While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Et Plastic Soul a été le germe de l'idée de Rubber Soul » [3].

“Finally we took over the studio,” John Lennon told Rolling Stone‘s Jann S. Wenner in 1970. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Its title is a play on words ("rubber sole", a common part of shoes). It sometimes gets quite impossible, juggling Beatles' albums in a quantitative list, trying to ascertain the merits of one over another. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of … Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has received much acclaim for being the first “concept album”, an album in which a single idea unifies the entire recording (as opposed to most albums, which are simply collections of songs without such an overarching principle). I really like Rubber Soul; in fact, I prefer it to Revolver, but I think Rubber Soul is more of a transitional album where the mop-top Fab Four turn into something extraordinary. Following the release of their previous album The Beatles had undertaken a momentous tour of the USA and Canada including a record … Rubber Soul was another album for Christmas - released on 3rd December, 1965 just two weeks after final mixing had taken place. The Beatles admired soul music, and sometimes their sound imitated African-American music. George Harrison 's two songs were "Think For Yourself" and "If I Needed Someone". Le design du titre en lettres arrondies est créé par l'artiste illustrateur anglais Charles Front (en) [7]. “Rubber Soul” replaced their last LP, “Help!” at the top of the charts, spending 9 weeks there. Parution et réception. Plus the Rubber Soul cover – didn’t even have their names on it – just those incredible four faces! To modern ears, Rubber Soul and its pre-psychedelic era mix of 1960s pop, soul, and folk could seem tame, even quaint on a cursory listen. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1965 1st Vinyl release of Rubber Soul on Discogs. He loved the textures and melodies. This past weekend saw the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles album Rubber Soul; yesterday was the 35th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. It was first released in December 1965. Rubber Soul could hardly be called a “concept album,” like Sgt.

However, the album was to remain in the charts for a total of 42 weeks. Sgt. Rubber Soul perhaps showed the lads how far they could go in the masterpiece business. On the other hand, dudes, the US Rubber Soul is one great album. Rubber Soul greatly influenced Brian Wilson, who refers to it as a concept album. One hallmark of great artists is that it is impossible to choose your favorite amongst their works. EMI wanted the album … Yes Revolver is a great LP, but Rubber Soul is the album that they matured. The Beatles' sixth studio album Rubber Soul is arguably the best album of all time, though some may argue it’s not even the best album The Beatles made. Now as then, every pop artist wants to make a Rubber Soul of their own.