My Favorite Beatles Album

Rubber Soul



To me Rubber Soul is the best Beatles album ever. Why? Probably because is it the first 'concept' album. Usually album in the sixties are merely collections of singles packed together in an LP, but Rubber Soul is an album written as a true album. 

It is also ranked number 5 in Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Best Album of All Time.

Do you know that there are actually 2 versions of Rubber Soul?

The one released in the UK on December 3rd 1965 has the following songs...

Side 1
1. "Drive My Car"   McCartney with Lennon 2:25 
2. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"   Lennon with McCartney 2:01 
3. "You Won't See Me"   McCartney 3:18 
4. "Nowhere Man"   Lennon with McCartney and Harrison 2:40 
5. "Think for Yourself" (George Harrison) Harrison 2:16 
6. "The Word"   Lennon and McCartney with Harrison 2:41 
7. "Michelle"   McCartney 2:33 

Side 2
1. "What Goes On" (Lennon–McCartney–Richard Starkey) Starr 2:47 
2. "Girl"   Lennon 2:30 
3. "I'm Looking Through You"   McCartney 2:23 
4. "In My Life"   Lennon 2:24 
5. "Wait"   Lennon and McCartney 2:12 
6. "If I Needed Someone" (Harrison) Harrison 2:20 
7. "Run for Your Life"   Lennon 2:18 

The one released in North America by Capitol Records 3 days later has the following songs...

Side one  

1. "I've Just Seen a Face"   McCartney 2:04 

2. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"   Lennon with McCartney 2:05 

3. "You Won't See Me"   McCartney 3:19 

4. "Think for Yourself" (Harrison) Harrison 2:19 

5. "The Word"   Lennon with McCartney and Harrison 2:42 

6. "Michelle"   McCartney 2:42 

Side two  

1. "It's Only Love"   Lennon 1:53 

2. "Girl"   Lennon 2:33 

3. "I'm Looking Through You"   McCartney 2:24 

4. "In My Life"   Lennon 2:24 

5. "Wait"   Lennon and McCartney 2:15 

6. "Run for Your Life"   Lennon 2:15 

Probably the best song in the album is "In My Life" with John Lennon as the lead vocals. See the beautiful lyrics below...

In My Life

There are places I'll remember

All my life, though some have changed

Some forever, not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments

With lovers and friends I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life, I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you

And these memories lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life, I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life... I love you more

In my life... I love you more