Anyone else think the White Album is overrated?

Anonymous · 2011-12-24T02:54:19-05:00

So I'm a pretty big Beatles fan. I'm still ironing out my list, but I have little doubt in my mind that Abbey Road (which is barely short of being a perfect album, in my opinion) will land somewhere in the top 10. I also think Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and Magical Mystery Tour are great albums, though, unlike Abbey Road, they all have a few tracks I'm not too big on. I think Rubber Soul is pretty great, too, but it's not really my style. Of course, every one of these albums is considered a classic and is somewhere in the top 100 on our overall chart. The one Beatles album I never quite understood the appeal of, however, was their eponymous White Album. On BEA, this album oscillates between #6 and #7 (though it spends most of its time at #7), Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at #10, and just about every music publication considers it an absolute masterpiece. I've been listening to this album since I was very young and still can't figure out why. It's got its highlights, of course (While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Martha My Dear; Long, Long, Long; and Cry Baby Cry are some of my favorite Beatles songs), but overall I feel like the average song quality is pretty low compared to their other albums. And on top of that, it totally fails to hold together. I mean, I can appreciate variety. The top 3 albums on my chart got there partially because they display such a wide range of styles. But, unlike the White Album, they manage to do so without venturing out of their genre. Listening to the White Album, I feel like I'm listening either to a mixed tape of 30 bands that all have similar-sounding singers or to a greatest hits album whose songs, for the most part, are nowhere near good enough to actually be greatest hits. Now, I'm not posting this to attack the album or people who enjoy it, but rather because I'm curious. Does anybody else feel the same about this album? And for those of you who do consider it a masterpiece, what do you consider its strengths?

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Yes, I agree. Wild Honey Pie is horribly annoying, Little Piggies, honestly? There are some classics, though, and Ob-la-di Ob-la-da might be the most irresistible song ever.

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piggies is awesome
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It's not overrated.
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jhuik wrote:

Yes, I agree. Wild Honey Pie is horribly annoying, Little Piggies, honestly? There are some classics, though, and Ob-la-di Ob-la-da might be the most irresistible song ever.

What exactly is your description of Piggies ❓

Honestly

Do you even know what the lyrics are really about in that song?

I do.

And I love the chamber music in it 😁

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