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The White Album (Remastered) | 
| Artist: The Beatles
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  1165 reviews
Sales Rank: 101
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.3 x 0.5
UPC: 094638246626
EAN: 0094638246626
ASIN: B0025KVLU6
Release Date: September 9, 2009
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Back In The U.S.S.R. | | • | Dear Prudence | | • | Glass Onion | | • | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | | • | Wild Honey Pie | | • | The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill | | • | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | | • | Happiness Is A Warm Gun | | • | Martha My Dear | | • | I'm So Tired | | • | Blackbird | | • | Piggies | | • | Rocky Racoon | | • | Don't Pass Me By | | • | Why Don't We Do It In The Road? | | • | I Will | | • | Julia |
Disc 2
| • | Birthday | | • | Yer Blues | | • | Mother Nature's Son | | • | Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey | | • | Sexy Sadie | | • | Helter Skelter | | • | Long, Long, Long | | • | Revolution 1 | | • | Honey Pie | | • | Savoy Truffle | | • | Cry Baby Cry | | • | Revolution 9 | | • | Good Night | | • | The Beatles Documentary |
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Product Description
Disc: 11. Back In The U.S.S.R.2. Dear Prudence3. Glass Onion4. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da5. Wild Honey Pie6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun9. Martha My Dear10. I'm So Tired11. Blackbird12. Piggies13. Rocky Racoon14. Don't Pass Me By15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?16. I Will17. JuliaDisc: 21. Birthday2. Yer Blues3. Mother Nature's Son4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey5. Sexy Sadie6. Helter Skelter7. Long Long Long8. Revolution 19. Honey Pie10. Savoy Truffle11. Cry Baby Cry12. Revolution 913. Good Night14. The Beatles Documentary
Amazon.com essential recording
Better known as the "White Album," this was meant to be the record that brought them back to earth after three years of studio experimentation. Instead, it took them all over the place, continuing to burst the envelope of pop music. Lennon and McCartney were still at the height of their powers, with Lennon in particular growing into one of rock's towering figures. But even McCartney could still rock, and the amazement on "Helter Skelter" was that he had vocal cords at the end. From Beach Boys knock-offs to reggae and to the unknown ("Revolution #9"), this has it all. Some records have legend written all over them; this is one. --Chris Nickson
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 As good as spected August 22, 2010
Bernal Herrera Monteagudo (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
I bought this disk specting best sound quality. I think the sound improved and although, in some songs is just marginal improvement, I gave it a good review.
 Enjoyable indiviual tracks, yet dissapointing as an album August 12, 2010
andrewhere
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album has good songs ("I'm So Tired"), novel songs ("Why Don't We Do It In the Road?"), and just plain ole ugly songs ("Wild Honey Pie").
There is little to no flow from song to song. It plays like a mixtape, which is not desireable when the product is toted as an album, and one of the greatest of all time, at that.
But even throwing all exceptations and hyperbole aside, it's still sketchy. Mediocore. Flat out boring and tedious in some parts. "Revolution 9" is, frankly, disturbing and self-important, and should have never made it onto anyone's album.
But turning the focus to talk about the things that are positive...
"Dear Prudence" is uplifting and sunny. "Julia" is one of Lennon's most beautiful, and poetic numbers. "Blackbird" is a fantastic ballad, with catchy and skillful guitar playing. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is a great song in and of itself, and also inspired "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead which is arguably just as great. "Helter Skelter" flat-out rocks, no more needs to be said. "I'm So Tired" has an interesting song structure, and dynamic vocals from Lennon. "Yer Blues" is a good song with a terrible title, which does detract from it a little.
Now let's take a look a couple of the novelty songs from this album...
"Why Don't We Do It In the Road?" is the best of them, because it's the least novel, and most explosive. One minor complaint is only that it's too short, and very sparse. The recording feels more like a demo, but the song itself is great. "Back in the USSR" is runner up, and is one of the funnest Beatles songs ever written. It's unfortunate that Paul McCartney reinvisioned it as being some kind of social gesture of goodwill to the USSR in his Live in Red Square DVD. It's a silly song based off Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys, and it's difficult to believe it has any greater meaning than that.
The remainer of the songs range from pleasantly boring and harmless ("I Will") to horrendous (the aforementioned bane known as "Wild Honey Pie").
The White Album would have been better released as a single album, but since it can only be judged as a double, it doesn't score high. It gets 2 stars.
Classic Beatles July 23, 2010
St. Louis Girl
If you love the Beatles you can't miss with this CD. It is as current now as when it was recorded. This was a gift for a 14 year old and she loves it!
 Some brilliant songs July 20, 2010
B
This album has some really high points, with the likes of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Yer Blues", "Back in the USSR", "Julia" and "Helter Skelter". But the others are only ok, and some songs on here have no real effort put into them. If you compare the songs on here to the other albums around at the time, like Hendrix, Doors, Stones, Dylan, Who and Floyd, you'll see that the White Album doesnt mantain the high standard like the others do. What they should have done is released a single LP with the real gems on it, and left the others for a rarity compilation disc for the future.
If your starting your Beatle experience, start with Sgt Pepper, Revolver, or Let it Be, but not with this, get this when you have heard a few of their other albums first.
I finally understand Revolution 9 July 8, 2010
C. Fogus (Spokane, WA United States)
This CD, sans the last four songs on disc 1, syncs perfectly with the Disney animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Revolution 9 begins when the witch presents the poison apple, her impending death and the revival of SW. You have to see this to believe it. It's absolutely brilliant, and Helter Skelter is hilarious! Chalk up another first for one of the most innovative bands to ever walk the planet.
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