Ranking the Beatles albums 12-1 (1 Viewer)

krista4 said:

Not exactly...

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Krista, since you kind of started me on this “Magical Mystery Tour” I would really love to see your list...

Guido Merkins said:

Krista, since you kind of started me on this “Magical Mystery Tour” I would really love to see your list...

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I just bumped a post from my first thread, in which @heckmanm kindly tabulated my "favorites" based on placement in my song list.  It showed Revolver as first, which it was and is.  Surprisingly, it had Help! as a clear #2 over Rubber Soul.  I thought Rubber Soul had been second.  This is just a mathematical calculation, though, and doesn't really reflect fervency of my beliefs on a song, album flow, album mix, and all the little things that make one preferred over another.

It also had three older albums below Yellow Submarine, which is definitely not how I "feel" about those.  

I've never done a list, mentally or otherwise, by album, and I don't want to.    It would just send me into a months-long evaluation process again!

Here's the calculation chart pasted from that post (sorry I lost his pretty formatting):

Album High Low Mean Median

Revolver 5 159 58 48

Help! 4 157 72 64

Rubber Soul 1 158 75 77

A Hard Day’s Night 23 161 82 72

Abbey Road 3 196 90 88

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 6 165 92 89

Singles, etc. 9 198 98 99 Let it Be 2 200 108 105

The Beatles (aka White Album) 10 204 114 120

Yellow Submarine 31 171 114 127

Please Please Me 35 202 131 147

Beatles for Sale 56 185 137 149

With the Beatles 12 194 140 149

Magical Mystery Tour 44 197 143 160

krista4 said:

I just bumped a post from my first thread, in which @heckmanm kindly tabulated my "favorites" based on placement in my song list.  It showed Revolver as first, which it was and is.  Surprisingly, it had Help! as a clear #2 over Rubber Soul.  I thought Rubber Soul had been second.  This is just a mathematical calculation, though, and doesn't really reflect fervency of my beliefs on a song, album flow, album mix, and all the little things that make one preferred over another.

It also had three older albums below Yellow Submarine, which is definitely not how I "feel" about those.  

I've never done a list, mentally or otherwise, by album, and I don't want to.    It would just send me into a months-long evaluation process again!

Here's the calculation chart pasted from that post (sorry I lost his pretty formatting):

Album High Low Mean Median

Revolver 5 159 58 48

Help! 4 157 72 64

Rubber Soul 1 158 75 77

A Hard Day’s Night 23 161 82 72

Abbey Road 3 196 90 88

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 6 165 92 89

Singles, etc. 9 198 98 99 Let it Be 2 200 108 105

The Beatles (aka White Album) 10 204 114 120

Yellow Submarine 31 171 114 127

Please Please Me 35 202 131 147

Beatles for Sale 56 185 137 149

With the Beatles 12 194 140 149

Magical Mystery Tour 44 197 143 160

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Months long??  For 12 albums.....WOW!!!

LOL, you are INTENSE!!!

That’s OK....I don’t wanna put you through that...

krista4 said:

 and I don't want to.   

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No one would read it anyways.  

Guido Merkins said:

Months long??  For 12 albums.....WOW!!!

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For the solo Beatles thread she listened to ALL the Ringo solo albums. Think about that. 

Good stuff Guido!  Thanks for doing this. 

Great job Guido, especially with your detailed write ups! 

You had said that you were interested in other opinions, so here is my ranking of those 12 albums:

1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2. A Hard Day's Night

3. Help

4. Abbey Road

5. Revolver

6. Rubber Soul

7. Please Please Me

8. Let It Be

9. Beatles For Sale

10. With The Beatles

11. White Album

12. Yellow Submarine

I didn't provide any additional info because your info was so complete, but I will answer any questions on rankings that anyone has.