Abbey Road is more or less The Beatles' final album1, and it contains some of the group's strongest work – especially George Harrison, who finally gets his day in the sun. I'm not sure when I got my first copy of Abbey Road. Might have been high school, or it might have been the first … Continue reading “Abbey Road” by The Beatles (No. 2) →

Here's where it all began, my lifelong obsession with music. Technically, it was the movie Help! that helped turn me into a music junkie, but we'll go with the album here. Here's how it all started. When I was seven, I came home from Sunday school (yes, really) and turned on the TV. There was … Continue reading “Help!” by The Beatles (No. 3) →

Famed Rock critic Robert Christgau called Rubber Soul "when The Beatles began to go arty." Reductive, perhaps, but also true. Rubber Soul is not as adventurous as Sgt. Pepper or The Beatles, but it brings in elements that the band couldn't reproduce on stage. And it also deals with some more mature themes than previous … Continue reading “Rubber Soul” by The Beatles (No. 8) →