The Word (track)
by The Beatles
The Word appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Rubber Soul (track #6) (this album) (1965)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #75) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #75) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #75) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #75) (compilation) (1982)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/24/2026 09:39 |  MetalMan67 | 1,659 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 07:03 | beausteg | 138 | 60/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 10:32 | Siromynian | 17,906 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 23:44 |  Rockdrigo | 1,125 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 18:08 | michelefarina | 354 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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Apart from in the bridge, Ive always thought that the music does not work with the lyrics. Tonally the two are completely contrasting.
This song is just plain annoying.
The chorus actually sounds a bit annoying to my ears, but apart from that this track is ok.
Cool track!
The Beatles first venture into peace and love territory. The word, is really a precursor to their own summer of love anthem, all you need is love, and though the lyrics maybe slightly naive, it's still an excellent track, brilliantly delivered, with the whole band on top form. One of the best of Rubber soul's many superb tracks.
An OK track. I wasn't too impressed, but it was good.
Jasonconfused 01/27/2013 00:44 | #62955
And drumming has arrived for the Beatles!
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