Music Head Wrote:...I like about half of it, which means I think it should not have been a double album.
I almost agree, but I think more than half the songs are keepers. I could do without the Honey Pies, Revolution 9, and a few others, but I wonder if the mood of the album would be the same without the creepy, sleepy songs.
It's my favorite, though it took me a while to warm up to it. The first time I heard it, after listening to most of their other albums, I found it dark and uneven. I had been used to tight albums which were full of pop classics. I think the spookyness and chaos is part of what eventually made me a fan of the White Album, for some reason.
My second would be a toss-up between Revolver and Abbey Road. Revolver because it has songs like Eleanor Rigby, Got to Get You..., and a few others that were light years ahead of everything in terms of songwriting, lyrics, instrumentation, and production. Abbey Road because it had a warm, friendly feel, two pure and simple classics from Harrison, and the medley.