What people search:
 | Title : Rubber Soul [UK]
Author : The Beatles
Release Date : 19901025
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $11.99
(37
%)
VISIT AMAZON.COM'S PAGE |
Editorial Reviews :
Rank 'em how you like, Rubber Soul is an undeniable pivot point in the Fab Four's varied discography no matter where, or how, you first heard it. The album was softened up in its original 12-song American edition to jibe with the Dylan/Byrds folk-rock sound, as well as squeeze money from the Parlophone catalog. The 14-song U.K. edition--the version now available on compact disc--is a different, more dynamic, and ultimately more accomplished achievement. So many classics: 'Drive My Car' and 'Nowhere Man' (both omitted from the U.S. edition) merge the early combustible Beatifics to a burgeoning studio consciousness; 'The Word' can be read as a pre-psych warning shot; the sitar-laden 'Norwegian Wood' and the evocative 'Girl' (the latter written on the last night of the sessions) stand as turning points in John Lennon's oeuvre. George finally emerges too, with the McGuinn-ish 'If I Needed Someone.' --Don Harrison
Buyer Reviews :
It wasn't too long after the release of RUBBER SOUL that John Lennon made the infamous remark that the band was now 'bigger than Jesus.' While I'll leave it to the philosophers to debate the issue, there's no question as to who sold more records. Between 1964 and 1965 the Beatles charted ten albums in the Top 10 and placed 25 singles in the Top 40!
If they never released another album after RUBBER SOUL, they would still be regarded as one of the most influential artists in pop music history. The album kicks off with what could have been a huge single, the rollicking 'Drive My Car' (which wouldn't be available in the U.S. for another six months when it appeared on YESTERDAY AND TODAY). Lennon's 'Norwegian Wood' introduced American ears to the Indian sitar played by George Harrison. Harrison also got an uprecedented two songs on this album: The fuzz bass-driven Think For Yourself' and the lovely 'If I Needed Someone.' Even Ringo gets a songwriting credit along with Lennon-McCartney on the very country-sounding 'What Goes On.' [Although it should be noted that the original U.S. pressings credited the song only to Lennon-McCartney.]
McCartney's standout track is the ballad 'Michelle,' but this album is clearly dominated by Lennon with highlights like 'Nowhere Man,' 'The Word,' 'In My Life' and 'Run for Your Life.' This is clearly the Beatles best album up to this point and would not be topped until they released REVOLVER the following summer. ESSENTAL
(by Steve Vrana)
back
What people search:
|
|
