How long does it take to listen to the Beatles' discography?
Every Beatles studio album takes under nine hours to play — a single working day. The whole recorded output was made in about seven years, from Please Please Me in March 1963 to Let It Be in May 1970, which means they released material faster than most listeners could absorb it. Adding Past Masters, the compilation of non-album singles and B-sides, brings the total to about 10 hours 17 minutes and covers essentially everything they released. Please Please Me was recorded in a single day.
The numbers
- Total
- 8 hours 44 minutes
- In hours
- 8.7 hours
- Non-stop
- 0.4 days without sleeping
- Covers
- 13 UK studio albums
- At a realistic pace
- an album a day
- That works out as
- about 14 days
What this assumes
The 13 UK studio albums at their catalogue running times, using the 11-track LP configuration of Magical Mystery Tour. The 6-track UK EP version would cut about 17 minutes.
Counts UK studio albums. Including Past Masters, which collects the non-album singles, the total is about 617 minutes.
Other music
| What | How long |
|---|---|
| Taylor Swift's discography | about 18 hours |
| Pink Floyd's discography | about 12 hours 55 minutes |
| Led Zeppelin's discography | about 6 hours 55 minutes |
| Queen's discography | about 10 hours 47 minutes |
| Metallica's discography | about 12 hours 22 minutes |
| Radiohead's discography | about 7 hours 7 minutes |
| Nirvana's discography | about 2 hours 1 minute |
| Eminem's discography | about 13 hours 30 minutes |
| Drake's discography | about 13 hours 47 minutes |
| Wagner's Ring cycle | about 15 hours |
Common questions
- How long does it take to listen to the Beatles' discography?
- about 8 hours 44 minutes — 13 UK studio albums.
- What does that assume?
- The 13 UK studio albums at their catalogue running times, using the 11-track LP configuration of Magical Mystery Tour. The 6-track UK EP version would cut about 17 minutes.
- How long at a realistic pace?
- an album a day — about 14 days.
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- How long to listen to Taylor Swift's discography? about 18 hours
- How long to listen to Pink Floyd's discography? about 12 hours 55 minutes
- How long to listen to Led Zeppelin's discography? about 6 hours 55 minutes
- How long to listen to Queen's discography? about 10 hours 47 minutes
- How long to listen to Metallica's discography? about 12 hours 22 minutes
- How long to listen to Radiohead's discography? about 7 hours 7 minutes
- How long to listen to Nirvana's discography? about 2 hours 1 minute
- How long to listen to Eminem's discography? about 13 hours 30 minutes
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Sources
- Calculated on this page — At One Place