How often do you listen to your favourite albums? It may seem dramatic, but we have a very limited time here, and the older I get the more time feels like it's quickly slipping away from me. At the current rate I listen to my favourite music, I could listen to an album 40 more times in my lifetime, which really doesn't feel enough. If I can't find the time to listen to my favourite albums, what chance do I have with any music I haven't heard before?
I recently realised The Beatles, my favourite band, have songs I haven't even heard - several songs I've only heard a handful of times - not to mention all of the solo albums I've yet to explore.
This is where this list comes into play. I've compiled this list in chronological order so I can listen to all of The Beatles music in order of release, including the solo albums from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. There'll no doubt be songs I'll never listen to again, but there could be some new potential favourites that I will continue listening to forever. I mean, it's The Beatles after all...
1960
1963
The Beatles - Please Please Me
1963
The Beatles - With the Beatles
1964
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1964
The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
1965
The Beatles - Help!
1965
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966
The Beatles - Revolver
1967
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
1968
George Harrison - Wonderwall Music
1968
John Lennon - Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins
1969
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
1969
The Beatles - Abbey Road
1969
George Harrison - Electronic Sound
1969
John Lennon - Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions
1969
John Lennon - Wedding Album
1970
1970
The Beatles - Let It Be
1970
Paul McCartney - McCartney
1970
Ringo Starr - Sentimental Journey
1970
Ringo Starr - Beaucoups of Blues
1970
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
1970
John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1971
Paul McCartney - Ram
1971
Wings - Wild Life
1971
John Lennon - Imagine
1972
John Lennon - Some Time in New York City
1973
Wings - Red Rose Speedway
1973
Wings - Band on the Run
1973
Ringo Starr - Ringo
1973
George Harrison - Living in the Material World
1973
John Lennon - Mind Games
1974
Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
1974
George Harrison - Dark Horse
1974
John Lennon - Walls and Bridges
1975
Wings - Venus and Mars
1975
George Harrison - Extra Texture
1975
John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll
1976
Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound
1976
Ringo Starr - Ringo's Rotogravure
1976
George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/3
1977
Ringo Starr - Ringo the 4th
1978
Wings - London Town
1978
Ringo Starr - Bad Boy
1979
Wings - Back to the Egg
1979
George Harrison - George Harrison
1980
1980
Paul McCartney - McCartney II
1980
John Lennon - Double Fantasy
1981
Ringo Starr - Stop and Smell the Roses
1981
George Harrison - Somewhere in England
1982
Paul McCartney - Tug of War
1982
George Harrison - Gone Troppo
1983
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace
1983
Ringo Starr - Old Wave
1984
Paul McCartney - Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
John Lennon - Milk and Honey
1986
Paul McCartney - Press to Play
1987
George Harrison - Cloud Nine
1989
Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt
1990
1992
Ringo Starr - Time Takes Time
1993
Paul McCartney - Off the Ground
1997
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
1998
Ringo Starr - Vertical Man
1999
Paul McCartney - Run Devil Run
1999
Ringo Starr - I Wanna Be Santa Claus
2000
2001
Paul McCartney - Driving Rain
2002
George Harrison - Brainwashed
2003
Ringo Starr - Ringorama
2005
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
2005
Ringo Starr - Choose Love
2007
Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
2008
Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8
2010
2010
Ringo Starr - Y Not
2012
Paul McCartney - Kisses on the Bottom
2012
Ringo Starr - Ringo 2012
2013
Paul McCartney - New
2015
Ringo Starr - Postcards from Paradise
2017
Ringo Starr - Give More Love
2018
Paul McCartney - Egypt Station
Ringo Starr - What's My Name
2019
2020
2020
Paul McCartney - McCartney III
2025
Ringo Starr - Look Up
2026
Ringo Starr - Long Long Road
Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane
2026
And that's all... for now.
If you made it this far, I'd love to hear how many of the albums you've listened to and which are your favourites.
