6 Albums by The Beatles That Are 10/10, No Notes

The Beatles’ album tally can feel messy: UK and U.S. releases don’t always match, one record shifted between EP and LP, and Yellow Submarine sits somewhere between a Beatles album and a George Martin project. Of the roughly 13 albums people count, seven fall short of perfection; six feel like genuine masterpieces.

Magical Mystery Tour blurs EP and LP, with one side serving as a soundtrack to a strange TV film and the other collecting singles such as “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Penny Lane,” and “All You Need Is Love.” It also includes the title track, “The Fool on the Hill,” and “I Am the Walrus,” so both halves matter.

Revolver, released in 1966 as the band stopped performing live, is remarkably consistent and at times unnerving, bridging their early sound with the psychedelia that followed. Sgt.

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