The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
Label – Parlophone
Producer – George Martin
Art Direction – Robert Freeman
Nationality - UK
Running Time – 35:50
Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)
1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life
Back to the Beatles. And again – all the tracks here could be listed at standout tracks as they are all that good!! While these are still mainly love songs on ‘Rubber Soul’, the lyrics of John Lennon and Paul McCartney had developed in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and downright complex structure. Musically also was a another step forward. With intricate almost folk-rock type arrangements that reflected the new influences of Bob Dylan and the 12 string sounds of the Byrds, the group began to expand the instrumental boundaries of the rock group, by introducing a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)." There was also Greek inspired guitar passages on "Michelle" and also on "Girl." There is a nasty fuzz bass and guitar sound on George Harrison’s "Think for Yourself." George Martin even gets into the act by adding a piano recorded at regular speed then sped up to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." Just innovations far ahead of anything else being released at the time.
For the Beatles ‘Rubber Soul’ is the big turning point from just straight rock music into something else truly original. The entire record became part of the music ‘package’ with the odd title and the innovative cover setting a mood before a single note is even heard.
Obviously HIGHLY recommended.
You can purchase the CD here.
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It is amazing to me how The Beatles continued to come up with all of these fantastic songs and fantastic albums while dealing with the pressures of Beatlemania, but they did it. Rubber Soul is definitely proof of that. I, too, highly recommend this album. The songwriting, the musicianship, the playing, the singing and the innovative way of structuring these fun yet serious tracks is phenomenal. And yet, with as fantastic as Rubber Soul is the best was still yet too come.
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