10 Perfect Rock Albums For Pop Music Fans

Ever since their formation, the Beatles have always been known as the pop world's favorite rock band. Given their boy band roots though, it's pretty easy to classify them as a pop band altogether, given Paul McCartney's way with making melodies that are perfect to sing along to. If you want a broad scope of what the band can do, Abbey Road took every great rock and roll idea and perfected it.

While some of the songs on here can be a bit jarring from one track to the next, they all show another facet of what the band is capable of. Aside from the more whimsical tracks like Maxwell's Silver Hammer, every one of the Fabs is at the peak of their powers, as George Harrison comes into his own writing pop marvels like Something and Here Comes the Sun. The rock side hasn't gone anywhere though, with Macca's Oh Darling getting ragged by the end and John Lennon getting primal on the opener Come Together and embracing some metal tendencies on I Want You (She's So Heavy).

The momentum is there all the way to the end, with the back half of the project giving you rapid fire bits of brilliance, from the serene classical music on Because to getting a lot more visceral on Mean Mr. Mustard and culminating in a lead guitar duel on The End to close out the band's entire career. You can call it just a great rock album, but if you're a fan of any type of popular music, you're bound to find your new favorite song somewhere in here.