Episodes

Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Help! (song!)
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
It's time to start a new album this episode as we launch into the movie soundtrack - well, half of a movie soundtrack anyway - Help and kick off with the title track. Does it deserve to be the Big Album Opener? It's its reputation overstated? And can the song survive being covered?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Yes It Is
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
We're back (Pt 2)! This is the first episode recorded post-hiatus and we return with the exciting, pulse-racing, thundering climax of a track Yes It Is (ahem).
Does the song deserve a higher status than a slightly-beloved and slightly-obscure B-side? Does the genre work for the Beatles? And can the boys keep it together after such a long recording break? (answer: ...ish?). But one question can be comprehensively answered - is it good to be back? Yes. Yes, it is!
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Ticket To Ride
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
We're back! After a rather longer-than-hoped-for hiatus thanks to JG's wobbly health, Stuffology returns with one of the all-time classics of the band's back catalogue - the mighty Ticket To Ride.
But does the song manage to live up to its titanic reputation? Does the song's reputation get in the way of actually appreciating it? And are cover versions able to do the original justice?
Note: This episode was recorded before our extended break, hence the lack of any actual reference to the fact we've been away for a bit. Still, better late than never...
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Apr 13, 2024
A Pause
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
A quick explanation as to why we haven't posted anything for a while!
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Beatles For Sale
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
It's time to put individual tracks behind us and tackle The Whole Of The Thing as this week we deal with the album Beatles For Sale. Does it continue the upward trajectory of the albums so far? How many times will the word "nascent" appear? And does the album deserve its knackered reputation?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Woe Woe and Thrice Woe / Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Eventually Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Mar 02, 2024
What You're Doing
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
We continue playing catch-up on Stuffologgy this week as we plug the remaining hole in Beatles For Sale with What You're Doing. Does the song manage to point to the future of what the Beatles will do? How inevitable are discussions about the Byrds? And is this the most shambolic episode yet?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Just. Make. It. Stop. / Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced And Eventually Posted By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Every Little Thing
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
It's mea culpa time on Stuffology this week. The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed two tracks absent from our Beatles For Sale coverage - Every Little Thing and What You're Doing. This is because - and there's no delicate way of putting this - JG is an idiot and mis-posted. So Every Little Thing will post this week, What You're Doing next week and then after that we'll have our coverage of the album.
Aaaaaanyway.... How good is Every Little Thing anyway? How awesome is the timpani (answer: very awesome!)? And what cover version makes JG swear the air blue?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
SiXth Circle Of Hell / Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced, if that's the word this week, By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
We draw a veil over Beatles For Sale with the final song on the album, George's take on Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby.
How does the song stack up against the other cover versions? Who actually wrote it? And are the live versions better than the studio recording?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Jan 27, 2024
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
It's a stroll through country, er, country this week, as I Don't Want To Spoil The Party moseys on up to the stand. Does the song work for the band? Can they embrace country as easily as other influences? Does anything about this actually, you know, work?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: / X / Rated @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie

Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Honey Don’t
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
We head back to the land of Carl Perkins this episode, population Ringo.
Yes, it's another cover version but how does this one fare? Can Ringo manage to sound enthusiastic? Does anyone - presenters included - care that much about this track? And will there be yet more Jeff Lynne commenatry?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter / X / Arseholes Anonymous: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Produced By: JG McQuarrie