Answer
to Musical Trivia Question # 2
The
All-Time
Best Album of
the 20th Century is
(drum
roll please . . . )
"Revolver" by
The Beatles!
Released:
1966
US Peak Chart Position: 1
UK Peak Chart Position: 1
The
Songs (in order from Side One:)
1 Taxman 2 Eleanor Rigby
3 I'm Only Sleeping 4 Love You
To 5 Here, There And Everywhere
6 Yellow Submarine 7 She Said,
She Said 8 Good Day Sunshine 9
And Your Bird Can Sing 10 For
No One 11 Doctor Robert 12 I
Want To Tell You 13 Got To Get You Into
My Life 14 Tomorrow Never Knows
Musicologist Colin Larkin surveyed over 200,000 music
critics and fans from the U.S. and Europe to compile his
book Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums.
Colin
Larkin's survey covered virtually
all albums recorded in 20th Century — from Billie
Holiday's Billie's Blues in 1935 to Be Here
Now by Oasis (1997) to Radiohead's OK Computer.
According
to Larkin's rating synopsis:
"Music
critics have always preferred Revolver to its
famous successor {Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band}, while fans were at first a little wary of
the brilliantly bizarre Tomorrow Never Knows,
the Eastern promise of Love You To or the good-time
brass of Got To Get You Into My Life. Years of
repeated listening unfolds quite gems such as Harrison's
exceptional I Want To Tell You and Lennon's wondrously
hazy I'm Only Sleeping. McCartney was also on
a creative roll with the unabashed and brave Romanticism
of Here There And Everywhere and the classical
sadness of Eleanor Rigby. Subtly original and
beautifully recorded {with producer George Martin}. A
shamelessly perfect album."
Songwriters
Resource Network enthusiastically concurs with
the selection. "Brilliant songwriting is always a
primary component in determining the ultimate greatness
of any album," commented Steve Cahill, SRN president.
"No matter what style of music you enjoy, it's impossible
to deny the astonishing level of songwriting on Revolver."
To
view the the top 100 hundred albums from Larkin's Virgin
All-Time Top 1000 Albums,
click
HERE
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