Abbey Road (The Beatles)

Abbey Road
The Beatles (1969)

Top Tracks: “Come Together”, “Here Comes the Sun”, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”

Funny thing that the first Beatles entry on this list (alphabetically) is also perhaps my least favorite. There are points where it feels contrived and that the band is functioning more as a collection of individuals than a cohesive unit (because that’s exactly what was happening). That being said, can I do a Top Albums list and leave off Abbey Road? No, of course not. That would be stupid. Personal note: it was the first Beatles album to come out after I was born (May 2020).

The Beatles (The Beatles)

The Beatles
The Beatles (1968)

Top Tracks: “Dear Prudence”, “Helter Skelter”, “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey”

Choosing the best songs from “The White Album” is an exercise in futility; ask me tomorrow and it might be three others. But even in its lack of focus, The Beatles is incredible in its moments of originality, and like most Beatles albums, many of its songs are rock classics of the highest order. Note: the was the first Beatles album I got into that my parents didn’t have in their collection. Too “out there” for them, I suppose (May 2020).