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The Beatles
Rock, Psychedelic

The single biggest band of all time, The Beatles need no introduction. Over 30 years after their split, the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death made global headlines this year, just months after Paul McCartney opened and closed London's Live 8 extravaganza. In other words, even though we're now a long way past the band's existence, their legacy is virtually incalcuable.



Starting with the early pop days of "Please Please Me" and "Help!", the band's sound matured throughout their career, with the major transition point arguably coming in 1966, when they released " ...read more

The single biggest band of all time, The Beatles need no introduction. Over 30 years after their split, the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death made global headlines this year, just months after Paul McCartney opened and closed London's Live 8 extravaganza. In other words, even though we're now a long way past the band's existence, their legacy is virtually incalcuable.



Starting with the early pop days of "Please Please Me" and "Help!", the band's sound matured throughout their career, with the major transition point arguably coming in 1966, when they released "Rubber Soul" and"Revolver". After the release of these albums they decided to stop playing live, but their creative output was not inhibited by this. Over 1967 and 1968, they released "Magical Mystery Tour", "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "The White Album", all of which showed different facets to the band's approach to music.

By 1968 strains within the band had become evident, with "The White Album" effectively seeing the band members contribute their own songs, accounting for the sprawling nature of the album. Before their split in 1970 they released "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be". After their split there were rumours of a reunion, but these were destroyed by the murder of John Lennon in 1980, and later by the death of guitarist George Harrison. Still viewed as one of the greatest bands in musical history, The Beatles have had an influence on popular music and culture that few groups or individuals of any description can match.



RIP John Lennon 1940-1980

RIP George Harrison 1943 - 2001 « hide

Similar Bands: Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, The Kinks, The Hollies

Love
2006

3.9
184 Votes
The Capitol Albums Volume One
2004

3.4
11 Votes
Let It Be....Naked
2003

3.8
143 Votes
1
2000

4
373 Votes
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
1999

3.4
35 Votes
Anthology 3
1996

3.7
23 Votes
Anthology 2
1996

3.4
38 Votes
Anthology 1
1995

3.6
42 Votes
1962-1966
1993

3.8
62 Votes
Past Masters Volume 2
1988

4
48 Votes
Past Masters - Volume One
1988

4.1
9 Votes
The Beatles Historic Sessions
1977

2.5
2 Votes
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
1977

4
2 Votes
Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962
1977

3.5
1 Votes
Let it Be
1970

3.9
433 Votes
The Beatles Again: Hey Jude [EP]
1970

4
56 Votes
Abbey Road
1969

4.5
921 Votes
Yellow Submarine
1969

3
129 Votes
The Beatles
1968

4.4
707 Votes
Magical Mystery Tour
1967

4.1
448 Votes
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1967

4.4
938 Votes
Revolver
1966

4.5
820 Votes
"Yesterday"...and Today
1966

3.6
8 Votes
Yesterday and Today
1966

3.2
3 Votes
Rubber Soul (US)
1965

4.2
157 Votes
Rubber Soul
1965

4.3
477 Votes
Beatles VI
1965

4
1 Votes
Help!
1965

3.8
313 Votes
Beatles '65
1964

3.7
3 Votes
Beatles For Sale
1964

3.4
143 Votes
Something New
1964

3.5
2 Votes
A Hard Day's Night
1964

3.8
274 Votes
The Beatles' Second Album
1964

3.5
3 Votes
With The Beatles
1963

3.6
186 Votes
Please Please Me
1963

3.5
214 Votes
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3.3
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