The Beatles’ Studio Albums (Chronological Order):
- Please Please Me (1963)
- With The Beatles (1963)
- A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- Beatles For Sale (1964)
- Help! (1965)
- Rubber Soul (1965)
- Revolver (1966)
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
- The Beatles (“White Album”) (1968)
- Yellow Submarine (1969)
- Abbey Road (1969)
- Let It Be (1970)
Key Beatles Solo Studio Albums (Chronological Order of Release):
John Lennon and Yoko Ono created three experimental albums between 1968 and 1969, known for their avant-garde sound, tape collages, and conceptual art influences. These albums are:
1. Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968)
- Notable for: Its controversial cover featuring John and Yoko fully nude.
- Musical Style: Freeform sound collages, tape loops, and improvised vocalizations.
- Background: Recorded in one night at John’s home studio at Kenwood, the album captures the couple’s first artistic collaboration and their growing relationship. It includes random sounds, experimental vocalizations, and ambient noises, reflecting the influence of the avant-garde Fluxus movement and Yoko’s background in conceptual art.
2. Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions (1969)
- Notable for: More personal and emotional themes, recorded partly in a hospital.
- Musical Style: A mix of live recordings, tape manipulations, and minimalist performances.
- Background: The first side features a live performance from Cambridge University, with Yoko’s wailing vocals and John’s distorted feedback guitar. The second side includes raw recordings made while Yoko was hospitalized after suffering a miscarriage, capturing moments like a fetal heartbeat and discussions between the couple.
3. Wedding Album (1969)
- Notable for: Celebrating John and Yoko’s marriage.
- Musical Style: Conceptual, featuring spoken word, field recordings, and experimental compositions.
- Background: The album includes an extended piece where John and Yoko repeatedly call each other’s names, as well as a recording of a press conference. The packaging was elaborate, including photos, a reproduction of their marriage certificate, and other memorabilia, making it as much a conceptual art piece as an album.
These albums were polarizing, with many critics dismissing them as self-indulgent, while others appreciated their experimental nature and contribution to the avant-garde scene.
Studio Solo Albums
- 1970:
- Paul McCartney – McCartney
- Ringo Starr – Sentimental Journey
- Ringo Starr – Beaucoups of Blues
- 1970:
- John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- 1970:
- George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
- 1971:
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Paul McCartney – Ram
- 1973:
- Ringo Starr – Ringo
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run.
- George Harrison – Living in the Material World.
- 1974:
- John Lennon – Walls and Bridges.
- 1974:
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Venus and Mars.
- 1974:
- George Harrison – Dark Horse.
- 1975:
- Ringo Starr – Blast From Your Past.
- John Lennon – Rock ‘n’ Roll.
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Wings at the Speed of Sound.
- 1976:
- George Harrison – Thirty Three & 1/3.
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Wings Over America.
- 1976:
- Ringo Starr – Ringo’s Rotogravure.
- 1977:
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Mull of Kintyre.
- Ringo Starr – Ringo the 4th.
- 1978:
- Ringo Starr – Bad Boy.
- 1980:
- John Lennon – Double Fantasy.
- 1981:
- George Harrison – Somewhere in England.
- 1982:
- Paul McCartney – Tug of War.
- 1982:
- Ringo Starr – Stop and Smell the Roses.
- 1982:
- George Harrison – Gone Troppo.
- 1983:
- Paul McCartney – Pipes of Peace.
- 1984:
- Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street.
- 1987:
- George Harrison – Cloud Nine.
- 1987:
- Paul McCartney – Press to Play.
- 1989:
- Paul McCartney – Flowers in the Dirt.
- 1992:
- Paul McCartney – Off the Ground.
- 1992:
- Ringo Starr – Time Takes Time.
- 1997:
- Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie.
- 1998:
- Ringo Starr – Vertical Man.
- 2001:
- George Harrison – Brainwashed.
- 2001:
- Paul McCartney – Driving Rain.
- 2003:
- Ringo Starr – Ringo Rama.
- 2005:
- Paul McCartney – Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
- 2005:
- Ringo Starr – Choose Love.
- 2007:
- Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full.
- 2010:
- Ringo Starr – Y Not.
- 2012:
- Paul McCartney – Kisses on the Bottom.
- 2012:
- Ringo Starr – Ringo 2012.
- 2013:
- Paul McCartney – New.
- 2015:
- Ringo Starr – Postcards from Paradise.
- 2017:
- Paul McCartney – Pure McCartney.
- 2017:
- Ringo Starr – Give More Love.
- 2018:
- Paul McCartney – Egypt Station.
- 2019:
- Ringo Starr – What’s My Name.
- 2020:
- Paul McCartney – McCartney III.
- 2021:
- Ringo Starr – Zoom In.
- 2021:
- Ringo Starr – Change the World.
- 2023:
- Ringo Starr – Rewind Forward.
