A Collection of Beatles Oldies A Collection of Beatles Oldies A Collection of Beatles Oldies (subtitled But Goldies!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released in the United Kingdom in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs issued by the group between 1963 and 1966. The compilation served as a stopgap release to satisfy EMI's demand for product during the Christmas period, since the Beatles had only begun recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the follow-up to their "Revolver" album, late the previous month. It was the band's first official greatest hits collection, although the Beatles had
The Beatles (album) your view". He concludes: "None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow "The Beatles" creates its own style and sound through its mess." Among reviews of the 2009 remastered album, Neil McCormick of "The Daily Telegraph" found that even its worst songs work within the context of such an eclectic and unconventional collection, which he rated "one of the greatest albums ever made". Writing for "Paste", Mark Kemp said "The Beatles" had been wrongly described as "three solo works in one (plus a Ringo song)", saying it "benefits from each member's wildly different