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Music CD - The Beatles: Rubber Soul
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Music CD: Rubber Soul
Artist: The Beatles
List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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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. The 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
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077774644020
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: Capitol
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Summary: The Beatles Sharpen Their Skills As Songwriters.
Comment: With their mop top days behind them, The Beatles grew their hair even longer and entered a new phase of their musical careers inspired more by the ecletic songwriting of Bob Dylan than the 50's swing that influenced their early work. By this time they had pretty much milked the American pop star dream for all it's worth and people wanted to see the group exit that highway and travel down a new road of artistic creativity.
The Beatles cut Rubber Soul when rock was transitioning from simple, three chord jukebox music to a true art form that was only beginning to absorb such influences as folk and jazz. This was around the same time Dylan plugged in an electric guitar for the first time and turned his folk songs into foot stomping yet lyrically sophisticated folk-rock. The Beatles did the same thing only with an opposite approach. They took their already electrified pop rock sound and added the advanced lyrics of folk. Their obvious advantage over Dylan was that they were already superstars on both shores of the Atlantic so unlike Dylan who was only now gaining a wide audience, the Beatle already had a nearly universal fanbase. This is one of the reasons why Rubber Soul is a milestone in getting folk-rock onto a high perch of popularity.
Of course, regardless of this advantage, the album would have been widely dismissed if the music wasn't on par with the hype. Content-wise, the album lives up to the hype perfectly. The album consists of fourteen songs that are catchy and memorable in a pop sense but also display lyrical content, the likes of which had not been seen in pop music. Two genuine classics are here in the form of Norwegian Wood and In My Life. Neither song has a direct and immediately apparent meaning. In My Life is often interpreted as a romantic love song even though it could be about love for anyone, or even anything in general. Norwegian Wood with its cryptic lyrics completely pushed the bounderies of typical pop formula. Many of the other songs like, "I'm Looking Through You", and, "Run For Your Life", are similar songwriting experiments that, more than ever before, made the listener think.
Songwriting aside, the instrumentation on the tracks is equally groundbreaking. One of the first uses of the sitar appears on, "Norwegian Wood". The sitar would later go on to be a staple of the psychedelic music of the 60s. "In My Life", features producer George Martin playing a piano solo which is sped up to sound like a harpsichord. Again, very little if anything like that had been used on pop recordings before.
Also featured on the album is the all time classic, "Nowhere Man", a song John Lennon apparently wrote about himself that further redefines traditional pop formula. Unbelievably, this would not be The Beatles most groundbreaking work. A year later they recorded Revolver which twisted and broke the rules of rock and pop altogether and helped usher in the psychedelic era. But as a starting point for the Beatles maturing songcraft, Rubber Soul is a classic that set the tone for most, if not all of their records that followed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good!
Comment: This is a great cd the beatles had it together on all the tracks a must have.,
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rubber Soul received, solid experience
Comment: I could not find this CD anywhere in town.
I found it on Amazon
I bought it as a gift for my brothers two daughters.
They loved it
Color us all happy campers
Its a phenomenal example of the Beatles amazing versatility in song writing.
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Summary: Rubber Soul
Comment: The Beatles-Rubber Soul *****
Rubber Soul was maybe the equivalent of quantum leap for The Beatles. While they always made great music, even before this, it was with the release of Rubber Soul that the most popular band in the history of music came into their own.
With songs like 'Norwegian Wood' and 'Nowhere Man' the songwriting team of Lennon/McCartney became REAL songwriters not just writers of pop jingles, especially Lennon, who was more talented in the field of lyrics. 'In My Life' and 'Michelle' would both go on to become radio and fan favorites. But not to totally turn away from their past Rubber Soul does include 'Drive My Car' are pop anthem worth every acclaim that 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand received a few years before.
Rubber Soul was the first real classic The Beatles would ever release, an in my opinion is far better then that of Abbey Road, The Beatles (white album), and the incredibly over-hyped Srg. Peppers. This may not have been as experimental as those releases but is in every respect as good. Rubber Soul was for the Beatles what Bringing It All Back Home Was for Bob Dylan. Essential.
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Summary: Rubber Sooooul!
Comment: If every generation undergoes a Beatles faze I'm definitely riding this wave out for life! Just bought a huge chunk of The Beatles catalogue and I have to say Rubber Soul is the top-notch Beatles caliber. You have their signature harmony stamped all over this great album and they exemplify that best in 'Nowhere Man' and 'You Won't See Me' The Beatles have an achingly good tempo-switching bent which they express greatly in songs like 'The Word' and 'Wait' But any listener will be able to sink in the soothing ballads of 'Michelle' or 'In My Life' and sing along to the people-pleasing 'Drive My Car' But look out for 'Girl' I think they capture this entire mood really well. So Buy This Album (I totally recommend!)
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Editorial Reviews:
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Rank 'em how you like, Rubber Soul is an undeniable pivot point in the Fab Four's varied discography no matter where, or how, you first heard it. The album was softened up in its original 12-song American edition to jibe with the Dylan/Byrds folk-rock sound, as well as squeeze money from the Parlophone catalog. The 14-song U.K. edition--the version now available on compact disc--is a different, more dynamic, and ultimately more accomplished achievement. So many classics: "Drive My Car" and "Nowhere Man" (both omitted from the U.S. edition) merge the early combustible Beatifics to a burgeoning studio consciousness; "The Word" can be read as a pre-psych warning shot; the sitar-laden "Norwegian Wood" and the evocative "Girl" (the latter written on the last night of the sessions) stand as turning points in John Lennon's oeuvre. George finally emerges too, with the McGuinn-ish "If I Needed Someone." --Don Harrison
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