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SIDE A

1. Back In The USSR

2. Dear Prudence

3. Glass Onion

4. Mother Nature’s Son

5. Cry Baby Cry

6. I Will

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

SIDE B

1. Martha My Dear

2. I’m So Tired

3. Blackbird

4. Helter Skelter

5. Long Long Long

6. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

7. Julia

Sorry Ringo, you didn’t make the cut!

I made a playlist of this on Spotify. It’s a nice listen, check it out if you’re on there:

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. That’s very kind.

Let me just say that the White Album , as released, is my favorite album of all time. I love all the twists and turns, and the sprawling variety. I’m pro Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9 . All the weirdness of the album adds color and makes it feel like an amazing journey. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

But the “single disc version” game is a really fun thought experiment that I love playing.

sigh butterfly said
Hi @cmaj, I like this too. What do you think they should release as a non-album single?

  

I would have to stick with Hey Jude /Revolution , as I think it’s one of the best singles ever released by anyone. Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane being possibly the only other competitor.

Rube said
Welcome to the Fab Forum @cmaj! These are great choices, although I would have included Good Night . Ringo’s vocals are lovely on that track.

  

I absolutely agree about Ringo’s vocals on that track. And Good Night is such a beautiful and perfect way to end the White Album . Especially following Revolution 9 . 

I did consider ending my version with Good Night . But I feel it needs that long journey of the record to really make it land.

If absolutely forced to pick a Ringo track, Good Night would be the one, and it would end Side B.

Neely said 

You included lots of my favourites from the White Album such as Dear Prudence , Cry Baby Cry , While My Guitar Gently Weeps , Martha My  Dear, I’m So Tired, Helter Skelter , Long Long Long, and Happiness Is A Warm Gun . To me those songs define the White Album .

I can’t help but notice you did not include THE BEST of the White Album (in my opinion): Honey Pie and Don’t Pass Me By . 

Maybe I should make my own White Album single disc.

  

You know, I just don’t like Don’t Pass Me By. As much as I adore Ringo, it just doesn’t do anything for me. But I totally respect and celebrate your appreciation for it.

I do love Honey Pie . But if you’re cutting 16 songs from an album, you have to make some hard choices. That track listing I made is where I landed. But I could very well have included/excluded totally different songs on a different day.

You should absolutely try making your own. It’s hard, but it’s fun!