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I was just listening to Rocky Raccoon and this question burst into my head. Please nominate a few that you think are more diverse, even if other aspects are lacking. Needless to say live albums and compilations don't count.
Not only is there a pretty wide range of styles, but it is also a double LP.
So there are a lot more songs than any of their other albums as well.
Another thing to consider concerning the diversity of the album is that most of the songs are really more like solo efforts and they didn't do a bunch of collaborating.
On the album you can hear at least:
A Beach Boy vibe (USSR)
a Ska-like sound (Ob-la-di)
ballads (Prudence, Blackbird)
Fats Domino/Little Richard ripoff (Birthday)
Blues rock (Yer Blues)
A sort of twisted 50's sound (Happiness is a Warm Gun)
Very twisted avant garde psychedelia (Revolution #9)
Rocky Raccoon kind of stands alone doesn't it?
Starr solo track (Don't Pass Me By)
McCartney solo tracks (Mother Nature's Son, Why Don't We Do it in the Road)
Lennon solo tracks (Julia, Cry Baby Cry)
Harrison solo tracks (While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Piggies)
I was just listening to Rocky Raccoon and this question burst into my head. Please nominate a few that you think are more diverse, even if other aspects are lacking. Needless to say live albums and compilations don't count.
The Clash's London Calling is remarkably diverse, featuring hard-driving rock, pure pop, ska, reggae, funk, cocktail jazz, R&B, rockabilly and, of course, punk. And they followed that up with Sandinista!, a triple-album which included most of the styles of the previous album with some gospel and rap and dub-fests and even a little calypso thrown in for good measure.
When it comes to "different" I guess you start with Revolution #9.
Helter Skelter--Honey Pie?
Why Don't we Do It In The Road--Good Night?
I remember buying this lp the week after it came out. $7.49 at K-Mart right around Thanksgiving of '68. I was, um, surprised as I was listening to this thing. I had just started a job that paid $3.50 an hour which meant I could afford a little more spending money for tunes. The year before I had discovered the cut out bins at Walgreens, Woolworth's, Montgomery Wards, TG and Y family Centers, etc. For a time even Penney's sold cut out lp's! Buying sealed lp's at 59 cents to a dollar was doable.
47 years later this lp still astounds me. Diverse? Yeppirs!
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Now there's something for pickle to ponder! 
