davidh777

Standings after Q2:

Robot Rock -46
story -40
Damfino -38
dhmac -36
brainee -31
cdollaz -31
Shannon Nutt -31
Cabman Gray -25
Crocker Jarmen -25
TheKing -20
wendersfan -20
wishbone -20
rocket1312 -19
Decker -18
orangecrush -18
Supermallet -18
Palaver -16
Count Dooku -15
hasslein -10
Jason -6
Drexl -4
AaronHernandez 0

cdollaz

Interesting. I don't think I know anyone who particularly likes the White Album as compared to most of their catalog, seeing it as a few good cuts with quite a bit of filler.

davidh777

Heading into a meeting--will try to tackle some more when I get back, depending on the time.

wishbone

I think I shuffled my slam dunks 2-3x... again, I'm just hoping to not finish last!

Count Dooku

I guess I can take comfort in the fact that I haven't used a dunk yet.

Palaver

I love it. It's definitely not their most cohesive album, but it is chock full of Beatles goodness. I think it is a great collection of songs at the height of their songwriting capabilities.

For me, it could be the Beatles album that I would take with me on the proverbial dessert island.

Supermallet

For the record, I think Sgt. Pepper is one of their weakest albums, but I knew it would be a popular answer.

orangecrush

Of all the people to ask for a timely ending to a sheep game...

Count Dooku

orangecrush

I honestly do not understand the love for St. Peppers. I wouldn't rank it in my top 5.

Supermallet

Abbey Road
A Hard Day's Night
Revolver
The White Album
Rubber Soul
Let It Be
Help!
Sgt. Pepper
Magical Mystery Tour
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
Beatles For Sale

Did I forget any?

Decker

Twenty years ago, it was just assumed to be the best Beatles album - Rolling Stone selected it as their all-time best album back in the late-80s. I thought there had been a big movement away from that album lately and thought for sure it wasn't going to be the sheepiest album as the result.

Hey sheep, Doesn't anyone else read Entertainment Weekly any more?

cdollaz

Magical Mystery Tour, A Hard Day's Night, and Abbey Road are my favorites.

brainee

It's an album I appreciate more than I actually like listening to. I can forgive the unevenness since it seemed more in the vein of experimentation, rather than outright poor songwriting. They had a double-album of space to try stuff out and went for it. I can respect that. My favorite single album edit from White Album would be fantastic. But oddly enough (as an earlier thread here asked), there isn't much agreement on what songs should make the single-album cut.

My reasoning too. It has the reputation for being THE masterpiece. But aside from a great first 3 songs and last song, it's not particularly strong. Abbey Road would be my truthful answer (especially side 2). Rubber Soul is not a bad answer either. Especially the American edit, which has a more cohesive sound (in the British version, the silly pop of "Drive My Car" and "What Goes On" and psychedelia of "Nowhere Man" and "If I Needed Someone" sound like they don't belong).

Decker

Sgt Pepper starts real strong and has a very-loose "concept album" feel, it ends in amazing fashion with Reprise and Day in the Life, but between those you have a lot of mediocre, forgettable filler material (though I'll always enjoy "She's Leaving Home" regardless). Abby Road is pretty similar, but there are more hits than misses. It's a really strong album. I just think Revolver is even better. I've said this before : Take whatever 10 songs from whatever studio album you like, the ten best songs on Revolver are going to be better head-to-head.

Supermallet

The sprawl of The White Album is part of what makes it great.

davidh777

Let's get some more in before the East Coast shuts down for the evening...

3. S: What is the most maddeningly overplayed Beatles song?

davidh777

No matches:

All You Need is Love
Decker

I Want to Hold Your Hand
Drexl

Love Me Do
Robot Rock

Twist and Shout
Shannon Nutt

A Hard Day’s Night
story

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
TheKing

I've Got My Mind Set On You
AaronHernandez

davidh777

Decker

Dammit, I was going to go with Hey Jude. I bet I out-smarted myself there.

davidh777

davidh777

The #1 answer:

davidh777

Standings after Q3 (not much movement after that question):

Robot Rock -46
Damfino -42
dhmac -41
story -40
brainee -35
cdollaz -33
Shannon Nutt -31
Cabman Gray -29
Crocker Jarmen -29
Palaver -26
wendersfan -25
rocket1312 -24
wishbone -24
orangecrush -23
Supermallet -22
TheKing -20
Count Dooku -19
Decker -18
hasslein -14
Jason -8
Drexl -4
AaronHernandez 0

davidh777

4. S: What is the most criminally underplayed Beatles song?

Drexl

Wow, I'd be in last place if somebody hadn't decided to troll the game.