Perfect Running Times - Analysing the Beatles

We are big fans of the Beatles. We can't wait until the new Beatles Rock Star comes out in September.

Which is the best Beatles album? This is greatly debated and of course is a matter of opinion.

Where we can bring in numbers is running length. The longest Beatles studio album is "The Beatles" (aka the white album). Although this is a double album, it clocks in at 93 minutes and 35 seconds. The shortest album is "A Hard Day's Night".

As you can see from the graph, there is not much difference in the album lengths (with the exception of the white album).




This may be explained by the limiting factor of the number of minutes that you can fit onto a vinyl record. However, these albums are still ranked as among the best in the world so these "ideal" running times are still valid.

Currently, our album is timed at around 36 minutes. This fits in with the majority of those early beatles records.

Comparing ourselves to the genius of Lennon/McCartney/Starr & Harrison? Very vain!