A Hard Day's Night

Pretty good. Do these guys have any other albums?

It's about damn time. 136 albums and I finally get a Beatles album. I calculated the probability and there was supposed to be a nearly 2/3 chance I should have already got a Beatles album by now. But finally. This album is underrated. I said it. Why? Just look up people's reviews on this page or on reddit or wherever. They'll say, "Oh well I prefer this later Beatles album" and of course you do, the innovation in instrumentation, songwriting, and production spirals out of control following Rubber Soul. But you can't unfairly give this a lower rating cause you have to compare it to something entirely different. Anyway... This is my favorite pre-Rubber Soul album. No covers. Full on McCartney-Lennon pop songwriting genius from start to end. There's something to love about each track. Let's start with the songs I think are perfect. "A Hard Day's Night", "If I Fell", "And I Love Her", and "Can't Buy Me Love". Between superb vocals, complex chord progressions, impactful lyrics, and a fistful of energy and punk, these songs reflect exactly why they're so loved. It's hard to even come close to mimicking these songs, even if you knew their secrets. There are some interesting quirks here and there, like how in "Any Time At All" it feels a bit empty, and yes it is supposed to have more lyrics, but it doesn't detract the power in Lennon's voice, McCartney's high pitch support, and catchy melodic tune. Even "weaker" songs like "I'll Cry Instead" have interesting chord changes and instrument choices that don't make for a dull experience. The Beatles are a pop sensation, and I swear it's really hard for me to write what I love about Beatles albums. I discovered the entire Beatles discography when I was 10, and I never listened to any other album until I was in college. I kept playing those same albums on repeat for years, and even now they're my most frequently visited. I can sing along to every song in their discography. So how can I tell this is worthy of the 5 stars? I can measure how much I like each song but how excited I am to sing along to each of them. So a song like "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" I don't feel much a push to sing along to, and likewise "I'll Cry Instead" I'm the least enthusiastic about. Is this a bias toward catchy pop songs? Well, after knowing all the lyrics to the Abbey Road Medley or the unusual picks in Sgt Pepper or White Album, I don't believe that's the case. Just the ones that really grab my attention. And with this album, more so than any other pre-Rubber Soul album I can belt all the lyrics with some degree of intense enthusiasm. There was nothing that even came close to The Beatles in the early 60s. At least later in the decade you had rock albums by Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Love, etc... but not this early. You were dealing with the likes of Bobby Vinton and Andy Williams... who cares? This album more so than the other pre-RS displays their incredible level of innovation that everyone would follow and adapt to. It's important not to disregard these early Beatles albums. When I'm looking for classic rock n roll, early Beatles albums will always be the first place I look.

This does nothing to dispel my belief that The Beatles are one of the most over rated bands ever. Sound like a slightly updated version of the Everly brothers. I think their position in pop culture buys them a lot of good will.

they're horny and annoying

Haven't really done super-deep dives on any pre-Rubber Soul Beatles records, so this was fun - every song under three minutes and the whole record done in 30. Even the songs I wasn't familiar with were immediately catchy. Rightfully thought of as the pinnacle of this era.

Possibly the best of the Beatles Pop albums. Features all time great tracks like ‘Hard Days Night’ & ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ as well as some lesser known greats like ‘I Should Have Known Better’

Top of the pile of the early Beatles albums, and also technically a soundtrack. John has a lot of machismo throughout the record, while Paul seems a bit more coy and smitten. You start to get a small taste of things to come as the songwriting starts to get more focused.

The perfect early Beatles album. Has a ton of classics and some hidden gems too. The harmonies on this one are unmatched and the instrumental is improved from "With The Beatles" (although even that was good). This album is pretty significant for The Beatles because it is the first one to feature only songs written by them. The lyrics are an improvement from previous albums but don't compare to later ones. Still, it's an album I like to listen all the time. Also the cover is great! Favorite songs: A Hard Day's Night, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, And I Love Her, Tell Me Why, Can't Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, You Can't Do That, I'll Be Back

The Beebles

The first Beatles album containing only original compositions finds the greatest songwriting duo of all time still honing their craft. They won't get it perfect until Help! one year later, but there's enough on this record to show that this lot are here to be taken seriously as composers, not just mop-haired pop stars. Lennon's wicked tongue launches its two pronged attack on, 'I'll Cry Instead' and, 'You Can't Do That', fueled by insecurity and childhood resentment, which contrasts superbly with McCartney's more refined and palatable, 'Can't Buy Me Love' and, 'If I Fell'. They're on their way.

Dumb beatles >>>>>> Introspective Beatles

1 Ah fuck here we go. I have a complicated relationship with The Beatles - in that I generally really don't care for The Beatles. However, after sitting down and giving A Hard Day's Night a good listen... Yeah not much has changed. This is The Beatles at their most bubble gum-poppy, and I just really can't say I see the appeal. Don't have much else to say on this one. Favorite songs: ???? Any Time at All I suppose

"A Hard Day's Night" is the third studio album from The Beatles and the first album with all Lennon/McCartney originals. The writing and recording of the album coincided with the filming of their movie with the same name. Side one contains all songs written for and from the movie and were recorded before the filming. To complete an album, additional songs were recorded both before and after the filming. As for the music, yeah, they're all pop classics. "Sputnikmusic"'s Dave Donnelly said it best and I have nothing to add: "short, peppy, pop songs characterized by layered vocals, immediate choruses and understated instrumentation." The US version is different with songs from the George Martin's film score. I admit I would need a diagram of all the US and UK early Beatle album differences. This is the first album with George Harrison using a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar which had great influences on bands like the Byrds. Also, of note, no songs sung by Ringo and no Harrison written songs. Oh, Ringo is credited with the album'/film title with a comment he made during filming. Fun fact. Hard to critique classics and side one starts out with three bona-fide classics: "A Hard Day's Night" with Harrison's guitar starting note. Here's your short, peppy, pop. Oh, McCartney on the cowbell. "I Should Have Known Better" has that great harmonica start and those harmonies. Speaking of harmonies, the third song "If I Fell" has plenty of them and is a ballad of sorts. And, the first side ends with the first single and McCartney song and composed "Can't Buy Me Love." What I can say? Although not as hit-packed, the second side continues the great pop songs. Two favorites for me are the McCartney "Things We Said Today" with his lead singing and the harmonies and Lennon's "You Can't Do That" - I'm a sucker for cowbell. This album is an obvious classic and I admit it's the first time for me listening to it from start to finish. I've listened to their albums starting with "Rubber Soul" multiple, multiple times. Not so much their very early stuff. Well, that's changing.

The best of the early Beatles records, and the peak of their early pop, Beatlemania years. The quintessential pop album by the quintessential British band. First album of fully original material and every song is a winner from the opening iconic chord of the title track, to the unexpected and premature fade out at the end of 'I'll Be Back'. What's staggering is this would be most bands high point yet the Beatles would get better than this, albeit their best albums would be purely studio affairs. Much has been written elsewhere about this album, it's influence and legacy but all you need to know is that it is that good and is easily a 5 star affair.

A John album, but Paul gets to share lead vocals with him on the perfect title track. The George song is fine, but he's not trying to take you home as much he's just looking for someone to dance with. Not much for Ringo to do, although he allegedly originated the album's title, which in turn means he originated the movie's title, where he's featured prominently. Plus I enjoy his cowbell on the title track he inspired. This is either the sixth or seventh best Beatles album, but it's a landmark album: the first one where every song was written by Lennon/McCartney. It's also 30 minutes of pure bliss.

Great stuff.

’m a much bigger fan of John than Paul mostly due to the Beatles post touring years. Regardless, a John dominated LP suits me just fine. Very solid album with only a  few minutes of filler.  And HDN is from the days when few bands (particularly white bands) putting out  a lot of pumping music.

Not the Rolling Stones.

One Direction’s “Midnight Memories” for Boomers – two timeless singles and then boardroom-crafted teenybopper filler. Actually, scratch that, because I like the 1D album better overall, and both "A Hard Days Night" and "Can't Buy Me Love" are low-tier Beatles singles, even for the first half of their career. Important for what the Beatles became, sure, but it's the least essential original material in their whole discography, in my opinion. At least the film is actually fun.

The Beatles were a staple of the music played in our house when I was growing up. My parents had quite a few of their albums on vinyl (my dad had an opportunity to purchase The White Album on white vinyl, but passed because the person selling it wanted like $20 for it. But yet he and my mom spent thousands on Thomas Kinkade paintings...), we would play "Birthday" on every birthday, and Beatles' lyrics were often quoted in conversation. I still listen to The Beatles every now and then, but I don't think I've ever listened to an entire album of theirs from start to finish (maybe I've listened to all of Revolver or The White Album). I definitely prefer their later works (everyone makes better music when they're on drugs, and I will not be swayed from this), but I really enjoyed sitting back and giving this album a thorough listen. John and Paul really did a great job of writing this album. The lyrics are incredibly catchy and fun to sing along too, and the instrumentation is great too. I love that you can hear so much going on instrumentally; at times it sounds like there's closer to eight people in the studio, rather than a quartet. It's easy to see how these guys started off making "typical pop music," but then evolved so much artistically over their career. Even though the instrumentation may seem rudimentary, every note is executed with perfection, and it all blends together seamlessly to make a sound that was often imitated, but never duplicated. Recently, it seems like The Beatles have been labeled as 'overrated' by a lot of people, but that's utter bullshit. No one has had the career that these guys had, and the sheer volume and quality of their catalog over less than a decade is a marvel and will never be duplicated.

The first Beatles album with all songs written by Lennon and McCartney, the album and film combo kick started the rock and roll/folk music explosion in the 60s and opened up the door for British musicians to get big in the US. MEGA influential in other words. There's something so charming and appealing about this album. It makes me feel safe and cosy and nostalgic because all these tracks remind me of endless hours of drinking wine and working through the Beatles chord book with friends. The fact of how freaking difficult to play/complicated their tunes mostly are is confirmation of the song-writing genius, even if they sound like simple catchy songs. It sounds great, the 12-string electric guitar gives it something very unique for the time and the signature layered but very close harmonies add to those feelings and make it very distinctive. They had such a knack for writing extremely relevant and catchy tunes, this album was kind of the first time they show cased those skills after two albums of mostly rock and roll covers. A Hard Day's Night is iconic, I love the fact that Ringo always said really weird things like this and they just built it into their songs, it makes me want to be part of the group because it just sounds so nice and funny. And I Love Her is also a top banger. The artwork is excellent. This vintage photography style makes them all look like statues/busts which is cool.

A pretentious-free honest straight up rock pop album. Amazing what the Beatles could from the beginning. I know nowadays songs like You can’t do that are impresentable, and with good reason I guess but it’s an almost 60 year old album! Give it a break and enjoy the sound of simpler times, also, Can’t buy me love and the title track rock hard af. I wonder how this album will sound once they make the “stereo 2024 mix”, for me the top was the Mono edition from 2014

The Beatles’ first record to feature entirely original compositions, and the only one written solely by Lennon-McCartney, A Hard Day’s Night finds the songwriting partnership realizing its full potential, and the band in full swing. George’s jangling guitar had an immeasurable influence on the folk-rock movement, and Ringo’s propulsive rhythms serve as a driving force throughout. Although the group would achieve a higher degree of artistic and critical success in later years, this record stands as the pinnacle of their early work, the purest form of Beatlemania to be heard, and a sign of wonderful things to come. Standout Tracks: A Hard Day’s Night, And I Love Her, Can’t Buy Me Love, Things We Said Today, I’ll Be Back

The quintessential Beatles album. Filled to the brim with catchy tunes and full of the energy that brought them to the top of the music world.

5 stars! A rare occasion that every single song is a bonafide hit.

I used to say I had 3 favorite Beatles albums all tied for first and A Hard Day’s Night was one of them. These songs may not be as complex as the ones they’d make in 2-3 years but they are all pretty much perfect pop gems.

my favourite beatles record. the red canadian version was one of my first lps. this version has more songs, unfortunately including "you can't do that," one of john's spousal abuse anthems.

1. + 2. + 3. = 4. + 5. = 6. - 7. = 8. + 9. = 10. + 11. - 12. + 13. +

While my heart lies with post-Rubber Soul Beatles, this album is probably their best showcase of their early sound. A strong and well done collection right here.

So many happy memories associated with this album and this movie. It's one of the greats.

One of my favorite albums of all time

A bunch of two minute bops that get less familiar the further you go. But it’s peek Beatles rock and the harmonies are so damned good.

An album I’ve never listened to before. Hit after hit and it would have been interesting to hear them do more songs like this (as in easily reproduced) instead of becoming a studio band.

Comment je pourrais ne pas mettre 5 à cet album ainsi qu'à toute la discographie des Beatles ? J'ai littéralement été éduqué avec, donc niveau attachement émotionnel c'est dûr de faire mieux. Même si je dois reconnaître que certaines chansons ici ne sont pas les plus mémorables, je ne peux vraiment pas mettre une autre note

Qu'est ce que je peux dire sérieusement ?

Taas kerran Beatles näyttää. Hyvä ja tehokas levy täynnä just sopivan mittasia poprock-ralleja. Kyl tälle femma irtoaa.

It's a remarkable album gleaming with youthful exuberance and inexhaustible creativity—fabulous harmonies, fabulous lyrics, and fabulously on-point. The Fab Four certainly earned the name here!

Classic. Iconic. Amazing.

A great album. One of the best Beatle albums from the first half of their career.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐+⭐ An extra star for being almost perfect.

Finally! A Beatles Album! Album 27 on my queue. A true classic - and nice to hear their first true Lennon/McCartney major effort. Lots of hits you know and love. Good to hear some lesser knowns (when I get home) . I forgot how short these albums were - 33 minutes for 13 songs?! Video clip at the end a nice bonus! Enjoy

Of course like many fans I prefer the later Beatles period but this album is probably one of their best early-years ones. First of all it’s all original songs. Some of them sound even more « modern » than others from 1964. McCartney/Lennon prove their songwriting talents and their ability to create simple yet not that simple melodies. Though not as elaborated as their later period albums, A Hard Day’s Night still shows some audacious chords changes and original arrangements. Of course my favourite song is “And I Love Her” which for me could totally have been a post-Rubber Soul song. Brilliant album. Loved it.

I mean...

I listened to this on an eerily warm day in December. The day before the last day of the year. I felt like I was already in a liminal space, and this album was like an optimistic radio broadcast cutting through the last 40 miles of a long road trip. Bright, sad, handmade, a simpler era. I’ll have to listen again to really absorb the music - because it’s so engrained as The Beatles, icons, I take it for granted.

Plus habitué aux mélodies indie rock des années 90, notamment la vague britpop et post-britpop, j'ai une grande estime pour les beatles, qui sont de purs génies créatifs. L'album commence bien et on sent tout de suite un esprit positif et coloré, porté notamment par la voix de John Lennon (I should have known better, If I fell). On voit bien que Liam Gallagher s'est inspiré de sa façon particulière de chanter :) les chansons sont courtes, mais mélodieuses, souvent festives (tell me why), mais aussi plus romantiques (And I love her, I'll be back). Très rock n roll, can't buy me love chantée par Macca est une des meilleures chansons de l'album. Pour un album de 1964, il n'a rien de suranné et reste très plaisant et accessible. le style est cohérent et plutôt "attendu", mais la mission est remplie pour les fab four; du rythme, de la créativité et pas mal d'audace.

"We piss all over the Beatles"-- Liam Gallagher, 2024 so after liverpool beat man city at the beginning of december, i began erasing the evidence of me being a beatles fan that i was in middle school and tried to focus on good old big O. but, i had to admit that any beatles album just brings me loads of good memories of me in that period of life. there's a snapshot of me when i decided to talk about them in the chinese class's pre-class sharing, and the teacher made all my classmates share a topic that we are interested in turn. (well, about the chinese class... i think that i should mention that i am east asian. I mentioned that in an earlier review, but now it's edited out.) i end up with a serious overtime, stretching the 5 minute sharing limit to a 8 minute piece about their whole history, from john and paul's meeting to the death of George. also, "Now and Then"wasn't released back then. and there i was, listening to "and i love her", sitting outside a shopping centre at 8 in the morning in England, summer 2023. another one is me watching many video of Paul's live concerts on the way to liverpool, all from the recent times, starting with either "can't buy me love" or that hell of a chord in "a hard day's night". those silly love songs are not the beatles' most musically complete works, but they're good soundtracks for a teen going through the ups and downs in her life. only half a year has passed since i finished middle school, and i miss those days. 3/5 for the music itself, but 4/5 for the memories it bring.

It’s The Beatles: of course it’s going to be great

Its the Beatles...but not one of their best. Sadly, because they are the Beatles, they get judged against themselves.

A good album but they hadn't hit their creative stride quite yet

It was better than I thought. Sometimes the simplicity in the music just makes you feel good and it made the vocals stronger

This record couldn’t have been recommended on a better day. The Best Show is doing a 24 hour marathon show, and I am way more interested in that than hearing The Beatles for the 100,000th time in my 42 years. I know this record, grew up with it thanks to my Mom. So I don’t have to listen again to have an opinion on this one. If you love the Beatles, you’re gonna like this record. Hell, if the Beatles walked in to your house and dropped a deuce in your cereal bowl, you’d probably like that, too. If you don’t like the Beatles, you’re probably not gonna like this one either. Like most everything else, the truth is somewhere in between…it’s an ok record. Now if you’ll excuse that gross over-simplification masquerading as a review of an album by a band most people think can do no wrong, the last three hours of the Best Show 24 hour show are calling my name.

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I've never really understood the Beatles hype, so I was excited to listen to a full album in case it flipped a switch in me. Listening to this just reinforced my opinion. They're creative songwriters, but sometimes they feel a little too polished/manufactured (not corporate though) instead of truly genuine, and the constant echo/reverb added to their vocals gets annoying.

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Banger. Might become a Beatles stan tbh. Excited to see what else of theirs is on here cause there’s definitely more of em. Best song: A Hard Day’s Night Notable(s): I’m Happy Just To Dance With You, Can’t Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, When I Get Home

The band makes the transition from youth making rock music to writing all their stuff and beginning to really show where things were headed.

I did not realize how many of the hits were on this album. I knew almost every song.

Come on. Beatles.

What a bunch of idiots, did they expect it to be easy?

Instantly reminds me of dad :) I listened to The Beatles a lot in the car with family. I also went through a lot of their albums in 2010 when I was in San Diego and trying to find new/old music to enjoy.

Unreal.

Great album - gotta see the movie now

Probably my favorite of the “boy band” Beatles records before they went more psychedelic. Upbeat, full of hits and deep cuts. If I Fell will always be a favorite

It’s the Beatles! Another five star album ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was fantastic. I imagine that this was the record that proved some people wrong. Some people thought that the Beatles were nothing but a fad in '64 and yet here they are writing some of their best songs early in their career. Their ability to write hit singles as well as valuable deep cuts is set in stone. From this point, they use more mature themes and soon, experimentation will take them from a great rock band to the greatest rock band of all time. Absolutely yes. (9/10, 5/5 on this scale)

Obra maestra

The hype was warranted. Within the style of the time, this is a collection of perfect and nearly-perfect gems. 5 stars

Real nostalgic! Genius amateurs! Afternoon naps after school!

Short and sweet! Fell for the harmonies and the mix of energy and tenderness.

A classic. Doesn't hold up too well overall for me, but the bangers that stand out are undeniable. 'Can't Buy Me Love' was my fave.

Beatles coming into their own. Another important album, but more than that, excellent pop music. The compositions are flawless in context, and there's a surprising variety of vocal and instrumental sounds. "Hard Day's Night" has that iconic opening chord, a story of its own, one of the best intros in rock. It is astonoshing to me how much material these guys put out inm such a short period, almost all of it the quality work, songs that were covered by countless other artists, to say nothing of the influence they had. Which is perhaps their greatest legacy. Bridging early vocal group rock with later exporations, and in doing so, inventing the genre. At least for me, this album, Rubber Soul, and Revolver are the Beatles high point and some of the best rock ever to be recorded. I can't get enough.

Awesome

Quite simply one of the best pop albums of all time. If I fell is one of the most beautiful songs of all time

misogynist beatles do not exist 1964 beatles:

Mi análisis carece de subjetividad. Es el primero que hicieron todos los temas. Boleros y motown

No sé si puedo ser objetivo.

What a classic. Can't believe I had never heard Any Time At All.

love it

It’s always a joy on this website when you get an album you know you’ll love. I fucking love this album. It’s the best of the Beatlemania era and probably my 3rd favourite Beatles album (behind Rubber Soul and Abbey Road). Every track slaps, there’s no skips here for me. So many classics on here from the title track to Can’t Buy Me Love, If I Fell and And I Love Her to name a few! Also watch the movie, it’s actually quite fun!

It’s the same guy 4 times in a row.

It’s barely a five, not Beatles best but has some really really good songs on it

Loved it and heard a few songs I hadn't heard before.

This is an early Beatles album, with most of the tracks written and sung by John. I’ve heard every track on this album 100 times, so for me this is a greatest hits record.

Too many people analyze this album in the arc of rock music progression, failing to give it credit for its time in history. Yes, it is a “pop” music album. Yes, it is not the Beatles at their most sophisticated. But it is still an amazing album. Every song inspires emotion. The instrumentation is getting more complicated and the harmonies are amazing. I could listen to this album on repeat for a long time, even though I generally hate pop music.

Very nice

What can you say? I prefer later Beatles, like most everyone else. But these songs are pop rock perfection.

Simple, quick and easy. Fun and unvomplicated love songs. B side has less "wow" factor, but an excellent all-around record for both listening to and dancing to. Top tracks: A Hard Day's Night, If I Fell, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love

Overdue to listen to this whole album, classic but every song sounds the same

Beatles in the up and coming era. Favorite track: Can't buy me love other track: hard day’s night, if i fell, and i love her, things were said today

It’s the Beatles. In fact, they it’s one of (but not) the best Beatles albums. It’s even short with no filler. Five marks, all around!

In so many ways the quintessential Beatles album. Mature and confident with Lennon & McCartney at the peak of their powers. No sitars, no George Martin experiments or Phil Spector Wall of Sound, just clean, pure, well composed and produced 60s pop music. I love it.

Love me some beatles tunes! ૮꒰˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶꒱ა

mijn fav early beatles album denk ik

Great ALbum. Still classic. Amazing tunes.

classic

If any other early 1960s band had written something as evocative as Things We Said Today or as catchy as You Can't Do That, it would have probably been their biggest hit. For The Beatles, they were deeper cuts because they knew there were plenty more pop classics where those came from. That's why they were always ahead of the pack, even before they got experimental.

Absolute classic, very short but to the point, all good vibes though

The thing about a Beatles album is that if you're a big fan, repeated listenings only serve to deepen your appreciation of their work. I know all of these songs, some very well, and without fail they prove to me what an iconoclastic and influential band they were. Even some of the "lesser" songs that some may deem filler play a part in their legacy. Tracks like Things We Said Today, Tell Me Why or I'll Be Back won't make any Beatles top 10 (or even top 50) list, but had they been recorded by another group, they would likely have been big hits in their own right. And there's no denying the staying power of the biggies on this disc - Can't Buy Me Love, If I Fell (those harmonies!), And I Love Her (a perfect love song for it's time) and the title track all cemented the Beatles as one of the all-time greats. As for this list, I can confidently say that I'd rather listen to this album than about 95% of the other entries, and that's why it gets a 5 from me.

Comment ne pas mettre un 5 à cette musique phénoménale et intemporelle ?!

Lennon’s masterpiece.