If the White Album was a single album...

[nowheregirl]

This is a quote from George Martin about the White Album:

"I really didn't think that a lot of the songs were worthy of release, and I told them so. I said "I don't want a double-album. I think you ought to cut out some of these, concentrate on the really good ones and have yourself a really super album. Let's whittle them down to 14 to 16 titles and concentrate on those."

So, if the White Album had been a single album instead of a double, what would your track listing be? You can choose up to 16 tracks.

(Personally I'm happy with it being a double album, by the way - I just thought it would be interesting to see which songs people would choose.)

These would be my choices:

1. Back in the USSR
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. I'm So Tired
6. Blackbird
7. Happiness is a Warm Gun
8. Don't Pass Me By
9. Julia
10. Yer Blues
11. Revolution 1
12. Mother Nature's Son
13. Sexy Sadie
14. Savoy Truffle
15. Helter Skelter
16. Cry Baby Cry

[givepeaceachance]

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Martha My Dear
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. I'm So Tired
6. Rocky Raccoon
7. I Will
8. Sexy Sadie
9. Revolution 1
10. Julia
11. Dear Prudence
12. Blackbird
13. Long Long Long
14. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
15. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
16. Good Night

[nocturnalquadruped]

I opted for the traditional format of early Beatle albums. 14 tracks, 3 Harrison, 1 Starr and I split the rest between Lennon and McCartney.

1. Back In The U.S.S.R
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Yer Blues
4. Birthday
5. Revolution 1
6. I Will
7. I'm So Tired
8. Savoy Truffle
9. Julia
10. Blackbird
11. Don't Pass Me by
12. Long Long Long
13. Mother Natures Son
14. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

[strawberryfields8]

1. Back In the USSR
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Jeez, there are long song titles on this album
6. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
7. Martha, My Dear
8. I'm So Tired
9. Piggies
10. Don't Pass Me By
11. I Will
12. Sexy Sadie
13. Helter Skelter
14. Savoy Truffle

[carlozzi006]

I think it would have been better for the Beatles if they released the White Albums as 2 separate albums around the same time (like Guns N Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II).

Anyway, here's what I believe the Beatles would have chosen:

1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
6. Blackbird
7. I Will
8. Birthday
9. Yer Blues
10. Mother Nature's Son
11. Sexy Sadie
12. Helter Skelter
13. Don't Pass Me By
14. Revolution 1

[dumbslugs]

1. Back in the U.S.S.R
2. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
3. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Happiness is a Warm Gun
6. Im So Tired
7. Blackbird
8. Piggies
9. Everybody Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
10. Helter Skelter

Keeping it an old-school 10 track,5 a side record.

[lennonlegend]

Oct 7, 2007 13:49:30 GMT 1 nowheregirl said:

These would be my choices:

1. Back in the USSR
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. I'm So Tired
6. Blackbird
7. Happiness is a Warm Gun
8. Don't Pass Me By
9. Julia
10. Yer Blues
11. Revolution 1
12. Mother Nature's Son
13. Sexy Sadie
14. Savoy Truffle
15. Helter Skelter
16. Cry Baby Cry

This for me as well. Sometimes I wish they just had the solid songs on the White Album, but then I think that at least we have extra songs on there from the group that we otherwise wouldn't have.

[lennonfan909]

1. Dear Prudence
2. Blackbird
3. Mother Nature's Son
4. Julia
5. Glass Onion
6. Revolution 1
7. Birthday
8. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey
9. Helter Skelter
10. Yer Blues
11. I'm So Tired
12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
13. Sexy Sadie
14. Happiness is a Warm Gun
15. Savoy Truffle
16. I Will