Rubber Soul
The album where the songs turned inward and the band's sound started to change from track to track.
The Beatles, 1965
- Released
- 3 December 1965
- Recorded
- 12 October to 11 November 1965
- Studio
- EMI Studios, London
- Label
- Parlophone
- Producer
- George Martin
- Length
- 34:59
It was made in 13 session days totalling 113 hours, plus 17 hours of mixing, with one track, "Wait", held over from June. Harrison played sitar on "Norwegian Wood" and McCartney used a fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself". Martin's piano on "In My Life" was sped up to sound like a harpsichord. The United States edition on Capitol, issued three days later, had a different list. "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" came out separately as a double A-side.
It stayed eight weeks at number one in Britain, and in the United States it led the chart for six weeks from 8 January 1966, selling 1.2 million copies in nine days. NME called it a fine piece of recording artistry and adventure in group sound, and Newsweek called the band the Bards of Pop.
Track listing
- Drive My Car2:25
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)2:05
- You Won't See Me3:18
- Nowhere Man2:40
- Think for Yourself2:16
- The Word2:41
- Michelle2:40
- What Goes On2:47
- Girl2:30
- I'm Looking Through You2:23
- In My Life2:24
- Wait2:12
- If I Needed Someone2:20
- Run for Your Life2:18
Personnel
- John Lennon vocals, guitar, Vox Continental organ
- Paul McCartney vocals, bass, fuzz bass
- George Harrison vocals, guitar, sitar
- Ringo Starr drums, Hammond organ
- George Martin producer, piano, harmonium
- Mal Evans Hammond organ
- Norman Smith engineer
More from The Beatles
With the Beatles (1963), Please Please Me (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), The Beatles (The White Album) (1968), Abbey Road (1969), Let It Be (1970)
Sources
- Rubber Soul, Wikipedia