Self explanatory....I'm not going to include live albums or John's Avante Garde releases, etc....I just wouldn't really know where to place them. So, basically, my list is traditional pop studio albums for each of the fab four.
Classic (*****)
1. Plastic Ono Band 2. All Things Must Pass 3. Imagine 4. Brainwashed 5. Flaming Pie 6. Double Fantasy 7. Band on the Run 8. Walls and Bridges 9. Living in the Material World 10. Venus and Mars 11. Ringo 12. Cloud Nine 13. Ram 14. Red Rose Speedway 15. Milk and Honey
Near Classic (****)
16. Goodnight Vienna 17. Dark Horse 18. London Town 19. Ringorama 20. Back to the Egg 21. Beaucoups of Blues 22. Wings At the Speed of Sound 23. McCartney
Good (***)
24. Mind Games 25. Extra Texture 26. Wild Life 27. Gone Troppo 28. Flowers in the Dirt 29. Run Devil Run 30. Tug of War 31. George Harrison 32. Sometime in New York City 33. Driving Rain 34. Somewhere in England (Studio LP) 35. Rock and Roll
Meh (**)
36. Thirty Three and 1/3 37. Time Takes Time 38. Pipes of Peace 39. Vertical Man 40. I Wanna Be Santa Claus 41. Give My Regards to Broad Street
Abysmal (*)
42. CHOBA B CCCP 43. Off the Ground 44. Bad Boy 45. McCartney II 46. Press to Play
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Yeah, if anyone else is going to do it, the easiest way is to rank the albums first by each Beatle....and then it's easier to place them all together in order.
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Jeez, it's hard enough ranking them by each individual Beatle! Besides, I tend to change my mind about albums all the time. I really love doing lists like this but I can't go through all four together. Here's the best I can do (I'm judging these by "overall enjoyment", not one or two GREAT songs each):
John: PLASTIC ONO BAND IMAGINE WALLS AND BRIDGES MIND GAMES DOUBLE FANTASY MILK AND HONEY SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY ROCK AND ROLL
Paul: VENUS AND MARS BAND ON THE RUN RAM BACK TO THE EGG TUG OF WAR OFF THE GROUND FLAMING PIE McCARTNEY McCARTNEY II WILD LIFE LONDON TOWN FLOWERS IN THE DIRT GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADSTREET RUN DEVIL RUN RED ROSE SPEEDWAY PIPES OF PEACE PRESS TO PLAY DRIVING RAIN
George: ALL THINGS MUST PASS CLOUD NINE LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD 33 & 1/3 GEORGE HARRISON BRAINWASHED EXTRA TEXTURE DARK HORSE SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND GONE TROPPO
Ringo: RINGO TIME TAKES TIME GOODNIGHT VIENNA STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES BAD BOY VERTICAL MAN ROTOGRAVURE RINGO THE 4TH OLD WAVE RINGO RAMA SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
- Tug of war - Imagine - Run devil run - Band on the run - Wild life - Pipes of peace - Press to play - London town - Stop and smell the roses
You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forget the bad parts, you don't need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because it's the very best, and it's the part I give most willingly.
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Sorry Joe - I stole your list! I've graded my choices out of ten - 10 being the best.
John: 9 PLASTIC ONO BAND 10 IMAGINE 7 WALLS AND BRIDGES 6 MIND GAMES 8 DOUBLE FANTASY 6 MILK AND HONEY 8 SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY 9 ROCK AND ROLL
Paul: 8 VENUS AND MARS 9 BAND ON THE RUN 10 RAM 5 BACK TO THE EGG 5 TUG OF WAR 6 OFF THE GROUND 7 FLAMING PIE 7 McCARTNEY 4 McCARTNEY II 3 WILD LIFE 8 LONDON TOWN 7 FLOWERS IN THE DIRT 3 GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADSTREET 7 RUN DEVIL RUN 7 RED ROSE SPEEDWAY n/a PIPES OF PEACE - only heard a few tracks n/a PRESS TO PLAY - only heard a few tracks 7 DRIVING RAIN
George: 9 ALL THINGS MUST PASS 8 CLOUD NINE n/a LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - only heard a few tracks 7 33 & 1/3 6 GEORGE HARRISON n/a BRAINWASHED - I bought this the day it came out, but can't bring myself to play it. n/a EXTRA TEXTURE - only heard a few tracks n/a DARK HORSE n/a SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND - only heard a few tracks n/a GONE TROPPO
Ringo: 7 RINGO n/a TIME TAKES TIME - only heard a few tracks 5 GOODNIGHT VIENNA n/a STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES 4 BAD BOY n/a VERTICAL MAN - only heard a few tracks 8 ROTOGRAVURE 4 RINGO THE 4TH n/a OLD WAVE n/a RINGO RAMA - only heard a few tracks n/a SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - only heard a few tracks 8 BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES
n/a BRAINWASHED - I bought this the day it came out, but can't bring myself to play it.
Very interesting, End. I think it's a fairly good album, trying to think objectively. But the album doesn't hang very well together, as you'd expect actually.
But I tell you this: there are a couple of songs on it that really tug at my heartsrings. Whenever I play this album a feeling of loss creeps over me, surprising me every time wikth is intensity.
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Quoted from Maria, posted July 20, 2004, 5:50am at here
Very interesting, End.
I can't quite explain why - I'm waiting for the right moment. I think it's because I don't want George Harrison's final album to be a disappointment to me.
You won't be disappointed by Brainwashed. I really think you should play it......it's a fantastic record. Over at the GeorgeHarrison.com forum, nobody lists the album below their top four really. It's a GREAT, great album...you really should give it a spin.
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PLASTIC ONO BAND IMAGINE WALLS AND BRIDGES ROCK AND ROLL ( i love rocn roll) McCARTNEY McCARTNEY II RAM BAND ON THE RUN ALL THINGS MUST PASS RINGO
Havent listen Paul´s solo records after Pipes of peace and same goes for George after George Harrison (wiith the exception of Traveling Wilburys) and Ringo after Stop and smell the roses. Reason ?? Disapointed... instead started listen Beatles records again and find some other stuff. Have i miss something? Have Paul record kind of stuff he did on his solo-records I and II ??
Quoted from visitor_from_artic_circle, posted July 21, 2004, 4:55am at here
Have i miss something? Have Paul record kind of stuff he did on his solo-records I and II ??
Well, those are the only two albums that he played all of the instruments on.......but since when you stopped listening he's recorded the magnificent Flaming Pie. George has Cloud Nine and Brainwashed, which are really great records that you should check out. Ringo Rama is also a pretty strong CD.
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