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4.11pm
26 January 2017
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Which album would you say is their most experimental?
I included MMT even though I don’t consider it an album.
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3.05am
11 November 2010
Offline I’d say the White Album , because there was less discretion about what went on and, therefore, more experimental stuff went onto the final thing than normal.
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3.46pm
27 February 2017
Offline It was a hard choice between the White Album and Sgt Pepper ‘s for me but in the end, I went for Sgt. Pepper ‘s. The reason for this is that, first of all, I find the whole concept of the album more experimental than the one of the White Album .
Of course, the White Album is also very experimental but for me, it’s more about every Beatle trying out different genres like folk, Avante Garde, or hard rock. In Sgt Pepper ‘s, however, the main creative aspect is not that they had included different genres. The focus lies more on finding new techniques to create particular sounds and atmospheres, be it through recording strategies, walls of sound like in Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite , sound effects, or unusual instrumentation.
Trying out different techniques to get a certain sound is more experimental than trying out different genres, imo, because when you do the latter you know roughly what it’s going to be like in the end. So, if one, for instance, wants to try out country music, at least one knows that it’s probably going to sound like a country song and that one will most likely be using instruments which are typical in country music. But if one has the aim to ‘smell the sawdust on the floor’, one doesn’t know which road this will lead down to from the beginning.
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14 April 2010
Offline | synonyms: | exploratory, investigational, trial, test, pilot |
Considering the above definition, I voted Revolver . A few sounds were toyed with previously – opening feedback on ‘I Feel Fine ‘, sitar on ‘Norwegian Wood ‘, etc…
During the Revolver sessions experimentation was rampant. By the time they got to the Pepper sessions, the gloves were off. Experimenting turned into perfecting.
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1 December 2009
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I’m gonna give a semiserious suggestion that their most experimental LP – in that it was pretty much made up on the spot – is the one I’ve been listening to for a few days now, the spotty but amazing “Live at the Star Club, Hamburg 1962”.
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15 March 2017
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Zig said
ex·per·i·men·tal; (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.“an experimental drug”
synonyms: exploratory, investigational, trial, test, pilot Considering the above definition, I voted Revolver . A few sounds were toyed with previously – opening feedback on ‘I Feel Fine ‘, sitar on ‘Norwegian Wood ‘, etc…
During the Revolver sessions experimentation was rampant. By the time they got to the Pepper sessions, the gloves were off. Experimenting turned into perfecting.
I agree 100% with @Zig. On Revolver they were at their experimental peak and that continued on to Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour , etc.
I would probably vote The White Album as their most eclectic album though.
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8.04pm
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14 April 2010
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I would probably vote The White Album as their most eclectic album though.
Very much so. One could easily say it was also very experimental in that they were practically figuring out their own styles. It has been suggested more than once that TWA was a series of solo ventures.
While I find Revolver the most experimental and The Beatles most eclectic, Pepper is right there on both fronts. A symphonic climax followed by that run-out groove was way experimental. And talk about eclectic – ‘Within You Without You ‘ followed by ‘When I’m Sixty-Four ‘. Both points are a testament to the greatness that is Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I have underrated it at times in these very pages. What was I thinking? 
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6.00pm
14 November 2017
Offline Sgt Pepper for me. Truly groundbreaking. So many different types of song and sound on that album. Everything about that album is just fantastic. The cover, the costumes they wore,the first album to feature the song lyrics written inside. Just a masterpiece. The Beatles’ versatility really stood out on that album.
With the White Album ,they were writing as individuals. Pepper showed their versatility, experimentation and creativeness as a band. I loved hearing it for the first time,as the songs sounded so different and fresh, and you never knew what type of song you were going to hear next (I bet people were shocked when they heard Within You Without You for instance, love that track). Shows how far the band had come from the days of Love Me Do and Please Please Me .
Pepper still sounds so new and fresh today. It’s truly timeless
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12.14am
14 February 2016
Offline I’m saying Abbey Road for a few reasons:
1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy). (The sounds of the I forget in the background and the cut tape.)
2. The medley. (Not exactly new, but very experimentally unique and well executed.)
3. The fact that the band amended their views on each other to stay together for what they thought was one more album.
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10.21am
26 January 2017
Offline Evangeline said
I’m saying Abbey Road for a few reasons:
1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy). (The sounds of the I forget in the background and the cut tape.)
2. The medley. (Not exactly new, but very experimentally unique and well executed.)
3. The fact that the band amended their views on each other to stay together for what they thought was one more album.
But they didn’t particularly try any new styles on Abbey Road . They mostly just wrote rock/pop songs on that one. While yes, IWYSSH is very experimental, I don’t think its more so than on Revolver , with songs like TNK and Rigby. The idea of medleying songs together had already been used on Sgt Pepper and the White Album , and I don’t see how the third one is experimental.
I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
11.59am
1 December 2009
Offline GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
8.46pm
14 June 2016
Offline You could make really good cases for Revolver , Pepper and the White Album ….but I’m going with Pepper. They doubled down on the vibe they started with during Revolver .
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