About half a dozen albums by The Beatles are absolutely perfect, including quintessential classics like Abbey Road, Rubber ...

The Beatles place four different releases on the U.K.'s charts as 1 returns, 1962–1966 reenters the streaming tally, and 1967–1970 holds steady.

Even the "worst" Beatles album is better than most bands' best. Their discography remains the most seismic in pop history, an arc of reinvention and experimentation that redefined what music could be.

We see the phenomenon replicate time and again. Younger generations of people discovering the music of The Beatles buy their records anew. But some fans who are buying Beatles’ vinyl might be ...