[arrakeen]

start with mid-period beatles, probably sgt. peppers. they are without a doubt the greatest band of all time and it's my contention that people who say they don't like them haven't listened to them enough or just don't like music.

if you are interested in harder edge lineage of rock music, then start with the american beatles-- the velvet underground. the 8 minute version of 'what goes on' on live 1969 is the single greatest rock recording of all time and will be studied by scholars for as long as the recordings remain. a good starting point would be the self titled album or the one with nico

also listen to ALBUMS over and over, not playlists-- in general, that's how that artists intended for their work to be consumed

[amanaplanacanal]

I love the Beatles, but your advice really only applies to the last half of the 20th century, since albums didn’t exist before that. Before that music was released as individual pieces or singles.