The Beatles
The White Album

Today I intend to write a review about one of the most controversial albums in the history of rock. I'm talking about the "White Album," or simply known as "The Beatles." Why controversial? Because, despite being good, it was recorded during a critical period for the band. The tension was such that the relationship between the individual Fab Four fell apart. What was the cause? The most evident cause was the presence in the studio of John Lennon's lover, Yoko Ono, who would have influenced the way the four from Liverpool worked. John Lennon gave her a lot of attention, worked only out of duty, and many times played truly trivial things, some of which ended up on the album. This is another reason why the record can be defined as controversial.

Talking about this album is, in my opinion, neither easy nor difficult. One can fall into banality but also exceed; as a simple listener of the ultimate rock n' roll band, I will explain what I think of this double studio album. The adjective that best represents it is heavy. Why heavy? Heavy for the simple reason that the album contains many fillers, many useless songs, dull, uninspired, and lazy, in short, banal and highly irritating. For example, I can mention "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" with that chorus on the edge of absurdity and those verses that make your arms drop from boredom. Other significant low points are "I Will," "Julia," "Long long long" (it would have been better to call it "Long long boredom"), "Revolution 1," "Honey Pie," and the gastronomic "Savoy Truffle." The album's highlight is the hard rock, with aggressive electric guitars and equally aggressive vocals by Lennon, in "Helter Skelter." Other good tracks are "Back in the URSS," "Dear Prudence," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Birthday." The thing that astonishes me the most about this album, which is somewhat disappointing and leaves me with my mouth wide open, is the excessive, overabundant, useless, and heavy "Revolution 9." It seems like the Beatles were making fun of us! Do you want to make us feel bad!?

After a first disc where barely 10 songs are worth saving and a side C of dull tracks, do you dare to include an absurdity like "Revolution 9" in the lineup? That takes some nerve! You even have the audacity to wish us good night at the end of the album? It's already a miracle that we made it to the end of the game! We could have wished ourselves good night 10 songs earlier. In my opinion, the album could have been just 1 and not made up of 30 songs that almost make you never want to listen to music again! My ideal tracklist is:

1. Back in the URSS 2. Dear Prudence 3. Obla Di Obla Da 4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 6. Martha My Dear 7. I'm So Tired 8. Blackbird 9. Piggies 10. Rocky Raccoon 11. Birthday 12. Helter Skelter

A 4 rounded up for the double album!