Record #30: The Beatles – Rubber Soul (US) (1965)

And here we are to it at last–the album that started the great race between the Fab Four and the Beach Boys wherein we, the listeners won. It’s often considered by critics to be the first truly great record the Beatles ever made, and listening to their catalogue in succession, this is the first in their catalogue that sounds like it was made by the best band in the world instead of just the most popular.

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