The Beatles Albums Ranked From Worst to Best
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Published 2020-09-01
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The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are regarded as the most influential band of all time. They were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band later explored music styles ranging from ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.
Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced records of greater complexity, including the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), and enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles (also known as "the White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all four members enjoyed success as solo artists. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active.
The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They are the best-selling act in the US, with certified sales of 183 million units. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart, most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and most singles sold in the UK. The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and all four main members were inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2008, the group topped Billboard's list of the all-time most successful artists on the Billboard Hot 100. The band received seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Time magazine named them among the 20th century's 100 most important people.
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All Comments (21)
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Let It Be is super underrated for me. It gets panned by critics/fans but it's a very solid album.
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Joe is a king for putting Magical Mystery Tour so high.
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Here's my list: 1. Revolver 2.Abbey Road 3. Sgt Pepper 4. White album 5. Rubber Soul 6. Magical Mystery tour 7. Let it Be 8. Please Please Me 9. Help 10. A Hard Days Night 11. Beatles for Sale 12. With the Beatles 13. Yellow Submarine
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The White Album is so good. It’s the trippiest and most mysterious. Can you believe George Martin was never down with it? Also the physical album itself is an incredible package that gives off an energy of its own.
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13: Yellow Submarine 12: With The Beatles 11: The Beatles For Sale 10: Please Please Me 9: Let It Be 8: A Hard Days Night 7: Help! 6: Rubber Soul 5: The Magical Mystery Tour 4: Revolver 3: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 2: Abbey Road 1: The Beatles’ White Album
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So with you Kramzer on ‘Hey Bulldog!’ being such an overlooked or under-rated Beatles song. It’s superb. It’s different, but still got a Beatlesesque sound, it’s fun and it’s got that awesome riff. I love it, and that album (Yellow Submarine) is great too All albums by The Beatles are very good and many are absolutely amazing Great work guys, I really like all three of you and your comments on all your videos, and your rapport with eachother is wonderful. Fab!
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My favorite band of all time!!! Here's my list: 1. Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band. 2. White album. 3. Abbey road. 4. Revolver. 5. Rubber soul. 6. Magical mystery tour. 7. Help. 8. A hard day's night. 9. Please please me. 10. Let it be. 11. Beatles for sale. 12. With the Beatles. 13. Yellow Submarine.
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This channel is damn addictive
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The Beatles are my favorite all time band, since about the age of 6 (so 30 years ago) my folks had the blue/red collections in the house and i obsessed over them for some reason, the music has just always made me feel something different from anything else musically. Revolver and Abby road are my top albums from them, but watching this made me go back and dig deeper into the "White" album. Its always been a struggle for me, and its always talked about - but after hearing you guys cover it and place it so high, I've been giving another go with a different perspective and its hitting me different this time, the oddness and song/music choices are clicking with me now - its so full of personality, i think I'm getting into it finally - thanks!
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The thing that gets overlooked in a lot of Beatles album rankings is that many of these albums do not include the singles that could have been put on them. The albums were the songs that didn’t cut it as singles. There are obviously exceptions to this, such as the soundtracks, but many of their best early songs were not on their UK album releases. Imagine With the Beatles, with a few of the covers or weaker songs, plus I Want to Hold Your Hand, She Loves You, and This Boy. It immediately becomes one of the best sophomore albums of any band of all-time.
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Help! is such an underrated album. From the title track to Ticket To Ride. You Got To Hide Your Love Away and of course Yesterday. A Hard Days Night is a pure flawless gem of perfect pop.
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The thing to remember about Beatles For Sale is that it was released 5 months after Hard Day's Night; and it was their 4th LP in 20 months... And Beatlemania was in full bloom... It was a different time
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Watching this one again reminds me of how much you guys have advanced in the past 2 years. Not only is the audio much better now, but I can tell that all 3 of you are more relaxed, allowing your chemistry and charisma to shine. Happy new year!
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Here's my list: 1. Rubber Soul 2. A Hard Day's Night 3. Beatles For Sale 4. Magical Mystery Tour 5. Please Please Me 6. Revolver 7. The White Album 8. Help! 9. Let It Be (naked version) 10. Abbey Road 11. With The Beatles 12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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If you were 12 years old in 1964 and grew up with the Beatles they were a source of such pure happiness. They were such a huge part of their times that unless you were alive at that time you just can't know. You should have interviewed some old fans. I bet they'd change your mind a lot.
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Wow. I'm so glad you are revisiting the Jason solo lists. No offense in any way intended towards Jason. Those early videos are the foundation for the channel. But the secret sauce is all three of you sharing your thoughts.
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I agree with Joe a lot in that Magical Mystery Tour should be near the top for me the Beatles are best at psychedelia, so I believe the three most psychedelic albums should be placed at the top and all are released in a row. I love the entrancing contrast between the formality of the military drum beat and the spaced out compositions. 1. Sgt Peppers- the most consistent and integrated from beginning to end ALL songs are really good to great and yes I even enjoy For the Benefit of Mr. Kite, Good Moring, and Fixing a Hole. 2. Magical Mystery Tour -second most consistent and impressive from beginning to end I even started to like Blue Jay Way 3. Revolver- if Yellow Submarine had been dropped and Paperback Writer and Rain had been added would vie for number 1 and definitely be number 2 4. White Album 5. Rubber Soul 6. Abbey Road 7. Help 8. Let it Be 9. A Hard Day's Night 10. Beatles for Sale 11. Please Please me 12. With the Beatles 13. Yellow Submarine
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George seems like the most chill Beatle
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13: Yellow Submarine 12: With the Beatles 11: The Beatles For Sale 10: Please Please Me 9: A Hard Days Night 8: Help! 7: Let It Be 6: Rubber Soul 5: Revolver 4: Abbey Road 3: The Magical Mystery Tour 2: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1: The Beatles “White Album”
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I like the bottom 3, adore the top 6, and love the ones in between! I agree most with Joe's list overall, though there are some differences. 1) Abbey Road 2) Revolver 3) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 4) Rubber Soul 5) The Beatles 6) Magical Mystery Tour 7) Let It Be 8) Help! 9) A Hard Day's Night 10) Please Please Me 11) With The Beatles 12) Beatles For Sale 13) Yellow Submarine
