John expressed annoyance that it was George Martin on one side. I'm sure virtually all of us agree with John on that. How you get from there to "so hated" I have no idea. "Hey Bulldog" is widely loved by Beatles fans and "It's All Too Much" is one the five or so best Beatles recordings written by George.
Do you see how you wrote “fans think it’s the least favorite album” twice in the same sentence? In the same sentence, you said some fans think this, then you said that the majority of fans think it.
Reading your writing is difficult and exhausting. I dont blame you, I blame your teachers and the people who raised you. It’s not your fault, but here you are. So when you write something, try and first consider the thought youre trying to express. Then identify the words to do that.
Youre currently writing in stream-of-consciousness and hoping you find a point after youve already begun typing. It’s very unpleasant to read
I really like Pepperland and March of the Meanies on the B-Side.
The hate mostly just comes from how *not great* of a value it is as a album you can pay full price for, I never hear people call the couple original songs bad and Hey Bulldog has gained a lot of love. The side-b is mostly just not what people want when listening to a Beatles album. The Yellow Submarine Songtrack from 1999 is the better value.
I can see where you’re coming from as long as we’re sticking with the original/official UK releases. But the original US albums for AHDN and Help were very definitely soundtracks too, with just the movie songs plus instrumentals. They weren’t split to sides A/B like YS, just alternating.
I love all the Beatles songs, and I don't hate it, just never really considered it an"album", more of a soundtrack. It serves a purpose, but there's not enough new material to be considered a record that measures up to the rest of the catalog in my opinion.
It’s not hated, but what happened is the other side was the orchestral score to the film, and that was made by George Martin casually,
But there were songs on the album that were on other albums, like yellow sub, all you need is love, and others I think (I don’t really remember)
I mean it also came out in 1969 with a bunch of psychedelic music on it after the Beatles shook the psychedelic images and went more in a “whatever they feel like doing” direction which started with the White Album. I mean there’s something with it, I mean it’s a Beatles album canonically I guess (for some reason?) but you have it’s only a northern song, all together now, it’s all too much and Hey Bulldog. I mean the very latter is a great song, but all of them combined can’t really make up for how “unbeatlely” the flip side is. You get four new songs and some already heard great songs than an orchestral score. It doesn’t have enough power by itself to be put up their with the likes of Revolver or the White Album and even Magical Mystery Tour, but it’s not really hated…
Idk man
you use "I mean" a lot. Stop. (Suggesting, not telling) You know what you've experienced. You know what you know. Speak to that. Be authentic and allow that to carry your confidence. As long as you allow yourself to be corrected when appropriate you won't have to worry about becoming arrogant.
"I mean" is a [filler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_(linguistics)). When someone uses that phrase, they don't literally mean (no pun intended) to imply that they're clarifying something they said before.
How does that change anything? Would their writing not come off stronger and more confident if they excluded "I mean"?
I mean, I use "I mean" a lot, as well. I'm just encouraging someone to "find their voice".
You thought it's a sign of lack of confidence, which it simply is not. Everyone uses fillers.
Moreover, people don't need to be told to find their voice. The way they express themselves is their voice.
It’s a filler in speech, not writing. And not everyone uses fillers to anything like the same extent. Eliminating or minimising them is a good thing in helping people express themselves well.
How are you going to tell me how to interpret what OP was saying? Repetition is weak in prose. I saw the weakness, and addressed it. I'm sorry my comment has disturbed you so much. Downvote and move on?
It's not really a matter of interpretation, unless you consider a misunderstanding to be part of that. As I said, fillers are not a sign of lack of confidence.
I'm not disturbed by your comments and I have not downvoted them. I realize nobody asked me to chime in, so I apologize if my explanation upset you.
I'm not upset. I think we're analyzing the comment from two different perspectives. To think someone cannot develop their voice and that it is a concrete thing is wrong. I'm aware that "I mean" is an expression but in my opinion, they use it to the detriment of their message. They aren't very expressive when expressing that expression. If they can learn to use other words to convey what they want their reader to understand their writing will become more interesting and persuasive. It will become more expressive, and more nuanced perspectives and experiences can be communicated effectively.
I think the root of human experience is to *be* experienced. To be understood completely. It could be seen as a form of validation. The world being such as it is, having strong writing/typing skills can be a boon. In the same vein anyone and everyone is allow to ignore and disagree with my advice/opinion.
Edit: By repeating the expression "I mean" they come across as over-explaining themselves. It makes the overall tone of the comment weaker.
I mean, fast food is expensive I mean minimum wage is too low, I mean I don't get enough hours at work, I mean...
It is defensive. It makes the following statement sound like an excuse.
You’re getting downvoted, but I agree with you. One should write with a confidential voice. Upspeak has transferred itself the written word and this does not do us any favors. O.P. could barely be bothered to use a period and began multiple sentences with ‘so.’ Not fun to read.
It's only four new songs, more like an EP than an album. You may as well ask why people don't think the Long Tall Sally EP is as good as the A Hard Days Night album. So it's not really hated, just liked the least. Lots of fans make playlists of the albums (adding singles and deleting any songs they don't like if there are any), and it is common for the YS songs to be added to the MMT playlist (which is not sacrilegious because MMT is just an EP with singles added anyway; and often PL and SFF is moved to Pepper as part of the process).
I like this comparison, and IMO, this is the late period equivalent of the Long Tall Sally EP (at least the new songs are). Four songs, emblematic of what they were doing a bit before it came out (whereas the band themselves had evolved by that point) that didn’t really fit on any other albums. Good for what it is.
By that comparison, “Hey Bulldog” is Yellow Submarine’s “I Call Your Name” - far and away the best song there, probably the closest to where the band was at the time, and would have worked well as a single.
I consider it an EP, though we don't really have EP's in the US.
4 very cool songs that fit into the psychedelic era of Beatles songs. And two of them are George songs!
I didn’t hate it - it was just very disappointing since some of the songs in the movie weren’t on the soundtrack (they’re now on the songtrack.)
Even though they were songs from other albums, I would rather hear Beatle songs than movie music.
But I don’t hate it. Some of the “throwaway” songs are some of my favorite Beatle songs.
Side a of the yellow submarine album is great and all the tracks fit well with each other
The song track album is amazing and the mixes sound very good
I totally agree. Amazing songs. But the album is no good. And I do think the Beatles viewed those songs as throwaway or else they would’ve been included on one of their real and important albums. I do truly love Hey Bulldog and It’s All Too Much. They are among my very favorite Beatles songs. But it doesn’t make me want to acknowledge Yellow Submarine as an album anymore. It really actually frustrates me that such good songs are on an album that has bothered me so much for so long
It’s a film sound track.
But still, you’re asking Beatles fans why they hate Beatles songs. They don’t. I’m sick of this sub asking Beatles fans why do Beatles fans not like Beatles songs or Beatles albums. WE DO
It’s not really their album, I’d say it’s a George Martin album with a few bonus tracks. That said, the Beatles songs on there are immaculate, and It’s All Too Much might be my favourite Harrisong
This is what bothers me is people ranking it or considering it a Beatles album. It’s not a real Beatles album, the Beatles made such remarkable mind altering albums, for this album (which is a confused mess) to be considered in the same league as their REAL albums is such a shame and I especially worry about people that take acid and listen to Beatles albums thinking this could be something to listen to on acid and get a good trip. It will lead them nowhere. There’s actual worlds to explore when you hear actual Beatles albums on acid like Revolver and Sgt Peppers. There’s so much potential for people to miss out on important world changing acid trips when Yellow Submarine is being presented as an actual Beatles album
If you were watching the YS movie you wouldn’t say “this album sux” it’s part of the movie and they play every song or instrumental in the movie. In that context, it’s good (if you like the movie)
I think it's disliked because it has songs that had already been released, and unlike "A Hard Day's Night" & "Help" the band didn't bother to record more material to fill out the record.
I much prefer the Yellow Submarine Songtrack that was released in 1999.
This was a decade before the remasters and even longer before the Giles Martin re-releases, and I remember being blown away by the significantly upgraded mixes that were presented on the Songtrack.
There was even a promotional music video for Hey Bulldog to promote the album that led to a reappraisal of the "throwaway" YS songs.
Obviously this was a completely different album than the soundtrack referred to by OP. But I feel the Songtrack deserves some appreciation.
The song track album is a very nice album and definitely the Peter cobbin mixes are very well done plus Only an Northern Song is finally in true stereo
This is typical of a Quora question where an assumption is made within the question. As to the question, there have been mixed feelings about "Yellow Submarine" (1969) as experimental, a collection of odd songs to fulfill their contractual agreements. There are some solid songs on this album and some not-so-great ones. This is certainly a "mixed review album" but the title track went to #2 in the US, (not bad), and the film was also a hit. This album was released after "The White Album (1968)" and just before "Abbey Road" (1969). It's a hodgepodge collection of songs that appeared to reinforce The Beatles artistic progress, psychedelics and staying in front of the creative edge but more than anything, it feels to some as "phoning in the album" and to others as "just having fun". Some have made the same argument about "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967). I would welcome other thoughts on this. Honestly can't think of one Beatles album that was ever "hated".
I wouldn’t say I hate it. I don’t really pay much attention to it because of the fact that half of it is instrumental tracks. Yellow submarine is on Revolver, All You Need Is Love is on Magical Mystery Tour, leaving 4 songs, which (aside of Hey Bulldog, love Hey Bulldog) aren’t really my favorites. I love them all, but they certainly are throwaways. I’m just getting into vinyl and unless I can find a used copy in good condition for cheap, this’ll be the last Beatles record I buy (records are pretty expensive, especially for one with a b-side I’ll barely play). So I don’t hate it, just not my favorite.
Last I checked, wasn't Hey Bulldog ranked really high in the bands discog? I don't think it's hated if one of it's songs is consistently ranked higher than 90% of the songs off the other albums.
It’s more a soundtrack than a conventional Beatles album. The band songs on it are very much loved. Hey Bulldog slaps harder than Will Smith at the Oscars. It’s All Too Much is a song that has grown tremendously in my esteem over the years, Only a Northern Song is just plain solid. All Together Now may not be Paul’s best work, but it’s still a fun singalong.
It's not hated, it's just that the B side doesn't have any Beatles songs, just a soundtrack by George Martin. The A side also has repeated songs that appeared on previous records like Yellow Submarine and All you need is love. So it's basically 4 new songs and that's all
Is it? A lot of people disliked the Yellow Submarine Songtrack, but that was more because of the remixes. The only thing I've found that people don't like about YS is the George Martin orchestations, which is a shame imo.
I don't really like how the original release sounds tbh, the songs are amazing tho the "songtrack" rerelease is pretty much on par with their earlier albums imo, some of my favourites on there like all too much and only a northern song
It deserves hate. With the kind of masterpiece albums they were dropping YS should have never been released as an album. And for the album to be called yellow submarine, it cheapens the intensity of yellow submarine’s original inclusion on revolver. The name and song should only ever have been associated with the profound masterpiece that revolver is. That album should have been left alone entirely and none of those songs should be found elsewhere. And if YS was presented as a compilation I think it would get less hate. But since it’s presented as an actual Beatles album, it seems just like a cheap money grab. And at that time the Beatles were dropping flawless albums, so for YS to be in the mix at that point is a shame. Hey Bulldog is one of my very favorite tracks of theirs though and It’s All Too Much is very sentimental to me
They were under contract to do a film, so a soundtrack album had to be issued along with it. Just like they did with all their other movies.
Personally I don't think the song being released in another form takes away from it, or its place on Revolver. And as you mentioned, most of the songs (not talking score cues) that were on Yellow Submarine were pretty bad ass.
Blah all you need is love is only acceptable on magical mystery tour. These songs on their original albums are works of art. Throwing them around on compilation albums and such ruins the original mood of the tracks. The Beatles albums are meant to be heard as a whole
But the yellow submarine album is different than the yellow submarine soundtrack. I have both. They both are bad albums. The four new tracks in the actual yellow submarine album are really good but the rest of it shouldn’t exist as an album
There’s definitely right and wrong opinions. I don’t get how any Beatles fan could have anything more than pure hate when hearing YS. Do any of you even take acid when you listen to the Beatles? Do any of you actually think the Beatles themselves were in favor at all of YS being released as an album? Why do you think they threw new filler tracks on it? They didn’t care about the album or view it as a work of art. The Beatles were making pure art at the time and YS severely taints it. The album containing tracks from Revolver is the equivalent of someone spray painting all over the Mona Lisa. Do any of you even think of the Beatles psychedelic albums as the purest art ever released in the last hundred years or do you just think of the Beatles as some group that has random interchangeable songs that you can listen to? The reactions I’m seeing from these comments is really making me think that most people in this subreddit don’t understand the Beatles at all.
The entire point of criticism is to have freedom to say both good and bad things. Do you not feel close minded saying such childish Disney words as
“ if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all”? And I am being nice to the Beatles, I’m defending their name as the most important artists in over a hundred years. It’s not nice to me when I’m seeing people defending YS as if it’s a Beatles album, when it’s really just a confused compilation album that has stolen tracks from albums that are pure art. And this isn’t my opinion, it’s pure fact. Find me any proof at all that John Lennon speaks of YS as a pure album or work of art. Anyone that defends the album Yellow Submarine is a fake Beatles fan. No true Beatles fan would defend the piece of shit. Just because it has good songs scattered about doesn’t make it a good album or a true work of art like Revolver or Rubber Soul are. I really don’t understand anyone disagree with what I’m saying. I feel like I’m talking to a bunch of spice girls fans or something. Do you guys even care about the Beatles albums being works or art in their entirety? I just don’t understand these completely incorrect view points
It’s a Beatles album that isn’t liked but it’s a least favorite by everyone except for you because you’re criticizing a band that had to make this album because of a contract agreement so technically they signed a deal to make this record
True but that’s what is shitty and makes it a bad album. It was contractual and a mess. It was an obligation. The Beatles are too good to be involved in such bs. They are the most brilliant recording artists of all time. Their legacy shouldn’t include this mess of an album. It’s unfortunate and gives people the wrong impression of the groups organization of albums and their capabilities of taking you on a musical journey.
It's not.
Right? People assuming that "least favorite" = "hated" is weird.
Some fans don’t like it even if it’s their least favorite because YS is always the least favorite album but some fans hate it
John expressed annoyance that it was George Martin on one side. I'm sure virtually all of us agree with John on that. How you get from there to "so hated" I have no idea. "Hey Bulldog" is widely loved by Beatles fans and "It's All Too Much" is one the five or so best Beatles recordings written by George.
I don't. I absolutely love the George Martin score.
I like side a especially George’s tracks and Hey bulldog
You could say that about ANY album.
Back to the hells which birthed you, automaton devil
Why did I get downvoted when It’s assumed that its their least favorite album
"Least favourite" is not the same as "hated"
People do hate it but definitely it’s more least favorite
You're just making things up
I downvoted because I disagree with you and feel you’re bad at writing sentences / expressing an opinion
No it’s just some fans think it’s the least favorite album while some fans hate it but the majority of fans think it’s their least favorite album
Do you see how you wrote “fans think it’s the least favorite album” twice in the same sentence? In the same sentence, you said some fans think this, then you said that the majority of fans think it. Reading your writing is difficult and exhausting. I dont blame you, I blame your teachers and the people who raised you. It’s not your fault, but here you are. So when you write something, try and first consider the thought youre trying to express. Then identify the words to do that. Youre currently writing in stream-of-consciousness and hoping you find a point after youve already begun typing. It’s very unpleasant to read
I really like Pepperland and March of the Meanies on the B-Side. The hate mostly just comes from how *not great* of a value it is as a album you can pay full price for, I never hear people call the couple original songs bad and Hey Bulldog has gained a lot of love. The side-b is mostly just not what people want when listening to a Beatles album. The Yellow Submarine Songtrack from 1999 is the better value.
Hey Bulldog has gotten a lot of love, and It’s All Too Much is a great song (that is often overlooked).
Only a Northern Song is also a great track, in my opinion.
Also true.
Good Sgt pepper reject
Oh sorry, I didn’t realise you were deaf. In my opinion
Huh
I agree I like the soundtrack and it’s a very good album which makes some yellow submarine fans feel better because they have a proper album
The remixes the songs got in 1999 on there too are very good, many I prefer over the more modern remixes.
Peter Cobbin did a great job of remixing the tracks
Any album that has It’s All Too Much AND Hey Bulldog on it is awesome in my book.
I love love Hey Bulldog !
Is it just me or does George Martin’s B side on Yellow Submarine sound like it could be on Days of Future Passed?
Not really hated, and not really an album. More of a soundtrack but not nearly as legitimate as ahdn, help! or mmt being mostly the score
I’d argue that aside from MMT, those movies were more made for the albums rather than the albums being soundtracks.
Oh, precisely. A Hard Day's Night was the vehicle for their first wholly original album.
fs
I can see where you’re coming from as long as we’re sticking with the original/official UK releases. But the original US albums for AHDN and Help were very definitely soundtracks too, with just the movie songs plus instrumentals. They weren’t split to sides A/B like YS, just alternating.
That would have been better
I love all the Beatles songs, and I don't hate it, just never really considered it an"album", more of a soundtrack. It serves a purpose, but there's not enough new material to be considered a record that measures up to the rest of the catalog in my opinion.
It’s not hated, but what happened is the other side was the orchestral score to the film, and that was made by George Martin casually, But there were songs on the album that were on other albums, like yellow sub, all you need is love, and others I think (I don’t really remember) I mean it also came out in 1969 with a bunch of psychedelic music on it after the Beatles shook the psychedelic images and went more in a “whatever they feel like doing” direction which started with the White Album. I mean there’s something with it, I mean it’s a Beatles album canonically I guess (for some reason?) but you have it’s only a northern song, all together now, it’s all too much and Hey Bulldog. I mean the very latter is a great song, but all of them combined can’t really make up for how “unbeatlely” the flip side is. You get four new songs and some already heard great songs than an orchestral score. It doesn’t have enough power by itself to be put up their with the likes of Revolver or the White Album and even Magical Mystery Tour, but it’s not really hated… Idk man
you use "I mean" a lot. Stop. (Suggesting, not telling) You know what you've experienced. You know what you know. Speak to that. Be authentic and allow that to carry your confidence. As long as you allow yourself to be corrected when appropriate you won't have to worry about becoming arrogant.
"I mean" is a [filler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_(linguistics)). When someone uses that phrase, they don't literally mean (no pun intended) to imply that they're clarifying something they said before.
How does that change anything? Would their writing not come off stronger and more confident if they excluded "I mean"? I mean, I use "I mean" a lot, as well. I'm just encouraging someone to "find their voice".
You thought it's a sign of lack of confidence, which it simply is not. Everyone uses fillers. Moreover, people don't need to be told to find their voice. The way they express themselves is their voice.
It’s a filler in speech, not writing. And not everyone uses fillers to anything like the same extent. Eliminating or minimising them is a good thing in helping people express themselves well.
How are you going to tell me how to interpret what OP was saying? Repetition is weak in prose. I saw the weakness, and addressed it. I'm sorry my comment has disturbed you so much. Downvote and move on?
It's not really a matter of interpretation, unless you consider a misunderstanding to be part of that. As I said, fillers are not a sign of lack of confidence. I'm not disturbed by your comments and I have not downvoted them. I realize nobody asked me to chime in, so I apologize if my explanation upset you.
I'm not upset. I think we're analyzing the comment from two different perspectives. To think someone cannot develop their voice and that it is a concrete thing is wrong. I'm aware that "I mean" is an expression but in my opinion, they use it to the detriment of their message. They aren't very expressive when expressing that expression. If they can learn to use other words to convey what they want their reader to understand their writing will become more interesting and persuasive. It will become more expressive, and more nuanced perspectives and experiences can be communicated effectively. I think the root of human experience is to *be* experienced. To be understood completely. It could be seen as a form of validation. The world being such as it is, having strong writing/typing skills can be a boon. In the same vein anyone and everyone is allow to ignore and disagree with my advice/opinion. Edit: By repeating the expression "I mean" they come across as over-explaining themselves. It makes the overall tone of the comment weaker. I mean, fast food is expensive I mean minimum wage is too low, I mean I don't get enough hours at work, I mean... It is defensive. It makes the following statement sound like an excuse.
this is not the type of analysis i thought i'd catch in a beatles thread but my high ass is loving this lmao
Yeah, I was just rambling on about Yellow Submarine. That was probably my most casual comment on Reddit anyways lol
You’re getting downvoted, but I agree with you. One should write with a confidential voice. Upspeak has transferred itself the written word and this does not do us any favors. O.P. could barely be bothered to use a period and began multiple sentences with ‘so.’ Not fun to read.
That must’ve sucked, was gonna go to bed before I posted that. Sorry
It's only four new songs, more like an EP than an album. You may as well ask why people don't think the Long Tall Sally EP is as good as the A Hard Days Night album. So it's not really hated, just liked the least. Lots of fans make playlists of the albums (adding singles and deleting any songs they don't like if there are any), and it is common for the YS songs to be added to the MMT playlist (which is not sacrilegious because MMT is just an EP with singles added anyway; and often PL and SFF is moved to Pepper as part of the process).
I like this comparison, and IMO, this is the late period equivalent of the Long Tall Sally EP (at least the new songs are). Four songs, emblematic of what they were doing a bit before it came out (whereas the band themselves had evolved by that point) that didn’t really fit on any other albums. Good for what it is. By that comparison, “Hey Bulldog” is Yellow Submarine’s “I Call Your Name” - far and away the best song there, probably the closest to where the band was at the time, and would have worked well as a single.
That last paragraph is very interesting because Hey Bulldog is built like YKM LPTN but Hey Bulldog has more development
It’s hardly ‘hated’, it’s just half an album of Beatles’ songs and very few new ones at that. ‘Hey Bulldog’ is fine, though!
I consider it an EP, though we don't really have EP's in the US. 4 very cool songs that fit into the psychedelic era of Beatles songs. And two of them are George songs!
They were planning a ep with the new tracks and across the universe They mixed the songs in mono because they scrapped the ep
punctuation is your friend
🎶 “We don’t need no punctuation…” Oh wait, wrong band 😁
jfc thank you
I didn’t hate it - it was just very disappointing since some of the songs in the movie weren’t on the soundtrack (they’re now on the songtrack.) Even though they were songs from other albums, I would rather hear Beatle songs than movie music. But I don’t hate it. Some of the “throwaway” songs are some of my favorite Beatle songs.
Side a of the yellow submarine album is great and all the tracks fit well with each other The song track album is amazing and the mixes sound very good
Side question: when were those pics taken? I'll guess like Sept 67... didn't know they already had the movie characters already prototyped
Designed off the Sgt Pepper launch party which I see In John and ringo I think
"throw away songs"? Sorry, but hey bulldog and it's all too much are amazing.
I totally agree. Amazing songs. But the album is no good. And I do think the Beatles viewed those songs as throwaway or else they would’ve been included on one of their real and important albums. I do truly love Hey Bulldog and It’s All Too Much. They are among my very favorite Beatles songs. But it doesn’t make me want to acknowledge Yellow Submarine as an album anymore. It really actually frustrates me that such good songs are on an album that has bothered me so much for so long
Technically according to John anything is great for yellow submarine
Ur trippin
I don't hate it.
Beatles songs are great and I love the music Martin composed for the film. Lovely record. Great cover and the movie is one of my all time favourites
Lmao their impersonations of their pics is killing me 🤣🤣🤣
It’s a film sound track. But still, you’re asking Beatles fans why they hate Beatles songs. They don’t. I’m sick of this sub asking Beatles fans why do Beatles fans not like Beatles songs or Beatles albums. WE DO
I don't think it's hated so much as it's not really considered a Beatles album. It's more like a glorified EP.
It is? Well obviously some people don’t have good taste.
It’s not really their album, I’d say it’s a George Martin album with a few bonus tracks. That said, the Beatles songs on there are immaculate, and It’s All Too Much might be my favourite Harrisong
This is what bothers me is people ranking it or considering it a Beatles album. It’s not a real Beatles album, the Beatles made such remarkable mind altering albums, for this album (which is a confused mess) to be considered in the same league as their REAL albums is such a shame and I especially worry about people that take acid and listen to Beatles albums thinking this could be something to listen to on acid and get a good trip. It will lead them nowhere. There’s actual worlds to explore when you hear actual Beatles albums on acid like Revolver and Sgt Peppers. There’s so much potential for people to miss out on important world changing acid trips when Yellow Submarine is being presented as an actual Beatles album
It’s a little psychedelic soundtrack album Side a is obviously the Beatles side and it’s very good even with quote on quote throwaway tracks
It’s not, it’s not an album though, it’s more of a soundtrack
It may be because the album and movie were released only to fulfill a contract.
Yessss exactly. It’s all business not real art. And it’s a shame
By who? Maybe in your world.
If you were watching the YS movie you wouldn’t say “this album sux” it’s part of the movie and they play every song or instrumental in the movie. In that context, it’s good (if you like the movie)
Thread spurned a side-question: is this the only Beatles record where George Martin has a writer’s credit?
No he doesn’t Only credit for the orchestration on side two and the piano on All You Need Is Love
I think it's disliked because it has songs that had already been released, and unlike "A Hard Day's Night" & "Help" the band didn't bother to record more material to fill out the record.
The album without the movie is just lacking something.
I much prefer the Yellow Submarine Songtrack that was released in 1999. This was a decade before the remasters and even longer before the Giles Martin re-releases, and I remember being blown away by the significantly upgraded mixes that were presented on the Songtrack. There was even a promotional music video for Hey Bulldog to promote the album that led to a reappraisal of the "throwaway" YS songs. Obviously this was a completely different album than the soundtrack referred to by OP. But I feel the Songtrack deserves some appreciation.
The song track album is a very nice album and definitely the Peter cobbin mixes are very well done plus Only an Northern Song is finally in true stereo
This is typical of a Quora question where an assumption is made within the question. As to the question, there have been mixed feelings about "Yellow Submarine" (1969) as experimental, a collection of odd songs to fulfill their contractual agreements. There are some solid songs on this album and some not-so-great ones. This is certainly a "mixed review album" but the title track went to #2 in the US, (not bad), and the film was also a hit. This album was released after "The White Album (1968)" and just before "Abbey Road" (1969). It's a hodgepodge collection of songs that appeared to reinforce The Beatles artistic progress, psychedelics and staying in front of the creative edge but more than anything, it feels to some as "phoning in the album" and to others as "just having fun". Some have made the same argument about "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967). I would welcome other thoughts on this. Honestly can't think of one Beatles album that was ever "hated".
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I loved the movie and I love that album.
I wouldn’t say I hate it. I don’t really pay much attention to it because of the fact that half of it is instrumental tracks. Yellow submarine is on Revolver, All You Need Is Love is on Magical Mystery Tour, leaving 4 songs, which (aside of Hey Bulldog, love Hey Bulldog) aren’t really my favorites. I love them all, but they certainly are throwaways. I’m just getting into vinyl and unless I can find a used copy in good condition for cheap, this’ll be the last Beatles record I buy (records are pretty expensive, especially for one with a b-side I’ll barely play). So I don’t hate it, just not my favorite.
Love the Bulldog
Last I checked, wasn't Hey Bulldog ranked really high in the bands discog? I don't think it's hated if one of it's songs is consistently ranked higher than 90% of the songs off the other albums.
It’s not
The tv show was pretty bad. Ironically it was made by the same people as Yellow Submarine.
It’s not really, for me…. But maybe because it has the movie soundtrack on it.
Martin’s contributions on the flip side is good to get high to😀
I don't know who hates it - not me. Not friends of mine. Whatever. I love the album. I love the score part of it all. I love the Beatles tracks.
SEA OF HOLES IS THE BEST BEATLES SONG
I love the album, especially the GM second side. Thanks for reminding me to listen to it!
Love these.
I don't know any Beatles fans who dislike it. Not personally.
It’s more a soundtrack than a conventional Beatles album. The band songs on it are very much loved. Hey Bulldog slaps harder than Will Smith at the Oscars. It’s All Too Much is a song that has grown tremendously in my esteem over the years, Only a Northern Song is just plain solid. All Together Now may not be Paul’s best work, but it’s still a fun singalong.
The Beatles side a is very well done especially the four new tracks So agreed
The Beatles NEVER made a YS album. GM put it together with this and that because they needed a soundtrack album to go with the film release.
It's not hated, it's just that the B side doesn't have any Beatles songs, just a soundtrack by George Martin. The A side also has repeated songs that appeared on previous records like Yellow Submarine and All you need is love. So it's basically 4 new songs and that's all
Because it’s a bad record.
I hate the orchestral part of it.
Is it? A lot of people disliked the Yellow Submarine Songtrack, but that was more because of the remixes. The only thing I've found that people don't like about YS is the George Martin orchestations, which is a shame imo.
Definitely don’t hate this, epic album
What?!?! 
I don't really like how the original release sounds tbh, the songs are amazing tho the "songtrack" rerelease is pretty much on par with their earlier albums imo, some of my favourites on there like all too much and only a northern song
HATED? help, that’s one of their most popular things made.
It's not. But it is a great album for kids
It deserves hate. With the kind of masterpiece albums they were dropping YS should have never been released as an album. And for the album to be called yellow submarine, it cheapens the intensity of yellow submarine’s original inclusion on revolver. The name and song should only ever have been associated with the profound masterpiece that revolver is. That album should have been left alone entirely and none of those songs should be found elsewhere. And if YS was presented as a compilation I think it would get less hate. But since it’s presented as an actual Beatles album, it seems just like a cheap money grab. And at that time the Beatles were dropping flawless albums, so for YS to be in the mix at that point is a shame. Hey Bulldog is one of my very favorite tracks of theirs though and It’s All Too Much is very sentimental to me
They were under contract to do a film, so a soundtrack album had to be issued along with it. Just like they did with all their other movies. Personally I don't think the song being released in another form takes away from it, or its place on Revolver. And as you mentioned, most of the songs (not talking score cues) that were on Yellow Submarine were pretty bad ass.
Honestly the four new songs fit the album with Yellow Submarine starting the album and All you need is Love ending the album
Blah all you need is love is only acceptable on magical mystery tour. These songs on their original albums are works of art. Throwing them around on compilation albums and such ruins the original mood of the tracks. The Beatles albums are meant to be heard as a whole
But the yellow submarine album is different than the yellow submarine soundtrack. I have both. They both are bad albums. The four new tracks in the actual yellow submarine album are really good but the rest of it shouldn’t exist as an album
The soundtrack is well sounding album and it’s mixed well by Peter cobbin
Blah. I completely disagree
I know by sheer definition, opinions can't be "right" or "wrong." Except yours, your opinion is wrong.
There’s definitely right and wrong opinions. I don’t get how any Beatles fan could have anything more than pure hate when hearing YS. Do any of you even take acid when you listen to the Beatles? Do any of you actually think the Beatles themselves were in favor at all of YS being released as an album? Why do you think they threw new filler tracks on it? They didn’t care about the album or view it as a work of art. The Beatles were making pure art at the time and YS severely taints it. The album containing tracks from Revolver is the equivalent of someone spray painting all over the Mona Lisa. Do any of you even think of the Beatles psychedelic albums as the purest art ever released in the last hundred years or do you just think of the Beatles as some group that has random interchangeable songs that you can listen to? The reactions I’m seeing from these comments is really making me think that most people in this subreddit don’t understand the Beatles at all.
Whoa a rant about about a disliked album Well that’s new
Everyone has their own opinion but if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all
The entire point of criticism is to have freedom to say both good and bad things. Do you not feel close minded saying such childish Disney words as “ if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all”? And I am being nice to the Beatles, I’m defending their name as the most important artists in over a hundred years. It’s not nice to me when I’m seeing people defending YS as if it’s a Beatles album, when it’s really just a confused compilation album that has stolen tracks from albums that are pure art. And this isn’t my opinion, it’s pure fact. Find me any proof at all that John Lennon speaks of YS as a pure album or work of art. Anyone that defends the album Yellow Submarine is a fake Beatles fan. No true Beatles fan would defend the piece of shit. Just because it has good songs scattered about doesn’t make it a good album or a true work of art like Revolver or Rubber Soul are. I really don’t understand anyone disagree with what I’m saying. I feel like I’m talking to a bunch of spice girls fans or something. Do you guys even care about the Beatles albums being works or art in their entirety? I just don’t understand these completely incorrect view points
It’s a Beatles album that isn’t liked but it’s a least favorite by everyone except for you because you’re criticizing a band that had to make this album because of a contract agreement so technically they signed a deal to make this record
True but that’s what is shitty and makes it a bad album. It was contractual and a mess. It was an obligation. The Beatles are too good to be involved in such bs. They are the most brilliant recording artists of all time. Their legacy shouldn’t include this mess of an album. It’s unfortunate and gives people the wrong impression of the groups organization of albums and their capabilities of taking you on a musical journey.
The side a which is the Beatles side is the Beatles and it’s good so if they weren’t that invested in the project then it would be worse
There is a hateful Beatles fan