Actually, It's Called THE BEATLES

Having recently read Dave Marsh's book-length essay on The Beatles' Second Album, I moved on to David Quantick's book on the White Album.

Marsh's book is kind of a manifesto on rock, while Quantick's is a more straightforward song by song approach to a much more well known album.

It's hard to give this book a thumbs up. Quantick makes unsupported claims, is repetitive and has wacky taste. Yet, that's some of the fascination. As he goes through the numbers on all four sides, you never know if he'll declare something a disaster or a masterpiece.

This book should have been a lot better, but I still enjoyed it.