I'm a Beatles fan, own all their albums and several of them are on vinyl. However, I personally cannot stand ANYTHING they put out before Rubber Soul (or most of Rubber Soul, in fact, aside from Norwegian Wood and In My Life). I just dislike love songs in general, and their first five albums were literally nothing but. I also dislike Sgt. Pepper's a lot - I can understand how it may have been considered 'influential' back then, as many of the recording techniques were a first, but in the end I find it overproduced and in places to be downright cruddy (Lovely Rita, anyone?). However, in saying that, it does have my favourite Beatles track - A Day In The Life. The rest of the album can get shoved away (except maybe Lucy In The Sky...depends on my mood)
The White Album is hit and miss, some good songs, many mediocre, a few that are downright terrible (Revolution 9, though that's fairly obvious). The one thing I will agree fully with Don over is Revolver. It's clearly not their most "revolutionary" album - that's clearly Sgt Pepper - but it's where they started experimenting more with things that ended up becoming somewhat mainstream for a lot of artists (and my use of revolutionary is purely in technical terms, by no means do I condone the mess that is ultimately contained within Pepper). It's my favourite album, not just by The Beatles but out of every artist I listen to. On their other albums, there are a few tracks here and there that are really outstanding (Come Together and Something on Abbey Road, for example), and they had some great singles (Hey Jude)... I do consider myself a fan and can honestly listen to most of their stuff without being bored, but in saying that I fully understand how somebody simply cannot appreciate their work - a lot of their music really is the stuff that you either love or absolutely despise.
