Tag: Better The Beatles

• Revolver Soul

  My Better The Beatles series rolls on with the ultimate selection of the best from Rubber Soul and Revolver. I ended up with a clean eight from each, combined here into Revolver Soul: Good Day Sunshine Taxman Drive My Car Eleanor Rigby Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Yellow Submarine Michelle You Won’t See Me […]

  December 28, 2021

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• Let It Abbey Road

  I’m two-thirds of the way through The Beatles: Get Back, the 8-hour documentary on Disney+. It inspired me to add another installment of my Better The Beatles series, wherein I trim the fat from their discography to create super albums of only their best stuff. (Previously: Sgt. Pepper’s Magical Mystery Tour, The (Single) White Album, […]

  December 15, 2021

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• Sgt. Better: ‘Lonely Hearts Club Band’ remastered

  By no means am I an audiophile. Play an MP3, ACC, and WAV file of the same song back to back and I most likely couldn’t tell the difference. (Correction: I definitely couldn’t tell the difference, having failed this quiz.) But when I listened to the newly remastered 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely […]

  January 22, 2018

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• Sgt. Pepper’s Magical Mystery Tour

  This article comparing The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, both released in 1967, got me thinking about what one hypothetical album that combined the best of both albums would look like. So as part of my Better The Beatles project, I’ve determined a track listing for Sgt. Pepper’s Magical Mystery Tour. Thirteen tracks from […]

  June 1, 2017

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• Make ‘The White Album’ Great Again

  The White Album is too long. Everyone knows this. As a public service I have trimmed down the bloated double album into one cohesive record, leaving the order unchanged but the musical integrity restored: Back in the U.S.S.R Dear Prudence Glass Onion Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Happiness Is A Warm Gun Martha My Dear Blackbird Piggies I Will Birthday […]

  May 28, 2017

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