Sgt Pepper. It feels more consistent, which I prefer. Although I love Revolver, it feels less like an album and more like a collection of songs.
Sgt. Pepper's is put together well as an album but many of the songs are lacking compared to the best Beatles songs (though it has many gems for sure). Revolver is one of the worst put together famous albums ever (though The White Album is worse), but the songs are head and shoulders above most of those on Sgt. Pepper's. Revolver gets my vote.
though i agree with you, I have to say I like the Revolution 9/Good Night combo - I know R9 is one of the band's most hated songs ever, but there's something about it that makes me like it a lot. The only thing I really dislike about it is the ending - it could've been so epic (as epic as a sound collage can be) yet it ends with a stupid "drop that kick" (or something like that) sample. IMO, it should've ended with "...you become naked". That would've been awesome.
When I say that an album is poorly put together, I'm not talking about song quality. I'm talking about how it flows as an album. The track order of Revolver seems to have been designed to maximally disrupt the flow of the album. Likewise, the track order of The White Album, along with the excessive eclecticism, makes it difficult to appreciate as anything beyond merely a collection of songs. An album of all songs like Revolution 9 would be pretty shitty, but it could conceivably be well put together. Rubber Soul and Abbey Road are really the only Beatles albums that are both consistently excellent in terms of song quality and are also well put together, at least of their most famous albums (I don't really know their earlier ones).
I know what you were/are talking about. I just chose to talk about R9, but my original, badly-worded point was that despite the white album's mess of tracklist and order, I like how the 2nd disc ends. I think it's pretty amazing that they followed their most experimental song ever with a 50s-ish crooner thingie.
Revolver because it contains "Tomorrow Never Knows", a far more convincing assimilation of avant-garde into pop than "A Day in the Life" by a rather wide margin.
Revolver for me but both are excellent, it's really close. I would have to say both flow very well, too.
Revolver may just be a "collection of songs" but they're all fucking classics. Same with Rubber Soul.
A year ago - it would have been Peppers, no contest. I voted Revolver tho. The aesthetic of the album is less clearly defined and I find that more captivating.
now that I'm pretty acquainted with both, these two in particular are close but revolver has the slight advantage too bad I don't care that much for either of them
