• Run For Your Life
    Oct 15 2025

    We bow out Rubber Soul with easily the most controversial song on it, Run For Your Life.

    Does the song deserve it's dismal reputation? Is Lennon right when he claims it's the worst song he ever wrote for the Beatles? And is there any redemption to be had here?

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

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    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: The sounds of things, and by JG McQuarrie

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    44 mins
  • If I Needed Someone
    Oct 1 2025

    We're almost at the end of Rubber Soul now but before the album bows out we have two final tracks to cover. One is rather notorious and the other is this, If I Needed Someone. How is George's songwriting coming along? Has he managed to pull up alongside Lennon and McCartney in the writing stakes? And how much jangle can one song meaningfully contain?

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

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    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: lateral disarmament in favour of JG McQuarrie

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    34 mins
  • Wait.
    Sep 17 2025

    There's probably some really clever way of saying that we made you, um, wait for this episode but here it it now but I can't think of one so anyway, it's Wait!

    Is there much to get worked up about here? Does it continue to give Side 2 of Rubber Soul a boost? And who is the stand-out performer on the track? (Hint: rhymes with Bingo Car)

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

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    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: some minor kind of miracle and JG McQuarrie

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    34 mins
  • In My Life
    Sep 3 2025

    It's another all-time classic to fall under the Stuffology microscope this episode with Lennon's mighty In My Life.

    Does the song deserve its reputation as one of his very best pieces of work? Do the rest of the band contribute equally? And just how many cover versions are there to be discussed?

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

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    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

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    50 mins
  • I'm Looking Through You
    Aug 20 2025

    It's another Bitchy McCartney Number (tm), of which we have had a few lately but how does "I'm Looking Through You" comare to the others? Is there a Wilburys-esque twist (pun very much intended) in the mix? And who's playing what, exactly?

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

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    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: Dint of hard work, let's claim, and the fickle, fast fingers of JG McQuarrie

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    29 mins
  • Girl.
    Aug 6 2025

    Time for a little Euro-jaunt? Why, I think it might be, as it's time for Girl to take the centre stage!

    Is it a metaphor around Catholic values? Can Lennon manage to land the genre style? And how funny can one set of backing vocals be?

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

    Instagram: beatlesstuffology

    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: Waiting for several million years of evolution to pass so the technology can be invented and used by JG McQuarrie

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    23 mins
  • What Goes On
    Jul 23 2025

    It's Ringo's chance to take centre stage on Rubber Soul as What Goes On dolefully shuffles into view.

    Is this song as doleful as all the other doleful songs Ringo has sung? Is it worthy of inclusion in a list of doleful Ringo songs at all? And is there any other world to describe this song as other than doleful?

    Doleful.

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

    Instagram: beatlesstuffology

    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: State of the art hardware rendered only somewhat useful by JG McQuarrie

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    21 mins
  • Michelle
    Jul 9 2025

    It's time for a little Gallic flair in podcastland as "Michelle" sashay's into view. How unusual is the song in the Beatles back catalogue? Do cover versions add anything at all? And how did our beloved podcast hosts (it says here) come to the song in the first place?

    Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking

    eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com

    Twitter: @beatles_ology

    Instagram: beatlesstuffology

    JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…

    Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology

    Produced By: Pressing some buttons in a DAW. But also by JG McQuarrie

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    39 mins