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What two albums are considered the Beatles' most critically acclaimed albums?
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Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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What were two types of music combined to create the two albums?
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Classical string arrangements and psychedelic rock
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What quote by McCartney illustrates the postmodern feel of the Beatles?
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"We write songs. We know what we mean by them. But ... [y]ou put your own meaning at your own...
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Originally, what made them popular?
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"highly original, irresistibly catchy synthesis of early American rock and roll and R&B"
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What genres did they include in later music?
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folk-rock, country, psychedelia, and baroque pop
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What was McCartney's strength?
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counterpoint
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What were several reasons for the Beatles' wide popularity?
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tuneful melodies and ability to innovate using different genres of music
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How did the Beatles use recording as a place to innovate?
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They included all kinds of things, backward wound tapes, accidental guitar reverb, resonating...
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What aspect of music were they known to have precursed?
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Music videos
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What movements are associated with the Beatles?
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women's liberation, gays' liberation, and environmentalism
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Beatles' songs and albums
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Come Together, Let It Be, Hey Jude, Something, In My Life, Yesterday,...
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