Reply #51: That Album Changed Everything! [View All]

[ProfessorGAC]

It was the first left turn for pop music. The Beatles showed that popular music didn't need to be "poppy". It was their first real move toward more adventerous ideas and instrumentation and, imo, was their most fully integrated "band" sound. After that, the albums may have been great, but they were nothing that could be played by a four piece group anymore. Rubber Soul showed the way in that one could do interesting and challenging music, with just the four people, and still make good, commercially viable albums.
The Professor