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Abbey Road Track Ranking

11. Octopus's Garden (Track #5)
Score: 63 (Average Rank: 7.8/11)
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): ChainLTTP, Solioxrz362 (#11)

Giggsalot: Okay, this is where I alienate everyone. This is one of the most wholesome and beautiful kid's songs ever, and I love every second of it. The best of the Beatles' "silly songs" by a country mile.

Johnbobb: why did The Beatles suddenly become Ween

10. Because (Track #8)
Score: 64 (Average Rank: 7.73/11)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555, StifledSilence (#11)

Giggsalot: This is some spooky shit. I can't say I'd ever choose to listen to it outside of the album, but it does what it wants to do pretty flawlessly. Cool callback to I Want You too.

Johnbobb: People are kinda hating on this (two people already called it a "dud"), but I think it deserves more credit, because this is the bridge between the singles and the medley, connecting two very distinct sections of album together into a cohesive whole. It doesn't stand on its own too well, sure, but it's necessary to prepare you for what's to come.

9. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Track #6)
Score: 71 (Average Rank: 7.67/11)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Evillordexdeath, Giggsalot, Seanchan, Raetsel_Lapin, MetalmindStats, illuminatusbubu (#11)

Giggsalot: Okay, maybe this is where I alienate everyone. I've inherited my Beatles-mad father's dislike of this song, and was baffled to learn later in life that people love it. Blues rock is just so boring, guys. Admittedly the feel of the solo here is fun and the second half gets impressively dark, but man, this did not need to be nearly eight minutes long. Give me over Helter Skelter over this any day.

Johnbobb: This grungy type of Beatles sound is just such a surprisingly good fit. The upbeat, poppy stuff is always hit-or-miss for me, but this more experimental style works so well.

8. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Track #3)
Score: 72 (Average Rank: 7.67/11)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, Jesse_Custer (#11)

Giggsalot: One of the Beatles songs that I remember best from childhood, which surely says something for it. Besides that, this is some upper tier McCartney nonsense and the giggle in the second verse is great.

Johnbobb: this has always been one of my favorite Beatles songs, in no small part because it's so instantly memorable. It's probably the best example of a song's tone not matching its themes, which are dark and violent. I just really love the tune.

7. Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (Tracks #10/11/12/13)
Score: 87 (Average Rank: 6.53/11)
Biggest Fan(s): Evillordexdeath, Seanchan (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): VeryInsane, SpikeSetsFire (#11)

Giggsalot: Bathroom Window does the heavy lifting here in songwriting terms (what a brilliant, overlooked song that is), but the way these otherwise unremarkable snippets are arranged to gradually build in energy is actually brilliant. By Polythene Pam they're basically playing proto-punk and Ringo's throwing his sticks out the window.

Johnbobb: Can't believe I've never heard the Abbey Road medley before, given that I knew almost every other song on the record. This feels like the group just throwing idea after idea into a cluster, and it's great.

6. Oh! Darling (Track #4)
Score: 102 (Average Rank: 5.87/11)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, illuminatusbubu (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): MetalmindStats (#10)

Giggsalot: I'd overlooked this until recently, and it's definitely not a standout here overall. But bloody hell, that Lennon vocal is pretty great.

Johnbobb: I like this song in doses. It's aged a lot differently than the rest of the album; much of it is fairly timeless, but Oh! Darling distinctly sounds like it came out of the 60s, maybe even earlier. That's not a bad thing, but it's definitely noticeable.

5. You Never Give Me Your Money (Track #9)
Score: 102 (Average Rank: 5.73/11)
Biggest Fan(s): StifledSilence (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#11)

Giggsalot: This is my shit right here. The encapsulation of why McCartney is probably secretly the best Beatle, none of the others could pull this off. Hot take zone: this is way better than A Day in the Life.

Johnbobb: This is probably the one song on the album I couldn't name if asked.

4. Come Together (Track #1)
Score: 117 (Average Rank: 4.87/11)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Solioxrz362, StifledSilence (#9)

Giggsalot: Stone cold classic and deserving rock canon staple obviously, but that makes it easy to overlook just how straight up weird this is. Great opener.

Johnbobb: even among Beatles songs, this one sticks out as unforgettable.

3. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End(/Her Majesty) (Tracks #14/15/16/17)
Score: 126 (Average Rank: 4.53/11)
Biggest Fan(s): Evillordexdeath, Giggsalot, Seanchan (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Solioxrz362, MetalmindStats (#8)

Giggsalot: They never got better than this. Honestly, the slightly generic victory lap of The End sdoesn't hold up as well as the perfection of the preceding two sections, but they've really earned it by that point. Golden Slumbers is just heartbreaking, and the way the pub choir and the horns break in is absolutely magical. Another McCartney multi-part masterpiece. No band has ever gone out better than this in the fifty years since. (And screw the haters, Her Majesty is a part of that too! That dangling last note is hilarious.)

Johnbobb: a pleasant winding down medley after the craziness of the last handful of songs, and one that settles the album on a solid note

2. Here Comes the Sun (Track #7)
Score: 137 (Average Rank: 4.13/11)
Biggest Fan(s): Jesse_Custer (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555, Johnbobb (#10)

Giggsalot: The perfect antidote after the previous dirge. Absolutely perfect pop song, what can you even say here? If anyone doesn't like this I don't want to be their friend.

Johnbobb: Part of the low ranking here comes from how overplayed this is among Beatles songs, given that, compared to much of their works, it's just fine. What lowered the score was hearing it in the context of the rest of the album, where it appears smack between what would otherwise be an incredible transitition from I Want You to Because. It doesn't fit at all, and interrupts the flow that connects the two halves, almost like an afterthought.

1. Something (Track #2)
Score: 154 (Average Rank: 3.47/11)
Biggest Fan(s): ChainLTTP, CasanovaZelos, Solioxrz362, VeryInsane, SpikeSetsFire (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555, StifledSilence, Johnbobb (#7)

Giggsalot: Just stunning, one of the best love songs ever. That bridge is unbelievable, and the way that the rhythm section is low key going off here, even on a ballad, shows how tight and creative these guys were by this point.

Johnbobb: Maybe not the standout of the album, but it could be for a lesser band. Sweet and lovely.

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