Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

djrodo — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:34:03 GMT

Author: djrodo

Posted: 09/16/2020 08:34

Penny Lane is my favourite song from this album.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

djrodo — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:29:01 GMT

Author: djrodo

Posted: 09/16/2020 08:29

RoundTheBend wrote:

Have you heard Kurt Cobain's haunting home recording? (possibly saying haunting because he drops the key and then his relationship with Courtney Love).

Link

Amazing!!!!!

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

RoundTheBend — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:17:07 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/13/2020 19:17

Stover75 wrote:

And I Love Her

Have you heard Kurt Cobain's haunting home recording? (possibly saying haunting because he drops the key and then his relationship with Courtney Love).

Link

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

CharlieBarley — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:13:08 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/13/2020 19:13

Skinny wrote:

Start to finish, with this tracklist, it's probably my favourite Beatles record. There are parts of it I definitely don't love, but it's solid front to back.

It's definitely a great album

For me it contains the Beatles' best song
Strawberry Fields Forever

Although I also love the songs Let it Be and And I Love Her

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

CharlieBarley — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:08:16 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/13/2020 19:08

RoundTheBend wrote:

I agree

It's funny how the Beatles best albums IMO were created after they gave up touring.

Here's my top Beatles albums:

Sgt Pepper
White Album
Revolver
Abbey Road
MM Tour
A Hard Day's Night
Rubber Soul

A top 7 lol!

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

CharlieBarley — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:02:46 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/13/2020 19:02

Spyglass wrote:

Stover75 wrote:

Sgt Peppers is my top Beatles album but this is top 5 for me. Great album.
It doesn't matter to me that it's not a proper album but technically a double EP with added singles.
It's such a marvellous album to play.

I like to play this after playing Sgt Peppers and get a double dose of psychedelia. Even better play Revolver first then Sgt Pepper then MMT.

Every word of this post is right.

Thanks Spyglass

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

Skinny — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:52:54 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/13/2020 18:52

Start to finish, with this tracklist, it's probably my favourite Beatles record. There are parts of it I definitely don't love, but it's solid front to back.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

RoundTheBend — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:07:25 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/13/2020 18:07

Spyglass wrote:

RoundTheBend wrote:

Oh I guess I missed a single letter that construed my comment as THE top record instead of A top record... easily top 5 for me is what I mean. Here's how I rank them/rate their best. The rest is good and great "next gen" rock n' roll, but these are their most unique/what makes them much more than just a pop group, in my reality distortion field.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967 100
Abbey Road The Beatles 1969 100
Revolver The Beatles 1966 95
Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles 1967 95
The Beatles (The White Album) The Beatles 1968 90.9
Let It Be The Beatles 1970 90.8
Rubber Soul The Beatles 1965 90.7

Our top five is almost completely the same. Just switch MMT with White and you've got it.

Here's my whole ranked chart. https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62357

Nice.

Also I've thought this once before, but insane they had this output in a 3 year period of time (Let It Be was released in 4 year period of time, but recording took place within that 3 year... anyway, maybe it's like 3 years and 6 months)

Point is, I know few artists who achieved that in such a short amount of time. All top shelf records in my opinion. Most other "greats" have one or two albums like those... so it's like for every 1-2 albums, Beatles did 7... and then on top of that, one of them was a double.

Worst band ever.

Overrated.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

Spyglass — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:59:18 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 09/13/2020 17:59

RoundTheBend wrote:

Our top five is almost completely the same. Just switch MMT with White and you've got it.

Here's my whole ranked chart. https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62357

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

RoundTheBend — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:50:29 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/13/2020 17:50

Stover75 wrote:

I like to play this after playing Sgt Peppers and get a double dose of psychedelia.

Yeah really agree with this since Magical Mystery Tour and Sgt. Pepper's really could be like a double album (although I'm glad they aren't). They both play with this idea of a fake tour - the album is the live show we brought to you (that arguably is better than what we could've played live). Basically all written around the same time and with a similar artistic theme.

My favorite thing is when people try to tell you Beatles aren't psychedelic. Like if you pay attention to Penny Lane it's incredibly surreal. If you are completely oblivious, it just has barely more than a pop song going for it. And this is what I believe makes them so powerful - their subtlety and layers can both a "simple pop song" or an incredibly surreal experience. Depends on what goes on in your mind.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

RoundTheBend — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:47:51 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/13/2020 17:47

Spyglass wrote:

I disagree with the above two comments concerning MMT being the best Beatles album, but it's still top 5 very easily. Psychedelic Beatles is the best Beatles. Revolver was an incredible game changer (especially in mono).

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

Spyglass — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 12:50:36 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 09/13/2020 16:50

Stover75 wrote:

Every word of this post is right.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

CharlieBarley — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 12:19:39 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/13/2020 16:19

Sgt Peppers is my top Beatles album but this is top 5 for me. Great album.
It doesn't matter to me that it's not a proper album but technically a double EP with added singles.
It's such a marvellous album to play.

I like to play this after playing Sgt Peppers and get a double dose of psychedelia. Even better play Revolver first then Sgt Pepper then MMT.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

Daydreamer — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 10:20:54 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 09/13/2020 14:20

Glad to hear this is getting the love it deserves. It's a phenomenal album and among their very best. Pretty much on the same level as Sgt Pepper.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

DommeDamian — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 04:57:33 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 09/13/2020 08:57

Better than Sgt. Pepper's

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

Spyglass — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:43:43 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 09/13/2020 04:43

I disagree with the above two comments concerning MMT being the best Beatles album, but it's still top 5 very easily. Psychedelic Beatles is the best Beatles. Revolver was an incredible game changer (especially in mono).

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

RoundTheBend — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 22:59:32 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/13/2020 02:59

Yeah I'm always shocked when people downplay this and then the reason isn't because the music is bad, but because it's "not a real" record because the second half is a slew of singles.

Easily top Beatles record.

First half is great too, another shocker for me to hear.

Re: Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

baystateoftheart — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 16:15:55 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/12/2020 20:15

Phenomenal record, and their best

Album of the day (#3556): Magical Mystery Tour

BestEverAlbums — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 16:00:16 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 09/12/2020 20:00

Today's album of the day

Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1967.
Country:
Overall rank: 82
Average rating: 85/100 (from 2214 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.