In 1965, I was 13 y/o. Just yesterday, I was w/my wife of 45 years, she was watching a Christmas themed movie & at one point, someone played the piano & I recognized the tune as “In my life” by the Beatles. I did a quick search & located the lyrics. I read them to my wife & they choked me up to where I could not finish reading them. Just 3 months prior, my wife almost left us all. She needed surgery & we were concerned she would not survive. She did. Reading the lyrics brought back to me just how close to dying she was at that time & it was painful to remember. As I was writing this review, the thought of just how close she was, of going away forever, made writing this review difficult to finish. I hope this review is able to be posted, maybe someone else has had a similar experience.

Norwegian wood

I’m only 15 years old but I’ve been listening to The Beatles since the 2009 stereo Remasters first came out when I was a year old. So while This album may not be as good as Abbey Road, Help!, or The White album this is still a pretty good album! My favorite songs are You Won’t See Me, Nowhere Man, The Word, Michelle, Girl and In My life !

When I first listened to Rubber Soul, I was blown away. Along with Revolver and Hard Day’s Night, the Beatles write and sing their best songs. You don’t have to interpret them. The lyrics are genuine.

This is hands down one of their best albums! Each song is so different but blends so well. Upbeat to soothing you can’t go wrong!

The Lennon tracks are excellent, the rest are so so.

Rubber Soul is my favorite album. Before ther was “unplugged” albums the Beatles had done it decades before. I know there were some songs with electric guitars but for the most part is used acoustic instruments. Lastly, “In My Life” is my hands down favorite song the Beatles produced.

This is the UK release. The US release also included "I've Just Seen a Face" This iTunes Master has very good audio quality, but still wish it was the US release

55 years ago, my college roommate and I went out to buy Christmas decorations for our dorm room. First we had to stop in the record department. There, sitting quietly on the shelf, was a new album with a cover of 4 guys who looked like the Beatles. Rubber Soul was released with no fanfare, no promotion, no singles, just an album that appeared almost like magic...and magic is the perfect description. Needless to say, we each bought the album, foregoing any decorations, and played it constantly, It was the perfect record, with "In My Life" as the pinnacle. There never was and never will be anything better than Rubber Soul. It is still magical.

This is a great album but for the last track. "Run For Your Life" hasn't aged well, if it was ever in good taste. It plays the blues theme of the rough man with murder in his heart chasing after a cheating woman, but it just sounds wrong as played by the Beatles here. It's especially sour as the album closer. One of the very few Beatles songs I cannot stand to hear.