“The Beatles” by The Beatles - album review
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Clocking in at an unsexy NINETY FOUR minutes, the tenth Beatles LP could do with being severely trimmed. The first and last sides are strongest, the flabbiness is in the middle. My own svelte 10 track, 35 minutes edit registers an “8.15” – Revolution 1 / The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill / Dear Prudence / Happiness Is A Warm Gun / Helter Skelter / Back In The U.S.S.R. / Blackbird / Don’t Pass Me By / Birthday / Good Night. This would be worthy of being classed up there with the career-high, “Revolver”. I mean, why have a gristly lamb chop when you’ve got prime beef fillet in the fridge? I’d avoid the weeping tiger steaks mind. A man's got to have some principles.
The Jukebox Rebel
15–Dec–2005
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:43]  The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R. (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A2 | [03:56]  The Beatles - Dear Prudence (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Psychedelia |
| A3 | [02:17]  The Beatles - Glass Onion (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Psychedelia |
| A4 | [03:08]  The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop |
| A5 | [00:52] The Beatles - Wild Honey Pie (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Psychedelia |
| A6 | [03:13]  The Beatles - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A7 | [04:45]  The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| A8 | [02:43]  The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| B1 | [02:28]  The Beatles - Martha My Dear (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B2 | [02:03]  The Beatles - I’m So Tired (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop Ballad |
| B3 | [02:18]  The Beatles - Blackbird (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Folk |
| B4 | [02:04]  The Beatles - Piggies (George Harrison) Cerebral Pop |
| B5 | [03:32] The Beatles - Rocky Racoon (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Folk Rock / Americana |
| B6 | [03:50]  The Beatles - Don’t Pass Me By (Richard Starkey) Pop |
| B7 | [01:40]  The Beatles - Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| B8 | [01:45] The Beatles - I Will (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Songwriter |
| B9 | [02:54]  The Beatles - Julia (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Songwriter |
| C1 | [02:42] The Beatles - Birthday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| C2 | [04:00]  The Beatles - Yer Blues (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| C3 | [02:47]  The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Folk |
| C4 | [02:24] The Beatles - Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| C5 | [03:15]  The Beatles - Sexy Sadie (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Songwriter |
| C6 | [04:29]  The Beatles - Helter Skelter (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Rock |
| C7 | [03:03]  The Beatles - Long, Long, Long (George Harrison) Psychedelia |
| D1 | [04:15]  The Beatles - Revolution 1 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| D2 | [02:40] The Beatles - Honey Pie (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Crooner / Cabaret |
| D3 | [02:54]  The Beatles - Savoy Truffle (George Harrison) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| D4 | [03:02]  The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Songwriter |
| D5 | [08:21] The Beatles - Revolution 9 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Avant-Garde |
| D6 | [03:11] The Beatles - Good Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Crooner / Cabaret |
