Rubber Soul (Original Recording Remastered)
by The Beatles$15.95 Free Shipping
- Released
- 9/09/09
- Music Genre
- Pop
Description
While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."
Product Details
- Artist
- The Beatles
- Year of release
- 2009
- Label / Studio
- EMM/CAPITOL
- Media Content Format
- Album
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #708
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Run Time (minutes)
- 34
- Original year of release
- 1965
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #616
- Cast & Crew
- The Beatles (Music Performer)
- George Martin (Producer)
- Norman Smith (Sound Engineer)
Press Reviews
Ranked #64 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time. NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29)
Ranked #21 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...Opened the floodgates to adventure, sophistication and subtlety....Great vocal performances abound and may well represent pop's sartorial zenith. Q (6/00, p.78)
Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Characteristically, they achieved a new musical sophistication and a greater thematic depth without sacrificing a whit of pop appeal... Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.88)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Drive My Car
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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
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You Won't See Me
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Nowhere Man
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Think for Yourself
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Word
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Michelle
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What Goes On
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Girl
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I'm Looking Through You
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In My Life
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Wait
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If I Needed Someone
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Run for Your Life
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