Reviews (page 13 of 15)
The Beatles' second album. 14 consistent, catchy and jangly rock'n'roll songs from the Mop top / 'Beatlemania' era, without any singles to take the focus. Nothing to push any musical boundaries, but a pleasant and enjoyable listen. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: All My Loving Date listened: 03/06/22
Lennon and McCartney only 21-22 years old (Harrison even younger!) when they recorded this - amazing really. The covers are mostly impressive (some a bit too m.o.r., but reflective of the music scene at the time), but the originals shine. Unbelievable talent at such young ages. I think theyre taken for granted these days - some people forget what they brought to music some 60 years ago. Bravo.
Good 60s rock but not yet the songwriting calibre they achieve in other albums.
Short album coming in at 33 minutes, that early Beatles sound with different tracks coming through left and right channels in early use of Stereo. All My Loving is my most popular song, though Money (That’s What I Want) is a great closer.
I prefer the latter Beatles to early Beatles. The cover songs don’t do it for me. The Beatles originals on this album are good.
I don't remember if I've listened to The Beatles album as a whole before now. There are several tracks that I know I've heard several times before. I enjoyed hearing the early connections to Rock and Roll, before the Beatles really began to expand the genre as they did later in their career. The covers of songs by other musicians are firmly tied to the originals, but they sound like early Beatles tunes. "All My Loving" and "Roll Over Beethoven" were my favorite tracks from this listen. I like that they covered Smokey Robinson's "You Really Got a Hold on Me" too. The Beatles trips up on the general problem I have with this era's approach to love songs. "Little Child" feels creepy as the lyrics seek romance from... a little child. "Hold Me Tight" is another track I'd be tempted to skip. In general, this album is an album of love songs, which helps to keep this album at 3 stars for me. The music is energetic, and the harmonies are fun. I enjoyed listening to the album, but once might be enough for the album as a whole.
Well well… moments of brilliance by the Beatles but a reminder that they are human and not demigods. Side A is strong, Side B falters a little bit but this serves as good contrast to shine a light on how brilliant this band became later on.
Good 'n' cheesy.
Decent 60s pop. Their original songs are better than the covers, but tbh I can't see myself listening to this again - historical value only.
I don't really get it, well anyway, this is the last Beatles on the list for me. Au revoir.
Best Song: All My Loving. I actually prefer several covers of this song, but the original still holds its own. Worst Song: Roll Over Beethoven. Only because I can imagine the live shows in which the crowd, determined to match the energy of the studio recording, clap their hands bloody and raw for the entire goddamn song. Overall: If this album is here, should I just assume that all Beatles albums are on this list? Surely one day all this phony Beatlemania will have bitten the dust, right? One thing that struck me while listening to this album was the way nearly every track immediately wriggles its way into your brain and sticks there like some not-entirely-pleasant drug. But then, for as fast as the dopamine hit of each song comes on, it peels off even faster and by the end of each (already short) song, you're grateful that it's finally gone. Paired with these inane, cheeky-cheesy lyrics, you're stuck with this album that feels so sugar-coated it should come with its own insulin shot.
Decent album, but lower end for the Beatles. Before they were interesting.
Not exactly 'The Best of The Beatles' is it?
Very abrupt start to the album Generally good vibes Kinda dancey stuffm
Die frühen Beatles halt…
I seem to have a mental block to The Beatles. Don't know why as like plenty of older music.
listened before not their strongest start but still good
Expected to give this a 2 to balance all the stars I’ll be dishing out to the later Beatles albums, but it started so strongly. Listening to the energy of It Won’t Be Long gives me a taste of what Beatlemania must’ve been like for a 60s schoolgirl. The Beatles did this kind of music better than most of their contemporaries, I reckon. Buuut there are a few duds (Little Child…) and the covers don’t add anything for me. 2.5 / 3
I found most of the songs on this album pretty forgettable, but "Please Mr. Postman" and "You Really Got a Hold On Me" are standouts. It is noteworthy that both of these songs were covers. On "With The Beatles", the group has yet to hit their songwriting stride. 3.5/5 stars
Classic Beatles - but nothing I haven’t heard before
There's nothing new to say about the Beatles. I grew up listening to them with my parents, I can't help but love it, you know? Highlights: All My Loving, Till There Was You, You Really Got a Hold on Me.
A well put together album that sounds very much of it's time. Thankfully the Beatles progressed and drove music forward from the early pop/rock sound.
Didn’t enjoy this as much as I hoped - sounds more dated than the stones at this same period.
Overall a really pleasant record, but with nothing to make it stand out or impress - no low points either, but it's just. Average.
Pierwszy album, na temat którego nie wyrobiłem sobie opinii - tym dziwniejsze, że wylosował się na weekend, więc miałem go okazję przesłuchać jakieś 6 razy. Na plus na pewno harmonika w głosach chłopaków, idealnie do siebie pasują. Słychać już w tym albumie definiujące Beatlesów w przyszłości brzmienia i mocno zaznaczyli swój styl. A jednak płyta przeleciała w tle kilka razy bez zwrócenia na siebie jakiejkolwiek uwagi, do tego stopnia, że postanowiłem przesłuchać każdy z utworów z osobna i tak na uwagę zasługują 2 utwory - klasyczne "All my Loving" i świetny cover R&B "Roll Over Beethoven". Niestety, cały album jest praktycznie w połowie coverami, a oryginalne utwory brzmią bardzo podobnie i na jedno kopyto, przez co ciężko utożsamić je chociaż ze swoim tytułem. Niby klasyk, wpływowy album, rozum podpowiada, że powinien być oceniony wysoko. A tak, to na bezrybiu i rak ryba - w 1963 na pewno robiło wrażenie, w 2022 już niekoniecznie. No spodziewałem się więcej, nie ukrywam.
Nostalgic romp with a couple of standout hints of music to come. Felt very corny through most of it.
Classic Beatles. Playing with Stereo. Lovely album.
Intéressant, évidemment, mais pas ma période préférée des Beatles. Encore trop gentillets à mon goût :)
3/5 was the good old Beatle I can’t complain, songs did sound a little similar tho
Even as a diehard Beatles fan, I question this album's presence on the list. It's totally fine, decent pop covers, but nowhere near as influential impressive, or enjoyable as the albums that came before or after it. Not bad, but not great.
3.4 - solid soulful Beatles tunes, with some early classics - “You Really Hot a Hold on Me” is my favorite of the bunch.
pretty uninspired '60s blusey rock with vocals you'll definitely recognize. cool to compare this record to their later stuff but this is far from a standout album, especially compared to the numerous similarly-shaped ones on this list
great All my loving, characteristic Beatles album, it's neither bad or outstanding, I will probably relisten some of the songs only
A good album. Not the best Beatles, but even ok Beatles are pretty great
Solid
Struggled to rate as always with albums like this. I've never heard this album before and yet knew the majority of the songs... on the whole, I enjoyed it. Somewhere between 3-4 stars for me but as we can't do half stars I'll go for 3. Stripped down a bit and it'd be a 4.
It's your nan's favourite mop-tops. If you've any knickers left over after the Tom Jones tour, chuck em this way!
At the height of Beatlemania, anything would have sold over a million copies! Content-wise, as much as I love The Beatles and know of this album, the covers are good (they'd be awesome live), and All My Loving is still a great foot-tapper! Their best was yet to come...
I’m not a fan of The Beatles to begin with. Some songs were fine. I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to this again. I tried to put myself in the frame of mind for the time this was written.
Not bad.
Buen disco
Generally a bigger fan of their later stuff. Got this album for Christmas 20-some years ago. Like "Til There was You" and some of the hits are fine from time to time. I guess I can see how they came to be huge from this album, but it does not standout amongst their later work. There was also a strict rule back in 1963 on track length with nothing here clocking in over 3 minutes.
Why cover so many brilliant songs and not make them better. Disappointing
This is hard. On one hand, it's the Beatles, a band that has contributed enormously to the quality of my life, and my understanding of music and expression generally - I am not a casual fan. On the other, With The Beatles is perhaps the least impactful album in their entire catalog. Sure, there are hits here, but it's more like a photocopy of the formula from Please Please Me than it is a 'new record', and the innovations the band would spearhead in the coming years only underscores the analogy. Listening to it again I find myself wanting to cherry pick tracks (or listen to Please Please Me instead) rather than soldiering on. And how good is it if I'm characterized the listening as 'soldiering on'?
I LOVE the Beatles. But these songs all sounded the same to me. But what gives them a pass here is that you can listen to their later stuff and see how they used this stage of their career as the foundation for what would come later. THAT'S greatness.
You can table these with a lot of the simpler early Beatles’ songs. Pretty cool to see their progression
Not my fav era of the Beatles but still holds some gems.
Good but not overall not as great as the Beatles albums that bookend it. I find some of the cover versions on here a bit underdone. Difficult second album syndrome perhaps, which makes it their weakest album for me. Blasphemous or not, I actually prefer Meet The Beatles to this.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It has no classic/recognisable beatles tracks but it's still decent, and it's more of a coherent full album than some of their later stuff
Alright, but Beatles are still not my cup of tea.
Not my favorite Beatles album or era of music. I wont
Decent album. Not their best
I guess it was fine. Some good. Undeniably so. Begrudgingly positive
Kind of boring for the Beatles
even as a huge beatles mark i can't in good honesty endorse what is in competition for the most unnecessary beatles album ever.
I know it's probably blasphemous to give this a 3, but I think that might even be pushing it. This one may be my least favorite of the Beatles' albums. I get that it's "early Beatles" - but it's still not as good as their first album. Everybody gets a sophomore slump - no love lost, boys.
ну я вроде писал, что я не битломан, но и не против, пусть будут. Вклад внесли вроде в музло и его развитие. Альбомчик хитов всяких как на мой взгляд.
3.5, just sort of fades into the background for me. Bumping down because it's the Beatles, I'm expecting this to be rated higher that it deserves.
081021 15:38 3
Creative for a 60s pop album
They really came far!
3.5 - This one shows the Beatles' humbler beginnings as a house band that had dialed in the 2.5 minute pop rock format. A couple classics, a couple duds, some unremarkable covers.
I'm kind of surprising myself with how low of a score I'm going to give this. It is still the Beatles, and there are glimpses of their genius in this album, but the songs are for the most part not that good or covers that are worse than the originals.
Good to know the Beatles are not exempt from a Sophomore slump.. Big reps mean high standards, and this is just average. Also annoying as I usually listening with one headphone out for work so I had to restart a couple times
A few good songs but they hadn't hit their stride. If you got this many albums on the list, ya gotta swing harder. Sorry bowl-cut-boys.
3.5
A boy band releases their second album, 14 tracks, most not bothering two and a half minutes in duration and almost half of the tracks are covers. No one could get away with that these days. Our standards are much higher. With The Beatles is a good pop album but the 1960s production gives every track a samey feeling, like if every meal you ate was a delicious chocolate pudding. Tasty, but not necessarily what you'd want to eat all the time. A curious thing - the double-tracked vocals sometimes give a spooky feeling, like reverb-heavy "dead mall" edits of popular songs. The perfect soundtrack for a liminal space. The reassuring thing is that this was not even the Beatles best recording - they still had a lot of room to grow.
Way more familiar tunes than I expected but a couple of naff tracks as well.
Amusing throwback but lacked the later picturesque story telling
Surprisingly underwhelming! And it’s been five stars all the way so far for The Beatles. That said, you can see the sparks of genius in tracks such as It Won’t Be Long, All My Loving and Not a Second Time - this band are experimenting with the form already and the playing is exemplary. The covers are fun but only fine.
Pretty classic, but a bit more stripped down and cheesy than all of the other Beatles albums I've listened through in full. Definitely not my favorite but solid.
Not my favourite Beatles album, but still a good listen.
Contrasting album. Some pieces are really good: All my loving, Don't bother me, Hold me Tight and You really got a hold on me. Some others are absolute trash, like Little Child, Mr Postman and I wanna be your man. Not the album you introduce someone to the Beatles with. Also, many of these aren't even originals of theirs.
Early Beatles are not my favourite. The album was good but very simple. I prefer their later releases where the band has pushed many boundries of music. This is fine.
A fine Beatles album but not one of my favourites
In my opinion, this is one of the more lackluster Beatles albums. Side 1 is pretty decent, especially opening with It Won't Be Long, and All My Loving is an early era staple. It tried to act as a superior follow up to their "Please, Please Me" and just doesn't have the same energy or powerhouse track list. While the majority of songs are originals, there are hardly any that hold up in the scope of The Beatle's catalogue. The covers are also subpar save for "Please Mister Postman" and "Roll Over Beethoven", but they are better served in the original recordings. I can appreciate it for propelling Beatlemania even further, but as a creative work it just doesn't do it for me. Favorite Songs: It Won't Be Long, All My Loving Least Favorite: Devil In Her Heart
Pretty good, although not as good as some of their other stuff. 1RS
Hard to criticize anything by The Beatles, even if this particular platter is not something I'd put on too often. This is definitely "early Beatles" with their late 50s influences prominent - vocal harmony laden clean-guitar-driven pop songs. That's no insult and there's really no criticism here - nobody did it like this before and almost nobody has done it this well since. "All My Loving" is probably the biggest / most famous one here amidst roughly half originals/half cover tunes. Even though I vastly prefer their later style it's still great art of the time (1963) - it just doesn't give me chills. It's a nice easy-listening experience with great vocal harmonies. i.e. the only reason I'm putting it at 3 stars is personal preference. 7/10 3 stars
Mostly pretty fun.. though noticeable that the best tracks are covers!
Its a pretty simple album, but genuinly enjoyable and fun. its not trying to be something greater than it is, but its still a well made pop album with some fun compositions and covers.
As much as I think the later Beatles albums are some of the best of humanity's creations, that will still be some of the best potentially in a millennia, I also think their earlier albums are too simple (stylistically speaking) and contain too much fluff amongst the truly good songs.
Ehhhh. Not my favorite of theirs by a long shot, but it’s still stupid that this is even on here. Prefer the original, but that cover of “You Really Got a Hold on Me” is something I could listen to on repeat.
I get it.
Lack of proper mixing for L/R makes this awful to listen to
True americana, however just not my jam at the moment.
That sure is the Beatles
Catchy melodies and tight playing but an overall experience that is square to the core. This sure isn’t “Tonight’s the Night,” or the bad-boy Stones. If this band has a future, it’s in “Money,” the only song here with an edge.
you can see a lot of the later Beatles here but nothing like their later stuff in quality obviously the covers are much better roll over Beethoven is just funny looking back at it liverpool lads singing chuck berry and a relatively rare Harrison lead I wanna be your man is good of the original tracks solid 3
Not into their earlier stuff as much but still nice to listen to. I’m more of a greatest hits Beatles guy.
el pop perfecto de los beatles etapa formal, incluso dentro de las ligaduras ya son geniales, temazos, escucha agradable rápida, sonido exquisito
Good album but not the best
Beatles before their experimental phase. Just poppy hits.
While I think The Beatles are the most overrated band of all time, their influence on music is undeniable. And for what it is, their music isn't bad. It's fine. I won't go out of my way to listen to this album or most of their other stuff, but I won't turn it off as I mow my lawn to it.
Bueno pero puede ser muchísimo mejor
This is the second beatles album it gave me this week. Maybe that's it, but I just didn't like it as much as the first. Still good though.
The Beatles are the Beatles when listening to The Beatles by The Beatles.
Not my favorite Beatles album. A solid 3
Only 11 when it came out but one of the first albums I got to know, at least the 1st side
Not My favorite music
Album is full with early Beatles pop songs, which, to be honest all sound quite short and similiar. This feels like a compilation of early 60s pop songs, rather than a coherent album. Of course some of the songs are great, for example \"Please, Mr. Postman\"
The more screechy and noisy of the Beatles albums
Not the best Beatles album, but it had a couple of hits. Something very nostalgic about old old beatles, even though I was not alive then
The first of what i assume will be all 11 beatles albums on this list, and probably tied with Let it Be as their weakest. Till there was you and Roll Over Beethoven are the highlights.
Always wanted to be "introduced" to Beatles. Looks like "remastered" is my introduction. Haha!
I love the Beatles, but I'm really glad they grew artistically from their early efforts.
This album is very much a 7 to me. Most songs are fairly good with some standout songs. A lot of the songs seem pretty normal and kind of boring in comparison to what the Beatles would go on to create. A lot of doo-wop changes make the songs sound a bit similar to each other. It’s definitely not anywhere near the best Beatles album but there are enough good songs to make it an enjoyable enough listen nevertheless. Favorite songs: All My Loving, Roll Over Beethoven, Money (That’s What I Want) Light 7/10
Nice album where you can hear what they we're capable of. Love the second track.
Zeker niet de beste Beatles plaat maar prima te doen!
It's ok, I wasn't a fan of most of the covers in the middle of the album. Starts and ends well though
Ah, die Teeniebeatles. Jung und alles andere als unschuldig, und natürlich muss man jetzt artsy fotografiert werden. Was den Sound angeht: krass, wie die sich in nur 6 Jahren ab da entwickelt haben werden, aber auch hier schon hör ich sie einfach gern.
Sonics: 6 Music: 6 Feel : scrambling and unpolished
Not their best
Early Beatles aren't super complicated and don't hold up by today's standards. I generally don't spend much time on their first three albums as it's too much "I love her and she loves me", but as albums of the era go, this was still one of the best.
That was fun
Eh, why do the early Beatles albums get included in these lists? I guess they were massively popular at the time? If I ever make such a list, I'd skip the early stuff and only include the later stuff, which seems more revolutionary... Fave track - "Money (That's What I Want)", I guess, though picking a cover feels slightly weird?
good but it didn't blow my mind or anything
It’s not my favourite Beatles album, but it’s fine. It prompted me to ask the question, though “Who Recorded it First?” for a few of the tracks.
Mostly love songs. Some hits. Still early in their careers before an album became a cohesive work. Not my favorite
There is a song on here that I sang in choir and I thought it was something way more lame than the beatles
A couple good hits! Wouldn’t keep this album on rotation though.
When I was like 15 and going through my first big Beatles phase I decided to abstain from some of their albums so I’d have something to come back to. Although I’d heard a lot of the tracks already I did enjoy it as an album. Yes, there are a few scrappers on it there are a few gems that attempt to make up for it. Overall, I don’t think it’s bad but it’s definitely not on par with some of the other albums by the Beatles on this list.
All I’ve got to do is so fucking SICK. You can hear them coming into themselves here, great vocals and our Ringo’s on the money and all. Some major stinkies though. Little Child? Bit dodge lads, if I wanted that craic I’d bop to PYT. Also did you hear what they said about dogs locked in cars on hot days?
Meh, it's the Beatles
Nice album to listen to. For me only a few song that were more familiair as Beatles song. This is a Beatles album that I will listen to again sometime.
Classic. Beatles never let me down.
Not my favorite Beatles album
Cool album. Basic beatles tho
You happy you got your little Beatles kick? Your little doo wa doo yeah? Well take it and leave your shoes at the bloody door. The best songs are covers and to think these cunts ended up cool makes me feel hopeful for that one direction reunion that's constantly on my mind.
Not my favorite Beatles album. But enjoyable.
Not my favorite, but still pretty good
Klassiker. Rivigt.
It's the Beatles, but this is the EARLY years. Listening to this, it's apparent why they took the world by storm. They've not hit their full potential yet.
It's The Beatles doing their best Chuck Berry impression. Interesting to see the origins of their incomparable pop songwriting, but otherwise, it's pretty uninteresting.
Well there’s a reason it’s not their best album
Good old Beatles. I like foot tapping along to some of these but I'm not sure I'd purposely play this album. 3.8 (but 3 stars) out of 5.
So I’ll start this off by saying that I’ve got nothing but respect for the Beatles and that I do enjoy some of their later work. But the sound they have on this album is one of the reasons I could never get into them, it’s just way too poppy for my tastes.
Not the best Beatles album but still solid 3
eh
2/5 Never realized this album was half covers, probably because I haven’t listened to it all the way through since I was a kid.
There’s nothing really wrong with this album, it’s just not the Beatles I ever feel like going back to. The songs are catchy, the harmonies are great and you can obviously hear why they became such a huge deal, but this early sound doesn’t do nearly as much for me as the experimentation and variety of their later albums. There are one or two songs I’d revisit, but as a full album I just don’t see myself ever choosing this when there are so many better Beatles albums available. Good album, just not one I need
I get it. It's the Beatles. Pop music royalty and all that, but this album is just lame. It's not the good experimental Beatles that did weird shit or hated each other and wrote good music. This is the early stuff where the high point is All my Loving. That's the high point. This is just pop drivel that makes me wonder HOW they became so huge. For decades I had sworn it was a payola thing. Pay the stations to play them, bribe some newspapers for a fluff piece on them. Get the tabloids to start doing their crap and it pays off. Maybe were were all just super lame in the early 60's.
Mám rád ich neskoršie albumy. Tento považujem za ich slabší.
30/08/2026 I guess this is on here because of its cultural-historical significance. I think I might be just a few decades too late to really dig this the same way.
typical beatles, definitely not the least favorite. Solid 2. Interesting people who respect the beatles seem to not think too highly of this one. Doesnt seem much different to me than any of the others.
Very meh. Feels like a sophomore slump, they are trying to sound like The Beatles, if that makes sense. “All my loving“ is the only standout of their originals on the album. It’s insane that hard days night came out one year later, it feels 1,000,000 miles away.
Chorus Bridge Repeat Cover song Chorus Bridge Repeat Clumsy guitar solo
I am sorry but no
I like the sound of The Beatles from the 60s, but after the 3rd love song I was losing my patience with this album. 3/10, only song I'd replay is Please Mister Postman.
I’m glad the Beatles evolved past this
I'm not a Beatles fan I didn't grow up in a Beatles household. So the Beatles Nostalgia doesn't exist for me. Anyway, I think there were some songs that were better than others such as "It Won't Be Long," and "All I've Got to Do,". But the covers were really jarring "Please Mister Postman," and "Roll Over Beethoven," and not in a good way. This album reminded me of how CloClo brought a lot of English songs to the French language (such as the Beatles). I guess The Beatles were attempting to do that but like crossing the Atlantic instead and it was not necessary to make a more "British accessible?" version? It wasn't a bad album but it's not my taste and I'm sure there are other Beatles albums I would like more.
when I say I neither love nor hate the Beatles, this album is a reason why I don't love them. Meh. Boring. Th:e bright side? No song over 3:01, so they're over quick.2.0
dont care
you know what I'm surprised at this rating too. I just didn't like it all that much which is strange because I was really expecting to
Even the greatest bands of all time have to have a clunker. This is the Fab Four's. Its best songs have nothing to do with Lennon and McCartney, and the ripping energy of Please Please Me is nowhere to be found. Sure, they're a tight-knit band and improving on their sound. But it's at a sacrifice to their talent; they're being over-marketed and underdeveloped here. And most of all, it's just kinda boring. There's a lot of other Beatles records that could replace this one and be just fine.
08/08 Meh. Never liked the beatles. All their songs sound the same
woof. first beetles album I've listened to and I'll be surprised when I hear a worse one. reminiscent of repeat stuff by bo burnham and somehow less enjoyable. not bad instrumentals
A couple ok tunes but not for me overall.
Meh. Nothing to write home about. It just made me want to listen to Chuck Berry instead.
Not my favorite but there are some bright spots. Very early Beatles, nothing stands out to me in particular. I like the cover of Till There Was You though, Paul's great there
Ok
Not my jam tbh
Let's all be real, this is not The Beatles in the top form
Super uninteresting apart from the numerous covers.
This is exactly the era of the Beatles which made me dislike them and wonder what the big deal was. These songs are probably the best of that time period. Not my cup of tea, but if you are FORCED to listen to the Beatles from this era, this would be the album to choose.
thank god these guys did drugs because that's when their music was at its best. but like, pop music in the early 60s was kind of whatever (pejorative) and they did made it gooder. there are too many love songs for my personal tastes (something to say about this era of the Beatles until like Rubber Soul). while the harmonies singing are naturally good, the album is like blowing dust off an old record and your entire face is filled of old soot, and needing at least 3 or 4 showers worth to make yourself clean again. With The Beatles is dryer than unseasoned turkey. A Hard Day's Night is already on the list to cover the pre-drugs Beatles and that album is a better record of 60s love songs. not too many songs or anything to shout out about. it's obviously not the worst album on the list, but definitely the worst Beatles one, so a rating should be shown as more scornful. there you go, a negative Beatles review that doesn't bring up Scaruffi
This … is not good. A reminder today why I don’t visit this album like ever. The best song here is a cover of Chuck Berry. 🤷♂️. Glad the Beatles got much much much better a few years later.
I'd give it a 3 since it is an important album for rocknroll muzak but i didn't like this very much at all and i'd probably never come back to it. Just covering Black music for the public to be like "Oh joy! those clear boys are doin' it so i don't gotta guiltily listening to the Blacks do it anymore!" It's bland and gimmicky. cheap and trashy!!!!!!!! can't wait to hear a better Beatles album on here - i do really like them but this smells
Is this an album you have to listen to before you die? Absolutely not. My recollection is this band gets much better 😊, but I guess it's a fun album overall.
Pleasant sounding album but lacks interest and no where near as good as their later works
2 1/2 stars. Thank god they evolved from this of-it's-time sound. some good songs but mostly surface level mass appealing junk
Fine.
Honestly, not very good. I much prefer some of the early Who and Stones albums with covers. No bite, kinda bland.
Sometimes are work I have to listen with one headphone in -- that would be impossible to do with this record. What's even more impossible is the idea that THIS record, of all Beatles records, is included on this list. Do they have a glimmer of that X factor which eventually made the Beatles great? Yeah sure. Both Paul and John are endearing as ever, like the hummed outro of "All I've Got To Do." But then there are other wince-inducing songs that are best left in the early 60's, namely "Little Child" and the rigid cover of "Roll Over Beethoven". "You Really Got A Hold On Me" is by far the best track on here. John's crooning, sometimes howly performance actually conveys a depth of emotion we'd only hear in later Beatles albums. It will never not be funny that Ringo's floating head is below the other three on the cover art 2/5
not great. probably my least favorite Beatles album I've heard so far
Nothing more needs to be said about the Beatles or this album.
already not a fan of the Beatles but this is nowhere near their best. Music for teenage girls
I get why early 60’s teeny boppers loved this but to me this is like proto One Direction era Beatles, a few catchy pop tunes with shitty 60’s production, a couple of covers that are not as good as the originals and some filler. The Beatles cemented their place in musical history when they started to experiment and their albums were not aimed at 14 year old girls. 2
Mildly interesting to hear early Beatles but the latter albums are so much more interesting than this
I once tried to get into the Beatles by listening to the discography from the beginning. Did not make it to the good stuff. At least the songs are short.
Ugh.
One of the weakest beatles albums! Just alright innit....Not one i I revisit all that much. I did enjoy it won't be long and all my loving as ive not heard them for ages, but little child and till there was you i think are some of the worst songs they did...2.5!
Im sure it was popular, But it's an album to capitalise on The Beatles mania at the time more than anything. Loada covers and Simplistic writing. For this to be the first Beatles on here is puzzling. Alright, but doesnt hold up, given what they and their writing became. 2.5
Immediately I want to go listen to Daytripper instead Bass boost actually helps, but vocals only in the right ear? Track 1 I liked the outro John Lennon looks weird w/o glasses 'Don't Bother me' has kind of a James Bond OST type of feel 'Till There was you' has a nice Bossa vibe Boy, some Beatles songs really blend & blur together This album is quite heavy on their early pop-sound, but not the real bangers But I might have my tastes biased by the '1' album and Sgt. Pepper. But I would definitely rather listen to those than this album 'I wanna be your Man' has a good high-energy start There's some good vocal harmonies in this album, but it's kinda hit or miss Sometimes I don't enjoy their 'Chuck Berry' type rock songs, but sometimes I do, like my enjoyment flips back and forth during the same song. The Beatles are not great at "rock'n'roll screams" or whatever you would call it, 'The Who' does it better. 'Devil in her Heart' makes me feel like I'm going to Prom with Velma from Scooby-Doo, and I don't hate that... I like the piano riffs in 'Not a Second time' 'Money' has a fun intro. Is this a cover? Yes it is. I don't like this one much. Not a great fit for my tastes. I'd give a D+, maybe C- just for technical quality. Sounds pretty samey and ends with a cover song, a bit of a let down. I don't think i've heard any of these before actually, except for Postman. I could really go for some Lady Madonna type stuff instead.
Its quite refreshing to hear The Beatles be a bit shit, is that why this is on the list?
Probably not the worst Beatles album, but their earlier works, mainly the first 4 albums, all carry similar complaints from me… A couple good songs, and there are moments that were quite innovative at the time for a contemporary pop audience, but it’s few and far between, most songs are covers, and some of them are just a pain to listen to. Fav tracks: All Ive got to do, All my loving (and they aren’t even that great)
its ok
It was a groundsbreaking album amidst the Beatlemania of its time but it is definitely their weakest in the list. It contains too many covers for its own good and lacks the production and artistry that made their discography shine. 7/10 [DROP]
Eu não sou fã de Beatles, muito menos dessa fase ie ie ie, mas tem seu valor. Algumas musicas interessantes. E album para ouvir em mono!!
Didn't like the vocals. Little Child was a hard listen. I would be fine if it was playing in the background but it's not something I would go out of my way to jam to.
mid at best
none of the good 'uns. And if this wasn't the Beatles it would be totally forgotten.
Not enough umph yet. You can hear the potential but they haven’t hit go.
It's fine, but doesn't hold a candle to their later stuff
nichts für mich.
Didn't cared that much for it actually.
I liked it when I was a child but I am no longer a child.
If you’ve heard one early Beatles song, you’ve heard them all. Every song was about two minutes long and was some variation of: Oooo baby, I love you You know I love you so When we’re in a groove, baby I just can’t let you go See, even I can write an early Beatles song! It goes on like that for half an hour. Also, a handful of tracks were covers. I can safely say the author could have left this Beatles album out and no one would have cared. It’s far from their best work, and I did not enjoy it. 2/5
This would have been a 3 as I enjoyed the tunes. But, having the instrumentals on the left and vocals on the right in the mix is so very annoying.
There are three songs I really enjoy, but the best just blend into one massive song.
I love the Beatles but this is not the Beatles that I love. I mean, they had to start somewhere, and this album shows how they grafted at their music. But it's boring and derivative. Mr postman is a highlight but I found the rest of it really boring. Luckily they went on to completely blow our minds
It's like listening to the Beatles before they were the Beatles, just lyrically and vocally a bit worse. Hate that the mixing means on headphones all the singing is in one ear and the music in the other: feels like my ears aren't working right. I don't hate any of it but with 6 other (better?) Beatles albums on the list I'm not sure we had to hear this one. Favourite song: Don't Bother Me Least: I Wanna Be Your Man
I've always held a belief that The Beatles are among the most overrated bands of all time. My hope was that this generator will change my mind. In a way, it has. Admittedly, there are definitely more of their songs I like than I realized. However, this album sure as hell won't help. Even many Beatles fans I come across online are saying this album was one of their worst albums, if not their worst album. What was the point of including this album? It's not their first album, it's not revolutionary, and nearly half of the songs are cover songs. I didn't have fun with The Beatles this morning. Favorite Track: "Please Mr. Postman"
It always freaks me out to listen to the early stuff with all the covers. Nothing wrong, but nothing great.
- The harmonies in All My Loving are so simple yet SO good - Def my favorite version of Till There Was You - Lots of fun songs but no real standouts besides the two above
How can one even think of this album above 3 when, once again, it is a 1960s band stealing the swagger (and sometimes the lyrics) of black artists? The covers on here are just not good and it sounds like an early band just finding their sound. If the Beatles were known for their complex harmonies, you have to also give them a minus when literally every song incorporates the most basic of triads and unisons. Highlight: All I've Got To Do
First three tracks start this one really strong, capping off with the excellent classic “All My Loving,” but after that this album quickly devolves into one of the Fab Four’s least essential albums. They were brilliant hit-makers at this point, but it’d take the following A Hard Day’s Night to prove that they could sustain that excellence across an album’s runtime.
What to say about easily the least essential and interesting Beatles album, hastily recorded to cash in on their popularity, in the period where singles were king and albums not cohesive artistic statements? A big step down from Please Please Me, the songs of which had been tried and tested and honed in their live act, and obviously not a candle to the albums that would follow. Two "Beatles songs" you've heard of and one of which is weak, two extremely mediocre cover staples, and a whole lot of unmemorable junk. Its lack of representation on pretty much every compilation I can think of like Red Album, 1, Rock Band, etc. says it all. No, it's not awful, it's the Beatles, but it's bottom-tier Beatles and does little to justify its appearance amongst their 6 other albums on here, or their better and more historic debut.
This album has some absolute classics. Lots of songs that are embedded in pop culture. A titan to stand the test of time. I just hate the Beatles
It is a boring album. The songs are uninteresting. The originals aren't novel or executed particularly well, and the covers are mediocre. Their cover of "Roll Over, Beethoven," surely makes Chuck Berry roll over in his own grave to this day. The lyrics of the originals are juvenile. It's not necessarily a bad album, but it's hardly worth a listen. It truly deserves all those proto-boy band comparisons. I loathe the idea that every piece of art that a composer has made is worth revisiting, especially when some of those first pieces are lackluster. You can appreciate who the Beatles are at their apex without pretending that their first stabs at music are worth consumption.
Yeah, wish we could skip some of this with the Beatles… Yeah, I really dislike early period Beatles. This is kinda horrible stuff. I want to give it a 1 just to be that person. But… 2 because everyone argues with me like I am condoning murder or something when I voice this opinion. So they get +1 for moving the masses. But Boolean rating: HARD NO. The only reason anyone thinks I need to hear this is because it’s the Beatles, otherwise there are dozens of more important jazz and blues albums from this period that didn’t make the list.
Alright... this album really isn't good. It gets annoying and if you blink you miss half the album. I've heard so much better music from this band and the genre that I would much rather listen to. I can appreciate it knowing where the band goes from here, but that doesn't mean I like it.
zzz... užasna obrada »roll over beethoven«, strašno nešto. osim toga iznenađujuće okej? al i dalje blago naporno, i imao sam osjećaj kao da traje sat vremena, a ne pola sata. bilo bi dosta više albuma ovih šupaka, al ostao mi je još jedan (društvo usamljenih srdaca narednika bibera), vidjet ćemo i kakav je taj
This will probably be the worst beatles album on the list. 6 of the songs are covers. There's only a few memorable songs. I'll give it a 2. It's simply nowhere near their other stuff and better albums were realeased this year
No way these guys ever make it big
It’s fine and romance-focused, but in the grand scheme of their discography, it’s low tier with not that many hits. My standout is Don’t Bother Me.
not bad, not good. feels like samey mediocre listening. Unlistenable in stereo, and the mono is a bit muddy. standouts: Money, Please mister postman. Yet to be impressed by the beatles.
4th Beatles album since I started here, and this one mostly bored me. It's not terrible, there's even a couple of fun moments... but overall it's clearly not their best work. I can absolutely enjoy the "early Beatles" (A Hard Day's Night is a cult album for me), but this one is too dated even for me. It sounds flat and formulaic, very 50s-like, and not many songs really stand out. Did we really need it here ? The 6 other Beatles albums on the list are already more than enough to give us a good overview of their work... 4/10
Third or fourth Beatles album… still doesn’t quite land for me. Just a string of pop-formatted tracks and covers with pretty childish lyrics, not without a certain outdated charm though.
Idk it was a bit boring, kinda similar to their other albums
I thought the remastered Version was poorly mixed but no they're just that quiet
Honestly, why is this one even here? I've always thought it's the absolute weakest in their discography (even behind the much-maligned Beatles for Sale). The covers are a bit too obvious (come on, we don't need *another* rendition of "Money" and "Roll Over Beethoven"), and "All My Loving" aside, the originals are uninspired. If you're interested in the Beatlemania phase of their careers, do yourself a favor and just listen to Please Please Me instead.
The Beatles before they were actually good. Simple tunes performed well, basically. It's wild to think that in just two years they'd be releasing Rubber Soul, followed by Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's. The gulf between this and those is vast.
In my estimation, this is squarely in the middle of the pack in the pre-Rubber Soul Beatles catalogue. They were still in their "boy band" phase at this time, but you can tell the Fab Four are desperate to burst out of that mold and do something bigger and better than the tepid, beige material they chose here. There's a few classic rock and roll covers to pad out the tracklist, with all of the performances being perfectly serviceable, but the rest of the songs sort of sound identical to one another, with only the vocal melodies and lyrics being swapped out. There isn't anything here to really make this one stand out, and I doubt it would be included on this list if not for the name attached to the title.
The Beatles – With The Beatles (1963) On Day 106, I found what I consider to be one of the weaker albums in The Beatles' catalog. While I recognize their massive contribution to everything we enjoy in mainstream music today, they’ve never really "done it" for me personally. I don't hate them, but this record feels pretty typical of my general level of enjoyment with their early sound. The production is high-energy for 1963, and the Motown covers show off their roots, but it lacks the immaculate depth of their later masterpieces. It’s a culturally important project, but as a listening experience in 2026, it falls into the "passable" category. A definitive 2/5.
Not their best.
This was very meh
I had that haircut too at one point... In 2007...
till there was you is the best song
Just can’t get all the way through it. Never been a big Beatles fan, especially the earlier stuff. That goes for almost anything from the early 60s. I acknowledge that many have stood on the Beatles’ shoulders, and for that they deserve great recognition. But it just doesn’t do it for me.
I liked it, All my loving is goated, but its a very primitive sound and nothing really outstanding
Track 1: the guitar riff sounds out of place during the verses. Good vocals. Track 2: don't like how he lingers on the "I" of "All I gotta do" at some parts Track 3: good guitar work and vocal harmony Track 4: bizarre sounding intro. Don't like the lyrics but the instrumental is nice Track 5: throwaway cover Track 6: good cover overall. Don't like how he pronounces "saw" as "sar" Track 7: a little dull and repetitive Track 8: intro sounds dumb and not a fan of the original song so not a fan of the cover Track 9: vocals sound a little rough but nice harmonies Track 10: Singers are not well synced. Hate the first line of lyrics Track 11: annoying and repetitive Track 12: decent cover but pretty forgettable Track 13: forgettable throwaway song Track 14: pretty good cover. Guitar comes in slightly late in the intro
Never been a great Beatles fan.
Te druk en te rommelig om echt lekker te luisteren. Ondanks dat ik weet dat ze veel voor de muziekwereld hebben betekent kan ik het niet echt waarderen.
Eh
Dnf
honest to god the only difference I see between this era of The Beatles and The Monkees is The Beatles never wrote a pop song I like as much as I'm A Believer don't see any reason this belongs on the list outside of "oh but these guys eventually do more interesting things" which, a) debatable b) then just include the more interesting things
2.25 - The Beatles aren't really my thing. This is fine, but it just makes me feel like I'm a kid again being drug around Shoe Carnival with my mom.
Of course they revolutionized music and broke new ground, but man am I NOT a fan of the Beatles. I would never put this album on to listen casually. The whole thing just kind of sounds square to me.
An outdated one. Not the Beatle's signature standing across the timeline.
This is a weak Beatles album. Covers and mostly forgettable songs. Please please me would eank higher for being their debut and on A Hard Days Night the hit machine started to roll. Sandwiched between these two, With the Beatles is forgettable and an unnecesary inclusion in this list
empezó y me gustó después siguió y siguió y lo termino por no gustarme
Wieso sind die so berühmt? Falls die anderen Alben so sind verstehe ich das nicht. Dieses war leider auch nicht wirklich was für mich.. :C
Fand ich nicht gut.
Mid-off shadowboxing
Rating: 4/10 An album about John Lennon wanting a little child to hug him tightly, but sometimes just hug him. Either way it's some pedo shit even for 1960's standards.
My first time listening to a Beatles album and probably the last. They sound exactly like how i thought they would sound. Meh.
Not sure that I like early Beatles.
ранние, наивные битлы. неплохой альбом, но слушать его за один присест тяжеловато - все превращается в кашу. запомнились треки: till there was you (думала, что ее написал Маккартни, очень в его стиле), money (that's what i want) - забавный инструментал, вокал леннона, all i've got to do - очень приятная, конечно all my loving, знала и любила ее даже до полноценного прослушивания альбома, you really got a hold on me - не уверена, чем зацепила, но мне нравится партия фортепиано в начале песни. послушать и ознакомиться определенно стоило, но особенно зная, что есть еще в дискографии битлов, оценить высоко сложно, хоть альбом и приятный. обложка странная. 2/5
I like the Beatles, but this is probably their worst album. Very generic 60s boy-band pop. Almost no change in style. Plus every song is barely 2 minutes, makes every song pass by before you can blink
undoubtedly the beatles. um sorry
Of all the stinkers the Beatles had, their covers were the absolute worst.
Not everything The Beatles did needs to be treated with reverence.
I want to write more but cant describe it in any other way than boring
Why o why is only the last song on this record mixed properly. I REALLY dislike only hearing the vocals in my right ear. Other than that this record is fine. The beatles sound like they actually enjoy making these songs, something which can't be said on later records.
It's pop, its inoffensive and its probably Beatles fans least favourite album, so it gets an extra point for that alone
I don't like the Beatles.
I'm not a Beatles fan as-is, adding in the hard left/right panning for instrument/vocal tracks made this one a pain to get through. I know there's a mono version floating around out there and maybe would have bumped this to a 3 but I can't be bothered.
Sophomore slump? I love the Beatles but this has to be the weakest of their albums. Too may mediocre covers, too may mediocre and forgettable originals. A couple of really good bops.
Inclusion of albums like this is why people don't respect Beatles fanatics.
The Beatles before they were good, let's be honest
There’s a couple of good songs here that make a good case for why the Beatles were so popular, but half of the album is just absolutely terrible covers.
Again, like Ray Charles and Prince just not overwhelmed by this Beatles release from 1963. Songs are all nice little ditties, pretty basic structure and nothing profound lyrically. Mr. Postman is probably the highlight. Never really cared for Roll Over Beethoven. Pretty tame and lame really.
Not my favorite album of theirs and not a hige fan of the imaging of vocals on right, guitar on left. 2.5
The least annoying Beatles album I’ve heard.
Feels dated and has lesser versions of songs
This is not the worst Beatles, but this band has never been my thing.
was wel ok
Beatles- the boring years
A bit sad at the number of covers, but that is more a reflection on the times I suspect. The album was fine, but I think it would be far from my favourite even not having listened to much of the Beatles before.
This was fine, not unpleasant listening. A little icky to hear the Beatles cover motown hits less well than the original, especially given the "borrowing" of work by Black artists of the time.
A few classes on there, wouldn’t listen again.
Audio mixing was awful with very boring instrumentality
Not their best work, but I'm assuming their whole discography is in here somewhere
Not a huge fan of the Beatles except the odd song. This collection is a bit slower than my usual tastes and doesn’t inspire much.
As a person not familiar with old school rock and roll, but heavily inclined by modern and 2000s rock, the album was a new endeavor. Though it couldn’t grasp my taste, it was still a great casual listen.
Bland in the context of the rest of the Beatles discography. Maybe was innovative of its time. I dunno, I wasn't alive.
Rating: 5/10 Putting this album on 1001 You must listen to before being deceased is silly, it’s not like the ENTIRE Beatles catalogue needs to be present. This one is less essential, it is much more forgettable to me, maybe if you’re a fan of the early Beatles era which I am not really. I’m sure it was some really cool stuff in 1963. What they built on from this and the evolution they would have in just a couple short years though is simply insane
Uma bosta escutavel
So it was okk they seemed a bit like empty love songs to me. idk maybe im not a beetles girly but it didn’t speak to me or stand out and all the songs were quite similar. In a way yes they all blended together as an album which is a good positive but i struggled to distinguish them occasionally. I listened to the album a few times but yeah not my cup of tea. Also they say ‘yeah’ way too much what 😭the songs were very monotonous and there was no climax the entire song was a chorus. Worst song: Little child Best song: Hold me tight, I wanna be your man
Not really my thing. I know they are iconic. Just not into it
I was never really a fan of the Beatles but there were songs here and there that I did like a lot (across the universe/nowhere man/baby you're a rich man) but im even less of a fan of their very early work which was stiflingly mainstream and even disingenuous to their actual creative talent and genius. I'm not going to give this a 1 star out of respect, but I will never listen to this album of my own accord.
It’s fine. I don’t hate it but I’m a lil bored. I like the Please Mister Postman the best probably.
Ma mõistan, et see on üks kuradi vana album, mis pole klišeelik, vaid tekitaski neid klišeesid, aga ikka ei istu see plaat mulle. On arusaadav, kuidas Biitlid sellise muusikaga USA lavasid vallutasid, aga praegu see mõjub lihtsalt kehvade kaverite kogumikuna. Paul McCartney ja John Lennon nagu õpiksid veel laulma. 2/5
15. mid
Interesting that the singing for the first two songs only comes out of my right earbud. The mixing is very nice, even though it feels very similar for multiple songs. But that makes it cohesive too. All my loving is a very nice song. Gets a bit boring on song six because it all sounds so similar. Please Mister Postman ist kind of fun.
I’m sure this is above average for what it is, I just have no interest in hearing it again. The covers are probably the best songs.
Just a BORING album. Feels like, what are we doing here. And what I really don’t get is, you just had 2 fantastic singles, better than anything on this album… why weren’t they there??????
Yeeesh.. So generic sounding, they clearly are finding their footing stil. Songs are clones of one another with the soaring harmonies, similar melodies, and themes surrounding love... cant you think of anything else to sing about guys? The album cover makes them look way too edgy and professional, compared to the actual sound of the album. False advertising if you ask me. Its fine, its easy listening, but honestly I'm getting kind of sick of this type of sound that keeps popping up on this list. The later beatles music is just so much better, no contest. This probably deserves a 3, but Im giving it a 2 just to humble them a bit. 5/10
ja da zijn de beatles he
I understand the love for the Beatles stuff that comes after this... But not for this. Just haven't found their footing yet.
I think I prefer this sound to the 'took too much' vibe of some of the other Beatles albums we've had - plus its very short which helps. The Beatles are not really my thing, and I've never got the hype, but I appreciate their contributions to music - there's just way too many Beatles (and offshoot projects) on this list. Minus one star for the harmonica solo in Little Child AND that its fucking creepy to sing lyrics which say: 'Little child, won't you dance with me? I'm so sad and lonely. If you want someone to make you feel so fine, Then we'll have some fun when you're mine.' What is wrong with men? Why is there so much infantilising women, and/or singing about literal children/under age girls? Fuckin gross dude, groom much?
ok to have it plays in the background while i apply for benefit
Really not sure why this Beatles album is on here. I was never a Beatles fan, but listening to all their albums helped me appreciate them. This is not one of those albums that is really notable in any way Favorite Songs: Till There Was You
Don’t get Beatle Mania!
Går ju inte att överskatta deras påverkan på modern musik men för mig är denna musik inte särskild intressant o ibland känns den nästan barnslig. Just denna platta har inget som sticker ut, och jag ogillar att det är så många covers.
Continuing the trend of me not really liking early Beatles, their 2nd album just isn't it for me. "Don't Bother Me" is really the only song on here I kinda like.
Old Beatles 🙅♂️ New Beatles 🙆♂️ Aka, this was not great. And maybe my 2 star rating is related to some Beatle fatigue, but this was just a boring record.
Gotta start somewhere
today is the day that i share i've never sat down and listened to a four fat sluts album ever before in my life. like, why would i need to? wouldn't it stand to reason i could get by listening to them by osmosis since they're so pervasive and culturally significant? and, if i happened to miss a song or two (or seven dozen) through this process, wouldn't it mean the song(s) suck anyhow and weren't worth listening to? but i suppose this was a flawed assumption since i can't trust anyone or their taste in music anymore. i must investigate these four fat sluts to understand, for myself, what about them compels people to lie and say that they're good. it's fortuitous, then, that 1001 has deemed to give me the four fat sluts "when they sucked" as my introduction to them. a tangential story: when i was younger i went to some get-together with my dad. i don't remember what this get-together was about - a family friend? an all-ages social gathering? could've been a cult info session for all i knew, but we didn't stay too long. of the precious few minutes that we spent at this strangers house, i was engaged in a conversation with someone's british grandpa. my dad, always the jokester, decided to reveal to this british grandpa that i didn't like the beatles (since renamed to the four fat sluts) - he said this against my heartfelt desire to avoid needlessly antagonizing the geriatric. after my dad said this the gentleman's demeanor shifted and, all of the sudden, he looked very pensive. grandpa could feel a socratic moment coming on. he asked me: "who is your favorite band?" i told him: "the knife" he replied: "do you think, in one hundred years, your band - these 'knives' fellas - do you think they'll still be an important part of people's lives? do you think they will transcend cultures and touch millions of people all over the world?" being of obstinate tweenager age, i replied with something along the lines of "i don't know, who's to say they couldn't?" but the grandpa shook his head and smiled a bit as though my answer proved his point: your favorite band will never be the four fat sluts, your criticisms are invalid, and if you had said this within the realm of great britannia we would have you shot, yank. so this one goes out to you british grandpa: you're right, it's undeniable the four fat sluts have done numbers and we're still talking about them 100 years after they released this album (1925 - wow!!). the album itself is fine - worse than i expected, given the four fat slut's lofty acclaim, but it still meets my arbitrary measure of acceptance (hell, it goes past that!) so i will not deny what they've accomplished here: a decent, passable, fine-enough album. can't wait to listen to the rest of the four fat slut's discography and find out, once and for all, if british grandpa had any right to be defending them like he did. highlights - don't bother me, roll over beethoven, hold me tight
There are some fine pop tracks on this album, though there are just as many flat covers of black american artists. Does this really deserve to be on this list? Just because it's by the Beatles does not mean it's essential. I'm sure there are hundreds of more interesting, influential, and deserving albums out there.