The Beatles Bible - Topic: The best sounding Beatles album?

I Me Mine on The best sounding Beatles album?

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:20:46 +0000

Abbey Road for sure.

Tomorrow Never Knows on The best sounding Beatles album?

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:46:46 +0000

Abbey Road , Sgt peppers , Revolver And Rubber Soul.......

mithveaen on The best sounding Beatles album?

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:20:07 +0000

Mhh it's hard to say. I love Please Please me for the reasons Zig says, but I also love the White Album and Revolver.

mr. Sun king coming together on The best sounding Beatles album?

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:38:10 +0000

Harvest.

*oh, shit, wrong board*
Um, how's the weather? *meekly*
*Back in reality*
I also can't stand Love. Waste of time. I agree with Von on the first page - Pepper or Rubber Soul. I agree with Von's reasoning with RS ("It's like they're right in front of me [not exact, live with it]), but I disagree with his characterisation of the Seargent (Like no place in the world.) For me, listening to Pepper is going, to that place, the city you love and would want to live in. For me, it takes me to Montreal, to Rene Levesque Street, to ...

Zig on The best sounding Beatles album?

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:48:29 +0000

I still get goose bumps when I hear the count in on the Please Please Me remaster. To me, the whole album has a very special sound that is raw and exciting.

meanmistermustard on The best sounding Beatles album?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:19:18 +0000

Some parts of Love are really good (Mr Kite, Lucy, Lady Madonna) but others are pointless (the blackbird intro to Yesterday, I Want To Hold Your Hand). I actually find it a tiresome listen and rarely do. Eleanor Rigby is the standout on the Yellow Submarine Songtrack but Lucy sounds wrong, i have no idea what they did to it to make it sound like that.

As for the remasters the one that struck me on first listen was Beatles For Sale in stereo, the '87 mono cd always sounded muffled and lacking energy. Maybe because i love the album so much it was ...

The Walrus on The best sounding Beatles album?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:40:23 +0000

Wow, massive bump!

Definitely Love for sound quality. Of the studio albums (2009 remasters, for the most part I haven't heard anything before then), I'd say Revolver, except for I'm Only Sleeping where John's vocal could be made a bit more prominent. Abbey Road is also exquisitely done.

Maybe part of the reason I don't like Pepper as much as those two is the engineers being afraid to remaster it too well in case they diverged from the original sound.

beatle ed on The best sounding Beatles album?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:27:17 +0000

I think in terms of sound production alone, I would pick Abbey Road as being the best one.

MrBig on The best sounding Beatles album?

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:34:26 +0100

I'm actually really pleased with how A Hard Day's Night turned out. The first chord was so amazing that I played it about 7 times. I loved how they did You Can't Do That. Sounds jazzier than ever. A Day In The Life is the best in terms of quality out of all of the songs though.

Dr Robert Nowhere Ma on The best sounding Beatles album?

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:22:18 +0100

My favorite album based on the sound would be Love. Of the original 13, Abbey Road, mainly because of the heavy use of the brand new Moog synthesizer. But being a fan of Queen, I actually like the huge orchestral sound to Let It Be

Alissa on The best sounding Beatles album?

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:32:14 +0000

skye said:

So bottom line – I need to buy the 2009 remasters.

You and I both, Skye!

Sunii on The best sounding Beatles album?

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:51:33 +0000

I like the album With the Beatles, personally.....it is 1 of their early albums, but it is definitley my fav!

skye on The best sounding Beatles album?

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:47:07 +0000

So bottom line - I need to buy the 2009 remasters.

alexbunardzic on The best sounding Beatles album?

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:36:40 +0000

skye said:

Would you consider the Dr. Ebbetts remasters to be analog? I've listened to that version of the Yellow Submarine and prefer it over 1999. You're right about It's All Too Much - I don't like the way the 1999 version sounds.

What Dr. Ebbett's remasters brought to the catalog was certain 'slam!' that the 1987 digital remasters lacked. One of the characteristics of the good analog sound is the presence of this 'slam!' factor which contributes to the illusion that the sound one is hearing coming out of the speakers is three-dimensional. Early attempts at transferring analog sound ...

skye on The best sounding Beatles album?

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:27:16 +0000

Would you consider the Dr. Ebbetts remasters to be analog? I've listened to that version of the Yellow Submarine and prefer it over 1999. You're right about It's All Too Much - I don't like the way the 1999 version sounds.