| The Beatles released 13 official studio albums from | | | | "Yesterday." "Ticket to Ride," "I've Just Seen a |
| 1963 to 1970. What follows is a short "review" of | | | | Face," and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" |
| each of these 13 albums. In my view as a true | | | | are also among the album's highlights. It's a great |
| Beatles fanatic every single on of these albums | | | | album with a couple of miss steps ("Dizzy Miss Lizzy" |
| should be a part of your collection eventually. But | | | | and "Act Naturally" are both awful covers that |
| there are definitely some albums that are more | | | | shouldn't have been included on the album.) |
| essential than others. | | | | Rubber Soul (1965) - A huge step forward. Includes |
| Please Please Me (1963) - The Beatles very first | | | | the first use of a sitar on a western pop record on |
| album has some great songs on it including the title | | | | "Norwegian Wood" which may be favorite song on |
| track, the opening track "I Her Standing There," and | | | | the album. Rubber Soul includes many of The Beatles |
| the great cover "Twist & Shout" but it also has a | | | | greatest songs like "Nowhere Man," "In My Life," |
| much higher percentage of clunkers than most | | | | "Girl," "Michelle," and "I'm Looking Through You." |
| Beatles albums. In fact I'd say at least half of this | | | | Revolver (1966) - Again with the step forward. The |
| album just isn't that good. It's interesting from an | | | | Beatles were progressing at an unbelievable rate |
| historical stand point and sometimes it can even be | | | | during these years. From "I Want To Hold Your |
| quite enjoyable to listen to, but I'd probably make it | | | | Hand" to "Tomorrow Never Knows" in 2 years? Are |
| one of my last albums if I were just getting into The | | | | you kidding me? Absolutely mind blowing. One of The |
| Beatles. | | | | Beatles greatest albums. There are no weak songs. |
| With The Beatles (1963) - The Beatles second album | | | | Many consider it to be The Beatles very best album. |
| includes a few nice songs but it's largely quite | | | | Sgt. Pepper (1967) - It's become somewhat hip to |
| forgettable due to the large amount of covers. | | | | say that Sgt. Pepper is overrated. But it's not. It's a |
| A Hard Day's Night (1964) - The Beatles third album | | | | truly incredible album. I find every single song on this |
| is when they really started to come into their own. | | | | album to be a thoroughly enjoyable listen. They are |
| While their first two albums only included 8 originals | | | | all essential in my view. Includes the absolute |
| each, A Hard Day's Night is nothing but Lennon | | | | greatest album closer of all time, "A Day in the Life." |
| McCartney originals. It includes some of The Beatles | | | | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) - This was The Beatles |
| very best early pop & rock n roll music. If you find | | | | at their most purposefully "psychedelic." To me that's |
| yourself more drawn to their early pop songs then | | | | a good thing. It includes some of The Beatles most |
| this may be a great album to get started with. | | | | incredible psychedelic masterpieces "I Am The |
| Beatles For Sale (1964) - I do think this album is | | | | Walrus" & "Strawberry Fields Forever." |
| somewhat underrated but it is definitely a step | | | | The White Album (1968) - My favorite Beatles album. |
| backwards from A Hard Day's Night. It includes 6 | | | | That being said, it's probably not a good one to get |
| mostly forgettable covers. But the originals are quite | | | | started with. It's probably too sprawling for a first |
| nice. "I'm a Loser" & "Every Little Thing" are among | | | | time listener. It's not as consistent as Sgt. Pepper or |
| the highlights. | | | | Revolver but for me it's even more endlessly |
| Help! (1965) - This was another step forward. It | | | | interesting. There's so many different styles of music |
| included some of The Beatles biggest hit songs | | | | on this album and to my ears they are all done |
| including the title track "Help!" and the legendary ballad | | | | perfectly. |