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There are also small numbers of Jewish, Hindu, and Sikh adherents, particularly in Glasgow. [230]


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Samyé Ling Monastery near Eskdalemuir, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007, was the first Buddhist monastery in Western Europe. [231]


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Healthcare Healthcare in Scotland is primarily provided by NHS Scotland, the public health care agency in Scotland.


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The NHS was formed through the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (later replaced by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978), which came into force on 5 July 1948, along with the inauguration of the NHS in England and Wales.


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Nonetheless, prior to 1948, half of mainland Scotland had been reached by state-financed healthcare, provided by the Highlands and Islands Medical Service. [232]


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In 2008, NHS Scotland had approximately 158,000 staff, including 47,500 nurses, midwives and more than 3,800 consultants.


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In addition, there are more than 12,000 doctors, family practitioners, and health professional unions, including dentists, pharmacists, and pharmacists, who work as independent employees responsible for providing the full range of health services in the NHS in exchange for salaries and allowances.


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The allowance was dispensed in May 2010, and prescription fees were fully free, although dentists and pharmacists could have charged if the patient's income was more than £30,000 a year. [233]


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Health policy and financing is the responsibility of the Scottish Government's Health Directorate.


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The current Cabinet Secretary for Health and Welfare is Alex Neil, while the Director General of Health and chief executive of NHS Scotland is Derek Feeley. [234]


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Military Of the overall defence spending budgeted by the Exchequer in 2013, £3.3bn of that was allocated to Scotland.


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The cost will be reduced to about £1.8bn, assuming a reduction in the global role and procurement of nuclear weapons. [235]


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Although Scotland has had a military force even before the opening of the Tract of Unification with England, the Scottish armed forces are currently part of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, with the exception of the Atholl Highlanders, who are the only private armed forces in Europe.


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In 2006, the infantry regiments of the Scottish Division were amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Scotland.


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Other Scottish regiments on the British Army are the Scots Guards, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and the Scottish Transport Regiment.


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Due to its topographic conditions and remoteness, parts of Scotland have been utilized as a military development site. [236] [237] [238] Between 1960 and 1991, Holy Loch was made a base for the United States-owned Polaris ballistic missile submarine. [239]


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Today, HMNB Clyde, located 40km to the northwest of Glasgow, is the main base for four Vanguard Trident class ballistic missile submarines that load Britain's nuclear antidote.


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Scapa Flow was also the main base of the British Navy Fleet until 1956.


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Two major bases of the United Kingdom Air Force (RAF) are also located in Scotland, namely RAF Leuchars and RAF Lossiemouth, the northernmost fighter aircraft base in Great Britain.


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There are plans to turn RAF Leuchars into a military barracks, which will end the RAF's existence in Fife. [240]


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The only open air uranium testing site in the British Islands is located near Dundrennan, Scotland. [241]


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As a result, more than 7,000 poisonous munitions settled on the seabed of the Solway Firth. [242] [243] Musical culture is one of the important aspects of Scottish culture, both traditional music and modern music.


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A well-known traditional musical instrument of Scottish origin is the Great Highland Bagpipe, an inflatable musical instrument consisting of three air holes and a melodic pipe (called a chanter).


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Bagpipe music groups that play the bagpipe accompanied by various types of drums have spread to various corners of the world.


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The clàrsach (harp), fiddle (a type of fiddle), and accordion are also traditional Scottish musical instruments, the latter two often featured by Scottish country dance musicians.


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Today, there are a number of internationally successful Scottish music groups and soloists, including Annie Lennox, Runrig, Boards of Canada, Cocteau Twins, Franz Ferdinand, Susan Boyle, Emeli Sande, Texas, The View, The Fratellis, Twin Atlantic, and Biffy Clyro.


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Other recent successful Scottish musicians are Paolo Nutini and Calvin Harris. [244]


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Scotland's literary heritage can be traced since the Middle Ages.


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The earliest literature composed in Scotland was in the form of speech written in the Britonic language in the 6th century, but today it is considered part of the literature of Wales. [245]


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Medieval literature was generally written in Latin, [246] Gaelic, [247] Old English, [248] and French. [249]


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The first text written in the Skots language is the verse of Brus written by John Barbour in the 14th century, which tells about the life of Robert I, [250] and is soon followed by a series of works of prose and vernacular romances. [251]


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In the 16th century, royal patronage aided the development of Skots' poetry and drama, [252] but after James VI ascended the throne as king of England, he annihilated major literary centres, and the development of Scottish literature was somewhat hampered. [253]


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Scottish literature experienced a revival in the 18th century through figures such as James Macpherson; his work, Ossian Cycle, established him as the first internationally recognised Scottish poet and was of great effect on the European Enlightenment. [254]


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His work was also of great influence on Robert Burns, regarded by many as the national poet, [255] and Walter Scott with his greatest work, Waverley Novels, which greatly helped define Scottish national identity in the 19th century. [256]


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Towards the end of the Victorian era, a number of Scottish-born writers achieved international fame with works written in English, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. M. Barrie, and George MacDonald. [257]


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In the 20th century, the Scottish Enlightenment led to a surge in literary activity and attempts to promote the Skots language as a literary language. [258]


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This era was followed by the birth of a new generation of poets-poets in the postwar period, including Edwin Morgan, who was named the first Scots Makar by the Scottish government in 2004. [259]


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Since the 1980s, Scottish literature experienced a major revival with the rise of a number of writers, including Irvine Welsh. [258]


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Scottish poets who emerged in the same period include Carol Ann Duffy, who in May 2009 became the first Scottish citizen to be awarded the UK Poet Laureate. [260]


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Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, was the first city in the world to be named by UNESCO as a City of Literature. [261]


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Glasgow's contribution in the world of music was recognised in 2008 when UNESCO crowned it as one of the three Cities of World Music. [262]


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Scotland is best known for its stream of “Scottish Philosophy” or 'The Stream of Scottish Common Sense'. [263]


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Notable philosophers originating from the 'Scottish Common Sense' Stream are Dugald Stewart, Thomas Reid and William Hamilton. [264]


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Television in Scotland is generally the same as the televisioning of the United Kingdom as a whole.


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The national broadcasters in Scotland are BBC Scotland, a branch of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the public broadcasters of Great Britain funded by the government.


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BBC Scotland has three national television stations and a number of national radio stations such as BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio nan Gaidheal.


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Scotland also has some programmes in Gaelic.


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BBC Alba is a Gaelic-language national television channel.


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The main commercial television station in Scotland is STV.


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National newspapers such as the Daily Record, The Herald, and The Scotsman are published in Scotland. [265]


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Regional daily newspapers among these are the Evening News in Edinburgh, The Courier in Dundee, and The Press and Journal in Aberdeen. [265]


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Scotland also regularly attends the Keltic Media Festival which features television shows and films from the Keltic countries.


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Scottish Vice has won many awards since the festival began in 1980. [266]


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As one of the Keltic countries, Scottish culture has been included in various interceletic events, both domestically and in various parts of the world.


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Scotland has hosted several music festivals, including Celtic Connections (Glasgow), and Hebridean Celtic Festival (Stornoway).


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Festivals that present Keltic culture such as Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Brittany), Pan Celtic Festival (Ireland), and the National Celtic Festival (Portarlington, Australia) regularly feature elements of Scottish culture such as language, music, and dance. [267] [268] [269] [269] [ 270] [271] [272] [273] Sport Sport is one of the essential elements in Scottish culture.


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The country hosts many national sporting competitions and is also allowed to compete on behalf of Scotland in a number of international sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup, Rugby Union World Cup, Rugby League World Cup, Cricket World Cup and Commonwealth Sports Party, but not in Olympic events, for which Scottish athletes competed under the Great Britain team name.


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Scotland has its own governing bodies governing sporting matters, for example the Scottish Football Association (the second oldest football association in the world) [274] and the Scottish Rugby Union.


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Although modern football is said to have originated in England, variations of football have been played in Scotland for centuries, which can be traced as far back as 1424. [275]


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Today, football is the most popular branch of the sport in Scotland, and the Scottish Cup is the oldest national trophy in the world. [276]


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Scotland first competed in international football in 1872 by playing out a 0—0 draw against England.


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The matches were held at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, the home ground of the West of Scotland Cricket Club.


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Scottish football clubs have achieved success in European football competitions; Celtic won the European Cup in 1967, Rangers and Aberdeen won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1972 and 1983, and Aberdeen also won the UEFA Super Cup in 1983.


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Dundee United had also made it to the UEFA Cup Final in 1987, but were lost 2—1 by IFK Göteborg.


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The Fife town of St. Andrews is internationally known as the Home of Golf, [277] and for most golfers, the Old Course, the ancient golf course the birthplace of golf in 1574, is considered a place of “pilgrimage”. [278]


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There are many other notable golf courses in Scotland, including Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Muirfield and Royal Troon.


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Other Scottish branches and events are Highlands sports, curling and shinty.


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Within the boxing branch, Scotland has spawned 13 world champions: Alex Arthur, Ken Buchanan, Ricky Burns, Pat Clinton, Scott Harrison, Johnny Hill, Tancy Lee, Benny Lynch, Walter McGowan, Jackie Paterson, Murray Sutherland, Jim Watt, and Paul Weir.


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Ricky Burns is the current WBO light-heavyweight boxing world champion.


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Scotland has regularly competed in the Commonwealth Sports Party since 1930 and has won 356 medals, with a breakdown of 91 gold, 104 silver and 161 bronze medals. [279]


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Edinburgh hosted Commonwealth Sports Parties in 1970 and 1986, and Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Sports Party. [280]


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The national symbol JMPL|straight|left|Saint Andreas on the coat of arms of the burgh of St. Andrews from the 16th century.


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The figure of St. Andrew, the martyr bound to an X-shaped cross, first appeared during the time of the Kingdom of Scotland when it was ruled by William I. [281] After the death of King Alexander III in 1286, Andrew's image was used on the stamp of the Guardians of Scotland, who held control of the kingdom during the time of interegnum. [281]


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Whereas the use of the saltire (St. Andrew's cross) dates back to the 14th century; the Parliament of Scotland decided in 1385 that Scottish soldiers should wear a white Saint Andrew's Cross on the front and back of their tunics. [282]


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The use of a blue background on the Cross of St. Andrew is thought to have originated in the 15th century. [283]


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Since 1606, the saltire also formed part of the design of the Union Flag.


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There are a number of symbols and other symbolic artefacts, either official or unofficial, including widuri, the flora of Scottish identity (commemorated in the song The Thistle o' Scotland); the Declaration of Arbroath, a statement of political independence set on 6 April 1320; a tartan textile pattern which often characterizes certain Scottish clans; and the flag of the Raging Lion. [284] [285] [286] The inhabitants of Highland can thank James Graham, Duke of Montrose III, because thanks to him, the ban on wearing tartan was lifted in 1782. [287] jmpl|straight|Withorn, identity flora Scotland.


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Despite not having an official national anthem, [288] Flower of Scotland is regarded as the national anthem of Scotland on occasion and in international sporting events such as football and rugby matches involving the Scottish national team.


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Since 2010, the song has also been featured in the Commonwealth Sports Party event after being chosen by most of the participating Scottish athletes. [289]


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Other less so popular Scottish national anthem candidates are Scotland the Brave, Highland Cathedral, Scots Wha Hae, and A Man's A Man for A' That.


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St. Andrew's Day every 30 November is commemorated as a national day, although Burns' Night is more likely to be celebrated widely, especially outside Scotland.


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Tartan Day is a recent celebration that started from Canada.


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In 2006, the Scottish Parliament decided that St. Andrew's Day would be commemorated as an official holiday. [290]


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Scotland's national wildlife is the unicorn.


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Although only a fictional creature, it has been a heraldic symbol of Scotland since the 12th century. [291]


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See also Keltic Language Kelt Tribe nation in Europe Scottish independence referendum 2014 Reference Advanced reading Devine, T. M. [1999] (2000).


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The Scottish Nation 1700—2000 (New Ed. edition).


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London:Penguin.


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ISBN 0-14-023004-1 Donnachie, Ian and George Hewitt.


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Dictionary of Scottish History. (2001). 384 pp. Keay, John, and Julia Keay.


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Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland (2nd ed. 2001), 1101pp; 4000 articles; emphasis on history Koch, J. T. Celtic Culture: a Historical Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2006), ISBN 1-85109-440-7, 999pp Tabraham, Chris, and Colin Baxter.


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The Illustrated History of Scotland (2004) Trevor-Roper, Hugh, The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History, Yale, 2008, ISBN 0-300-13686-2 Watson, Fiona, Scotland; From Prehistory to the Present.


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Tempus, 2003. 286 pp. Wilson, Neil.


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Lonely Planet Scotland (2013) Wormald, Jenny, The New History of Scotland (2005) Monograph Brown, Dauvit, (1999) Anglo-French acculturation and the Irish element in Scottish Identity in Smith, Brendan (ed.), Insular Responses to European Medieval Change, Cambridge University Press, pp.135—53 Brown , Michael (2004) The Wars of Scotland, 1214—1371, Edinburgh University Press., pp.157—254 Flom, George Tobias.


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Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotland.


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A Contribution to the Study of the Linguistic Relations of English and Scandinavian (Columbia University Press, New York. 1900) CS1 maint: extra text: editors list (link) MacLeod, Wilson (2004) Divided Gaels: Gaelic Cultural Identities in Scotland and Ireland: c.1200—1650.


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Oxford University Press.


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Pope, Robert (ed.), Religion and National Identity: Wales and Scotland, c.1700—2000 (University of Wales Press, 2001) Sharp, L. W. Smith.


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The Expansion of the English Language in Scotland, (Cambridge University PhD thesis, 1927), pp.102—325; Outside links, official site of Scotland's national tourist board., official website on the independence referendum consultation. and at the National Library of Scotland., official site of The National Archives of Scotland. at Curlie, the official government site for Scotland's census results. (pdf) from the Scottish Executive., official site of the Scottish Government., the official online gateway to Scotland managed by the Scottish Government., official site of the Scottish Parliament., official government resource for Scottish genealogy., the Scottish Government's programme of small area statistics in Scotland., an extensive guide to the places and people of Scotland by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and University of Edinburgh., photos from Scotland's streets.


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Since 1 July 2013 it has had 28 member states.


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The union was established in that name under the Treaty of European Union (better known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992.


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However, many aspects of the EU arise before that date through the earlier organization, going back to the 1950s. This international organization works through a combined supranational and intergovernmental system.


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In some areas, decisions are established through deliberations and consultations among member states, and in other areas supranational organ institutions carry out their responsibilities without the need for the approval of their members.


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Important organ institutions within the EU are the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the European Court of Justice, and the European Central Bank.


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In addition, there is also a European Parliament whose members are elected directly by the citizens of the member states.


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On 12 October 2012, the European Union was designated as the 2012 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.


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EU members have 28 member states, namely the European Parliament confers in Brusel, Belgium and (several times a year) in Strasbourg (France).


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The European Parliament is directly elected by its population.


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The beginnings and history of Experiments to unite the European state have begun before the formation of modern states; they have occurred several times in European history.


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Three thousand years ago, Europe was dominated by the Celts, and then conquered and ruled the Mediterranean centered Empire of Rome.


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The beginning of this unification was created by forced means.


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The Franks Empire of Charlemagne and the Holy Empire of Rome united vast territories under loose administration for several hundred years.


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Later in the 1800s customs union under Napoleon Bonaparte, and the conquests in the 1940s by Nazi Germany took place only temporarily.


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Due to its collection of European languages and cultures, this unification experiment usually involves occupation from an unwilling country, creating instability.


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One experiment of unification peacefully through cooperation and equation of members was made by pacifist Victor Hugo in 1851.


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After World War I and World War II, the desire to establish the European Union intensified, driven by a desire to rebuild Europe and eliminate the possibility of another war.


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Therefore, the European Coal and Steel Community was formed by Germany, France, Italy, and the Benelux countries.


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This came about by the Treaty of Paris (1951), signed in April 1951 and started in July 1952.


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After it was formed also the European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and implemented on 1 January 1958.


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Later that community turned into the European Society which was the 'first pillar' of the European Union.


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The European Union has evolved from a trade body into an economic and political cooperation.


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Major policies From the change of its name from “European Economic Community” to “European Community” to “European Union” signifies that this organization has changed from an economic unity to a political union.


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This trend is characterized by an increasing number of policies within the EU.


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This picture of increased centering is offset by two factors.


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First, some member states have some strong domestic traditions of regional governance.


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This led to an increased focus about European regional and regional policies.


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A Committee of the Regions was established as part of the Maastricht Treaty.


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Second, EU policy includes a number of different cooperation.


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Autonomous decision-making: member states have given to the European Commission the power to issue decisions in certain territories such as for example competition laws, State Aid controls and liberalisation.


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As a result of this EU law is increasingly noticeably present in the systems of member states.


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Tensions between the EU and national (or sub-national) competences persist long in the development of the EU.


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All prospective member states must enact legislation in order to align with the joint European legal framework, known as the Acquis Communautaire.


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See table of countries that took part in a number of initiatives.


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Funding for programs in prospective member states and other Eastern European countries, as well as aid to many developing countries through its Phare and Tacis programs.


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Cooperation in criminal matters, including mutual intelligence sharing (through EUROPOL and the Schengen Information System), agreements on joint definitions of crimes and extradition procedures.


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A common foreign policy as a future target, but nevertheless this is still a long time will be realized.


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The division between member states (in letter eight) and those members who were then not yet joined (in the Vilnius letter) at the time of the 2003 Iraq storming highlights how far this goal was ahead before he could become a reality.


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A common security policy is targeted, including the establishment of a European Rapid Reaction Unit with 60,000 members for the purposes of maintaining peace, an EU military staff and an EU satellite center (for intelligence purposes).


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Joint policy on acylum and immigration.


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Co-funding for technology research and development, through a four-year Draft Program for Technology Research and Development.


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The Sixth draft Programme was in effect from 2002 to 2006.


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EU politics has competence based on EU Treaties and the principle of subsidiarity which states that EU action can only be taken when a goal cannot be adequately achieved by only a member state.


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Laws promulgated by EU institutions are issued in several ways, in general they can be classified into two groups: laws that come into force without the need to measure national scale implementation, and laws that apply to those needs.


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The EU administration has seven institutions: the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Council, the European Central Bank, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of Audit.


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The authority to scrutinise and amend legislation is shared between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, while executive duties are handled by the European Commission and, on a limited basis, by the Council of Europe (not to be condoned with the so-called Council of the European Union first).


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The interpretation and application of EU law and its treaties is ensured by the European Court of Justice.


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In addition, there are also additional bodies in charge of providing advice for the EU or operating within specific areas.


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The European Commission The European Commission acts holding executive functions and is responsible for initiating legislation and daily leadership of the European Union.


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The Commission also became the motor of European integration.


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The Commission works as a government cabinet, with 27 Commissioners working in different policy areas, one person from each member state, but the Commissioners are bound to a commitment to represent the interests of the European Union as merit, not the interests of their respective countries.


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One of the 27 members of the cabinet serves as President of the Commission (currently José Manuel Durão Barroso), appointed by the Council of Europe.


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Twenty-six other Commissioners were then appointed by the Council of the European Union with the persuasion of the nominated president.


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After that.


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The European Parliament held elections for the approval of all 27 Commissioners as a single body.


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After the President of the Commission, the most prominent Commissioner is the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, ex officio the Vice-President of the Commission.


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The European Council of Europe briefings the EU, and holds hearings at least four times a year.


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The European Council consists of the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and one deputy per member state; either head of state or head of government.


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The European Council is described by some parties as the “supreme political authority” of the EU.


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The European Council is actively involved in negotiating treaty change and defining the EU's policy agenda and strategy.


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The European Council uses its leadership role to resolve disputes between member states and EU institutions, as well as to resolve political crises and dissent over controversial issues and policies.


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Externally, the Council of Europe functions as a “collective Head of State” and ratifies important documents (for example international treaties and approvals).


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On 19 November 2009, Herman Van Rompuy was elected the first permanent President of the Council of Europe.


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On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisboa was enacted and Van Rompuy came into office.


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Ensuring external representation of the EU, moving consensus and resolving differences between members is the duty of the President, both during the European Council convocation and in the time period between two convocations.


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The European Council (European Council) is an institution different from the European Assembly (Council of Europe), an international organization that is freelancing from the European Union.


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The Parliament of the European Parliament makes up half the legislative body of the European Union (the other half being the Council of the European Union, see below).


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A total of 736 (soon to be 751) Members of the European Parliament (UK: MEP) are directly elected by EU nationals every five years based on proportional representation votes garnered by each political party.


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Although the European Parliament is elected nationally, the members sit according to political factions, and not by virtue of their nationality.


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Each state has a number of seat allotments which are then divided into sub-national constituencies where this does not affect the proportional nature of the voting system.


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The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union pass laws jointly in almost all regions under ordinary legislative procedures.


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This also applies to EU budget issues.


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Ultimately, the Commission is accountable to Parliament, requires the consent of Parliament to take office, and must report back to Parliament as well as subject to criticism or disregard from Parliament.


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The President of the European Parliament carries out the role of speaker (speaker) within the parliament and represents the Parliament externally.


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The PE President and Vice-President are elected by the European Parliament every two and a half years.


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The European Court of Justice of the Council of the European Union Council, or often referred to as the Council, and sometimes as the Council of Ministers, forms the other half of the EU legislative institutions, accompanying the Parliament.


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The council consists of a minister from each member state.


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The composition of the Board can be capricious and depends on the areas of policy addressed.


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Despite the different compositions, the Council was nevertheless regarded as a single body.


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In addition to its legislating function, the Council also performs executive functions in the Joint Policy on Foreign and Security.


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The Budget of the Twenty-eight EU member states has an agreed budget of €120.7 billion for 2007 and €864.3 billion for the period 2007-2013.


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The budget constitutes 1.10% and 1.05% of the estimated GDP of EU member states for the respective periods.


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By comparison, UK spending for 2004 is expected to be €759 billion, and France is estimated to have spent €801 billion.


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In 1960, the budget of the European Economic Community was 0.03% of GDP.


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In the 2010 budget of €141.5 billion, the largest expenditure item was cohesion & competitiveness, which is about 45% of the total budget, overtaken by agriculture with about 31% of the total budget.


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Rural development, environment, and fisheries take up about 11% of the budget, the administration about 6%, the EU as a global partner and citizenship, freedom, security and justice are the caretaker, with only about 6% and 1% of the entire EU budget being used in their respective profits- each ihwal.


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The European Union's fifth institution, the European Court of Audit ensures that the EU budget is properly accounted for.


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The Court provides an audit report for each book year to the Council and Parliament.


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Parliament uses audit reports to decide between approving or rejecting the Commission's handling of the budget.


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The Court also gave opinions and proposals on financial legislation and anti-fraud measures.


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The Court of Auditors is legally obliged to give the European Parliament and the Council of Europe “a statement of confidence over the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions”.


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The court has not given absolute approval to EU accounts since 1993.


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The picture of the European position Economy When considered as a single entity, the European Union has the largest economy in the world with a 2004 GDP of 11,723,816 PPP.


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The EU economy is expected to grow further in the next decade in line with more countries joining the union - and moreover these new countries are usually poorer than the EU average, and therefore it is hoped that rapid GDP growth will help the dynamics of the Union Europe.


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Even so the EU will only grow by about 0.3% in the 2nd quarter of 2005, while other industrialized countries such as the United States are expected to grow around 3.2%.


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Standard of living Here is a table and three graphs show GDP (PPP) per capita and nominal GDP per capita for the European Union and its members.


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The data is for the 2005 estimate and the graph is from 2004.


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Source: CIA World Factbook All other figures, source: IMF web site (,,).


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Comparison with other blocks/countries In 2003.


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The color is cyan for the largest number, green for the smallest.


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Source: CIA World Factbook 2004, IMF 1 NAFTA Member The name of the European Union in European languages Here is the name “EU” in 24 official languages spoken in the European Union. [1]


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The Beatles are an English rock musician group, formed in Liverpool in 1960, often regarded as the most commercially successful musicians and received the most acclaim in popular music.


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Since 1962, the group has consisted of John Lennon (rite guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals), Ringo Starr (drums, vocals).


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Starting from the 1950s skiffle and rock and roll streams, the group later played music in a variety of genres ranging from folk rock to psychedelic rock, incorporating also elements of classical music and other elements in innovative ways.


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The Beatles were seen as the embodiment of progressive ideas, influential to the sociocultural revolution of the decade of the '60s. Originally 5 men composed of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe (bas) and Pete Best (drums), The Beatles were only famous in the clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg for 3 years starting in 1960.


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Sutcliffe took place in 1961, and Best replaced Starr the following year.


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The Beatles were forged so professionally by a music shop entrepreneur named Brian Epstein after he became their manager and the musical potential was polished by producer George Martin.


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Late 1962, the Beatles were already gaining success in Great Britain with the first single Love Me Do.


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Throughout the following year, they toured internationally until 1966 and concentrated on recording albums domestically until it broke up in 1970.


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Their respective solo careers were arguably successful but Lennon was killed off in New York City in 1980 and Harisson died of cancer in 2001.


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McCartney and Starr are still actively in music.


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In his years of studio album recording, the Beatles released works judged best by critics, one of them Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), hailed as masterpieces.


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Four decades after it broke up, the music is still popular.


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They have more than one number 1 album on the United Kingdom charts and perch the longest than any musician.


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Based on the RIAA, they are the musicians who sell the most albums in the United States.


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In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the biggest-selling musicus throughout the history of the Hot 100 to celebrate 15 years of the anniversary of the American singles charts where The Beatles were at number one.


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Seven times awarded Grammy Awards, 15 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, the Beatles were collectively included in TIME magazine's compilation as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.


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Formation History and early years (1957—1962) Still aged 16, singer and guitarist John Lennon formed a skiffle music group called The Quarrymen with schoolmates from Liverpool in March 1957.


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Paul McCartney was fifteen when they met in July of that year.


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George Harrison joined as lead guitarist in February of the following year after being invited McCartney to watch.


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In 1960, Lennon's school friends dropped out and he entered Liverpool College of Art.


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Those three guys play rock and roll music every get a drum whipper.


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Joining as bass in January, Lennon's classmate, Stuart Sutcliffe suggested changing the group's name to The Beetles as a form of admiration for Buddy Holly and The Crickets, then changing again to The Beatals in the first months of that year.


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After tryouts of other names such as Johnny and the Moondogs, Long John and The Beetles and The Silver Beatles, the group eventually became The Beatles in August.


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It was the lack of a drum thunder that remained an issue as their unofficial manager, Allan Williams prepared a residence for the gig in Hamburg, Germany.


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Before August ended, they held auditions and found Pete Best, and immediately left for Hamburg four days later, signing a contract to play music with a show organizer named Bruno Koschmider for 48 nights.


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The bestselling Beatles show in Hamburg where they played music for hours and resulted in the streets being jammed with people coming out watching their shows.


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Harrison, who was still 17 years old in August 1960, lied to German officers about his age in order to stay in Hamburg.


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Initially they were stationed at the Indra Club, Koschmider then moved them to Kaiserkeller in October after Indra closed because it was considered noisy.


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As the Beatles broke contract with a gig at the rival Top Ten Club, Koschmider reported the underage Harrison to authorities and was deported Nov.


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McCartney and Best were also arrested for an arson case in their room in the middle of December, after which they were also deported.


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Lennon returned to Liverpool mid-December while Sutcliffe remained at Hamburg for several months.


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He was dating the German girl, Astrid Kirchherr who first took professional photos of the Beatles and trimmed Sutcliffe's hair in the popular style of the time, exi (existentialist).


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Sutcliffe's hairstyle would later inspire other members of the Beatles.


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The following years, the group returned to Hamburg.


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They dabble in Preludin deliberately to keep the power to be strong gig all night away.


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Sutcliffe decided an early exit in 1961 and and went on to study in Germany, so McCartney took over bass.


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German producer Berta Kaempfert contracted the ready-made Beatles four for Tony Sheridan's background band on several pieces of recording.


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Credited Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, the single My Bonnie recorded June and released a few months later, was 32nd on the Musikmarkt charts.


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The Beatles became better known when they came home to Liverpool.


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While still playing frequently at The Cavern Club, they met Brian Epstein, the owner of a local recording studio and a music columnist.


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The Beatles appointed Epstein as manager in January 1962 and Kaempfert agreed to take them off the German recording contract.


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After an audition they were rejected by Decca Records with the comment “guitar groups are out of date, Mister Epstein” (“Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein”), George Martin submitted the group to the Parlophone label on EMI.


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In April they returned to Hamburg and were stunned by the news of Sutcliffe's death from a brain haemorrhage.


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The group had George Martin directing at EMI's Abbey Road Studio, London for the first time in 1962.


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Martin complained about Best's way of drumming to Epstein and suggested that the Beatles wear session drummers in the studio.


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Eventually, Best was replaced by the newly outgoing Ringo Starr of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.


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Actually Starr was already playing for the Beatles in place of the often-absent Best.


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Martin still hired Andy White as a session drummer for one session only.


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White contributed in the singles Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You.


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Released in October, Love Me Do entered the top 20 charts in the UK and was at number 17.


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After finishing recording for a second single titled Please Please Me in November, they began appearing on television first in the news programme People and Place.


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The group gig last time in Hamburg in December 1962.


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Now that it has become a pattern, all four members contribute to vocals, although only Starr rarely becomes lead vocals due to his limited range.


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Lennon and McCartney have worked together on writing lyrics, while Harrison also sings even a bit.


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Epstein smelled great Beatles potential, suggesting the group be more professional when entertaining.


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Lennon repeated his manager's words, “Look, if you really want to get into a bigger place, you gotta change — stop eating on stage, stop eating, stop smoking” (“Look, if you really want to get in these bigger places, you're going to have to change—stop eating on stage, stop swearing, stop smoking”) He also said, “we are used to wearing clothes we like, on and off stage.


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He told us that the genie looked less good and suggested wearing more appropriate pants, but he didn't want us to look plaid.


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He wanted us to have our individual style of individuality... a choice to make it a title or still eat chicken on stage”.


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(“We used to dress how we liked, on and off stage.


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He'd tell us that jeans were not particularly smart and could we possibly manage to wear proper trousers, but he didn't want us suddenly looking square.


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He'd let us have our own sense of individuality... it was a choice of making it or still eating chicken on stage”.)


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Beatlemania and his years of concert tours (1963—1966) Fame in Great Britain, Please Please Me and With The Beatles With the usual success of Love Me Do, Please Please Me was more received quite enthusiastically, topping number 2 on the British charts upon its release in January 1963.


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Originally Martin intended to record the Beatles' first LP (LPs) at The Cavern Club, but after feeling there like “an acoustic atmosphere in an oil tank” (“the acoustic ambience of an oil tank”), the recording was diverted during one session at the Abbey Road Studio.


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Ten songs are packaged in Please Please Me alongside 4 songs from the previous 2 singles.


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Allmusic commented on how vigorously the group cast debut album Please Please Me in one day: “Decades after its release, that album still feels fresh, its chsuss due to its strong origin.” (“Decades after its release, the album still sounds fresh, precisely because of its intense origins.”)


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John Lennon said that he and Paul McCartney “just wrote songs à la Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, pop songs that contained nothing more than thought — to create sound.


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And his words have almost nothing to do” (“just writing songs à la Everly Brothers, à la Buddy Holly, pop songs with no more thought of them than that—to create a sound.


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And the words were almost irrelevant.”)


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Released March 1963, that album topped number 1 which became the beginning of stoning the Beatles' 11 studio albums until 1970 at the top of the British charts.


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The 3rd single, From Me to You was released April and was also at number 1.


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At its release in August, her 4th single She Loves You, became the Beatles' first single to break sales of one million pieces.


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The Beatles' iconic logo “Drop-t” was drawn by designer Ivor Arbiter, began release in 1963.


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The logo was first affixed to drums that Epstein and Ringo Starr bought at the Arbiter store.


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The group traveled around the United Kingdom 3 times in half a year: a 4-week tour starting in February, 3 weeks in March and May to June.


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Their popularity was marked by enthusiastic fans on behalf of themselves Beatlemania.


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Shows everywhere were greeted with screams.


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Even the police had to spray water with hoses to control fans to protect the Beatles.


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This sparked debate in the UK parliament.


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In late October, the Beatles toured Sweden for 5 days, to first perform abroad after in Hamburg.


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Back in the UK, they were greeted by shouts of thousands of fans, 15 journalists and photographers and covers from BBC Television in the heavy rain.


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Starting tomorrow for 6 weeks, the Beatles again held a tour that was always hot news in the media.


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Please Please Me still topped the charts for 30 weeks until it finally broke with their own album, With The Beatles which also perched at number 1 for 22 weeks.


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The album was recorded with studio production techniques.


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Album With The Beatles commented by Allmusic: “A sequel of the highest order, one that makes the original better by using its own tone and adding it depth” (“a sequel of the highest order—one that betters the original by developing its own tone and adding depth.”)


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As was already the standard, the album was released in late November, earlier than the next single, I Want to Hold Your Hand.


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With The Beatles was praised by TIME's music critic, William Mann, who said that Lennon and McCartney were “the great British composers of 1963" (“the outstanding English composers of 1963").


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That magazine published several series of articles discussing Mann's analysis of the Beatles' music and taking respect to them.


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With The Beatles became the second album in the history of the British charts to sell a million pieces, previously scored first by the 1958 South Pacific background song.


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British Invasion (Invasion of Britain) The Beatles' debut in the United States was actually delayed for almost a year when Capitol Records, EMI's branch in America retreated to release either Please Please Me or From Me to You.


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Negotiations with American independent labels resulted in several singles being released, but royalty issues and mockery of the Beatles' moptop hairstyles became another hitch.


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As Capitol began to take care of sales, instead of releasing original LPs, instead compiling different albums for the American market from the Beatles' previous recordings and choosing their own chosen songs as singles.


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The American charts were successfully “mastered” by the Beatles after a CBS newscast preached the “madness” of Beatlemania in Britain that saw Capitol accelerate the release of I Want to Hold Your Hand in December 1963.


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Their American debut was finally scheduled a few weeks later.


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As the Beatles left the UK on February 7, 1964, some 4000 of his fans gathered at Heathrow, waving and screaming as the plane took off.


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I Want to Hold Your Hand had already sold 2.6 million pieces in the United States over the previous 2 weeks, but the Beatles still remained nervous about whether they would be acceptable.


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At John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, they were greeted by about 3000 people.


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They made their first appearance on American television stations live 2 days later in The Ed Sullivan Show, which was watched by nearly 74 million viewers - more than 40 percent of the population of the United States.


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The next morning, a daily wrote about the Beatles “could not carry a tune across the Atlantic” (“can't sing a song from across the Atlantic”), but a day later, their first concert at the Washington Coliseum proved their popularity in America.


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The next day, a rapturous welcome was also received at the time of the concert at Carnegie Hall.


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They present again on the Ed Sullivan Show for the second time before heading home to the UK on 22 February.


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In the 4th week of April, the Beatles already occupied 12 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, including 5 peak positions.


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In the same week, the 3rd American LP was released and just like 2 other LPs, occupied number one or two on the American charts.


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The popularity of the Beatles attracted unexpected attention to British music, and several other British musicians also began their respective debuts in America and were successful so that in the following 3 years the influence of British music was termed to the British Invasion.


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The Beatles' long hairstyle, unusual for the times was widely ridiculed by adults, but inspired young people.


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The international tour starts in June with 22 concerts over 19 days in Denmark, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.


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Starr entered hospital after undergoing a tonsillectomy starting half the tour and replaced Jimmie Nicol.


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In August they returned to America for a month-long tour around 23 cities, ranging from San Francisco to New York City.


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But there was a problem with the loudspeakers which at the time were not good and small in size, so the music played was difficult to sound, in addition to having to deal with the sound of fans screaming.


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A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale, Help! and Rubber Soul The members of The Beatles began acting in films under the title A Hard Day's Night released in July and August 1964, respectively in London and New York.


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Directed by Richard Lester and produced by United Artist Records from March to April 1964, the film is a noisier black and white documentary of The Beatles with a jokey atmosphere of laughter but reaping success.


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According to Allmusic, the film's background song whose title is the same, A Hard Day's Night, exposes that the Beatles “really fulfilled its role as a musical group.


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All the different influences on the first 2 albums have melted into a bright, joyous, original sound, and filled with ringing guitar sounds” (The Beatles are “truly coming into their own as a band.


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All of the disparate influences on their first two albums had coalesced into a bright, joyous, original sound, filled with ringing guitars.”) The “buzzing guitar sound” is actually the result of Harrison's 12-belching Rickenbacker electric guitar specially given it by its maker.


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Beatles for Sale, The Beatles' fourth album, was marked by the onset of a serious conflict between commercialism and creativity.


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Recorded between August and October 1964, the format deliberately wanted to be made like A Hard Day's Night, which unlike the previous 2 albums, no songs were recycled.


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Faced with a lengthy international tour, the process of writing lyrics became somewhat interrupted.


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Lennon said “matter becomes the main problem” (“Material's becoming a hell of a problem”.)


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Six recycled songs were included in the album.


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Released early December, his 8 number ones were well received, reflecting the maturity of the song's lyric material co-produced between Lennon and McCartney.


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In April 1965, dentists Lennon and Harrison sprinkled their coffee with LSD while they were having dinner together.


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Two of the young men admitted that they deliberately tried narcotics, followed by Starr on one other occasion.


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McCartney was somewhat hesitant, but eventually confessed in 1966, and later became the first to discuss it publicly.


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The Beatles' coronation with the title of Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II sparked controversy after the award was previously nominated to Prime Minister Harold Wilson.


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Some conservative MBE recipients returned their badges as a form of protest because at that time MBE awards were only given to war veterans and statesmen.


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The Beatles' second film, Help! , which was again directed by Lester, was released July.


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Mentioned as a film featuring Bond-style jokes, the Beatles' personnel as well as critics argued respectively.


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McCartney says: “Help! It's a good movie, but it's not our movie — we're just guest stars.


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The movie is fun, but in fact, for the idea of a film, seems less true”.


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(“Help! was great but it wasn't our film—we were sort of guest stars.


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It was fun, but basically, as an idea for a movie, it was a bit wrong.”)


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The background songs were dominated by Lennon, who became the lead vocalist and author of most of the lyrics, including the lead tracks that included Help and Ticket to Ride.


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The album, also titled, Help! became his 5th studio LP, containing a mix of original material and earlier recordings.


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Other characteristics there is the increasing overdub and playing of classical musical instruments, such as the quartet of swipe musical instruments in the ballad song Yesterday.


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Compositioned by McCartney, Yesterday's song has until now been the most re-sung song.


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The song Dizzy Miss Lizzy, is the closing song.


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On August 15, the Beatles' third visit to the United States opened with a concert at Shea Stadium, New York with an audience of 56,000 people.


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The next nine concerts took sukes in various cities.


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At the end of the tour, the four personnel were introduced to Elvis Presley, a figure who was also influential on their music.


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Elvis invites to the house, composes music through improvisation (jam session”) in the living room, discussing music business and sharing anecdotes.


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The album Rubber Soul, released early December, was hailed by critics as a new advance and the music increasingly complex.


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Author and critic Ian MacDonald judged Rubber Soul “recovered the sense of direction that had begun to elude them during the later stages of work on Beatles for Sale” (“restoring the sense of directors that had been left behind since the end of the Beatles' craftsmanship stage for Sale”).


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Unlike the Help! which incorporated classical music elements such as flute and swipe musical instruments, Rubber Soul introduced sitar playing in the song Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), a creativity that transcends custom in rock music.


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There is also an increasingly different way of writing lyrics between Lennon and McCartney although still collaborating.


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Its themes also extend from things about romance and so on.


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On the other hand, the song's lyrics caught the attention of fans who captured the beauty and depth of its meaning.


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There is speculation that interprets that “Norwegian Wood” means “cannabis”.


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In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine included Rubber Soul at number 5 among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time), while Allmusic praised it as one of the classic folk rock albums.


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Other with Lennon and McCartney, according to them the album was “just another album” (“just another album”) Controversies, years in the studio and the split (1966—1970) The events that occurred until the final tour in June 1966, Yesterday and Today—one of the compilation albums produced by Capitol Records for the United States market caused a furor because the cover featured The Beatles grimacing and wearing butcher's clothes, complete with mutilated flesh and baby dolls.


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It was likely an allusion to Capitol that was deemed to “butcher” their albums.


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Thousands of copies of the album were marketed with varying covers.


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A first original album still under wraps reached a price of $10,500 at a December 2005 auction.


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On a tour of the Philippines after the release of Yesterday and Today, the Beatles unintentionally made the first lady, Imelda Marcos, feel offended by refusing the presidential palace breakfast banquet in Manila.


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As a spokesman, Epstein declined subtly because he felt he had never received such an official invitation.


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The Beatles then realized that the request of the Marcos regime should not be answered with the word “no”.


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There was some endangering uproar and they were trudging out of the country.


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After reaching Britain, they faced censure from conservative religious and social institutions of the United States, such as the Ku Klux Klan because of Lennon's comments while being interviewed by a British reporter, Maureen Cleave of the Evening Standard.


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Lennon said that “Christianity was dead” and the Beatles were “more famous than Jesus is now” (“more popular than Jesus now”).


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The comment was derided in England, but gave rise to a contreversion in the Gospel Belt, south of the United States, according to Datebook magazine.


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Because of that comment anyway, in South Africa, the Beatles' songs were briefly banned from playing on the radio until 1971.


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Epstein criticised Datebook having misinterpreted Lennon's comments and at the time of Lennon's press conference explained “If I had said that television was more famous than Jesus, I might have been affected by it”.


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(“If I'd said television was more popular than Jesus, I might have got away with it.”)


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Lennon said he simply argued how others viewed the Beatles, then continued “if you want me to apologize, if this makes you happy, well, I'm sorry” (“if you want me to apologise, if that will make you happy, then okay, I'm sorry.”)


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Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band After Rubber Soul, a later album, Revolver, was released August 1966 before The Beatles' final tour.


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Pitchfork Media analyzed with comments that the album as “the sound of a music group evolving into high-level self-confidence” (“the sound of a band growing into supreme confidence”) and “reaffirms what to expect from popular music” (“redefining what was expected from popular music.”)


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Gould said the album is “woven with swirling motifs, repetition and reversal” (“woven with motifs of circularity, reversal, and inversion”).


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The lyrics of the song start out intricately and are given touches of diverse musical styles, ranging from the arrangement of swipe musical instruments to psychedelic rock.


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The album cover was designed by Klaus Voormann, their friend since actively playing in Hamburg.


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The cover features a black and white caricature of the Beatles in the “pen and ink style” of Aubrey Beardsley's creations.


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The first number starts with Paperback Writer, ends Rain.


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Both songs were made short video clips and are considered one of the pioneers of the first music video, which was later broadcast on Top of the Pops and The Ed Sullivan Show.


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Among the most experimental song numbers from the Revolver album is Tomorrow Never Knows whose lyrics Lennon wrote based on Timothy Leary's book, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.


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Recording was done with 8 pieces of tape spread across several recording studio buildings, each represented by personnel and studio crews varying the movement of tape recording to and fro, while Martin made a combination of the entire recording sample.


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Eleanor Rigby's song written by Paul is accompanied by a swipe musical instrument game, analyzed as “a true derivative, referring to an unknown style or genre of song” (“a true hybrid, conforming to no recognizable style or genre of song.”)


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Harrison began assiduously becoming a songwriter, and 3 of his compositions earned a place in the album.


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In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked Revolver 3rd as one of the best albums of all time.


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On the American tour thereafter, none of the songs from this album were played.


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The August 29 concert at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, was the last international tour, marking the end of 4 full years of concerts that have exceeded 1,400 appearances worldwide.


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Free from the burdens of concerts, the desire to experiment was fulfilled by working on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album starting in December 1966.


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Geoff Emerick recalled “The Beatles insisted that everything in Sgt. Pepper had to be different.


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We've got a microphone just below the brass and the headphone is made into a downloaded microphone on the violin.


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We use big old-fashioned oscillators to change the speed of musical instruments and vocals, we also cut tape into pieces, together and forth circling on the wrong track (“The Beatles insisted that everything on Sgt. Pepper had to be different.


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We had microphones right down in the bells of brass instruments and headphones turned into microphones attached to violins.


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We used giant primitive oscillators to vary the speed of instruments and vocals and we had tapes chopped to pieces and stuck together upside down and the wrong way round.”)


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Parts of the song A Day in the Life were recorded with 40ty musical instruments in an orchestra.


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Nearly 700 hours were needed to complete it.


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In February 1967, they first issued a double A-side non album with the single Strawberry Fields Forever” /"Penny Lane; Sgt. Pepper was only released that June.


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The complexity of the album created with this 4-track recording technology invited other musicians to outperform the Beatles.


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Dedengkot Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, in the midst of a personal crisis and his attempts to finish the album Smile, after hearing Strawberry Fields like he took a “big hit” and immediately abandoned all effort to compete.


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Sgt.


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Pepper received great acclaim as a masterpiece.


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In 2003, Rolling Stone listed it to number one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.


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Jonathan Gould commented: (a rich, continuous, abundant work of the collaboration of geniuses with bold ambition and amazing originality that expands possibilities and raises expectations of what the experience of listening to popular music through the album will be like.


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At the base of this perception, Sgt.Pepper became the catalyst of an explosion of mass enthusiasm for rock-formatted albums that could change the aesthetic and economical side of the record business, far beyond the early pop boom of the Elvis phenomenon of 1956 and the Beatlemania of 1963.) (a rich, sustained, and overflowing work of collaborative genius whose bold ambition and startling originality dramatically enlarged the possibilities and raised the expectations of what the experience of listening to popular music on record could be.


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On the base of this perception, Sgt. Pepper became the catalyst for an explosion of mass enthusiasm for album-formatted rock that would revolutionize both the aesthetics and the economics of the record business in ways that far outstripped the earlier pop explosions triggered by the Elvis the phenomenon of 1956 and the Beatlemania phenomenon of 1963.)


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Sgt. Pepper is the first pop album to include full song lyrics on the back of its cover.


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The lyrics of the song have also been the material of analysis and fan speculation, for example “celebrated Mr K” in the song Being for the Benefit of Mr.Kite! may reflect the surreal fiction of author Franz Kafka.


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American literary criticism and professor Richard Poirier wrote an essay, “Learning from the Beatles” (“Learning from The Beatles”), after observing his students listening to the Beatles' music with feelings of envy.


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Poirier identifies what he terms with the “mixed allusiveness” (“mixed decisiveness”) of their song lyrics: “It's not wise to always assume that they're doing one thing or expressing themselves in one style only... one kind of feeling about subjects that aren't enough... any resulting feelings often arise in the context of various seemingly conflicting alternatives”.


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(“It's unwise ever to assume that they're doing only one thing or expressing themselves in only one style... one kind of feeling about a subject isn't enough... any single induced feeling must often exist within the context of seemingly contradictory alternatives.”)


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McCartney said at the time, “We write songs.


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We knew what we meant.


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But in one week someone said something about it and you can't deny it... You put your own art at your level into our songs” (“We write songs.


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We know what we mean by them.


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But in a week someone else says something about it, and you can't deny it...


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You put your own meaning at your own level to our songs”.)


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Not only the song lyrics, Sgt. Pepper's album cover containing various images also sparked serious interest and analysis.


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The bushy moustache of his personnel soon became hippie-style role models.


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Cultural historian Jonathan Harris interpreted their “festively coloured military parody costumes” (“brightly coloured parodies of military uniforms”) as “anti authoritarian and anti ruler” (“anti-authoritarian and anti-establishment”) appearances.


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On June 25, they launched the single All You Need Is Love, to television viewers around the world within Our World (international television shows), a global television network that broadcasts live.


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Appearing in the middle of the Summer of Love, the song was made the official song of flower power.


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Two months later, they were shocked by the news that delivered their careers to the final point.


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After being introduced to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, they went to Bangor to meditate.


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On the way, Brian Epstein's assistant Peter Brown called to tell him that Epstein had died.


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The coroner stated Epstein's death was due to an overdose, but there were other rumors saying there had been found a suicide note among his belongings.


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Epstein was known to be in a labile emotional state due to being depressed by personal problems and his working conditions with the Beatles.


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He doubted that the Beatles might not extend his management contract, due to be completed in October, possibly due to discontent.


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In addition, there are also issues regarding Seltaeb, the company that holds sales rights in the United States.


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Epstein's death resulted in the Beatles' personnel losing grip and not knowing what they would do.


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Lennon said: “I didn't take the slightest view of our ability to do anything other than play music and I was scared” (“I didn't have any misconceptions about our ability to do anything other than play music and I was scared.”)


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He also commented on Epstein's death as the starting point for their ending: “I knew we were in trouble... I thought, we're really in trouble now” (“I knew that we were in trouble then...


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I thought, We've fuckin' had it now.”)


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Magical Mystery Tour, White Album and Yellow Submarine Magical Mystery Tour, the background song of the Beatles' upcoming television movie, appeared in double mini album (EP) (extended play disc) format with 6 song numbers in early December 1967.


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In the United States, the 6 songs were released in the same titled LP but added the latest singles.


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Allmusic commented about the American LP version, “the psychedelic sound sounds very echoed after the Sgt.Pepper album and is even more dense (especially the sound pieces from “I Am the Walrus”)” and called the 5 songs selected from the 1967 singles “big, lively, and innovative (“huge, glorious, and innovative”).


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That album again set a new record in the United States as the most LP sales by Capitol in its first three weeks.


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Broadcast on Boxing Day (Boxing Day), the film Magical Mystery Tour directed mostly by Paul McCartney, received less than satisfying comment from the British media.


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The Daily Express called it “blatant rubbish” (“flashy rubbish”) with the comment “a very much long, grainy snippet featuring people going up and down and riding a bus” (“a great deal of raw footage showing a group of people getting on, getting off, and riding on a bus.”)


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While, The Daily Mail called it “a colossal conceit” (“a colossal conceit”) and the Guardian commented: “a kind of fantasy moral play about the defilement, warmth and stupidity of the audience” (“a kind of fantasy morality play about the grossness and warmth and stupidity of the audience.”)


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As a result, the film was not so screened in America.


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In January, the Beatles played the figurants for the animated film Yellow Submarine, The Beatles in a fantasy cartoon version.


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Released in June 1968, Yellow Submarine received good reviews alongside its music.


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Then, a double LP was re-released, titled The Beatles known as the White Album because the cover was blank jumping.


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As Epstein's directing no longer exists, the creative inspiration for the album's material came from experiences with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi whom they referred to as a teacher.


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In Rishikesh, India, where the Maharishi's ashram was located, the Beatles produced many songs, nearly 30 songs of which were recorded for the album.


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Starr went home after 10 days, which likened the session to being like Butlins (a camping holiday in the UK) and McCartney also ended up going home a month later having grown tired of the Maharishi's procedure.


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Meanwhile, Lennon and Harrison are informed by Yanni Alexis Mardas aka Magic Alex, an electronics technician that the Maharishi had in fact taken advantage of the Beatles and had sexually abused his students.


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Hearing of that, Lennon was affected and immediately forced an incredulous Harrison and their entourage home.


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In his anger, Lennon wrote a song titled Maharishi, but was substituted for Sexie Sadie.


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McCartney said “We made a mistake.


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We think there's more to it than in him.


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(“We made a mistake.


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We thought there was more to him than there was.”)


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In the album's recording sessions that began from late May to mid-October 1968, the relationship between the members of the Beatles became increasingly stretched.


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Starr paused for a while, causing McCartney who had to whisk the drums in some of the song's numbers.


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Another problem is the romance relationship between John Lennon and vanguard artist Yoko Ono.


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It has been a mutual consent in advance among the four personnel not to bring people into the studio.


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Lennon insisted on taking Ono in all the recording sessions, although Harrison was unhappy.


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The collaboration writing lyrics between Lennon—McCartney is no longer performed.


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Lennon increasingly often rated McCartney's creative input and referred to his compositions as “granny music” (“granny music”).


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It even dubs Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da “granny turd” (“granny crap”).


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Remarking about the White Album sessions, Lennon gave the conclusion of their group ending “looking like you took all the songs and made them mine and Paul's... just myself and the group supporting me, Paul and the group supporting it, and I enjoyed it.


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We dispersed afterwards” (“It's like if you took each track off it and made it all mine and all Paul's... just me and a backing group, Paul and a backing group, and I enjoyed it.


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We broke up then.”)


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McCartney also called the session the beginning of the split: "until that point, the world was a problem, but we were no longer “as it always has been” the best thing about the Beatles” (“Up to that point, the world was a problem, but we ain't” which had always been “the best thing about The Beatles.”)


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Released in November, White Album is the first release of the Beatles' album from Apple Records, the new label of the Apple Corps subsidiary formed by the group after returning from India, fulfilling Epstein's plan to build a tax-effective business structure.


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That album sold over 4 million pieces in the United States within a month and the songs were crowded playing on American radio-radio.


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Although very well known, the album did not receive commended comments.


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Based on Jonathan Gould: “the response to criticism... varies from mixed to flat.


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Contrasting with Sgt.Pepper, who helped establish the entire genre of erudite rock criticism, White Album did not inspire the slightest critique writing.


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Even the most sympathetic perescence was... totally ignorant to make a shapeless outpouring of those songs.


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Hubert Saal of Newsweek, seeing the abundance of parody, accused them of playfulness” (“The critical response... ranged from mixed to flat.


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In marked contrast to Sgt. Pepper, who had helped to establish an entire genre of literate rock criticism, the White Album inspired no critical writing of any note.


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Even the most sympathetic reviewers... clearly don't know what to make of this shapeless outpouring of songs.


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Newsweek's Hubert Saal, citing the high proportion of parodies, accused the group of getting their tongues caught in their cheeks.”)


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Nevertheless, the criticism eventually improved.


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In 2003, Rolling Stone included it ranked last of the Ten Best Albums of All Time.


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Pitchfork praised its “large and scattered, abundant with ideas and pleasures, and filled with a very diverse arrangement of material... its weaknesses are as important to shaping its characters as much as its successes” (“large and sprawling, overflowing with ideas but also with indulgences, and filled with a hugely variable array of material... its failings are as essential to its character as its triumphs.”)