30-09-2013, 04:59
I really like Abbey Road too (definitely within my top three), just because I think it mixes in a lot of classics (Come Together, Something, Here Comes the Sun, etc.) but also has a lot of great obscurities (Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Because, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, etc.) But I wonder if more weight should be given to "turning point" albums such as Revolver or Let It Be, or even Rubber Soul/Help!, just because they represented major shifts in the band's direction as musicians, Revolver focusing more heavily on experimental instrumentation, Rubber Soul/Help! representative early stage drug use (to a point), and Let It Be as far as signifying the disintegration of their career at the very end. Albums like Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour are great, but are more "in-betweener" albums, if you ask me.
