Only four tracks can be rescued without hesitation from this album: "Nowhere Man", "Drive My Car", "Norwegian Wood" and "Girl". Lennon owns the songwriting.
"Nowhere Man" is one of the greatest songs ever written by Man. Everybody knows it. The introductory vocals tell you this is going to be an amazing piece of music. The guitar phrases are what they should be. The vocal harmonies make sense. And the lyrics are clever, too; something not so easy to find in a Beatles song.
The rest of the album goes from conventional to unlistenable.
"In My Life" is supposed to be by many the best track in the album and one of the best songs ever. I guess it could have been some of that. But the pseudo-harpsichord that plays for about half a minute and disappears hurriedly is an obvious flaw. It's supposed to make the song "serious" by bringing baroque influences to it but it's so shallow that it only makes the track ridiculous and ruins it.
Anyway, the production is far better than Revolver's. This is as good as Sgt. Pepper's.
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