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Title: Rubber Soul underrated?
Post by: Spiritinthesky on November 11, 2008, 12:16:25 PM
From http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

Nov 11th, 1965, The final recording session for The Beatles Rubber Soul album took place, at Abbey Road, London. They needed three new songs to finish the album so an old song
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Post by: The Swine on November 11, 2008, 12:28:34 PM
no
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Post by: Geoff on November 11, 2008, 12:37:03 PM
Not really: so far as I know it's usually rated one of The Beatles' best three or four albums. But it is true that its stock has gone down a bit in comparison with Revolver's: there are eight Rubber Soul period tracks on the Red Album and only three Revolver ones, which may tell you something about how critical tastes have changed since 1973.  :)
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Post by: DaveRam on November 11, 2008, 02:41:16 PM
It's not underrated by me , i prefer it to Revolver .
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Post by: Klang on November 11, 2008, 10:21:25 PM
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It's not underrated by me , i prefer it to Revolver .

Same here.

 :)
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Post by: python on November 11, 2008, 10:53:40 PM
Rubber Soul is second to my fav,Revolver.
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Post by: jjs on November 12, 2008, 12:12:21 AM
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From http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

Nov 11th, 1965, The final recording session for The Beatles Rubber Soul album took place, at Abbey Road, London. They needed three new songs to finish the album so an old song
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Post by: tkitna on November 12, 2008, 06:56:08 AM
I think its a bit overrated to be honest. Seeing people choose it over 'Revolver' just boggles my mind.
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Post by: BlueMeanie on November 12, 2008, 07:34:08 AM
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It's not underrated by me , i prefer it to Revolver .

Ditto.
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Post by: iwillx3 on November 12, 2008, 06:33:21 PM
Overrated - a Beatles album? Never :P... Now what's overrated is the Jonas Sisters - I mean Brothers. ><

I love Rubber Soul, just as much as I love Revolver - which is just as much as I love the White Album, or Please Please Me, or Abbey Road... they're all the Beatles, so they're all great ;) The only way Rubber Soul would be UNDERrated? - is if you handed it to a Jonas Brothers fan :P
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Post by: HeyJude18 on November 12, 2008, 06:43:02 PM
Rubber Soul's never really been my favourite, there's a few tracks on there that I love...  In my life, Norwegian Wood, and I'm looking through you.  I don't think it's their best album but it's definately not their worst!
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Post by: fendertele on November 12, 2008, 07:14:04 PM
Rubber has some of my favourite songs on it, but revolver is a better overall album.
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Post by: legthi on November 12, 2008, 08:19:11 PM
I prefer rubber soul to revolver. Sounds more warm.
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Post by: Jane on November 12, 2008, 09:42:36 PM
Revolver is a bit better.
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Post by: python on November 12, 2008, 10:12:35 PM
i agree with you jane,to an extent.revolver has always been my fav but rubber soul isnt too far behind.
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Post by: Revolver42 on November 13, 2008, 01:43:17 PM
Rubber Soul is great...but you can tell my fave with my name.
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Post by: retrocool73 on November 14, 2008, 12:54:32 AM
Side 1 of Rubber Soul is the singular greatest 'side' of the Beatles career
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Post by: dbone828 on November 14, 2008, 11:58:26 PM
No, I don't think Rubber Soul is underrated.  I do think it is a tad overrated, though.  To me, I think the three masterpiece albums were Revolver, The White Album, and Abbey Road.  I still think Rubber Soul is a great album, but it does confuse me when it outranks some of those titles.  And I think it is a little strange that RS had 6 songs on the Red Album, and Revolver only 2! Also, Sgt. Pepper had 4 songs on the Blue album, Abbey Road had 4, and the White Album only had 3.

Well, I think the good thing about the Beatles' career is that they don't have one album that is universally considered to be their best, as opposed to, let's say the Beach Boys.  Look at any poll.  I would say 90% of the time, the top 5 Beatles albums are the same 5 titles, just in a different order.

However, if it is any consolation, an argument in favour of Rubber Soul being underrated is that it is the only album from the Beatles' top five that I don't think I have ever seen ranked as the top Beatles album.
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Post by: Andy Smith on November 15, 2008, 02:10:00 AM
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It's not underrated by me , i prefer it to Revolver .

i do too, i think its got stronger songs. underated? maybe not.

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Post by: fan numero uno on November 15, 2008, 02:13:05 AM
for me, its not my favorite album, but i certainly dont think its underrated! tons of people love it!
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Post by: tkitna on November 15, 2008, 03:30:25 AM
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i do too, i think its got stronger songs. underated? maybe not.


Stronger songs? Really?

We'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.

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Post by: pc31 on November 15, 2008, 05:55:13 PM
it came in the period of their self realizations...an import step....maybe it was when they decided they each had their own life....many solo attempts on it...if it never happened they would have still been a band maybe.....it was what help tear them down...i don't like it because paul was over attempting and john was self discovering,john seemed distracted and paul was coming on strong...i think some of the ill feelings george had against paul started in this time too...george was helping out doing more than usual to put out a beatle album and was unappreciated.....it plays like an obit to me la la la la falling yes i am falling....da da da da da end
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Post by: Bobber on November 15, 2008, 08:27:54 PM
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la la la la falling yes i am falling....da da da da da end

That was on Help!  :)
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Post by: Hello Goodbye on November 15, 2008, 09:31:45 PM
It was on Rubber Soul here in the US

I love that song.
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Post by: Andy Smith on November 15, 2008, 10:16:23 PM
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It was on Rubber Soul here in the US

I love that song.

that's the trouble with the US and UK versions. if people say to me that they
love I've Just Seen a Face from Rubber Soul. i go no..from Help! and then
realise that its the US version. get so confused!  :P

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Post by: pc31 on November 15, 2008, 10:42:09 PM
i wasn't saying what album it was on or not i was just using it as an ancedote......
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Post by: HeatherBoo on November 16, 2008, 03:53:05 AM
I think it is an awesome album.  It shows their growth as a band...just starting to change.
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Post by: CleanOldMan on November 16, 2008, 06:19:22 AM
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From http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

Nov 11th, 1965, The final recording session for The Beatles Rubber Soul album took place, at Abbey Road, London. They needed three new songs to finish the album so an old song
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Post by: FrozenTennis on November 25, 2008, 01:44:10 AM
Ah, Rubber Soul. My favorite.  :)
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Post by: Casbah on November 25, 2008, 02:56:12 AM
I've always put the two on the same level, and I often get confused which song is on which album. I don't think it's over-rated at all.
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Post by: Hello Goodbye on November 25, 2008, 02:57:15 AM
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that's the trouble with the US and UK versions. if people say to me that they
love I've Just Seen a Face from Rubber Soul. i go no..from Help! and then
realise that its the US version. get so confused!  :P

Andy, I have the US Rubber soul on vinyl and the UK version on disk.  I still reckon Falling to be a Rubber Soul song.

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Post by: Hello Goodbye on November 25, 2008, 02:59:10 AM
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Ah, Rubber Soul. My favorite.  :)

Mine too!

And it's worth a picture.....

(http://www.beatles.com/core/music/rubbersoul/1.jpg)

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Post by: Out Of Me Head on March 27, 2009, 10:31:21 PM
The album that inspired Pet Sounds don't forget
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Post by: adamzero on March 28, 2009, 12:29:36 AM
I like the US version: "I've Just Seen a Face" is a great album opener.  But the US version didn't include "If I Needed Someone" which would have been better than "It's Only Love" or "Wait."  "Drive My Car" might have livened up the second side.  I like the deliberate folkiness of the US version.  

I agree that the UK side one is pretty hard to top.  

I like "Run for your Life" but it's a throwaway as are "What Goes On" and "Wait."  Revolver doesn't have a comparable throwaway.  "Dr Robert" "Love to You" and "And Your Bird Can Sing" seem the least substantial of Revolver but are miles ahead of the filler on Rubber Soul.  

Top songs for me on Rubber Soul: "In My Life"; "Nowhere Man"; ""Norwegian Wood"; "Michelle"; "Girl"; "If I Needed Someone."

Tops songs for me on Revolver: almost everything except those noted above.

But Rubber Soul is a great album for Revolver burnout--and has some of John's best stuff.  It's also likeable for its earnestness, or guilelessness.  It's hard to imagine that the guy who wrote "Nowhere Man" and "In My Life" would be writing "I Am the Walrus" and "Happiness is a Warm Gun" in a couple of years.
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Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on March 28, 2009, 04:06:39 PM
Rubber Soul is my favourite Beatles album, and Revolver comes next. Maybe Rubber Soul "fillers" ("What Goes On", "Wait", "Run For Your Life") are weaker than the weaker tracks from Revolver ("And Your Bird Can Sing", "Doctor Robert", "I Want To Tell You"); but the most well known songs from Rubber Soul are truly classics ("Norwegian Wood", "Nowhere Man", "Michelle", "In My Life") while few songs from Revolver are as memorable ("Eleanor Rigby" being the great exception). I think that Revolver as a whole is a more consistent album, but Rubber Soul has better individual songs. And this is said by someone whose favourite song of all time is "Tomorrow Never Knows".

About Rubber Soul being underrated, I think it was quite overlooked some time ago, but it's got some recognition during the last years, though Sgt. Pepper's and Revolver are still the most acclaimed Beatles albums.
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Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on March 28, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
For those who care, I made a page dedicated to Rubber Soul some years ago:

http://www.geocities.com/rubbersoul40years/
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Post by: adamzero on March 29, 2009, 01:03:45 AM
Nice page, hombre.  Good insights.  I was almost going to say that Rubber Soul has more "classics" than Revolver.  I wish John had gone more in the direction of the story songs like "Norwegian Wood" and "Girl."  He was damned good at it--reminds me of some of the D.H. Lawrence stuff.  And "Drive My Car" has a nice Kinkish twist (maybe even more than Ray Davies had fully developed it).  Even songs like "Michelle" seem rooted in a dramatic situation--something that their early songs had ("I Want to Hold Your Hand")--but more sophisticated.  As they got more abstract, their songwriting lost some of its immediacy (until John started writing everything about Yoko--and there's only so many of those you can handle).

There are some songs on the White album that aren't as good as Rubber Soul.  "Cry Baby Cry" and "Bungalow Bill" look half-written compared to "Norwegian Wood" or "Girl."  Real throwaways compared to "Run for Your Life" which at least has some menace and guitar ummph!
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Post by: alexis on March 29, 2009, 02:29:25 AM
I have listened to Rubber Soul scores of times in the last few years, Revolver scores of times, but not in the last few years.

So I don't remember Revolver as an album all that well.

I'm in no rush to do that now ... I know that one of these days I'll put it on, get blown away, and perserverate on it for weeks on end.

At least I know myself!
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Post by: An Apple Beatle on March 29, 2009, 11:43:55 AM
Well put AZ. This was the mark of change for me. Other than A Hard Days Night, Rubber Soul onwards is the Beatle period I love best.
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Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on March 29, 2009, 12:49:32 PM
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Nice page, hombre.  Good insights.  I was almost going to say that Rubber Soul has more "classics" than Revolver.  I wish John had gone more in the direction of the story songs like "Norwegian Wood" and "Girl."  He was damned good at it--reminds me of some of the D.H. Lawrence stuff.  And "Drive My Car" has a nice Kinkish twist (maybe even more than Ray Davies had fully developed it).  Even songs like "Michelle" seem rooted in a dramatic situation--something that their early songs had ("I Want to Hold Your Hand")--but more sophisticated.  As they got more abstract, their songwriting lost some of its immediacy (until John started writing everything about Yoko--and there's only so many of those you can handle).

There are some songs on the White album that aren't as good as Rubber Soul.  "Cry Baby Cry" and "Bungalow Bill" look half-written compared to "Norwegian Wood" or "Girl."  Real throwaways compared to "Run for Your Life" which at least has some menace and guitar ummph!

Yes, I think the songwriting is better in Rubber Soul than in Revolver. Revolver's big merit is the heavy experimentation: as I've read somewhere, that record "pushed the sonic boundaries of rock farther than any other LP in history". But I see Rubber Soul as John's peak as a songwriter: very profound lyrics, beautiful melodies. Such a strong song like "Girl" was written toward the end of the recording sessions! He was even "prophetic" in "The Word", two years before the summer of love. After Rubber Soul, the Beatles records started to be more Paul-dominated; in my opinion, Revolver would be Paul's peak.
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Post by: PaulieBear on March 29, 2009, 03:33:09 PM
This is probably my 3rd favorite album!
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Post by: Sonic Blue on March 31, 2009, 11:47:21 AM
I don't think that a critically acclaimed, globally successful album which has, after upwards of 43 years, never been deleted can meaningfully be considered underrated. ;) It contains some of The Beatles best constructed songs (I also share the widespread preference for Revolver to listen to but Rubber Soul contains more songs that I enjoy performing) It shows The Beatles maturing emotionally & culturally & accepting that their audience have as well (It was released a mere two years after "I Wanna Hold Your Hand") Whilst I feel the diversity of tastes & versatility of abilities which characterised Beatles music were less well represented here than on most of their albums, It is, nevertheless, an album which wouldn't disgrace ANY record collection.
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Post by: stevie on May 01, 2009, 01:00:06 AM
I think we're sort of forgetting the stages of the Beatle's career. Rubber Soul was their new sound in 65, Revolver their sound in 66. We wouldn't have to got Revolver without Rubber Soul. I understand what people mean, and personally, I like Revolver better. But Rubber Soul is quite possibly the best pop album of all time and ceratinly in the top ten of all albums made.
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Post by: glass onion on May 25, 2009, 07:18:44 PM
rubber soul is in the top 3 beatles albums,surely.maybe even in the top 1.i think revolver may be recorded better,but the jump from help! lp to rubber soul is absolutely huge.way bigger than the leap from rubber soul to revolver.all a matter of opinion on which is the best beatles album,always will be.my personal fave is the white album.but as for rubber soul-jeez,what an album folks.
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Post by: Kevin on May 26, 2009, 03:09:18 PM
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rubber soul is in the top 3 beatles albums,surely.maybe even in the top 1.i think revolver may be recorded better,but the jump from help! lp to rubber soul is absolutely huge.way bigger than the leap from rubber soul to revolver.

Don't see that myself. A good few songs from Help! would sit nicely on Rubber Soul and vice versa. They're both guitar driven albums with similar mixes of song types. And Help! has orchestration, non-rock instrumentation and non-girlie songs - the things that generally distinguish their later career, and tghe immergence of which people generally point to Rubber Soul/Revolver.
But Revolver strikes me as much more of a change. Most Revolver songs wouldn't sit on Rubber Soul (and I'm not just talking about the songs, but also the production and arrangement.)
i would put Help! and Rubber Soul together (with with the latter being the beater) and Revolver and Pepper as pair (with the former being the best.)
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Post by: glass onion on May 26, 2009, 07:47:28 PM
ok kev-can see your point-although i do see help!as more a pop record,much more 'up'than rubber soul.i always got the impression that the musical step from help!to rubber soul was a big one.in my opinion there are two big factors that make revolver the more 'important'(if you will)-tomorrow never knows is one-the other being the absolutely magnificent distorted guitar sound-which really drives a lot of the album.obviously there is more to it than that but those two things are the things that stick out for me.i wouldn't put help!and rubber soul together.in a matter of months the beatles thing changed-look at the writing of nowhere man,in my life,girl,even think for yourself is a big leap.just far better songs-there is only really the title track and ticket to ride for me-and obviously yesterday.even hide your love away has an 'up' feel to it.too much filler on help!.

i realise i am leaving myself open to attack here by a much more intelligent beatles fan who will pick my argument to pieces-that is the beauty of being a fan though!also i wouldn't be able to see revolver and pepper as a pair-the recording of pepper is just so far out.so so different from anything they did before, or after when i think about it.
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Post by: Kevin on May 27, 2009, 08:28:44 AM
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also i wouldn't be able to see revolver and pepper as a pair-the recording of pepper is just so far out.so so different from anything they did before, or after when i think about it.

Love You To = Within You Without You (George Indian song)
Eleanor Rigby = She's Leaving Home (Paul String arranged social commentary.)
Got to Get You Into My Life = Good Morning Good Morning (Brass arrangement)
Tommorrow Never Knows = A Day In The Life (Lennon Psychedelic Big Finish)
Yellow Submarine = A Little Help etc - (Jolly Ringo sing along)
Good Day Sunshine = Lovely Rita (Paul Mid-paced rocker)

As I've said before, I think if you take away the reprise and fancy cover Pepper is Son of Revolver (the slightly inferior but still enjoyable sequel).
An eclectic collection of songs with a wide variety of arrangementsPepper was made unique by Paul's "lets-pretend-we're-someone-else" trick.
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Post by: glass onion on May 27, 2009, 09:14:01 AM
yeah its' a good point kev-i wouldn't normally look at things in that way.i was getting more at the sounds on the pepper album,the different kind of effects they got from recording-thats' what i was getting at.the strange sounds on mr kite for example,also the comb-and-paper trick,the extensive use of harmonicas on good morning,audience sounds on the title track etc.etc.your point is a good one though-however,i do enjoy listening to pepper more than revolver......sometimes.
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Post by: tkitna on May 27, 2009, 09:36:56 AM
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Don't see that myself. A good few songs from Help! would sit nicely on Rubber Soul and vice versa. They're both guitar driven albums with similar mixes of song types. And Help! has orchestration, non-rock instrumentation and non-girlie songs - the things that generally distinguish their later career, and tghe immergence of which people generally point to Rubber Soul/Revolver.
But Revolver strikes me as much more of a change. Most Revolver songs wouldn't sit on Rubber Soul (and I'm not just talking about the songs, but also the production and arrangement.)
i would put Help! and Rubber Soul together (with with the latter being the beater) and Revolver and Pepper as pair (with the former being the best.)

This was well said Kev. I feel the exact same way.

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Post by: glass onion on May 27, 2009, 06:43:17 PM
i much prefer the feel of rubber soul to the feel of revolver.maybe we could agree that rubber soul was the 'springboard album',the record where the writing and attitude toward writing songs became more of a serious thing. songs like'you won't see me','think for yourself','i'm looking through you'they all have great lyrics with a more mature outlook.although maybe not the best beatles album for a lot of fans(though that is open to debate),any serious fan surely cannot dismiss rubber soul?and surely it isn't lumped in with the pop feel of help?i do feel quite strongly about this one guys.
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Post by: tkitna on May 27, 2009, 08:34:20 PM
'Rubber Soul' always came across as a more country/pop themed album to me whereas 'Revolver' had a psychedelic feel with better constructed songs. Like Kevin said before though, I feel the transition from 'HELP' to 'Rubber Soul' was a more natural feeling than 'Soul' was to 'Revolver'.

It doesnt matter though, their all great albums in the end.
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Post by: glass onion on May 27, 2009, 10:35:02 PM
maybe it's true to lots of fans-after all,revolver is top polling lots of the time on the 'best beatles album' thing.lots of people though will always come back to the lennon who penned'nowhere man' and 'in my life'.never discount the quality of songs on rubber soul.a very very good album.perhaps the songs on revolver do shade it,and admittedly the recording sounds are superior.but the whole rubber soul package works for me-the cover is great,the suede jackets and big,big moptops.the variety of quality songwriting,and george starting to show what he's capable of.not much fodder-even'what goes on'ain't bad.the album flows well in my opinion.so,perhaps not quite revolver,but a good good effort nonetheless.i think even all four fabs have a big soft spot for it too.i remember reading that john said about rubber soul ....'we were just getting good.'it is a strong john album.
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Post by: Kevin on May 28, 2009, 08:13:17 AM
I prefer Rs to Revolver. It has a "groove" that sets it apart. Revolver is an excellent collection of songs, but lacks something to tie it all together. It feels more like a geatest hits or a compliation.
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Post by: tkitna on May 30, 2009, 12:34:12 AM
Eh, I prefer 'Revolver'. Its my favorite Beatles album.

Like I said though, you cant go wrong with any of them.
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Post by: aaronb on May 31, 2009, 03:38:01 AM
honestly i can say i really dont have a favorite..when i listen to the beatles its got to be a bit of everythig from all the albums
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Post by: briannamariee on July 21, 2009, 02:04:56 AM
nonono. it's second on my list!
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Post by: Andy Smith on July 22, 2009, 06:12:45 PM
nonono. it's second on my list!

me too!! :)
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Post by: Gary910 on September 01, 2009, 03:48:49 PM
This "overrated"/"underrated" is a purely subjective discussion. Over/under rated just means you like it more than (you fill in the blank). If you love something and don't think there is anything better, there is no way it is overrated. Rated against what? I love all of the Beatles albums like children, I love them all for their own special qualities. Are there some I prefer more, yes. Even the ones that I feel are my least favorites still are not over/under-rated.

It might be, "Does... get more attention than you would give it?" I recently was involved in a discussion, in another forum, about 'Pet Sounds'. The polarization in feelings about 'Pet Sounds' is amazing. If you take a group of music enthusiasts and talk about 'Sgt Pepper' you will get different opinions. Some say that it is the greatest, and some will say that it is over hyped.

As has been stated 'Rubber Soul' is high on many fans list of favorite albums. It used to be my favorite, or shall I say most preferred. Now, I prefer 'Revolver' over 'Rubber Soul'. This does not mean that I think 'Revolver' is better. It just speaks to me more as to where I am in my life right now. We all could debate how "over/under-rated" an album is until we are all old and gray, and still not have an answer.

'Rubber Soul' is a great album. It gets lots of play time in my house. Underrated? That depends on who you are talking to.
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Post by: nowhereman71 on September 07, 2009, 10:56:49 PM
I've got a very soft spot for "Beatles For Sale", not usually seen as one of the Fabs' bestest best, but I love the combination of John's acoustic guitar, George's lovely Gretsch and Paul's melodic bass.  It's a blueprint for folk-rock, if that's a good thing, but you can't blame the Beatles for what they inspired  :D

A Hard Day's Night is a very happy album, and the only album containing songs written just by John and Paul.

I love all the albums and am not really able to be objective about them anymore, but my faves amongst their albums are, in order...

1.  Revolver
2.  The Beatles
3.  Rubber Soul

4.  Beatles For Sale
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Post by: nyfan(41) on September 07, 2009, 11:53:03 PM
i could be wrong but overall, rubber soul sounds like it has alot of tambourine

yeah, i love it - all the songs and the album cover too!  :D
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Post by: QuarryMan89 on September 09, 2009, 08:32:31 PM
I've always liked Rubber Soul but it's really grown on me in the last year or so. Revolver is my favourite ever, but I've really burned myself out on it in the last five years, so I don't listen to it all that much at the moment.
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Post by: idontevenknow on September 23, 2009, 11:02:35 AM
Personally I'd place Rubber Soul over Revolver because I think the songwriting's better overall and it's more consistent. Revolver was obviously groundbreaking, but I think it's a bit like a bunch of ideas being thrown against the wall, some work brilliantly, some don't. But then I like McCartney's songs on Rubber Soul substantially more, so I'm probably crazy
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Post by: ArthurVandelay on September 26, 2009, 04:33:24 PM
Rather than being UNDERrated, to me it's very overrated. The album starts off very strong, the first four or five songs being excellent. Then the album takes a huge nosedive with The Word.
Rubber Soul is probably the album with the most tracks that I skip of any Beatles album, I feel like half of the album is filler. I've never cared for Michelle or Girl, they're both border on insuffeerable to me. I usually skip The Word, What Goes On, Wait, and Run for Your Life.
Basically, I like the first five songs, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life, and If I Needed Someone.
I know I'm in the vast, vast minority on this one too. To Me, BFS, Help, and Revolver are far superior to RS and BFS and Help are underrated.