Rubber Soul has been a fantastic album with only one or two minor hiccups. :P I enjoyed almost every song (minus today's "Run for Your Life"), and I especially loved "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", "Nowhere Man", "Michelle", and "Girl".
Wikipedia's page for the album has a great summary of the album's reception and what it meant for the guys as a group:
The album was a major artistic leap forward 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 evolve into the eclectic, sophisticated pop/rock of their later career. 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.
You can definitely hear this, particularly with a song like "Norwegian Wood", which is so very different from anything they'd done beforehand.
Interesting tidbit! The title of the album was coined by Paul:
McCartney conceived the album's title after overhearing a musician's description of Mick Jagger's singing style as "plastic soul". Lennon confirmed this in a 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, stating, "That was Paul's title... meaning English soul. Just a pun."
(Whatever that means. :P )
See you tomorrow! :)
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