Rather than continuing on writing about Beck any further, I felt it best to rank the very best albums by The Beatles. Do keep in mind I shall not include everything, just those albums I feel to be of worth, and placing them thusly in a list from best to least-best. Understand; do you, my dear child? Then let’s begin!

Revolver: This is clearly The Beatles very best album, and as the resident Beatles expert who contributes to this blog, I can wholeheartedly say that no other Beatles LP can defeat it. It is a bit of the old and a bit of the new, and if that sounds vague to you, then that sounds vague to you. Standout cuts include “I’m Only Sleeping” and “She Said She Said”.

Magical Mystery Tour: Second only to the above-mentioned “Revolver”. This record is like an intense carnival from outer-space; such beauty and depth, so utterly creatively fertile, and containing so many Beatles classics. I quite like “The Fool on the Hill” and “Blue Jay Way” most of all (note: the classics “I Am the Walrus” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” don’t really need to be mentioned now, do they?). Might I be aloud to give a quick shout-out to “Penny Lane” however, because this song is the shit! Those charming and delightful Paul McCartney melodies are the shit!

White Album: Has to be near the top, doesn’t it? What a fun little fucking smorgasbord of an album! Classic cuts like “Dear Prudence” and “Helter Skelter” can’t be beat, they simply can’t! Another personal favorite for yours truly is the epic spiritual longing of the appropriately named “Long, Long, Long”. George Harrison is in the house!

Sgt. Pepper’s: This is a fairly awesome half-assed concept record from mega douche Paul McCartney. It is indeed the one Beatles record that plays most flawlessly from beginning to end, although admittedly with some clunkers wedged somewhere in the middle. I like the clear and obvious Brian Wilson influence and the surprising disappearance of guitar-based gems, but by no means do lack of substantial guitar inner-play damper this delicious gem of an LP. Personal favorites include “Getting Better”, “Fixing a Hole” and “Lovely Rita”.

Rubber Soul: The Beatles finally stop being cute for about 5 minutes, and the music buying public has long been the wiser for these actions on the part of those incorrigible mop-top bastards. Guitar playing has rarely sounded so dreamy in places, but the arguable influence of The Byrds is something I find to be at least slightly perverted (it’s always strange when musicians sing or “act out” in an accent they were not born into, you know?). Personal highlights spring to mind, such as “Girl”, “In My Life” and “Nowhere Man”. Lennon clearly owns this album, he owns it!

Help: This fucker is clearly underrated like a motherfucker. This is the real transitional record to me, and not “Rubber Soul”. The opener “Help!” expresses an intense and powerful paranoia and it’s just a classic track in general, likewise with “Ticket to Ride” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”. A lot of what I write is a contradiction and simply not true, but Lennon owns this album as well, he owns it!

Please note: I choose not to include any other records made by The Beatles, as I feel them to be inessential. The ones I have listed are the only ones you need (not including compilation or anthology-based material). Surprised not to see “Abbey Road”? That’s because it sucks, the only good cuts are “Come Together” and “Polythene Pam”. The rest is just a lot of bland Hard-Rock rubbish or George Harrison whiney shit. Cheers!