With The Beatles

Yep, that's old Beatles. Usually used to hearing it from snippets of live footage completely being drowned out by screaming girls. Very much of its time, early rock and roll. Hard to imagine this being any sort of counter culture, it sounds so painfully family friendly. Breezed by fairly quickly but there's nothing to get excited about.

Didn't mind any of this, and I'm "not a fan of the Beatles". The Beatles Story at the Albert Dock is excellent - focussing mainly on the early years, which is the era I'm most interested in (however I don't mind a few tracks from a few of their different albums). I don't think anyone that has lived in Liverpool is a fan of the Beatles, am yet to meet someone that qualifies. Saying that, the museum is good - lots of interesting memorabilia on display and recreations of eras and places, such as the Imagine room. Listened to this whilst over-encumbered with flu. Helped my mental state - almost hallucinatory.

As this list has gone on I've enjoyed The Beatles more and more, however this album is not one of their best. Their lyrics and sound is pretty generic. I liked a few tracks and the runtime is so short that I can forgive it but most of the songs are written espeically for women. Highlights: It Won't Be Long Please Mister Postman Money (That's What I Want)

Much more classic rock and roll than I expected, but still obviously the Beatles. Not a fan. 1. Harsh, but it's 6am and I'm at Heathrow and allowed after a long flight!

Did not enjoy

Standout Track- Till There Was You

Good one

los quiero mucho mis niños 8/10

The album was overall really good. I mean the Beatles in general are really good but I think this is my new favorite album. The songs are very catchy and I think I would definitely listen to more of The Beatles! 4.5/5

not my fav beatles album ngl

Really enjoyed this one. Roll over Beethoven was a surprise. More grit than I was expecting.

No cóż 5/5

Feels a little amateur considering I just listened to Rubber Soul two days ago. Who knew there would be so much Beatles on here.

Still in their boyband phase, however their talent and chemistry already shows and makes this a good listen. (74%).

One of the better Beatles album but I've grown apart from this band over the years

POjkbands-Beatles är inte riktigt min grej

Good

John Lennon’s voice is pure rock and roll in this album. This is The Beatles right in the middle of their jangly Merseybeat phase before expanding their sound in the later albums. The cover tracks are fine but are probably the low points.

Ok, kinda interesting but a bit too bubblegum.

6.5

Sounds like early Beatles. Not my favorite album of theirs.

Not my favorite Beatles album

It’s The Beatles of course I like it. Though not as good as some of their others.

The last of the old-time rock a billy Not at all revolutionary, but demonstrated excellence

Meh, not that into the Beatles

Good album. Enjoy these early pop tracks that cemented the path to beatlemania

Some of my favorite early Beatles tracks (All My Loving, It Won't Be Long) on this album, but overall one of the more forgettable Beatles records. It's not bad, it's fun, but doesn't hold a candle to their early singles or later work.

Pretty rough and unblemished. Can see why older folks didn't like them. 3.9

3.4

It's certainly not an album I would choose to listen to regularly, but listening to this in the context of what else was on offer in 1963, it's easy to see why they had such an impact at the time. It’s interesting to hear all the influences from the past such as from Little Richard but also glimpses of what was to come. They hadn’t yet broken free of the pre 1964 concept of what a band was, but they are starting to become something entirely different. 3.5+/5

I’m a Beatles lover. I don’t dislike any of their records and I really love the pre-Hard Day’s Night stuff and how fun it is. There are better British Invasion records or Merseybeat or whatever, but this is just a joyous 30 minutes.

The Beatles are obviously an icon, their music is catchy, I get it... classic stuff that was huge in its era and well-loved still today. For me personally, a lot of their music sounds the same and I find other genres more interesting. I don't dislike it, it's fine, I'm just not in love. [*shields face from the masses throwing rotten tomatoes at him for a slightly less than glowing review*]

Man, these dude could write pop tunes like nobody's business. This era of the beatles the perfect example of the genius of simplicity. the tunes are straight ahead, well written, catchy, and have aged beautifully. I also think we need to revisit the days of pop stars covering contemporary artists. That's just a delight.

Not my favorite Beatles album, but they’re still amazing and “It Won’t Be Long” is such an ear worm.

Not just a corny, quick cash grab follow up, this is a remarkable step up from their first album and proved that these boys had some serious talent.

Meh

I guess I only like the Beatles after they started doing drugs

Standaard, zoetsappige jaren '60 pop inclusief wat covertjes met verplichte oohs en aahs. Weinig indrukwekkend. Er zal geen haan naar kraaien als we dit album uit deze lijst strepen. Dan staan ze er alsnog 6x in. Het half uur is wel zo voorbij.

early beatles are interesting. because on one hand no one would be talking about them if it weren't for where they went after, but on the other hand it's still cool. so like 3 ig

4.5

Before Harry Styles, before Bieber, before Timberlake, there were the Beatles... My right ear really enjoyed the singing and my left ear really enjoyed the guitar. My left ear gives it a 3.5/5 and my right ear gives it a 4/5. With some of these electric guitar riffs they were basically shredding metal in the early 60's. I wouldn't let these hooligans in my good Christian town. This album was filled with a lot of good sentiments. Sometimes I wanted to dance, sometimes I wanted to sing along, sometimes I wanted to wander through a field in the springtime and smell the wonderful roses. The combination of clean tremolo guitar and smooth, energetic vocals is always pleasing. Nice and clean. And then drugs happened and things really changed after this. As they would have undoubtedly said in 1963: This shit slaps.

Clear rockabilly influence, western twang and doo-wop acapella. Jazz elements. Groovy.

Eh. An extra star for "All My Loving." I don't think this has aged well outside of Beatles fandom. The covers aren't as good as the originals, and reflect the period in which white artists co-opted songs by artists of color. Also, I understand the history of it, but the left/right separation is truly awful.

Uhhh I prefer their earlier stuff

Overall, a fairly consistent album, enjoyed most of the songs but definitely not a stand out album for me personally.

Simpatic albumul, placut de ascultat, interesant de imaginat ce cultura muzicala era pe vremuri cand mai toate melodiile sunt despre dragoste.

"With the Beatles" is a solid sophomore effort from the Fab Four. Released in 1963, it continues to showcase the Beatles' budding songwriting skills and harmonious charm. Tracks like "All My Loving" and "It Won't Be Long" reflect their early brilliance. The album's production maintains the simplicity of their debut while hinting at the evolution to come. However, compared to their later groundbreaking work, "With the Beatles" can feel a bit formulaic. Some tracks lack the innovation and experimentation that would define their later albums. It's a decent album in its own right but doesn't quite reach the iconic status of their later releases, making it more of a stepping stone in their remarkable career.

Pleasant, really enjoyed the covers. It is certainly a lot less unique than their later work.

clossic

There is something simple and sweet about the first couple of Beatles albums, including this second one. A mix of covers and original material, it serves more as a document of the band's musical roots and influences with a glimpse of the Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership that would forever change popular music. Listening to "With The Beatles" now feels a bit like a museum experience, given the impact The Beatles would go on to have. Plus, it is a definite chronicle of the era's Merseybeat sound which would invade the rest of the world. Listening to the whole album reveals the quartet earning their musical chops, finding their way, and honing their craft. It is nowhere near their best LP. It might not even suggest the band would become one of the greatest ever, but it definitely set them on a path that solidified their status as hitmakers once they matured as musicians and people. They were all still in their early 20s, after all.

can't go wrong

Ah, the simple charm of early Beatles.

4.5 stars. It's the Beatles. Shorter album (33 min) but hard to dislike anything about it, even if it isn't packed with tracks I love. "Roll Over Beethoven" sounds very Beach Boys. Standout is "All My Loving".

Very cool and good.

Les sujets ne sont pas très variés, mais c’est tellement entraînant, bien réalisé, ingénieux, les harmonies apportent quelque chose aux textes. Un délice.

The Beatles before they were great. Nascent qualities on display, but a boy band at this point. Not artists yet. Performers.

Early Beatles leaves me cold.

Beetje opa en oma muziek

74/100

banger

Beatles/5

Ei mun lempi-Beatlesia.

Early black metal "pioneers" The Beatles do not impress. The tremolo on 'All My Loving' is especially pathetic. The only good thing about this album is it's short length, but I think it could be 33 minutes shorter. John Lennon is a false metal poser.

Just great, as Beatles always are.

Beatles album cannot be less than 4 stars, but this album is far from their greatests works

Hiukan ehkä turhanpäiväistä rallattelua. Ei oikein tarjonnut mitään ihmeellistä. Beatles ei oikein vaan oo mun juttu muutamaa kappaletta lukuunottamatta

This is so far down the list of Beatles albums I would've picked. Not bad, but not Sgt. Peppers either.

These songs are all nice and poppy. All nice and short. Basic enough with some basic songwriting (see ‘Please Mister Postman’). This is the kind of album I would put on again without particularly liking any of the songs by themselves. 7/10.

Are all the beatles albums on this list? Like, if you had to choose 3 beatles albums would this be one of them? I'm not sure, but I dont think that it would. Its a good album, maybe even a great album, but the beatles basically defined rock and roll for a generation or more. Anyway, 4 stars. 4/5

I realize that I’ve never sat down and listened to the Beatles before. Honestly not expecting this style of music. As with most albums I suspect, good but no bangers, three stars.

this is a foundational album for me. although i love all the beatles' music like my children, i am going to get a little real here. the draw of the beatles is their songwriting and their innovative production - so from that standpoint, this album is one of the lesser beatles albums. it is before they hit their creative stride, and almost half of the album being covers does not really help. the covers are not even bad covers, they're just covers and i don't think anyone really listens to the beatles FOR the covers. but this album is really of it's time, that's just how it was done. that all said, i do still really love this album

Some good songs, some ok songs. One extremely creepy song.

I do enjoy The Beatles, but maybe i'm more of a fan of their greatest hits than individual albums

the Beatles.

My first Beatles album on the list. Not their best but a so-so Beatles album is better than most band's best.

C'est les Beatles, ça sonne comme les Beatles. Un peu dans le style de Hard Day's night : une ou deux pièces connues et tout le reste sonne comme du vieux rock n roll. 5/10

I love the Beatles this isn't my favourite album.

All My Loving // Till There Was You // Please Mister Postman // You Really Got A Hold On Me // 2.5/5

I thought it would be better.

Far from great, but has a few decent tracks. All My Loving is amazing. But there’s a few good toe tappers.

Album #126 and finally a Beatles album! I love the Beatles, but in my opinion this is one that didn't really need to be on the list. All My Loving is the only important song. There are six covers of other artists' songs. However, the album cover itself is pretty iconic. If I was comparing it to other Beatles albums, it would rate lower, but overall it's still a 5/5 for me. I've heard it many times before. Like most Beatles albums, all four members get a chance to sing lead. In fact, my favorite track may be Ringo's only song, I Wanna Be Your Man. I don't dislike any song here, but "It Won't Be Long" and "Not a Second Time" are not favorites. The covers are all good, even when Paul sings "I never sar them winging."

4.1 Just a bundle of joy. I think With The Beatles is overall more consistent in terms of quality than Please Please Me, BUT Please Please Me has the better singles which is why I think this album gets overlooked. Also the cover of it is just so unsymmetrical and uneven it's so jarring to look at they wasted such good pictures (poor Astrid Kirchherr). Fave songs: Please Mister Postman, All My Loving, Boys, Hold Me Tight

It Won't Be Long , All I've Got To Do, Till There Was You.

The Beatles have some great tracks. None of them are here. This is like a half decent pub band who manage to butcher a cover or two. I will say though, Ringo sounds good here.

Bueno, la verdad no soy fan. Es mi primera vez escuchando algo de ellos.

Quite nice, light pop. John starts to get the rock out on Money (that's what I want) previewing twist and shout energy. I liked it, it breezed by.

It Won't Be Long , All I've Got To Do, Till There Was You

C'est pas a tou casser ahah pas leur meilleur c'est certain. 3.75

A lot of covers on this album, but originals like All My Loving make this a great collection that show the Beatles coming into their own as a band.

if you’re a beatles hater fucking grow up!!!!

I’m a massive Beatles fan, not their best album but still 5/5

Bueno es uno de los discos más flojitos de los Beatles, lo que lo hace mejor que la mayoría de los discos en general.

I liked this album a lot more than most people. It’s a lot different than their later material with very simple love songs and shorter lengths, but this reminded me of country songs from the 50s and 60s which I’ve listened to a lot and enjoy. It also contains some classics such as It Won’t Be Long and All My Loving, and I enjoyed Please Mister Postman. The only thing is a few songs don’t have the same immediacy and are very forgettable.

I mean it's a Beatles record, not the best but still

Good.

Sometimes I forget about the Beatles roots as a first of its kind pop-rock band that sang great love songs. I hadn't heard most of these before, or at least not in a long time. Overall good album but Little Child has...not aged well

That was a fun listen and there were some real highlights

meh. I think I just don't like most of their earlier work. All My Lovin is the best song on this album imo and I don't even like it that much, even after performing it with a band.

a classic 60’s record. call it cheesy but it wasn’t at the time. these lads were the greatest to ever do it. this album contains some of their all time best songs. they’re so young and cute here but their performances are fucking superb like how can you not love them. if you’rea beatles hater fucking grow up!!!!

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

A classic

Pretty good album. Never actually listened to the Beatles, other then hearing their really big hits here and there, but i did enjoy my time with this one. I do have to say some of the songs sound very repetitive and boring, to me personally. Some of my favorite tracks were: Till There Was You, Please Mister Postman, Roll Over Beethoven and Devil In Her Heart.

Really great album though you can definitely tell that it's still very much early Beatles. Some songs stuck out while others are covers which you have to take points away, of course. Still better than a lot of the crap and imitations that were to follow. If there is one thing the Beatles offer across every album it's that their music/albums are always easy to listen to. 7/10.

Best listened to in mono - stereo mixing was very basic in 1963. A few great tracks (particularly All My Loving), and the cover versions are fun, but rarely match the originals. More time was spent on recording this than their debut, and a few innovations in guitar sound are noticeable.

I love The Beatles and their exceptional output. And this is another great one. Just catchy, beautiful, fun songs! 8,5 out of 10

I wasn't sure what I was going to think about this one. The project has given us several later albums, and to go back to this fairly simple setup of four guys, guitars, drums, and old rock 'n' roll songs is a bit of a shock. And just two years before Rubber Soul! Turns out I loved this lots. This is what got people to fall in love with the Beatles, and all that admiration is what allowed all their explosive creativity in the next few years. So much fun to listen to, so fun to hear their takes on other rock and Motown standards, all in all this was great. At some point I'm going to have to just listen to their albums in order and marvel at how much happened in eight or so years.

So, I wasn't so sure that I would dig this album from such young Beatles. But I was wrong to even question. I very much did dig it.

I'm familiar with most of these songs individually, but I don't have a lot of listening experience with this as an album. Interesting to hear how close in sound they were to the 1950s, with Revolver and Rubber Soul just a few short years away.

The covers are great, the original tunes catchy and it sounds like the band is having a lot of fun. I think these kids are going places!

OK, spme good songs. Prob the worst Beatles album

Yea issa banger

Oof, this is likely my least favorite Beatles record. There are hints of greatness, the melodies on 'All My Loving' and 'Don't Bother Me' and quite a few vocal harmonies, but nothing ever quite evolves into a truly great song. The cover of 'Devil In Her Heart' comes close to greatness, and the covers of 'Please Mister Postman' and 'Roll Over Beethoven' provide some much energy halfway through the record. But the musicianship of the Fab Four doesn’t quite hold up on these fast-paced tracks, and especially Harrison's solos are surprisingly painful.

On With the Beatles the Fab Four starts showing signs that they would later turn out to be some of the finest song writers ever. “Don’t Bother Me” and “It Won’t Be Long” are the best examples of this while the covers of “Please Mister Postman” and “Devil In Her Heart” also work great. With the Beatles is enjoyable through and through but there’s still some way from this to what those four Liverpool lads were destined to become.

It was fine 60s pop rock is really the majority of what I can say. Most of the songs are catchy, but overly short and a bit repetitive perhaps, but it's easy to listen the instrumentation sounds nice for that time period.

Dogshit saccharin pop music. Sounds like it was written by a 12 year old. Unbelievable how much people like this.

Holy stereo, Batman. If I ever look for this on vinyl I'll be sure to get the mono version. This seemed hastily mixed that way, with the vocals all the way to the right and instruments all the way to the left. However I could eventually all but forget about it because at the end of the day it was still a Beatles album, and a good one for sure, but I don't think it's the best. A pleasant listen regardless. Favourite: All My Loving

classic stuff, early on their journey

Weird album. The beatles minus most of the hits. Weird cover choices

I am a huge Beatles fan and I have listened to all of their albums. Definitely understand the British Invasion and the sweep through the US. It's also cool to see how they progressed from here to their later albums. The evolution is neat.

Of all the Beatles albums, why is their weakest offering on this list? As far as early 60s pop goes, it's pretty average. Aside from "All I've got to Do" all the other tracks are pretty boilerplate forgettable or written by other people. Nothing offensively bad, but one of the albums you NEED to listen you before you die?

A couple days ago I came down pretty hard on Elvis. Maybe I'm a huge hypocrite, but I like the Beatles quite a bit more. Even this early record is quite good, thanks largely to the band's stellar vocals and catchy-ass melodies. Bonus points for fitting 14 songs into a 33-minute record; my short attention span appreciates it. Sidenote: I listened to this in mono. I hate 1960s hard-panned stereo so, so much. Mono version sounds quite good.

Really good, made me change my opinion on the Beatles. However, they didn’t have many songs that stuck with me. Maybe on a 2nd listen they would.

A really great album. I can't even imagine how this would have sounded at the time, every song is a classic and it all sounds amazing. I personally prefer the sound of later Beatles stuff, but I haven't listened to this album in a long time and it feels just fun. Definitely worth checking out.

The early beatles albums aren't particularly my favorite in their catalogue, and I've revisited them far less than anything beginning from Rubber Soul onward. This albums a little better than Please Please Me imo, its more aligned with my taste in the band. I'm almost tempted to give this one 2 stars but it just feels wrong, I feel like a 3 out of 5 is fair enough as there's just enough to like in this one.

Another one that’s pretty hard to listen to objectively. It’s the Beatles. I’ve been listening to this for my whole life. It’s not my favorite Beatles, but it’s great.

tal vez no lo inventaron, pero hasta hoy se escuchan los ecos de lo que hicieron

The Beatles are the best. This record is great. There isn't much to say about it that hasn't been said a million times.

Classic 4.5

2/5. Sure some good songs on her but overall a pretty boring album. Half of these songs are covers so not great, and the other half, although original, only a few stand out as classics. The others are throwaways. I understand it’s the Beatles but even on its own, it’s just okay.

Twee.

Early beatles, with lots of covers. It's still very mucha breakthrough album, you can kind of tell that they're still working out albums. Very poppy, with lots of covers. There's maybe only one essential beatles song (all my loving), but the rest are definitely worth listening to, especially because it's so short. Not their best album by a long way, but still good.

I don't love the Beatles but this is good

I've never been the biggest fan of the early Beatles I'm more of a late Beatles gal, but these really are bangers.

Still a lot of covers at this point in their careers

I mean. It's the Beatles. Rick Rubin recently said in an interview with Barry Weiss that the Beatles are proof that god exists. I think he might be right.

It's not the Beatles at their best, it's them becoming the Beatles

El primer gran álbum de The Beatles. Una colección de performances impresionantes, buenos covers, y algunas de las canciones originales más icónicas de la historia como "All My Loving", "All I've Got to Do" y "Won't be long". Un indispensable en la alacena de cualquier melómano, compositor o artista.

It pains me a little not to give 5 stars to a Beatles album. As someone who listens to these albums all the time and loves all their songs, it almost feels like a form of self harm. But it's okay to admit that the earlier Beatles albums were more of a work in progress. Graded on the curve of their own catalog, With the Beatles falls somewhere around a low 4. Graded on the curve of other albums that came out in 1963, it's an easy 5. Look it up. You could make a case for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, but the only pop album from '63 even in the ballpark of this one is another Beatles album. Not quite half the songs on this album are covers by other artists. They're generally excellent, if not entirely show stopping. But the band pretty well owns their version of "Money," which is a solidly entertaining rocker. Even their cover of "You Really Got a Hold on Me," which is no match for the Miracles, is a dreamy delight to hear. As for the original Beatle songs, they are full of exuberance, charm and flashes of brilliance. And every one of the songs on the album is deeply catchy and fun to listen to, with an innate sense of pop songcraft that few artists possess. I find myself enjoying this more on each subsequent listen. Okay, I didn't think I was heading this way when I started this review but I've convinced myself LOL - low 5, without a doubt. Fave Songs (All songs, from most least favorite): All My Loving, Not a Second Time, Don't Bother Me, All I've Got to Do, Money (That's What I Want), You Really Got a Hold on Me, Till There Was You, Devil in Her Heart, I Wanna Be Your Man, It Won't Be Long, Hold Me Tight, Please Mr. Postman, Roll Over Beethoven, Little Child

Nothing special with today's lens.

So pure. The songs aren't amazing, but the performances are sharp, refreshing, intense and creative

It’s the Beatles

My least favourite Beatles record. The first is explosively original; subsequents are more textured; this is just flat for me.

Great early Beatles album. Good ol classic Brit pop.

Just ok, like them better on psychedelics

It's the Beatles. What else can be said?

Not top tier Beatles by a stretch, but it's got quite a few bangers and doesn't overstay its welcome. Pretty solid.

Very fun, and upbeat. First full Beatles album, so I’m looking forward to the rest. 3.8/5.

Klart som fan att det är en bra platta men de är inte riktigt där än. Vid Help och framåt så blev det da shit!

Kinda mid

It’s the Beatles. This one for sure has some more sleeper hits and is still firmly in their more early rock and roll phase. But it’s still good.

One of the best cover albums

I love The Beatles as the next man but their early albums are not as powerful as the proto-prog of the later days. It's a decent listen though but overall you wish for more.

I love The Beatles and it's amazing how even their early straightforward albums were still so good. This album includes some of their early songwriting breakthroughs, like "All My Loving" and "All I've Got to Do", and even George Harrison's first original contribution "Don't Bother Me". It's a fantastic album, but the current version available is a terrible headphone listen. The "stereo" mixing on these albums was literally just "its push the vocals to the right channel, and the instruments to the left". I did find that use the "Spatialize Stereo" feature with my AirPods made it much more listenable. I really hope they do a proper full remix of this album like they've done with Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's, and Revolver. I would recommend listening to this on speakers, or find the mono version if possible.

The Beatles were a stepped change to the music scene, hard to believe this album is 60 years old. They had a good sound, a very simple 3 minute track recipe.that simply just works.

60 years later ....Still sounds great!!!

For a 60's album this has a massive 50's vibe. Some good tracks and generally all listenable but I prefer later, more polished Beatles.

meh...beatles halt

It's the Beatles. If you like the early Beatles you'll probably like this album at least a little bit. Not a lot of "hits". If you had to pick just 1 album from the Beatles to put on a 1001 list, this would not be it. The last song, "Money (That's That I Want)" slaps. Seems like that was the trend in this era, to create a banger exit song. Their previous album closed with "Twist & Shout". 3/5

A surprising number of covers, including a song from "The Music Man." Definitely an album aimed at teenage girls. There are some songs where you can hear them wanting to be a rhythm and blues band. Not a bad song on the album, several are good to very good, and one stone cold killer pop song ("All My Loving"). If I could give 1/2 stars it would be 4 1/2.

It's not my favorite Beatles nor early Beatles but ...it's still the Beatles. Don't Bother Me is a special surprise -- not sure I've heard it before .

Ja inte Beatles bästa album

Varför den här av alla?

This is a wild choice out of all the amazing Beatles records to pick their 2nd that's still almost half covers, before they found their unique voice and call it a necessary listen. Come on Robert Dimery, you call this editing?! If any later albums are MISSING and this is included the guy is deranged. It's like 1 of 3 that I'd argue are skippable for your average casual listener. I would argue most are gonna be underwhelmed by anything before Help!, but even BFS has gems and Hard Day's Night has the iconic film. I've been in a stressed out headspace and I'm a Paul over John guy so that's gonna affect things but this would have felt like a chore today if the songs weren't so short, which was disappointing to realize. Like eating lettuce out of the bag instead of a fully dressed salad, I found myself wishing I could at least 'follow the sun' but stuck in 63 we are - not yet at the "much more than the sum of their parts" stage of the fab 4. But it's still the Beatles and Paul's vocal on Til There Was You is really lovely.

Another album where the b sides take away from it. Hard to grade this since half the songs are covers and I feel like out of the originals and covers, it was 50/50 in terms of what I enjoyed. Would this be on the list if the artist had a different name? Hard to say. Ultimately though a worthwhile and mostly enjoyable listen.

Can we just give all of the proper Beatles releases five stars and call it a day? Yes, the earlier ones had some filler. No, it doesn't matter. The greatest rock band of all time is still underrated.

Great early effort. Much simpler musically than albums to come in a few years that is heavily reliant on covers. Fun to listen to and sing along with.

This album shows us where the Beatles come from (musically speaking). The covers on here are some of their best, ranging from Broadway to Motown (my faves are You Really Got A Hold On Me and Money) and the originals show the promise of what they would do only 2 years later on Rubber Soul. My fave originals here are All my loving (what an incredible melody) and I Wanna Be Your Man, which still rocks in 2023. A 4 feels appropriate as a tier separator between this album and other Beatles albums on this list.

Vähän tää on tätä maybe baby -osastoa mutta kyl se toimii. 3/5

Fiilaan kyllä paljon tätä, että tykitellään kahden minuutin pop-biisejä. Tosin jälkipuolella alkoi olla jo ihan nollan markan biisejä mukana, niin ei tämä ihan nelosta ansaitse.

Jotkut coverit tällä levyllä hyviä, kuten Please Mister Postman ja Roll Over Bethoven, mutta vielä ei ole löytynyt Beatlesin "ydin".

Beyond review really. Here they are, young and free and cheeky. Except, not. But, also yes. The Beatles are more than musicians. They are a phenomenon. Still are really. But it’s about the music, man. And why it is is pretty good. The covers are great. My favourite cover of theirs is Boys, but please Mr postman and money on this album are particularly close to it. (Yes I know, twist and shout, it’s great too). Poor George had to face the ignominy of developing his songwriting in public - his song is, well, a song. And doesn’t really point to the superb efforts he’d later produce. But John and Paul did their dross in Paul’s bedroom in Liverpool. The album cover suggests the depths they'd plumb, which at this stage, they had no idea of. That it’s only 2 years to rubber soul and is incredible growth. Brian Wilson and Dylan are the only ones who develop that quickly. Also, they are presenting as ‘serious artists’ in that picture, probably cynically at this point. Yet, fate has a way of mocking you, innit? An important waypoint in the history of rock and a great listen, this is a five star album from any band but from the fabs it’s a 3.5. Rounded up to four.

Born after 1970... I remain unmoved. It's and album of soft background music of the era. I have never listened to so much of this band in all my life... Why does this not speak to me?

I need to declare a conflict of interest here. Yes, the listing of EC's Armed Forces being immediately followed up with a Fabs record is the result of my paying thousands in bribes to Dimery and his minions. I thought I was good to go with $100,000 but then he pushed me into a corner threatening a run of Stills/Metallica/Iron Maiden/Pet Shop Boys and Napalm Death if I didn't double the tariff. Ok, so I've compromised my children's future, but it was worth it. 1963 and all that. I recently read a book titled The Beatles 1963 A Year in the life, where the author Daffyd Rees covers what they did every single day of that year. Forgetting for a moment all the unbelievable social phenomena that was occurring, what they achieved musically is jaw dropping. The year starts with playing in front of 20 people in Scotland and ends with the mania verging on going global. They record four ridiculously brilliant singles in Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand, phew. Even if you are not a fan you have to marvel at their ability to tour literally everyday and somehow find the time to write and record those singles and two albums. With the Beatles comes out in November and it reeks of the year that has just occurred. A strange mishmash of songs they love and played live, a must have McCartney show tune (by way of follow up to A Taste of Honey) and what originals they could construct on the road that had not appeared on the 45's. The covers are hit and miss, Till There Was You a curio, Devil in Her Heart, meh, and then the quite brilliant in Roll Over Beethoven, You've Really Got, Mr Postman and Money. Some of those covers are now definitive versions. Strangely Paul is quiet, only two Macca originals and three lead vocals. But hey, when you drop All My Loving as an album track, you've really got something to write home about. Conversely, George is all over it, his first original composition and two covers for three lead vocal tracks, something he doesn't equal until Revolver. Lennon meanwhile drops four great tracks including the stunning All I've Got To Do, something they never played live sadly, though since it's been covered to death. There are a lot of reasons to listen to this if you've not done so and that track is an absolute standout. Looking around the tail end of 1963 everything in pop music, and so much of the psycho-social place that is British culture has been stood on its head and the Fabs are at the epicentre of the cultural revolution. So yes, Dimery is right, if you've not listened to it, you should take in the magnificence of With the Beatles before you die.

In January 1964 I bought I Want To Hold Your Hand and life was never the same again. By June I had a plastic Beatle wig, a growing collection of their singles and Fabulous magazines with poster-sized pages. On June 6th, I got up at 6.00 a.m., and settled in front of the tv to watch The Beatles arrive at Sydney Airport at 6.30. My memory is that there initially were no studio announcers, just images of the rain pissing down, with this album playing over the top. Why was I hearing Little Child and It Won’t Be Long for the first time? Even though this album was released over 6 months before, on November 22nd - the day Kennedy was shot. Because, at that time, radio ruled, and singles were the thing. Shit. I didn’t even know this record existed. They wrote 8 songs, 6 were covers. Nobody covered Motown better : the trifecta of You Really Got A Hold On Me, Please Mr Postman & Money is outstanding. Look, this is not my favourite Beatles album by any stretch. I’m more likely to play Help! or Rubber Soul these days. But this was the third and last album I’d buy at Chester Hill, where I grew up. Everything about playing it in my room was so exciting. By next Christmas I owned a tape recorder and just taped all my music from radio & tv. It was way cheaper for a budding addict. I would not actually buy another album for 4 years. But I wore this one out.

I understand why this album is on the list; it is a great artifact of the Beatles going into Beatlemania. Recorded with a little more time and polish than Please Please Me, but retains a strong connection to the Hamburg Beatles (especially in the covers and Astrid Kirschner influenced cover). This was the UK's second ever million selling LP (after the South Pacific soundtrack). Massively popular and influential. But is it really that great to listen to now? I own this record, but I don't think I ever pulled it off the shelf in preference to other Beatles records. This deserves to be on the 1001 list, but not even nearly my favorite Beatles album. But it's the Beatles, you know?

Solid album for the first half of Beatles catalog. Not a fan of most of the covers but still deserves to be listened to often. 8.5/10 on The Beatles scale

Un disco buenisimo de los beatles pero no llega al apogeo ni descubrimiento e indagacion sonora rockera popera psicodelica y alternativa de sus hrandes albumes 8/10

Streaming services only having the stereo version sucks because that mix is shit. I listened again in mono but honestly the album ain't that good.

If they stopped after this album, the Beatles would've fallen off the face of the earth into obscurity. "With The Beatles" shambled so that "Abbey Road"/"Sergeant Pepper's.." could SPRINT.

Ik loef The Beatles. Iets met vakanties, achterbank en een cd op mijn achtste verjaardag. Dan stelt dit toch wel echt teleur. Droog album, zonder echt fijne Beatles vibes.

Vond dit wel chill. Veel Korte nummers wel

Korte nummers niet zo fan van, en muziek is prima

Vond dit echt 😕

Zou mezelf wel een Beatles-fan noemen, maar dit album is toch wel het zwarte schaap in de discografie. De enige waar ik gewoon niet van kan genieten. De mono-versie krijg ik clusterhoofdpijn van zo slecht is het gemastered. Het is ze gelukt om Roll Over Beethoven tot een kut nummer te maken (check de originele van Chuck Berry of de cover van The Sonics), en dat is nog steeds het enige nummer op het album waar ik heel gematigd lauw enthousiast van word. Verder wil ik dit moment nemen om te zeggen te het een SCHANDE is dat Magical Mystery Tour niet in de 1001 lijst staat. Objectief het beste Beatles-album.

It’s good obviously but pales compared to what came later

Andra plattan 1963. Låter väldigt självklart alltihop, till och med låtarna jag inte gillar. Imponerande.

Good pop music is good pop music. Fun upbeat!

For even a "lesser" Beatles album it is still incredible. 99% of bands would be satisfied to ever write a song as good as Till There Was You, and that isn't even one of the top hits on the album (though it's my personal favourite).

Always forget how many great songs are in this album. A couple cheesy ones (Little Child, Devil in her heart) but what do you expect, it’s 1963. Don’t Bother Me is an underrated George track.

This album wasn’t super strong for me. There was a couple songs I really liked, but the audio quality wasn’t great. There were also times where their voices just sounded flat out annoying. Looking forward to hearing more of their later albums though.

I’ve always said the best Beatles songs are the ones that the girls didn’t scream at. This one was a screamer. Not a lot offered by the “fab four” here instrumentally. But I do enjoy some of the vocal melodies.

So good!

Really nice! Some good covers but these guys were a also supergroup from the start. I like their bluesy songs the most

Never heard of these guys before. This album is great for going thrifting. Would be into listening to more Beatles records on this list (That’s What I Want). Not sure what needs to be said, so this Won’t Be Long. The Beatles just crush out elite songs, which is no surprise to anyone here. But a nice little surprise/reminder was I Wanna Be Your Man, my favourite on the record. Banger. Alright, here’s my thing. If the music makes me feel something, then I give it a good rating. This version of the Beatles isn’t super musically complex, but that Don’t Bother Me bc the songs are just good. All I’ve Got To Do now is give it 5 stars.

Always had a soft spot for this album, it's a definite step up from Please Please Me. All My Loving is amazing, what a tune. I'm a fan of most of the original compositions, Little Child and Don't Bother Me being the exceptions. They shouldn't let this George guy write anymore songs. The covers are pretty great; Till There Was You, Please Mr Postman, Money, You Really Got A Hold On Me being my favourites. I feel some big things are coming with this group

This is a great album. Not by the standards of the Beatles though. If you had asked me which Beatles albums would be on this list, this would not have been one of them. Their second LP, With the Beatles expands on their first album by providing a marked step up in the maturity of the songwriting while still maintaining the covers and simplistic structuring of Please Please Me. In many ways it can be seen as somewhat of an older brother to Please Please Me. The originals on this album come in a big range of quality. At the top of the list has to be All My Loving, which combines hard hitting triplet chords with a walking bass line and McCartney's excellent vocal to create an excellent 60s pop song whose sound is so unique you really can't do anything like it without being super obviously mimicking it. It Won't Be Long, All I've Got To Do, and Not A Second Time are nice Lennon tracks that are interestingly written and display the creative exploration going on, but aren't going to blow anyone's socks off. Hold Me Tight was originally written for the first album but cut. It's not one of my favourites but I will say the guitar and bass parts are deceptively tricky with some interesting chord changes. Don't Bother Me isn't too interesting but is notable as Harrison's first contribution, the budding of a great songwriter. Little Child is one of my least favourite Beatles songs, I find it to be bland and unappealing. I Wanna Be Your Man is a goofy little throwaway song, but my favourite thing about it is that the Beatles decided to give it to the Rolling Stones who then had a hit with it. The Beatles then decided to record their own version and it's just a million times better than the Stones' one. Looking away from the original compositions, we have a very interesting selection of covers that really displays the broad range of music the Beatles listened to. They famously listened to everything they could get their hands on and had an extraordinarily wide view of popular music, which I believe was a major factor in their ability to synthesize so many disparate sounds into the canon of songs they're so famous for. Till There Was You provides a brand new soft side to the Beatles, and is an excellent track with fantastic singing and great lead classical guitar. That solo is just awesome. You Really Got a Hold On Me and Devil in Her Heart are darkly interesting songs that I think suit the Beatles well. Money is just a classic and in a similar vein to Twist and Shout the Beatles really made it their own. Money showcases two of the best rock voices of the early sixties: John Lennon ripping his lead vocal and Paul McCartney at the top end of the backing vocals, awesome stuff. Roll Over Beethoven is a fun time and showcase of Harrison's awkward early guitar solo style. Please Mr Postman I find pretty boring and the weakest of the covers. Overall this album shows us a band who already has found their sound but is eager to continue to expand both through covering tracks and writing originals. The creeping maturity seen here only barely hints at the greatness to come. If The Beatles fell off the map after this we would probably say they were just another promising pop band, if remarkably talented, that couldn't sustain their popularity. But history shows us that this album is just one stepping stone as they made their way inexorably from a peppy upstart group of goofballs into the innovational force they later became. PS whoever decided to hard pan drums and bass on some tracks in the 2009 remaster can suck a fat one.

Solid album

Only love for the beatles, this is still in their era of doing more covers than originals but I loved their more poppy spins on the classics

I love the Beatles, even the early songs but some of the fillers on this are average for the time. Basic boy band harmonies and covers. All my Loving and the cover of Money redeem it though. Interesting how they progressed from here......

You can still taste the enthusiasm.

a bouncy half-hour of pop that should engage no 21st century adult for longer than its running time

Good all round but I preferred revolver

Not my favourite Beatles era. And the version of Money sounds AI-generated. They were the Sixties Westlife / Boyzone at this point. Quite liked the Harrison track on here, but it's no "All Too Much".

It's difficult to listen to With The Beatles through fresh ears. It's all so familiar, it's all so predictable. But imagine listening to this for the first time in 1963. It's a great little rock 'n' roll album. The originals are actually stronger than the covers. Thirty three minutes is also the perfect running time for any album.

An interesting one. At first it's hard to hear past the fact this is the Beatles playing. However, these tracks get repetitive. It's a very teenage set of songs, focused on fawning affection for girls and not very rebellious rebellion (e.g. roll over Beethoven). This is real Beatlemania stuff that doesn't get near to competing with what follows. That said, the songz are generally pretty charming, but just too twee to be actually good imo. All my loving is the stand out. Till there was you would be a great track for holiday photo montages.

Standalone I could have given this a 4, but half of it is covers so that gets a thumbs down. They're not bad covers, though

Wrote a review but it deleted. 3.5/5

Gotta love early Beatles when it sounds like they are just having fun.

Yeah this isn't one the Beatles better works, but it's still The Beatles so it's still very listenable.

Nice

22.04.23. Изначально я планировал оценить этот релиз на 3/5 и написать что-то в духе "Неплохая поп-музыка из 60-х, хорошо отражающая своё время". Однако этого не свершилось, ибо альбом показался мне чересчур забавным и милым для такой оценки. The Beatles - талантливые музыканты, у которых даже самая примитивная попса может сиять, как алмаз.

В тот день я сильно задержался на работе и пришёл домой только поздним вечером. Дверь была открыта, а внутри меня поджидал мой родной Матвей. На нём были только штаны. Он посасывал чупа-чупс и смотрел на меня пошлыми глазами. Я подошёл к нему и шлёпнул его по соску. «Уаааай!» - завизжал Матвей. «Не плачь…» - прошептал я и, закрыв рот мальчика рукой, начал его гладить и успокаивать. Матвей пытался что-то сказать, но я не давал. Моя потная рука плотно прижималась к его пухлым красным губкам. Её пальцы проникали в его ротик и ласкали его нежные воздушные слюни. Когда я наконец перестал, Матвей проговорил: «Сегодня я занимался прослушиванием альбома With The Beatles. Господин Манилов, это был лютый дрист!». «Даааа?» - поразился я, веря в абсолютную гениальность The Beatles: «Спорим, что альбом хорош?! Давай, после каждой понравившейся мне с него песни я бужу вставлять свой огурец тебе в жопу и нежно тебя потрахивать». Матвей снял штаны и встал раком. Я начал слушать альбом и после первой же песни засадил болт в Матвея настолько глубоко, насколько только мог. Пацан застонал на весь район. После второй песни мой член забрался ещё глубже. А уже после пятой сперма из жопы Матвея полилась ручьями. Когда же альбом кончился, мальчик побежал в ванную и застрял там на три часа. Это была незабываемая ночь, подарившая мне один из лучших альбомов вокально-инструментального ансамбля The Beatles.

Ok.

Are you kidding me?

Early Beatles, somehow prefer their later stuff, this sound quite dated

Drinkspel: neem een slok elke keer als de Beatles 'yeah' zingen. Dit is echt nog de begintijd van de heren: niemendallerige teksten, een boel Motown-covers, supersimpele bezetting. Voor ons is het nauwelijks meer voor te stellen dat dit zoveel impact had. Als de Fab Four begin 1964 met een vliegtuig waren gecrasht, hadden ze nooit de status gehad die ze nu hebben, want het beste moest echt nog komen. Dat ze qua onderwerp het wat verder gingen zoeken dat 'schatje, mag ik je hand vasthouden' en ook muzikaal de breedte in gingen. Maar het puur beoordelend als 'wat zou ik van deze plaat vinden als het niet de Beatles waren' kan ik niet ontkennen dat het allemaal in z'n genre goed gemaakt is en best wegluistert. Net als, ik roep maar wat, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly of Chuck Berry. 4 sterren dus. (En nu genieten van Eric z'n bevindingen...)

Ik schreef eerder al dat de luisteraar The Beatles volgens mij vooral hoog waardeert door de (onbewuste) culturele plicht om het goed te moeten vinden. Nu blijkt dat dit ook geldt voor de stellers van de 1001. Je gaat mij niet wijs maken dat dit album ooit de 1001 had gehaald als er geen Beatles op stond. De muziek zeurt, de stem zeurt en dan ga je ook nog eens telkens de lettergrepen verlengen. "And whi-ile I'm away-ay, I'll write ho-ome everyday-ay" Niet om aan te horen. Absolute dieptepunt hierbij: Ho(-o-o-o-o)ld Me Tight. Dat is me toch een gedateerd saai nummer. Het enige nummer dat wat minder saai wordt gezongen is Money. Maar ook hier: eigenlijk moet het Mo-o-o-o-o-oney heten....

Het wordt helaas elke keer pijnlijk duidelijk hoe gedateerd de (vroege) Beatles inmiddels zijn. Draai dit in een hedendaagse uitgaansgelegenheid en de toko is binnen 2 minuten leeg.

Une fois tous les 3 ans ça fait pas de mal

vraie fangirl n'accepte pas que le groupe ait sorti un album 4/5

Really like this early Beatles sound. Not the best Beatles album, but still great!

I know the Beatles are practically sacred, but I looked through my previous ratings and I like everything I gave a 3 better than this. So here we are.

Brilliant album with great pop songs

Could listen to any beatles album any time of any day, this is not the best one: 4.5

Early Beatles, still relatively simple pop songs but allready great in execution.

Who the devil is this? These guys look like they have a bright future! Can't wait to hear more from them! Still finding their footing but this is a solid collection of songs, original and covers

7/10. Pretty good. Nice to listen to the album with "Money" on it right after we have the Mothers of Invention album accusing the Beatles of only being in it for the money.

The Beatles before they worked out what they really wanted to do. 8/10

Vaya, otro disco de The Beatles. Cualquier otro grupo ya estaría afuera, pero no ellos. Un disco que cambió el mundo, pero incluso con el paso de los años sigue siendo potente e imprescindible.

Highly enjoyable. I understand why they made such an impact.

I never knew the Beatles did a cover of a song from the music man!

I love the Beatles, though I am a much bigger fan of the later (Rubber Soul and beyond) material and don't much like a lot of the real early stuff. I mean, I get it, it's groundbreaking, but given the choice, I'd never spin this record given the other choices in the Beatles catalog. Which makes it a perfect album for this venture. And it reinforced what is something of a no-thought given for me, which is I'm only partly enthralled with this. There is great material here, and it's AMAZING that this enduring music was recorded on a 4-track (two-track? whatever... it's studio voodoo), but there are moments I actively don't enjoy. "Little Child" and "Not A Second Time" are both kind of awkward and speak to my being a massive McCartney fan and less enamored with Lennon's work on the whole. And maybe it was impossible not to do it, but none of the covers are my fave (though "Till There Was You" is a fun addition). So anyway, I think I'm sounding bitchy. I think these guys might be pretty big someday.

This has always been a favorite Beatles album for me, and I feel like it gets overshadowed by PPM and AHDN. The performances are excellent throughout, the songwriting is catchy, clever, fun, and inventive; the cover choices are top-notch and varied, the harmonies are thrilling, the arrangements are wonderful, and the recording is pristine. But above all of that, there is just so much energy and joy emanating from this album it's infectious. You simply can't be in a bad mood listening to this. No wonder they captured the hearts of millions around the world. Plus, I think this may have their best opening three tracks.

Finally! Some Beatles. Let's start with this dreamy album cover. Those piercing handsome looks just grab you. And if I'm recalling correctly, the LP was high-gloss. I held that album so close to my face to adore those gazes, I feel like I can still smell it. Magical Mystery Tour was my indoctrination to The Beatles and then I worked back. When I got to early Beatles music I was so goddamned hooked. A real junkie for ANYTHING Beatles related, which was hard to come by in the early 80s in rural South Jersey. The dichotomy between late and early Beatles thrilled teenage me. More to explore, more to learn, more to listen, and so much more to love. When I hear folks say they don't dig early Beatles, it simply does not compute. How does John's voice on All I've Got to Do not move you? All My Loving is a window into Paul's personality, especially that gorgeous 20-year-old version of himself. Longing. I felt my first iteration of "longing" from this song. Longing for what? I didn't know. With age I started to hear beyond the voices and learned to understand things like "oh that super cool jangly guitar"..that's George. That distinctive Rickenbacker...that's John. Those perfect beats...Ringo! On first listen I thought I could skip Till There Was You but no way. How can you bypass that sincere voice? And the bongos (?) congas (?)...I don't know what magic Ringo was making on this song. I adore how they backup each other. When Ringo takes the lead on I Wanna Be Your Man, John and Paul are just perfect in how they take turns backing him up. Every Beatles album should be heard before you die. I'm excited to get all the others served up!

Rating: 9/10

Genres: Merseybeat, rock and roll, pop, R&B Formed: Liverpool in 1960 Run time: 14 songs, 33 min 6 sec Great pop songs. Plenty of covers on this album. I loved more than half the tracks and liked most of the others. My Rating: ***

Straight fire.

upbeat album with infectious rhythms and their signature harmonies. a few highlights: “all my loving”, “roll over beethoven”, and “you really got a hold on me”. very catchy album and enjoyable to listen to.

I do prefer this era of the Beatles, it's fun to bop to. I'll never understand the hysteria around them, but they had some tunes for sure.

A fun record full of early Beatles goodness. A couple of good covers, a few big career hits and just a good vibing record.

Pleasant but also... kinda dull

Lots of covers, and their original stuff didn't stick with me. It is ok, but not more than that.

So boring , how can they known as best

I’ve never really been a fan of the Beatles despite their popularity and I think this album just sums up my feelings. I imagine the Beatles were probably making very different music to others in the 60’s and that can be seen be some of their top hits on ‘Abbey Road’ but this album doesn’t sound much different to some of the stuff on the Buddy Holly record I was given to listen to a few days ago and I said the same about that record, although there is a classic sound to both albums, the majority of songs are fairly basic in their instrumental patterns and incredibly repetitive to the point where you can guess what the chorus is going to sound like just based off the title alone, actually re listening now I think every songs chorus is just the title of the track repeated with not even anything more added. There was some nice instrumental choices on tracks such as ‘Little Child’ and ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and some cool vocal inflections throughout but there was nothing about this album that made me want to come back to it. Would just like to add that for some reason on Spotify the vocals were coming through the right headphone whilst the instrumental the left, I only found it happening with this album and it made the listening experience a bit strange.

As with all Beatles albums it's a lively jaunt and I'm there for it. A good mix of originals and other Motown covers that they put their spin on to varying degrees of success. Not their best album but even their middling albums have more energy than other bands most well known. Very listenable on repeat visits.

This list probably includes the whole discography of The Beatles, and I think that's definitely too much Beatles songs in one go. I can listen to couple songs in sequence, but everything more than that and I just have to tap out. And this album especially is so monotone, couple interesting songs to start with, and then just heaps of soulless "love songs" from 60 years ago. The band made a real breakthrough in music history, but this album is just a pretty old, outdated piece.

Good

Would I listen to this if it wasn't the Beatles?

This is where I came to The Beatles as my mum had an original vinyl copy. I played it over and over. Yes it's raw, and they were only starting out as songwriters but it's still got it. The harmonies, the playing. It's not a perfect album but it's a good reminder of how they developed.

While the Beatles were still finding their footing with lots of covers, every song is masterfully done and I never get tired of hearing any song on this record. So excited to get a Beatles record.

Good

muito bom, das antiga já

Lo primero de los beatles, por lo tanto lo peor. No es un mal disco pero tampoco lo pondría para escucharlo comparado a Sgt. Pepper o Magical Mystery Tour

Good but clearly the Beatles have more in store

Me gustó mucho, la progresión se hace notar. Adoro la dualidad de las voces. Pasando por una gran y dolorosa decepción amorosa me identifico con sus canciones. Canciones favoritas: You really got a hold on me, Not a second time, it won't be long.

Evidently, the stereo version was secondary, and George Martin mixed the whole thing to stereo in under three hours. The albums about 30 minutes, so I'm not sure where he spent the other 2.5 hours after just splitting the vocals and lead instruments and going out for a smoke. The only good mix is for "Money (That's What I Want)," and that was evidently done the next day (after a good break). The mix is so bad, but it's at least a mix of The Beatles, so it's technically still winning.

still don't like the beatles

already have listened to this one before . 3.5/5. 60s pop boy band shit, pretty fun though.

Buen disco que empieza a formar lo q serian dsps estos tipos

well... it's beatles

It’s fun to get this Beatles album almost right after abbey road and see the contrast. Abbey road is ahead of its time and ultra original while this is a solid mix of covers and original songs; both are good in their own right but abbey road is still better and Smokey Robinson really got a hold is much better than this. Overall though this is a really high 4 because all the covers just assisted in white people stealing black music as was normal in the era.

Just... I know this album is from the 60s. I get that. But there's no saving it for me. The song topics are so repetitive, and the songs THEMSELVES are incredibly repetitive too. I also don't like any of their singing voices which doesn't help. That's probably a huge reason that I deride their 'wooo wooo woo' 'yeah yeah yeah' and other wibbly wobbly time filling vocals the Beatles use so often.

I never considered myself a Beatles fan, and in fact grew up thinking they were vastly overrated. However, upon listening to this album, I realize now that they were way ahead of their time and played an incredible part in shaping modern music. I was shocked when I "remembered" at least half of the songs on this album, despite having never listened to a Beatles album front-to-back. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is my favorite track, but it's impossible to choose which song is the best. I thoroughly enjoyed the guitars, and I think there is something for everyone on this album.

Early Beatles are not my thing and never have been. That being said, the album as a whole worked better than I expected.

This album is about 50/50 for me, and the dividing line is the covers versus the original material on here. You have pop masterpieces like “It Won’t Be Long” and “All My Loving”, but you also have some lackluster takes on “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Till There Was You”. “Please Mister Postman” is maybe the one exception, but as the following years would prove, The Beatles just needed to pump out some albums until they felt comfortable enough relying solely on their own material. This is a necessary stepping stone to that, and regardless of the overall quality, that Beatles charm shines through the whole thing to keep it enjoyable.

Lovely

Basic beatles

A few years ago I used to think that the Beatles were over rated. Since starting my review project and having two previous Beatles albums and a George Harrison album, I’ve come to see just how wrong I was. I’m excited to listen to this one today. Songs I already knew: Please Mister Postman Favourites: Please Mister Postman, All My Live Firstly, to clarify, my familiarity of Please Mister Postman comes from the version by The Marvelettes. I never knew there was a version by The Beatles, but it’s pretty great! When listening to this album, I felt it started very strongly, but I felt my attention starting to waver by the last couple of songs. I imagine that if I had this on vinyl, side a would get a lot more play time than side b. Still a very good album, but my least favourite when compared to A Hard Day’s Night and Sgt. Pepper.

Klar. Es sind die Beatles. Meilenstein, Legenden, Einmalig etc. pp. Aber halt einfach so gar nicht mein Genre. Also zwei Sterne aus Respekt, aber das ist nix, was ich mir privat anhören würde.

Classic Beatles! one from their early years. Great songs full of idealistic love and fun.

Fantastic for what it is. Not on the level of, say, Revolver or Rubber Soul, but a great stepping stone for what was to come. All the songs are very catchy, but the instrumentation is noticeably old when compared to future works. It also contains one of my favorite Beatles songs ("Please Mister Postman") and I find it a bit bittersweet to listen to considering "All My Loving" was reportedly the last song John Lennon ever heard before his death.

This is very good - better than I had remembered, but it's not a patch on what they would become. It's early 60s pop at its best.

Don't Bother Me - Excellent song Hold Me Tight - Beach Boys Vibe 6/10. Inoffensive. Typical Beatles. Short, with short songs.

Melodic. But then it is The Beatles! :)

One of my favorites ever

Much stronger Side A "All My Loving" one of their best pre-'65 songs Has some of their best early pop stuff while also some of the worst in their catalog, a little uneven

Classic early Beatles. Mostly covers. Good but far from their best.

There's not much I like by the Beatles prior Rubber Soul. I just can't get into, perhaps if I was a 15 year old girl in the early 60's but I'm not.

This is just a fun listen. And there’s nothing wrong with a perfectly executed rock and roll record. Even if it’s half cover songs, everything has such distinctive Beatles sound to it that it feels all original.

By itself its a good album. Looking at the progression from this to Abbey Road or Sgt Pepper, its even more amazing. It's crazy how much a band could influence and change in just 7 years.

This was the one Beatles album on the list I wasn't positive would get 5 stars at first. Then I listened to it again. And it's an EASY 5 star. Sure they song structure and lyrics are simplistic, especially compared to their other, later, works, but it's early 60s rock distilled into an album. And I need to listen to older Beatles more.

Good memories - prefer the newer stuff

This is early Beatles, which has never been my favorite era of one of my favorite bands. They weren't yet breaking down walls, or writing all of their own songs. But there was a lot of potential clearly visible here as well. Some fab originals, like "All My Loving" and "It Won't Be Long", are previews of the powerhouse that is Lennon-McCartney. And even George gets his first songwriting credit on "Don't Bother Me". Their harmonies shine on all these tracks, and their playing is tight. Not among their best, but a very enjoyable sign of things to come.

Track 1- Catchy, cool, really enjoyed it Track 2 was a bit slower, still alright. Not as good though Track 3 was basically no different from one Track 4 was pretty decent, Catchy Hook and good verses Track 5 was quite upbeat in comparison, harmonica solo slaps Track 6 was very chilled, big Mediterranean vibes Track 7 was a really good Mr Postman cover. Very very beatles. Track 8 I thought I was Johnny B. Goode at first but its my favourite so far. Upbeat chuck Berry style but beatles Track 9 was also a great song. Beatles definition Track 10 was, well, okay I guess Track 11 was better, cool music behind the okay vocals Track 12 was... meh Track 13 was just the same really Track 14 was really different, was really cool

It's alright. I don't vibe too much with it. The mix doesn't work well on headphones since the vocals are almost entirely towards the right, and all the interesting instrumental stuff happens on the far left.

There are songs I don't care for on here.

Love me some Beatles. Fave songs off this one: All My Loving Till There Was You Money (That’s What I Want)

Completely dated and so mediocre

Lot of covers. Pretty good though.

Good album, but not overly stuffed with Beatles classics

no justification necessary. FIVE STARS

Early Beatles. Tons of vocal harmony, lightly distorted guitar, good fun

Probably 4 3 Aaaa thats the mr. Postman reference

With the Beatles is the second album by the English rock band the Beatles. This rock and roll / pop album was released only eight months after their debut album and was critically acclaimed - being certified gold in the US & UK. It was extremely popular at release as fans were eagerly awaiting more music from the band. Although I enjoyed listening to this album for the first time, no track really stuck out to me as amazing. Perhaps this style of rock is just too old for me to connect with it. Good, but not my go-to music.

This is the second Beatles album I've been given from this list (the first being 'A Hard Day's Night,' and I didn't enjoy 'With The Beatles' nearly as much as I enjoyed the other one. The Beatles' pop prowess is still on display here, but it just doesn't resonate as deeply with me when they're not performing their own songs. The guitars, drums, and vocals are all still great, but this album just didn't have the complete feel to it that 'A Hard Day's Night' has.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, I love the Beatles so I’m biased. not the greatest introduction of course but as a fan you enjoy near enough everything they do despite the drastic changes to their sound over the years! Favourite song: Track 7 - Please Mister Postman

J'ai personnellement bien aimé cet album. Coïncidence amusante, je suis tombé sur une critique très pointue de cet album dans un des journaux entreposés sur la table d'une salle d'attente il y a quelques jours. Je vous la colle ci-dessous : « Les Beatles, le célèbre groupe de rock britannique, sort leur deuxième album, "With the Beatles". L'album contient des hits tels que "All My Loving" et "It Won't Be Long". Les cinq jeunes musiciens talentueux, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison et le père de robvipère, ont chacun apporté leur touche personnelle à chaque morceau. Dans "All My Loving", Paul McCartney donne le ton avec sa voix douce et les accords accrocheurs de sa guitare, accompagné de la batterie enjouée de Ringo Starr. George Harrison apporte une touche exotique avec son solo de guitare dans "Don't Bother Me". Le père de robvipère ajoute une touche de légèreté à la chanson "Little Child" avec sa flûte enjouée, tandis que John Lennon fait entendre sa voix distinctive dans "Not a Second Time". Bien que le père de robvipère soit un musicien talentueux, il est parfois incontrôlable. Dans "Money (That's What I Want)", sa flûte est un peu trop envahissante, couvrant les autres instruments. Dans "Hold Me Tight", il se laisse emporter et joue de façon désynchronisée avec les autres membres, créant un léger déséquilibre. Cependant, ces petits accrocs ne diminuent pas la qualité de l'album. Avec les Beatles, cinq jeunes musiciens talentueux, ont créé un album mémorable qui restera gravé dans l'histoire de la musique. "With the Beatles" est un must-have pour tous les fans de rock et de pop. »

Certes comme j'ai pu le déclarer précédemment dans de multiples interventions dans les médias, les Beatles sont surcôtés, mais cela n'enlève en rien qu'ils proposent globalement de la très bonne musique. Je vous mets tout de même encore une fois en garde face à tous les auditeurs décérébrés du générateur qui vont s'empresser de presser la 5ème étoile.

Not too bad, stands a few listens but not quite a 5 Has some great, well known tracks

Quite samey, but a few good tracks.