57 years later,we still talk about this album. Said enough

Growing up in the 60's, I'd wait in great anticipation for each Beatles album to appear and was never ever disappointed. Bearing in mind these were appearing roughly every 6 months, this was remarkable. For anyone listening back now, you can hear the invention of modern pop music and in that context, there's absolutely no one who got close to them.

Rubber Soul - Revolver - Sgt. Pepper are the best trio of albums released by any band, ever. Each one groundbreaking, diverse in musicality, and perfect.

When the Beatles made Rubber Soul and Revolver they were at the absolute peak of their creative powers.

Rubber Soul was the album that convinced me to pick up the guitar. I was a perfomer, engineer, producer, and published songwriter for over 45 years. And I was by far not the only one.

Got this album for Christmas. I had just turned 16. Will never forget. Outstanding album. The greatest group of all time.

‘In my life’ is as close to perfection as any tune can get, it contains within music, lyrics and arrangements all working for each other to produce a masterpiece.

I first heard it at a party in December '65, the day after its release. The album certainly had a deep effect on me. The songs were so innovative, creative, and sophisticated beyond anything the Beatles had produced before. The cumulative effect was too much to take in at one go. You had to listen to the album again and again. And it's still as fresh as ever now, but so poignant after all these years.

Rubber Soul is my all time favorite album. From that beautiful cover to the sharp sounding acoustic tracks like Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, Michelle, Girl. Topping all these great compositions is the masterful In My Life. Truly an amazing album.

This album began the expansion of their more mature and creative outlook on songwriting. As fresh today as it was in 1965, the growth of the group's output couldn't be stopped.

My absolute favorite...I was 10 when it came out...and even to young ears, it was remarkable and unlike anything I’d ever heard...things were indeed , changing!...I watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan ( third grade..)...it was life changing ...I am now 67...Thank you , Beatles...for being such a powerful influence on this journey called, “ life ! “

I got this album for Christmas of ‘66. My sister got a turntable. I put it on the turntable, layed on the floor, and totally blissed out. It was indeed a turning point. I’ll never forget it.

Lately I've been learning to play Michelle on the piano but I've spent more time just listening to this song. The harmonies behind Paul are unearthly...so exquisite.

Saying it yet again: The greatest band ever -- musically, culturally, sociologically. Period, the end.

Nothing sounds more 1965 than "Norwegian Wood" and "If I Needed Someone". I wasn't even born yet but those two songs make me feel it's THAT year just outside the window.

In My Life and Strawberry Fields were both played at my godfathers funeral in 1989 when in was 11 years old. Strawberry Fields doesn’t but In My Life gets me in my heart and soul every, every time and I do mean every time I hear it. 2AM alone and there’s tears falling. Earlier this year in town, I had tears streaming down my face after hearing it played by a busker. But I will never stop listening to it what so ever. Mike would kill me. RIP to the best godfather ever.

My parents bought me a drum kit for the Christmas of 1965, and this is the album to which I drummed along to teach myself to play-because every cut has a completely different drum pattern, none of them easy or conventional, but also none of them so technically intricate that I felt overwhelmed. I played these songs over and over for months. Only when I felt that I had mastered Ringo's riffs did I feel confident to move on to other artists' music.

In December 1965 my father came back to Sweden from a visit to London. He brought the Rubber Soul album with him. I got it as a Christmas present in advance. I was 9 years old. I still have the LP.

This album was the beginning of my infatuation as a teen. Now, as a teacher of Jazz and Rock for 35 years, I still try to explain the Beatles' power and legacy. The sounds are borrowed from every style, black and white, but only the Beatles pulled off blending all these sources with something new. They created an album so eclectic and so creative, and watched it go straight to the top. Again. Thanks for this video -- it brought back so many memories. I'm going to pull out my original vinyl copy from 1965.

Rubber Soul is a masterpiece; no other pop music in 1965 sounded this good. Can you imagine a modern band with the Beatles' level of clout being able to release an album as fresh and interesting as this? It's just not what capitalism, obsessed with algorithms and metrics that supposedly determine what people want and what sells, wants to produce.

Amazing album, 6 of its songs went to be released in their compilation album later. Enough proof how good this album was, is and still to this day. Best band ever.

Three albums Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt Peppers were really the invention of modern day pop music.

Great breakdown on an incredible album. I can still remember the day it came out and I rushed out to buy it. That first listen absolutely blew my mind. I had never heard anything like it before in my life. It was like I had just seen in color for the first time. It was the beginning of an incredible journey that the Beatles took us on album after album, none sounding like the one before, yet all sounding like The Beatles. Thank you boys for the trip. It was wonderful and enlightening.

The songs, the recording, the photography, the iconic cover: Rubber Soul is a literal work of art that anyone with about $4 (in 1965) could own.

My favorite album of all time. Changed my music career forever.A masterpiece.

I think they started to emerge as grown up artists BEFORE Rubber Soul. Certainly it’s evident on Help! with the title track, also Ticket to Ride, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away and Yesterday. Their wanting to push the envelope only came more into focus on Rubber Soul. I would also contend that even in the early days they were pushing the bounds and never wanted to rest on their laurels - with each new single and each new album. I Want to Hold Your Hand for example is every bit as ground breaking as what came later.

This is my #1 favorite Beatles album of all time. So many incredible songs with such a variety of topics.

One of the best albums ever conceived.

This was the album that made me aware of how great the Beatles were! I was 8 1/2 years old in December of '65 and my older brother had bought this album. There was nothing like it on the radio. It was such a departure from the Mop Top "She Loves You" days of their music. Through the years, I loved Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour. Freaked out to the "White" album. Was amazed at the mastery of Abbey Road. But Rubber Soul always held a special place in my heart. It was a cross over record. A coming of age departure from the silly kid stuff of the past and into a more mature, grown up future...and music and myself would never be the same.

Rubber Soul and Revolver were just too incredible for words, can you imagine "run for life" or "the word" or "Think for yourself" playing on the radio? There was nothing like it on the radio, and don't get me started on "Tomorrow never knows!" Most people see the Beatles coming of age with Sgt. Peppers, but I always thought it was Rubber Soul. The lyrics and the music just came together so beautifully. They were leaving behind the boy band image and becoming artist. Yes, Hey Jude and Back in the USSR is for the ages, but no other album showcases their writing like Rubber Soul. Or their musicianship. Like the Beatles, I really have no favorite album, they are all my favorites for different reasons, and everything they touched turned to gold. Rather than see these as stunning individual albums you can see them segue into each album wonderfully. A learning curve that just keeps getting better. For example Help's "I need you" is a taste of what's to come in Rubber Soul, "The Word" or "Think for Yourself a segue into Revolver, and "Good Day Sunshine" into Sgt. Peppers. 😀

Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles LP. It is Lennon's best writing era (as Revolver is Paul's best writing era). Finally, George is rearing his writing chops and all the arrangements are so damned refreshing and exciting. I love this album.

My favorite Beatles album, I loved all their music but this one just touches my heart, especially “In my life” I was a teenager n ow I’m 70 n I can look back. Geniuses 🥰🥰🥰

Rubber Soul has a mood throughout that is almost palpable. The instrumentation, arrangements, sound and feel is unlike any other. It's as if I can smell and taste the scenes, situations and landscape sung about in these songs. For those reasons, this is my favorite Beatles album. Abbey Road is #2 for me.

IMO the greatest Beatles album. Favorite song is “in My Life”. Help was released 8-6-65, Rubber Soul was released 12-3-65. The leap in the creativeness is mind blowing.

I love the entire Beatles catalog. But I think their output in 1965-66. Help!, Rubber Soul and Revolver which include non album singles Day Tripper, We Can Work It Out, Paperback Writer, Rain and others....might be their best era...and that's saying a lot.

It is such a great album. "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" should have been included on the LP.

Excellent analysis! I loved this album as a young teenage boy growing up. I think George Martin took his game up a notch on this album as well. Many outstanding songs. It was very groovy.

Lennon once said that 'Revolver' was really 'Rubber Soul: Part II'. Just as they launched the British Invasion, by making 'Rubber Soul' they opened a musical door that others could walk through.

Rubber Soul was the first Beatles album my mother let me bring into the house. Previously, I had to go to my aunts house to listen to them. Been a huge fan since ‘64, and proud to say my daughters, and grandkids also love the Beatles, too 🎶🥰

These Beatle history videos are awesome. As well as the album analyses.

I remember when Rubber Soul came out my friends and I kept saying "How much better can they get?" It turns out better, came to mean "more complex". While the other albums that followed were all fantastic, none of them were any better than Rubber Soul, just different.

Absolutely love this! The Beatles’ records, up until about the White Album, were stepping stones. We wouldn’t have gotten records like Sgt. Pepper or Revolver without Rubber Soul!

When Rubber Soul first came out in 1965 I remember how incredible it sounded. The song 'In My Life' is one of the deepest meaning and favourites Beatles songs for me. When I made family photo slide show I added 'In My Life' to the DVD photo slideshow I made back in 2006 and I really enjoy it the hundred times I watched it since then. I made DVD photo slide shows of my life since then and love adding some iconic songs to the soundtrack and share it with my family and many friends. I'm been showing Kodak carousel slide shows of my 35 mm pictures and slides since 1975 and also digital photos since 2006. The music and great photos are all my choices and are a celebration of my life when I watch them. It's a match made in heaven for me. I've been a photographer for 50 years and a music lover and collector since 1960. Put the two together and we have a party.

Every year of my life in that decade is in retrospect remembered as a Beatles album

Their first amazing album imo. Michelle, in my life, nowhere man, Norwegian wood, you won’t see me, girl, etc. So good

In Norwegian Wood, Lennon sings “This bird had flown,” letting us know that when he awoke, the girl he was with had left him alone. From hours and hours of watching British detective series, I discovered that the British equivalent of the American phrase “That ship has sailed” , meaning an opportunity no longer exists, is “That bird has flown.” “Bird” also being British slang for girl, Lennon came up with a pretty clever pun.

Everytime I listen to Rubber Soul, I can not help but to listen as deeply as I can--its recording was exceptionally clean. The symbals with simultaneous tamborine sounds in 'Wait' is so closed to listening to live band performance--it's amazing!

October 12, my birthday. Rubber Soul is what opened me up to music. I can't imagine life without it. I am retired, but for over 40 years I was a performing and recording musician, audio engineer, and songwriter. I still write music for film and advertising.

Got this album when it came out and loved it then, and it is still among my favorites. Definitely withstood the test of time.

An absolute masterpiece, never get bored of listening to it.

I was a 17 Year old Freshman at Ithaca College when sound came out. Playing this in our off campus dorm. What an amazing breakthrough, we had no idea what was going to happen with studio albums after this. Beautiful melodies "Girl" "Michelle" "in my life"

I was playing in a band called the committee in 2001. I brought in a bunch of Beatles songs. I was the rhythm guitar player and the lead singer. All they had was come together. after a while the drummer screamed at me and said “DUDE !!! YOU’RE STUCK IN THE 60’s. I said “DAM STRAIGHT”

The Beatles changed the music world forever and still influence music today and tomorrow.

Imagine recording such a masterpiece in just 4 weeks nowadays

Your channel has been a very pleasant discovery. Keep up the great work! I wish you a lot of success!

The Beatles weren't a pop band, they were a force of nature.

When I first heard Rubber Soul (sitting in a record store booth- yes, the old days) I sensed it was a major change for the Beatles and the artistic transition of rock birthing the late 60s.

The drummer for The KIngsmen played this album for me when it came out. We were both blown away. Bought it right away and still have it in my collection. Rubber Soul and Revolver paved the way for everything that was to follow. Glad i got to see them live. Unbelievable

Nice job with this video. I like the way you describe “ teenage lyrics”. You are correct in identifying rubber soul is a game changer. In my head, I often see the Beatles evolution on a timeline moving forward. I’d like to throw in though that “ you got to hide your love away” off the help album was the first clue of what was to come. I heard, or read somewhere that John Lennon said that song was heavily influenced by Dylan. Anyway… I’m glad your channel found its way to me and heck, yes I will like and subscribe. And keep up the good work!

I actually count Help as the beginning of their mature period

Its a brilliant album, it’s when everything went to a higher level. RS has slightly been obscured by what followed. I played it the other day - wonderful. They went for greatness and they achieved it.

Very well put together

This is a really informative breakdown of their respective songwritings. I never saw it so clearly.

Imagine a double album of Rubber Soul and Revolver with Paperback Writer and Rain included... 😲

Nice review. Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatle album. For a long time, Abbey Road held that spot because hearing it was the first time I took music seriously as a thing and it just blew me away. I was still a kid and knew who the Beatles were but in my home AM radio ruled the air so I got the poppy stuff (though I did love Hey Jude). Anyway, I was a full-blown Beatlemaniac after that and learned to play guitar because of them. But over time, Abbey Road fell way to Rubber Soul. I didn't realize it at the time but when I was a teenager I spent more time listening to Rubber Soul than any album. I was a paperboy and I got up each morning at 4 to work my route. Most mornings before heading out I popped on Rubber Soul as I ate a quick breakfast. It had become my go-too record. Later, as an adult, I just admitted that Rubber Soul had always been my favorite. I just didn't know it at the time. There are so many good things to say about the record. I do think John steals the show on this one. Paul wrote some nice stuff and his vocals on You Won't See Me are, in my opinion, maybe his most underappreciated. But In My Life, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, Girl. You write those songs in one career you've done pretty well for yourself. John did it on one album. I do agree that Run For Your Life is a crummy, dark song and sorry, but I was never a fan of What Goes On. It's inoffensive enough but it just doesn't fit on the album. I get it, Ringo needed a tune, but to say they kept it around for the right time is being generous. From what I understand, George Martin turned it down on numerous occasions and well, Ringo needed a song so John got it in. I think Act Naturally would have been a better fit for this record but that was, unfortunately, already done on Help. I also think the U.S. version is better than the U.K. version. It's the only album I can say that about. I've Just Seen a Face is a better opener and It's Only Love, while maligned by some because John said he didn't like it (John said a lot of stuff) fits with the theme. It is better as a folk album. Take off Run For Your Life and replace it with Nowhere Man on the U.S. version and you've got one helluva record. I even like the little stutter/misstep at the beginning of I'm Looking Through You on the American version. I learned that as part of the song and included when I played it. Later, when I found it missing from the U.K. version I felt cheated. Like, "what happened to my lick?" I also remember reading or maybe hearing somewhere that John, not Jane Asher, was the target of I'm Looking Through You, along with We Can Work It Out, but I can't find that source anymore. If anyone takes the time to read this and comes across that let me know. Anyway, as I said up front, very nice review. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

I just heard The Beatles albums within the last few months. I'm glad I engaged myself to give them a try. I was blown away by the Get Back sessions. It was magic. Paul was just a monster song making machine.

Rubber Soul was the pinnacle composition to reach the heights of modern music that is yet to be matched. This plateau of skillful and meaningful mastery lasted but for a few more years and then spiraled quickly into the depths of musical despair we are stuck with still today. Today's modern music is "junk."

This was the first album I bought. I was 15 at the time. I remember standing on the shore of a little lake in Loveland Colorado and I said to many friend, I wonder if the Beatles will be able to keep up with this new trend in rock music with politically aware songs? Then came Nowhere Man.

Awesome post, thanks! I was born just 2 weeks after Rubber Soul's release, I guess when I heard it I just had to come out to join the party...

My favorite Beatles album! This was the beginning of the crossroads in their music and songwriting!

To me Rubber Soul always has been the start to the best 10 years in music history. It began all here! Was released 4 December 1965, "Help" 6 August 1965...4 months only between the realeasedates! While "Help" was still beataera, Rubber Soul was something completely new and fresh! A gift to the world (same with the Beatles themself).

Beatles for Sale and Help! also had breakthroughs. The beginning of everything for the Beatles actually started with Love Me Do. They revolutionized pop from the start.

My dad loved Rubber Soul so much. He was a big Dylan fan; loved folk and folk rock with smart poetic lyrics. When Rubber Soul came out, he read a review in the L.A. Times I think, and decided it was "The Beatles' Folk Album" (US/CAPITOL version) and so it played in our house and importantly, it was there in his collection for me to re-discover when I got old enough to play records. I heard the "real" version on CD in the late 80s and was shocked. I didn't even know the song "drive my car" existed! A lot of Americans had that experience.

Love this video and the review layout. Please please pleeeeease do some more of their LPs, particularly the later ones. Subbed

Revolver is their best but Rubber Soul comes close and the best thing is the beautiful background harmonies.

When I turned 12 years old in 1991, my uncle gave me his entire collection of Beatles albums which included almost every album (minus Yellow Submarine). Anyway, the 2 albums I gravitated to first were Rubber Soul and Pepper. The cover of Pepper was eye catching obviously, but the songs on Rubber Soul were just so immediately lovable. I transferred the album onto cassette and listened to it from start to finish atleast 50x that year. It became the soundtrack for my time delivering newspapers every single morning and getting ready for school. Began my love of the Beatles for life!

I remember when my high school age daughter had some friends over. One of them said that she was not a Beatles fan, but she really loved the band Rubber Soul.

This is a beautiful review, and makes me want to go back and listen to the album again and again.

In the universe of music, there are The Beatles, and then, there's everyone else.

This is when the Beatles became THE BEATLES to me!

Great video 👌 And what a great album it is

That was an excellent album review!

When I first heard this album I was a small child, but I'd already been into records for a few years and became a huge fan of the Beatles after A Hard Days Night came out. My first thought, was wait, that's the Beatles? That's incredible! I heard the American Capitol record version, which I like a little better than the British Parlophone version. Although I would've happily substituted What Goes On for Drive My Car, that should've been on both records. Lastly, a missed item in the discussion of "Girl" is that the Beatles intentionally put a sneaky reference to a woman's breast in the backing vocals, while John was singing, "she's the kind of girl who puts you down when friends are there, you feel a fool".

They had some great songs before Rubber Soul, but they were in zone for the next four years starting with Rubber Soul.

I agree... RS was a turning point in their career. I remember when it came out. It was so different from anything they'd done before but yet you knew it was the Beatles. Every song on the album was great.

Really well done video. ❤

I am SO OLD I was at the 1st Beatles live concert in America (age 15) - at the Washington Coliseum, a hockey rink in D.C. between the 1st & 2nd Ed Sullivan show Feb. 11, 1964 (ticket price $4), as well as a few others including Shae Stadium '65 and D.C./later RFK Stadium '66 on final live tour when the KKK was demonstrating against them outside over John's "more popular than Jesus"comment - I have ALWAYS thought and said "Rubber Soul" was their BEST ALBUM - I believe it to this day - AT LEAST my FAVORITE

And, John Lennon's tender smile on the cover IS priceless

Excellent video. Learnt a few things here and I'm a bit of a Beatles nerd. Subscribed

In 1970 a bought a portable record player. My records: Born on the Bayou, Creedence Clearwater Santana, first album Rubbersoul, the Beatles !!! 🕉 Not a bad beginning! Rubbersoul was captivating at 13 years old. I couldn't get enough. I was in love for life.

This was the album that made the world realise that they were not a flash in the pan. They were just getting started!

Beautiful album but I believe their music truly evolved with their next release, Revolver. Everyone says Sgt. Pepper was the breakthrough album but my opinion is that Revolver marked the beginning of a new Beatles era, away from their love songs and more into complex lyrics and melodic instrumentation Tomorrow never knows Tax man And your bird can sing Just my 2 cents

It was such an interesting, different sound for them. Loved the album, played it until it was worn out. Grew up on the Beatles, absolute favorite band of all time for me.

Rubber Soul is my favourite Beatle album if not my favourite album of any group. I first played it when I bought it over 50 years ago and I haven’t stopped listening to it since

As great as Rubber Soul was (The U.S. version that is)....I think the beginning of The Beatles greatness was the English version of A Hard Days Night. A Stellar 13 song masterpiece......dominated by John of course

Loved the album. During the song "Girl", they managed to slip the word "tit" into it. "Tit, tit, tit, tit, tit" during the middle parts as backing vocals.

I was fortunate to see the Beatles three times as a teenager in Chicago. As many of the other people have stated Rubber Soul blew my mind and changed my life. Like Brian Wilson I played this over and over again when I bought this "masterpiece". It was the beginning of their best work.Great review of the album.

Nice overview of Rubber Soul, with great photos

My favorite Beatles album, probably because my family and I wore it out after playing it so much. Even though my siblings were developing different musical tastes, we all found something in the Beatles that we liked.

George Harrison said it felt to him like "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" were vol 1 and 2 of the same album; he had the tracks all mixed up in his head as one piece of work divided into 2 for commercial reasons. That would have been the end of the "Best Album" debate...