The All-TIME 100 Albums: Rubber Soul by The Beatles

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The All-TIME 100 Albums

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By Josh Tyrangiel Published: November 13, 2006

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ALBUM: Rubber Soul

YEAR RELEASED: 1965 LABEL: Capitol ARTIST: The Beatles

TIME 100 ALBUMS PODCASTS

PODCAST: Welcome to the All-TIME 100 Albums - the musical compilations of the last half-century that need no introduction. That said, listen in below as music critics Josh Tyrangiel and Alan Light introduce the list and talk about the top albums of the 1950s and '60s.

PODCAST: We know. Twenty-nine of the 100 greatest albums of all time come in the 1970s, and Pink Floyd isn't there. Play this podcast to learn why we picked the titles we did, and if you have something to say, tell us about it using the talkback link below.

PODCAST: Maybe it's a Sign O' The Times that you're listening to critics' audio recordings about great music, but this podcast about how we chose the best albums of the 1980s really is a Thriller. Give it a listen below.

PODCAST: Here's music even the younger set will know by heart. Listen to selected clips from the 1990s through present day as music critic Josh Tyrangiel discusses his picks.

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These 14 songs are The Beatles' pivot point. On the cover they still have the mop tops, but they're shaggy and the photo is slightly distorted. The opener, "Drive My Car," ("Beep beep'm beep beep yeah!") is rooted in their early cute phase while track two, "Norwegian Wood," is mysterious and pained and gives George his first sitar solo. An amazing document of progress that just happens to be crawling with songs — "Michelle," "In My Life," "Nowhere Man" — it's also one of rock's first album-qua-albums; not a raft for a few hits or a soundtrack to a wacky film, but something to be listened to and contemplated from start to finish.