| I'm a huge Beatles fan and I've written many | | | | "Only A Northern Song" are a bit subpar by |
| articles about how great The Beatles are. I've | | | | Beatles standards I suppose but I like them well |
| written articles about their greatest albums (The | | | | enough. |
| White Album, Revolver, Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper, | | | | Mostly I rank this album so lowly because it has |
| etc) but today I've decided to do something a | | | | so little new material on it, not that the new |
| little bit different. What about The Beatles worst | | | | material isn't good (although it's not quite as great |
| albums! I've decided to only consider their official | | | | as it normally was.) The cool thing is that even |
| UK studio albums to make it more tough | | | | with The Beatles worst album there were some |
| (otherwise I might choose some awful compilation | | | | gems that make it worth listening to (at least |
| made by the record company at some point or | | | | before it gets to those instrumentals which are a |
| another.) | | | | bit of a snooze fest.) |
| #1 Yellow Submarine | | | | #2 With The Beatles |
| The Yellow Submarine album only included six | | | | The Beatles second album lacked the energy and |
| actual Beatles songs (the rest was rather boring | | | | the punch of their first album, Please Please Me. |
| instrumentals created by their producer George | | | | It's way too heavy on the covers (and for the |
| Martin.) And two of those songs ("Yellow | | | | most part the covers aren't done particularly well) |
| Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love") had | | | | and the new songs aren't particularly fantastic |
| already been released. That means there were | | | | (except for "All My Loving" of course.) That being |
| only four new songs on the album. | | | | said, I still enjoy the album well enough. I like their |
| Two of those songs were by George Harrison | | | | cover of "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" by |
| ("It's All Too Much" and "Only A Northern Song.") | | | | Smokey Robinson. This album is actually ranked at |
| One was by Paul McCartney ("All Together Now") | | | | #420 on Rolling Stone magazine's ranking of the |
| and one by John Lennon ("Hey Bulldog.") I actually | | | | top 500 albums of all time which is either proof of |
| think "Hey Bulldog" and "It's All Too Much" rescue | | | | how great The Beatles were even when they |
| the album from being a total waste of time. | | | | weren't that great or proof that perhaps |
| These are two of the coolest of the lesser | | | | sometimes they are a little overrated. |
| known Beatles songs. "All Together Now" and | | | | |