Product Code: PCS 7067-8
Artist: Beatles The
Origin: EU
Label: Apple (2017)
Format: 2 X LP
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Cover: M
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Genre: Pop , Rock N

The Beatles (White Album)

 

Sealed brand new double album housed in a gatefold cover.

On release, The Beatles received favourable reviews from the majority of music critics, but other commentators found its satirical songs unimportant and apolitical amid the turbulent political and social climate of 1968. The band and Martin have since debated whether the group should have released a single album instead. Nonetheless, The Beatles reached number one on the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States and has since been viewed by some critics as one of the greatest albums of all time.

The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is the ninth studio album by English rock group the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. A double album, its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed,[a] which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's earlier Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Although no singles were issued from The Beatles in Britain and the United States, the songs "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" originated from the same recording sessions and were issued on a single in August 1968. The album's songs range in style from British blues and ska to tracks influenced by Chuck Berry and by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Most of the songs on the album were written during March and April 1968 at a Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India. The group returned to EMI Studios (now known as Abbey Road Studios) in May to commence recording sessions that lasted through to October. During these sessions, arguments broke out among the Beatles, and witnesses in the studio saw band members quarrel over creative differences. Another divisive element was the constant presence of John Lennon's new partner, Yoko Ono, whose attendance at the sessions broke with the Beatles' policy regarding wives and girlfriends. After a series of problems, including producer George Martin taking a sudden leave of absence and engineer Geoff Emerick quitting, Ringo Starr left the band briefly in August. The same tensions continued throughout the following year, leading to the eventual break-up of the Beatles in April 1970.

A1   Back In The U.S.S.R.
A2   Dear Prudence
A3   Glass Onion
A4   Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
A5   Wild Honey Pie
A6   The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
A7   While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Guitar [Uncredited]Eric Clapton
A8   Happiness Is A Warm Gun
B1   Martha, My Dear
B2   I'm So Tired
B3   Blackbird
B4   Piggies
B5   Rocky Raccoon
B6   Don't Pass Me By
B7   Why Don't We Do It In The Road
B8   I Will
B9   Julia
C1   Birthday
C2   Yer Blues
C3   Mother Nature's Son
C4   Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
C5   Sexy Sadie
C6   Helter Skelter
C7   Long, Long, Long
D1   Revolution 1
D2   Honey Pie
D3   Savoy Truffle
D4   Cry, Baby, Cry
D5   Revolution 9
D6   Good Night