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Released:
1967 Capitol
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| Choosing just one album from the greatest band
in Rock history is a very difficult task. Yet we are bold (or
Stupid) enough to try. We chose the Magical Mystery Tour
album. For starters, the Beatles didn't hit their peak of
compositional ability until 1967 with the release of the Sergeant
Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour albums. Let's just
say that 1967 was a great year for the Beatles, creatively.
Although Sergeant Pepper was the bigger seller, all of
the more popular hit singles the Beatles had that year were
basically from the Magical Mystery Tour album. Magical
Mystery Tour opens with the title track and then goes to a
spacey "Blue Jay Way." Other great tunes like
"The Fool on the Hill", "I Am the Walrus",
"Penny Lane", Strawberry Fields Forever" and "All You Need is Love" are the radio
favorites we quite often hear on classic rock radio stations
every day. But occasionally, the alignment of the planets is
just right enough for the radio stations to grace us with the
playing of the more obscure but excellent tunes like "Your
Mother Should Know" and "Baby You're a
Rich Man." Your life would be richer with the
purchase of this album. Other great albums include: "The
Beatles (A.K.A. The White Album, 1968), "Revolver"
(1966) and "Abbey Road" (1969). There are also two
compilation albums worth buying should you decide that you would
prefer the greatest hits type of route. They are: The Beatles
1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970, both released by Capitol
Records in 1973. Of those two, I would prefer the latter. |
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