With The Beatles

Fun early Beatles from 1963. It is a mix of covers and original tracks, clocking in at just 33 minutes. That short running time was quite common for the era, with songs that are brief, simple, and far from the more complex, experimental sound of their later landmark albums, which I will definitely rate higher than this one. It has plenty of fun tracks to enjoy for a quick listen, but I do not consider it something you truly have to hear before you die. I suspect it is mainly in the book because of its historical importance and the fact that the book leans heavily on British music in general.

Not as good as stuff like the white album but this just reminds me of when i had a crush and listened to beatles love songs non stop.

2° disco dos Beatles, bom! Época bem boy band pop.

I get it

te sacas el auricular derecho y es todo instrumental lpm me mató el estéreo. por lo demás, bien. un clásico

Another interesting insight to how this band had a magic about them despite the bubblegum melodies and mostly trite lyrics. A solid early work from the world's most famous band.

- cheerful nice cool. Liked the vocalists the tone music

Es que son buenisimos, que bronca que me dan, tienen canciones que capz no conoce nadie que son una locura. Merecido todo lo que les sucedio a estos engendros

I got the urge to buy a guitar and strum away!

this was the only beatles cd my dad had for whatever reason and listening to these songs really brought me back

It must have been crazy to live through the Beatles shift. Like, this is all so sweet and cutesy. How could they have known about India?

Classic Beatles Writing love songs like this at 20 is crazy George Harrison lead songs are so good

I mean, I get it

I have always loved and adored the Beatles. And I love seeing their journey from across the years. This album in particular has always had several of 'those moments' for me - just like the Elvis Presley debut album. Where if you're listening to music sequentially (from the 50s onward) there are sounds where it's like you're shot out of a canon - things so unique and different that it's captivating. While it may be easy to dismiss as it's been copied ad nauseum since - it's still such a cool part of their journey and I still love revisiting it.

Lots of gratuitous fun covers

Listened

Lovey dovey Beatles era.

Being a nice Beatles album, I don't think "With the Beatles" belongs to the "listen before you die" list. It's actually pretty fun to listen to the group that (arguably) defined the music of second half of the 20th century singing some silly love songs. Though last tracks on each side - "Please Mr. Postman" and "Money" - have some feeling of what the Beatles would become in couple of years.

Guitar groups are on the way out. Well not this fresh sounding popgroup, Decca.

Me pareció lo más clásico de la banda, lo más natural y nada arriesgado.

Not their best

Already the songwriting is an improvement on Please Please Me. Stating the obvious but it’s easy to see why this helped cement them as a phenomenon and not just a flash in the pan.

Yeah yeah, it's The Beatles, before they got interesting. No thanks.

FINALLY!!! After more than 70 albums in this project, including TWO Fatboy Slim albums, I finally get The Beatles! Still no Rolling Stones or The Doors, but at least we're making progress! And what a treat this was! My parents owned the original With the Beatles album, so I grew up listening to these songs. This isn't an album I needed to discover or learn to appreciate. It's part of my musical DNA. I already knew before pressing play that this was going to be a five-star album. Released in 1963, With the Beatles was the band's second UK studio album, and listening to it today, it's easy to understand how these four guys from Liverpool revolutionized popular music and influenced generations of musicians. The album kicks off with It Won't Be Long, and what an opening! Those infectious "yeah, yeah, yeah" harmonies immediately transport me back to the early days of Beatlemania. Then comes All I've Got to Do, with more of those incredible harmonies, followed by the timeless All My Loving. Three songs in, and we're already hearing the magic that made the Beatles legendary. One of the things I appreciate most about this album is the variety. The Beatles weren't simply playing one style of music. They were drawing from rock and roll, Motown, R&B, pop, and even Broadway show tunes, bringing their own personality to everything they touched. George Harrison's Don't Bother Me was a pleasant rediscovery. I'd forgotten about this one, and I hadn't realized George was writing songs this early in the band's career. I've always enjoyed George's contributions to the Beatles, and it's fascinating to hear the beginnings of the songwriter who would eventually give us Something, Here Comes the Sun, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Till There Was You is another beautiful moment. Paul's tender vocals and George's delicate guitar playing show that the Beatles were capable of much more than energetic rock and roll. They could slow things down and deliver a genuinely sweet, romantic performance. Then there are the covers. And what incredible covers they are! Please Mister Postman is an absolute classic, with John Lennon delivering a fantastic vocal performance. Roll Over Beethoven is a great rocker that showcases the band's Chuck Berry influences. And You Really Got a Hold on Me is another highlight, with soulful vocals and gorgeous harmonies. Not every song reaches those heights. Hold Me Tight and Devil in Her Heart are enjoyable enough, but they're not among my favorites. Still, even the lesser tracks contribute to the album's charm. And then there's the closing track. Money (That's What I Want). What a way to finish an album! Originally recorded by Barrett Strong, this song becomes an absolute powerhouse in the Beatles' hands. Lennon attacks the vocals with raw energy, the piano pounds away, and the entire band sounds like they're having the time of their lives. With an album full of classics, Money gets my vote as the favorite. Listening to With the Beatles also reminds me how extraordinary the band's evolution was. This was 1963. Just six years later, they would release Abbey Road, an album I already own on vinyl. The musical growth between those records is astonishing. And speaking of vinyl, this is an easy BUY. In fact, I would have purchased it already if my local record store had a copy when I was shopping. One of the greatest things about this 1001 Albums Project is discovering music I've never heard before. But sometimes the greatest experience is returning to something familiar, something that helped shape my love of music long before I even understood its significance. With the Beatles is one of those albums. More than six decades later, the harmonies, melodies, energy, and pure joy of this music still hold up. Five stars. No hesitation. And long overdue in this project!

Maybe the best rock band playing some of their best songs and early rock standards. Its probably not even an album as they created that concept later but this is still great and worthy of 4 stars.

Not a masterpiece, but still great. Short & sweet 👍

Not my favorite Beatles album but I appreciate the significance of the band!

Boring

This is smooth Beatles harmonies, light lyrics, and clean simple arrangements through and through. I didn’t realize The Beatles were doing so many covers at the same time they were writing their own songs, but they did a good job picking covers to songs that really fit them already. I didn’t feel particularly drawn to any song or the album as a whole really, but it was easy on the ears and felt classy.

7.8/10. Released only 8 months after their first record, it still sounds very similar to all the early works. It did seem less dependent on overlapping vocals and more about the music, but it is still very much a product of record companies rather than themselves. I enjoyed it, but there were very few standout songs, just a good sound throughout.

A complete nothing burger from early Beatles that does not belong on the list. The B side is especially dull

Ouvindo pela primeira vez 18/10/26, 21 anos All My Loving tem sido a minha favorita até o momento (tocando quinta faixa agora 18/10/26 20:00). Esse álbum foi lançado em 1963, minha vó tinha 3 anos de idade. Além disso foi lançado no mesmo dia do assassinato do Kennedy que bizarrooo. top 5 favoritas do album All My Loving Hold Me Tigh It Wont Be Long Not a Second Time Don´t Bother Me [EXTRA] Money THATS WHAT I WANT

This album is fine. Early Beatles don’t do it for me. It’s just well produced Brit Pop. The cover of Roll Over Beethoven is illustrative of a beef I have with a lot of the music coming out of England at this time. It takes a great song by a great Black American artist and repackages it as something less interesting. Bleh.

For what it is -- dated teenybopper twaddle -- this album is surprisingly strong, and even more surprisingly, consistent. But -- I mean, come on.

I guess this record has some historical value and there are a couple good tunes on here but overall even as a Beatles fan I'm not super interested in hearing their covers.

Really fun early Beatles. Not sure why its on here though. Really good rock n roll, but better shit exists.

2/5. There’s always seemed to be a general consensus that the Beatles fourth album “Beatles for Sale” is their worst main album. Though it still ranks low for me I’ve always disagreed with that notion, for me this album (With the Beatles) is handily their weakest batch of songs. There are a few highlights to be found like “Till There was you” or “all my loving” but for the most part this is a pretty rough track-list both in terms of originals and covers (look at their cover of “Roll over Beethoven” as an example.) In terms of early boy-band era Beatles stuff I’d take “Please Please Me”, “Hard Days Night” and even “Beatles for Sale” over this one without a second thought. It feels wrong to rate an album by the Beatles so low, but I’ve just never liked this one in particular very much.

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We don’t need every single Beatles album on this list…still no women, but two OKAY Beatles records. Isn’t this supposed to be the best of the best? I love the Beatles, but c’monnnnmn

I don't know much about these guys, but I could immediately tell it was an early album... like first or second. Didn't love it but there was nothing wrong with it!

First impression of the beatles im really positive about this

Even when I had my Beatles phase I avoided their earlier stuff. I know it was like important to the musical landscape n all but album is mid at best when listening with a modern ear (okay okay Please Mister Postman is actually banging bUT ITS NOT EVEN THEIR SONGGG). I think I like The Beatles as the emotionally stunted scouser weirdos they were/are more than I like them as musicians ngl Bright side, it introduced me to the Miracle's original of You've Got a Hold On me which is bangingggg

This was the best beatles album I've heard yet. I hadn't heard it before but most songs were familiar. A great ending too.

Because it's the Beatles, it has historical significance and it had a huge influence on the development of rock music. But it's not a great album and it's very dated.

It's fascinating to listen to the Beatles' early recordings knowing what they would become.

Why are there so many covers? I like the songs written by the Beatles better than the covers. I guess it's easier to put out more albums in a short amount of time if it's 40 percent covers.

4.44

Excelente

Come on. It's the Beatles

Just fourteen more reasons why they're the greatest of all time. Anyone professing to love rock 'n' roll who gives this less than five stars can talk to a wall. 🤷‍♂️

Beatles albums should come preloaded with an automatic 5. Except for Revolver. That one could be debatable.

was ok. im becoming less enthused with the beatles.

Hall of Fame album and it's not even top 5 from the band. Just crazy. 9.6/10

Was ok

This album and timeframe of their discography invokes fond memories of playing RockBand in the Joneses basement. Though I don’t remember this album specifically and didn’t recognize many songs aside from the two covers. It wasn’t a bad listen but I don’t see myself revisiting this one over and over. Favorite songs: You Really Got A Hold On Me & Devil In Her Heart.

Not an exceptional work in is own right, but it gives context to the evolution of the Beatles over such a short time span. Do you need to listen to it, probably not.

As a moderately large Beatles fan, this was almost totally new to me. I can’t say my life has been made any richer for having now heard it. Unsurprisingly it’s a fair bit more inventive than everything it’s mimicking/covering, and it’s interesting to hear their arrangements playing on more traditional mid century pop/rock n roll. It does feel kind of remarkable in how little like “The Beatles” it sounds compared to Please Please Me, and actually sandwiched between that and A Hard Days Night it fees like quite an outlier, and weirdly bereft of their absolutely classic songwriting. Maybe that’s justification for its inclusion in this list, but overall it’s pretty dull and certainly not a worthwhile and essential part of their legacy, and it does worry me that maybe all of their albums are going to be included if this has been chosen?! Would be 2.5 if there was any justice in this rating system

This is the Beatles' "Motown" album, thanks to the label's classics they covered here. It’s also the album that features "All My Loving," the beautiful "Till There Was You," and George’s debut as a songwriter with "Don't Bother Me" (which, to me, would make a perfect punk song if played with a bit more attitude). I mean, it’s the Beatles, right? 5 stars.

A perfect encapsulation of the Mersey Sound. A well-polished band performing pop songs dripping with both sweetness and melancholy. The stereo mix is awful on headphones though. Seek out a mono mix or play on a stereo system that fills the room if you don't want Ringo banging away in just your left ear.

This one is one of my sneaky favs of The Beatles. The jazz and Spanish guitar and rhythm flavors are so interesting to me. Wish they had gone down that road more. I think this is the start of their genuine good songwriting. The covers are artful and fun - one of my all time favorite tracks "Till There Was You" is fire.

Best Track - "You Really Got A Hold On Me"

good for its time, a classic for a reason

Great album, i feel like it’s kinda illegal to dis the Beatles, either way it’s a good album, I like please mr postman.

Early Beatles is good, not great. Right down the middle for me

This album was released one year before I was born! I didn't know much about the Beatles until the Blue/Red albums in '73 and by that time they had already broken up. What a legacy. I really enjoy this album and will listen again (poolside??)! (Favorite Beatle? George!)

Maybe not their best album, but still fun to listen to early Beatles! Makes me think I should listen to their albums in order sometime, which I've never done, and take in the evolution.

Every time I think I don’t care about the Beatles’ mersey-beat days, I have to remind myself of just how inescapably good they were, even at their worst. “With the Beatles” is utterly overshadowed by the two albums it’s bookended between, but that doesn’t affect the charm of some of these songs. Sharp, pithy, and energetic—just slightly less memorable than the other bodies of work from this era. Fav Tracks: It Won’t Be Long, All I’ve Got to Do, All My Loving, Till There Was You, Please Mister Postman Least Fav: Money (That’s What I Want) Score: 6.5

There is already 6 other Beatles albums on this list, so my question is: does this one really have to be here? It's not one of their best, most interesting or most important records, it's just a set of pretty standard early 60s rock songs and nothing else. Any number of bands could have made this. The energy is here, but the production and songwriting don't stand out much at all. It's a fairly good time but hardly above 'dumb fun'.

A classic of modern music.

Always amazing. Easy listening.

God I hate this album cover. They all look like the same dude and I would absolutely wipe the hallways with their mopheads. Why is one guy on the bottom? Why does the guy in the top right look suprised he is in a picture? Just straight terrible. The album is Ok. Could not tell if they wanted the girl or wanted to be lonely. Half the songs are like "All my love goes to you" and the other half are "Dont let her talk to you shes got a devil heart". But these songs are in the album at random??? So they go from, I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you 14 times. Much better mixing on this one, and I did enjoy Devil in Her Heart. Little Child has to be one of the worst songs on their discography. Why are they wanting to dance with a little kid? Why are they saying they can rizz up a little kid? What were they thinking with this one, genuinely. Best Song: Devil in Her Heart. Worst Song: Little Child.

The album took a few songs to get going. It was a coming of age, exploring the trials and tribulations of love. Songs like, I wanted be your man, and All my Loving were good; while Mister Postman, Rollover Beethoven, and Money (that’s all I want) were standouts.

There's no way that was the best picture for the album cover. When I look at it, I see a new, inexperienced band trying to make it work. I think that's a good summary of the music, too. It's clear the Beatles are in the middle of finding their sound on this record, with amateur vocals and instrumentation. Their talent is also apparent. It's shown in strong songs, like my personal favorite, "Please Mister Postman." However, there's also "Little Child," a growing pain and huge mistake. Overall, this album, with its strengths and weaknesses, is a testament to the Beatles' potential.

I really liked the beginning of this album, the chord progressions were interesting, and it felt like a side of the Beetles I am less familiar with. The latter half did just feel like not so inspiring covers. Still, a good early Beetles album.

I am very much a Beatles fan, all albums, etc. But this one for me is one of their weaker outputs, so 4.

Not a Beatles album I’m as familiar with. A solid offering, but not one I’ll feel the need to revisit.

Really solid start here. The opening three tracks are top notch. It dips after that, though, and the original material is outshone by, for example, Devil in Her Heart.

I don’t think any Beatles album will be getting lower than a 4. I’m partial to their second half of more psychedelic and experimental stuff yet even this is a 4.

Not the best Beatles album, but it is fun, easy to listen too, and the lads are clearly having a blast. There are some bangers here but there are also a lot of covers. Still, even the worst of the Beatles is better than most other bands.

Heard so many times that the songs are cliches. It catchy pop but not sure there's that much more to it. They did become a bit bigger later in the 60s. Really 3.5 but they don't need my help.

What else but a 5?

Unpolished but still fantastic

Listening to pre-acid Beatles is equivalent to watching a sci-fi movie released before Kubrick dropped 2001. You could, but why?

As this project progresses, I’ve noticed that the more of an artist’s work you’re familiar with, the harder it becomes to evaluate them. Suddenly, little details matter, and you find yourself wondering whether this album is better than that one. For a professional review, I’d have to start listening to the other Beatles albums again. But I’m not going to do that. Instead, I’ll simply note that *With The Beatles* is a largely well-rounded album, from which “All My Loving” and George Harrison’s version of “Roll Over Beethoven” stand out a bit. It’s an album you can and should be familiar with.

Es raro empezar a escuchar a los beatles desde acá, siendo que no es claramente uno de sus mejores discos. Pero honestamente es interesante escucharlos en un orden "cronológico" que me permita ver su evolución. No me pareció la gran cosa, es entretenido, pero no destaca.

Classic album.All bangers .

7/10

What is more blameless than the music of the early Beatles? This is, like, part family popcorn movie night, part forest bathing, just a deeply soothing self-care experience all round.

Any other artist, you'd call it a promising and catchy debut. A bit too easy to overhype? It's certainly not the finished article.

Beatles never going to do a bad album but this sounds a bit thin and dated now.

Stellar.

People hating on this need a life.

Great early Beatles album

Good fun!

Fun enough.

Not the beatles album i'd expect on a limited album list, but still solid early beatles sure.

Snedig valg av Beatles plate. Eg likar dog denne veldig godt, og er svak for desse tidleg sekstitals rockeplatene. Koste meg og hadde ein god lytt. Bra greier.

Er It Won't Be Long en av de beste åpningslåtene noensinne? Ja, selvsagt er den det! Etter fem sekunder er du hekta og når låta er over etter to minutter og tretten sekunder (den perfekte lengden for en poplåt) hiver du etter pusten og famler etter noe å holde deg fast i. It Won't Be Long er verdens tredje beste poplåt (The Beatles innehar topplasseringa også, forresten), og det gidder jeg ikke diskutere engang. Etter de fire første låtene, som er killer alle som en, dukker det dessverre opp en del låter som ikke kan beskrives som annet enn filler. Ingen av coverlåtene, Please Mister Postman er den beste av dem, kan sies å være spesielt inspirerte, og grusomme Little Child er en av de aller svakeste låtene Beatles noengang ga ut. Da står vi igjen med Hold Me Tight, I Wanna Be Your Man og Not A Second Time, som alle er helt ok, men ikke noe man går rundt og husker på når plata er ferdig. Det trekker jo ned, og gjør albumet til en litt midt-på-treet affære. Jeg skjønner ikke helt hva dette albumet gjør på 1001 album-lista. Bortsett fra It Won't Be Long, da. Den er verdt penga aleine! 6/10

Primalversjonen av Beatles: eit drivande rockeband bak tette glimrande vokalharmoniar og solovokalprestasjonar fulle i nerve (særleg Lennon sine) og utan noko meir dill enn det. Treng me desse coverversjonane? Kan skjøna det! Jaffal Lennon sine. Me treng all den lennonen me kan få. Det er ikkje den tyngste beatlesplata dette, men det er også plata sin styrke.

En del fine låter her, men det mest interessante er vel at så godt som alle de andre Beatles-platene som ikke kom med hadde vært nærmere å forsvare en plass i lista enn With The Beatles. Veldig merkelig valg. Feil valg. Låta til Harrison skiller seg ut i positiv retning.