The songs lacked the carefree lyrics of previous songs, and were much deeper with an almost melancholic feel to them. You can tell there is slight steer away from the heavy demands of teen pop which brought about Beatlemania. It was their sixth studio album and their most artistic album to date. This was the album, pre their psychedelic period where they started to write about more introspective adult subject matter. Rubber Soul, 1965 – 16.5 million copies sold ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ – This song uses backward guitar sound The songs from the album were never going to be played live because they didn’t feel it was possible to reproduce the songs on stage. During the recording they started experimenting with new technology that hadn’t been used before such as playback loops, overdubbing, close audio miking, and instruments outside of their standard live set-up. They more of less gave this album to EMI. Their contract with EMI expired during the making of this album so they weren’t under contract with the label as this was signed the following year.

The boys wanted to record it in America, but EMI were unwilling to put up the money for them to do so. The record was recorded at EMI Studios on Abbey Road in London. Songs seems to reflect their interest in the drug LSD and Eastern philosophy. Often referred to as the bands psychedelic period. A brilliantly technically sophisticated, studio-crafted album which they wrote after a 3-month break. The bands seventh studio album Revolver was released on 5 August 1966. pepper’s lonely hearts club band (reprise)’ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Track playlist The cover album art caused some controversy and the album went on to become the biggest-selling UK record of all time. It all comes together as if you were reading a book. The album is not just a bunch of songs, as every song is part of a larger theme. The album is an adventure in sound, song writing and studio technology. The influence of ‘Sgt Pepper’ changed not only music, but pop culture at large. Many fans believe this album was the one that singularly defined the Beatles. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967 – 32 million copies sold The reason the band stayed interesting for so many years was partially because they experimented with creative production techniques. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr’s collective catalogue of albums have sold well over one billion copies. Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential band in the history of pop music.

The Beatles music took the world by storm and shaped the music industry for decades to come.

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