Abbey Road

Abbey Road, in contrast to The Beatles' early albums, is less pop-sounding and its lyrics seem to be more mature than the songs in albums such as Please Please Me or Help.  Abbey Road is the Beatles' album I'm most familiar with, it was the first album I heard when I was little, although I remember little to none of it. It's definitely not their best album, and in my opinion isn't in their top 3 or 4. One thing I don't like about the late-Beatles is how in some of their songs they use filler sounds and repeat lyrics over and over, something I didn't think they did much in their earlier stuff. This is what made them stand out in the early years because of how good and nonrepetitive their writing was. Abbey Road isn't something I could listen to on my own, not because it's a bad album but because it doesn't catch my attention in the way other music does. 

The Beatles

I have recently gained some newfound respect for arguably the most influential rock group of all time, The Beatles. The amount of albums they released over a 6 year period is ridiculous and almost inhuman. Not only did they release 8 albums in 6 years, the quality of each album was very high. Another jaw-dropping fact about The Beatles is they held the number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 spots for albums on the charts at one time. That is the epitome of how undeniably successful The Beatles were.  I'm more of a fan of their later stuff as opposed to the projects they released in '63-'65 because of how they matured and their sound changed. Although the White Album was very sporadic in the way it sounded I still enjoyed the variety. The Beatles left an enormous legacy that will carry on for much longer than their lives. 

Led Zeppelin

The first album by Led Zeppelin, called "Led Zeppelin", was decent at best, in my opinion. I'm a fan of metal, or whatever category Led Zeppelin fits in to, but I'm not a huge fan of this album. I think most of the songs were way too long, with too many guitar solos and unneeded spots without vocals. I usually don't mind 6 or 7 minute songs, as long as they're that long for a good reason. Led Zeppelin seemed to make these songs so long just so they could show off their ability to slay on the guitar or drums. I respect their abilities, but I don't need to hear every bit of it in one album. A lot of music nowadays is similar to that, in the sense that producers just want to show off their producing abilities and don't care about the lyrics or content. This is definitely a problem, but hopefully Zeppelin figured it out within the next couple of years of recording.