(1963) With the Beatles
(1964) Beatles for Sale
(1964) Hard Day's Night [UK]
(1965) Help! [UK]
(1965) Rubber Soul [UK]
(1966) Revolver [UK]
(1967) Magical Mystery Tour
(1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1968) The Beatles [White Album]
(1969) Abbey Road
(1969) Yellow Submarine
(197) Let It Be
(1973) 1962-1966 [Red Album]
(1973) 1967-197 [Blue Album]
(1988) Past Masters
(1994) Live at the BBC
(1995) Free As A Bird (US Single)
(1995) Anthology 1
(1996) Anthology 2
(1996) Anthology 3
(1999) Turn Me on Dead Man - The John Barrett Tapes
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(23) Let It Be...Naked
(24) The Capital Albums, Vol.1
(26) Love
Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is different from the previous one from the cover. The faces of the Beatles were all a little deformed, which more or less implied the music that was later called "psychedelic rock". The album includes songs such as "The word", "Michelle" and "In my life", among which another song "Norwegian wood" is unique by using the Indian Sitar.
Yesterday and Today
is only released in the United States. Among them, the lyrics of Nowhere man are influenced by folk rock, showing the nature of more social comments.
Revolver
In Revolver, Eleanor Rigby used the form of string octet. This kind of song predicted the style of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in many ways.
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
In 1967, the most classic album was produced by the Beatles in cooperation with the orchestra and under the supervision of producer Martin. It is not only the culmination of the Beatles' long-term artistic exploration, but also occupies an important position in the history of rock music.
Sergeant Pepper is a set of songs with 12 songs. The title song "Sergeant Pepper" is not only the opening song of the suite, but also the theme of the unified whole song. Sergeant Pepper here actually represents the Beatles themselves. They performed a series of songs in a psychedelic concert atmosphere. For example, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamond", the initial letter LSD of several words in the title of the song clearly implies that the song is related to narcotics, and there are various psychedelic scenes in the lyrics, but Lennon argued that it was inspired by the painting of his 4-year-old son. Musically, every section of a song is a superposition of three beats to four beats, which is the first time in rock music that the beat is changed, which makes the song no longer have the dance nature of the usual rock music. In the recording effect, the contrast between reverberation and normal human voice is increased. "within you without you" is lack of regularity, and the length of phrases is uneven; On the whole, psychedelic ingredients are relatively strong, which gives people a hypnotic effect. "when I'm sixty-four" was written by McCartney for his father who just turned 64. The song brought people back to the style similar to Ragtime in the 193s. "A day in the life" is the last piece of music. The lyrics obviously involve drug abuse, and the content is relatively negative, which shows the boredom of daily life, thus causing controversy among the audience.
Sergeant Pepper is an unprecedented creation in the history of pop music. This album won the Grammy Award for Best Record in 1967, but it also became a turning point for the Beatles to break up.
The Beatles album
is a set of two records with an all-white cover, so it is also called The white album. The White Album consists of 3 songs with very different styles. In fact, this album is not a collective creation of the band, but a clever combination of individual works. For example, Back in the U.S.S.R is a mainstream rock song; Why don't we do it in the road adopts the traditional rhythm and blues singing style and the 12-bar blues musical structure; Honey Pie is a replica of an ancient pop song. The most special style is Revolution 9, which Lennon created and insisted on. It is more than 8 minutes long and is composed of various voices. Then there is also Good night by Lennon, which is an authentic pop song accompanied by orchestral music. Rocky Raccoon is a humorous narrative song written and sung by McCartney, accompanied by acoustic guitar and harmonica. "White Album" was a great success in music and business, winning the first place in the album charts for 9 weeks.
Abbey Road
The title refers to the location of EMI's recording studio, where the Beatles recorded a lot of works. Like White Album, all four people contributed their own works, which were sung and played by the whole band. This album includes Harrison's Something and Here Comes the Sun. Lennon's "Come together" and "I Want You"; McCartney's songs such as "Oh, darling" and "Beause" have strong appeal, making Abbey Road the best-selling album of "Beatles" and winning the charts for 11 consecutive weeks.
Let it be
in April 197, another Beatles film, let it be, was released, and an album of the same name was also released. These songs were actually recorded a year ago, and none of the Beatles were interested in it. Finally, an American producer helped to edit and mix them. However, the method of "column chord" as the main accompaniment texture in the album's main song "Let Nature Take its course" was widely adopted by rock bands in the future. [Edit this paragraph] Film and Television In 1964, the Beatles starred in the first film "A Hard Day's Night", which won huge box office results and wide acclaim from film critics. In the soundtrack of this movie, george harrison became the second person to pick up an electric guitar to play rock songs, which directly promoted the change of rock music.
From p>1964 to 1965, the Beatles starred in the movie Help! 》。
In p>1967, the first film "Magical Mystery Tour", which was written and directed by ourselves, was broadcast on the BBC. [Edit this paragraph] Sales. Honor, a legendary band born in Liverpool, England, has an overwhelming number of records in the world, the highest record of all kinds of records in the world, hundreds of millions of records in the world, and millions of records are still increasing every year, far ahead of "Cat".
regarding its sales volume, EMI announced in May 1967 that Beatles records sold 2 billion copies worldwide.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Wikipedia estimated that its global sales volume was 1 billion copies in 1999.
According to the statistics of the Recording Guild of America, The Beatles has sold at least about 17 million records in the United States alone, and it is the artist with the largest sales volume in the United States, far ahead of the second place by nearly 45 million records.
the above data will be more objective when added together.
As a whole, the Beatles also won eight Grammy Awards. The first time was in the 7th Grammy Awards in 1964. The Beatles won the Best Performance By A Vocal Group for their single A Hard Day's Night. In the 9th Grammy Awards two years later, The Beatles' single "Michelle" written by John Lennon and paul mccartney won the Song Of The Year, and the album "Revolver" also won a technical award-Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts).
In June p>1965, The Beatles won the most excellent order of the british empire awarded by Queen Elizabeth II.
At the 1th Grammy Awards in p>1967, the Beatles won the Album Of The Year and the Best Contemporary Album with their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. At the same time, this album won two technical awards-the Best Engineered Recording-Non-Classic Award and the Best Record Cover Award.
At the 12th Grammy Awards Ceremony in p>1969, the Beatles' album Abbey Road won the best non-classical recording engineering award in technical category for the second time.
at the 13th Grammy Awards in p>197, the Beatles won the Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special for Let It Be.
Since then, the Beatles failed to win another award because of their dissolution. Until the 39th Grammy Awards Ceremony in 1996, the Beatles, which had been disbanded for nearly 3 years, won three Grammy awards. With the single "Free As A Bird", The Beatles won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duoor Group with Vocal, and the music video of Free As A Bird, And the music video "The Beatles Anthology" won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form) and Best Music Video, Long Form) respectively, once again writing the legend of the Beatles.
Paul McCartney won the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 199 for his outstanding personal contribution to music.
In p>1997, McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. [Edit this paragraph] The most anecdotal cover version
In p>1965, McCartney completed a song "Yesterday" and adopted george martin's suggestion to accompany it in the form of a string quartet. Soon this song topped the charts, and according to statistics, its cover version has exceeded 2,5, the highest in history.
The most expensive signature album
The Beatles released a solo album that year, and now the price has reached 92, pounds, equivalent to HK$ 13,4,.
The most expensive signature cover
An album cover with the signatures of all four members of the Beatles was auctioned at a high price of more than 115, US dollars in 27. This signature album was a gift from the Beatles to george harrison (the guitarist of the band). It was signed in 1964, when the band four were on their way to a concert in Washington by train.
The most expensive toilet paper
A roll of toilet paper that the Beatles refused to use in the past is now up for auction, and the reserve price is at least 4, pounds. [Edit this paragraph] Evaluating the rise of rock music has turned the original pop music and pop music industry upside down. The voices of some famous pop singers were replaced by the rock songs of Presley, little richard and Lewis, and the record industry dominated by five major record companies was invaded by hundreds of small record companies. A market for adult whites has become a market for teenagers, who are increasingly interested in black culture. In this sense, rock music has indeed ushered in a revolution. However, this revolution lost its original edge in 1964 when it was about to enter the second decade. Mainstream rock gave way to moderate rock, pop, surf music, etc. For a time, rock music around the 196 s will