2. The Beatles / 1. 2000. 5/5.

This was a greatest hits collection released in 2000, containing 27 of their best songs. It may appear out of place amongst most of the rest of the albums that will be on here, but when you grow up with parents who grew up with The Beatles, you are going to be drawn along somewhat. It can't be denied that they were groundbreaking.
One of the things with The Beatles too, is that to say this is their definitive best of is open to personal opinion. There are songs missing for me, as I am sure there would be for most fans.

I have always enjoyed their pre-experimentation years more than their later, non-touring session albums. Pure rock and roll pop songs like "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love", A Hard Day's Night", "Eight Days a Week" and "Help!" have generally been my favourite type by the band. This being said, two of my absolute favourite Beatles songs are "Eleanor Rigby" and "Penny Lane", which certainly don't fit into this category.

Everyone knows The Beatles. Everyone knows The Beatles songs. You may not love the band or their music, but you sure as hell know the words to most of their songs. It's almost a prerequisite in the modern music world. This collection does a pretty fair job of putting together their decade in one package.

Rating:   "Love you every day girl, always on my mind".  5/5