Rubber Soul (Australia)

The Australian version, the band's ninth Polydor Records album and eleventh overall, includes the songs in the UK release plus selections from the Shea Stadium concert, which was originally meant to be on a separate album but it wasn't in god-enough quality. "Michelle" is the only song on the Australian release in duophonic stereo (also known as "fake stereo") reprocessed from the mono mix. Likewise, the mono version of the album uses a folded-down mix of "Rubber Soul" instead of the true mono version used on the single, which features a different vocal track. Rubber Soul is available on CD as part of The Polydor Albums, Volume 2 box set. This CD contains both the stereo and mono versions of the Australian release. A second CD release of this album, which contains the seven songs in true mono was issued in 2015 individually and as part of the Beatles The Australian Albums boxed set.

All of the non-movie tracks from Side 2 of the British album were spread out through three American albums. Three were already issued on the previously released Beatles 8: "I'm Looking Through You", "In My Life", and "Run for Your Life". "Wait" and "Girl" were placed on Revolver with its follow-up album Tangerine Trees receiving the remaining two tracks: "If I Needed Someone" and "What Goes On".

The Australian version of Rubber Soul reached the number one spot on the Billboard album charts for nine weeks starting on 11 September 1966.

Track listing
Side one Side two
 * 1) Drive My Car
 * 2) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
 * 3) I Feel Fine (live)
 * 4) You Won't See Me
 * 5) Nowhere Man
 * 6) Ticket to Ride (live)
 * 1) Think for Yourself
 * 2) Can't Buy Me Love (live)
 * 3) The Word
 * 4) Baby's in Black (live)
 * 5) Michelle
 * 6) A Hard Day's Night (live)