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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 2071
Released: October 25, 1990 |
| Our Price: $11.32 |
| Used Price: $4.80 |
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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:
Remastered for computer 
2009-12-14 - I bought this, then was dismayed to read that it had "been enhanced to play on computer". In that sense, it is probably truth in advertising. It is compressed, loud and emphasizes midrange. This is perfect for the awful excuses for speakers that most people have connected to their computers - screechy little boxes and tuneless thumping powered bass. Much of the beauty of music is in midrange and dynamics, both of which take money and space to reproduce. I have just played the old CD, new CD and vinyl. If you have a real stereo at home, play the vinyl at home, play the new CD in your car and iPod, make the old CD a drink coaster.
Great, Wonderful, Fabulous!!!! 
2009-12-13 - A must buy for your CD collection. I heard things I had never heard before from the album or regular cd.
The Refined Album
2009-12-13 - After "Help!" The Beatles made one of their greatest albums. The music on this album is much more refined than in the first five albums. Although "Help!" included some pop songs this album barely had them. The songs "Norwegian Wood", "In My Life", and "If I Needed Someone" are just examples of this newer sound. I was amazed when I listened to this album for the first time. It seemed that I had heard almost every song on this album. There was probably three or four songs I didn't recognize but also they were great. So, if you're looking for a perfect Beatles album to start - this is the one.
Stars: In My Life, Wait, Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown), Run for Your Life
Run for your life
2009-12-12 - The fact is, I cannot afford good enough equipment to benefit from the entire cornucopia of muscical nuances. However, "Rubber Soul" has always been my favorite Beatles LP (etc.), with "Two Virgins" being my least favorite. Now, the remastered CD is the best medium to purchase, unless you have the deep pockets to purchase the remastered box set. The only problems I have are with the possible exception of the last song, which seems to advocate murder, and the method which this CD, and at least "Abbey Road" and probably the rest, are sleeved into the product. I am concerned that the slipping in and out of the cardboard sleeve may cause abrasion to the disc. So, serious listeners may wish to buy a separate case in which to store the actual disc.
A comment 
2009-12-11 - I'd like to second the portion of the review by Mike London dated September 19, 2001 in his assessment of an earlier reviewer who stated that this was the 1st important album. Yes, it's a ridiculous statement to be sure not only had Bob Dylan given us the albums mentioned that year & previously, but the same year the Curtis Mayfield led Impressions gave us the masterpiece "People Get Ready" album which is every bit as influential and a spiritual experience to be enjoyed. Not to mention the likes of Ray Charles, the miriad of artist at Motown & the blues legends such as Willie Dixon & Muddy Waters who gaves us the "Folk Singer" ablum the year prior.
