they way through.
EXCELLENT RANKING!!!!
Here’s my ranking from my favorite band of all time (I don’t think there’s a single bad album):
13. Yellow Submarine (again, not a bad album by any means, however half of it are Beatles songs, and the other half is the George Martin film score.)
12. With The Beatles (this is another solid album, but it’s always been my least favorite early Beatles album.)
11. Please Please Me (underrated debut album that’s really strong.)
10. Beatles For Sale (even more underrated content, but I listen to this album quite a bit.)
9. A Hard Day’s Night (such a great improvement from their first two. Also, great movie.)
8. Help! (always has been my favorite early Beatles album, great movie as well.)
7. Let It Be (I know a lot of people would say this album was disappointing, however I really like it a lot.)
6. Rubber Soul (really, in my opinion, where they got interesting. Such a great album.)
5. Magical Mystery Tour (such a great album with many favorites of mine.)
4. Revolver (literally a masterpiece from start to finish, not a bad song on here.)
3. The White Album (one of my favorite, if not, my favorite double album of all time, it goes by fast for me because it’s such a classic.)
2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (the very first album I have ever listened to, and has stuck with me ever since.)
1. Abbey Road (my favorite album of all time, it absolutely never gets old for me.)
Thanks Pete!!!! This was so uplifting and encouraging. I needed to hear this, this morning. I was feeling like "I'm Down". Now I'm feeling "It's getting better".
Love it, i love the beatles! I would like an elton jonh ranking albums video now. Love your vids!
The great Beatles ranked by one of the greatest human souls I've ever met, you can believe me. Thank you Peter.
My list:
13. Yellow Submarine (soundtrack) 7/10
12. Please please me 8.5/10
11. With the Beatles 9/10
10. For sale 9/10
9. Help 9/10
8. Magical mistery tour 9.5/10
7. Let it be 9.5/10
6. Rubber soul 9.5/10
5. White album 9.5/10
4. A hard day's night 10/10
3. Revolver 10/10
2. Sgt. Pepper's 10/10
1. Abbey Road 11/10
The Beatles are the most progressive rock band of all time. They went from LOVE ME DO to TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS in less than 4 years!
Bobby Bishop Actually, the Beatles was the first progressive rock band in history
Can you guys just shut up?
😂😂
1: rubber soul 2: Abby road 3: Sgt Pepper 4: Magical Mystery Tour 5: Please Please Me
Although I love a lot of today's music, it isn't uncommon for a band to go 5 years between albums now. The Beatles did what they did, had their impact on the world and music, in these 7 incredible years of their discography. They changed everything.
Absolutely. In 7 years, the Beatles essentially released 25 years of groundbreaking work.
What you were saying towards the end there Pete is exactly what's happening in the U.K.too. We're all in this together. Really appreciate the content you're putting up and some of the recent videos have been excellent. I can confirm that the Beatles just get better with age; from the early songs of joy to the thoughtful and mature masterpieces of their later years. It will always be the Beatles, then everyone else.
you're right the Beatles were those kind of people who want you to feel good.
It Still get all giddy like a little girl when I here Paul doing his Little Richard screams .
Your appraisal of the Beatles' discography closely aligns with my own. The first several albums are fine examples of the peppy, early '60s rock and pop sound that they had distilled to near perfection by "Beatles For Sale," but it wasn't until "Rubber Soul" that the band hit their stride as mature, full-fledged musicians and craftsmen of fine art!
My Fav before I see what Pete has to say:
Revolver
My fave before I watch Pete has to tell, Revolver my number one.
Yes. This is the correct answer (before seeing Pete's choice)
I also choose Revolver for no 1. Not sure how I rank the rest. Rubber Soul is really good too.
@@robertrobertsakarogerslemer "Obrigado pela correção" - ?! Que correção? Eu concordo com você! :)
Sim, estamos todos juntos nisso, não importa qual país, não importa qual idioma. Amor ao mundo de língua portuguesa. Cuidem-se!
is it not Revolver after you hear Pete likes Abbey Road?
Pete-Thank you for your great videos! I particularly enjoy your “Ranking the Albums” series. Regardless where you rank my favorites, I appreciate your thoughts and insights into why you rank each album as you do. Your love and enthusiasm for music clearly comes through in your videos and you have inspired to me to revisit artists that I have overlooked like Wishbone Ashe, Rush, UFO, King Crimson and so many others. Please keep up the good work!
Abbey Road is the best album of all time!!!
I agree. A masterpiece.
Agree, it has everything! it's rocking, witty, heavy, somber, lovely and has 2 medleys! Just Fantastic, it was the 1st album I ever purchased with my own money and has been in the #1 spot ever since.
It's up there -- especially the medley on Side 2.
In my top five for sure.
Revolver
Pete, I like your reviews and I think you are a good person. You are a comfort in these troubling times.
I can't rate these albums in any order, but I will say that the "mop top" Beatles are my favorite era. Talk about "good time music!" The early Beatles are very John dominate, as far as how many vocal tracks he sung leads on, and is my favorite era for him as a singer and front man. His vocals had the young man's angst and defiance to it. There is no question who was the leader of the band, at this point.This band is impossible to pigeonhole, because they changed so often and and invented so many different sounds that no one ever had heard before. Beatles music is just Beatles music. They were as incomparable as any entity that this earth has ever seen. Or ever will. The Fab Four came in like a comet and exploded into a starburst whose still burning embers continue to shine just as brightly as the years roll on and people, of all ages, continue to discover their music and fall under it's hypnotic and intoxicating spell...
In my mind I feel that they just got better and better for each album. Their greatness I would say is just that, they never stopped to develop and really loved to experiment and explore what they could do in music.
Personal Ranking:
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper
Abbey Road
A Hard Day’s Night
The White Album
Rubber Soul
Please Please Me
Help!
Beatles For Sale
Magical Mystery Tour
Let It Be
With the Beatles
Yellow Submarine
One of your best shows Pete for many reasons. The Beatles rock, and your list was spot on.
The Beatles recorded more albums in one decade then Michael Jackson, my hero, did in nearly half a century! This fact is doubly incredible when you consider the immense quality of their output. Not a bad apple in the bunch. (Revolver is my personal favorite, and in general I prefer the later, more rock n roll records.)
Their contract with EMI was for 2 albums and 3 singles a year, unheard of these days.
Your use of “solo” is not really correct, but agree otherwise
@@brianfergus839 No I didn't. I wasn't including J5 records, which would bring the MJ studio albums to 25, making my statement wrong, since than he would have recorded more albums that the Beatles as a single entity, as some MJ fans draw no distinction between the two, for some reason.
Excellent effort Pete as always!
My top 5:
1) Abbey Road
2) Sgt. Pepper
3) Revolver
4) Magical Mystery Tour
5) Rubber Soul
The White Album would be in there if it didnt have so much filler...shame - great single
album in there (IMHO)
My favorite Beatles era is from the very beginning of their experiments with psychedelia with Rubber Soul and Revolver, through the height of their psych/boroque pop period: Magical Mystery Tour.
Pete
Thank you for your words and for the positive vibrations you send.
We need people like you to be able to pass through this crisis.
Philippe
I can't go to work, I'm separated from family and I'm stuck at home - Hey Pete, how about doing a list of "Feel Good" songs?
Wow!! Thank you so much for ranking the Beatles albums!!🎤🎸🎵🥁
Hey Pete, where did you get that live Genesis shirt? I want one!
ssp Pete: “Google it!”
lurch321 thanks genius, I never thought to do that, NOT!
ssp You're welcome. Let me know if you need any help in the future.
lurch321 with offering help like that, I’m good.
I used to be the most overwhelmed by Sgt. Pepper's opulence and the White Album's great variety, but as I grew a bit older Abbey Road has firmly put itself in the number 1 spot for me. Not a weak track in there, two absolute masterpieces by George, and a closing medley to cap off the career of the undisputed best band of all time. "And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make."
The greatest band -- musically, sociologically, culturally. Period, the end.
YES! NO QUESTIONS ASKED
The last four years Beatle's songs were awesome. Superb.
and in the end,the Beatles are still there.
Not so sure about "musically, sociologically, culturally."
But "commercial and creative at the same time". UnBeatable.
Without Beatles no Rock n Roll evolution past the early seventies.
This group.....simply mind boggling...50 years from now, people will still be talking about their importance, their impact, and the love of their music.
Thanks for getting around to ranking the Beatle albums. I'm pleased you used the British configurations of the albums. This is always tough to rank because for me it shifts from week to week. What a catalogue - with no wrong or bad answers!
In my younger day I preferred the newer stuff (Back in the USSR, etc.). Now I prefer the older work,
but it's all great.
Wow. That's all I can say wow. Been a subscriber for a few years and probably have seen every video you've posted. This is one of the best. Not only for the group review, one of musics best, but your thoughtful and poignant words at the end. Deep respect Mr. Pardo.
1. Rubber Soul
2. Sgt Pepper
3. Revolver
4. Hard Day's Night
5. Let it be
I love your channel Pete, but also the average public that visite this site. Compared with many other YT forums you are blessed with a kind and polite audience. It's a breath of fresh air after reading a lot of crap and hate mail from people who got to much time nowadays. Thanks for helping us through the day. Greetings from Belgium. ❤
12 - Please Please Me. Great debut album but, in my opinion, that's where it stops. I don't think there's a lot that makes this album really great, though I enjoy it.
11 - Beatles For Sale. It definitely has a bunch of filler but some songs are nostalgic, like Eight Days A Week and I'm A Loser. I like the album.
10 - With The Beatles. It's kinda uninteresting overall but there are some great gems like Till There Was You. It's also pretty nostalgic.
9 - Let It Be. Definitely a very raw sounding album, but I hate the tracklisting on this album, and I really feel like it should've ended on The Long And Winding Road. It does have some of my favorite songs like Let It Be, Across The Universe, and For You Blue, so it certainly isn't bad in my opinion.
8 - White Album. Just gonna get this out of the way, I really don't like the tracklisting here, and there is a lot of filler. That said, the non-filler songs are some of their best ever. This is probably their only album that doesn't have a specific feel which actually is interesting. I don't not like it because it's a double album however, I just feel that every side could've taken away one song.
7 - Help! Among the best of their pop albums, and you can hear a seed of songwriting that would sprout with Rubber Soul. Yesterday, in my opinion, is the song that put them on that path, and it's a beautiful song. I only have a problem with the tracklisting, like how Dizzy Miss Lizzy comes right after Yesterday.
6 - Magical Mystery Tour. I love this album a lot but it kinda feels like a wannabe Sgt. Peppers in some parts. It's not the the extent of King Crimson's In The Wake Of Poseidon trying to be In The Court Of The Crimson King, but it certainly gives off the vibe. What's cool about this album is they kinda revisited their early pop sound with their newfound musicality (look at Hello, Goodbye).
5 - A Hard Day's Night. For me it ranks high because personally it just has a lot of nostalgia. But what's great is that this is probably their best pop album, musically. They had a plethora of dramatic sounding bridges and some dark sounding songs. They definitely grew with this album.
4 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Great album, though I do think there is a lot of filler. Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields should've been on it.
3 - Abbey Road. Absolute classic! The medley on side 2 goes through so many different moods, from a gloomy to a jammy to an immensely powerful ending. I do think songs like Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Octopus's Garden kinda kill the seriousness of the album (but I'll just stop there because I don't wanna get killed).
2 - Revolver. Definitely their transitional album. Songs like Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows are probably the pioneers of the sound to Sgt. Peppers.
1 - Rubber Soul. I had a hard time choosing between this and Revolver, but I love the songwriting here more. This album is just packed with masterpieces, and it serves as a change of pace for their direction.
Pete,I've only discovered your reviews pretty recently but I've enjoyed ,and found informative,just about all of them.This Beatles one has been my favourite.Your appreciation of the band,your comments about the times we all at present are living through and your attitude to them have made my day better.You,my friend,are one of life's good guys and I will back you up too.We always need ,and I think we will always need,The Beatles.Thanks and take care.
How about a Wings album list from Wild Life to Back To The Egg? Some great 70’s albums!
Pete, you rock! I'm 68. Rubber Soul. Memories..... Then Revolver, Pepper, White, Abbey Road. Thank you for what you do. You reintroduced me to Genesis. "Watcher of the Skies". "Supper's Ready". Oh my. So much I missed when I was pre-med and failed and stopped living for 5 years trying to make my parents love me. Now catching up partially thanks to your "spot" on TH-cam. I'm big time vinyl. Garage Sales religiously in 80's, 90's and first decade of 2000. Pennies on the dollar. Thanks to all you folks that fell for the "perfect sound forever" gambit. Yes, I have CD's too.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see......
You are a hero! People shouldn't be hoarding supplies they don't need because there are people that actually need it. Thanks for being such a good man. Everyone should follow your example. God bless you!
Would love to hear an XTC Ranking speaking of The Beatles being that they would seem to have been highly influenced by them. Cheers.
XTCs my fav band of all time or maybe King Crimson.I don't think Pete's into alt rock though,not to put words in his mouth.But yeah,a XTC ranking would be awesome.
Love XTC. Their best? Oranges and Lemons, followed by Nonsuch and Skylarking.
@@davidbowman4259 English Settlement is a pretty good one to !Most of their stuff is good and a very underrated band.They were a smart bunch of writers much like the Beatles.
Nonsuch though I really love Apple Venus now that Im older. I'm 59.
13: Yellow Submarine - 2.5
12: With the Beatles - 3.5
11: The Beatles For Sale - 3.5
10: Please Please Me - 3.5
9: A Hard Day’s Night - 4
8: Let It Be - 4
7: Help! - 4
6: Rubber Soul - 4.5
5: The Magical Mystery Tour - 4.5
4: Abbey Road - 5
3: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - 5
2: Revolver - 5
1: The Beatles “White Album” - 5
Damn....this is incredibly difficult for me. Like everyone who was alive when the Beatles were conquering the globe, I can't be....I don't _wanna_ be....objective about them. I realize that as time goes on it's become acceptable and even hip to casually dismiss them - and that both depresses me, and boggles my mind. Suffice it to say that everything music fans love about rock music emerged from the wellspring of Beatles records. There are a few truths about them that have become muddied over the years; one is that each new Beatles album seemed to be, and was, a quantum leap forward from the last like no one before or since - another is how each new Beatles record _instantly_ became a road-map for the whole (musical) world to memorize and follow. Without in any way meaning to disparage or minimize the greatness of the Stones, Who, Kinks, Animals, et al - if you had to distill the entire rock era down to one band, it's not even a choice - it can only be the Beatles.
Having said all that, I'm as lost navigating the clusterfuck that is their discography as anyone else. I did the best I could here:
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
REVOLVER
RUBBER SOUL
SGT PEPPER
ABBEY ROAD
WHITE ALBUM
PAST MASTERS 2
HELP!
LET IT BE
PAST MASTERS 1
WITH THE BEATLES
PLEASE PLEASE ME
Six months on. The happy mood of your videos is as important as ever. Keep up the good work!
1. Sgt. Pepper
2. Abbey Road
3. White album
4. Revolver
5. Rubber Soul/ Let it Be
In my case exactly in other direction haha
@@111usul In my opinion, I find Sgt Pepper to be a little bit overrated. I can understand the significant impact it had on music history, but I found Abbey Road to be a much better album since there were much more passion and effort put into it. Plus, it has "Something" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", the former actually being my favourite song by the band as a whole. I guess it because there was much more passion put into Abbey Road, plus there was a raw organic feel to it that made me relate to this album more than I did to Sgt Pepper.
The case for why everybody appears to love Sgt Pepper is because of its significant impact on Pop, Rock, etc, but I always felt that The White Album accomplished what Sgt Pepper attempted when it comes to pushing the boundaries of what The Beatles could do, thus making Sgt Pepper look safer in comparison (Not to say that it's a bad album of course, as I do enjoy listening to it sometimes). Plus, I can find myself relating more to the rawness and irony of songs like Helter Skelter, Dear Prudence, and Glass Onion than I do to the polished psychedelia of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. And with regards to Revolver, I think Tomorrow Never Knows will always be a better song than A Day in The Life.
I know I will get a lot of hate in the comment section for this, but for me, Sgt Pepper is only one of the many remarkable achievements The Beatles made.
If I could rank the later period Beatles albums, here would be my ranking
1. Abbey Road
2. White Album
3. Revolver
4. Sgt Pepper
5. Let It Be
M K
Let It Be is one of their worst
@@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 I love Sgt. Pepper and I think it's a great record. A Day in the Life is my favorite Beatles song. Just have a really strong personal connection to it. Abbey Road is also a great record. Not really sure how you can say 1 has more effort or passion over the other unless you were there during the recording sessions.
@@IAmisMaster I disagree. I think its great.
Pete: super awesome episode. *Very inspiring*. Thank you for being a beacon of light, in these dark times. :)
"With" is massively underrated. Punk Beatles.
margus kiis with is way better than the White Album.
Agreed
s1hemp you can’t compare them. The white album is just one of their masterpieces and from a different era.
Pete, I went back and watched this again today. Over a year ago. Really great. Loved your advice. You're a good person. Thanks.
Thanks for a great channel and great content!
The last 6 albums they made in any order are the best.
i really apreciate what you're doing pete. comforting people through these difficult times is what we all should be doing and i think a lot of people could learn a lot from you. i enjoy your videos a hell lot, but i also respect you as a person a lot. thanks!
I am happy you picked Abbey Road. Second side is best ever
I'm glad you talked about this vid in your livestream, because I did not get a notification for this one. I've gotten notifications for everything else, as far as I can tell. Weird - especially considering that The Beatles are my NUMBER ONE favorite band OAT.
Revolver is, imo, the greatest album ever made.
Great stuff Pete and a great reminder to remain positive and consider others. We’ll all get through this thing together and come out stronger, more appreciate, more rested (hopefully) and more compassionate. Keep pumping out the great content and positive vibes man
My Rankings:
1: Revolver
2: Abbey Road
3: Rubber Soul
4: Sgt. Pepper
5: Help
6: Magical Mystery Tour
7: Hard Day's Night
8: White Album- Note Disc 1 ranks much higher than Disc 2
9: Please Please Me
10: With the Beatles
11: Let it Be: Phil Specter cut, naked would be higher
12: Beatles for Sale
Also Yellow Submarine would be like right around the White Album
David G. Although I don't agree with all of your rankings, I was glad to see you put the White Album lower than most would. Most overrated album of all time.
@@s1hemp tbh the top five in any order depending on the mood. In all honesty white album would be lower were it not for a couple songs that pull it from the depths.
Thank you Pete for your program. I enjoy it all the time. May you and your family also be safe! Thanks!