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. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatles song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."
Genre - Rock
Styles - British Rock, Contemporary Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic, Rock & Roll, AM Pop
Time - 35:33
Format - mp3@320 Kbps
Size - 83 mb
Tracks
01. Drive My Car
02. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
03. You Won't See Me
04. Nowhere Man
05. Think for Yourself
06. The Word
07. Michelle
08. What Goes On
09. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run for Your Life
Credits
Paul McCartney (bass, fuzz bass, guitar, piano, vocals)
John Lennon (guitar, rhythm guitar, tambourine, vocals)
George Harrison (guitar, sitar, tambourine, vocals)
George Martin (harmonium, piano, tambourine)
Ringo Starr (drums, hammond, tambourine, vocals)
Label
Capitol, 1965
3 comentarios:
sigo evocándote cada vez que inyectas en mi mente estas elevadas dosis de creatividad y entusiasmo transformadas en inmortales notas (frecuencias, impulsos) proverbiales (preverbales, innatas), eternas... Gracias todas (forever) Gomer!!
The impact of this 1965 album is incredible. The earliest recorded of the five great Beatles albums (Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, White Album, and Abbey Road are the others), Rubber Soul was the album that invented "album rock." This was the first rock album recorded for its own sake, without any Top Forty hit singles to back it up (Nowhere Man did not appear on the U.S. version). The songs "Girl", "Michelle", and "Norwegian Wood" each got massive radio airplay despite never being released as singles. Before Rubber Soul, most albums were junk, consisting typically of one or two songs that were Top Forty hit singles with the rest being throwaway filler tracks. Thanks to Rubber Soul, rock artists for the first time got serious about recording albums as works of art rather than just another way to make money. My favorite songs here are "Girl" and "In My Live", but just about everything on this CD is superb. However, I don't like the way they tinkered with the song selection; I would have preferred the original vinyl release format. The psychedelic cover art was the best of its time and it too was trendsetting. Overall, a must have CD for anyone who wants an introduction to their work, and don't forget the other four!
Este solia ser mi grupo favorito, pero despues de descubrir Animals, todo cambio. Aun siento un gran cariño por este grupo ya que lo he escuchado la mayor parte de mi vida, ademas toda la carrera del grupo me encanta (menos Let it Be). Cuando pienso en Beatles, no pienso en canciones favoritas sino en discos favoritos, Abbey Road, Revolver, Rubber soul, Sargent Pepper.