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Originally Posted by evollove
I'll trade my CD of Alien Lanes with someone.
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BEATLES FOR SALE is a notch below the predecessor HARD DAY's NIGHT, their first masterpiece. HELP! is their second
RUBBER gets by on atmosphere, but there are some real stinkers on there when it comes to actual tunes.
BTW, for the life of me I've never understood the conjunction of RUBBER and REVOLVER. They are often treated as twins. Even George is some doc or other says he feels they're connected. I can't hear it.
Anyway, almost everything after Revolver is a hangover. Strawberry was recorded shortly after Revolver, and they should've quit right then, artistically speaking. Pity.
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Masterpiece? Really? Hard Day's Night and Help! are great records, but
masterpieces? I think that's pushing it.
If they'd quit after Revolver they would never have released, like, a third of their best songs. I don't really see how the White Album is just a Revolver hangover. Or Abbey Road. I'm not really picking up what you're putting down here, friend.
I think for a Beatles fan I'm atypically fond of their early stuff (love Anthology 1) but I think it's madness to suggest that Sgt. Pepper's, White Album, Abbey Road, etc. shouldn't have been made. Even Magical Mystery Tour. There's just so much great shit in that little pocket. It's pretty much all gold actually.