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Rubber Soul (Album) by The Beatles

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The Beatles Were An English Rock Band Formed In Liverpool In 1960. With The Line-Up Comprising John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison And Ringo Starr They Are Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Bands Of All Time. The Group Was Integral To The Development Of 1960s Counterculture And Popular Music's Recognition As An Art Form. Rooted In Skiffle Beat And 1950s Rock And Roll Their Sound Incorporated Elements Of Classical Music And Traditional Pop In Innovative Ways The Band Later Explored Music Styles Ranging From Ballads And Indian Music To Psychedelia And Hard Rock. As Pioneers In Recording Songwriting And Artistic Presentation The Group Revolutionized Many Aspects Of The Music Industry And Were Often Publicized As Leaders Of The Era's Youth And Socio-Cultural Movements. Led By Primary Songwriters Lennon And McCartney The Beatles Built Their Reputation Playing Clubs In Liverpool And Hamburg Over Three Years From 1960 Initially With Stuart Sutcliffe Playing Bass. The Core Trio Of Lennon McCartney And Harrison Together Since 1958 Went Through A Succession Of Drummers Eventually Settling With Pete Best In 1960 Who Played With Them For Two Years Before Being Replaced With Then Rory Storm & The Hurricanes Drummer Ringo Starr In 1962. Manager Brian Epstein Molded Them Into A Professional Act And Producer George Martin Guided And Developed Their Recordings Greatly Expanding Their Domestic Success After Their First Hit "Love Me Do" In Late 1962. As Their Popularity Grew Into The Intense Fan Frenzy Dubbed "Beatlemania" The Band Acquired The Nickname "the Fab Four" With Epstein Martin And Other Members Of The Band's Entourage Sometimes Given The Informal Title Of "fifth Beatle". By Early 1964 The Beatles Were International Stars Leading The "British Invasion" Of The United States Pop Market And Breaking Numerous Sales Records. They Soon Made Their Film Debut With A Hard Day's Night 1964 . From 1965 Onwards They Produced Increasingly Innovative Recordings Including The Albums Rubber Soul 1965 Revolver 1966 And Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 And Enjoyed Further Commercial Success With The Beatles Also Known As "the White Album" 1968 And Abbey Road 1969 . In 1968 They Founded Apple Corps A Multi-Armed Multimedia Corporation That Continues To Oversee Projects Related To The Band's Legacy. After The Group's Break-Up In 1970 All Four Members Enjoyed Success As Solo Artists. Lennon Was Shot And Killed In December 1980 And Harrison Died Of Lung Cancer In November 2001. McCartney And Starr Remain Musically Active. The Beatles Are The Best-Selling Music Act Of All Time With Estimated Sales Of 600 Million Units Worldwide. They Hold The Record For Most Number-One Albums On The UK Albums Chart Most Number-One Hits On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart And Most Singles Sold In The UK. The Group Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1988 And All Four Main Members Were Inducted Individually Between 1994 And 2015. In 2008 The Group Topped Billboard's List Of The All-Time Most Successful Artists On The Billboard Hot 100. The Band Received Seven Grammy Awards Four Brit Awards An Academy Award For Best Original Song Score For The 1970 Film Let It Be And Fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Time Magazine Named Them Among The 20th Century's 100 Most Important People. Former Rolling Stone Associate Editor Robert Greenfield Compared The Beatles To Picasso As "artists Who Broke Through The Constraints Of Their Time Period To Come Up With Something That Was Unique And Original "... In The Form Of Popular Music No One Will Ever Be More Revolutionary More Creative And More Distinctive ..." The British Poet Philip Larkin Described Their Work As "an Enchanting And Intoxicating Hybrid Of African-American Rock-And-Roll With Their Own Adolescent Romanticism" And "the First Advance In Popular Music Since The War". They Not Only Sparked The British Invasion Of The US They Became A Globally Influential Phenomenon As Well. From The 1920s The US Had Dominated Popular Entertainment Culture Throughout Much Of The World Via Hollywood Films Jazz The Music Of Broadway And Tin Pan Alley And Later The Rock And Roll That First Emerged In Memphis Tennessee. The Beatles Are Regarded As British Cultural Icons With Young Adults From Abroad Naming The Band Among A Group Of People That They Most Associated With UK Culture. Their Musical Innovations And Commercial Success Inspired Musicians Worldwide. Many Artists Have Acknowledged The Beatles' Influence And Enjoyed Chart Success With Covers Of Their Songs. On Radio Their Arrival Marked The Beginning Of A New Era In 1968 The Programme Director Of New York's WABC Radio Station Forbade His DJs From Playing Any "pre-Beatles" Music Marking The Defining Line Of What Would Be Considered Oldies On American Radio. They Helped To Redefine The Album As Something More Than Just A Few Hits Padded Out With "filler" And They Were Primary Innovators Of The Modern Music Video. The Shea Stadium Show With Which They Opened Their 1965 North American Tour Attracted An Estimated 55 600 People Then The Largest Audience In Concert History Spitz Describes The Event As A "major Breakthrough ... A Giant Step Toward Reshaping The Concert Business". Emulation Of Their Clothing And Especially Their Hairstyles Which Became A Mark Of Rebellion Had A Global Impact On Fashion. According To Gould The Beatles Changed The Way People Listened To Popular Music And Experienced Its Role In Their Lives. From What Began As The Beatlemania Fad The Group's Popularity Grew Into What Was Seen As An Embodiment Of Socio-Cultural Movements Of The Decade. As Icons Of The 1960s Counterculture Gould Continues They Became A Catalyst For Bohemianism And Activism In Various Social And Political Arenas Fuelling Movements Such As Women's Liberation Gay Liberation And Environmentalism. According To Peter Lavezzoli After The "more Popular Than Jesus" Controversy In 1966 The Beatles Felt Considerable Pressure To Say The Right Things And "began A Concerted Effort To Spread A Message Of Wisdom And Higher Consciousness". Other Commentators Such As Mikal Gilmore And Todd Leopold Have Traced The Inception Of Their Socio-Cultural Impact Earlier Interpreting Even The Beatlemania Period Particularly On Their First Visit To The US As A Key Moment In The Development Of Generational Awareness. Referring To Their Appearance On The Ed Sullivan Show Leopold States "In Many Ways The Sullivan Appearance Marked The Beginning Of A Cultural Revolution ... The Beatles Were Like Aliens Dropped Into The United States Of 1964. In 1965 Queen Elizabeth II Appointed Lennon McCartney Harrison And Starr Members Of The Order Of The British Empire MBE . The Beatles Won The 1971 Academy Award For Best Original Song Score For The Film Let It Be 1970 . The Recipients Of Seven Grammy Awards And Fifteen Ivor Novello Awards The Beatles Have Six Diamond Albums As Well As 20 Multi-Platinum Albums 16 Platinum Albums And Six Gold Albums In The US. In The UK The Beatles Have Four Multi-Platinum Albums Four Platinum Albums Eight Gold Albums And One Silver Album. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1988. The Best-Selling Band In History The Beatles Have Sold More Than 800 Million Physical And Digital Albums As Of 2013. They Have Had More Number-One Albums On The UK Charts Fifteen And Sold More Singles In The UK 21.9 Million Than Any Other Act. In 2004 Rolling Stone Ranked The Beatles As The Most Significant And Influential Rock Music Artists Of The Last 50 Years. They Ranked Number One On Billboard Magazine's List Of The All-Time Most Successful Hot 100 Artists Released In 2008 To Celebrate The US Singles Chart's 50th Anniversary. As Of 2017 They Hold The Record For Most Number-One Hits On The Billboard Hot 100 With Twenty. The Recording Industry Association Of America Certifies That The Beatles Have Sold 178 Million Units In The US More Than Any Other Artist. They Were Collectively Included In Time Magazine's Compilation Of The 20th Century's 100 Most Influential People. In 2014 They Received The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. There Are Two Holidays Celebrated For The Beatles Global Beatles Day On 25 June Each Year. On That Date In 1967 The Band Performed "All You Need Is Love" On Television. In 2001 UNESCO Created World Beatles Day On 16 January Each Year. This Date Has Direct Relation To The Opening Of The Cavern Club In 1957. Five Asteroids 4147 Lennon 4148 McCartney 4149 Harrison 4150 Starr And 8749 Beatles Are Named After The Beatles.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Rubber Soul

Rubber Soul Is The Sixth Studio Album By The English Rock Band The Beatles. Released In December 1965 And Produced By George Martin Rubber Soul Was Recorded In Just Over Four Weeks To Make The Christmas Market. Showcasing A Sound Influenced By The Folk Rock Of The Byrds And Bob Dylan The Album Was Seen As A Major Artistic Achievement For The Band Attaining Widespread Critical And Commercial Success With Reviewers Taking Note Of The Beatles' Developing Musical Vision. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 5 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. UK Tracklist Side One 1. "Drive My Car" – 2 30 2. "Norwegian Wood This Bird Has Flown " – 2 05 3. "You Won't See Me" – 3 22 4. "Nowhere Man" – 2 44 5. "Think For Yourself" – 2 19 6. "The Word" – 2 43 7. "Michelle" – 2 42 Side Two 1. "What Goes On" – 2 50 2. "Girl" – 2 33 3. "I'm Looking Through You" – 2 27 4. "In My Life" – 2 27 5. "Wait" – 2 16 6. "If I Needed Someone" – 2 23 7. "Run For Your Life" – 2 18 History Musically The Beatles Broadened Their Sound Most Notably With Influences Drawn From The Contemporary Folk-Rock Of The Byrds And Bob Dylan. The Album Also Saw The Beatles Broadening Rock N' Roll's Instrumental Resources Most Notably On Norwegian Wood This Bird Has Flown . Although Both The Yardbirds And The Kinks Had Used Indian Influences In Their Music This Track Is Generally Credited As Being The First Pop Recording To Use An Actual Sitar An Indian Stringed Instrument And Norwegian Wood Sparked A Musical Craze For The Sound Of The Novel Instrument In The Mid-Sixties. George Harrison Soon Became Fanatically Interested In The Genre And Began Taking Sitar Lessons From Renowned Indian Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar. A Broadening Use Of Percussive Arrangements Led By Ringo Starr's Backbeats And Frequently Augmented By Maracas And Tambourine Can Also Be Heard Throughout The Album Showcased In Tracks Such As Wait And Think For Yourself. Recording Innovations Were Also Made During The Recording Of The Album—for Instance The Keyboard Solo In In My Life Sounds Like A Harpsichord But Was Actually Played On A Piano. George Martin Found He Could Not Match The Tempo Of The Song While Playing In This Baroque Style So He Tried Recording With The Tape Running At Half-Speed. When Played Back At Normal Speed During The Mixdown The Sped-Up Sound Gave The Illusion Of A Harpsichord. Other Production Innovations Included The Use Of Electronic Sound Processing On Many Instruments Notably The Heavily Compressed And Equalised Piano Sound On John Lennon's The Word This Distinctive Effect Soon Became Extremely Popular In The Genre Of Psychedelic Music. Lyrically The Album Was A Major Progression. Though A Smattering Of Earlier Beatles Songs Had Expressed Romantic Doubt And Negativity The Songs On Rubber Soul Represented A Pronounced Development In Sophistication Thoughtfulness And Ambiguity. In Particular The Relationships Between The Sexes Moved From Simpler Boy-Girl Love Songs To More Nuanced Even Negative Portrayals. Norwegian Wood One Of The Most Famous Examples And Often Cited As The Beatles' First Conscious Assimilation Of The Lyrical Innovations Of Bob Dylan Sketches A Poetically Ambiguous Extramarital Affair Between The Singer And A Mysterious Girl. Drive My Car Serves As A Satirical Piece Of Reverse Sexism. Songs Like I'm Looking Through You You Won't See Me And Girl Express More Emotionally Complex Even Bitter And Downbeat Portrayals Of Romance And Nowhere Man Was Arguably The First Beatles Song To Move Beyond A Romantic Subject Arguable Because The Song Help! Released Earlier In 1965 Also Appears Not To Be Specifically About A Boy-Girl Relationship—the Song Takes The Form Of A General Cry For "help" From The Singer To Another Person Whose Relationship To The Singer Remains Unspecified. Even The Line "Now I Find I Need You Like I've Never Done Before" Could Be Addressed To Any Close Friend Of The Singer Not Necessarily A Romantic Partner . After Completing The Album And The Accompanying Single We Can Work It Out And Day Tripper The Beatles Were Exhausted From Years Of Virtually Non-Stop Recording Touring And Film Work. They Subsequently Took A Three-Month Break During The First Part Of 1966 And Used This Free Time Exploring New Directions That Would Colour Their Subsequent Musical Work. These Became Immediately Apparent In The Next Album Revolver. Until Very Late In Their Career The "primary" Version Of The Beatles' Albums Was Always The Monophonic Mix. According To Beatles Historian Mark Lewisohn The Group Producer George Martin And The Abbey Road Engineers Devoted Most Of Their Time And Attention To The Mono Mixdowns And The Band Were Usually All Present Throughout These Sessions And Actively Participated In Them. Even With Their Landmark Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP The Stereo Mixdowns Were Considered Less Important Than The Mono Version And Were Completed In Far Less Time Than The Mono Mixdown. While The Stereo Version Of The Original Release Of Rubber Soul Was Similar To That Of Their Earliest Albums Featuring Mainly Vocals On The Right Channel And Instruments On The Left It Was Not Produced In The Same Manner. The Early Albums Were Recorded On Twin-Track Tape And They Were Intended Only For Production Of Monaural Records So They Kept Vocals And Instruments Separated Allowing The Two Parts To Later Be Mixed In Proper Proportion. By This Time However The Beatles Were Recording On Four-Track Tape Which Allowed A Stereo Master To Be Produced With Vocals In The Centre And Instruments On Both Sides As Evidenced In Their Prior Albums Beatles For Sale And Help!. But Martin Was Looking For A Way To Easily Produce A Stereo Album Which Sounded Good On A Monaural Record Player. In What He Admits Was Some Experimentation He Mixed Down The Four-Track Master Tape To Stereo With Vocals On The Right Instruments On The Left And Nothing In The Middle. The Song Wait Was Initially Recorded For And Then Left Off The Album Help!. The Reason The Song Was Released On Rubber Soul Was That Album That Was One Song Short And With The Christmas Deadline Looming The Beatles Chose To Release Wait Instead Of Recording A New Composition. Paul McCartney Claims To Have Conceived The Album's Title After Overhearing A Black Musician's Description Of Mick Jagger's Singing Style As "plastic Soul". John Lennon Confirmed This In A 1970 Interview With Rolling Stone Stating "That Was Paul's Title... Meaning English Soul. Just A Pun." Also Paul Says The Words "Plastic Soul Man. Plastic Soul..." At The End Of I'm Down Take 1 On Anthology 2. Album Artwork The Photo Of The Beatles On The Rubber Soul Cover Appears Stretched. McCartney Relates The Story Behind This In Volume 5 Of The Documentary Film Anthology. Photographer Bob Freeman Had Taken Some Pictures Of The Beatles At Lennon's House. Freeman Showed The Photos To The Beatles By Projecting Them Onto An Album-Sized Piece Of Cardboard To Simulate How They Would Appear On An Album Cover. The Unusual Rubber Soul Album Cover Came To Be When The Slide Card Fell Slightly Backwards Elongating The Projected Image Of The Photograph And Stretching It. Excited By The Effect They Shouted "Ah! Can We Have That? Can You Do It Like That?" Freeman Said He Could. Capitol Records Used A Different Colour Saturation For The US Version Causing The Orange Lettering Used By Parlophone Records To Show Up As Different Colours. On Some Capitol LP's The Title Looks Rich Chocolate Brown Others More Like Gold. Yet On The Official 1987 CD Of The British Version The Capitol Logo Is Visible And The Letters Are Not Brown Nor The Official Orange But A Distinct Green. The Lettering Was Designed By Charles Front. Release Details There Were Two Different Stereo Versions Released On Vinyl In The US The Standard US Stereo Mix And The "Dexter Stereo" Version A.K.A. The "East Coast" Version Which Has A Layer Of Reverb Added To The Entire Album. The Standard US Stereo Mix And The Original Mono Mix Are Available On CD As Part Of The Capitol Albums Volume 2 Box Set. US Release Rubber Soul Came Out In The United States Three Days After The British Release And Began Its 59-Week Long Chart Run On Christmas Day. It Topped The Charts For Six Weeks From 8 January 1966 Before Dropping Back. The Album Sold 1.2 Million Copies Within Nine Days Of Its Release And To Date Has Sold Over Four Million Copies In America. Like Other Pre-Sgt. Pepper Beatles Albums Rubber Soul Differed Markedly In Its US And UK Configurations Indeed Through Peculiarities Of Sequencing The US Rubber Soul Was Deliberately Reconfigured To Appear A Folk Rock Album To Angle The Beatles Into That Nascent And Lucrative American Idiom During 1965 Thanks To The Addition Of I've Just Seen A Face And It's Only Love Leftovers From The UK Help! And The Deletion Of Some Of The More Upbeat Tracks Drive My Car Nowhere Man If I Needed Someone And What Goes On . The Tracks Missing On The US Version Would Later Surface On The Yesterday... And Today Collection. The Track Variation Resulted In A Shorter Album Length Clocking In At 29 59. In Addition The Stereo Mix Sent To The US From England Has What Are Commonly Called "false Starts" At The Beginning Of I'm Looking Through You. The Track Is Also Slightly Shorter At The End. The False Starts Are On Every American Copy Of The Album From 1965 To 1990 And Are Also On The CD Boxed Set The Capitol Albums Vol. 2. The US Version Of The Word Is Also Recognizably Different. CD Release The Album Was Released On CD In The UK And US In April 1987 Using The 14-Song UK Track Lineup. Having Been Available Only As An Import In The US In The Past The 14 Track UK Version Of The Album Was Issued On LP And Cassette On July 21 1987. As With The CD Release Of The 1965 Help! Album The Rubber Soul CD Featured A Contemporary Stereo Digital Remix Of The Album Prepared By George Martin. This Remix Is Somewhat Controversial Among Beatle Fans — Many Purists Prefer The 1965 Mix. Strangely A Few Canadian-Origin CD Editions Of Rubber Soul And Help! Accidentally Use The Original Mix Of The Album Presumably Due To A Mix-Up. Reception The Album Was Commercially Successful Beginning A 42-Week Run In The British Charts On 11 December 1965. On Christmas Day Replaced Help!—The Beatles' Previous Album—at The Top Of The Charts A Position Rubber Soul Held For Eight Weeks. The Album Was A Major Artistic Leap For The Group And Is Often Cited By Critics As Well As Members Of The Band As The Point At Which The Beatles' Earlier Merseybeat Sound Began To Be Transformed Into The Eclectic Sophisticated Pop/rock Of Their Later Career. John Lennon Later Said This Was The First Album On Which The Beatles Were In Complete Creative Control During Recording With Enough Studio Time To Develop And Refine New Sound Ideas. The US Version Of The Album Also Greatly Influenced The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson Who "answered" The Album By Releasing Pet Sounds In 1966. The Album Became A Classic—on 9 May 1987 It Returned To The Album Charts For Three Weeks And Ten Years Later Made Another Comeback To The Charts. Rubber Soul Is Often Cited As One Of The Greatest Albums In Pop Music History. In 1998 Q Magazine Readers Voted It The 40th Greatest Album Of All Time While In 2000 The Same Magazine Placed It At Number 21 In Its List Of The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2001 VH1 Placed It At Number 6. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 5 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. In 2006 The Album Was Chosen By Time Magazine As One Of The 100 Best Albums Of All Time.