{"id":316,"date":"2020-11-23T13:51:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T13:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/?p=316"},"modified":"2020-12-08T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T19:41:10","slug":"number-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/2020\/11\/23\/number-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Number Nine: A Look Into The “White Album”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Beatles are a band renowned across the universe. A small portion of that eminence comes from their changing sound throughout their active years. The sound from their albums Please <\/em>Please<\/em> Me<\/em>, Help!<\/em>, Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely <\/em>Hearts<\/em> Club Band<\/em>, and Abbey Road<\/em> <\/em>all have very different styles. Typically, when someone mentions The Beatles, many people think of their earlier albums, such as A Hard Day\u2019s Night<\/em>. However, a defining album of theirs is arguably the \u201cWhite Album\u201d (1968). While the name of this album is The<\/em> Beatles<\/em>, its all-white sleeve cover earned T<\/em>he<\/em> White Album<\/em> nickname to easier differentiate between the band and the album.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe White Album\u201d is complete with fan favorites and timeless classics that anyone can recognize. Side One opens with Back in the U.S.S.R.<\/em>, <\/em>a fun and upbeat radio classic. Following is the saccharine melody of Dear Prudence<\/em>, written about Mia Farrow\u2019s sister. Glass Onion<\/em> is an interesting piece which references several of the Beatles\u2019 earlier tracks, such as I Am the Walrus<\/em>, Strawberry Fields Forever<\/em>, and Lady Madonna<\/em>. Lennon, who wrote the song, admitted that Glass Onion<\/em> was written to confuse people who over-analyze songs, as the song has no specific meaning. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da <\/em>is another upbeat sing-along favorite, followed by the short and peculiar Wild Honey Pie<\/em>. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill<\/em> is a catchy tale inspired by a boy Lennon came across while in India, whom would leave meditation sessions to hunt tigers. While My Guitar Gently Weeps<\/em> is another melancholy piece that is pleasing to the ear. Side One also includes the prominent Blackbird<\/em> and Why Don\u2019t We Do It in the Road?<\/em> Side Two opens with Birthday<\/em>, a track nearly everyone has heard at at least one birthday party. Included is the raw and heavy Helter Skelter<\/em>, which was a huge change from their usual sound. Concluding the album is the infamous and controversial Revolution 9<\/em>, and Ringo Starr\u2019s Good Night<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As this is one of the band\u2019s last studio albums before their breakup in 1970, a lot happened behind the scenes during the recording of this album. Ringo Starr, the drummer for the band, temporarily quit the band while the recording of this album was in session. Due to this, several songs either have no percussion on them, or percussion was played by another band member. In the first track of the album, Back in the U.S.S.R.<\/em>, the band\u2019s guitarist\/vocalist Paul McCartney played the drums because Starr wasn\u2019t there to. When Starr returned, the band welcomed him back with open arms, and was gifted the first printed copy of the finished album. Also, during this time, the band\u2019s rhythm guitarist John Lennon began seeing Yoko Ono, who would soon be his next wife. This was just the beginning of the band\u2019s falling out. Lennon took Ono to nearly every recording session, and even had her featured in a few songs.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White Album is arguably one of the band\u2019s most wide-ranging albums, although perhaps not their most unconventional. Many Beatles fans can acknowledge that their transition to nonconformity from the popular trends of the 1960s began with Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>. However, The White Album was the first of the band\u2019s albums that peaked #1 in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and Norway. The only other album of the band\u2019s to do this was Abbey Road<\/em>, which was released the following year. The White Album also is recognized as the fourth top-certified album of all time, achieving 24 Platinum certifications.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Beatles are a band renowned across the universe. A small portion of that eminence comes from their changing sound throughout their active years. The sound from their albums Please Please Me, Help!, Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road all have very different styles. Typically, when someone mentions The Beatles, many people think of their earlier albums, such as A Hard Day\u2019s Night. However, a defining album of theirs is arguably the \u201cWhite Album\u201d (1968). …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71,45],"tags":[64,79,17,53],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-music","tag-album","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}