My favourite Beatles albums in order...
I love a good list, but I'm a bit obsessive when it comes to ranking my favourite things. There is nothing relaxing about making a list. I put so much pressure on myself to not get it wrong, that it literally consumes me for hours/days/weeks/months and then when I do 'publish' my list (usually in my handwritten book of lists) I always sign the time and date I wrote it and include a clause that I am allowed to change my mind.
Clearing out my desk today, I found a ranked list I made in 2008 of my favourite Beatles albums. I had *a lot* to do today, yet all I could think about was "WHY DID I CHOOSE PLEASE PLEASE ME AS MY FAVOURITE ONE?!". What was wrong with my head in 2008? Why wasn't The White Album my favourite? What were my ears playing at? And so I have been distracted all day by what my current favourite order is.
This is what I have concluded...
- The Beatles (The White Album)
- Abbey Road
- Beatles For Sale
- Please Please Me
- With The Beatles
- Help!
- A Hard Day's Night
- Rubber Soul
- Revolver
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Let It Be
- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Yellow Submarine
Obviously The Beatles' discography is a bit complicated due to the way early records were distributed internationally, but the above is going by their 13 studio albums as released in the UK. The ranking of my top five has completely shuffled about since 2008, so maybe I'll revisit this list in 2013 and see how I feel then.
Basically this is a post of little value to anyone, I just needed to write it so that I could stop thinking about it.
If you're a Beatles fan then I'd love to hear how you'd rank them, though I appreciate you may not want to waste your time dwelling on such trivial issues. It soooo isn't a trivial issue.
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