The Beatles: Their Best Three Albums

The Beatles had twelve official studio albums from 1963 to 1970 and most of them were absolutely brilliant which makes picking just three of their albums as the best three is extremely hard.

12 albums? You’ve probably heard that The Beatles recorded 13 albums. That 13th “album” is actually Magical Mystery Tour which was originally released in 1967 just as an EP in the UK. An “album” version of it was cobbled together in the US by adding some earlier singles to it.

Most Beatles purists don’t think of it as one of The Beatles real albums, although it has been added to official UK discography since 1976 (when it was also released in the UK because so many Beatles fans were importing the American version.)

#1 The White Album

This double album includes many of The Beatles greatest moments. It also includes some of the songs that a lot of people think of as their worst. But I actually think those experimental songs (such as “Wild Honey Pie” and “Revolution #9″) add to the magic of the album. This was an “anything goes” album and it’s all the better for it

#2 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

A lot of people claim that Sgt. Pepper is overrated and I can understand that opinion from the point of view that some of The Beatles other albums get overlooked in comparison. Some less informed Beatles fans seem to think that Sgt. Pepper was The Beatles first attempt at “art music” but clearly Rubber Soul & Revolver beat it to the punch. But, I still think Sgt. Pepper is an amazing album that works as the band’s most “cohesive statement” and I think while it may be underrated by those who are slightly ignorant of The Beatles work as a whole, I think it’s actually become underrated by the “hipsters.”

#3 Revolver

Revolver lacks the cohesiveness of Sgt. Pepper & Abbey Road. It lacks the expansiveness of The White Album. But it does have 14 brilliant songs. I think it’s the most consistently great album The Beatles released.