Album: Rubber Soul
Artist: The Beatles
Year: 1965
Information: The Dylan influence is strongest on this album and therefore is obviously going to be a mostly acoustic album. It is one of the finest/earliest examples of folk rock and it can be traced back as one that helped along the burgeoning of folk rock.They played their last commercial concert and released this album before becoming a studio band.
High Points: Well, like the rest of the albums so far, it starts off with a high point. It begins with "Drive My Car," a humorous song about a starlet who recruits a driver, but turns out not to own a car. Beep beep, beep beep, yea.
Low Points: Unlike the rest of the albums so far, it ends a little weak. John Lennon admitted that "Run for Your Life" was a cop on Elvis and that he was ultimately unsatisfied with the song. This song also doesn't really fit in with the theme of the rest of the album, as John also points out. The album has many songs that focus on independent women and "Run for Your Life" basically tells of a man having ownership of what appears to be his girlfriend and threatening her if she ever dates someone else or cheats on him.
Is it Great? I think it's just as good as Revolver is.
As I said earlier, I'm trying to keep the Beatle reviews short.
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"Michelle" and "Norwegian Wood" are the other best songs on this album. "Michelle" was one of the first songs Paul wrote. It started as a piss take on men who would bring guitars and play to attract people at parties and such. It was soon suggested that it actually become a song and Paul went along with it, adding actual French parts with the help of a friend. "Norwegian Wood" was heavily Dylan-influenced and Dylan even made a parody of it on Blonde on Blonde called "4th Time Around" which have very similar melodies and guitar accompaniments. Even the title seems to be a pun.
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