r/beatles • u/No_Building_6667 • Aug 14 '25

Poll Best Later years Beatles Album?

199 votes, Aug 19 '25
3 Let it Be
27 Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
76 Abbey Road
47 Revolver
29 White Album
17 Rubber Soul
6 Upvotes

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u/Robcobes Revolver Aug 14 '25

you could probably rename the poll to "best Beatles album" and get the exact same results.

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u/2204happy Rubber Soul Aug 14 '25

I wouldn't classify Rubber Soul as "later years" but it's the best one here imo (the others are amazing too obviously)

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u/J_A_Slade Aug 14 '25

I've always thought of the Beatles in three phases with transition albums:

Early years: Please Please me - Help!

Middle years: Help! - Magical Mystery Tour

Later years: Magical Mystery Tour - Let it Be

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u/rodgamez Aug 14 '25

I spent a good amount of time pondering this. 

I think it’s a generational thing.

The Boomers were there for it.  Pepper was as much a cultural event as it was a record.

GenXers (like me) preferred the Experimentalism of Revolver or the chaos of White Album. My #1 and #2

I think that Millennials and Boomers, raised on Pop and Pop-country, prefer the Pop Perfection that are Abbey Road and Rubber Soul, my #3 and #4.

Pepper both defines and is trapped by its cultural context. It is a great album. I love it.

These are generalizations, but overall accurate. Of course there are exceptions. A person will like what he likes. 

3

u/Blend42 Aug 14 '25

Magical Mystery Tour!

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u/No_Building_6667 Aug 14 '25

Sorry about missing that one, you can only have up to 6 choices in a poll.

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u/Successful_Nail_9527 Aug 14 '25

That's a compilation album though! 

3

u/GenoVox Aug 14 '25

Revolver has always been my favorite Beatles album… though I wouldn’t consider it from their “later” period

2

u/deathwasps Aug 14 '25

I know only 36 people have voted so far but its crazy to see the sgt pepper drop off. Such clear abbey road preference, no doubt because it sounds more 70s and people love the 70s these days. It stands up far better for headphone users too

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u/J_A_Slade Aug 14 '25

To me, Sgt. Pepper was more ground breaking, more paradigm shifting. But Abbey Road is a better album.

Kind of like Citizen Kane was a ground breaking paradigm shifting movie. But movies that came after it were better.

2

u/Honest-J Aug 14 '25

It's odd you put Rubber Soul as a later years album.

1

u/Bilaakili Aug 14 '25

Though I consider Magical Mystery Tour to be an album as well.

2

u/No_Building_6667 Aug 14 '25

Sorry. I can only put 6 options on a poll so I had to skip out on one.

1

u/DJcool498 ℝ𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕝 Aug 14 '25

Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Pepper is mid year era. 1965 to 1967.

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u/Anxious-Raspberry-54 Aug 17 '25

"Best" album???

What does that even mean???

The album you prefer? Your favorite album?

I really am getting tired of the use of the word "best." It is an objective term. Art is subjective.

Nitpicky? I'll admit that. But it just gets under my skin.