Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[Joe Mac]

*raises hand*

Hahaha! I have a top 6 of Beatles albums and they’re all top tier, so nothing is bad. Pepper’s is bottom of that for me. It’s still great and I agree with the comments on production, it was groundbreaking and quite the achievement. I just think the other 5 are better collections of songs

Day In The Life is a crowning achievement though

 

[bettim84]

Hahaha! I have a top 6 of Beatles albums and they’re all top tier, so nothing is bad. Pepper’s is bottom of that for me. It’s still great and I agree with the comments on production, it was groundbreaking and quite the achievement. I just think the other 5 are better collections of songs

Day In The Life is a crowning achievement though

I'm clearly biased in favor of Pepper’s and Magical Mystery Tour because they were basically the first popular albums I ever got into when I was 8 or 9 years old. Those cassette tapes were basically tattooed onto my brain.

“Lovely Rita” is my favorite Beatles song, so I’m broken beyond repair.

 

[dhodo]

Unconventionally high? There are people who don’t acknowledge its superiority? Sgt. Pepper has always been the overrated one of the top tier Beatles albums...

Yeah, in my personal experience it is pretty uncommon for critics or internet people to rank The White Album in their 1 or 2 spot. Nothing wrong with it of course, just an observation.

 

[Joe Mac]

Yeah, in my personal experience it is pretty uncommon for critics or internet people to rank The White Album in their 1 or 2 spot. Nothing wrong with it of course, just an observation.

Silly internet people

 

[bdrummond]

Do they not usually communicate what will show up in swaps by now? A possible JLH repress is deciding on what I do this month.

 

[duke86fan]

Not bad

 

[JonnyH]

Do they not usually communicate what will show up in swaps by now? A possible JLH repress is deciding on what I do this month.

Historically they have very rarely ever stated what is in swaps ahead of time.

 

[bdrummond]

Historically they have very rarely ever stated what is in swaps ahead of time.

Weird, I specifically recall knowing that HBMS, Mm..Food and ISWYD were going to be in swaps ahead of time, just can't recall how I was notified (possibly email) since time has no meaning anymore.

 

[JonnyH]

Weird, I specifically recall knowing that HBMS, Mm..Food and ISWYD were going to be in swaps ahead of time, just can't recall how I was notified (possibly email) since time has no meaning anymore.

Usually from people asking on Twitter.

 

[AudioAce]

Ah shit. I'm getting weak. Really want Stankonia and Big Boi. But represses can happen right? Discogs price wont go crazy?

How much is an International add-on? And would any Canadian being willing to get both? Uggghh

 

[NewsFedora]

Do they not usually communicate what will show up in swaps by now? A possible JLH repress is deciding on what I do this month.

I swear I read either in a VMP email or on the VMP Twitter that the JLH repress will be in swaps today.

 

[JonnyH]

I swear I read either in a VMP email or on the VMP Twitter that the JLH repress will be in swaps today.

I think its more that it was available for sale, now everyone who wants to swap is saying they will swap for it.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Yeah, in my personal experience it is pretty uncommon for critics or internet people to rank The White Album in their 1 or 2 spot. Nothing wrong with it of course, just an observation.

I am a Revolver person myself but there are good arguments for most of their later albums. I find the white album to be a bit too bloated with half finished ideas to reach the top of my personal listed it’s just splitting hairs debating those albums though.

 

[duke86fan]

I'm mostly huge on stankonia, buying mamas gun is a maybe since I might just not be able to get in the groove, and Billie is a swap for me to big boi

 

[dhodo]

I am a Revolver person myself but there are good arguments for most of their later albums. I find the white album to be a bit too bloated with half finished ideas to reach the top of my personal listed it’s just splitting hairs debating those albums though.

Yeah, that's similar to the criticism I usually see. I would put Revolver and Abbey Rd over it for sure. I think I have a harder time ranking Rubber Soul, White, and Peppers after that.

 

[AudioAce]

I am a Revolver person myself but there are good arguments for most of their later albums. I find the white album to be a bit too bloated with half finished ideas to reach the top of my personal listed it’s just splitting hairs debating those albums though.

Always enjoyed the qurikiness. While some of those ideas were half-baked, they were the building blocks for their future careers as a band and solo artists. It is my favorite but the argument of it being bloated is totally valid and true.

 

[scotthilk]

Yeah, in my personal experience it is pretty uncommon for critics or internet people to rank The White Album in their 1 or 2 spot. Nothing wrong with it of course, just an observation.

Interesting. White is my #1!

 

[JonnyH]

Let It Be is my fave. All hail crazy-ass Phil Spector's production!

 

[Rowan]

Interesting. White is my #1!

Same. But as I said is have pepper somewhere in the middle. I mean, shit, if we were doing a ranked system with Beatles non beatles stuff in the mix I'd have All Things Must Pass above it too

 

[Joe Mac]

Let It Be is my fave. All hail crazy-ass Phil Spector's production!

Team Naked, its where all the fun is....