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I'm not that familiar with the Beatles' early work aside from a few singles. This was fun, I enjoyed it, and I discovered a few new songs for my playlisfs. On the other hand a few songs felt a little generic, like they could've been written by any pop band of the time period. Highlights: And I Love Her, Any Time At All
An album that always sounds great with every remaster. Very solid collection of songs at the height of their popularity. Like the movie a lot, not as big on this album though.
Me gusta mucho
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ all time classic- after listening you can really hear all of the modern day influencing this band still has today. Listening with my headphones I get why the teenage girls were all about Beetle-mania. John’s voice in my ears, sounds like he is singing to me!
The contribution that the Beatles made to the further development of music and the emergence of new genres cannot be overestimated. This early work may sound a little "soft" today, but if you listen closely, you can recognise a precursor of a lot of genres in every song. From hard rock to pop and even German Schlager, everything can be traced back to the Beatles in some way. The album itself is not my favourite, but the importance of this album cannot be denied. Hell, the music that you, dear reader, are listening today, probably won't exist without the Beatles. Everything below a 4 star rating would be a crime.
Ah, The Beatles! Grew up listening to their music because it's one of my dad's favourite bands. I don't really actively listen to their albums unless I feel nostalgic for the days when I'd be in the car, my dad choosing the music, and doing road trips around Romania and later Canada. I do like The Beatles to some extent. The songs are catchy, pleasant, to me they are kind of happy for the most part because I listen to a lot of music that is darker by comparison. I enjoyed this album. I'm no Beatles expert. I recognized the popular songs, and was glad to hear some that I am not familiar with.
Another case where the album doesn’t really do it for me. It sounds like 60s Schlagermusik. Sure, I know ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love. Don’t know the rest of the songs and don’t care much about them either. The one Beatles song that I’ve come to really love this past year is ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. None of these songs on this album come anywhere close for me. I’ll add to it that I even prefer that song covered by others, like Girl In A Coma, more than by the Beatles. It’s just hype pop music of its time and that kind of boy band sound is way past its time for me.
Not something I would listen every day, but still pleasant and enjoyable
Schwer zu beurteilen, ob ich das Album mag, weil ich viele Lieder mal mehr, mal weniger intensiv gehört habe und deswegen automatisch die Nostalgie kickt....oder ob die Lieder wirklich einfach zeitlos gut sind. "A Hard Day's Night", "I should have known better", "Can't buy me love", "Things we said today" und "I'll be back" gefallen mir am besten. Aber was ist das metallische Geklingel im Hintergrund einiger Songs? Ist das eine Kuhglocke?! Wobei die monothematische Richtung (jedes Lied handelt in irgendeiner Form von Liebe) auf Dauer etwas langweilig ist, aber ich bin auch nicht wirklich eine Romantikerin 😅
Musically a very good album, but the lyrics are not particularly sophisticated.
From that iconic opening chord, the energy never lets up on this. A fantastic album, and the first that is all original material with no covers. Side one is effectively the soundtrack to the movie, and side two fills it out with songs written at the same time in a blaze of creativity.
I tried to give this a listen but I really couldn't make it past the first few songs. I've never been a Beatles fan and this definitely didn't change that. The vocals sound too whiney for me to listen and I don't enjoy the composition of the songs either.
I'm much more into their studio years than their early pop-rock years, but it still freaking fun to listen to. And it's full of short, catchy songs full of energy, nothing longer than 3', 30' in total; nice and sweet album to listen to. The music itself is not (yet) revolutionary but it's damn good nonetheless -- and actually not so obvious either; the sound of Harrison's 12-strings Rickenbacker is already something. The songwritting is good, and the interaction between McCartney & Lennon is playing well, their voices layered and intertwined for a great result.
Unfortunately, I can't unlearn what I know about the later Beatles albums. This album is good, but still very conventional. I prefer the songs when they became more adventurous. Favorite tracks: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night
Best thing about this album is that it's short. "You Can't Do That" is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
Prefer the less overplayed tracks: If I Fell, And I lover her, average track length 2:19 still prefer later albums
It is good. Beatles is beatles, always stable
After all these years, this is the first time I've listened to the entire album. they were definitely innvative, even then. I lave the chord changes.
I did not like it. Most of the songs sounded exactly the same to the point that I have a hard time telling them apart. I knew 2 songs off this album before hand but they aren't songs I would go looking for to listen to. I only made it 10 minutes before I was getting bored. Would not listen to again.
Awesome, love the beatles
Classic album, but it’s not a highlight in their discography. Personally, I don’t enjoy it as much as others, although it contains 3/4 songs important for their discography.
A bunch of hits. Great music and pop ballads. Songs are all short and catchy and the album never loses momentum. Easy to see why these early albums propelled them to fame.
One of the many great Beatles albums packed with 3 minute hits. This was not long before they discovered the studio and everything they could do there. They were still touring in ‘64 when this came out Great great album
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐+⭐ An extra star for being almost perfect.
could only get the one song, not the whole album, but it was awesome
Nice and sweet as usual, you can sing along to each song as usual. Cheers!
Boring really 😭 and honestly overrated
Alright. Definitely better than the teeny bopper stuff by a long shot.
I didn't realize how misogynist this early stuff was. Especially johns songs. Kind of put a bad taste in my mouth with the Beatles if I'm honest.
Just perfect pop. Lennon and McCartneys ability to harmonise is just amazing.
nice
I can't separate this from their other output. For them, this is an average album. Some great songs, some that are OK. Certainly a nice exercise in the generation of the three minute pop song, but there are five albums of theirs I'd reach for before this one, at least...
All time classic rock band. Just love their music. Feels good, sounds good, catchy, Beatles are iconic and will always be a fav.
I think this is the album before the album that I really love the Beatles. I think Help! was my jumping on point and the melody of Ticket To Ride. Don't get me wrong, still some good songs on here, but I'm more space Beatles than Yeah Yeah Yeah Beatles.
The Beatles first truly great album; although I do like their '63 output too. Front to back classic, catchy pop songs. And this is just year two of seven. This and the rest of their albums made me fall in love with music; and how could it not. *Heard before.
It's pretty darn good
i feel like you need to put on a loop of nonstop stadium screaming in the background to truly appreciate this. check out im happy just to dance with you, and i love her, things we said today; theyre nice deep cuts light 4
Quite good, one of my favorites. 5 stars.
While not a Beatles fan, I appreciate their artistic abilities and their willingness to depart from the musical status quo at the time. The album is well done, and while void of the original pops and crackles of vinyl production at the time, it is faithful to the musical qualities that define the Beatles.
Lots of upbeat vibes from the overall tone of the music.
Small bites of well produced and thought music. It can be repetitive for today's standards but I fairly understand why their music was so popular at their time.
Certainly feels aged. Only knew a couple of these but a cohesive albums and feels very Beatles across the board
I am unable to discern why I have an underlying hatred for The Beatles, and yet, I will not be giving this a 1.
Great album, but far from the Beatles’ best. There are plenty of Beatles albums I’d rather listen to, but I think that says more about the Beatles discography being phenomenal rather than this album being bad, far from it.
My days of hating the Beatles are over. Not as good as their later stuff but I still enjoyed this record.
That chord is probably the most iconic intro to any song or album ever.
My favourite pre-Rubber Soul Beatles album
The songwriting and arrangements here are top knotch and one can see how they soon blossomed into full blown musical artists. Even with fairly basic song structures the album remains fresh throughout
Like a beetle. But they're musical so they're called the beatles. That's some clever stuff right there.
I was trying my best to forget the fact that The Beatles are probably the most popular band of all times when listening to this album, and I was even trying extra hard to be sceptical about it. I was surprised that I found it very good. It's probably not their best album, but it overall holds a very high bar and there are a few songs here that feels like some of Beatles most recognized ones like 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'And I Love Her' etc. Even though this was during the inception of rock music (the album cover even had 'Stereo!' written on it) I feel that it doesn't hold up to today's standards. One thing I notice quite clearly is that the singing is overshadowing almost everything else. Front and center is of course best practice for song, but in 'I Should Have Known Better' you can only hear the acoustic guitar's strumming, but not the chords it actually plays because the singing just overpowers it completely.
It took over 200 albums and solo albums by every Beatle except Ringo but we finally got a Beatles album! And what an album! This is probably one of my favourite early Beatles albums. It has such a collection of short but great tunes. "Any time at all", "Things we said today", "And i Love her"... the list goes on and on. I know it's a boring opinion but the they really struck gold with their sound. While not their best album i still think it is a 5. How can you not like it? My only gripe is the use of cowbell, who put it in the front of the mix?
Great love songs, excellent sound, listened to the 2009 remaster.
The singles are a real step above the rest of this.
The opposite to a hard day's listen. Great album. I do not understand why the cover is 20 pictures of just one member of the band. Where's the rest? Expected Marc rating: 5
No fa falta que l'escolti, ja sé què posaré Expected Lorenzo rating: 4 o 1 perquè és un hater
although this isnt revolver or abbey road its still loaded with hits. You cant not jam out with cant buy me love
It’s fine. The singles are really good, but the album tracks are very forgettable. I could be talked down into a 3, but I’ll give it a 4
Another brilliant beatles album. Total coincidence that last sentence spells out ABBA.
I can see why they were/are so popular, the mix of country twang, barbershop quartet, and early pop merges surprisingly well. Not my personal taste, but as this is their first release I may give their other albums a shot. 3 drunk dolphins out of 5
first chord carries
cool i guess
Ganz wunderbar. Mag ich von Anfang bis Ende.
a classic one
Awesome music for my grandma. She would go crazy
Can you imagine hearing the opening chord for the first time in your life? What an amazing album, not even among their very best, but here they start to explore more widely the sonic playground, taking the world along for the ride.
Pop rock Beatles is way less annoying than I thought they'd be. While lyrically simple it's fairly catchy and doesn't overstay it's welcome. Feels like one of the better albums from a legendary band. Wish there was a little bit more guitar solo playing from George Harrison. Overall really fun album from front to back.
Not the best Beatles Album
Nostalgia 100%! Not their best best still love it. Some songs are perfect. Others are ok. But can’t help but give it a good score.
5/5
Certainly not their best effort, but I enjoy it for what it is.
This was the first Beatles album I bought. I thought "Anytime At All" was so good. It's a pretty okay Beatles album, has some hits, some filler folky songs as well. It's neat to hear them transition from straight pop to a folkier sound.
I mean, it’s the Beatles. Aside from the weirdly questionable lyrics of “you can’t do that”, it’s fine. Not the best Beatles album by a long shot though.
Pretty solid. I've never been much of a Beatles guy, but mostly because I've never really listened to them. This album still had a touch of the 50s rock sound that I'm not a big fan of, but it was still pretty good.
I hate the Beatles
All seems to roll into one.
Never listened to a Beatles album before; it was alright
Très bien :)
Génial ! Les chansons des Beatles ont toujours le don de me donner le sourire et me mettre de bonne humeur ! J'ai pu redécouvrir des chansons moins connues que j'avais oubliées. Le seul défaut de cet album est qu'il est bien trop court 😢 (30 min je crois ?)
Det var väl egentligen här allt rasade igång. Den helt klart bästa, förutom de "stora" kommande. En preliminär ranking skulle när jag skriver detta kunna se ut så här: 1. Abbey Road 2. Sgt. Pepper, 3. Revolver 4. The Beatles 5. Rubber Soul 6. A Hard Days Night. Skulle nog sätta en femma på topp 5, och bara för att det här är en 4 betyder inte det att den inte är ruskig viktig.
Solid Beatles album
Still waiting for that entry point into these guys. I wouldn't willing sit through that album again. Only saving grace was the songs were short.
The Beatles don't deserve anything less than a 6 yet I can only give a 5
There's something about the Beatles, it makes me smile when I hear there hits. I don't really go out of my way to hear them, but I will never turn the station when they're on.
could i write poetry to it? y
Low-hanging fruit right there. The entire Beatles discography could easily end up on this list.
Come on it’s the Beatles. What’s not to love
What's not to love? 30 minutes of perfectly crafted pop songs.
Besta plata ársins 1964. Það þarf ekkert að ræða það frekar. Mjög mikill Lennon, en þríeykið hans Pauls er ekki síðra.
Album 5/1001 formative music of the 60s. Songs talking about love and falling in love in many different ways 7/10
13 tracks, 30 minutes, no misses, and no way of stopping Beatlemania.
Beatles’ first venture into an all original album is a musical landmark. You start to fully grasp what the partnership of Lennon/McCartney would become. Especially on songs such as the title track and the fabulous “Any Time At All”. A Hard Day’s Night is not the Beatles at their full potential yet. But it’s the Fab Four showing where they’re heading.
The Beatles have an aesthetic for sure. I accidentally listened to this album three times in a row before I realized that the album is actually really short and every song sounds pretty much the same. While this album is regarded as one of the most acclaimed albums in history, I'm grateful to see how much music has evolved since 1964.
Okay, songs are a bit short and samey.
85/100
Qué decir que no se sepa de esta banda. En mi caso (y en el de muchos), fue el primer acercamiento al rock inglés, particularmente por mi madre: canciones por el equipo de música, artículos periodísticos sobre ellos, LPs que sólo podía ver y tocar porque no había tocadiscos en casa y anécdotas con las que ella llenaba de magia mis ideas sobre los Beatles. Siempre me pareció una de las primeras bandas que se superaron disco a disco, tanto en sus letras como en la complejidad de su música y sus ansias por experimentar. Qué disco que da felicidad y que dan ganas de que sea eterno. Ideal para mañana de primavera-verano. También lo imagino para la preparación de un almuerzo con amigas y amigos, vino y porro mediante. Muy rico todo
Definitely the strongest Pop showing from this version of the Beatles. The songwriting is strong, great instrumentals and lyrics. Not going to get too deep as I'm under qualified to review the Beatles, but it's a great album no surprise.
10/10 album
Enjoyed this classic. The group harmonizes wonderfully.
Classic tunes
First Classic Beatles Record
Sehr gut.
Better than 'With The Beatles' but still a bit too formulaic and cheesy compared to their later groundbreaking work. 3/5
I like
Never been big on early era Beatles but there was plenty to enjoy here
The Beatles put out at least three and maybe four legit five-star albums. This one is fun and cute.
En klassiker, catchy, melodisk, simpelt
Favourite Beatles album? I’d have to say, the best of the Beatles. 4.8
I mean, it's the Beatles. Great album.
I know the tracks but I'm less familiar with this than with some of the others. I tend to gravitate toward the psychedelic albums. Certainly no complaints w this one.
I feel like I can't rate the Beatles bc I'm not qualified or something. This album was very Beatlesy, and while it was novel to hear new-to-me Beatles songs, it was all what I was expecting. Giving it a 3.
the beatles fall into a category of foundational, influential inspirational media where i consumed everything it inspired before i consumed the media. boring, but i don't hate it.
It's a pretty solid Beatles album! I've definitely heard all of these songs before, although there were only a couple that I am particularly familiar with. The Beatles are the biggest band of all time for a reason: their music is good! It did feel a little unoriginal style-wise, but I think that is more because other bands took inspiration from the Beatles, and less of the other way around.
it's the beatles
Yeah, sure. Not my favorite Beatles album but I can appreciate a fun thirty minute record.
the music is fine its just not my jam You Can't Do That was weird. oddly controlling
First half is perfection
It has "You Know"!! Started well and ended well!
The Beatles at their poppiest, most consumable peak. Love or hate them, this is a landmark album for music in the 20th century, period. It’s a masterclass in commercial appeal and branding; they courted a global audience, they wooed the pants right off all of us with such finesse, and ultimately they struck solid gold paydirt, on which they built their vast musical empire.
ive been workin. like a dog
Meh. I don't see why it's necessary to include *every* Beatles release in this list. Some of these olders ones are still very rough and not indicative of what the band would eventually become.
I don't know how they never wrote a bad song. None of their songs are my favorite, but all of them are good. None of them are too boring or unoriginal to enjoy.
A Hard Day’s Night // If I Fell // I’m Happy Just To Dance With You // And I Love Her // Can’t Buy Me Love //
I think it is kind of hard to appreciate how good and breakthrough early Beatles work was when it came through. Now it sounds like so much that has come after it that maybe it feels classic but maybe a little dated. But then you realize that that’s because it changed everything - the top albums in the US before the Beatles hit were from broadway soundtracks, Andy Williams, and the Singing Nun. In that context this is mind blowing music that is still great today but even more amazing given how much it transformed pop music. This came out in 1964… the first Black Sabbath album came out in 1970.
It's been a hard day's life.
A classic album (and film) with so many great tracks: the title track "A Hard Day's Night", "I Should Have Known Better", "If I Fell", the beautiful "And I Love Her", the ebullient "Can't Buy Me Love", plus "Things We Said Today". Part of my soundtrack for the early 1960s.
Fab 4 still fab!!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Lets go I love the film. First beatles album I've gotten so far. They’re just so far ahead of everyone else at the time. John’s younger voice is so good here. Rating: 4.6
its like ok
Not my favorite Beatles album, but still great.
Not the best Beatles' album, but quite good.
*Hard Day's Night* really won me over. Compared to a lot of their contemporaries and imitators, they'd done a really good job keeping the tempo up and the arrangements engaging
The Beatles are one of the most popular and well known bands to ever exist and I completely understand why. I loved this album. I was not excited to sit down and do my homework, but how could I be in a bad mood while listening to The Beatles? I will listen to the entire thing again (maybe tomorrow) 5/5
"You could find better things to do, than to break my heart again" First Beatles album of the list- and third album from their discography. I appreciated the short length of the album, and although I know how influential the Beatles were for practically all of modern music- I couldn't find myself really enjoying most of this album. Each song blurred into the last, and ironically, the song that I enjoyed the most was the one that I recognized because of the Cobain cover (and I like his cover better, lol) Looking at the track lists for the albums after Rubber soul, It's pretty clear to me that this album is just kind-of a nothing sandwich, especially in the context of the other Beatles records. T1- "A Hard Day's night" is going on the playlist because although I enjoyed T5- "And I love her" more, it just leaves me wanting to listen to Cobain's version. looking forward to the first Beatles record that's full with bangers (Abbey road???!!!) 3/5
I like this version of The Beatles, so chill and full of personality.
-another beatles album!!!!! very excited about it -a hard days night is literally one of their most iconic well known songs -what a GREAT way to start the album is with the title track -and i love her is SUCH a beautiful song i love it -this is such a good album. like early beatles is top tier -yeah john lennon sucks!!!!!!!! we can literally ignore him paul mccartney is a legend and so is george harrison and ringo starr -can’t buy me love is another ICONIC song, but not my favorite on this album -every song is genuinely really good -like. such a classic beatles album. it’s not possible for me to rate this lower than 4
Thanks to my dad, I know this album pretty well :) Still good though!
Very catchy. Happy just dance with you is a great song. Nevertheless, not one of the top Beatles albums.
Hit after hit after hit. ...
Still part of what I would call the Beatles' "safe" era, but does not mean the chemistry between them is any less or the music is any worse. Classic album
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
Catchy motherfuckers
It was better than I thought. Sometimes the simplicity in the music just makes you feel good and it made the vocals stronger
Ah classic Beatles. Catchy head boppin music and some heartbreak songs
I don't know why this was my first time listening all the way through because I like this best out of all the Beatle's albums I've heard so far. And that says a lot because I've listened to Abbey Road on vinyl (although true, please take it with a grain of irony and a dash of sarcastic pride).
B+ A Hard Day's Night 4 I Should Have Known Better 5 If I Fell 3 I'm Happy Just to Dance with You 5 And I Love Her 4 Tell Me Why 3 Can't Buy Me Love 3 Any Time at All 4 I'll Cry Instead 3 Things We Said Today 5 When I Get Home 3 You Can't Do That 3 I'll Be Back 5 It was so enjoyable to dissect an album I know so well. Forcing myself to rate every song helped me realize how much I like it. I usually lump this in with other pre-Rubber Soul Beatles, but it stands alone as the first completely original album by them.
Didn't think I liked the Beatles but this was great
The instrumentals all sounded similar. Some of the song were repetitive, lyrically, but I loved the vibes.
It's fine
It’s catchy, fun love songs. It’s the Beatles
yeah yeah
It would take most good bands a whole career to write this many solid songs. The Beatles did it on a Soundtrack.
It's the Beatles man. Nothing not to like. The Lennon tracks are distinctly Lennon and the one Harrison track is a bop. Can't not like it.
Is it the Beatles best work? No. But don’t let that take away the lightning in a bottle that this album is. This is a masterclass in pop music. Short, sweet, catchy, everything you could ask for in a pop album. And at just over 30 minutes they managed to waste absolutely zero time here. You could argue every other song on this list could be a #1 hit, and for all I know they maybe were. As the first Beatles album on my list, it didn’t disappoint. Highlight: A Hard Day’s Night Lowlight: n/a Surprise Hit: And I Love Her
Classic Beatles but some stuff just too kid like
Man they really be working like a dawg
classic beatlers
Love the Beatles. Don't love this album.
Ahh the days of young love! Refreshing songs with innocent overtones!
Better than I expected, you have to go into this album thinking about where music was at the time, which was mostly bubble gum pop and love songs. Can’t believe this album came out in 1964 then Revolver came out 2 years later. Quite a change.
Classic, beautiful
No con la misma cantidad de canciones conocidas como otro álbum, sigue teniendo un nivel más que alto. Estilo confundible y canciones míticas para un pop tranquilo y pegadizo
Слишком веселый и поверхностный
I can't stand white-guy 50s bubble-gum pop with its coded lyrics for getting some poon from young girls. That said, if I am forced to listen to it, The Beatles in this era are the way to go. I still hate this music but you can see the beginning of the later Beatles in this album with guitar riffs that give a nod to Spanish classical and Indian sitar.
Enjoy this album, some good early Beatles songs and I like George’s 12 string but there’s some cheesy pop in there, too.
The Beatles are essential as always
Its the The Beatles! This album contains several of my favorite songs and is consistently great throughout. One of my favorite rock bands of all time! Favorite Song(s): "A Hard Day's Night", "Can't Buy Me Love", "You Can't Do That", "I'll Be Back"
1001 Beatles albums to listen to before you die. The guttural yells from John and Paul is enough for even a grown man to feel something. Good luck to any teenage girl hearing this in the 60s, no wonder their live albums are just high-pitched scream tracks. This album is pop perfection. They write and belted love song after love song, and quite well!
Pretty early rock. Flashes of the sound to come, but very 50s esque sound. If this is their first album I wouldn't be surprised. Actually kind of surprised this is a must listen album
It's like flipping through the radio stations in the 50s and 60s and hearing a mix of all the kinds of songs from that Era.
A classic of the pre-Rubber Soul era.
A classic but nothing I couldn’t live without.
banger! Love me some beatles. Fun to sing on karaoke nights
Mixing of the album is subpar. Too much volume on the vocals. Seems the lyrics is always the same theme about girls, dancing with girls, kissing girls, shagging girls, etc girls..
not fully my music vibe but i like it!!
Don't really like the beatles, and the album love theme is annoying
The Beatles are starting to figure out their own writing and while a good album, I know what comes later and prefer it more musically. But there are some fun moments in this album.
OK.
outside of abbey road and a couple specific songs i don't really care at all about the beatles. rather boring. you can do much better within the 60s or in any other decade.
One of the midder Beatles albums but still good in a quaint way Music for being a teenager in the 60s.
First half is perfect, second have is just good
Efficace, dispose d'une cohérence d'ensemble sans pour autant qu'on ait l'impression d'entendre toujours la même chanson, quelques grands classiques dont la chanson titre, excellent album.
C'est les Beatles, donc forcément c'est pas nul. Mais quand même, on reste encore un peu trop dans la période "musique pour midinettes" pour aller jusqu'au 5/5. Déso pas déso.
Already knew this one, early-ish Beatles
Listened Before? N An absolute rock 'n roll classic. It doesn't do a lot for me as far as getting me excited or wanting to listen to it on repeat or anything. It's a good album, solid, influential, amazingly well done. It's just not really my cup of tea. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: And I Love Her
Love this album. I've listened to it before and loved it then, and I love it now.
It’s the Beatles…
Not my favorite Beatles record. I prefer Rubber Soul and later. But this record is a banger for it's time. And while others here will continue to say the Beatles are overrated... Well there has been a lot of shit on this list from '64. None of it is really any good. None of it takes risks or defines a generation of music. So on that merit, this crushes.
You know, before I heard this album, I thought love was a wonderful thing - but this album is seriously making me reconsider that premonition. It's like the 13 songs on here are competing for which one can annoy me the most. With the exception of "And I Love Her", which was actually kinda decent. 2 broken hearts out of 5 💔💔
Awesome album. It is the Beatles after all.
No skip album - Top faves: A hard days night And i love her Can’t buy me love Any time at all Things we said today You can’t do that
The best Beatles classics with some good tracks that I hadn't heard often/before. Basically only love songs.
Yes, I know that they made the path for the rock music, but these songs sound like the ones my 5 yrs daughter sings in the school
I figured we were going to get to the iconic hemisphere of music that is: The Beatles. So this is when I try the hardest to look at things in a MOSTLY objective lens..... (I'm only human) I've never been a major fan of 60s pop because it all starts to blend into each other in my head and I get things crossed. To fully give myself a good listening experience I decided to listen to the album then watch the movie experience that it stems from. I'll have to admit that after a first listen I have to give them credit that it didn't come off as stale. I could tell there was alot of effort made....especially since it was all original material. Honestly that's pretty impressive to say the least and I didn't immediately hate it. Sure, they begin to spark things as they got more comfortable reaching the peak of their musicianship, but you gotta give them credit for being some of the originators. So it's good, not great, but I can HEAR the potential.
The Beatles at their least interesting
The Beatles is really boring.
just the beatles innit, nothing special
just find it a bit boring not one of their best works
It's the Beatles. It's 5 stars. Tracks I liked: The whole album
greato
inte mitt favoritalbum av the beatles
Some big hits here. Still had some of the very early rock-and-roll sound. They were just beginning to get musically interesting.
Great
For me this was a solid intro to 60's pop music. Not the hugest Beatles fan, but this definitely had a couple bops. Probably will check out the movie at some point. Excited to see the development of their sound in later albums.
Classic album full of well known songs.
A bit on the pop'ish side of the Beatles. Too much so for me. Still got some decent songs.
As a Beatles fan I like all the albums but this one is not at the same level as say Sgt Peppers or Rubber Soul to me. I'm glad that they met Dylan around this time frame and got their minds expanded as you can hear the beginnings of that. Maybe rating this against what would come later makes no sense but whatever it's way better than all that 80s/90s Britpop on the list that wouldn't exist without this.
Like the vibes
John Lennon at the height of his early powers. Vocals outrageous. Good film too.
Iconic.
All the songs sounded pretty similar to each other.
It's the Beatles. It's good.
Only four stars because the album doesn't reach the heights of other Beatles albums. Still better than any other artists of the time though.
Come on guys it's the Beatles: saw this album and felt unsure on whether it would be the banger I was dying for but how wrong I was from double-guessing. It's true to say that the early Beatles isn't as experimental and as clean as the later albums but lord it's still a good time. Just four boys playing good 60s rock and it will alway bang and idc what anyone says about that.
Pretty boring. There are far better Beatles albums.
1. a hard dayz night - 2 2. i zhould have knouun better - 2 3. if i fell - 1.5 4. im happy juzt to dance uuith you - 1.5 5. and i love her - 4 6. tell me uuhy - 1.5 7. cant buy me love - 2.5 8. anytime at all - 1.5 9. ill cry inztead - 1.5 10. thingz uue zaid today - 2 11. uuhen i get home - 1.5 12. you cant do that - 1.5 13. ill be back - 2
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4,5* Niet hun beste album maar wel weer nice hoor
This is some good classic Beatles. Can hear bits of the old and a hint of what was to come.
Old Beatles
The first Beatles album comprised only of original material is catchy as hell. Lennon and McCartney might have a future in song writing. Highlights: A Hard Day's Night Can't Buy Me Love I Should Have Known Better Any Time at All
okay for background
I know it’s The Beatles, but their early albums just never have been so interesting to me
The beatles being the beatles
Fun listen, a few standouts
My second Beatles album on this generator. Their music is just... so beige and boring. The whitest boy band, pop rock shit ever. Every one of their albums contains 1 or 2 really solid songs (Can't Buy Me Love & A Hard Day's Night in this case) with a bunch of filler spread in, and the filler all kind of sounds the same. The one good thing about 60's music is that the average song length is under 3 minutes each. This album definately didn't overstay its welcome, finishing up in just 30 minutes. Overall, not terrible, but nothing spectacular either. I've always felt that the Beatles were kind of overrated, and this album kind of proves it. Also, one of the dumbest album covers ever. Favourite songs: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, Tell Me Why, I'll Cry Instead Least favourite songs: And I Love Her, I'll Be Back 3/5
Can’t buy me love
nice
I've heard plenty of songs from this album but had never listened to it the whole way through before. Really great.
ass album
Hard days night An album of well crafted catchy 60’s pop songs. I love their voices and harmonies. Some are more memorable than others. Cool harmonies on “If I fell” Some songs I never heard like “I’m happy to dance with you”. “And I love her” is a great song. I definitely prefer their later more experimental stuff like sgt pepper and Abby road. “Anytime I’ll call” is a cool song I feel like it could be any other band’s biggest hit. You can’t do that- so much cowbell! “I’ll be back”cool last song Tough one to rate- 4 I guess.
Yeah ok
This is the most cohesive Beatles album we have listened to. Cant Buy Me Love and Anytime At All is my favorite.
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.
Amazing writing of songs
Can't go wrong with the Beatles. Every song on this album is great.
They're getting there but it's not for me just yet
Lots of great songs, but not one of their best albums.
Very good, some filler though
Not one of my most favorite Beatles albums.
beagle
Having a hard time with this one. It's good, I've heard all the songs a million times, and I was noticing cool musical things they were doing, but I can't imagine ever just listening to it. A victim of being too influential?
Fantastic early offering of one of the most popular bands in history. An album, admittedly, I had only heard the singles off of up until this point. Enjoyable, a true testament of their talent and work ethic.
3/5. Not usually a Beatles fan, but I didn’t mind this album at all. I enjoyed the song “And I Love Her.”
What's not to like?
Nice album! Has some songs I was less familiar with, but I enjoyed it. Especially the very first chord.
Great album but prefer some other Beatles albums , high 4
The first sound of this album is one of my favourite sounds of all time. It instantly makes my day. I can have this on repeat forever, the songs just make me so happy.
Very high 4. Amazing album but in the grand scheme of Beatles there is stuff which is better as an album.
early beatles is always a fun time. maybe not a sophisticated time, but definitely a fun one.
It's the peak of early Beatles. They haven't started branching out into exploring other sounds, so they would make better records later, but they're seasoned songwriters and performers by now, and it shows.
This was surprisingly dull. Yes, there were a few big hits from the film, etc. but the rest of the album was just packed with the same, short, rather obnoxious songs that sounded incredibly dated and shallow. I can appreciate the Beatles, but their later work was far superior to this.
Good album, some solid songs but no more than a 3/5 for me
I love the vocal harmonies. Pretty mid tho
Klart som fan att det är bra, men det är fortfarande en bra bit till The white album.
Watch the film. Cracking
I mean it’s the Beatles
Nothing wrong with this album from The Beatles as it's well crafted like a lot of their work, though it's mid compared to Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road. As such, I can't justify a higher rating because even though I like The Beatles, I'm not a fanatic like a huge portion of the music press seem to be. Low 4 star
It was okay 👍🏼 ‘If I Fell’ was nice.
But you can't unfairly give this a lower rating cause you have to compare it to something entirely different. miten niin ei voi? Jaa annetaan kaikelle vitosia koska kaikki omassa lajisssaan hyviä..heh... NO EI ANNETA. biitles biitles niin ja näin...no ei ole huono albumi mutta on HUONOMPI HEH vertailua vertailukuvaa nojassoo any time at all
good album but the fact that i was so excited to hear fleetwood mac on auto play afterward shows how i didn’t love it and prefer a lot of other shit
the night that i listened to it was indeed hard as most songs on here sound kind of the same. not terrible, just boring
Took us 3 tries but me and the generator found a Beatles album I like.
It's the Beatles, say less.
My personal favorite of the early records. Side A of this record is just one amazing song after another. Side B has a few forgettable (by Beatles standards) tracks but my recommendation for new fans to start with wanting to hear early Beatles music.
Some iconic songs. The filler tracks are ok, but the classics off this album carry it
It’s a 4.5 but I can’t vote half stars!!! Some of my favorite Beatles songs on here!
Fascinating listening to what could be described as the last of the 'Mop top' albums. This is still the unmistakeable sound of the early 60s Beatles, but there are signs of their sound evolving, particularly on the title track and Things We Said Today. A good album but lacking the brilliance of the albums to come
Seeing this sitting at nearly a 4/5 average while an album like Hounds of Love barely pushes 3.5 is pretty depressing. Sometimes I just want to grab a Beatles fan by the shoulders, shake them and ask "Why do you all like this album so much?!", and you aren't allowed to talk about it's "influence" or anything like that. Just what are you hearing in this music that I'm missing, it's just the most plain uninteresting pop music you'll hear from the 60s. I'll never understand.
Pretty good
Excellent, witty, energetic fun album. John very much at the centre which I personally like, and lots of little buzzy gems from 60s British rock n roll. The film released with the album is one of the best films made and is gloriously, wonderfully stupid. Very into this
Every song has the word Love in it. Amazing album though.
The whole THE BEATLES thing is annoying as hell and I'm always tempted to reactively underrate them because of their obnixious place in the pop cannon, but then you hear the albums and try to forget that stuff and, well, damn... This album is all Jangle and Swagger, incredible melodic and harmonic sensibility combined with propulsive energetic playing, high tempos - like they're impatient with the boundaries of the pop-rock song and about to burst beyond it. Tried playing along on guitar and the changes come so fast, incredibly restless music. The John-led stuff hits hardest of course.
3/5 Best: If I Fell Worst: Any Time At All
One of the best references to classic Beatles. Joyful and influential. Not a Revolver or Abby Road, but with enough merit to cause a pop revolution. 4/5
A lot of good energy and new-to-me Beatles songs here!
The first chord has been one of the most discussed chords in music. The harmonies are nice. Great album but there are better Beatles records.
Not my favorite Beatles style, but a pretty perfect example of that style
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I don't know where this lands on their timeline but it felt like they had one foot into the psychedelic chapter and one foot in the doo-whop chapter
Banger after banger.
Album wasn’t bad. I’m not usually a Beatles fan but I genuinely enjoy quite a few songs on there.
Two of the catchiest singles of all time, but not wall-to-wall bangers like some of the later albums. Fair amount of filler.
I can't believe we've listened to this many albums before our first Beatles one. They really were pioneers.
A quickie from the Beatles, not bad not great
I have always liked the poppier Beatles albums. Liked it when I was 5 years old and I still like it now.
Beatles = vinilo.
don't think it's one of the best Beatles albums but still incredible album, some songs were a little too short and sweet but overall the consistency of high quality music and fun songs really makes this one a must listen
Listening to the Beatles has been a favorite part of this project because although so many of these songs are very familiar, I’ve never listened to the albums. I’ve loved finding that there is a clear story and progression to each of the albums that I find so intriguing. This is clearly when they took off and when they still were making performable music, as well as it being the soundtrack to a movie I really feel stupid for never having seen. This is the apex of the “early” Beatles and so wonderful to listen to! (Is it horrible to admit that I only know “I’ll Be Back” because of Stars on 45? I keep hearing the segues!) I got the Beatlemania bad with this one!
I was happy to be Beatle-y today.
A couple of very familiar tunes, a couple of tunes I know best from Stars on 45, and then some I hardly know at all. It's not my favorite Beatles but it's still The Beatles.
I’ve seen the movie and remember most of these songs, but can’t recall if I ever listened to this album. Regardless, it was so long ago I didn’t remember a lot of this album. Pretty easy to see why these kids took off.
One of the best Beatles albums
1 = Turned it off, couldn't handle it anymore 2 = Listened to it fully, but I didn't really like it 3 = Ok I guess? 1 or 2 interesting songs, but that's it 4 = Multiple good songs / I would listen to the album again sometimes 5 = I will listen to this on repeat for the foreseeable future + Can't buy me love + Any time at all 4/5 I like their songs enough that I wouldn't mind playing it in the background again, but I was sick of love songs at the end of the album.
Perfectly fine. Not really a style I'd listen to much on repeat, but I enjoyed this while it was on
3.5
Classic Beatles, not pushing the envelope but fully in their pop phase.
On this album, The Beatles are still in simple Rock/Pop mode, with the female teenage population clearly being the target demographic. For that, songs are par-for-the-course, but miles away from what their music would become later. The Beatles wouldn't be as popular today if they hadn't evolved their sound away from the sound of their first few albums (this is their third). The best song here is the title track; Can't Buy Me Love and and Things We Said Today also stand a bit above the rest. I tend to give the likes of Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road 5 stars, but I cannot in good faith rank this album equally high. Thus, 3/5.
Album 108 of 1001 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Track : Can't Buy Me Love Finally get a Beatles album. Early Beatles. I like both incarnations, but the earlier recordings are just so iconic, to me. This album is the first to be made up of all originals, the majority actually being Lennon tunes. Such an awesome album (the original UK version being the one you want to listen to). Awesome tunes, great harmonies, some great guitar. While some tunes are stronger than others, even the weak ones beat what anybody else was doing at the time. (arguably since the that time, as well). Have to go with a 5. I could argue otherwise and compare it to some of their later stuff, but I'll just judge it on its own. Many would disagree, but the songs support it.
Classic. But do like the later Beatle albums better.
Not bad, it kind of sounds like every other Beatles song ever.