The fifty-fith album: #55 The Beatles - Rubber Soul
At this point, having listened to later works by the Beatles through the songs list, a lot of these feel fairly standard, but with some of their psychedelic influences sneaking in. Drive My Car and You Won't See Me are standard songs of theirs (although still good), but Norwegian Wood brings in the exotic sounding sitar. Something we've heard plenty since, but interesting here. Then there's Michelle, which sounds like it's based on the French chansons. There is a lot of variation, and it all sounds good - certainly not always the best, but far more interesting this way.
On the whole, there's a lot of the familiar older Beatles songs here, but also more experimental sections that show how they're growing as artists - something I believe they will continue to do. It doesn't feel like their best, but this is still a good album.