Beatles: Best, Worst, Overrated, and Underrated on every album

Please Please Me
Best: Twist and Shout
Worst: A Taste of Honey
Overrated: Love Me Do
Underrated: Anna (Go To Him)

With the Beatles
Best: Money
Worst: Devil In Her Heart
Overrated: I Wanna Be Your Man
Underrated: All I’ve Got To Do

A Hard Days Night
Best: I Should Have Known Better
Worst: When I Get Home
Overrated: Can’t Buy Me Love
Underrated: I’ll Be Back

Beatles For Sale
Best: Eight Days A Week
Worst: Everybody’s Trykng To Be
Overrated: Baby’s In Black
Underrated: Every Little Thing

Help
Best: Yesterday
Worst: You Like Me Too Much
Overrated: Help
Underrated: Yesterday

Rubber Soul
Best: In My Life
Worst: Wait
Overrated: Michelle or Girl
Underrated: Run For Your Life

Revolver
Best: Tomorrow Never Knows
Worst: Dr. Robert
Overrated: Eleanor Rigby
Underrated: Yellow Submarine

Sgt Pepper
Best: A Day In The Life
Worst: Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite
Overrated: She’s Leaving Home
Underrated: Getting Better

Magical Mystery Tour
Best: Strawberry Fields Forever
Worst: Flying
Overrated: The Fool On The Hill
Underrated: Baby You’re A Rich Man

The Beatles
Best: Dear Prudence
Worst: Wild Honey Pie
Overrated: I Will
Underrated: I’m So Tired

Yellow Submarine
Best: Hey Bulldog
Worst: Only A Northern Song
Overrated: Only A Northern Song
Underrated: All Together Now

Abbey Road
Best: You Never Give Me Your Money
Worst: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Overrated: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Underrated: Octopuses Garden

Let It Be
Best: Let It Be
Worst: For You Blue
Overrated: Across The Universe
Underrated: Two Of Us

Past Masters 1
Best: She Loves You
Worst: Thank You Girl
Overrated: From Me To You
Underrated: Long Tall Sally

Past Masters 2
Best: Day Tripper
Worst: I’ll Get You
Overrated: From Me To You
Underrated: The Inner Light

 

Gee, this seems like a lot of work.

 

Copy and paste is your friend.

 

In what universe is "Yesterday" underrated? Isn't that, like, one of the most highly acclaimed songs of all time?

 

Past Masters 2 seems to have become Please Please Me. I wonder what the point of these threads is. Is it just to show you know all the albums? My underrated is your overrated and vice versa.

 

And Rubber Soul became Past Masters 2.

 

What copy of Rubber Soul do you have?

 

Pretty good idea and I will attempt to participate later.

But I think you made errors on Rubber Soul and PM2.

 

It always gets slagged around here, to the point where it wouldn’t even finish in the Top 100 Beatles songs if we had a poll. In reality it is one of the best songs ever written by anyone.

 

Classic threadcrap. I think you know what the point is.

 

Fixed, thanks

 

Abbey Road
Best: Something
Worst: Her Majesty
Overrated: Here Comes The Sun
Underrated: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

 

I agree with many of your choices. Looks like you had a typing mix up on rubber soul. I always thought “And Your Bird Can Sing” was underrated on the revolver album.

Where’s the White album? Lol. Best for me would be “While my guitar gently weeps”. Most overrated “Julia”. Worst “Why Don’t we do it in the road” and most underrated “I will”

 

Yes, that’s what I get for typing on my phone and neglecting to proofread.

The White Album is in my post though.

 

White Album
Best: Dear Prudence
Worst: Wild Honey Pie
Overrated: Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
Underrated: Long, Long, Long

 

In a pretty subjective way:

Please Please Me
Best: Ask Me Why
Worst: Chains
Overrated: Twist and Shout
Underrated: Misery

With the Beatles
Best: All My Loving
Worst: Roll Over Beethoven
Overrated: Please Mister Postman
Underrated: Hold Me Tight

A Hard Day's Night
Best: And I Love Her
Worst: When I Get Home
Overrated: Can’t Buy Me Love
Underrated: I’m Happy Just to Dance with You

Beatles For Sale
Best: No Reply
Worst: Mr. Moonlight
Overrated: Eight Days a Week
Underrated: Baby's In Black

Help
Best: I've Just Seen a Face
Worst: Act Naturally
Overrated: Ticket to Ride
Underrated: The Night Before

Rubber Soul
Best: Girl
Worst: Drive My Car
Overrated: Drive My Car
Underrated: If I Needed Someone

Revolver
Best: Here, There, and Everywhere
Worst: Yellow Submarine
Overrated: Taxman
Underrated: I Want To Tell You

Sgt Pepper
Best: Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!
Worst: Good Morning Good Morning
Overrated: With a Little Help from My Friends
Underrated: She's Leaving Home

Magical Mystery Tour
Best: Strawberry Fields Forever
Worst: Flying
Overrated: The Fool On The Hill
Underrated: Baby You’re A Rich Man

The Beatles
Best: Mother Nature's Son
Worst: Revolution 9
Overrated: Helter Skelter
Underrated: Piggies

Yellow Submarine
Best: Hey Bulldog
Worst: Yellow Submarine
Overrated: All You Need Is Love
Underrated: Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road
Best: Golden Slumbers
Worst: Come Together
Overrated: Come Together
Underrated: Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Let It Be
Best: Across the Universe
Worst: Maggie Mae
Overrated: Get Back
Underrated: One After 909

Past Masters, Volume One
Best: Long Tall Sally
Worst: Yes It Is
Overrated: I Want to Hold Your Hand
Underrated: This Boy

Past Masters, Volume Two
Best: Don't Let Me Down
Worst: You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Overrated: Day Tripper
Underrated: Rain

Some sacrilege in there, I'm sure

 

Thanks for starting the thread. I will think about this and post. It's tough though because there are very few weak songs by the Beatles, as an example I love everything from the "Please Please Me" Album including your choice for worst: A Taste of Honey. There should be some good discussion arising from this.

 

Please Please Me
Best: Twist and Shout
Worst: There's A Place
Overrated: Do You Want To Know A Secret?
Underrated: Ask Me Why

With the Beatles
Best: Money
Worst: Hold Me Tight
Overrated: I Wanna Be Your Man
Underrated: It Won't Be Lomg

A Hard Days Night
Best: Things We Said Today
Worst: When I Get Home
Overrated: If I Fell
Underrated: You Can't Do That

Beatles For Sale
Best: Rock & Roll Music
Worst: Mr Moonlight
Overrated: I'll Follow The Sun
Underrated: Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey

Help
Best: Ticket To Ride
Worst: The Night Before
Overrated: Yesterday
Underrated: It's Only Love

Rubber Soul
Best: I'm Looking Through You
Worst: What Goes On
Overrated: Nowhere Man
Underrated: In My Life

Revolver
Best: Tomorrow Never Knows
Worst: Yellow Submarine
Overrated: Yellow Submarine
Underrated: She Said She Said

Sgt Pepper
Best: A Day In The Life
Worst: Fixing A Hole
Overrated: Sgt Pepper (reprise)
Underrated: Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour
Best: Strawberry Fields Forever
Worst: All You Need Is Love
Overrated: Hello Goodbye
Underrated: Blue Jay Way

The Beatles
Best: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Worst: Honey Pie
Overrated: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Underrated: I’m So Tired/Rev 9 (tie)

Yellow Submarine
Best: Hey Bulldog
Worst: All Together Now
Overrated: All Together Now
Underrated: Only A Northern Song

Abbey Road
Best: You Never Give Me Your Money
Worst: Octopuses Garden
Overrated:
Underrated: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

Let It Be
Best: Let It Be
Worst: Maggie Mae
Overrated: Across The Universe (this version anyway)
Underrated: I've Got A Feeling

Past Masters 1
Best: She Loves You
Worst: From Me To You
Overrated: From Me To You
Underrated: I Call Your Name

Past Masters 2
Best: Revolution
Worst: Lady Madonna
Overrated: The Inner Light
Underrated: The Ballad Of John & Yoko

 

I'll just grab a handful:

Rubber Soul:
Best: Norwegian Wood
Worst: What Goes On
Overrated: n/a
Underrated: Girl

Revolver:
Best: I'm Only Sleeping
Worst: I Want To Tell You
Overrated: Yellow Submarine
Underrated: For No One

Sgt Pepper:
Best: A Day In The Life
Worst: When I'm Sixty Four
Overrated: With A Little Help From My Friends
Underrated: Fixing A Hole

White Album:
Best: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Worst: Ob Li Di, Ob La Da
Overrated: Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
Underrated: Martha My Dear / Cry Baby Cry

Abbey Road:
Best: Come Together
Worst: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Overrated: Golden Slumbers
Underrated: Sun King, Because

Let It Be:
Best: Dig A Pony
Worst: Maggie Mae
Overrated: The Long & Winding Road
Underrated: I've Got A Feeling


I may do the first five records & MMT at some point.

 

nice thread but I may be the only one who can't find fault with any Beatles song...

 

I'm going to do one at a time, at my leisure ha.

Please Please Me
Best: Twist and Shout
Worst: Boys
Overrated: Love Me Do
Underrated: Anna (Go To Him)

 

Uhh, it most definitely would. It’s the most covered song of all time. It might not be our favorite (just because we’ve all heard it a billion times) but I don’t think any of us would deny its greatness.

 

Man, I have got to start listening to these guys . . .

 

Please Please Me
Best: I Saw Her Standing There
Worst: PS I Love You
Overrated: Love Me Do
Underrated: Do You Want To Know A Secret

With The Beatles
Best: It Won't Be Long
Worst: Little Child
Overrated: All My Loving
Underrated: Don't Bother Me

A Hard Day's Night
Best: A Hard Day's Night
Worst: Tell Me Why
Overrated: n/a
Underrated: When I Get Home

Beatles For Sale:
Best: No Reply
Worst: I'll Follow The Sun
Overrated: Eight Days A Week
Underrated: Baby's In Black

Help!
Best: Ticket To Ride
Worst: You Like Me Too Much
Overrated: Yesterday
Underrated: I've Just Seen A Face

Magical Mystery Tour:
Best: Strawberry Fields Forever
Worst: Your Mother Should Know
Overrated: Hello Goodbye
Underrated: Blue Jay Way

Past Masters Vol 1.
Best: I Want To Hold Your Hand
Worst: Thank You Girl
Overrated: She Loves You
Underrated: She's A Woman

Past Masters Vol 2.
Best: Revolution
Worst: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
Overrated: Let It Be
Underrated: Rain

 

Please Please Me
Best: There's A Place
Worst: Ask Me Why
Overrated: Twist And Shout
Underrated: Misery

With the Beatles
Best: It Won't Be Long
Worst: Little Child
Overrated: Til There Was You
Underrated: Don't Bother Me

A Hard Day's Night
Best: You Can't Do That
Worst: Tell Me Why
Overrated: I'll Cry Instead
Underrated: When I Get Home

Beatles For Sale
Best: I'm A Loser
Worst: Mr. Moonlight
Overrated: Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey
Underrated: Every Little Thing

Help
Best: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Worst: Tell Me What You See
Overrated: Yesterday
Underrated: It's Only Love

Rubber Soul
Best: In My Life
Worst: Michelle
Overrated: If I Needed Someone
Underrated: I'm Looking Through You

Revolver
Best: And Your Bird Can Sing
Worst: Here, There And Everywhere
Overrated: I Want To Tell You
Underrated: Good Day Sunshine

Sgt Pepper
Best: Getting Better
Worst: With A Little Help From My Friends
Overrated: Within You, Without You
Underrated: Lovely Rita

Magical Mystery Tour
Best: Strawberry Fields Forever
Worst: Your Mother Should Know
Overrated: The Fool On The Hill
Underrated: Blue Jay Way

The Beatles
Best: Dear Prudence
Worst: Wild Honey Pie
Overrated: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Underrated: Savoy Truffle

Yellow Submarine
Best: Hey Bulldog
Worst: All Together Now
Overrated: It's All Too Much
Underrated: Only A Northern Song

Abbey Road
Best: You Never Give Me Your Money
Worst: Something
Overrated: Come Together
Underrated: Mean Mr Mustard

Let It Be
Best: I've Got A Feeling
Worst: The Long And Winding Road
Overrated: Let It Be
Underrated: Two Of Us

Past Masters, Volume One
Best: I Want To Hold Your Hand
Worst: Matchbox
Overrated: She's A Woman
Underrated: Yes It Is

Past Masters, Volume Two
Best: Paperback Writer
Worst: Let It Be
Overrated: The Inner Light
Underrated: Old Brown Shoe