C>I bought this album on CD a couple of days ago.  It's the first time
C>I've heard the whole thing for at least 15 years and I've got to say
C>that I'm stunned.  This album is wonderful.  Dare I say it, but I'd even
C>say that I like this album over any other Beatle album.  
Blasphemy!  First you don't like ELP, and now this?  Where did we go wrong?
Anyway, I could say the same thing about _MMT_.  The White Album doesn't have 
the flow of _MMT_, _SPLHCB_, or _Abbey Road_, but, much like _Physical  
Graffiti_, it showed depths one might not have suspected in the Beatles.  It 
wanders around a lot, and almost comes off as  the all-time great comp album 
(Lennon songs, McC songs, and some Harrison stuff).
C>What I like so much about this is the wide range of styles and ups and
C>downs.  It's the most Progressive of any of their albums, too.  A couple
C>of the songs are obvious King Crimson influences.  The only song that I
C>could really do without is "Revolution 9." 
Yeah, but that "number 9" thing was a major ... event of the 70's, and is 
remembered by anyone who got familiar with the album.  number 9; number 9
I used that joke this week, in fact.
C>What's the consensus on this echo about this album, anyway?
I like the 3 mentioned above more because of the flow of the albums, or the 
sides in the case of _MMT_ (which is really 2 great 15 minute albums; side 1 
is movie songs, and side 2 is singles  that weren't on an album, and includes 
some of their best psych singles.
White Album is a masterpiece, though, in that they did so much and kept the 
energy levels so high.  It's still the Beatles.  The worst part of White is 
still better than Spector's mess on _Let It Be_.
Stuart
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