I've also always had a soft spot for Rubber Soul. But it's kinda like asking which kid is your favorite.

The Beatles are my favorite band of all time. Pure Genius. If I could have two albums on a deserted island, I agree with your top two and would have Rubber Soul and Revolver.

Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles' album. But years ago I had a reel to reel with Rubber Soul, Yesterday and Today, and Revolver on one tape. I wore that tape out. 🙂

My favorite album of all time is rubber soul. So glad someone else agrees

Rubber Soul has always been my favorite. For some reason ‘I’m looking through you’ grabbed me and it just gets better from there. You are the first musician I have ever heard that gave it at least equal ground to revolver so thank you for that. I’m not a musician and therefore can only really on my ear and my heart. I know this album is very special to me.

For my money, Hard Days Night is the greatest: There's not one duff moment, all Lennon-McCartney originals and such dynamic performances. It never gets stale! Incidentally, I love Revolution 9! - I love the use of the last two unison orchestral notes from Sibelius Symphony 7, used 13 times ( I counted! ) - it's a magnificent nightmare which leads into the comfort blanket of Goodbye. I love Rev9!

100% agree Michael… whenever I try to explain the relevance of the Beatles to non-Beatles fans I keep trying to point out what you stated here. We’ve had phenomenons before, like Sinatra, and Elvis, and the teen idols but as Time moved on they were left behind stuck in their genre. For 10 years, the Beatles moved the needle. They evolved right before our eyes. It was pure Magic. wherever the Beatles were on the timeline. That’s where music was on the timeline. The Beatles are the gift that keeps on giving… They are living proof that there is a God or a higher power.

My first album that I bought was Rubber Soul. The second was Revolver. I bought them when they first came out, and I still have them.

Although I love their later LPs, I would choose Revolver and Rubber Soul as my Desert Island Discs. They are complete statements with no bad tracks.

It's All Too Much is a fabulous song from Yellow Submarine.

So fascinating to think that it was John's band, that Paul was introduced to & then Paul introducing George to John (Rock In Peace, gentlemen)... I especially love the songs on which you can clearly hear John & Paul both, & of course George. Speaking of George, his song "Something" was the song that Francis Albert Sinatra called the greatest love song ever written! Not bad, George! Not bad! 👍

Fantastic picks and analysis. Have loved the Beatles since the middle sixties. Not only are your picks spot on, but you could also add the singles We Can Work It Out Day Tripper Paperback Writer Rain

Great analysis! I have listened to the Rubber Soul and Revolver albums since I was a kid sneaking them out of my older sister's collection. I still love them both to this day and argue with myself which is the better work. Does it matter? I agree that they both deserve the top spots. Excellent and thank you.

Great list Michael! I may even put Magical Mystery tour in my top 3. That album is absolutely STACKED. I agree with Revolver and Rubber Soul at the spot you put them.

No doubt, I'd take Rubber Soul and Revolver. I have also considered them as a double album.

Wow Michael. You blew me away with your breakdown. Very eloquent and on point. Great job! 👏👏

Thanks,Michael. Great episode! ✌️❤️

Great ranking and GREAT side facts to go along. Thank you, sir!!

Wahoo! Another good one!

Great video Micheal. I love your enthusiasm. Keep up the great work.

Hi from Australia. You are my brother from another mother, mate. Our tastes are very similar, and looking forward to your Led Zep bootleg reviews. I've been collecting them for years.

Thanks for the Beatle video. I've been a Beatlemaniac ever since I first saw AHDN on the big screen way back in 1964. NEW subscriber here.

That's a great ordering of the albums and I can see your reasonings that go with the ordering. Nice job. Keep 'em coming. I love seeing other peoples views on these classic albums! Oh I nearly forgot: Desert island albums: Abby Road and Magical Mystery Tour...that way I have enough diversity to carry me on those lonely nights

Remarkably well presented!

Awesome show. I'm excited to have discovered you.

Unbelievable! Your top 5 are exactly the same as my top 5! Although, I go back and fourth between Rubber Soul and Revolver at the number 1 spot.

Well done,Mikey! Love 'em all.

My car has enough space to carry about 20 CDs in it, and I always have Abbey Road, Let It Be, and Rubber Soul in there, so along with Revolver and Sgt. Pepper, those would be my top 5. Some of my favorite Beatle tracks are on the White Album, but not enough for me to rank that album higher. My no. 6 would probably be Magical Mystery Tour. Great video, Michael! Thanks for the continued stellar content! Ernie

Very interesting break down Michael. Glad to see you hop on this ranking. I'm never going to deny someone their number one, they are all so personal!

13: Yellow Submarine 12: The Beatles For Sale 11: With The Beatles 10: Please Please Me 9: A Hard Day’s Night 8: Help! 7: Let It Be 6: Rubber Soul 5: The Magical Mystery Tour 4: Revolver 3: Abbey Road 2: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1: The Beatles “White Album”

As far as I'm concerned there was no bad Beatle's albums. I've got a few of the Beatles albums, but mainly I have the Beatle's on CD's.

I love 90 percent of their songs and I think all their albums are great. I dont have a particular favorite actually. And i love every aspect of the whole beatles thing incuding my fellow fans.

This is a really cool video man!

Holy crap how identical our thoughts are on your one and two! I would rank them there too. Love you mentioned the cover of Rubber Soul too as a specific reason. It’s fantastic! And yes, these would be my two dessert island disks.

Michael, this was an excellent video.

Great video, man. Really enjoying the channel. The white album is the one lauded album by the Beatles that I’ve never really been able to connect with. I just find it too disjointed. However, I’ve recently found myself listening to Beatles for sale a lot recently, one of the albums I largely ignored for years. It gets a lot of stick, but I love their cover of Mr Moonlight - largely due to John’s raw vocal delivery. Maybe with time, the white album will just click. There’s a great live recording of The analogues covering the white album in its entirety on KZfaq. It’s brilliantly done and they incorporate all the studio effects . It’s uncanny to watch.

“Critters!,” “Algodemons” - Michael Noland signatures, everybody. Ha! Love it. Magnificent list. I especially appreciate Pepper not predictably hogging the number 1 spot. Rubber Soul is a great pick to top the list. It’s at that perfect mid-point sweet spot between the early energy and innocence of Beatlemania and the world-weary drugginess of the later years. As for top 2 desert island Beatle discs, that is always a tough and nebulous choice to make. Oh man. Right now, I’d say my all-time favorite Abbey Road and, to best represent an earlier period, A Hard Day’s Night (though I’d be real tempted to go with the White Album to cheat the system a bit - and also because I love it). Great work, as always!

To take 2 Beatles albums to a desert island I’d have to go with the White Album,#2 & Sgt Peppers, #1. Partial to Sgt Peppers, coinciding with the Summer of 67 memories and music. Great video Michael!

Hi Michael...I'm new to your channel but I'm really enjoying the content. I'm not done watching this ranking video but I paused it to write my thoughts on albums that were recorded in less then 30 hours. And one that wasn't mentioned was Black Sabbath's debut album - Black Sabbath. It was recorded in 12 hours...live off the floor at Regent Sound (I believe) on 8 track...with 1 or 2 overdubs of lead guitar or percussion. Then the mix took another 12 hours. So a complete album in 24 hours. Great channel. ...now back to this video.

BAM.....another great video. Your subscribers will begin to grow exponentially. Loved everything the Beatles recorded but if stranded on an island I would choose Sgt Peppers album along with Sly and the Family Stones Greatest Hits, Cosmos Factory and Exiles on Main Street. Pulling for you man.....

Excellent and insightful analysis…. I was holding my breath during your countdown 😀…. Oh my God when you said Revolver was #2 … I jumped up and down like a Miss America winner … I bow to you naming Rubber Soul #1 , your explanation reenforced all my inner listening delights… further Norwegian Wood stays in my subconscious while I sleep! I grew up anticipating their next release until “ Let it Be”’s cassette of which we wore out in 1970 traveling across the country ! Thank you so much !

On any Beatles ranking I’m always waiting for rubber soul and it’s usually put in the middle or about 5th best. Glad to see how high you had it as it contains my favourite lennon songs.

Revolver and rubber soul could be interchanged! Great rankings and video

Revolver and Rubber Soul for me. Nice review, Michael.

Great ranking! If I were to take two Beatles albums with me to a desert island, they would be: The White Album and Let It Be! Those two I could never get tired of! Plus if I could only take one, it would have to be Let it Be! For while The White Album is my favorite, Let It Be is a true neutral, filling me with good vibes, while keeping me optimistic about the end (as the were breaking up), and the future!

Michael what a great job you did with the ranking, no easy task. Beatles were so good I can't think of many songs I didn't like. Most of the songs you needed only to hear a couple of notes and you knew the song. George Harrison was the king of hooks. Michael please join us tonight for our live Podcast, the time was moved to 7 p.m. pst 30 minutes later than usual.

Rubber Soul is MY favourite Beatles album too!😃

The two that have always stood out for me are Abbey Road and Revolver - they are my number one and two. I never, ever get tired of listening to them.

Yours is a great list. I have always considered Rubber Soul their best as well. This could be partially because I was familiar with all of the songs on Rubber Soul as a child from the King Features Beatles cartoon show. But leaving that aside, the quality of the songs on this album is majestic. I agree that John returned to form and dominated the White Album after a hiatus. Cheers.

Hi Michael, came across your channel while surfing. You and I are of a similar age and very similar tastes in music. Watching your Beatles album ratings with interest. Almost totally agree except I don’t rate the “White” album as highly as you do, I’d have Sgt Pepper above it. Funny, when I was 12 the first record I ever bought with my own money was Rubber Soul. I loved that record! The next was Led Zepplin 4. Big Zeppelin fan as well. I am now a big Floyd fan, mainly David Gilmour’s guitar. I actually own a Fender custom shop David Gilmour signature black Stratocaster. Subscribed to your channel as we share very similar tastes and attitudes to music and the business. Keep it up!

One magnificent ranking, indeed!

Excellent video! My top five *favorite* Beatles albums: 1. Abbey Road 2. Rubber Soul 3. The White Album 4. Revolver 5. Sgt. Pepper's LHCB

I grew up on the American albums which have a different song sequence than the British albums, so this does change things too. I like both versions of Rubber Soul as my favorite. After that it’s tough! Thanks

Well argued, Michael. I agree that this exercise is like picking your favourite child. I have to go with Revolver as my #1, because of Tomorrow Never Knows. Desert isle albums? Revolver & Abbey Road.

really enjoyed this video. The Beatles and The Kinks are my all time desert island bands. there is no bad Beatles album for me but here goes. 13. Yellow Submarine 12. With the Beatles 11. Beatles for Sale 10 Let it Be 9. Help 8. Please Please me 7. Hard days night 6. Magical mystery tour 5. Sgt Pepper 4. Rubber Soul 3. White album 2. Revolver 1. Abbey Road absolutely no stinkers here, just the order I prefer them. I am a drummer too and Ringo has always been my go to guy,

1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 2. Abbey Road 3. Revolver 4. Rubber Soul 5. The Beatles 6. Magical Mystery Tour 7. Let It Be 8. A Hard Day's Night 9. Please Please Me 10. Help 11. With the Beatles 12. Beatles for Sale 13. Yellow Submarine The most fascinating band in the world. Their best and best selling albums were released after they stopped touring. No live shows, still selling millions of records. The ultimate studio band. I agree that Rubber Soul is the first album-album, not just few hits and tons of fillers. From that point on bands were more focused on the original songs.

100% agree with your No 1 and No 2 choices - two brilliant albums!

It would suck to get to the desert island and find out there was no electricity, and no stereo to play the albums on.

Well, my friend, my ranking of the Beatles Albums, and your reasoning behind your choices are nearly identical to mine. I also consider Houses of the Holy to be my favorite LZ release. I am 55, but I had four older brothers who saw their appearance on Ed Sullivan. Thank you for your expertise and insight.

Great video and insight! I grew up listening to The Beatles. One of my favorite all time bands. My two favorite albums would have to be Abbey Road, and Let It Be, with The White Album as a close third. Thank you! Have you done a similar album comparison with The Rolling Stones? (Another favorite band)

I think this is the first time I write to you. I am very amused with this rankings. The other day I heard a critic saying that his favorite Beatles album was A Hard Day´s Night .....I'm a musician who's 3 favorites groups are Led Zeppelin, The Who and Pink Floyd. The BEATLES are MY OBSESSION!!!!! And answering to your question, I would take Revolver and SPLHCB to a dessert island. Really like your channel Michael!

I agree 100% I was hoping you would pick Rubber Soul

Totally agree on the top 2 albums!

That’s a great ranking that I can’t really argue with although I would have ranked Rubber Soul #2 and Revolver #1.

The problem I have with “ranking albums” by the Beatles is that if you put enough of their singles together you get probably the best double album of their career. In addition to that some of the Beatles singles of a few of their individual albums overshadow the album(Sgt Pepper vs Strawberry/Penny Lane). So I cry Au Contraire Mon Frare!

My Ranking (all U.K. versions): 1) Revolver (Rain and Paperback Writer replace Love You To and Yellow Submarine) 2) Rubber Soul (Day Tripper and We Can Work it Out replace What Goes On and Think For Yourself) 3) Help 4) Hard Day's Night 5) Beatles for Sale 6) White Album 7) Magical Mystery Tour 8) Sgt Pepper (Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane replace When I'm 64 and Fixing a Hole) 9) Abbey Road 10) Please Please Me 11) With the Beatles 12) Yellow Submarine 13) Let It Be

I'm a Revolver person and it's still my all time favorite album, period.

Just finished watching the video. Interesting picks . I agree with your number one selection....Rubber Soul. For me though my number 2 album has always been The Beatles Second Album..which is the American version of With the Beatles. I believe that is one if the best rock n Roll albums of all time. My 2 desert island picks...I think it would be Rubber Soul and Abbey Road.

Man do you have a great taste in music! I know because I have about the same. I never could explain why music sucks since the 90's to the youngsters, just advice them to listen to Zep, Beatles, Queen and other Jethro Tull and Wishbone ash albums. Now I can direct them to one of your videos. Thanks man and long live to you from a Frenchie who loves "real" music! As for the island question, I would cheat and take the red and blue albums...

Michael, that's a good & very interesting ranking!! I would rank some similar & some very differently. "Beatles For Sale" always gets ranked lowly, & i can see why because half of the covers are quite poor. BUT the originals are SO good (both lyrically & musically), that i think it really lifts this album. Its a big step forward IMO. Who else ever came up with a catchy pop song in the style of "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"? Top 3 for me: 1. Abbey Road 2. Sgt. Pepper 3. Rubber Soul Tiger.

When it was released, Rubber Soul was earthshaking and changed rock music forever. The same happened when Revolver was released, and then Sgt. Pepper's, and then Abbey Road. Those guys were on another plane of existence, and no one, I don't; care how many albums they sold, ever did that and did it four times. PS: Maybe Dylan going electric on one side of "Bringing it All Back Home" in 1965 was in that category, but the Byrds invented folk-rock in June of 1965 with Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man". Both of them were special, too.

Some of the order my be a little different from mine, but as long as you’re listening to this band’s great catalog it works for me.

A really good video and I agree with you on most of your album choices. My favourite however has been Abbey Road especially side 2 with the wonderful compilation of songs at the end. I have all the UK album releases and was a teenager when the Beatles became famous and I purchased all the singles and EP's they released 'Twist and Shout' followed by the double EP 'Magical Mystery Tour' which was the soundtrack which was made as a television release. The film was nowhere as good as 'Hard Days Night' or 'Help' that were released for the movies. Although 'Magical Mystery Tour' flopped as a film the music was great. I have since added some of the American releases of 'Hard Days Night' on United Artists and the 'Help' album on Capitol Records also a couple of double albums which are Japanese re- releases 'Rock and Roll Music' on Capitol Records and also the Beatles Ballads Capitol release. I quite like the re-released Beatles Abbey Road album and Yellow Submarine and the White album and more recently Revolver which Giles Martin has remixed. All fantastic albums to listen too with the technology of today. Thanks for your wonderful review.

Another great video. Really enjoying these. Yellow Submarine is definitely ranked number 13. I think the original plan had been to release the 4 new songs plus Across the Universe as an EP. I tend not to class this as a proper album. I think the Beatles progressed from album to album, especially in the first half of their career and so My ranking would be: 13. Yellow Submarine 12. Please Please Me (great album but what followed was even better). 11. With the Beatles 10. Beatles for Sale (ranked below the next album mainly for the 6 cover versions) 9. A Hard Days Night 8. Let It Be (should have included Don’t Let Me Down and cut out Dig It and Maggie Mae). 7. Help 6. Rubber Soul 5. Revolver 4. Abbey Road 3. The Beatles (White Album) 1/2. Another double album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / Magical Mystery Tour. Ok not an actual double album release but if it had been then surely it would be the greatest album in rock music history. Imagine songs like Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, I Am the Walrus, All You Need is Love, Magical Mystery Tour all woven into a Sgt Pepper double album release for Xmas 1967. Especially if none of the tracks had been previously released as singles. Wow.

All 13... ranked. This may cause some fireworks amongst the aficionados.

1. Rubber soul 2. Revolver 3. The white album 4. Abbey road 5. Let it be 6. Sgt Pepper 7. Magical mystery tour 8. Yellow submarine A bit iffy to include the last two albums since they are sort of compilation albums. The earlier stuff I will not rank since I don't have all of it and haven't listened enough to it. Though I like the beatles a lot and listen quite a lot to them these days I have understood that I don't qualify as a hard core fan. I have a bit of a problem with the granny songs which appear on many albums, like "when I'm 64'," maxwell's silver hammer", "Yellow submarine", "Obladi oblada" etc. It would have been great if they had swapped some of Paul's granny stuff for some of the awesome single material, like "Paperback writer'," Day tripper", "Rain" etc.

I was one of those teenagers who typically bought a Beatles album as soon as it was released. I think if I was picking two discs to take to that island, they would be Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper's. Thanks for your sharing your thoughts and wealth of information.

There's 3 songs (with only an orchestra, and a quartet)... "Eleanor Rigby", "She's Leaving Home", and "Goodnight". (with Ringo). ;-)

My 5. favourite beatles albums are 1. A hard days night.2.help.3 .revolver 4.rubber soul .5 Abbey Road, I have to have a hard days night at number 1 ,I think it's absolutely flawless

I agree with the list. Rubber Soul and Revolver #2 has always been my favorite LPs. The covers are my favorite as well. In fact, my first bands name? "Rebel Souls". Using Rubber Soul, and We were "Rebels" in our souls only... HA

Same as Zep you have to break down by early middle and Kate middle because end is jumbled because of internal problems Abby road and let it be are on the verge of the end , so for me it’s With the Beatles , then revolver then sergeant pepper . White album . As top four with honorable mention to rubber soul . Then a toss up between hard days night and Abby road with the nod to hard days night because of the energy level and good times . Number 1 is revolver in my book . So that’s as fair as I can be . Thanks for another great video .this time I gave u my list before I watched yours so not to be biased . Rock on

That Edgar Winter album one of the most important iconic albums of all time in one of my personal favorites every song is unique

I love your videos Michael. Here are my ranking for now: 13. Yellow Submarine 12. Beatles for Sale 11. With the Beatles 10. Please Please Me 9. Let It Be 8. A Hard Day's Night 7. Help! 6. Magical Mystery Tour 5. The Beatles 4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 3. Revolver 2. Rubber Soul 1. Abbey Road

Good list. My list changes from time to time, but my current top 5 in descending order would be Rubber Soul, White Album, Sgt Pepper, Revolver, Abbey Road. Abbey Road just sounds so good and I feel like it set the tone for the next decade of classic rock. Let It Be also gets consideration for the great songwriting and influence it had on the 70s.

Great video Michael!! Here's my ranking... 13: Yellow Submarine 12: With the Beatles 11: Please Please me 10: Beatles for sale 9: Let it be 8: Hard Day's night 7: Help 6: Revolver 5: Magical Mystery Tour 4: Rubber Soul 3: Sgt Pepper 2: Abbey Road 1: The White album. Great video 👍

Being Born in 1962, The boys were the back drop to my life. from AM radio to FM radio from Mono to Stereo from a album of songs to a concept albums from ballroom dancing music to full blown take a trip into another universe and from childhood to pre teenage puberty. I can see your ratings and because of difference in taste I would rate the top 6 in this order. 6 being Magical Mystery Tour 5 White Album 4 Revolver 3 Rubber Soul 2 SGT Peppers 1 Abbey Road. To reach this order I think to an ear never hearing a recording by The Beatles and wishing to give that listener the true trip Abbey Road has no weak tracks. Side one Come Together, Something Silly songs like Maxwell a sample of the essences of rock n roll as only the Beatles could produce. Side two the best single side of a record ever. From the reassurance of Here comes the Sun to the Tribute ending the Queen and England a Masterpiece of epic Mixing and Story telling. Seeing Paul at Fenway 2 weeks ago playing side 2 of Abbey Road affirms his belief in this being the best of the band. God Bless and may I forever be thankful that I was born in the best time to grow up with the greatest band ever bar none. My love of the Who and John Entwistle Pete Townshend Moon and Daltry can only take a back seat to John Paul George and Ringo. Again a personal thanks to God for giving us The Beatles. RIP John and George, If you never got to hear or see the Goastt of the Saber Tooth Tiger John is not gone but lives on through Sean and if only for a single album with a few track release not on Midnight Sun a trip I am glad to have taken. Love your output and input to my brain from your channel. God Bless

One of the nice things about comments on social media is you get to share your opinion which may be quite different to others. I was born about the same time I Want To Hold Your Hand was released in the USA and I grew up in a house with Beatle music in it. I tripped out (listened to stared at) the Revolver album (cover) for hours as a kid and it's still probably my number 1, but retrospectively I really like Beatles For Sale. Yes it contains a few covers, but that is a like an homage to their origins as a band before they became world famous, and is indicative of those nitty gritty small venue shows in Hamburg and the UK. To me it's just pure honest rock and roll (songs like Kansas City). Then original songs like "I'll Follow the Sun" are just brilliant. So personally, my favorite Beatles songs are not likely to be on the "Greatest Hits" album with songs that get played over and over (Hey Jude, Let It Be) I've heard those enough for one lifetime, but I prefer the stuff that got a bit less airplay but still capture the Beatle magic.

Sgt Pepper & Help for the Island. These two because they are two highlight albums of the 3 Beatles eras

Great video, though I do not agree with the top three, but who would do that after number five spot.

Boards, mixers, desks are identified by the number of channels. Multitrack tape machines are identified by the number of tracks

Crazy list

A hard days night and Revolver!.

Good on yer sonia

Help for me.. Brilliant

Magnificent

My top four Revolver, White album, Sargent pepper, Rubber soul

Great list. I jotted down my order before watching to see how we compared. Agreed with your list except I placed Abbey Road at #3. Always thought Revolver and Rubber Soul were their best. Sometimes I think Revolver is better and then switch back to Rubber Soul as my #1. An embarrassment of riches! Thanks for a great video!

Sgt Pepper is the greatest album of all time. If you were there when it came out, no album had or has since had the same impact. I understand taking each album apart now , but I will never forget the intial response to Peppers.

I prefer their earlier work. Please please me to help. The songs are simple, sparkling and charming.

Gonna have to disagree slightly with your analysis of Revolver. It's clear that Paul steps up to take a more commanding role in the band, especially with his song writing, but John is still the head master here. His contributions are not as eclectic but they are more sonic boom. More explosive and hypnotic. And they definitely rock harder. Also completely agree with your take on Let It Be. It's high on my ranking. Great video. Cheers from the Beatleverse.