Here are the rules: I start with “Rubber Soul” and end with “Abbey Road”.

“In My Life” is an obvious choice. I hear a slight Buddy Holly influence on this song. A beautiful melancholy melody and pleasantly dreaming lead vocal performance from John Lennon.

While the song “Rain” never appeared on any of The Beatles studio outfits, it is a real gem in their catalog. It reminds me of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, but was in fact recorded before the release of the seminal “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”. There is no doubt, however, that Lennon had a direct influence on the early creative musical output of Syd Barrett.

“I’m Only Sleeping” from the 1966 record “Revolver” is another classic track. The effortless lead vocal by Lennon and the catchy bass line by Sir Paul McCartney ensure that this is a timeless pop jingle for the ages.

“She Said She Said” from the same record is a shiny number with those unpredictable drum fills courtesy of man-child Ringo. This song is downright scary; an intense and paranoid joyride.

The sonic experiment “Blue Jay Way” is the best George Harrison Beatles contribution ever! There is so much going on here musically, especially with the recording of the vocals, making it a difficult song to dissect. In any event, another frighteningly beautiful Beatles joint.

“Dear Prudence” is my personal favorite of any Beatles song. It is emotional without being corny. There is something intense and difficult about it, a sort of complex feeling of longing. It is jangly yet pleasantly forceful; a real enigma of a song featuring a stellar vocal arrangement from space.

Like the previous cut, “Long Long Long” was also from “The White Album” (as you all know). “Long Long Long” could be the most underrated Beatles song of them all. It is a very troubling kind of Blues somehow, almost a Spiritual number of some sort…so sweet and fragile.

Finally; the Proto-Punk of “Polythene Pam” has an intense immediacy to it that can’t be beat (this cut being from the “Abbey Road” record, as you all know).

And there it is! The very best songs by The Beatles! Thank you for your time.