Sgt. Peppers had long been regaled in various polls as "the greatest album of all time", but when the Beatles catalog was re-issued in CD format, that all started to change. (The U.S. releases of Rubber Soul and Revolver had only 12 and 11 cuts respectively).
Evidently, the inclusion of "I'm Only Sleeping", "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Doctor Robert" on CD put Revolver over the top. Indeed in many polls Revolver was catapult to #1. The addition of "Nowhere Man" and "If I Needed Someone" was enough to place Rubber Soul above Sgt. Peppers in some polls too.
Amazingly, these two albums produced no Number 1 singles. "Nowhere Man" peaked at Number 3 on the Billboard charts, 5 months later "Yellow Submarine" hit the top 10, and shortly thereafter "Eleanor Rigby" reached the sacred Number 11. In between these albums "Paperback Writer"/"Rain" charted as an A side/B side single.
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| Rolling Stone Magazine Top 500 of all time |
5 | 3 |
| Mojo Readers (1996) 100 Greatest Albums Ever |
19 | 1 |
| 1Sound.com (2003) |
60 | 1 |
| Acclaimed Music All Time Top 2500 Albums |
25 | 2 |
| Digital DreamDoor 100 Greatest Rock Albums |
7 | 4 |
| VH1 Music Channel All Time Top 100 (2001) |
6 | 1 |
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| Units Sold | 6+ mil | 5+ mil |
| Most popular song on Last.fm | In My Life | Eleanor Rigby |
RevolverUK: August 5, 1966 - Parlophone
US: August 8, 1966 - Capitol Records
| US | UK | ||
| Side A (LP) | Side B (LP) | Side A (LP) | Side B (LP) |
| 1. Taxman 2. Eleanor Rigby 3. Love You To 4. Here, There, And Everywhere 5. Yellow Submarine 6. She Said, She Said |
1. Good Day Sunshine 2. For No One 3. I Want To Tell You 4. Got To Get You Into My Life 5. Tomorrow Never Knows |
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 |
1. Good Day Sunshine 2. And Your Bird Can Sing 3. For No One 4. Doctor Robert 5. I Want To Tell You 6. Got To Get You Into My Life 7. Tomorrow Never Knows |
Rubber
SoulUK: December 3, 1965 - Parlophone
US: December 6, 1965 - Capitol Records
| US | UK | ||
| Side A (LP) | Side B (LP) | Side A (LP) | Side B (LP) |
| 1. I've Just Seen A Face 2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 3. You Won't See Me 4. Think For Yourself 5. The Word 6. Michelle |
1. It's Only Love 2. Girl 3. I'm Looking Through You 4. In My Life 5. Wait 6. Run For Your Life |
1. Drive My Car 2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 3. You Won't See Me 4. Nowhere Man 5. Think For Yourself 6. The Word 7. Michelle |
1. What Goes On 2. Girl 3. I'm Looking Through You 4. In My Life 5. Wait 6. If I Needed Someone 7. Run For Your Life |