| Between 1966's Revolver and 1969's Abbey Road | | | | The Beatles to be at the peak of their game. |
| (the last album The Beatles recorded) there was | | | | On the other hand, Abbey Road is a more |
| Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The White | | | | cohesive album. It does, after all, have the |
| Album, Yellow Submarine, & Let It Be | | | | medley on side two where the songs all blend |
| (although it wasn't released until 1970, it had | | | | together. It's also The Beatles most "modern" |
| already been recorded.) It's truly incredible how | | | | sounding album (mostly because it was their only |
| much great music The Beatles recorded in such a | | | | album recorded on the new 8 track studio at |
| short period of time. | | | | Abbey Road.) |
| This article compares Revolver and Abbey Road. | | | | And it's not like Abbey Road doesn't have great |
| Both are truly great albums. For me, neither is | | | | songs too. How about "Something," "Come |
| quite as great as The White Album & Sgt. | | | | Together," "Here Comes The Sun," & "She |
| Pepper but that doesn't make me appreciate | | | | Came In Through The Bathroom Window" just |
| either of these albums less, as they are truly | | | | for starters. |
| remarkable even 40 years later. | | | | So, in the end, what would be my choice if I had |
| I think Revolver is a more consistant album | | | | to choose just one or the other? I think I would |
| mostly because "Yellow Submarine" is a better | | | | have to go for Revolver because of it's slightly |
| track than "Octopus's Garden." The songwriting on | | | | higher level of songwriting and that it's just a |
| Revolver is at an incredibly high level. Songs like | | | | more adventerous album (see: "Tomorrow Never |
| "Eleanor Rigby," "Here, There And Everywhere," | | | | Knows.") This decision is in no way a put down of |
| "I'm Only Sleeping," & "For No One" show | | | | Abbey Road, it's just that Revolver is that good! |