The Beatles (album)

The Beatles, also known as "The White Album", is the ninth studio album by the British band The Beatles.

The album features a total of thirty songs stretched over two LPs. There were no singles released from the album although it contains many well known Lennon & McCartney songs such as Back in the U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Blackbird and George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Harrison also wrote Piggies, Long Long, Long and Savoy Truffle. Ringo Starr is credited with the tracks Don't Pass Me By and Good Night, which closes the album.

The album had been preceded by the single Hey Jude b/w Revolution although neither track was included. Back in the U.S.S.R., Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps were included on the 1967–1970 "hits" compilation album.

The plain white sleeve, featuring the group name embossed on the front, was in stark contrast to the lush and colourful illustrations and artwork of previous album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released the over a year earlier, and the Magical Mystery Tour visual extravaganza.

Tracklisting

 * Side one
 * Back in the U.S.S.R. / Dear Prudence / Glass Onion / Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Wild Honey Pie / The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Happiness Is a Warm Gun


 * Side two
 * Martha My Dear / I'm So Tired / Blackbird / Piggies / Rocky Raccoon / Don't Pass Me By / Why Don't We Do It in the Road? / I Will / Julia


 * Side three
 * Birthday / Yer Blues / Mother Nature's Son / Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey / Sexy Sadie / Helter Skelter / Long, Long, Long

Revolution 1 / Honey Pie / Savoy Truffle / Cry Baby Cry / Revolution 9 / Good Night
 * Side four

Re-releases

 * 1987: first CD release
 * 1998: 30th anniversary series for EMI
 * 2009: remastered edition
 * 2018: 50th Anniversary Edition

Chart performance
The highly anticipated album went straight to no.1 in December 1968, staying at the top for a total of eight weeks (interrupted for one week only by The Best of The Seekers in January 1969. It was the second biggest selling chart in 1968 (after the Sound Of Music soundtrack) and the tenth biggest in 1969 (and.


 * 1987 CD re-issue: no.18
 * 2009 remaster: n.19 Physical albums charts / no.2 Vinyl albums charts