THE BEATLES – Masterpiece ‘RUBBER SOUL’ Came Out 60 Years Ago Today
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
3 December 2025
THE BEATLES released one of their masterpiece LPs,
with their 6th one RUBBER SOUL, on 3 December 1965,
today 60 years ago.
Pitchfork said: “It’s arguably the most important artistic leap in the Beatles’ career,
the signpost that signalled a shift away from Beatlemania and the heavy demands
of teen pop, toward more introspective, adult subject matter.
It’s also the record that started them on their path toward the valuation of creating
studio records over live performance. If nothing else, it’s the record on which their
desire for artistic rather than commercial ambition took center stage.
A radical idea at a time when the success of popular music
was measured in sales and quantity rather than quality.”
John Lennon: “Rubber Soul was the pot album, and Revolver was acid. I mean, we
weren’t all stoned making Rubber Soul, because in those days we couldn’t work on pot.”
George Harrison: “We all think it’s just about our best LP. I can’t wait for it to
come out. The sleeve’s finished too, and the picture on the front is pretty good!”
Paul McCartney: “The effect was to stretch the perspective and elongate the faces.
We excitedly asked photographer Robert Freeman if it was possible to print the photo
this way. Being Bob, he said, ‘Yes,’ and the cover to our album Rubber Soul was decided.”
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