Rubber Soul

Track Listings

1. Drive My Car

2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

3. You Won't See Me

4. Nowhere Man

5. Think for Yourself

6. Word

7. Michelle

8. What Goes On

9. Girl

10. I'm Looking Through You

11. In My Life

12. Wait

13. If I Needed Someone

14. Run for Your Life

Editorial Reviews
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Rank 'em how you like, Rubber Soul is an undeniable pivot point in the Fab Four's varied discography no matter where, or how, you first heard it. The album was softened up in its original 12-song American edition to jibe with the Dylan/Byrds folk-rock sound, as well as squeeze money from the Parlophone catalog. The 14-song U.K. edition--the version now available on compact disc--is a different, more dynamic, and ultimately more accomplished achievement. So many classics: "Drive My Car" and "Nowhere Man" (both omitted from the U.S. edition) merge the early combustible Beatifics to a burgeoning studio consciousness; "The Word" can be read as a pre-psych warning shot; the sitar-laden "Norwegian Wood" and the evocative "Girl" (the latter written on the last night of the sessions) stand as turning points in John Lennon's oeuvre. George finally emerges too, with the McGuinn-ish "If I Needed Someone." --Don Harrison --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Drive My Car
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
You Won't See Me
Nowhere Man
Think For Yourself
The Word
Michelle
What Goes On
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
If I Needed Someone
Run For Your Life

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Rank 'em how you like, Rubber Soul is an undeniable pivot point in the Fab Four's varied discography no matter where, or how, you first heard it. The album was softened up in its original 12-song American edition to jibe with the Dylan/Byrds folk-rock sound, as well as squeeze money from the Parlophone catalog. The 14-song U.K. edition--the version now available on compact disc--is a different, more dynamic, and ultimately more accomplished achievement. So many classics: "Drive My Car" and "Nowhere Man" (both omitted from the U.S. edition) merge the early combustible Beatifics to a burgeoning studio consciousness; "The Word" can be read as a pre-psych warning shot; the sitar-laden "Norwegian Wood" and the evocative "Girl" (the latter written on the last night of the sessions) stand as turning points in John Lennon's oeuvre. George finally emerges too, with the McGuinn-ish "If I Needed Someone." --Don Harrison

Customer Reviews:

A New Direction.......2007-07-02

Rubber Soul was very different in the approach and sound of the previous albums. Meet the Beatles, Please Please Me, etc were all good albums but for the most part it was just bubble gum music that teen girls ate up.

During the time of Rubber Soul, the guys were getting into differnt styles of music from their own. Bob Dylan was a huge influence on every artist after him, his writting influenced a new direction for John and Paul. Also like everyone else drugs creeped into play.

Drive My Car is a good opening track that is a good transition into this new sounding album. It's what kids in the suburbs expected. Norwegian Wood is basically the same thing as Bob Dylan's 4th Time Around with a sitar.

The other Songs like Nowhere Man are kind of surreal in the lyrics and singing of the three. John and Paul had similar songs in Michelle and Girl. Michelle has that smooth sound that's his bread and butter, and Girl is basically Johns version of the same song (in my opinion).

John always took more chances in his writting than Paul. Paul was a lot more commercial and was hesitant to do anything drastic. In My Life is my favorite track on the album and I think it's one of the best out of their whole catalog.

George and Ringo also have their time to shine. In Previous songs, Rino could only play the back beat cause if he tried anything else you couldn't hear it over the screaming girls. This new direction really gave him more freedom to fill the empty space of the songs. And George is always spot on with his playing. I love how he just seemed to stay true to himself after all the mania.

I look at Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper as almost like a trilogy. All three just have nice transitions that you can some how tell that that's the order they were released in. The maturaty in the lyrics, the new sounds incorporating new instruments and musicians.

Back to Rubber Soul... Overall it's one of my favorite albums of all time. It's definitely an album everyone should listen to. The songs are timeless and it sounds like nothing else. I love how the songs never go out of "style" I don't really believe one can slap a date on the music because it's revelant even today. There's always new generations discovering this music continuing the legacy of the Four Working Class Lads from Liverpool.

One of the first real albums.......2007-06-29

(4.5 stars, actually)

This album, which marks the beginning of The Beatles' middle period, is often cited as one of the first real albums. Prior to this, just about all albums consisted of a couple of big hits padded out with a lot of filler designed to boost sales for the popular singles on it. But here we have something which was consciously made as an album as opposed to just a haphazard collection of songs thrown together in no particular or special order. And although this album might not quite be up to their highest artistic level yet, there's no denying these songs show a huge maturity and step up from the type of pop they'd been doing for the past few years. Heavily influenced by pot and folk rock, this album paints a picture of a band whose transitional period from pop songs to more serious and mature recordings was pretty much over, with no going back.

I'm rather amused at all of the people who insist that this isn't the "real" RS but "only" the British version. The British version IS the real RS! From what I've heard, the American repackaging from Capitol probably did have a more consistently folksy feel, but it still wasn't the album The Beatles worked hard on making and meant for their fans to hear! As a second-generation Beatlemaniac, this, the genuine original untampered with version, is the one I'm familiar with; it would feel just as wrong to me to hear it starting with "I've Just Seen a Face" as it might for some nostalgic aging Boomer to hear it starting with "Drive My Car." And though there are a few songs not quite up to the overall level of quality (most particularly the junky closing number "Run for Your Life"), this album is pretty much near-perfect. The songs don't belong any other way. Although at least Capitol recognised how different and special this album was, and thus didn't do as much tampering as they usually did, and even retained the original title and cover.

Overall, this is a wonderful album to get mellowed out to, and a real snapshot in time, of that brief period when The Beatles had matured beyond cover songs and pop songs into more mature and serious artists, yet before they became as heavy and experimental as they did as the decade wore on. The songs range from soft slow songs like "In My Life" and "Michelle," to lighter poppier fare such as "You Won't See Me" and "Drive My Car," to rather deep and introspective songs such as "Girl" and "Think for Yourself," and everything in between. Probably the only major flaw with it is that it has to end with such a throwaway as "Run for Your Life." While not every song on even a great album has to be a winner, it just seems wrong for one of the weakest tracks to be placed at the very end, which kind of disrupts the nice folksy mood that had been set.

Nowhere Album.......2007-06-18

As some of you smarty-pants Beatles' historians might not be aware this is not the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. It is the U.K. version, which has MAJOR differences with the good ole USA version. If you want the USA version you can get it in the Capitol Albums vol.2 set. Then you can properly start listening to Rubber Soul with 'I've Just Seen A Face', which was one of their many hillbilly rags.

Classic Beatles.......2007-06-14

I love the Beatles, but this CD is definitely a necessary one for the enthusiast. The tracks show a change in Beatle's music from their 64 album "Meet the Beatles." The sounds are unique and with the advancement of sound technologies, can open up a new discovery of what the group did to their music. I do not think it is the best album they made, but I think it was a revolutionary one given the time they made it!!

Amazing..........2007-06-12

I am a kid and it may seem surprising to you that I listen to The Beatles (It also may be surprising that I'm not typing in poor grammer and abrevviations...no, my parents are not helping me write/type this ;) ), but I was exposed to music at a young age ( my dad played French Horn in the Orchestra).

The first time I heard The Beatles was from The Beatles 1 CD. I loved the CD, so my parents got me this album for Christmas, and I can safely say it is my favorite Christmas Gift ever.

If you don't already know, "Beatles 1" is organized chronoligically, so I began to understand how the Beatles started off as a simple Rock and Roll/ Blues/ Pop band and evolved to write slower and more complex music, quite possibly some of the best music ever recorded.

With this knowledge, I have to agree with the other people here. This is the album where the Beatles began to change. Listening to the first three tracks, you can already see it. "Drive My Car" is a rock tune with raspy lead vocals by Paul and an equally raspy back up by John. Norwegian Wood is a solo by John that sounds a lot like the later songs of the Beatles. If I am correct, it is the first time George used the Sitar, and it his preformance on the instrument that helps make the song.

The next song, "You won't See Me," combines both of the styles to make a song with a rock tempo, but with softer vocals by Paul, while John and George back him up with a chorus of "Ooooohs" and "lalalas" and other things, much like many of the later Beatle songs like "Hey Jude," or even like "Michelle," which is featured later on the album.

The rest of "Rubber Soul" follows the same pattern of Rock, then Slow, then a combination of both.

But wait, how can I forget Ringo? Yes, as you would expect, Ringo is excellent on all 14 tracks, but what did you expect?

I would say the three best songs on this album are "Wait," "In My Life," and "Think For Yourself," in that order. But don't get me wrong, all 14 of these songs are worth your time and money.

I haven't listened to many Beatles Albums ("Help!" and "Rubber Soul" are the only two I own that are from a record, not put together by record companies using some of their great hits), so I can't be sure considering I haven't heard very many songs off of Revolver and SGT Pepper, but I think this is probably one of their best. This is a must have for Beatle fans and a good starter for people new to the Fab Four.

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Yo' Bootsy, let me borrow ya spaceship, I'll bring it right back!
Back in the Day
DEEP In The STANK!!
Abstract Funk
SAY BOOTSY!!!!!

Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Bootsy? Player of the Year
Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
Mothership Connection

ASIN: B000002KGK
Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby
The Pinocchio Theory
Rubber Duckie
Preview Side Two
What's A Telephone Bill?
Munchies For Your Love
Can't Stay Away
Reprise: We Want Bootsy

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Bassist for James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy's solo career has been a George Clinton produced extension of the P-Funk philosophy, with Collins portraying the role of "Starchild, Player of the Year." Collins' vocals, are off-handedly cool in the manner of Jimi Hendrix, whose flamboyance Collins unmistakably aspires to. However, the music is definitely in the Parliament vein, with practically everyone from the band's late-'70s peak aboard, including Mike Hampton, Jerome Brailey and the horny horns. Conceptually, sci-fi reins, and the watery sound of Collins' aqua-bass doesn't get in the way of a mostly up-tempo album. This might be his best solo work. --D. Strauss

Customer Reviews:

Yo' Bootsy, let me borrow ya spaceship, I'll bring it right back!.......2007-02-12

This man along with the Funk Master George Clinton single handedly changed the way I looked at music in my younger years.

They created a concept and an imaginary world where funky music was fun.

George Clinton and Bootsy Collins R the undeniable tag team of funk in its most purest form.

This CD is Bootsy's coolest one to date.
From the CD cover to the songs on the project,...U can just feel the era of funk that rocked us all back then.
I'm definitely a Rubber Fan for life.

Back in the Day.......2006-03-11

It reminds me of the time when I was 18 and stood in line for hours for Bootsy Concert Tickets...

DEEP In The STANK!!.......2006-03-03

WOW! Now this is what the Funk is about! The best Bootsy Rubberband album. Side A is so Funk stank, you need a respirator to listen to it! Side B is the funky ballad side. Munchies is Bootsy's greatest song which has his best bass work from that era.

Abstract Funk.......2005-06-21

the guitar in the background of munchies for your love sounds like eddie hazel or jimi phoning it in from heaven or wherever great guitiarist go.This Is Bootsy's Electric Ladyland Pinnochio Theory is off the beaten path but on the one funk. Rubber duckie is bing Crosby,Looney tunes funk.Whats a telephone Bill Has a great line "wait a minute operator I wasn't talking to you" It's like bootsy's Octo pu-pu-pu-pusses line from be my beach. Ilove this abstract slice of funk.

SAY BOOTSY!!!!!.......2005-02-06

I kid you not-THIS ALBUM IS CRAZED!!!The critics are all 100% right-'Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy,Baby' should carry a disclaimer saying 'Warning:This album will FUNK YOU UP'.Maybe one complaint is that,at least on the uptempo cuts Bootsy doesn't know when to relax-this is hyper extended funk that's loud,cacaughanous and obviously bassy to the extreme.The first side just punches right in with the insane title track,doesn't change a thing on "Pinocchio Theory" and "Rubber Duckie" then smooths out on the calmer ballad styles of "Munchies For Your Love" and "What's A Telephone Bill" on the second half,pointing out what a strong straight singer and good songwriter Bootsy is.
Of course it's right back into funk with the slower burning groove of "Can't Stay Away" with it's crazy cartoon vocals.So in conclusion if your not into having disco mixed in with your funk or think George Clinton's Parliafunkadelicment Thang is a bit self indulgant for your tastes this (as well as most of Bootsy's other solo albums of this period) deliver the funk in a far less refined way-giving it up straight,or totally out of shape as the Rubber Band will give it!

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Kinda sad really
"Gee Money A Rubber Fan"
Funk at it's Best
A Classic
They call me Casper...

Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006TJ3
Release Date: 1996-03-29

Tracks:

Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band)
Psychoticbumpschool
Another Point Of View
I'd Rather Be With You
Love Vibes
Physical Love
Vanish In Our Sleep

Album Description

Previously available only from Japan, this a lower-pricedpressing of Bootsy's 1976 Warner Brothers album, co-producedby George Clinton and Bootsy Collins. Seven tracks,including 'Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band)' and 'I'dRather Be With You'.

Album Details

William "Bootsy" Collins Broke Out on his Own and Released this Debut Solo Album after Having Served Time Backing the Godfather of Soul James Brown and the Master of Funk George Clinton in Parliament/Funkadelic. All of Collin's Early Solo Albums on Warner Bros. Are Funk Essentials, but Arguably, this is the One to Take to the Desert Island with You. Includes the Title Track Hit Along with "Psychoticbumpschool" and "i'd Rather Be with You"...and All of Bootsy's Charisma as Well in the Grooves!

Customer Reviews:

Kinda sad really.......2007-05-10

We just can't get it like this anymore, this was one of my most favorite albums from the 70's, saw this tour as well.
this is IMO some Bootsy's finest work!

"Gee Money A Rubber Fan".......2006-01-25

The Year was 1976. I was basically into soul music, 19 years old and in the Navy. that's when a heard a friendly BOOOO! This album blue me away because it was vastly different from anything that I had ever herard. I am a trombonist and Fred Wesley was my idol a member of Booty's " Horny Horns" section. The only thing about this music was somewhat familiar to me was some of that James Brown flavor in the horn licks. But man that Space bass and razor sharp synthesizer had me listening over and over again to try and figure out just what they were doing. My favorite track is "Love Vibes. This album helped to usher in that electric funk sound that was never mastered by anyone except Booty and of course Dr. Funkenstien himself. If you are a true lover of the funk grab this one...YAA We're Funkin ON Babba.

Funk at it's Best.......2005-11-29

This is the funkiest album I've ever heard. THe title cut is so funky that a skunk will stop to salute it. I was 19 years old when I got the album and I was just blown away. This album was contemporary with Parliament's "Mothership Connection", "Brass Construction 1" & The Brother's Johnson "Looking out for #1). THis was my favorite. Bootsy had won me over big time. Click on the samples and get a whiff of some real funk. I highly reccomend this album is your really into funk.

A Classic.......2003-04-05

This is truly an all-time classic! Every single track is a soulful funky masterpiece. "I'd Rather Be With You" (catchy), "Love Vibes" (both soothing and thrilling) and "Vanish In Our Sleep" (haunting) are some of the most beautiful songs of the whole P-Funk canon, while "Psychoticbumpschool" will definitely get you movin'. PLAY LOUD!

They call me Casper..........2003-03-16

Let me take you back just a little bit...to a time of 6-inch afros, platform shoes, strawberry and coconut scented afro hairspray, dashikis, Mad Dog 20/20, Wild Irish Rose and Yago Sangria wine. (I never thought some of these things would make a comeback in the late `90s and 21st century...but...oh well.) It's the mid `70s, the funk decade, and I'm a freshman at Salem State College in Salem, MA. My roommate burst into the room late one Saturday night, and he was ecstatic as he described a song ("Stretchin' Out...") he had just heard played at the campus radio station. We were, and still are, loyal funkateers, as he explained that Funkadelic/Parliament's bass player, Bootsy Collins, had gone solo. Other than seeing his name on P-Funk album credits, I had no idea who Bootsy was or what he looked like, but I knew if he was associated with the funk mob he had to be badder than a 3-year-old in church early Sunday morning. When I finally purchased and had the opportunity to listen to the entire album, I was blown away. With the volume knob turned to 10, I must've pumped those grooves into my cerebral cortex at least three dozen times that day before I finally gave the album a much needed rest.

From start to finish, this album quenches your thirst for the sweet nectar of old-school funk. The opening track "Stretchin Out..." is so nasty and funky you'll swear you can smell and see the vapors comin' off the disc/album, and you're personally introduced to the sub-sonic twangs and bangs of Bootsy's intergalactic, custom-made "Space Bass"; you'll never be the same again. Just as you're ready to give your booty a rest, "Psychoticbumpschool" snatches you by bootyus maximus and forces you, although pleasantly, to shake what your mamma gave ya. "Another Point of View", the sleeper jam on the album, is just as funky but with a smoother groove guided by either a cowbell or woodblock tempo, with an ethereal synthesizer outro. "I'd Rather Be With You" is one of those songs you listen to when you're on the phone late at night, candles glowing, incense burning, trying to convince that special someone to drop by for a late night snack...if you know what I mean. The aptly named "Vanish in Our Sleep", the final track, will tuck you in for the evening after your ear holes have been thoroughly satisfied. Bottom line: If you are accumulating research material for your PhD in funkology, this CD is an absolutely essential.

Tracks:

Bootsy What's The Name Of This Town
May The Force Be With You
Very Yes
Bootzilla
Hollywood Squares
Roto-Rooter
As In 'I Love You'

Customer Reviews:

How Bootsy Got His Groove On.......2007-04-02

This was Bootsy's third successful effort on LP. It came at the height of his popularity when people were trying to capitalize on his sound (ie. Rick James, George Duke,...). Nearly every song is word perfect in terms of his style and execution. This CD is a must for any student of true funk music.

Good stuff.......2004-03-28

Used to listen to bootsy in high school (way back when). It was great then and still holds up well today. Some of the instruments sound a bit dated, but overall he still has that feeling.

I think it is hilarious that Amazon recommends actual "rubber bands" as something I might like to buy after I view bootsy's cd's page. Shows that these "intelligent" computers still have some way to go...hehe

Great CD.......2004-01-18

I just bought this CD last night,and I love it. "BOOTSY WHAT'S THE NAME OFTHIS TOWN" and "BOOTZILLA" are my two favorite songs from this CD. "HOLLYWOOD SQUARES" almost made it, but all the songs are really good. Bootsy's liquid space bass is very good in this CD.

bootzilla here, very yes.......2001-10-25

another chapter in the p-funk book, bootsy was funky all the way through, he gave up the funk, the space bass was incredible the first cut what's the name has bootsy going off, fred, and maceo came through as well, may the force be with you is the bomb, scary vocals, wicked vibe man i love the come into my world, george lucas must have been peeping this back in the day, very yes is a good ballad, this was bootsy at his best but props goes to mudbone for once again stealing the spotlight, bootzilla to me sounds similar to funkentelechy, the lyrics are dope bootsy goes beserk surprise the doll never came out, hollywood squares is the bomb, bootsy goes off on face plus this cut features the famous line l.a. califor nia hook that was sampled to death.roto rootwer was okay not my favorite but still enjoyable, the last cut as in i love you is the best rubber band ballad ever, mudbone, and peanut are superb, but bootsy went off when he yells ow girl, the bomb, bootsy fans should always bump this when necassary, no funkateer is truly funked up without this cd.

Good old school funk!.......2001-02-27

...Bootsy Collins is one of the baddest bass players in the world...If you are looking for a clear definition of funk, Bootsy Collins and his Rubber Band can give you the 411.

This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul

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My goodness
It's Indie-Rock Guys...RELAX!
horrible,horrible,horrible..............
Don't bother
When all is said and done....

This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul
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Manufacturer: Razor & Tie
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Drive My Car - The Donnas
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You Won't See Me - Dar Williams
Nowhere Man - Low
Think for Yourself - Yonder Mountain String Band
The Word - Mindy Smith
Michelle - Ben Harper
What Goes On - Sufjan Stevens
Girl - Rhett Miller
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In My Life - Ben Lee
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If I Needed Someone - Nellie McKay
Run for Your Life - Cowboy Junkies

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Need to be reminded just how singular a phenomenon the Beatles were? Take a listen to This Bird Has Flown, Razor & Tie's 40th anniversary indie-rock tribute to their second album of 1965, Rubber Soul. Tributes to other artists that aim to include songs as timeless as "Drive My Car," "Norwegian Wood," "Michelle," and "In My Life" typically have to cover their entire careers, and even then that's often not enough. This, however, is a one-album show, sequenced in the same order as the original, and the same thing could have been done with almost any other of the Beatles' LPs, with similar results. In some cases--the Donnas' "Drive My Car," Dar Williams's "You Won't See Me," Rhett Miller's "Girl"--the arrangements are a little too note-perfectly faithful to remain compelling. But a good number of the tracks here are sufficiently obscure to keep things interesting even if their arrangements do hew a little too closely to the originals. Into this category fall Yonder Mountain String Band's "Think for Yourself" and Mindy Smith's "The Word," two rarely covered songs it's a delight to hear recast in the Americana mold.

The best listens on This Bird Has Flown, however, are those that exhibit some of the experimentalism and innovation that was the mid-period Beatles' hallmark. On "If I Needed Someone," Nellie McKay turns George Harrison's Byrds pastiche into a breezy day at a Brazilian beach; Low strip "Nowhere Man" to its bones in a typically minimalist performance; the Fiery Furnaces recast "Norwegian Wood" as a keyboard-driven funhouse extravaganza; and Sufjan Stevens warbles "What Goes On" beyond recognition, taking it from country Ringo vehicle to jazzy woodwind spectacle. The disc closes with the Cowboy Junkies' "Run for Your Life": with murderous lead vocals and ominous, threatening instrumentation, it's a far cry from the slight number that weakly ended the original. Here's hoping there's a follow-up in 2006 for the 40th anniversary of Revolver. --Benjamin Lukoff

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Album Description

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of the Beatles' legendary album Rubber Soul, Razor & Tie Entertainment is proud to announce This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul. The 14-track album mirrors the sequencing of the original UK release of Rubber Soul. This Bird Has Flown features some of today's hottest artists, including Sufjan Stevens, the Fiery Furnaces, Ben Harper, Dar Williams, Mindy Smith, the Donnas, and many more. Of the importance of Rubber Soul, Allison Robertson of the Donnas commented, "They got a little more folky, they got a little more funky and more rocking...it was so different, it was like heavy and light at the same time."

The album is produced by Jim Sampas (producer of 2002's Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska). On choosing the lineup of artists on the record, Sampas stated, "As we looked toward artists we would approach, we felt they should be kindred spirits, whose gifts for singing and arranging lend themselves to these melodies and themes. Each artist on this album brought their own fascinating interpretations and have extracted new meanings from Rubber Soul."

Originally released in the United Kingdom on December 6, 1965, the George Martin-produced Rubber Soul is considered to be an extraordinarily important album in the Beatles' catalogue, the first flowering of the complex songwriting and production techniques of their later releases. The album features the now-ubiquitous songs "Nowhere Man," "Drive My Car," "Michelle," and "In My Life," among others. It held the #1 position on the British album charts for eight weeks and remained on the chart for a total of forty-two weeks. In 1966, "Michelle" won John Lennon and Paul McCartney the Grammy for Song of the Year. To date, Rubber Soul has been certified 6x platinum.

Customer Reviews:

My goodness.......2007-01-09

I received this cd as a Christmas gift and I love it!

Important note: I have also already been listening to many of the bands that perform the cover songs on this cd and have enjoyed their music for a long time.

Which brings up an important question. Why do people perform cover songs in the first place? It is to create an interpretation of a work in their *own original style*. Therefore, you should buy a tribute album because, first and foremost, you like the bands that perform on that album.

If you want to listen to songs written by the Beatles performed by a band that sounds like the Beatles, go buy a Beatles cd!

It's Indie-Rock Guys...RELAX!.......2006-01-19

The Beatles have and will always be my favourite band of all times but that's not to say that I have reservations about other people covering their songs. I like hearing the different versions and this album is suppose to be different...if you like the Fiery Furnaces (and I do) then you will enjoy their rendition of Norwegian Wood (like I do) and Sufjan Steven's version is also interesting as for all the other beautiful covers. This CD is not to be interpreted or to be classified under the same type (if there ever was one) as The Beatles' music. It's Indie..it's different...and it's beautiful all the same.

horrible,horrible,horrible.....................2006-01-09

This cd SUCKS. I don't know what else to say. DO NOT waste your money. As a lifelong Beatles fan, and somebody who has just about every possible tribute cd to the Beatles-which numbers about 150 or so, this by far was the worst. William Shatner sounded better on his tribute album. OK, maybe I'm exagerating a little. Three or Four of the songs were OK (Drive My Car was probably the best and it was mediocre.) Save your money and buy a remastered Lennon cd or something.

Don't bother.......2005-12-20

Why mess with perfection? I have no qualms about artists who cover the classics, but there's no connection with the Beatles' music in this CD. They just don't get it.

I bought the original when I was, well, much younger, and it sounds better all the time.

When all is said and done...........2005-12-15

...just makes you jones for the originals. Points though, for some clever and artful re-dos, including the redoubtable Sufie Stevens, and particularly, Nellie McKay: her samba re-casting of "If I Needed Someone" really takes it to some new places.

Beatles for Sale (1964) / Rubber Soul (1965)

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Beatles for Sale (1964) / Rubber Soul (1965)

Manufacturer: CD Maximum
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Binding: Audio CD

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A Hard Day's Night / A Hard Day's Night (US) + 7 Bonus Tracks

ASIN: B000ICYJRK

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2 albums on 1CD- 33trx total- BEATLES FOR SALE -14trx & RUBBER SOUL -14 trx & 5 bonus trx. Rare official release made exclusively for Russia,in English. "BEATLES FOR SALE": 1. No Reply. 2. I'm A Loser. 3. Baby's In Black. 4. Rock and Roll Music. 5. I'll Follow The Sun. 6. Mr. Moonlight. 7. Medley: Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey. 8. Eight Days A Week. 9. Words Of Love. 10. Honey Don't. 11. Every Little Thing. 12. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party. 13. What You're Doing. 14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby. "RUBBER SOUL": 1. Drive My Car. 2. Norwegian Wood. 3. You Won't See Me. 4. Nowhere Man. 5. Think For Yourself. 6. The Word. 7. Michelle. 8. What Goes On. 9. Girl. 10. I'm Looking Through You. 11. In My Life. 12. Wait. 13. If I Needed Someone. 14. Run For Your Life. BONUS : 29. Heather. 30. Goodbye. 31. Two Of Us(Rehearsal). 32. Get Back (Rehearsal). 33. Suzy Parker.

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The "Legend"
THE BEATLES GROW UP!!!...
The Beatles in Transition
their best. you had to be there.
George Harrison's favourite album

Rubber Soul
The Beatles
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI
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Release Date: 1998-03-18

Tracks:

Drive My Car
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
You Won't See Me
Nowhere Man
Think for Yourself
Word
Michelle
What Goes On
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
If I Needed Someone
Run for Your Life

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The "Legend".......2007-01-20

The legend goes that Brian Wilson tried to top RUBBER SOUL by writing PET SOUNDS. Then in a bit of a panic, John and Paul one-upped him with REVOLVER. But really-- how much truth is there to legends?

RUBBER SOUL is introspective, experimental, and demonstrates a maturing that wasn't possible during the hectic 18 month insanity of "Beatlemania." Many of these songs were too complexly overdubbed to be performed in concert. This was one of several factors in the group's choice to stop touring and concentrate on studio work. Perhaps the creation of REVOLVER owes more to that decision than to any song-writing competition with someone 8,000 miles distant. But, legends have a way of living on, don't they?

Points off for no liner notes, a redundant song list (three places, counting twice in the booklet), no track lengths, and a couple of sub-par tunes.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 35:39

THE BEATLES GROW UP!!!..........2006-04-23

This fabulous, fourteen track CD, with twelve tracks by the Lennon/McCartney songwriting duo, one track by Lennon/McCartney/Starkey (Ringo), and one by George Harrison, is a significant departure from their earlier works. Here, the music is lusher, darker, and more complex. With the release of this album, The Beatles bid goodbye to their "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" days and established themselves as a musical force of note, more talented than anyone had imagined.

With vivid imagery and themes, they sang about life and all its turbulent emotions, a virtual social commentary. From the rock and roll refrains of "Drive My Car" to the sitar laden "Norwegian Wood", followed up by the existential "Nowhere Man", The Beatles had a lot to say, and they did so with a vengeance.

Love was still an important theme, however, to which Paul paid homage with the romantic ballad, "Michelle", as did John in "Girl", a song so filled with yearning it is almost palpable. As if this weren't enough, add the lament of love lost in "I'm Looking Through You", as well as the achingly poignant "In My Life", and you have a musical experience so complete, that no music collector should be without this CD.

The Beatles in Transition.......2005-11-02

"Rubber Soul" was some of the same and something different. "Rubber Soul" yielded the first Beatles hit song that had nothing to do with love or girls ("Nowhere Man"). "Rubber Soul" marked a transition from The Beatles early boy band love songs to a mature sound that could cover any subject well.
The songs on this album are classic mid-60s. "You Won't See Me," "Norwegian Wood," and "Drive My Car" are each classic Beatles songs that are staples of classic rock stations. "You Won't See Me" in particular has been covered numerous times by other groups.

"Nowhere Man" is excellent. A song about everyman, and a commentary on everyman. This song with its political overtones perhaps expressed some of the frustration the youth of the 60s had with the desire to change the world, and yet could not get oldsters to understand what they were about; and changes that happened were too slow. It's funny looking back, because now we are the oldsters, and the wheel has turned once again. The most incredible thing about this song is that it has nothing to do with love, and ranks as one of the best Beatles songs of all time. The only flaw with this song is that it, like so many other songs of the era, was a paltry 2:44 long, which was LONG by the standards of those days. Think of what The Beatles could have done had they had CDs to work with!

I think "Michelle," "Girl," and "In My Life" are excellent Beatles ballads, with outstanding harmonies on "Girl" and "In My Life;" classics in a different vein from the other songs on this album.

Of the remaining songs, "Think for Yourself," "I'm Looking Through You," "Wait," and "If I Needed Someone" offer quality Beatles music. Each of these are harbingers of The Beatles that would see one more transition album, "Revolver," followed by the revolution in rock music, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

"The Word" is very 60s pop music, with little to distinguish it other than it is a Beatles song. "What Goes On" is an interesting song for The Beatles in that it has a country flavor with Ringo taking the lead vocal. Clearly the idea of a concept album was yet to come. "Run for Your Life" finishes off the CD with some novelty. The "end" in the song is pronounced "end-uh", matching the music well. Note that in written lyrics this is written as "end-a".

The album is a little uneven in a couple of places. Following "Think for Yourself" with "The Word" is not a smooth transition. Similarly, following "Michelle" with "What Goes On" causes "What Goes On" to grate somewhat. The songs could have been changed to have some flow to the style and mood of the songs. However, as I noted earlier, the concept album was two years away.

The flaws in this CD are minor. The music proved once again that even with small bumps in quality, the Beatles were consistently able to fill an album with good to great songs. This album is a must have for any fan of mid-60s rock, and definitely for any fan of The Beatles.

Note that there are several versions of this album available. Because of varying availability and price you may want to see which version best meets your needs before buying.

their best. you had to be there........2005-10-14

If you were between the ages of 16 to 22 when this album was released you would probably feel this was their best album ever. I was 18. It was a coming of age album. Most of the people that i grew up with felt the same way ( and the ones i am still in touch with still do). My only criticism is that the album had such meaning for me that I can never completely get used to the British version. After so many times on the turntable, the order of the songs from the American version is forever engraved in my brain. I miss the songs that are left out (I'm A Loser), though i do not dislike the ones that have been added ( especially Nowhere Man and If I Needed Someone). I agree with most reviewers who find the song Girl to be a masterpiece. All in all, most boomers would give it a 5.

George Harrison's favourite album.......2005-04-20

George said: "Rubber Soul was my favourite album, even at that time. I think that it was the best one we made; we certainly knew we were making a good album. We did spend a bit more time on it and tried new things. But the most important thing about it was that we were suddenly hearing sounds that we weren't able to hear before. Also, we were being more influenced by other people's music and everything was blossoming at that time; including us, because we were still growing."

I couldn't agree more. Rubber Soul has everything I look for in an album: 3 John's masterpieces which in my opinion are among the best 10 songs the Beatles ever recorded ("Norwegian Wood"; "Nowhere Man"; "In My Life"), beautiful ballads ("Michelle"; "Girl"), a great rocker ("Drive My Car"), Paul's 'nasty' anti-love songs ("You Won't See Me"; "I'm Looking Through You"), the first 2 essential George's tunes ("Think For Yourself"; "If I Needed Someone") and the funky, first 'flower power' song ever ("The Word").

I love this album so much that I even did a whole web site about it:

www.geocities.com/rubbersoul40years

Honestly, I think that Rubber Soul fans will enjoy this site.

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Rubber Soul Jazz
The Music Company
Manufacturer: Beat Goes Public Bgp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JJ4G8O
Release Date: 2007-06-25

Tracks:

Norwegian Wood
I've Just Seen A Face
You Won't See Me
Think For Yourself
The Word
Michelle
It's Only Love
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
Run For Your Life

Album Description

The latest addition to the BGP Sound Library is this superior piece of Beatles cash-in from 1966 on the Mirwood label, a complete rendition of the American version of "Rubber Soul" by some of the finest West Coast session musicians.

The album was masterminded by label owner Randy Wood who had released some of the Beatles first records in the US when he was running the Vee-Jay label.

Produced by Marshall Lieb who had been a member of the Teddy Bears, (the trio that included Phil Spector when they scored the #1 hit `To Know Him Is To Love Him'). He is joined in the back room by engineer David Hassinger who engineered most of the Stones' big hits of the mid-60s.

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I Want to Hold Your Hand - Al Green
Lady Madonna - Swamp Dogg
Hard Day's Night - The Bar-Kays
Let It Be - Aretha Franklin
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Arthur Conley
We Can Work It Out - Valerie Simpson
Day Tripper - Otis Redding
Come Together - Ike & Tina Turner
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
Anna (Go to Him) - Arthur Alexander
Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - Lowell Fulson
Carry That Weight/The End - Booker T. & the MG's

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We got the feeling now!.......2003-10-02

This CD features soul artists performing covers of Beatles songs, with one exception. The exception being "Anna" by Arthur Alexander, which is the original version of a song the Beatles covered on their first album. This is a fun CD. All of the songs are at least interesting, and some of them are great. My personal favorites are "Let It Be" by Aretha Franklin, "Day Tripper" by Otis Redding and "Hey Jude" by Wilson Pickett. By the way, "Day Tripper" is the live version, which for some reason is not mentioned anywhere on the CD. If you enjoy hearing cover versions of Beatles songs, you will probably enjoy this CD.

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Epic Universal Funk Jam !!
Not What You Are Thinking...........
BOOTSY KILLS LOUISVILLE (IN A GOOD WAY!)
Damn!!!!!
" Uncut Funk"

Live in Louisville 1978
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Manufacturer: Disky
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Live versions of 13 classics from Bootsy Collins & friends, including 'Bootzilla' and 'Aah, The Name Is Bootsy, Baby'. 1999 release.

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Epic Universal Funk Jam !!.......2005-04-07

Born in 1972 on tha otherside of the big dippa I missed out on this jam.... it ain't no thing though......coz the recording is clean and authentic........take some precautions though........

1. Check your fire insurance
2. Clear out your room, so you can't knock sh*$ over when you're booty starts funkin.
3. Pump up the volume
4. Press play
5. Hold fast......
6. Let it all go and TURN THAT MOTHER OUT!!

Bootsy, Catfish, Mudbone, P-nut, Maceo, Kush, Rockin',Razor Sharp and Kash are FUNK's DREAM TEAM!!

It don't get any better than this!

Not What You Are Thinking..................2004-07-06

This cd is not what I thought it was going to be but thats not a bad thing as I will demonstrate. First of all the space bass is absolutely insane. It is so out in front and loud that it can drown out the rest of the band at times, and dominates almost every song its on. This would be absolutely obnoxious if it wasn't Bootsy jamming the craziest notes to ever come out of that thing. The space bass is very loud, and very in your face, and very good. Due to the space bass and arrangements the live versions of the songs on the back sound almost nothing like the studio versions. It seems as if the tracklisting is just a mere guide for a couple notes and style of play that suits the song. This is almost entirely free form and they do not stick closely to the studio versions. I enjoyed this aspect because I own the studio versions of most of these songs and I want to hear something different and this is that. So with this cd, in addition to what other reviewers have said you will get: loud, in front, dominating, crazy space bass and completely different versions of your favorite rubber band jams.

Free your mind with this cd........and your a$$ will follow funkateers!

BOOTSY KILLS LOUISVILLE (IN A GOOD WAY!).......2004-05-10

reviewer glenn brown has hit this mutha' on the head! i couldn't even try to add to what his review said, but i did feel the need to re-enforce this opinion. this is bootsy and his beloved space bass in all their glory, without any deodorant, just funkin' louisville to death!

AN ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE OBSESSED WITH FULL-ON FUNK!!!!!!

Damn!!!!!.......2004-01-07

I just purchased this CD. It took me 9 months to aquire it and I could not believe what I heard! I am a Bootsy/P-Funk fan from way back and I did not expect this much funk! Everthing about this CD is excellent. Bootsy has the Space Bass on steriods, slammin hard in your face (there is no other bass sound like it!) and the Rubber Band is tight as hell. This is the best live CD I have ever heard! For all you Hip Hop/Rap young cats, find this CD. This is uncut funk from the originator, the way funk is supposed to be. Amazon/CD Now, Please push this CD to the top of the must have list for young fans. I had to purchase it used so please advertise and create a demand for this CD. Put it out there for the young music fans. Make this a priority. It's that good! This will be pure education of the P-funk for the un informed. If it were possible, this CD deserves an American Music Award for best live performance. It's that powerful!

" Uncut Funk".......2003-12-11

This is one of two live C.D.'s that I have by Bootsy and by far I feel this is the best.It has a kind of unpolished and raw edge to it.I feels like Bootsy's Rubberband was on a mission that night to lay down some serious grooves.From start to finish they were on "FIRE"! This is what funkin' was about. Take it from a rubberfan of almost thirty years this C.D.aint no joke.

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1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think for Yourself
6. Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run for Your Life