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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 1720
Released: October 25, 1990 |
| Our Price: $9.89 |
| Used Price: $4.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Rubber Soul (1990) Track Listing:
1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think for Yourself
6. Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run for Your Life
15. Rubber Soul Mini-Documentary [Multimedia]
Editorial Review:
Digitally remastered digipak edition of this classic 1965 album from The Beatles featuring 'Drive My Car', 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)', 'Nowhere Man', 'Michelle', 'In My Life' and many more. The album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. Within the CD's new packaging, the booklet includes detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. A newly produced mini-documentary on the making of the album is included as a QuickTime file on each album. The documentary contains archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere. Capitol.
Description of Rubber Soul (1990):
Rank 'em how you like, Rubber Soul is an undeniable pivot point in the Fab Four's varied discography no matter where, or how, you first heard it. The album was softened up in its original 12-song American edition to jibe with the Dylan/Byrds folk-rock sound, as well as squeeze money from the Parlophone catalog. The 14-song U.K. edition--the version now available on compact disc--is a different, more dynamic, and ultimately more accomplished achievement. So many classics: "Drive My Car" and "Nowhere Man" (both omitted from the U.S. edition) merge the early combustible Beatifics to a burgeoning studio consciousness; "The Word" can be read as a pre-psych warning shot; the sitar-laden "Norwegian Wood" and the evocative "Girl" (the latter written on the last night of the sessions) stand as turning points in John Lennon's oeuvre. George finally emerges too, with the McGuinn-ish "If I Needed Someone." --Don Harrison
Rubber Soul (1990) Reviews:
beatles 
2009-11-04 - I bought this for my husband he loves Beatles. I would recommend this cd to anyone who likes Beatles.
Quality of remaster is incredible
2009-11-03 - There's nothing I can add about the songs that hasn't already been written except to say they are timeless jewels. It's hard to believe that not one of the songs on RS made it high enough to be a "1"!
So let's talk about the next most important part: the sound quality. Simply put, it is absolutely remarkable. I have the 80s release of other Beatles albums and the sound is okay (translation: marginal but tolerable for general listening). Before buying the Rubber Soul 2009 remaster, I thought "1" sounded pretty good, given that the original recordings were done on what is now prehistoric equipment. I was simply not ready for the the crisp, vibrant sound of RS 2009 release. It sounds great in the car, on the home stereo, and on the IPOD as an MP3 (ripped with EAC 0.99pb5 and Lame 3.98.2). Simply "WOW!" isn't strong enough.
I bought the Rubber Soul remaster to see if it was worth getting the others. Okay, it is and I will. I can't wait to get the rest of the collection. And if you didn't already know, this CD is in stereo even though it doesn't say so on the cover. It's based on the George Martin stereo mixes done in the 80's, which I prefer over the mono mixes.
A way to learn what's your favourite Beatles album
2009-10-28 - The only benefit I had from buying the remastered version of Rubber Soul was to learn this is my favourite Beatles album. Looking at all the "new" Beatles cds I decided to get just one and give it a try. Why I did pick this one first? I do not know or maybe it is too long to explain, but no White Album nor Sargent Pepper's this time. For the rest I do not care about the "improvement" in sound some claim it was achieved with the remastered versions. To me it just sounds louder with enhancements of the bass all over and the vocals here and there (which by the way you can obtain by equalizing the music in your stereo or computer if you wish to do so). For example, in "You won't see me" it just sounds weird that the vocals overpower the music at some points where it did not before. Then it makes me wonder WHY MESS WITH PERFECTION? It is like if an old masterpiece gets a new blend of colours just because new technology is available and it can be done. If a work of art was done in a way, it is supposed to stay in that way, be it a paint, a sculpture, a book, or a piece of music. Now I am afraid to get dissapointed with the rest of the remastered collection. Therefore, this is it for me as far as the "new" albums. I rather stay with the Beatles music and sound as I learned to love and enjoy, instead of trying to love different versions of the same song.
Rubber Sell 
2009-10-25 - Only marginally better sound that orig. not worth what we have to pay here (Ireland) : E15.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Be Careful. US Version is not the same as the UK even with remaster. 
2009-10-25 - I expected the remaster versions to be the same in UK and US, but they are not if you believe the track listings on Amazon.
So, no 'Drive My Car' for us in the US. I think I'll get the UK version. (5 Stars for UK Version !)
