The Beatles / The Beatles (White Album)

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Artist

The Beatles

Box Set Title:

The Beatles Stereo Box Set

Album Title:

The Beatles (White Album)

Album Cover:

Primary Genre

Rock: General Rock

Format

CD (2)

Released

11/22/1968

Reissue Date

09/09/2009

Label

Apple Corps Ltd./EMI Records, Ltd.

Catalog No

0946 3 82466 2 6

Bar Code No

0 94638 24662 6

Reissue

Yes

Remastered

Yes

Packaging

Cardboard 4 Panel Gatefold

Tracks

The Beatles - Disc 1
1.	Back in the USSR (2:43) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
2.	Dear Prudence (3:55) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
3.	Glass Onion (2:17) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
4.	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (3:08) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
5.	Wild Honey Pie (0:52) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
6.	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (3:14) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
7.	While My Guitar Gently Weeps (4:45) (George Harrison/John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
8.	Happiness is a Warm Gun (2:44) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
9.	Martha My Dear (2:28) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
10.	I'm So Tired (2:03) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
11.	Blackbird (2:18) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
12.	Piggies (2:04) (George Harrison/John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
13.	Rocky Racoon (3:33) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
14.	Don't Pass Me by (3:50) (Richard Starkey)
15.	Why Don't We Do it in the Road? (1:41) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
16.	I Will (1:45) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
17.	Julia (2:56) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

The Beatles - Disc 2
1.	Birthday (2:43) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
2.	Yer Blues (4:00) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
3.	Mother Nature's Son (2:48) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
4.	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (2:24) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
5.	Sexy Sadie (3:15) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
6.	Helter Skelter (4:29) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
7.	Long, Long, Long (3:06) (George Harrison)
8.	Revolution 1 (4:15) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
9.	Honey Pie (2:41) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
10.	Savoy Truffle (2:54) (George Harrison)
11.	Cry Baby Cry (3:02) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
12.	Revolution 9 (8:22) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
13.	Good Night (3:15) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

Date Acquired

09/09/2009

Personal Rating

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Amazon

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Notes

Issued in 4-panel gatefold cardboard sleeve in cardboard slipcase.
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Analyzed: The Beatles / The Beatles, Disc 1
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.37 dB -10.59 dB 2:43 01-Back in the U.S.S.R.
DR10 -0.37 dB -12.87 dB 3:56 02-Dear Prudence
DR9 -0.33 dB -11.63 dB 2:18 03-Glass Onion
DR10 -0.37 dB -11.17 dB 3:09 04-Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐Da
DR11 -0.37 dB -15.35 dB 0:53 05-Wild Honey Pie
DR10 -0.32 dB -11.55 dB 3:14 06-The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
DR9 -0.28 dB -11.01 dB 4:45 07-While My Guitar Gently Weeps
DR10 -0.37 dB -12.41 dB 2:45 08-Happiness Is a Warm Gun
DR10 -0.37 dB -13.55 dB 2:29 09-Martha My Dear
DR10 -0.33 dB -12.13 dB 2:03 10-I'm So Tired
DR12 -0.37 dB -15.24 dB 2:18 11-Blackbird
DR9 -0.30 dB -12.00 dB 2:04 12-Piggies
DR11 -0.37 dB -14.51 dB 3:33 13-Rocky Raccoon
DR10 -0.34 dB -12.52 dB 3:50 14-Don't Pass Me By
DR10 -0.38 dB -12.74 dB 1:41 15-Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
DR10 -0.37 dB -11.32 dB 1:46 16-I Will
DR10 -0.38 dB -13.30 dB 2:57 17-Julia
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Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 757 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: The Beatles / The Beatles, Disc 2
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.33 dB -10.11 dB 2:43 01-Birthday
DR10 -0.37 dB -12.81 dB 4:00 02-Yer Blues
DR12 -0.37 dB -16.34 dB 2:48 03-Mother Nature's Son
DR9 -0.37 dB -11.08 dB 2:25 04-Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
DR11 -0.38 dB -12.72 dB 3:15 05-Sexy Sadie
DR9 -0.37 dB -10.57 dB 4:30 06-Helter Skelter
DR10 -0.37 dB -14.20 dB 3:06 07-Long, Long, Long
DR9 -0.79 dB -12.39 dB 4:16 08-Revolution 1
DR11 -1.98 dB -16.02 dB 2:41 09-Honey Pie
DR10 -0.33 dB -11.86 dB 2:54 10-Savoy Truffle
DR10 -0.33 dB -13.28 dB 3:02 11-Cry Baby Cry
DR10 -1.48 dB -16.69 dB 8:22 12-Revolution 9
DR9 -1.93 dB -14.31 dB 3:14 13-Good Night
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 758 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews

All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Each song on the sprawling double album The Beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. This makes for a frustratingly scattershot record or a singularly gripping musical experience, depending on your view, but what makes the so-called White Album interesting is its mess. Never before had a rock record been so self-reflective, or so ironic; the Beach Boys send-up "Back in the U.S.S.R." and the British blooze parody "Yer Blues" are delivered straight-faced, so it's never clear if these are affectionate tributes or wicked satires. Lennon turns in two of his best ballads with "Dear Prudence" and "Julia"; scours the Abbey Road vaults for the musique concrète collage "Revolution 9"; pours on the schmaltz for Ringo's closing number, "Good Night"; celebrates the Beatles cult with "Glass Onion"; and, with "Cry Baby Cry," rivals Syd Barrett. McCartney doesn't reach quite as far, yet his songs are stunning -- the music hall romp "Honey Pie," the mock country of "Rocky Raccoon," the ska-inflected "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," and the proto-metal roar of "Helter Skelter." Clearly, the Beatles' two main songwriting forces were no longer on the same page, but neither were George and Ringo. Harrison still had just two songs per LP, but it's clear from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," the canned soul of "Savoy Truffle," the haunting "Long, Long, Long," and even the silly "Piggies" that he had developed into a songwriter who deserved wider exposure. And Ringo turns in a delight with his first original, the lumbering country-carnival stomp "Don't Pass Me By." None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow The Beatles creates its own style and sound through its mess.

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