Rubber Soul [VINYL]

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According to Beatles biographer Nicholas Schaffner, Freeman's cover photo was viewed as "daringly surreal" and led some fans to write to the band's official fanzine, Beatles Monthly, alarmed that the image "made their heroes look like corpses". [217] In her study of the Beatles' contemporary audience, sociologist Candy Leonard writes that some young listeners were challenged by the band's new musical direction, but "With Rubber Soul, the Beatles came to occupy a role in fans' lives and a place in their psyches that was different from any previous fan–performer relationship." [241] Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, who was an eleven-year-old fan at the time, [9] later recalled thinking that the band had "lost their minds". He added: "I didn't understand a word, I didn't think it was any good, and then six weeks later you couldn't live without the record. And that's good – that's when you trust the people who make music to take you somewhere you haven't been before." [242] Commercial performance [ edit ] Dutch Album Top 100 (26/09/2009)". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017 . Retrieved 28 June 2017.

Top Compact Disks (for week ending May 30, 1987)" (PDF). Billboard. 30 May 1987. p.54 . Retrieved 26 September 2020.Variation B. At some point early on in the “Rubber Soul” pressing run, a Times New Roman font typeset was added to the label printing machines. It’s with this style that we find later one-side “Loud Cut” presses (as determined by the stampers), almost all the transition presses of XEX 579-1 / XEX 580-4 or XEX 579-4 / XEX 580-1. The song appeared on the Anthology 2 outtakes compilation, edited down to under three minutes from its original length of 6:36. [51] a b Rolling Stone staff (31 May 2012). "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 5. The Beatles, 'Rubber Soul' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 20 June 2017.

The songs demonstrate the Beatles' increasing maturity as lyricists, and in their incorporation of brighter guitar tones and new instrumentation such as sitar, harmonium, and fuzz bass, the group striving for more expressive sounds and arrangements for their music. The project marked a progression in the band's treatment of the album format as an artistic platform, an approach they continued to develop with Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The four songs omitted by Capitol, including the February 1966 single " Nowhere Man", later appeared on the North American release Yesterday and Today. Mawer, Sharon (May 2007). "Album Chart History: 1969". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007 . Retrieved 23 October 2019.

The album was also the source of hit songs for several other contemporary artists. [267] "Michelle" became one of the most widely recorded of all the Beatles' songs. [269] Cover versions of "Girl", "If I Needed Someone" and "Nowhere Man" similarly placed on UK or US singles charts in 1966. [267] a b Bachelor, Lisa (17 June 2007). "Iconic Beatles artwork under the hammer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017 . Retrieved 23 April 2017. Michelle” (beautiful melody, uninspired words–would sound better if the whole thing were in French)

Ableton staff (28 October 2016). "A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument: Part 2 – Tomorrow Never Knows". ableton.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018 . Retrieved 22 June 2018. Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". Radioscope. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011 . Retrieved 16 September 2012. However, If it mentions EMI Records Ltd, "Marketed and distributed by EMI. Printed In The EU. UK " after it, it's pressed at Optimal in Germany and is a EU/UK pressing and should be listed as that version. a b "Beatles albums finally go platinum". BBC News. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2017.In 2020, when asked of which Beatles albums qualified for an A-plus grade, Christgau considered Rubber Soul as a "prime candidate" among scholars of the band, but concluded that, "while I feel and understand the artistic skill and historical momentousness ... in fact I only cream for three of its songs: 'Norwegian Wood,' 'Girl,' and 'In My Life. '" [311] The distinctive lettering was created by illustrator Charles Front, [224] who recalled that his inspiration was the album's title: "If you tap into a rubber tree then you get a sort of globule, so I started thinking of creating a shape that represented that, starting narrow and filling out." [225] The rounded letters used on the sleeve established a style that became ubiquitous in psychedelic designs [224] and, according to journalist Lisa Bachelor, "a staple of poster art for the flower power generation". [225] Release [ edit ] The Beatles performed at the Liverpool Empire during their December 1965 UK tour. The shows there marked the group's final concerts in their hometown. [226] Kingsbury, Paul; McCall, Michael; Rumble, John W., eds. (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539563-1.

The Beatles – Rubber Soul". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 . Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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