By the point of the White Album, the Beatles were beginning to function more as individuals than a working group. It still was a group: they gave feedback and influenced one another, an they still cooperated in creating certain songs. But no longer was it the matter where Lennon and McCartney would cooperate in writing a song, and truly that trend had been growing for a long time. On the White Album, it was a matter of the individual songs each member had written during their time in India, and it was a matter of the Beatles alone together. Taking a cue from this, what if they had released four individual albums per Beatle rather than compiling their material on to a single album? KISS would do this in 1978. This would give the material room to breath, and allow for the release of material that was not found on the White Album, as well as new material. However, contemporary reviews often criticized that the album that was released was uneven on the quality of its material, and that it would have been stronger as an edited, single album rather than a double album. A release such as this is likely to draw similar criticisms. It may also been seen as a stunt on the fans, and even a sign that the Beatles may be breaking up. Stretching their resources between four albums could also lower the quality, unless they acted as simply backing musicians to the solo release per album, or even went so far as to work with other artists. The latter would be a sin to any fan.