1/10: I hate the Beatles and I hate you.
2/10. I hate this album. When I hear it I want to murder people.
3/10: indulgent rubbish.
4/10: ok I guess, but if it wasn't the Beatles people would forget it.
5/10: not bad, but not one of their classics
6/10: Yeah I get it mostly. Bit weird here and there.
7/10: Good album, deserves the acclaim.
8/10: Super album. I love Ringo's drumming more than I love my parents.
9/10: Brilliant. A classic bettered only by Sgt Peppers.
10/10: Masterpiece. "It's the Beatles White Album, shut up!"
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The Beatles were a bit before my time ( not much )
I think they are OK but not fantastic
I have listened to the album on line via the link , Personally I would not go out of my way to buy it so I gave
6 out of 10
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I have had a listen to this now and my opinion is that it doesn't work as an album. There are individual tracks that are familiar to me which I did enjoy but frankly it is just a collection of disparate songs. I wasn't that impressed by the production either as it was all over the shop... 4/10 (sorry Simon...)
One of the few Beatles albums I can bare, Sgt Peppers being may favourite, some good songs mixed up with twee ditties... 5/10 for me
Cheers, Will
T'is no problem to me old boy, I picked it deliberately to stimulate discussion. If I were to pick my favourite we'd be talking about Revolver (or sgt peppers... or abbey road... or rubber soul).sorry Simon
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I've revisited this album the last two nights. I know the album quite well although there are some tracks that I used to skip, but not enough to whittle it down to a single album.
It's well documented that this is an album of solo songs; the start of the breakup of the band, hence the disparate songs and inconsistent production. Having said that there are some great songs, I've voted 6 for the album but there are songs that are worth much more.
McCartney really put in a good shift on this album with some great bass lines not just on his songs but John and George's too. I particularly enjoyed Happiness is a Warm Gun, Glass Onion, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For me and My Monkey, and Long, Long, Long this time around.
Mostly, it's an eclectic album that doesn't work as a 'normal' album, albeit a double album (how many doubles do?), but then there are rewards to be had through it being so eclectic.
At the end of the day, we can all make our own White Album playlist.
Brilliant album
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Brilliant album -end of.
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Amplification and loudspeaker set up is at the moment being split into two groups, comprising the following;
1. Same sources as above; SONY TAF-770ES/SONY CDP761E/Cable Talk 3.1 loudspeakercable/ Harbeth Compact7ES2/ Stands
2. Virtue Audio Sensation M451battery PSU, ClarityCaps upgrade/ Sensation M901/Russian PIO caps with Teflon bypass caps upgrade/ JT Dynamic PSU with various tweaks/ Connex Audio 5N Litz loudspeaker cable, Impulse H6 Loudspeakers.
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