What I didn't like about Magical Mystery Tour was that all the good songs were on the second half, and the first half carried bland, generic Beatles stuff.
The first side has Fool on the Hill and Your Mother Should Know besides Walrus too, so I disagree.
JasonconfusedIf We Make It We Can All Sit Back and LaughProfile California
What I didn't like about Magical Mystery Tour was that all the good songs were on the second half, and the first half carried bland, generic Beatles stuff.
While I disagree because I really like the first half, I can see where you're coming from since the second half is all the singles. _________________
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
I've been into the Beatles since I was like 8 years old and my favorite album of theirs has probably changed 5 or 6 times over the course of my life. My earliest favorite was A Hard Day's Night, partly because I enjoyed the movie so much and partly because it was their first album to not feature any covers. There was a brief transition to "Help!" (also a great movie) before I started really getting into their later music in my early teens. At this point, my favorite became the White Album because it had the most diversity.
In my mid-to-late teens, my favorite was definitely Revolver both because it was their most experimental and because it was very Lennon-centric -- John has always been my favorite songwriter of the four. It sat at the top of my list for quite a while (~10 years) until my mid-to-late 20s. At this point, I had a brief (~few years) infatuation with Abbey Road, the second side of which is still pure bliss for me.
Right now, though, my favorite is Sgt. Pepper. Here are my reasons:
1) It is their most complete album. There is not a single weak track on it.
2) It includes the second best Beatles song (A Day in the Life). I think their best song is Strawberry Fields Forever, but that never got a proper album treatment, it was just tacked on to Magical Mystery Tour*. George Martin has openly regretted their decision to release Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane as a single before the release of Sgt. Pepper, as he thought they really belonged on the album.
3) It really emphasizes Paul's bass in the mix. He was probably the best musician of the bunch and their songs really benefit from the added depth.
4) It is their most cohesive album. Abbey Road would have a good claim to this title if the medley concept had been extended to the whole album, but the first side is pretty scattered to my ears.
5) They only used Ringo's voice properly twice in their entire catalog. The first time was in Yellow Submarine and the second is on With A Little Help From My Friends. The latter track is the strongest of the two, IMO.
You can't go wrong with the Beatles, though. Sgt. Pepper, Revolver, Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, and the White Album are all in my top 40.
* Despite having a lot of great tracks, I don't think of Magical Mystery Tour as a proper album. They just collected a few singles on one side and some movie tracks on the other. It's similar in spirit to their early Captiol releases.
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