The Beatles: Rubber Soul (stereo) [APPLE / PARLOPHONE]

Why you'll love it

Rubber Soul is where the Beatles grew up, and it inspired Brian Wilson to make Pet Sounds. It topped the charts in Britain and the US for weeks.

This edition

• Stereo mix
• Apple / Parlophone pressing

About the album

Recorded in a four-week rush at the end of 1965, Rubber Soul is the moment the Beatles stopped being a singles band and started making albums as works of art. Folk-rock jangle, George Harrison's sitar, harpsichord-like piano and sharper, more personal lyrics all point the way to Revolver and Sgt. Pepper.

"Norwegian Wood" and "In My Life" are two of the most beautiful songs they ever wrote, "Drive My Car" and "Nowhere Man" are classics, "Michelle" won a Grammy, and Harrison's "If I Needed Someone" and "Think for Yourself" show him coming into his own.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Apple / Parlophone, a stereo reissue of the 1965 album.