# The Beatles' albums ranked

The twelve UK studio albums plus Magical Mystery Tour, ordered by the consensus of the big rankings: Revolver and Abbey Road fighting at the top, Yellow Submarine at the bottom.

- 74 votes · 13 items
- Jul 15, 2025 · encore_salty
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## Top 13

1. **Revolver** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — 1966. Tape loops, sitars and "Tomorrow Never Knows".
2. **Rubber Soul** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1965. The leap into folk and introspection.
3. **With the Beatles** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1963. The black-and-white half-shadow cover.
4. **Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1967. For Rolling Stone, the greatest album of all time.
5. **Help!** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1965. The title song and "Yesterday".
6. **Let It Be** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1970. Released after the split.
7. **Abbey Road** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 1969. The last one they recorded, with the famous medley.
8. **Magical Mystery Tour** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1967. "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" in one place.
9. **Please Please Me** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1963. Recorded almost entirely in one day.
10. **Beatles for Sale** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — 1964. A tired band, often ranked near the bottom.
11. **The Beatles (White Album)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1968. Thirty songs going in every direction.
12. **A Hard Day's Night** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1964. The first album of only Lennon-McCartney songs.
13. **Yellow Submarine** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — 1969. Only four new songs; usually last.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.