The Beatles created twelve official studio albums from 1963 to 1970 and almost all of them were absolutely brilliant so picking out just 3 of their albums as the top three is hard.
12 albums? You may have heard that they had 13. That 13th “album” was actually Magical Mystery Tour which was originally released just as an EP in the UK. An “album” version of it was cobbled together in the US by adding some earlier singles to the record.
Many Beatles purists don’t think of it as one of The Beatles official LPs, although it has been added to The Beatles official UK discography since the 1970s.
This double album includes many of The Beatles greatest moments. It also includes some of the songs that a lot of people think of as their worst. But I actually think those strange songs (such as “Wild Honey Pie” and of course “Revolution #9″) add to the magic of the album. This is an “anything goes” album and it’s great because of it
#2 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
A lot of people claim that this legendary album is overrated and I can understand that opinion from the standpoint that The Beatles other albums get overlooked in comparison. For example a lot of less informed people think that Sgt. Pepper was The Beatles first attempt at “art music” but clearly Revolver beat it to the punch. But, I still think Sgt. Pepper is an amazing album that works as the band’s most “cohesive statement” and I think while it may be underrated by those who are slightly ignorant of The Beatles work as a whole, I think it’s actually underrated by the “hipsters.”
#3 Revolver
Revolver is probably The Beatles most consistently great album. Every song is worthy of high praise from the perfect “For No One” to the childlike “Yellow Submarine