The famous "White Album" by the Beatles is considered by many a monument , a masterpiece like "Sgt Pepper".
This double vinyl is the result of a trip to India that if the Four certainly not increased significantly their spiritual depth, certainly cleared a bit 'their brains by the acid. And in particular Lennon (which is in the company of new girlfriend, Yoko Ono, soon after he took the heroin to attend). This cleaning
unlocks the creativity of the musicians who quickly wrote over thirty songs.
Not all high level: at a distance of time, you could say that it might be better to make a great single album, rather that a double good moments in which living with songs rinunciabili .
In any case, the Beatles decided to record and publish everything. Packaged in a plain white cover era explosion of colors.
But in the end time is the best judge of the greatness of a song (and, in the case of the Beatles, it is unthinkable that a masterpiece to remain "hidden"). So, if the 35 tracks that make up the 'White Album "will remain in the collective memory some (the silly" Ob-la-di ob-la-da ", the sparkling" Back in the USSR ", the beautiful "While my guitar Gently Weeps "that marks the compositional maturity of George, the gentle acoustic ballad" Blackbird "), there is a reason ...
Not that all other tracks are to be ignored: in many great efforts were undertaken under construction ( "Revolution 1" and "Revolution 9", originally a single track, "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"), others had the "importance" that went beyond the strict scope of music ("Do not Pass Me By" was the first song Ringo , "Glass Onion" said the bitterness of the whole brood by Lennon just like "Piggies" George told the auction, "Happiness is a warm gun "was actually the only song of the disc which worked actively with all four musicians).
However, many other songs are other attempts have failed miserably (pseudo fracassone of heavy metal" Helter Skelter ") and other ("Rocky recount," "Wild Honey Pie" "The continuing story ..." Honey Pie ") were only fillers uses throw-away . In short, a fragmented and disjointed album that almost never saw all four work together and of the famous "Hey Jude", but only as a single output, would certainly have raised the tide.
Rated 6.5
Lucio Mazzi 
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