The Beatles - Rubber Soul - Music & Performance - CD

The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity The Beatles catalogue has seen since it's original release. Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes.

While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Performer	The Beatles
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Pop
Music release type	Album
Media format	CD
Original release date	2009
Edition	Limited Edition
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Number of tracks	15
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	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, Rubber Soul Mini-Documentary [Multimedia]
Record label	Capitol
Composer	The Beatles
Songwriter	Beatles
Music producer	George Martin
Track name	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, Drive My Car
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N