ELEANOR RIGBY

"Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby" is a single release by British pop/rock act The Beatles. The single was released through Parlophone Records (EMI) on the 5th of August 1966 which is the exact same day that the "Revolver (1966)" album was released. Both single tracks are culled from "Revolver (1966)".

While the rather silly "Yellow Submarine", which features drummer Ringo Starr on vocals, displays the more humourous side of The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby" is a string driven track featuring a beautiful melody, a melancholic atmosphere, and sad lyrics about loneliness to boot. The track is sung by Paul McCartney. While the tracks were credited to the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team, both tracks were in reality written by Paul McCartney.

Singles are always a bit hard to rate, as you might enjoy one track and not appreciate the other as much. It will almost always be a very subjective rating, and that´s pretty much the case for me with "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby", as I´ve always found "Eleanor Rigby" to be a wonderful high quality track, and "Yellow Submarine" to be it´s silly and quite tedious counterpart. So take my 3 star (60%) rating with a grain of salt, as it´s probably an aquired taste if you find "Yellow Submarine" worth the price of admission. You can add an extra star if you do.