With early records that easily recall Chuck Berry and Little Richard, The Beatles would consistently skew their sound further towards the LSD-rimmed haze of their era. As frantic as the British Invasion may have been, their final albums together would make the craze feel premature. The Beatles took over the world and became the best version of themselves. John Lennon and Paul McCartney would finally amalgamate their influences while George Harrison’s under-celebrated brilliance would begin to spill out around the edges. And Ringo Starr was there too. They had finally combined to become the Fab Four; the band with which all other rock bands are invariably compared. Fair or not, each new hitmaker is held up to them with the question, “Are they the next Beatles?