Mari VG

Wow! This book is really profound and amazing. Please read; you won't regret it. ❤️

One of the most interesting concept albums of all time. Tied with Ok Computer as the all-time greatest albums (20th century).

Best Beatles Album Ever? 🤔 1️⃣ I am 100% sure this is their best produced album and most sophisticated sonically. With their use of 8 track recording, there wasn't anything stopping The Beatles from continuing to expand their forays into sound experimentation. Coupled with George Martin's exquisite score and production, and there is no doubt the album continues to sound crisp 50 years later. 2️⃣ Lyrically, it continues to be whimsical in the style of earlier Beatles fare, but in my opinion, the whimsy is mixed with a bittersweet element. Underneath the whimsy there are twinges of sadness. I feel the album gives its listeners an autumnal feel; it's beautiful but you also know the beauty won't last forever and winter did indeed set for the Beatles -- permanently. 3️⃣ My personal favorite is still Rubber Soul, but I do believe Abbey Road "wins" as Best Beatles Album ever because it's a perfectly balanced and immaculately produced album. Kudos to George Martin and his work on Side 2 Medley. 4️⃣ It's mostly Paul dominated, but George and John -- even Ringo -- come in to give some of their best songs ever written and a moment of brief respite from Paul. I'm a huge Paul fan, but I acknowledge the album lacks a little more effort from John -- and George, of course, is relegated to only 2 tracks. No wonder he was mad. 😨 5️⃣ This should technically be your last Beatles album, and I feel listening to this first without the context of their previous efforts and without the context of seeing their growth will take away that feeling of awe and spirituality that one gets only after having listened to everything from Please Please Me onwards. How can you appreciate Abbey Road without first having listened to Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and the White Album? You can't.

Greatest album of the 1970s? Sure. Why the heck not? BELIEVE THE HYPE. I used to not believe that a Wings album could be better than any Beatles album, but this really gives the entire Beatles discography a run for its money. Band on the Run > Abbey Road? Revolver? The White Album? For me, it is. Band on the Run > Dark Side of the Moon? Led Zeppelin IV? Rumours? YES! Just listen to it. You will be pleasantly amused and surprised. I like to listen to this album "late at night when the wind is still..."

A pretty solid album if you ask me (which you didn't though, did you?). I am biased as this album came out my senior year in HS 🥲, but I truly believe this is the last of the great punk albums before the genre sold out in the early 2000s. Great social commentary and predictions of the post-9/11 world. This album and OK Computer prepared us for what was to come.

The best LP from Radiohead post Kid A.

Awesome groundbreaking album; inspired everyone in the 80s, 90s, and beyond.

I know you might disagree but to me, it's Beck's best album. Listen if you love Nick Drake. The album also reminds me of All Things Must Pass by George Harrison. The lyrics are about a breakup, so if you need a comfortable album to get through a loss, give this a try. Produced by the Great Nigel Godrich (of Radiohead fame).

Under-rated album but really strong nonetheless....a precursor to the sonic landscape of In Rainbows. Only flaw is that it is a tad too long at 14 songs! Thus, whatever "theme" they were going for gets side-tracked by songs that do not fit in.