Sunday, 26 October 2014

The Beatles - White album






01 - Back in the USSR
02 - Dear Prudence
03 - Glass onion
04 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
05 - Wild Honey Pie
06 - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
07 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
08 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

09 - Martha, My Dear
10 - I'm So Tired
11 - Blackbird
12 - Piggies
13 - Rocky Raccoon
14 - Don't Pass Me By
15 - Why Dont We Do It In The Road
16 - I Will
17 - Julia

18 - Birthday
19 - Yer Blues
20 - Mother Nature's Son
21 - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22 - Sexy Sadie
23 - Helter Skelter
24 - Long, Long, Long

25 - Revolution 1
26 - Honey Pie
27 - Savoy Truffle
28 - Cry, Baby, Cry
29 - Revolution 9
30 - Good Night


(p) 1968


The Beatles left very deep footprints, and, love them or hate them, they are a cultural force to be reckoned with. The White Album represents both the peak of their art and the nadir of their personal relationships within the group (only to be surpassed by the gruesome Let It Be sessions...). Less of a group effort, each of Fabs here showcase their individual songwriting and singing talents, using the others as session players. They decisively destroy the image of the four happy pop clones of 1964. It was a liberating move for the musicians, but it can also be a jarring experience for the listener. It is a massive, sprawling masterwork that occasionally verges on complete collapse. The Beatles were never afraid to push the envelope to breaking point and beyond: The White Album is a case-in-point.



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