The Beatles Albums Ranked

The Beatles' 13 studio albums ranked from worst to first according to yours truly. Includes track listing denoting my favorite (gold), second favorite (silver), and third favorite (bronze) songs from each album.

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[DrBigMac]

Key for Track Listing:
GOLD = 1st Favorite
SILVER = 2nd Favorite
BRONZE = 3rd Favorite

[connormchugh]

This dude must like the Beatles or something

[malvanlondon]

That's a great idea having Gold, Silver, and Bronze placings. I enjoyed that! (Very similar album ranking to my own choices; the only real significant difference being that I have Rubber Soul much higher up.).

[milkywaydog]

Fair list, you're sleeping on And I Love Her though!!

[ANDROLOMA]

Plus, I distinctly remember a different track listing for Meet The Beatles, a somewhat different album than With The Beatles. I remember I Want To Hold Your Hand, which isn't listed in the With version. Released the day before my fourth birthday.

[Fersade]

I think it's a very good ranking, also with the songs

[akadventuring]

1 Magical Mystery Tour
2 All The Rest Of The Albums
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 The Capitol Albums

[JudeP]

My top 3
1 Revolver
2.let it be
3 magical mystery tour

[rush]

Even I would've given you never give me your money a spot. W song. Very underrated

[cloud]

My top 3:

1. Please Please Me
2. Help!
3. Revolver

As you can tell I love the early tracks <3

[dimasfantastic]

1. Revolver
2. Rubber soul
3. Abbey road
4. White album
5. Magical mystery tour
6. Help
7. Sgt pepper lonely hearts club band
8. Abbey road
9. A hard day's night
10. Please please me
11. With the beatles
12. Beatles for sale
13. Yellow submarine

[bigerichunt]

Revolver is the best Beatles album imo because it is the only one without any wasted tracks.

[Fuzcapp]

You could throw a blanket over the top 3.

[DrBigMac]

Surprisingly my toughest choice when making this video was deciding between Help! and Let It Be for the 8 slot, ultimately it was Help! by a hair!

[FluffTV]

All I got to do is track 2
And all my loving is track 3

[TheAnarchitek]

My list includes a couple variations, and the Past Masters LPs, with all the singles, and non-album tracks. The Capitol variations on the list are significant for good reasons. Beatles VI is a stellar collection, the best of Capitol Records' interference with the lads product line. Hey Jude collects singles, too, offers a glimpse behind the mirror, and the Yellow Submarine (true) Soundtrack limns the groundbreaking movie experience with songs we knew and loved, songs that fit the theme as seamlessly as if they'd been written specifically for the animated movie project, from the beginning. The puerile released version with 4 new songs was a slap in the face to consumers, one of the Beatles few missteps in their storied career.

Best of the Beatles

01 R E V O L V E R
02 A B B E Y R O A D
03 R U B B E R S O U L
04 T H E B E A T L E S
05 A H A R D D A Y ' S N I G H T
06 H E L P !
07 P A S T M A S T E R S V O L U M E O N E
08 B E A T L E S V I
09 P L E A S E, P L E A S E M E
10 M A G I C A L M Y S T E R Y T O U R
11 P A S T M A S T E R S V O L U M E T W O
12 S G T P E P P E R ' S L O N E L Y H E A R T S C L U B B A N D
13 H E Y J U D E
14 L E T I T B E
15 W I T H T H E B E A T L E S
16 T H E B E A T L E S F O R S A L E
17 Y E L L O W S U B M A R I N E (true Soundtrack)

[joao_vitor]

i think magical mistery tour is underrated

[arthuruvo]

A great ranking, I just don't agree with Help in octave, Help is better than Hard Day's Night and the White album, in my opinion

[mnnefrd]

Again Revolver on top of a ranking. Yeah, it's great and this might be common sense. Anyway, for me, the White Album remains #1. Might have to do with the fact that it was the first album I attempted (and partly failed) to transcribe for acoustic guitar in its entirety back in the 1980s (could't afford the »Beatles Complete«, so I had to listen and try myself). The Beatles taught me a lot regarding composition and otherwise crafting music without the need for too much theory. Admittedly, this is a very subjective choice, but the connection lasted 40+ years and is likely to continue standing the test of time.

[lawrencesmith]

1) Sgt Peppers 2) Revolver 3) Magical Mystery tour 4) Rubber Soul 5) let it be 6) Abby road 7) The White album