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| Rubber Soul | ||
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| LP by The Beatles | ||
| Released | December 3, 1965 | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 1965 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 35 min 50 s | |
| Record label | Parlophone | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q | 4 stars out of 5 | |
| 5 stars out of 5 | ||
| Beatles Chronology | ||
| Help! (1965) | Rubber Soul (1965) | Revolver (1966) |
The album Rubber Soul, released by The Beatles in 1965, was recorded in just seven weeks to make the Christmas market, but was nonetheless a major achievement, gaining wide critical and market success. Produced by George Martin (who also appears on keyboards in a few places, for example the piano solo in "In My Life") for EMI Records.
The album represented a major artistic development for the Beatles, as they branched out from their original sound. All the songs on the album were written by members of the group. New instruments, such as the sitar on "Norwegian Wood", were used, and the influence of other contemporary artists like Bob Dylan could also clearly be seen. The lyrics also showed a new maturity, as they began to explore other subjects besides romantic love.
Like other pre-Sgt. Pepper Beatles albums, "Rubber Soul" differed markedly in its US and UK configurations; indeed, through peculiarities of sequencing, the US Rubber Soul became something of a "folk-rock" album, thanks to the addition of "I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love" (leftovers from the UK "Help!") and the deletion of some of the more upbeat tracks. The tracks missing on the US version would later surface on the infamous "Yesterday and Today" collection. The US version also differs by having a "false start" at the beginning of "I'm Looking Through You." These variations have not persisted in the CD era.
The album had a 42-week run in the British charts starting on December 11 1965, and on Christmas Day took over from Help!, the Beatles' previous album, at the top position in the charts, a position the album would hold for eight weeks. The album became a classic — on May 9 1987, it returned to the album charts for three weeks, and ten years later made another comeback to the charts.
Rubber Soul came out in the United States three days after the British release, and began its 59-week long chart run on Christmas Day. It topped the charts for six weeks from January 8 1966, before dropping back. The album sold 1.2 million copies within nine days of its release, and to date has sold over four million in America.
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