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This whole album is full of real nice, catchy songs, all just brilliantly crafted.
Early Beatles is great to hear from time to time. I prefer the later records, but this one is amazing. Some classics, and then some just okay stuff.
Very good early Beatles album! Some all-time classic pop songs, but still before the band's more interesting and memorable work.
Fine
my favourite band of all time, I believe that hard days night is certainly one of their strongest earlier rock and roll albums. The first side is incredible - hit after hit, but the second side does feel a little less strong.
Solid. Did not blow me away
The Beatles establishing themselves as bona fide songwriters. Pop-tastic.
There are some good songs here but this just isn't the era of The Beatles that I want to listen to often.
Did not like it
è bello, molto bello.
Short and sweet classic beatles
It’s the Beatles, what are ya gonna do. Incredible amount of bops off one of a string of albums changing music and society. Can’t and won’t knock the hustle
5 stars for If I Fell by itself, you know?
Symbolic.
meh
"I love your hands 'cause your fingerprints are like no other" "I love your eyes and their blueish brownish greenish color" "I love it when you smile, that you smile wide" "And I love how your torso has an arm on either side"
While I would say that I am a big Beatles fan, I would say I am a fan of post-Rubber Soul era Beatles. I haven't ever gotten into the early Beatles, aside from a few songs, so I was actually quite interested when I got this album as I had never listened to it. I will say this about it: it is very of its time. This sounds like pop from the 1960s and it's not necessarily bad but I'd rather be listening to an album like Revolver or Abbey Road compared to this. That being said, A Hard Day's Night (the song) is a pretty good opener. It has a garage rock quality to it and it is my personal favorite song on the record. The opener chord/note/whatever the hell the band is doing there is certainly iconic, although I will say I had listened to this track beforehand so I already knew what to expect. For songs I hadn't listened to, And I Love Her is a standout as it is the only song to slow it down a bit (well, to the extent that it is slowed down here) and it's pretty good. The lyrics are alright, and the guitar riff is really good and fits the track well, it's a fantastic song. Things We Said Today is also a really good song. The melancholic guitar tones paired with the ominous feeling lyrics and vocal delivery make this a kind of chilling song to listen to in all honesty. Probably the best song on the back half of the record. I'll Be Back is a pretty good closer. The guitar tones are pretty similar to Things We Said Today, which may be the reason why I like it, and the lyrics are fine, I think I just prefer Things We Said Today. However, all of the other songs feel kind of similar to each other. Everything about them from the performances, lyrics, and production, it all just feels very similar. Now, none of them are bad per se, but they don't stand out and are just kind of there. While I did enjoy this record, I will say it wasn't perfect and there are parts that are way better than others and it all pales in comparison to the Beatles later stuff. I'd say a 7/10 is in order for this album.
É interessante, nunca tinha ouvido um álbum do começo da carreira dos Beatles (praticamente o começo). Realmente não tenho muito o que dizer sobre, gostei da primeira metade, a segunda metade é bem normal com alguns momentos bons e é isso, 7/10.
A classic, as all Beatles records are. There are a few duds on here, but there are also some amazing tracks as well. A fun listen.
culmination of early beatles
Such great vocal harmonies
classic
Normalement c'est un 4 mais vu la purge de la semaine dernière c'est un 5 largement mérité
PREFS : A Hard Day's Night, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, And I Love Her, Tell Me Why, Can't Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, I'll Cry Instead, Things We Said Today MOINS PREF : You Can't Do That
I've never gone particularly deep on The Beatles, and this is one of the albums I haven't spent time with before. Just listened to this straight through 3 times and wasn't at all mad about it. Such a very different band over the course of their career, but this is fantastic straight-cut rock and roll from their early days. They tap into solid song writing and stretch it into a few different styles, exhibiting their ballad harmonization (If I Fell) as well as ability to write upbeat dance tracks (Can't Buy me Love, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You) and tap into more "bluesy" rock (Any Time At All, You Can't Do That). The hits here are great; what didn't make the radio is equally enjoyable. Very solid 4 / 5
This has always been my favorite Beatles album because I think it was the first one I really got into. I love this one. It is straight ahead catchy pop. It’s just the perfect early Beatles album because you have the drums and bass driving the music. The harmonies. The lyrics. The catchiness. It’s all just there. Do I love other albums by the Beatles? Certainly. But this my first love and my favorite.
Ganz cool, aber biz repetitiv
I like the Beatles but I think this early in their career they are still pretty generic sounding. Other than the title track there’s not much I’d come back to.
At this point I’m running out of things to say about Beatles albums so I’m just gonna give it a 5 and savor it since I’m pretty sure let it be and maybe magical mystery tour are the only two left (I don’t remember if I got help already). I’ll just say that this one is definitely better than with the Beatles and the white album but clearly doesn’t hold a candle to revolver and abbey road. Title track and can’t buy me love are the favs.
Seminal
Very lovey and superficial. Couple of good tunes.
3.75
Can’t really argue with the quality of the songs here
Familiarity bias although I'm not sure I've ever listened to this much as piece of work just apparently know all the words. Docking a point for creepy possessive lyrics in the last 2 tracks though.
Dude... it's peak Beatles! Nice short, boppy songs. Memorable. Easy to listen to multiple times. 30 mins total - no overstaying their welcome. Thank you very much you brilliant bastards!
had a fun time exploring more of the beatles. Great album!
Their first LP completely written by themselves, and it shows. These songs are eternal, ever surprising, and as energizing as ever. The non-movie B side of the record shouldn’t be skipped; “Any Time at All” might be one of the most overlooked songs in their catalogue, and “I’ll Cry Instead” hints at the country roads they’d be exploring in a few short months.
• I was pleasantly surprised by this album and ended up quite enjoying it • There was quite a lot of variation in the style of songs and I found that I really liked their slower tracks • I would absolutely listen to this one again • Favourite song: And I Love Her
Some great moments but overall more impressive in hindsight that the Beatles took it so far from this to the White Album etc.
05.06.2023
Beatles are pretty good
Sure, the Lads from Liverpool, and all that, but I'm not all gaga for this like some screeching bird in her teens swooning about from heretofore undiscovered hormones.
Always gold.
note: this review is of the u.k. lp release. ah, the beatles. the masters of the sub 3 minute pop song. catchy songs with infectious sing-along choruses. you can definitely tell the difference between a john lennon song, which tend to be a little darker, and the other songs which tend to be a little more positive. highlights: “i should have known better”, “i’m happy just to dance with you”, “and i love her”.
I've spent a lot of time saying that The Beatles that I don't like is the psychedelic stuff because I thought that was true. I also don't like this. I just don't like their voices. Or the music really. They have some songs I like, but none of them were on this album.
Early Beatles goodness.
absolute perfection. the best song is "and i love her"
One of the most iconic first notes of any album. Classic.
moptop british boyband. liked em more when they nailed condoms to the wall and threw rubber chickens in the crowd. and when they got on drugs lol
To me this was the quintessential Beatles sound, but definitely inoffensive. Strong all around good album, just nothing that stands out and if it was a different band I’m not sure it would be on the list
Pretty uniform album, nothing to write home about
Really good album, definitely a classic but the Beatles sonorites are quite unique to them. Definitely some good songs in there. Favorite Tracks : Things We Said Today, I'm happy just to dance with you, Tell me why Rating : 4 / 5
Great love letter with classic Beatles style. There nothing bad to it but on first listening I was left with something missing. The energy is very nice and if you like that theme it is really nice. 3.5/5 leaning on a good 4
Da e litt for langt mellom høydepunktene
Very fun album, great songs, better than the last Beatles album.
That opening chord is such a fabulous mission statement for all out, cheery pop-rock n roll - and the album carries it off. A solid album of b-list Beatles tracks with one of my all time favourites, And I Love Her, landed straight in the middle.
trowbekkie naar vroeger op vakantie in de auto. leuk heerlijk
Classic Beatles.
Not my music at all, beatles is just too abstract most songs that are not part of top 2000
Probably the first great Beatles album, they are in fine form. Imagine hearing this in 1964, not knowing what’s to come. That opening chord - A G9/A - apparently The guitars playing a G7 and the piano playing a A major. Can’t buy me love. All my loving. A hard days night. If I fell. All of it. McCartney finding that melodicism. Lennon’s lyrics. Even the George song isn’t his worst. Stunning even in context.
Look. It's ok. Enough beetles.
Dimery, all is forgiven man, well kind of, I'm still up for a Manassas bonfire. If anyone out there wants to join me, send me a telex. An EC album followed by two Fab albums, la dolce vita. And Thomas Paine fans, what an absolute cracker it is. This is easily in my top 5 mop top albums of all time, and after many,many listens it often gives my all time fav the White Album a nudge. So, height of Fabdom, endless, endless and I mean endless touring. Hey time to make a movie - as one does- while we are blowing up the western world. They have chart topping singles everywhere and yet out they pop out an album of 13 originals (an astonishingly rare feat in 1963), some of which are tattooed onto the zeitgeist, as omnipresent as a Hamlet soliloquy. So yes Dimery and his gang of henchmen are right, you need to listen to this if you want to properly prepare yourself for the endless nothingness that is death. And wouldn't it be nice to shuffle off the coil listening to Lennon sing the last track on this record, I'll Be Back? And speaking of the dead, boy this is a Lennon record, 10 of the 13 tracks are mainly his, including songs that are forever chiselled into our collective memory such as the title track, If I Fell, I Should have Known Better et al. The B side includes many a lament as to the realities of life on the road, When I Get Home, Anytime at All and one of this pretend writer's favourite all time mopster tunes the aforementioned I'll Be Back. Paul is still quiet on the writing front with only three tunes mainly penned by him, but great gosh a mighty they are all absolute crackers, Cant' Buy Me Love, And I Love Her and one of his all time classics in Things We Said Today. Meanwhile the band deliver a brilliant performance, man they are tight and yet the tunes are redolent of all their many influences, shoved through the George Martin "Beatle" sound, a sound they pretty well keep up until Help. Harrison is at his creative best here, and his use of the 12 string Rickenbacker, well you all know the rest. With the ubiquity of so many of the Hard Day's Night moments, it is hard to fully appreciate its magnificence, as both a brilliant pop record and a crucial marker in the development of 20th (and 21st...) century culture. Yet another step towards changing the way we viewed ourselves. And it is a hell of a lot of fun. They made the world a happier place.
There are more great tunes on this album than most bands manage in a career. But albums in Australia at the time of this release cost £2/12/6, an amount I was never likely to accumulate. So until I was given a reel-to-reel tape recorder for xmas 1964, I just knew these tracks from the radio. I clearly remember getting dressed to go to school & listening to Can’t Buy Me Love the morning radio stations here were able to play it. I remember thinking it wasn’t quite up to their earlier singles although I loved the flipside, You Can’t Do That. Soon the Ella Fitzgerald swing cover version of Can’t Buy Me Love was a Top 40 hit. It was 4 months before the A Hard Day’s Night single & album were released in July, by which time they’d shot the film & toured Australia. The flipside of that single was Things We Said Today - the value you got from their singles & E.P.’s was amazing. That was followed by I Should Have Known Better, backed with If I Fell, & by that time radio stations were all over the album trax like a cheap suit. Particularly the glorious And I Love Her, which was a single release in the U.S., but not here. But also I’ll Cry Instead & the beautiful closing cut, I’ll Be Back. I had most of it on tape by January 1965, off the radio. Just thinking how lucky I was makes me smile. Like all their early albums, the remastered cd gets a regular flogging around here.
It is hard to rate the Beatles, because, you know, they're the _Beatles_ and their records have become part of the DNA of popular music. Hard Day's Night is one of my favourite Beatles albums, and one that I regularly pull off the shelf to play all the way through. It's a full on pop album, with increasing confidence in the studio, and less reliant on the (admittedly thrilling) rock and roll adrenaline of their previous albums. No covers here. Bob Stanley said "If you had to explain the Beatles' impact to a stranger, you'd play them the soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night. The songs, conceived in a hotel room in a spare couple of weeks between up-ending the British class system and conquering America, were full of bite and speed. There was adventure, knowingness, love, and abundant charm." I love the punchy, all-killer-no-filler approach. No song is over three minutes, and there is not a wasted second on this record. The tunes are all cracking, the production un-fussy, the band rocks (dodgy solo in "And I Love Her" aside), the hooks are super catchy, and the whole thing is slathered in charm. It's the ultimate Beatlemania album. Five stars!
Boy band music
This album sounds a little too friendly. I subscribe to the idea that every song on this album would be perfectly suited for a breakfast cereal or coffee commercial. This album isn't for me. I like later Beatles albums better.
boring!!
This is the 7th Beatles album. It should be the last one because apparently their entire discography is on this list. Several well known songs, but the prior comments about the Beatles remain. It really isn't that good of music by itself. The album is short which is good. The songs are still poppy and not too eccentric. I will round up because it is better than a two.
The Beetles are undeniable. I grew up listening to these singles with my dad in the car. His favorite band was the Beach Boys, but he also appreciated the Beetles and spoke to the rivalry between the two bands. He remarked that their voices all sounded very much the same, and they all had the same haircuts. I think this is the album cover that he was referencing. So much of modern pop and rock have this band to thank. Endless hooks and catchy toons, its fun to listen. The well known singles are a lot stronger than the deep-cuts. Still pleasant, but more boring and meandering. I'm sure this stuff was killer in the 60s though. I noticed that all of these cuts are super tight. Nothing is over 3 min. This makes for excellent pacing. Even the more "boring" cuts are over before I can complain too much. High: Hard Day's Night Low: Tell me Why, Can't Buy Me love (the repetition is grating after listening so many times, and the same-y nature of most of these tracks). Strong 6, Light 7
These songs are largely so familiar that it's hard to have any objective opinion about them. I guess this was the start of the band trying to break out of their boy band mould. Some okay songs here, but nothing I would choose to sit down and listen to out of choice, unlike some of their later work, and certainly not their best set. Quite like the cover though.
I surprised myself by not really knowing many of the songs here. You assume that The Beatles back catalogue is immersed into your brain. But no - there are some lost gems on here that gave me a little more interest once again. Tell Me Why sounded like a new song for me. It's a fun album, something that tailored off with The Beatles output that followed.
This is a really good album and but I tend to prefer the Beatles when they were out of their 2:30 minute semi-boy band phase when they lacked any sort of edge. This album deserves to be on the list.
nice, fairly appreciated and enjoyed it, a beatles album you can't go wrong with
4.5/5 So many good songs and so many hits, in just 30 mins. No wonder people went crazy over them. It's very poppy, but that's what makes it so fun. I love singing almost every single song. The chords and melodies are beautiful. Well written and performed. Just really good.
Oh dear god I enjoyed this. Short and snappy songs and well performed. We're still a while from calling me a convert but I'm listening...
A 4.5 for sure, this was the last of the Beatles really young pop albums. Some great hits
- The Beatles are so good you can tell this is a lot better than other 60s rock we've heard, and it's not even peak Beatles - Great vibes, and a very easy and enjoyable listen - 3.5 but rounding up cuz it's the Beatles
- title track is fantastic - all songs about love - not a lot stood out to me
There is no denying that the Beatles were the best among their contemporaries, even with plenty of fanfare to go around with the British Invasion and all. That is about it, though. The respect and acknowledgment of their success and how great they were is well-deserved, but their music is by and large over-hyped. Not over-rated, but over-hyped. Would this reviewer have preferred to miss out the Beatles? No, but the premise of this review is whether or not this album should precede death, and that answer is "no" but with an open mind there is nothing to regret here. Happy and cheerful dispositions in their earlier works such as this album are an experience to enjoy, a worthy trip into the music of the 60s where lots of change both societally and musically contributed heavily what we have today. However, that is about it, it is a good album with a shiny disposition.
Still magnificent
It makes sense to include this on the list since this is the stuff for which the Beatles originally became famous, but it's not really what they are remembered for today—just some love songs with stripped-back guitar tunes.
Classic Beatles with some of their best songs, and where they had really perfected the Beatlemania formula. Who else had come up with movies based on albums at this point? Things We Said Today is a super underrated Beatles song.
Not my favorite Beatles album but still so good. I'm listening to more Beatles now
This album is good, and it's hard not to directly compare it to Revolver, which is just a superior album in my opinion. A lot of good songs on this album, but doesn't feel like any stuck with me. Pairs well with making homemade pasta for your roommates Last Supper.
Lots of poppy Beatles songs. Definitely not my favorite album from them but I like it I would recommend Kevin does drugs then listens to this album
These are some genuine Beatles pop songs. Even before they gave us a glimpse into the psychedelic world of music they gave us an album full of bangers you can belt out in the car. You Can't Do That is one of my favs from my childhood. MOAR COWBELL
This album kind of annoyed me. Plain music about insecure, controlling lads
I listened to this one many times as a youngster and this was the first time I realized that I dont really like it 2/5
Catchy tunes, cringy lyrics
All bangers really. Early Beatles get way less attention then it deserves
Enjoyable
You know it's good because John, Paul, George, and Ringo made it.
Although initially made for the film it still stands as potentially one of the top three beatles records in my opinion. Flooded with classics and in my opinion has the greatest A side to a record ever. best song: a hard days night worst song: i’ll cry instead overrated song: none underrated song: im happy just to dance with you.
Geen gejengel, geen brandende hoepels en apen, gewoon de Beatles zoals ze zouden moeten zijn. Super!
Tja, na inmiddels anderhalf jaar The Beatles op repeat vanaf Rubber Soul is dit toch wel even slikken. Absoluut goed natuurlijk maar toch minder indrukwekkend dan wat er daarna allemaal gebeurde.
Bij dit album begon het allemaal al wat spannender te worden, en de liedjes zijn briljant in hun eenvoud. Een band die zichzelf aan het ontwikkelen was en vooral daar vooral veel plezier in had.
Alleraardigst.
A Hard Day's Night is the third album by the English rock band the Beatles. This album was predominantly more pop than their previous rock and roll songs, and was also their first album to feature entirely new compositions written by Lennon or McCartney. This may have been a result of side one on the album being tracks from their film soundtrack of the same name, while side two were other tracks for the film that weren't used. A Hard Day's Night was the band's most popular album so far at release. I thoroughly enjoyed this Beatles album and it might be one of my favorites. Some of their other albums released later on are better, but I do like that this album features all new musical work from the band instead of rock covers. In the past I thought the Beatles were overrated, but they continue to surprise me when I actually sit down and listen to their albums.
Like most Beatles albums, really great. "Can't Buy Me Love" is probably my favorite (and I'd also say the most known song on the album, too). It's interesting... you really don't appreciate how great The Beatles were until you've listened to a ton of different albums from this era. And thanks to this 1001 list (575 albums in at the time of writing), I've listened to stuff from the 60s that (somehow) made it to the list and it's often utter crap when compared to how prolific these guys were. 8/10.
про любовь
Best pop album ever made. Beats Thriller, 1989, Rumors... It's a fucking top to bottom, unstoppable stampede of bangers.
A hard one to rate. It doesn't have the genius songwriting and production of their later albums, so the handful of great songs on it aren't enough to make me want to go back and listen to it today.
Nunca fui ni seré fan pero son la mejor banda del mundo entero por siempre jamás.
Nice but not that great
I had forgotten just how good the early 1960s were for the Beatles. This, the fab fours third album has enough good songs the elevate the great songs to legendary. Highlights galore on this one!
A collection of great pop tunes that I used to listen to every day in my mom’s car growing up. There are a few stinkers in it though towards the end of the album, so it’s not perfect.
What a classic. So many lives and careers based on this album and subsequent releases. I am forever grateful for the decades of consequential music that has improved my life and made me very happy. 6 stars.
I thought this was pretty good. Probably not my favourite of the ones I've heard on the list so far, but it was catchy and well written, and made for a good companion on a sunny evening drive home. Favourite: A Hard Day's Night
I decided, what the heck, I have a free evening. So, I decided to listen to this album, watch the movie and then come back to the album. I recommend the movie, which was beautifully filmed and is just great silly fun to watch. The album and the movie don't relate to each other at all really, and you don't need to know one to enjoy the other. As for the album itself, it's a masterful work, full of delightful pop songcraft, refreshing musical substance, and a copious amount of toe-tapping hits that pretty much everyone knows. The album is a joy to listen to front to back, with no real duds, and teeming with creativity and charm. George Harrison's guitar work in particular stands out as something really special in the landscape of what was going on at the time musically, but the whole band is on fire here. We might forget because we know these songs so well, but this album must have felt like such a breath of fresh air when it came out. It's the spark of everything that came after it, not just for the Beatles, but for everyone else. How many artists in '64 do you think were putting out full albums of their own stuff? Flash forward a decade, and it was more or less expected if you wanted any credibility as an artist. The Beatles did that. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): I Should Have Known Better, Things We Said Today, And I Love Her, If I Fell, Can't Buy Me Love, Any Time at All, A Hard Day's Night, Tell Me Why, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, I'll Cry Instead, You Can't Do That, When I Get Home
Tie-in album van de feature film met dezelfde naam, met alle nummers geschreven door Lennon-McCartney. Beatles album dat vooral de popkant van de band representeert. Tracklist is toegankelijk en goed luisterbaar. leukste nummer: I'll Be Back Het openingsakkoord van "A Hard Day's Night" op een twaalfsnarige gitaar wordt gezien als een van de sterkste in de popgeschiedenis. Later zouden The Byrds door de sound van dit instrument geïnspireerd raken.
I get no joy out of being proverbially “that guy”, but. I just don’t like the Beatles much, especially their early stuff. 2.5/5
When you consider that the title track is my first musical memory, it's no surprise I love this album. They were on the greatest roll that any band has ever had.
Fantastic! Easy listening and good music.
5 stars, I love this album, I grew up with this music playing all the time!
It's the Beatles. Although, I never listened to this entire album on its own (because I am not a fan of the early stuff). 4 stars. Mostly because it's the Beatles.
det är ju inte deras bästa men ändå bra.
Pop perfection!
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Some good songs some bad, a very mixed bag. However the influences to later Beatles songs are here.
begonnen met "beatles zijn overrated", nu toch wel een heel sterk album!
begonnen met "sterk album", nu toch wel een beatles zijn overrated!
I've heard most of these songs countless times growing up. Most hold up really well, but some of these songs are or weirdly possessive or needy. Like, "Dude, get over her already. She gave you her answer. Move on."
Favourite song: A Hard Day's Night
Give me later era Beatles
The Beatles hitting their stride
I've never been a big early Beatles fan. I always feel a little guilty about it, made it halfway through this album and was just reminded that I much prefer their druggy stuff to their poppy stuff.
The hits hit, and most of the others miss... For me, anyway.
like it’s obviously not bad music in my personal opinion, it is just a little bit more dated than most other people seem to find it
The first completely self-penned album. Excellent throughout.
Latere beatles zijn wel beter, maar wel goede korte nummers. Leuk dat je al een beetje de evolutie hier kan zien ten opzichte van het vorige album
Classic early Beatles. Was surprised there were a couple songs I wasn’t that familiar with.
I've always thought the Beatles were overrated, but I have to admit, I enjoyed this one.
A classic and a personal favorite. The best of the early Beatles albums. Nice and short, with tight songwriting. The song "A Hard Day's Night" is one of my favorites. I relate to the lyrics -- that feeling when you've been working hard and you're exhausted and the only thing you need at the end of the day is love and attention. I love how in addition to sweet love songs, there are flashes of jealousy in the lyrics too. Similar to the Beach Boys album we had on this list, "The Beach Boys Today!" which came out a year after this, there are moments where the speaker of the song reveals his insecurity and lashes out at his girl (like on "You Can't Do That"). John Lennon in particular seems interested in capturing the good and the bad of new relationships. I also love this late turn "If I Fell": "So I hope you see that I Would love to love you And that she will cry When she learns we are two" What a thing to say to a girl!
I really love this record right from that mysterious first chord. The more raw early Beatles sound is so fun and attractive to me. This record has 3 amazing Beatles tracks on it: "A Hard Day's Night" "And I Love Her" and "Can't Buy Me Love" Each is unique and special in it's own way and some of my favorite Beatles tunes. Probably 3 of my top 15 Beatles songs right there.
Works perfectly on its own terms. Whether the opening note as wake-up call, call to arms or clarion call, it still resonates as a profound statement of the new. The songs are sharp and tight and polished – state-of-the-art and top-of-the-market pop music circa ‘64, a group working at the height of its power, just before significantly expanding its field of play and launch into a new artistic orbit. Fun to think about the film’s role in the intersection of commodity pop (and its commercial significance) and musical/aesthetic ambition. This seems the fulcrum of what was and the possibilities that would soon begin to be realized.
All right.
Those harmonies on "If I fell"! Still a super-poppy album, but you can hear the maturity coming along. We're a ways off Sgt. Pepper, but it's clear to see how we'll get there. Funny listening to this album from start to finish and just "knowing" all of the songs, even though I am *sure* I've never sat and listened to this album from start to finish.
Gee whizz it's those loveable mop-tops! Lot of hits all aimed at teenage girls. The professionalism and artistry of the songs is a thing to behold. I guess this is more to do with what it means rather than that it is. Good, well written pop tunes.
The title track was the best song by what felt like a large margin. Every song seems to be a love song. I'm guessing this is from the boy band era of the Beatles?
It was ok. The titular song is a certified banger, but the other songs sound sort of generic.
Not my first listen.
Classic Beatles. A bit to doo wop for me.
The Beatles are artist #61 currently on my last.fm but, if i can believe the stats, i somehow skipped over listening to this record!? Not my favourite work by the band but still solid
common Beatles W
This album was a good listen but all the songs are so fucking short. :/
It’s good, it’s The Beatles. But I know they can do better.
An absolute classic, can't help but to give it 5 stars. Especially after the "cum on Eileen" album I had to muster through yesterday
love
This was a perfect album for Valentine's Day with its 13 love songs. This album is a total classic filled with hooks, harmonies and well written songs. Some fillers here and there but even those are better than the usual early beatles fillers. Good album. 9,3/10
I think this is the first Beatles album I've listened to front-to-back. The production and mixing is incredible for 1964. No crackles, clean guitar tones that cut through clearly, bass is never muddy, drums don't bleed cymbal sounds, perfect vocals. Musicianship is fine, it's 30 minutes of 2 minute pop songs. The vocals are remarkable though. They do harmony so well. Favorite track has to be the title track. Least favorite was probably I'll Cry Instead.
8/10 early Beatles is fun, and clearly they show their talent in songwriting early on it definitely stands out from the typical brit-pop of the era but still, it’s just brit-pop great, but difficult to refer to as a 10/10 album
Cool Beatles album. Nothing amazing though
14 songs, 34 minutes, the melodies, the harmonies, so many good songs, a great cover and a pretty decent film too.
Given that this is a de facto soundtrack to a cash-in teen flick, it's REMARKABLE how solid it is.
average
Album 99 and first from the Beatles. I know this is the first of many. I am sorry to say that I’ve never really liked the Beatles. We’ll see if that changes as I go through the rest of this project. After Hard Day’s Night, my opinion hasn’t changed. I did like I’m Happy Just to Dance With You. Maybe because it’s Harrison singing lead. I’ll have to pay attention to that. Lennon and McCartney’s voices have always annoyed me. Maybe my lack of appreciation for the Beatles is simply that. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding
the beatles
I own a copy of this album. I don't regularly revisit A Hard Day's Night. The album is a good experience to listen to the Beatles' early work. I am not eager to get back to every track, but there aren't any tracks that I want to skip. The title track and "Can't Buy Me Love" might be required listening for an understanding of the Beatles' work.
I enjoyed very much - I do love the Beatles. Although you do realise just how boring the subject topic of love is when you have album after album of it. Help! is my favourite album I think. So I listened to that straight after.
close but not perfect
é ok por ser beatles, definitivamente não está proximo dos melhores
The Beatles at their original pop sensation stage put out a hard days night and a movie to go with it to take over the world. John and Paul do a great job on this album making some incredibly catchy songs that are fun to repeat over and over. A reason people call the Beatles the best is because they have written so many good songs on every album that some bands only do a few times every few years. The early albums weren’t as deep as others but was still a force of culture sensation and splendid to listen to. 8.4/10
Fantastic album...I can listen to it over and over... There is nothing better than good old Beatles...
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.
Thats history snd very good üop music
This is a fine Beatles album. It’s not too special, and it’s not too bad. It’s definitely nowhere near the top of their game, but it’s a good listen through. There’s not much else to say other than if you like the Beatles, listen through this one. If you don’t, you’re not missing out. Favorite track: Tell Me Why
Honestly, a pretty middling album. This is probably only included because it's a Beatles album, and while I think the Beatles were really important, it doesn't make their earlier work any more enjoyable.
Not really my cup of team.Was OK, few known hits but not much else apart from that
fun!
A classic album.
A jangly guitar pop album, which is meant as a description rather than a criticism. However, outside “And I Love Her” and “I’ll Be Back” it’s pretty forgettable regardless of who made it.
4. Some classic tracks and very much the leading innovators at the time.
Ágætis plata. Ekki þeirra besta samt.
buen disco, divertido pero se me ha hecho algo largo al final
Pre its creative peak, The Beatles were a great band but not half as great as they'd turn out to be. They had good pop music for the time, some of it quite good (but clearly not an album-ful). Lucky for us, their music got more complex with time.
Sprinkled with classics. Captures the magic of the Beatles. Noting it's one of three of their albums where there are no George Harrison written songs, as well as no covers.
The Beatles throwing down the gauntlet for original songwriting here.
I find most of this rather boring in comparison to other Beatles material to be honest. In terms of pop it's great but in terms of what the Beatles are capable of I'm underwhelmed.
one of the worst Beatles albums - standard rock fare lying somewhere between soft and hard rock. there’s no longevity at all to this - if the beatles had stopped at this no one would have been listening to it today.
One of the best early albums by the Beatles when they definitely found their groove with a consistent album of hits and strong material. The filler is slimmed down without any throwaway songs. A solid record!
Early Beatles... A sweet early 69s sound. Great harmony
thank god for drugs. they really did improve the beatles. some bangers but there's a lot of generic skiffle crap on here.
These mop top scamps gang raped me in an alleyway on New Year's Eve 1966. I've never felt so alive.
Okay. Not as good as Fat Man Scoop though, is it? Who fucking tonight? Who fucking tonight? Who fucking tonight? Oh, oh
Yeah, about as good as '60s British guitar pop gets. And some early examples of what would become the McCartney signature style of balladry thrown in for good measure. Probably the best album by this era of The Beatles i.e. the bowl cut, matching suits, cheeky chappy Beatles.
I liked it.Short.Good songs.Drags at the end though.
Obviously The Beatles are very talented, however this album isn't quite the showcase for it. Even at 30 minutes, this felt like it dragged with every single track just being a rehash of romantic feelings and love and being sad about love and being happy about love and missing my love and wanting love and having love and losing love and oh my god I'm going to lose my lunch. Great performances though.
Great Beatles album, good songs, enjoyed the listen
At its worst this sounds like a pretty good Merseybeat record - and material like 'Things We Said Today' sounds like decent Hollies or Herman's Hermits but beats them to the punch. Of course, the biggies like 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'Hard Day's Night' stand out, but dig deep and there's some really cool, hard-edged (for the time) rock 'n' roll here too. 'Any Time at All' and, especially, 'When I Get Home' crackle and fizz with a rare electricity. John Lennon never sounded better.
A solid transitionary album for the band as they leave teeny-bop behind and begin experimenting with slightly less radio-friendly songwriting. ‘Hard Day’s Night’ may be my fav Beatles track of all time, and though the rest of the LP does slide into homogeneity during its runtime it’s at least a pleasant one.
This is where the Beatles started to become the Beatles. Assured songwriting, with swagger and a wink.
I know a lot of people prefer their later stuff, but I love basically every Beatles album. This is the stuff I grew up on. I probably know every single lyric in this album. I don't even have listen to the album to know I'm giving it a 5 star, but I gave it another listen for fun. I must say, it was a very fun record to revisit. There's a nice energy to it. My favourite songs are probably I'll Be Back, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, and If I Fell, but it's hard to pick favourites.
I'm not the largest fan of the early Beatles stuff. I've listened to all of it through many, many times, but they still had a lot of "filler", but here we are starting to see their evolution into what they were going to be come. It's hard to rate it less than 5 stars since it's great music but it's almost unfair compared to what was going to come in the next years.
Not quite the songwriting of their later work, but the harmonies from Paul and John really shine here. Great run time, clear production and catchy pop rock overall.
Even with an earlier album that has less of a legacy than the later ones, the Beatles know to entertain. Short, fast songs with easy melodies. Nothing wrong with that even though they of course lack the depth of their later works
Second listen. Don’t have much to say about this. It’s good.
Ok so I thought, oh great I guess I'm supposed to rate this highly. To my surprise this album was filled with quality songs, not only the ones I, and everybody, knew but gems like Any Time At All and I'll Be Back, songs which might not have been hits at the time but stand up against time. On every track you can hear The Beatles give everything they have making the whole album an absolute treasure.
Didn't like it that much on the first listen, now I love it.
It's the Beatles, so it's a good album. However, this was made for a movie. It seems like making things specifically for a movie makes them worse. It was a bit forgettable for a Beatles album. Except for the title song. Ringo coined the term.
I prefer the later albums in their catalog but a great 1st effort.
Bueno Vale, que las chord progressions están para el coñazo e la madre de majestuosas. Tremenda clase de songwriting, eso sí.
This album is compact, fast-paced, and full of peppy love songs that are easy to sing along to. There isn't much to offer in the way of variety or depth, but it's also clear that this isn't the type of music that commands that sort of thing. It's good album to put on if you just wanna hum and bob your head for half an hour.
This album is the culmination of the Fab era of the Beatles. Still innovative as heck, if a bit more reserved than where they’d go. I’d list some highlights, but there’s so many.
I simply can't fathom myself not giving the Beatles less than 5 stars. That's just me. 13 songs in 30 minutes and 9 seconds. Not a single track over 3 minutes. And when you are done, "You unplug and you run, run off stage."
It's the Beatles. Get over yourselves, they are absolutely fundamental to the history of popular music and a hell of a lot of what went after them owes them a debt. After two albums filled with covers (people forget about that) this is the first full set of originals and packed with classics. The harmonies - If I Fell? - the energy - HDN. If Can't Buy Me Love came out now it would be a hit.
Probably the Beatles second worst album but it's the Beatles so it's still a lot of fun.
Ok
Sure the Beatles get a lot of hate, but when a 13 track has nine easily identifiable songs to a layperson, you're doing something right. A Hard Day's Night has hokey, cliché, sugary songs that in the context of 1964 is exactly what the pop music buying public wanted. 4.5/5.
Like it good 8/10 first Beatles
The music was festive. Just good old music!
The album, movie, band and mania that changed everything.
A couple of OK tracks, the rest being average to bad pop music. Why are they so highly rated? I don't get it. I suppose that if you write and perform enough music some of it is almost bound to be good (There are exceptions to this - looking at Frank Zappa). Once again, this falls way below expectations given their reputation
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What I consider to be the beginning of The Beatles Golden era, the experimental side started here. 4.5/5
Classic Beatles. Most popular songs: A Hard Day's Night & Can't Buy Me Love. Some sleepers: If I Fell & Things We Said Today. You can tell the Fab Four are moving into a more confident, pop producing zone with this album.
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.
Hard to know what I thought of this. Not the strongest album, lots of sort of sexist threatening songs in this one... But I know that was telling of the time so I'll resist the urge to cancel Paul M. A few I'm glad I've heard though!
Yeah it's great stuff, they could've done well for themselves.
Finally got a Beatles album! I like this album because it still has influences from the 50s, but solidifies the early Beatles sound before the psychedelia came into play.
besides the big songs I know, I couldn't get into this one.
The hits slap, the fillers are just that. It’s hard to rate this anything less than 4-5 stars as it’s the freaking Beatles. Hook after hook
Not my favorite Beatles but so many good songs. I'm happy just to dance with you is my favorite from here
Some good classics. Overall not my favorite Beatles.
For me this is and always will be the defining album of The Beatles. Mellow guitars and great songwriting by Lennon and McCartney set the mood for the album. The scene of a good nightcap from the 60s after work. And, by God, the introductory song is so uplifting.
One of those every all killer no filler albums. a pop gem.
🤢
Kiva 1960-luvun beatles albumi.
3 more of a later Beatles guy
ok, after a long hiatus I'm back on it. Saw this Beatles album and had a hard time starting back up. It's not that I hate 60s bubble gum pop but it's just really hard to get excited about. There are some good songs here but still.
The Beatles third album. A 30 minute romp of uncomplicated, joyful, catchy guitar pop. All original compositions for the first time and a handful of stone cold classics. For simple good fun this is hard to beat. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: A Hard Day's Night Date listened: 15/11/22
Pretty swag actually, chill
With 'run for your life little girl' and now 'you can't do that' I'm wondering if John Lennon was not such a nice guy, and perhaps had some issues... Otherwise there are some great songs, but also some filler on this. Like other reviewers, I prefer the later albums
This was a really tough album for me to review. I grew up with the Beatles, but my dad mostly listened to Rubber Soul, the White Album, and Sgt. Peppers. As I got older and developed my own taste in music, I still loved the Beatles but had added Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, and the goat, Abbey Road, to my rotation. I am a bit ashamed to admit that I am only a bit familiar with their early work. A Hard Day's Night is definitely from the boy band, pop era of the Beatles. Songwriting was overall still pretty basic but it's impossible to ignore how the good the harmonies are, and how catchy most of the melodies are. I was surprised how many songs I already knew despite only two of them being listed as singles. It just goes to show how ubiquitous the Beatles are if one can recognize most of their songs on an album that they've never sat down and listened to straight through before. All that said, how do I actually feel about this album? Well, it's not groundbreaking or anything, but it's fun and enjoyable. After awhile the songs do start to sound the same, and while I think the first half of the album is just incredible (up to "Can't Buy Me Love"), the latter half feels a bit like throwaway tunes. I'm sure I'll listen to many of these songs time and time again, but as an album, I probably won't really return to A Hard Day's Night even though I did enjoy it, which puts it in the 3 star category like so many of my "it's good, but not great" reviews. 3.5
Faut faire abstraction de certains textes plus misogynes, mais côté mélodie, accroche, rythme, facilité à entraîner son auditoire, c'est génial
Such fantastic songwriting and performing. I’ve heard it more times than I can imagine yet I still love that opening chord that starts the title track and album. Brilliant album by these wonderful artists.
A classic
It's the beatles. They're fine. They have a few hits, but most of it all sounds the same.
Some good songs, otherwise a big, one dimensional snooze fest. Product of it's time I guess
I dunno. I like some Beatles songs, these all sounded the same to me
Nice, but dated (is it allowed to say that about the fab four?)
A completely generic pop album, but with brand recognition. It's good music, but nobody would care about it if it was released by "The Pimples" or something. Do not visit Ringo Starr's Twitter page! The man keeps posting his 80-year old feet!
The beatles are cool
Meh.
Very fun! A lot of familiar songs such as a hard day’s night and can’t buy me love
One of my favorite albums of all time
Good Beatles album, not the best Beatles album. The title track is a classic. As well as can't buy me love, and I love her, and tell me why. Overall a great listen, perfect example of mid 60s brit-pop
Good album
Probably would go closer to 4.8 if I could. Definitely a lil more on the one note side compared to later stuff but they're the beatles and nearly every song on this album is a stone cold classic so fuckoff.
Not a fan of the earlier Beatles 2/5
I mean some great songs but also I just got really bored of love songs after awhile.
I saw the movie before listening to the album and am pretty sure the songs aren’t all the same. That said the singles from this album are amazing and the other songs are solid if not as memorable
Obviously some great songs here because well it’s the Beatles, but it’s definitely not their best record - and I think it’s not a very good one in general.
Nostalgic
As good as it gets
Pop and all, listen to the call! For this here is enough! Certainly not their best, not even the greatest of their pre-studio days, but man what a fine time! Somewhat sloppy in some aspects, but you can still enjoy yourself listening to this sweet scouse music!
The Beatles are a GOAT band. That's not really negotiable. BUT that doesn't mean I personally have to love their music. I've always found the Beatles a bit too poppy and upbeat for my tastes. I know not every album is like that, but this one is. just 3 stars from me
I did not expect to like it, althought I hardly see myself going back to it unless i really feel like it. It has the old school lover boy feel to it but it's a bit corny sometimes. I do like some songs and the energy it transmits really takes you back to the time where that music was revolutionary and called the "devil's music" lol. the production is a bit annoying to listen to because you have the tracks split into both sides of the stereo, classic beatles fuckery
я конечно его давно знаю, но в общем периметре именно альбомов он не самое сильное впечатление оставляет
4.5/5. I prefer late stage LSD era Beatles but boy band Beatles still slaps.
Brilliant ! Every track a good’un ! 4*
Quite liked it. Of the songs I'd not heard before I think 'Any Time at All' was the standout.
love this album
Clásico
What can you say that hasn't been said here. These are all great Beatles songs, and this album is just half the journey because it's the soundtrack to a great film as well. Some of Lennon's greatest vocals are on this album, and the whole thing just rocks from start to finish. Amazing.
This is boy band Beatles. Terrible
I only give a 4 because not the strongest Beatles album. It is great anyway.
a pretty by the books pop album pretty fun but nothing special.
One of my favourites. The best of the early Beatles era. Short album but just packed with bangers. 5/5
Aardig, maar vind t niks aparts. Beetje eentonig
Classic. Love it
The thing that makes me give this 4.5 instead of 5 stars is the fact that the album is just too “pop”-orientated. It is loaded with pop songs. And I appreciate the fact that there are no covers on this one. It is a classic and in 1964 this would have been an amazing purchase! 4.5/5
Another Beatles album given to me. The Beatles truly were fantastic. There are so many good songs on this record, a few duds which bring it down so you could cull a track or two and extend the length of some songs.
The Beatles can deliver constrained as they are here by genre and length. Two very strong openers for the two sides; Beyond that, I liked the sounds on the B-side a little better. I'm impressed by the breadth of the short songs, and happy to receive the record now.
Early Beatles…I can’t quite hear how they’ll become their more out there selves on this record and yet some of the White album is not too far away from this. A short, sweet pop record.
I’m not really sure what to put in the notes on some of these. Classic.
Loved all the songs
sucks
Great!
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.
3 a pretty great album Not the best Beatles album
Haven’t ever listened to this whole album before. Really enjoyed hearing the whole thing in order
Swag
Nice tunes :) tasteful length
Låtarna är alla helt ok men det känns bara som samma sak om och om igen. Det sagt, dessa gossar kan stena!
Pretty good singles, but not quite ya standard high expectation for the Beatles
it was good
I'm enjoying the now-classic Beatles sound at a time when it was probably fresh. The remastered vocals are really good quality. Lots of classics here but I'm enjoying some I've never heard before. The whole album is a hitter, I guess they didn't put filler on albums back in the day.
4.3 + This one's definitely the best of the pre-Revolver albums. I'm not sure whether these songs were part of their Munich rotation but they sound honed to razor-sharp perfection. Lots of snappy guitar and drum sounds, especially on the title track but also on deeper cuts like "Things We Said Today." Side B doesn't have quite the same shine but side A is filled with incredible moments - the Motown-inflected soul of "I Should Have Known Better", the intricate harmonies and chord structure of "If I Fell." But my absolute favorite is "And I Love Her", which is a neatly constructed love ballad with some gorgeous Latin-inspired elements.
They never miss a beat
Overrated.
Pre-listening: Ah, The Beatles take the first album? I wonder if this is in any kind of order. I don't really know that much more about The Beatles than any average musician would know. I definietly haven't intentionally listend to A Hard Day's Night, and I have no earthly idea where it is in their discography. Probably early, I'd bet. Peri-listening: 1964 was 58 years ago, and yet there's something about the sound that doesn't sound nearly that old. Maybe I'm just growing old, but this was on the radio when my parents were kids. Literally my parents' music. The remaster obviously is an improvement over any other way to listen in modern times. On the radio or on a table this probably sounded way grainier, but we didn't demaned ultra high fidelity back then. I understand the digital vs. analog difference but you can't really argue with modern bitrates if the mastering is done well.
Solid Beatles, a good bit of the old and nuances of what was to come
Not super big on early beatles. Very saccharine pop music
Fourth Beatles album so far. Ruby Soul, White Album, Abbey Road are all clear 5 star albums. AHDN contains a couple of truly great songs of course, so hard to give a score < 4,, but also a bit too much filler for a 5 star rating. 5*: A Hard Day's Night, I Should Have Known Better, Can't Buy Me Love, Any Time At All. 2*: I Am Happy Just To Dance With You, Tell Me Why 3*-4*: the other seven songs.
Some nice songs on this album, but otherwise I feel pretty indifferent to it. Just okay, I guess.
Garbo
4/5. Crazy how there are so many hits on this album. It should be a 5/5 but some of the lesser known ones sound too similar that it’s hard to tell them apart. By the end of the album you get the vibe but dang does this album have bangers.
Personal taste, but I just don't really enjoy anything pre-Help! 2.5/5
Not really my thing but good songwriting and memorable melodies
Masterpiece. Great early Beatles, and my favorite of their pop stuff. “Anytime at all” is a great early song hinting at what to come.