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30: Wild Honey Pie (I still like the song)

29: Don’t Pass Me By (Not Ringo’s best effort)

28: Martha My Dear (Still enjoyable to an extent)

27: Good Night (Revolution 9 should have ended the album but this will do)

26: Honey Pie (Probably McCartney’s best rag time song)

25: Why Don’t We Do It in The Road (Nice little song with Paul and Ringo)

24: Rocky Raccoon (Meh)

23: Glass Onion (“The Walrus was Paul” still the best line)

22: Cry Baby Cry (The ending transitions well in Revolution 9 )

21: Piggies (One of the funniest songs by George Harrison )

20: Savoy Truffle (The most rocking song about sugar ever recorded)

19: Mother Nature’s Son (Nice little breather after the first two tracks on Side 3)

18: Revolution 9 (Love it or Hate it this track is pure madness like it’s out of Alice in Wonderland)

17: Long, Long, Long (Man that ending is creepy but I love it)

16: Sexy Sadie (Great “Wah-Wah ” harmonies by George and Paul and my favourite piano playing on a Beatles record)

15: The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Great opening transition played on the Melotron)

14: Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (You can hate all you want on this song but I find it an enjoyable McCartney tune)

13: Yer Blues (Probably the first emo song ever written)

12: I Will (Great Harmonies and Guitar playing)

11: Blackbird (Classic)

10: Julia (Beautiful Guitar picking by John)

9: Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Amazing and underrated)

8: Back In The U.S.S.R. (Great opening track)

7: I’m so Tired (Very mellow and great build up)

6: Birthday (A bright and heavy rocker)

5: Dear Prudence (Fantastic build up and fade out)

4: Helter Skelter (Down right insanity with amazing drums, bass and guitar)

3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Need I say more)

2: Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Nice rock beat with a really funny ending)

1: Revolution 1 (Great opening for the final side and a much better version of the final single version)

Not exactly a list of favorite to least favorite… I tried to take into account song complexity and innovation as well as melody, lyrics, and band performance (quality of the recording). It’s an attempt to be more objective than just listing the songs I listen to most.

1. Happiness Is A Warm Gun – terrific and innovative song… well recorded and love how each movement gets better than the last

2. Blackbird – original guitar style and chord choices… prefer the mono version as the sound effect placement is better and more effective

3. Martha My Dear – melodically complex– a mini pop concerto with it’s 3 movements… doesn’t deserve a hundredth of the hate it gets

4. I Will – fantastic melody and great performance all around, even down to the sung bass and percussion

5. I’m So Tired – one of John’s best vocal performances and a good band effort

6. Revolution 1 – I like this just as much as the single version (possibly more)

7. Sexy Sadie – nice melody, piano, and backing vocals

8. Dear Prudence – good song, amazing bass line… love the build at the end with the ascending guitar line chiming in the background

9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – i think this song is somewhat overrated but a solid track nonetheless

10. Glass Onion – weird little song but love the strings & drums, plus that freaky ending… better recording than song

11. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide– like the previous song, not a great song but a great recording

12. Helter Skelter – the hardest song to place since I’m only in the mood to listen to it about half the time, but it’s certainly important

13. Back In The USSR – not a great recording (rhythm section is a bit off) but a good song

14. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da– much maligned, but a great sounding record… perfect rhythm section and creative horn line.

15. Mother Nature’s Son – nice contemplative ditty… especially fond of the tympani

16. Savoy Truffle – horn section obviously makes the track… better recording than song

17. Cry Baby Cry – I like the part where the piano comes in, plus Ringo’s drum pattern in the 2nd verse is terrific

18. Yer Blues – great guitar work but I generally find 12-bar blues dull… also there’s not much melody, but the tempo change makes it livelier

19. Honey Pie – very catchy song, even if it lacks importance

20. Long, Long, Long – love the dynamics of this song and the different instruments fading in and out

21. Birthday – the electric piano part during the instrumental part makes this song for me… nice riffing and the “party, party” part is cool

22. Julia – never connected with this song– double-tracked vocals don’t sound great and it kind of bores me… rarely listen to it, but it’s decent

To me this is where the quality drops off… I don’t consider any of the remaining songs essential to the Beatles catalog

23. Rocky Raccoon – a decent song I occasionally listen to… the instrumentation (honky-tonk piano, harmonica, harmonium) adds a nice touch

24. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill – a mediocre singalong… best part is when Yoko sings (said no one ever!)

25. Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?– more 12 bar blues… shows off Paul’s vocal range but it’s still nothing special

26. Piggies – I like the instrumentation, it’s the song itself that I don’t really care for… the last ten seconds (false ending) is my favorite part

27. Revolution 9 – way too long and pretty unnecessary… somewhat innovative for it’s time but I never listen to it unless I’m on drugs

28. Wild Honey Pie – more of an interlude than a song… it’s weird and unnecessary but hard to hate because it barely exists

29. Good Night – don’t like much about this song… some orchestra parts are kind of cool… maybe I’d like it more if it were an instrumental

30. Don’t Pass Me By – difficult to choose between this and Good Night for last– came down to sound & instrumentation (not a fan of the fiddle)