A Hard Day's Night

Classic, solid, easy listening Beatles.

After my puny output in reviewing Underworld and Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, it feels wrong to deeply dive into the many pockets of brilliance on A Hard Day’s Night. My familiarity with The Beatles allows a much deeper listening experience. Justice seems like too strong of a word for a record review, but let’s use it. The title track is worthy of a discourse despite being a two-and-a-half minute pop song that has mop top quality. The concept of opening with a dramatic chord then barreling right into the title and chorus reflect their level of craft and professionalism. As they go through the chorus Ringo (and maybe some additional percussion) surfaced in busy fashion. George crafted a solo that stepped away from the rockabilly based riffing from earlier records and a few tracks here. This level of artistry separates this record from earlier ones. It sound modern by a few bounds as the production and songwriting have an urgency to them. While John dominates the record, Paul contributed significantly to the upgrade. “Can’t Buy Me Love” bursts on nearly every beat. “Things We Said Today” acts as a precursor to Paul’s darker portraits on “Eleanor Rigby.” It also manages a bigger, nearly orchestral sound, despite centering on acoustic guitar. John moved on from simpler methods with “I’ll Be Back” as it employed shifts in rhythm and styles. The songs retain some of the earlier traits. “I’ll Cry Instead” could be a Carl Perkins cover. “You Can’t Do That” comes off as second rate compared to tracks on Help and Rubber Soul. As much as I admire the band’s growth, only “Things We Said Today” would make my top fifty Beatles songs, although I find “A Hard Day’s Night” rising on that list. The band kept going to new levels every two-three records to become almost unrecognizable by their end 8 years later. This second or third step up the ladder deserves the attention given here.

Pop era Beatles at the top of their game.

Is there a bigger change between this and rubber soul the year after? It’s not a bad album and there are some hints at some of the stuff to come but otherwise it’s not a particularly great album.

The best band of all time before they were the best band of all time. First half has some classic early Beatles tracks. Second half is pretty weak.

Really easy listen. Caught me off-guard with the fact I knew some of the songs, had no idea based on the cover/name. Enjoyable and one I can see myself returning to. Especially good if I was reading / doing something else I think.

3/5, I think. I think it could be a 4. I think the one dimensional writing is what brings this album down. There are a lot of songs on here that are extremely similar in tone and structure. Chorus verses and tempos that all merge well into one single beatles project that arguably took them to the peak of beatlemania. Influential? of course. No arguing the iconic nature of this album (and even more when you think about the album). But I can't give it a 4. It's somewhere around a 3.6-3.8. There's better beatles albums, with better singles.

Listened to during A Hard Day's Work. Was good background music.

> **3/5** – I'm not the biggest fan of the Beatlemania era. When I listen to the Beatles, I usually reach for the later albums when they started experimenting more, so I wasn't expecting *A Hard Day's Night* to do much for me. > > This one hit a lot better than I remembered, though. The songwriting feels like a pretty big step forward from their earlier albums, and you can already hear them starting to become the band they would eventually turn into. “If I Fell” was the biggest surprise for me. I had completely forgotten how good that song is. > > It's still not the era of the Beatles I'm normally going to reach for, but this is easily one of the stronger albums from that early period and quite a bit better than *With the Beatles* for me. A really good reminder that even during peak Beatlemania, they were already starting to outgrow it.

9/10

CLASSIC

Any by the Beatles is an automatic 5*

No Ringo song? Am I in heaven? George’s Rickenbacker leads are a stand out, along with John’s vocals, though Paul ups his game a bit this time around on the title track and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’.

Studioalbum number 3 from Eric, Paul McCharmley, George Parisol and Ringo Stone! Having no covers but only John and Paul written songs for the first time this is their most ambitious album up until Help! and both are probably the peak of the pre Rubber Soul Era. There is not a single weak song on here and several really great ones already. Of course the topics are still pretty limited and you have to like the early poppy Beatles sound but the whole vibe of the album is just so fun it never gets boring for a second. Contributing to that is the playtime of only 30 minutes which in reality feel more like 10 minutes because its such an easy going fun record. Both Paul and John were already shining at this point it was obvious that the potential with 2 (3) songwriters of this caliber in one band is enormous. The vocals are otherworldly they set up those beautiful harmonies ober the album which where probably only rivaled by the Beach Boys in that pop rock n roll genre. John sings lead on most of the songs, Paul also got some and George only sings lead on one song but nails it of course. Shoutout Sir Richard Starkey because Ringo is a beast and The Beatles backbone musically as well as personally. Easy 4,8/5

probably the most "boring" album out of their catalogue but can still feel them changing and bettering their sound song to song. and i love her will forever be one of the greatest love songs to ever exist and really loved to rediscover things we said today, everything else is kinda the same though i still cannot imagine what it must've felt like to listen to this for the first time in 1964, insane.

CLÁSSICO, DÁ PRA OUVIR NUMA PEGADA SÓ DE TÃO BOM, ESSENCIA DO BEATLES, ANTES DA LOUCURA DO FIM DA CARREIRA DELES

Early Beatles. Light and poppy. It's a fun romp. A Hard Day's Night If I Fell And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love

I'm quite familiar with this album. It's not my favorite album by the Beatles, but it's totally solid.

There are Beatles songs I like but this album was so nothingburger

Love

I like the simplicity of this album. I don't like when the Beatles get too weird.

- The hits are the hits for a reason, but there is no question that this entire album is an easy listen even when some of the tracks are less memorable. It all just makes you want to get up and dance. - The first half is clearly better. The titular track hits every time, though "I Should Have Known Better" and "And I Love Her" are also solid. - PS: Good movie, too.

I've known this album for at least 9 years, cmooonnn on my first recommendation haha. Nice album, a breath of fresh air for early 60's for sure, clean sound great vocals, even though the best was yet to come, this is good.

4.8/5 Beatles

Pretty amazing early Beatles, I love their pop hits "And I love her", "Can't buy me love", and "Hard days night" so so good.

It's interesting to hear the Fab Four before all the drugs they took melted their brains and they started writing songs about living in a yellow submarine. Maybe they were cooked before Yoko got involved? 4/5

Half an hour of songs that sound similar but aren’t as good as the 2 famous ones on the album

Even pre-Rubber Soul Beatles are one of the greatest bands of all time. 7/10

Another Beatles album, what more can I say. They're all good really, this one a bit less than others. Short runtime, some good and some a bit forgettable. Might be my least listened to Beatles album, but it was good enough to revisit.

Not my favorite Beatles album but some undeniable classics on here for sure

4 is probably a harsh rating but this is probably my 7th or 8th favorite Beatles album. It’s hard not to compare a band to itself.

Perfect simple love

Hard Days Night- 8/10 I Should've Known Better- 7/10 If I Fell-10/10 I'm Happy Just to Dance with you-8/10 And I Love Her- 9/10 Tell Me Why-6/10 Can't Buy Me Love-8/10 Anytime at All- 8/10 I'll Cry Instead- 7/10 Things We Said Today- 7/10 When I Get Home- 8/10 You Can't Do that-7/10 I'll Be Back-9/10

Fantastic honestly, not much more to say i just absolutely love it.

First time listening, it was good! my first approach to the beatles

already know this album very well. 10/10 i'm going to rate it 5 stars it's also a no-skip album. love the movie too. favorite song off the album go. tell me why. second probably i'll cry instead.

I was surprised to find how few of these songs I was previously familiar with. The hits are great and the rest is still very good but not at the level of their best work.

I like me some early Beatles but you can’t compare their early work to their later work. Later being far better. Though And I Love Her is just as good as any newer stuff.

Quite dated. The type of Beatles that meant it took me a while to get into them A Hard Days Night and Cant Buy Me Love obvs good. Other than that, quite poor. 2.5

did they ever really miss?

Boomer music

Peak of the early Beatles (or maybe just the Beatles)

Average album with a few gems. "If i fell" is exceptional song "I'll be back" , "can't buy me love" , "and i love her", "hard day's night" are also great. Not my favorite beatles but worth a listen.

Early indications of Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting prowess

Great

Happy happy happy

Man, did these boys have some hits. Even though this probably never gets a mention amongst the top pantheon of Beatles albums, you've got the title track, I Should Have Known Better, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love and You Can't Do That. And the lesser known tracks are also pretty damn good, too.

One of the best albums of this era. Lots of great songs here.

What stood out to me THIS time: First, the incredible energy of this album. The album starts out strong with the title track and with just a few exceptions moves urgently, vigorously forward. 
Second, SO MUCH LENNON. I had to check my ears against Wikipedia and, sure enough, he’s the songwriter and lead vocal on most of the songs. Paul slows us down for "And I Love Her" and the lively "Can't Buy Me Love." Also, I ran across this great quote on the Wiki: “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.” Yes indeed. The highest I can give is 5/5, but I’d like to lodge a protest because this album - understood within the history of rock’n’roll — deserves a rating much higher than that.

I love the early work of the Beatles. And they absolutely shine here in the midst of touring, recording, and making a movie (which basically spawned music videos as its own genre.). For its time, the music is excellent. Today, it serves as a masterclass of good old fashioned rock and roll and songwriting, albeit a bit more innocent than most of us are now used to from today's artists. Hate on the Beatles if you want to, but there are not very many musicians or artists who will agree with you.

It’s the Beatles ig

Meh

Goes hard

Album #1 of my 2nd attempt at this challenge. Considering the 1st album from my last attempt was Fred Neil's self titled, id like to think we're off to a better start than this. The Beatles presence demands 5 stars just off name value alone, and this site seems to share the exact sentiment. I wont go that far. But its not far off in my eyes, and i dont blame anyone that does give it 5. Not my favorite Beatles record, its definitely not their most polished record. But there's far more good than bad. My Main criticism in all honesty? The back half of this album was very uninteresting and dragged, even for a 30 minute album. Is the standard higher because they're The Beatles? Probably, but i can hardly remember anything memorable past "Cant Buy me love" 4/5

Entiendo vagamente la importancia de los Beatles en el rock y la música en general, creo que están bien. Son buenos, un poco suaves para mi gusto pero no tengo problemas con su música, es un punto medio, tal vez más cerca de lo positivo que de lo negativo. Personalmente, algo que sigue sorprendiendome es la frecuencia con la que, cada cierto tiempo, descubro que las canciones que conozco de hace tiempo y que me gustan después de escuchar un poco más a fondo a los beatles, resultan ser un cover de alguna de sus canciones, si me doy a entender, "todos los caminos llevan a roma", bueno, algo así me pasa con ellos. Soy algo lento para entender muchas cosas y es algo que a mucha gente a mi al rededor parece obvio, pero para mi es algo nuevo. Un ejemplo de lo que hablo sería esa canción que sale en la película de Kubo, el stop motion, la canción "While my guitar gently weeps", decía "ah que bonita canción debe ser original de la película"... ERROR, son los beatles! Y así con muchas otras canciones que no recuerdo ahora, pero sé que están ahí. Y bueno, si ya me gustan los covers y esas cosas sería raro decir que no me gustan las canciones originales. Así que por ese lado, me agradan porque siempre terminan estando relacionados de una forma u otra con el contenido que me gusta consumir, ya sea como inspiración de mis artistas favoritos o cualquier otra forma. Volviendo al punto inicial, creo que es un buen álbum a secas, solo conocía "And I Love Her" y su portada me gusta mucho. Solo lo escucharía cuando tuviera la paciencia para ello y eso está bien. I'll Be Back es buena.

Listen, this is a good album. This is a 5 under any other artist. But there are so many better Beatles albums. Still, I like every song in this album, so it shares the rating with the better albums.

I think my problem is that they are at heart, a pop band. I'm just not keen on pop music. A couple of obviously very famous tracks but they aren't enough to bring me back for a second listen.

This did some mop top things, but not all the things that were in store for these lads.

Knew this wasn't their most well liked album, and I understood why pretty quick. Felt all but a couple of songs were fairly uniform and repetitive. Still good enough, but not incredibly special. Fave songs: A Hard Day's Night, And I Love Her Rating: 6.9

Having a hard time to get through early Beatles albums. This one is already moving towards the right direction

Heard it before. Probably my favourite of their early albums. Banger after banger 4/5

All the songs felt like a song that can be played while having long drive during summer vacation. 3.1/5

Although i loathed most of these overlysweet sdongs, not my favorite beatles era... I did know the words to the entire album for some reason. The songs stuck in my head all weekend even though i dont like them. Must be something im missing :D

I like the Beatles. I know they're a little overrated, but I don't care.

Chris' famous take on this album is that it's the best pop album of all time. Don't know if I can disagree with that

Besides personal beef with the beatles I see why there was beatlemania, and I can get on the side of the parents who thought they were demonic

a classic. no bad song on the album. i listen to this one regularly.

Very consistent, very repetitive, very good. Creates nostalgia for a time era I wasn't even ever a part of!! Good songwriting, instruments got boring after a while, I think literally every song was about love or relationships, but I guess that's what sold back then. Nothing made me go WOW, but I never wanted to skip a song.

Absolutely loved. Any alblum that i can sing every song and smile is worth a 5. Great example of early Beatles. The Beatles would not be "The Beatles" without foundation alblums like this

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как же я устал от The Beatles... да-да, конечно они гении... да-да, конечно они уже всю музыку придумали... да-да, они единственные и неповторимые... да-да, только отъебись уже... насчет альбома. альбом как альбом. ничего необычного. у The Beatles есть хороший альбом. всего 1. и это не он. моя оценка: 2/5

If the Beatles kept making albums like this, they would not be revered like they are today. They would be considered a good pop band who captured the imagination for a few years. But this album is a stepping stone. You can hear the competency of their early songwriting and lyrical playfulness. Would any other band have been open to even the idea of the title "Hard Day's Night?" When you listen to the Beatles as songwriters, you are instantly jealous. But they worked at it, they honed their craft and made each other better. The fame was a trap, but also the freedom to experiment in later albums.

Era hora de que lleguen estos tipazos. El segundo disco de ellos, todavia no llegan grandes experimentos muy locos, logran grandes canciones, Beatlemania a full con este disco. If I fell es de mis canciones favoritas del amor

No thanks.

When I hear this album, I can't help also hearing tens of thousands of screaming girls drowning out the music. Early Beatles are generally not for me. Compared with their later work, the songs are just OK. However, in the grand scheme of everything, a mediocre Beatles album is still pretty good. There are no bad songs here and I'd say 2/3 of them are memorable.

Yes it's The Beatles. It's all very good. I don't know what else could be said about this album that hasn't already been said.

Sweet great timeless

ik vond het oké, niet mijn favoriet.

A good album but not something I would go out of my way to listen to.

Skivan där The Beatles tog de första stegen mot att bli The Beatles. Bara eget material. Can't Buy Me Love och And I Love Her kan mäta sig med senare positioner, vad gäller komplexitet, arrangemang och hook. Den är otroligt före sin tid, och ändå är det obegripligt att de drygt ett år senare släppte Rubber Soul. En stark fyra, deras femmor radade de upp med start vid Help.

Another Beatles album with a few duds and also some of the greatest songs ever written. The first half (the film soundtrack) MASSIVELY overshadows the second half on this one.

I know they were revolutionary for a band back in the early 60s for this style of music. I know that other bands took what they did and built off of it. But I cannot stand the pop Beatles shit. Give me them on drugs, when their brain have been crayoned from fame and LSD. For historical meaning this is a 5/5, for listenability and enjoyment it is a 1/5. Sorry

Good but short and the Beatles has better

I didn't like this very much. Not that bad I guess, just really forgettable songs. Glad it was so short. 4/10

This was good but like 100% love songs…

soz, i just don't rate this era of the smiley happy beatles. a couple of great tracks though, obviously.

Couple bangers - definitely not their best

Great Album!!!

(8.8) Side A > Side B

Starting to become quite the Beatles fan since starting this list. Another extremely impressive album full of fantastic harmonies and really joyful sounding songs. I'm a big fan of music in its simplest form and this is a prime example of pure talent.

Jolly

Obviously perfect.

it's fine, i think I like their other albums more

I love listening to the early Beatles and thinking about how they really tapped into the psyche of teenage girls. it is also always a solid confirmation that pop music has always been kind of stupid but also really fun.

still definitely pop music from 1964, despite the greatness that would come from their later work. it's also still probably the best pre-Revolver Beatles music, in fairness. deserves to be one of the 1001? keep either this or With the Beatles, but not both

Their transition from rock and roll covers to an original pop sound. And then the rest was history...

These new kids from Liverpool really have a future.

A great album, like the old school vibes. It creates quite a playful and relaxing atmosphere, great for singing along while working or doing house chores Fav songs -A Hard Day's Night, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, Any Time At Al 4/5

Classic

Now this is the stuff I've been waiting for. This an album you have to have listened to before you die. It's iconic, the first Beatles record ever with all original songs, and they are really good. Especially the A-side, for me that's a 5/5. Sadly the record gets brought down a little by the B-side, but it's still solid. Of course there is a nice complementary movie to go along with this record, and Beatlemania really kicked off globally from this point onwards. And to think this is actually one of the weaker Beatles albums! Can't wait to listen to more of this kind of thing.

I was surprise of how many song I know in this record. It was a good listen, nothing groundbreaking when for today's standards, but ahead of their time.

This album isn't really my style, but wow I understand why the Beatles were so loved. It only got better as I listened. Fav track: Any Time At All or Things We Said Today Least fav: I'll Cry Instead

Can songwriters please write about something other than romantic love my aromantic ass is dying out here!!! </333 In the meantime I'll just cope by thinking about Peter Parker & Gwen Stacy. Big fan of bite-sized songs. I don't think there were any bad songs. Very catchy. 4 stars only because of the subject, but if I wasn't tired out on love songs it'd be a 5. Favs: A Hard Day's Night, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, You Can't Do That.

Pop music at its finest, you can get glimpses of what’s to come

Mercifully short, but that's as far as the praise goes A grating sound, awful lyrics and an overall abomination

Tranqui, bueno tiene sus puntos altos, me gusto. Aprobado

The best of the early Beatles bubblegum rock albums. Favorite track: And I Love Her

First listen Saved 3/13 Top track: A Hard Day's Night

Captures the Beatles’ early genius

Jedna z klasík.

Too much a part of my life to criticize in any way. This time around I was drawn to the sublime close harmony of Lennon and McCartney on “If I Fell”. But I went for the title track with its iconic opening chord for my playlist.

Barely barely gets a 3 from me. This is one of the blander Beatles albums imo. And they keep making that… sound. The sound that makes me compare them to The Wiggles (no hate to The Wiggles, I just probably wouldn’t consider Big Red Car one of the must listen to songs in the history of songs.) Season: Late Spring Favorite Song: And I Love Her

I mean, come on! What's not to love?

Gives me so much joy

I don't know that I've actually listened to this entire album front to back, but I recognize almost every song. All-time classic. The first album where they wrote every song! Really need to see the movie... Anyways, the harmonies and pop stylings of this album really capture Beatlemania to me. 60+ years later it still hits, just as catchy as it was. Title track and Can't Buy Me Love are legendary Beatles tracks.

It’s sort of a mashup of singles combined with some more original creative works. They’re definitely beginning down a path to something amazing. Also nice tight runtime

Dit is voor mij toch wel het bekendste album van de Beatles. Mijn vader heeft deze plaat grijs gedraaid, hij was nogal een Beatlegekkie. Dus vanuit nostalgie moet ik hem toch wel hoog scoren… Muzikaal zit het ook goed in elkaar, wel behoorlijk poppie. Maar soms is poppie ook wel weer eens leuk.

A hard day’s night is het album van het hoogtepunt van de beatlemania. Het is de soundtrack van de gelijknamige film die heel erg leuk is. In de film kan je zien dat de 4 persoonlijkheden van de beatles een fantastisch goede match is en dat ze samen ook veel humor hebben. Als je de film nog nooit hebt gezien is het wel een aanrader. The beatles hebben the ed sullivan show gehad ze waren op hun hoogtepunt van beatlemania en wat de fans toen wouden waren zoete liefde liedjes. Met een speelfilmcontract en een albumcontract hadden ze alles waar ze van konden dromen. The beatles waren van lokale helden uit liverpool doorgegaan naar Engeland, de V.S. En na dit album de hele wereld. De wereld stond aan hun voeten en ze waren ‘more popular than jesus’ om John te quoten. Ik snap best dat mensen dit album geen goed album vinden als ze het vergelijken met de rest van hun discografie. Het is ook niet het album die ik het vaakst op zet van the beatles, maar als ik het wel doe denk ik elke keer: “waarom eigenlijk niet?” Dit album geeft mij persoonlijk toch altijd een nostalgisch gevoel. Als kleine jongen kon ik hier al heel erg blij van worden en uren in mijn eentje op mijn kamer naar deze muziek luisteren. De harmonieën van the beatles kietelen mijn brein altijd. Qua vocaal geluid zit dit album echt al fantastisch in elkaar. Je merkt bij dit album dat de melodieën al iets interessanter worden dan bij please please me. De teksten worden later bij the beatles beter. Voor het verhaal van the beatles is dit een heel belangrijk album en het geeft mij een enorm nostalgisch gevoel. 5 sterren!

Meh, het zal best zo zijn dat je al kan horen wat ze later zouden worden. Ze waren het hier nog duidelijk niet.

Interessant album, niet dat ik er mega veel luisterplezier aan heb ervaren, maar je hoort de potentie en de harmonieën. Het zijn voor die tijd hoogstaande popsongs die uitkwamen tijdens Beatlemania, wat dat betreft scoort het qua sentiment ook erg hoog. Persoonlijk vind ik de vroegere Beatles minder leuk, al ben ik me wel bewust van de impact en de ontwikkeling van de popgeschiedenis. 3.5

4.5

This is one of the great earlier Beatle albums. This is definitely Lennon’s album as he wrote most of the songs but the few McCartney songs are great as well. In the grand scheme of the Beatles this is a 4 or 4.5. However amongst all other music it gets a 5/5 So yes it’ll get a 5, even though it’s probably not in my Top 5 Beatle albums. However it’s not even close to one of the lowest ones Ps - “Tell Me Why” is a classic underrated track

Icônico

Top 3: And I Love Her If I Fell Things We Said Today

General thoughts: To begin, I'm very biased. The Beatles are my favorite band. I'll try not to inflate the ratings or my procedure. I also didn't expect this album on the list; it's around my fifth favorite Beatles record. I will go quickly through the setlist. As always, The Beatles give us a distinct sound along with plenty of variety. Opening with the energetic vocals of the title track, we get a glimpse of the Beatles of this era - acoustic-rhythm based short songs, catchy as hell, and well executed. We shift gears with more Lennon-controlled content, a so-so harmonica tune, and then one of their classic ballads, "If I Feel", sung by Lennon. I have to say that, for singing, Lennon found his safe space later on, compared to Paul, who has always been kind of chameleonic. Then we get a Harrison lead, a bit unpolished, but every Beatles track had some kind of essence, even if it's clear they didn't pay much attention to this one. At this point, the band is still not fully into the production process. You can hear that in the arrangements and in how some songs feel like they have more potential, even if they do sound good; they were recorded on the go, and some clear mistakes can be heard in the final recording. It's unpolished. Then a Beatles classic pops up: a 'Trova' ballad. Here we see the bravery, possibly from McCartney, to bring inspiration from genres from all around the world. Lovely vocals, beautiful lyrics, and an amazingly accompanied classical guitar. It's a timeless track. In Latin America, it's also widely known across generations because of Roberto Carlos' version. "Tell Me Why" is, I feel, another unpolished one. With roots in rock 'n' roll, it's very sloppy. "Can't Buy Me Love" feels like the most out-there song here, clearly a single and a bit outside the style of the album. "Any Time at All" is a great Lennon song. His voice is more suited to this tune, and the guitar arrangements are also pretty cool. "I'll Cry Instead" is quirky, kind of rock-country, but I like it. McCartney regains control with the next song, "Things We Said Today". It's kind of weird, like a melancholic cowboy song with a short upbeat chorus. It could've been better. "When I Get Home" is the weakest link on the album. I like bits of it, but it's clearly not up to par and feels kind of awkward. "You Can't Do That" is very cool. That cowbell, man—it's so funny. "I'll Be Back" isn't a strong closer, but it's a good rock ballad. I kind of don't like the bridge. Overall, it's a solid album. Production-wise, the ideas are there, but the recording is rough. There are fun errors everywhere, that's how I'll call them. I lowered this a lot from my real rating. I really love singing along to the Beatles; it's fun, and that immediately makes me rate higher. I also noticed there are no Harrisongs here. George would add balance to the singing and creative output later on. It's a well dispersed album, with a couple of iconic songs, they specially shine with the rock ballads. Musically, they're interesting, they always have been, but the variety here is wider compared to Please Please Me, and just a bit more than With the Beatles. Still, though this is a signature first era Beatles, not even transitional, just super short love songs. I wouldn't call it an all-time classic, nor their best album from this era. Outstanding song(s): A Hard Day's Night And I Love Her Weakest song(s): When I Get Home Cover: Iconic, funny, artsy. This is the start line where bands see the value of cover art to experiment and stand out over the rest. Real rating: 3.76

horned up beatle boys

Fav songs: - I should’ve known - Happy just to dance with you - And I love her

Once again proving that covers of Beatles songs are better than the originals.

I wanted to rate this a 4 but… it just wasn’t there?

Trite and (in case of You Can’t Do That) highly disturbed.

They definitely started to hit their stride on here. No need for covers to pad out the runtime. Definitely some of their best early material. Love the energy on some of these songs. Favorites were the title track, I Should Have Known Better, Any Time At All, and You Can’t Do That.

Outstanding

7/10

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Paul John George y Ringo ! El primer álbum de los Beatles con canciones escritas por ellas y ya con la explosión de lo que es la Beatlemania es una gran álbum pop que recuerda los domingos por la mañana escuchando universal no hay mucho más que se pueda decir del álbum que no se haya dicho

Once again I come away from a Beatles album thinking they are underrated. Growing up it was conventional wisdom that the Beatles were among the greatest bands of all time — as I got older there was some backlash to that idea. Listening to their albums with fresh ears they are uniformly excellent. This is a five star album and it isn’t even one of their top 3 albums.

It's all pretty good, only one banger for me, of course And I Love Her.

It was nice but the Beatles aren’t for me… kinda the same after listening to the first songs

I will never understand why this band has such a lasting hold on critics

Lest we forget The Beatles were a boy band!! This really took me back to my first month at Madame Tussaud’s, where The Beatles were the “guest figures” that month and I was subjected to the title track and Can’t Buy Me Love (in addition to She Loves You and Hey Jude) on repeat in a windowless room for eight hours a day. I may or may not have a slightly Stockholm Syndrome-y relationship to this album.

The Beatles are really starting to run up the numbers on this list. I found this to be a little slow for my tastes but I LOVED Any Time at All. That just came out of nowhere and really astounded me. so that was a great moment!

This is the peak Early Beatles. When John was the band leader and churned out pop songs like it was nobody’s business.

Super Dope

Great stuff.

(7/7) pretty close to perfect

I know that there is going to be a decent number of Beatles on this list, but I wasn’t expecting to get one for number 4. It’s hard to escape hearing the Beatles if you actively listen to music, either through their songs or who they have gone on to influence, so most people go in with a lot of preconceived notions, including myself. I watched A Hard Day’s night movie one night with my dad and unfortunately, I was not a fan. I’m assuming that the Monkees TV show was a rip-off of the movie, but I feel they pulled the concept off better, possibly because of the artificial nature of the band. This has probably contributed to me to not like this period of the Beatles that much. There are one or two timeless songs on this album and if I was just rating on the dance hall beats the album would be rated higher, but I am not a fan of the lyrics at all. It could be because they are of their time or because I’m not really into love songs, but they did nothing for me. Favourite song: A Hard Day’s night Least favourite song: None

It was fine for a Beatles album. Idk if I love how each song is just one idea for 2 minutes, but when I appreciate that as the genre I like the album a lot more Faves Hard days night And I love her Can’t buy me love

I always love a Beatles album. I know all the songs on this. I have my parent’s album from the 60’s. I prefer the later Beatles, but this had some good songs on it. My favorites from this album are If I Fell, And I Love Her, I Should’ve Known Better, and Things We Said Today.

Харош, хотя и более простяцкий альбом, чем поздние.

Если бы я был девочкой-подростком в Британии шестидесятых, я бы обоссался + обосрался

Possibly the best of the Beatles early albums. Pure pop/rock perfection. I understand why people prefer their later stuff, but if you can’t see the quality of these early albums then you’re just missing it all. Compare this to most other music of the time and you’ll see how far ahead the Beatles always were

Finally our first Beatles album after over 300 albums! And this album opens with one of the most recognizable chords in music. Great start. I love all the musical styles of the Beatles, including their early pop. This album has some great songs on it and shows the beginnings of their musical partnership in standouts like Hard Days Night, I Should Have Known Better, and Can’t Buy Me Love. But if we’re being honest, there are a decent share of filler songs on here that are good but not great. A 3.5 if I could but I’ll save my 4s and 5s for their later music.

Not The Beatles most complete album by far, but this is still very good. Can’t Buy Me Love and Hard Days Night still rock as much today as they did 60 years ago. Every song is clean, crisp and full of rock and roll.

Kind of amazing how well this holds up. It’s definitely a bit one note, but it’s a really great vibe. Lesser celebrated Beatles albums like this one remind me of how good a band they actually were.

love that opening strum of the guitar, so cool. There are some legendary songs on here, like legit legendary. Over 60 years old and they still rock. This may have been the first time i actually listened to this album in it's entirety. Initially some of the lesser known songs didn't quite do it for me, then I remembered two things. First, Hard Days Night was released in 1964. We've listened to a few psychedelic rock records from that era and nothing comes remotely close to this. A standout for its time, the Beatles got the sound right. Second, and most importantly, as stated earlier there are some legendary songs here. Sure some of the other songs aren't quite as strong, but the bar on this record is set pretty damn high. If I were assembling the track list for the album do I leave 1 or 2 songs off? Sure I do, but they are still good songs, not great, but good enough. Happy to finally get a Beatles record. This is a 3.9, but can't round up this time.

No entiendo pq tanto hate hacia los Beatles

Funny that how what the Beatles considered a not so great record is better than......most anything

idk

Como siempre, bien, pero sin fliparme

Not horrific but pretty underwhelming for “albums you need to listen to” I’ll try to do better reviews in the future by listening to albums at least 2 times but no songs on here really stood out to me

Not bad but not really that good either to be completely honest. Felt like I was listening to good music but with an ashwaganda filter on it so that it’s impossible to actually get emotionally involved in any of the songs

what if some lads from liverpool made some mid blues music. Favorite tracks: 1. If I Fell 2. Can't Buy Me Love 3. Things We Said Today

Hell of an album to kick off this project. I am going to refrain from comparisons to albums like Revolver or Abbey Road, as that's very 'apples to oranges' and it's just not the space that these earlier Beatles albums occupy. This is the Beatles at peak Beatlemania: young, dumb, naive, full of love and optimism and whimsy. The writing from John and Paul just pops (this is their first full originally written album), and this early Beatles sound was foundational in building 1) the sonic footprint of the 60's and 2) the massive public goodwill necessary for more risqué projects like Sgt. Pepper or Magical Mystery Tour (or songs like Yellow Submarine or Maxwell's Silver Hammer lol). An iconic and decade-defining sound wrapped up in a tight 30 minutes. Great for what it is — a foundation — which is how I’m evaluating this album Favs: - Hard Day's Night - I Should Have Known Better - If I Fell - And I Love Her - Tell Me Why - Can't Buy Me Love - I'll Cry Instead

Has that Beatles charm. The melody on certain tracks (If I Fell, And I Love Her, Things We Said) gave me a feeling of warmth and comfort. Easy listen, but you can they were just hitting their stride with storytelling and song writing as future Beatles albums are superior in both aspects.

#46 - The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I think that this stupid album generator ratings machine is broken because I’m trying to give this album 17 stars and it won’t let me! It’s outrageous how good The Beatles were. Their prime was literally their entire career. The best songs on this album (the title track plus Can’t Buy Me Love and basically all of the other songs too) are better than most of the songs on most band’s greatest hits collections. The people who like to be edgy by saying that The Beatles weren’t that good are both objectively and subjectively wrong. This album encapsulates how much fun rock and roll music can be. It’s sheer perfection. And it’s not even the best album by The Beatles.

All the 13 Beatles albums are 10/10 because they are the best band in history.

probably my second favorite pre-Rubber Soul Beatles record. great album cover. You Can't Do That is a bummer though.

No mg los Beatles

What's the big deal?

Excellent

un disco bien simple y poco pulido. lo encontre aburrido, paso rapido y no puedo recordar la mayoria de las canciones. destacaron "If I Fell" y "Im Happy Just to Dance With You"

kind of feels like the last album you put on in your car before you reach home....ehh its bad meh

Typical Beatles album, not my favorite but not bad. Beatles 6.9/10

Joa geht so. Fängt stark an und lässt dann nach. Gibt bessere Alben von denen glaub ich

Trop de chanson d’amour

An often underappreciated and overlooked album by The Bealtes, A Hard Day's Night boasts one of their strongest run of songs and still sounds better than a lot of more contemporary efforts. Simplistic though it may be, every song is written to near perfection and I never get tired of listening.

maybe bcs its the original something about beatles is just distinctive. in the otherhand other that era's bands are just trying to copy them but couldnt.

Just the perfect short song pop/rock album. So many solid tracks even if some them sound a bit samey. That was impossible to avoid at the time and it still sounds great. I do prefer the later less straightforward stuff they did, but no denying their talent.

Solid beatles album.

Hard to totally hate their youthful enthusiasm but it's too trite to enjoy

I mean its the Baetles!

Not as good as Sgt Pepper

Alright, second Beatles album I’ve got on the generator, and to be honest, I think it holds up pretty well. Going in, I was kind of concerned that this album wasn’t going to be able to stand besides some of the Beatles later work, and that it was kind of just going to feel like a more watered down, pop version of the Beatles. Yet, for being a pop record, it had surprising depth. Songs like If I Fell and And I Love Her, two of my standout tracks, both felt genuine and not just artificially churned out sincerity meant for the pop charts. All the Beatles, although not at their peak yet, are on their A Game this album. The Lennon-McCartney songwriting machine is working well as ever, with a lot of the songs being very sound lyric wise. John and Paul’s singing also works very well, with them sometimes taking different tracks to capture a certain feeling. George Harrison’s contributions are also not to be overlooked, as his guitar playing is the foundation of a lot of these songs, such as the iconic riff of the title track, or his unique chords and rarely seen lead vocals on I’m Happy Just To Dance With You, my other two standouts. And we’re always got Ringo laying down a steady groove to guide the songs. Overall, an impressive album for The Beatles before their heyday, so if you want some Beatles material you may not have listened to, check this one out, and remember: Money can buy you this album, but money can’t buy you love.

Usual Beatles. Great, revolutionary, dated and overplayed. I don't think any Beatles album will get anything but a 3 from me

No private session used for Spotify. I like the Beatles and listen to them a fair bit, but not this one. It's pretty standard rock.

Heard it a lot before. Beatles were an essential band to rock history and music history in general.

What is there to say that hasn't already been said thousands of times. Hit after hit after hit. They're almost inhuman.

To my surprise, I didn’t really like this. The vocals weren’t all that polished, the sound and the lyrics were simple. And not in a simple-genius or simple-clear sort of way. More like a kids album? Sorry, I’m sure the next one that comes up from them will be better.

I am willing stipulate that the Beatles are the best band In rock and history but I have always stopped short of considering myself a fan. This album is Exhibit A for why that is true. Notably this is one of their early releases and I am more interested in their Revolver/Rubber Soul period. Starts off strong with A Hard Days Night and I Should Have Known - 2 great tracks. And then If I Fell? That song is terrible I think it may be the worst Beatles song ever. It’s sappy and borderline maudlin. A lot of the rest of the album follows in a less terrible but still not for me sappy sentimentality sounds a bit like Buddy Holly but leaves wishing it was actually Buddy Holly Along the way we get Can’t Buy Me Love which is a banger. I’m giving this 4 because it’s the Beatles and there are a couple 5 star tracks but most of the album is a 3. 7.5 out of 10

Pretty great album. One well crafted pop song after another. Interesting to hear them in the transition from the original boy band to pop innovators. At times, you hear the one thing and at other times the other. Or a mixture -- they're working off of American rock / RnB models, but doing Beatles-y thngs with those models. Things We Said Today is a great song. I'll Be Back is a sneaky good gem. You Can't Do That is a reminder that Lennon wrote a series of macho, domineering (if not worse) boyfriend protagonist songs in this period. Not good, Mr. Please Let's All Just Try Being Peaceful. It's remarkable how good this sounds, in comparison to other mid-Sixties recordings. Hats off to George Martin and company. Some of the songs are better than others, but a very strong set.

I don't really like The Beatles and I understand that puts me in the minority but this album was pleasant background music.

Not my favorite collection of Beatles songs. But still.

Very clear progression toward their later albums but they definitely weren't churning out bangers at this point. Highlights: "Tell Me Why", "You Can't Do That"

Great album

fun and really great

6th best Beatles album, of course I have already heard many times.

This one played really well. This was when the band got a lot more interesting.

Well. This is very easy to rate: 5 stars (as far as I'm concerned, The Beatles play in a different league). The guitar work in the song "A Hard Day's Night" is iconic and hugely influential (with probably the most famous and recognizable chord in pop music history to begin the song). Songs I enjoyed: "A Hard Day's Night" (of course), "I Should Have Known Better", "If I Fell" (probably my favourite), "I'm Happy..."...well, it is actually all of them. From the opening track to "I'll Be Back" (which happens to be also absolutely great), there are no skips here. Ringo and Paul are great on drums and bass, and the guitar work by George and John is simply perfect. And then, of course, we have the vocal harmonies...

Expected from the beatles, definitely another banger album from them and indeed a more underrated one of theirs.

Beetles, but feels a bit dated now

3.8

Pop beatles! I prefer weird beatles but it's hard to dislike this.

I like it. Soothing

Always a pleasure to revisit the few Beatles songs that have mostly vanished from their playlists like "I'll Cry Instead" and "Tell Me Why"

People say the Beatles don’t get good until psychedelia and they are wrong.

vintage one direction

Solid Beatles album. Fun but nothing mind blowing...yet

No soy muy fan de los birls

A bit of Beach Boys feeling but I guess that was the music of the era. So much hype around The Beatles.

Some good ones but none of my all time faves

It's not my favorite side of Beatles, but it's still fun

Lyhyt albumi, 30min. Taattua Biitlesiä.

Previously known. Love it.

HUHUHUHU... Review tava pronto já da época que ouvi todos em sequência. Orra, já começaram com tudo. Hard Days Night com seu início épico, e já vem I Should Have Known Better. Composição deles estavam ficando afinadas. Can't Buy me Love, aqui os caras estavam no auge da Beatlemania, fazendo pela primeira vez na história shows em estádios lotados. Foi nessa época que I Want to Hold Your Hand estourou como hit, pena que é single e não tá no álbum. Resto das músicas me traz uma nostalgia também, parecia ser uma das épocas que os Beatles mais se divertiam compondo, uma liberdade, um auge foda.

It's good, but not my type of music. The lyrics are nice not anything groundbreaking. Lots of repeating of chorus.

Простое человеческое величие, после такого сразу хочется верить, что всё будет хорошо

Один из лучших альбомов битлов их раннего периода, только Help может потягаться с ним по количеству ярких песен и запоминающихся мелодий. Всего пара филлеров ближе к концу, в остальном - бэнегры, что заметный рост после двух их первых альбомов, где и явных хитов меньше, и каверов больше. А тут такой выбор - And I Love Her, Tell Me Why и Can't Buy Me Love до сих пор большие хиты, If I Fell, Any Time At All и I'll Be Back не сильно отстают по качеству, I Should Have Known Better, как мне сказал папа, была популярной на их школьных дискотеках, и т.д. Никакой пустоты в альбоме, никакой халтуры. Ах да, еще же и фильм был, правда он особой ценности сейчас не представляет, разве что как хроника, Help поинтересней будет, так как там сюжет более внятный и шутки получше.

Клевый альбом и фильм. Дурашливый.

2-3 песни с альбома норм, но глобально один из слабых альбомов битлов на мой личный взгляд - 3.5

great

Its not Sgt Peppers but still a great Beatles album. The title track is one of my favourites, along with "And I love her". It's the beginning of the John-Paul songwriting era, the bass playing is great and music in general seems more ambitious than before. I love this album but its down the list among my favourite Beatles' albums.

I stand by my opinion on Beatles. I think it's overrated and this exact album is worse than the others. I'm actually torn between 2 and 3. 2.7

solid 4. É um pouco repetitivo no final, mas no geral tem boas melodias

Continue to hate the Beatles less than I thought.

Decent album, not a big beetles fan but can see why it’s loved.

So tuff

A great early Beatles album. The first chord on the title track kicks off the album just right. That and Can't Buy Me Love are the highlights from this album, and while it isn't my favorite Beatles, it's just a really fun album.

Most of the songs sound the same (even if they sound okay), but the highlights on this one are really really good.

Probably closer to a 3.5, it was a good listen but some of it was repetitive.

Good album.

i don't listen to beatles much. this album sounds childish as many songs of them and the lyrics are too simple. BUT i really enjoyed it somehow. i would give 3.5/5.

10/10 Excelente, un album hermoso por dondo lo mires

Where the Beatles really started to show the strengths of their originality, evidenced by the title track and "And I Love Her". Delightful and sweet.

A hard day's night - 5 I should have known better - 4 If i fell - 3 I'm happy just to dance with you - 3 And i love her - 3 Tell me why - 3 Can't buy me love - 5 Any time at all - 4 I'll cry instead - 3 Things we said today - 4 When i get home - 4 You can't do that - 3 I'll be back - 4

The Beatles are my boys! Love this album

Listen, I am a George Harrison girlie, so this was never going to be my favourite Beatles album. That said, it was one of my saves before it came up for listening, so I was pretty pleased.

starting off with a banger!!! this one was great and went way too fast

I mean… It’s the Beatles. The Beatles are great. I’m certainly less of a fan of the bubblegum-y moptop stuff, but still, it’s great.

the Beatles are a national treasure, this isn’t their best album though

No words… just pure genius. While listening I felt a rush of emotions and energy from start to finish. It’s not their absolute best album, but it’s still a work of pure genius. The songs are simple yet absolutely gorgeous — catchy, melodic, and full of life. The rhythms are tight and infectious, and you can feel the joy, excitement, and youthful spark pouring out of every track. This is The Beatles in their prime as a pop-rock machine: tight harmonies, perfect songwriting, and that unmistakable chemistry. Even the more emotional and reflective moments feel fresh and honest. A Hard Day’s Night is a classic through and through. Simple on the surface, but brilliantly executed. One of those albums that just makes you smile.

For my money, the lads didn’t better this album until ‘Revolver’. ‘Rubber Soul’ comes close, but my opinion on it has waned slightly over the years whereas on ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ it has improved significantly over time. There’s nothing conceptual going on (despite the movie tie-in) just 13 new self-penned bangers during which the quality never drops. The increase in the sophistication of the writing is glaringly obvious and it pays dividends again and again.

The thinking man knows that the early period Beatles (up to and including Help!) is second only to late period (White-Abbey Road inclusive). The middle period is innovative, but it doesn’t hold up like the rest. This is real good stuff, especially on Lennon metrics.

Familiar songs from commercials movies and passage of time generally. Can appreciate for what it is but still not much of a fan. 3/5

Incredible how they evolved & what the political & spiritual upheaval of the 60s did to their sound. This album does not do it for me.

Literally the TikTok of all albums The longest song is 2 mins 30 secs The best songs on the album are concentrated mid-end but overall worthy of a 4

I liked this one very much! It's a lot of fun and I could clearly picture the atmosphere of these songs

Insanely mid

First Impression: Genuinely may be my favourite Beatles album. The compositions all throughout are just lovely. I'm so in love with the sound of this album, hands down the Rickenbacker 360/12 exudes the most breathtaking and majestic tone. Shorter than most albums but I think it's the ideal length for this one. Nearly every song is sososo catchy, and the cherry on top, the cover is just iconic. Favourite Track: I genuinely couldn't pick one, that's an impossible task. Instrumentally: I'll Be Back. As a whole package, instruments & lyrics: And I Love Her. One Sentence: Heaven in a record. Will I Revisit? A million times YES

Its a Beatles album and very solid, but just not as exciting as the later albums

If this were a personal rating I would give 3 starts just because I think the best of the Beatles were ahead of them and these early albums do not resonate so well with me. That said, its undeniably an amazing classic, the songs are great and the deeper cuts even more so. Any Time At All is brilliant.

It’s hard not to give the Beatles anything less than four stars.

Alright this was surprisingly one note kind of interesting to see them before getting weird with it

My favourite Beatles album. That isn’t saying a lot

If I had to listen to the Beatles this would be the one

Proof positive that even geniuses fart out a turd every once in awhile. Very little of the ingenuity that would capture my attention in their later work is in evidence here. Sure it’s very nice and proper and chip chip cheerio but it just isn’t very awesome. I don’t think this album would even make my top ten of albums by The Beatles. In fact on relisten I found the songs smacked of middle class white privilege. Their saccharine take on what they perceived to be the blues or even rock ‘n’ roll is almost laughably under informed and hopelessly cliched. One might argue that this album is why these songs sound so cliched because it inspired so many artists. While that may be important fact for popular music history is is nothing but an irrelevant detail to me the listener.

This was once the greatest rock album ever, and it remained so until the Beatle’s next record. Whether this album has aged well is a matter of taste, but we should pause and consider how well written these songs are, and how great they sound to have been recorded in ‘63. This is an exceptional album.

I have definitely heard “A Hard Day’s Night” before and whilst it was catchy, it didn’t do much for me. I really liked “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”, and it was fun that he said he didn’t want to hold their hand- I wonder which came first. “And I Love Her” is nice.

A pretty cool vintage album with a bunch of catchy melodies. I totally get why it's a classic, but personally, the whole British Invasion thing man.. just isn't for me. Still, a few tracks lowkey fine.

The beatles doing beatle things lol

One of the most famous and influential acts of all time, there’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said of the Beatles up to this point. This is a great record though with fun, catchy, toe tapping pop rock tunes throughout. Paul and John were one of the greatest duos to ever lay vocals on a track and it’s fully on display here. Classic Beatles tracks like the title track, Can’t Buy Me Love, and the incredible And I Love Her along side the rest of the album all make for a to the point record. First of many Beatles albums on the list and a great start at that.

Not my personal music taste. But surprisingly alright. All music sounded the same?

Yep, pretty good as expected.

Not my favourite Beatles album but still great. Lot of great songs on here. Favourite Track probably And I Love Her

EARLY POP JA

First Beatles album in the challenge. I may have to re review some albums after I get through more artist catalog.

C'est ok mais pas une grosse claque

Trop fort

J'aime plus Hard Day's Night à cause de madame Flacard (RPZ), mais And I Love Her est vraiment trop bien même si je préfère la version de Kurt Cobain. En vrai moins bien que les autres albums en général, beaucoup plus chill. Ça sera 3 ou 4.

Lots of fun. Great album.

classic beatles yknow but a bit one note

This is about what comes to mind when I think of the standard Beatles sound. Not very complex, mostly vocal driven and a lot of love songs without lyrics that get me thinking too deeply. Not sure if its fatigue over the years or a natural preference but the group singing/ harmonizing that seems to be so prevalent in the 60's bands just does nothing for me. A song taken here and there is great but a whole album at once was a tougher prospect.

Veel interessanter dan wit album 7,5/10

Didn't cure my bland feelings about the Beatles. Nothing particularly wrong with the album, but one listen was enough.

Very catchy and breezy - Only a couple of real standouts besides the two big singles, and it’s hard to not compare this to how much better the Beatles would get, but this was still a really nice listen.

. Mid

My parents claimed to be big Beatles fans, but as far as I can remember, that didn’t really show in the music they listened to. When they did play something, though, it tended to be their early work - and “A Hard Day’s Night” definitely counts among those. Given these songs, though, I couldn’t understand Beatlemania at all, and even today it doesn’t exactly blow me away. From my perspective, it’s simply a good singer-songwriter album with rather shallow lyrics, but pretty good production. It’s worth a listen, but in the context of this project, it serves more as a comparison along the lines of “look how boring the Beatles were before Sgt. Pepper.”

There's something very special about this album. It perfectly captures the band's youthful optimism, raw energy, and brimming creativity. There is so much joy and hope here. One of my all-time favorites.

Great album.

Not the best Beatles record but solid nevertheless

Certainly a development in their instrumental creativity and skill, even if the songs still feel very “for teenagers by teenagers” with all the first person love songs and John’s still very much the big front of the band. Still doesn’t feel like the big jump point for me to when I click with the Beatles, too early and too much potential they’re not quite at yet. They’re getting there though. And the film’s good so that helps too.

Early Beatles not really my thing. Something ive heard a million times before from a million different bands. Hindsight is unkind to their early work. 3/5

Not my favorite Beatles but great music nonetheless

I’m a Beatles fan. There are some great harmonies and interesting chord progressions. But I love their later work so much more.

Decent, with a couple big bangers (especially the titular track), but gets pretty repetitive - the same old love song, pretty similar melodies, and overall it feels a lot longer than its 30 minute runtime. Pleasant, but only one song actually goes into the playlist

Top

A classic for a reason

IT'S BEEN A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. AND I'VE BEEN WORKIN' LIKE A DOG. I freaking love that song.

It's okaaaay....

I think my opinion on The Beatles is quite an unpopular one. I have never understood the huge love for them. I enjoy their music, but not to the extent that many people do. I can understand their influence in some aspects, but to me, their music just does not stand the test of time. For example, if someone were to release a Michael Jackson track today, I think it would do just as well as it did in the sort of 80s-90s period... but if someone released a Beatles track today, I think it would perform incredibly poorly. A lot of their music, compared to today's standards, is just lyrically and melodically bland, and almost generic in a way. Being said, for what this is, and putting the context of their time period along with this album, I can really appreciate the music. There were some tracks that stood out a lot more than others. I think, as an album, this isn't the strongest work. From what I know, I believe they have much stronger albums with top-to-bottom well-received tracks. In all, I did really enjoy this listen, as negative as the review may sound, my opinion was just really based on The Beatles as a whole, and how their music stands the test of time today. However, I think it is unfair to rate this album compared to music today, and listen to it in the correct context. Favourites: Can't Buy Me Love A Hard Day's Night Any Time At All

I won't be surprised if their entire discography is on this list.

jest ok, kilka fajnych piosenek

Beatles halt

Finger the bum me matey, it’s a good one 4 stars

Standouts A Hard Day's Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love Things We Said Today

segundo album bom em 14 dias. atmosfera e vibes boas, letras meaningful e bonitas, vocais e instrumentos bons. nao é o tipo de musica pra playlist, mas é aquela musica que eu aprecio por toda grandiosidade e sua incrivel simplicidade. album de 30min, com boas vibes, e com certeza vou revisitar de tempos em tempos. nota 7,8

There are Beatles albums I might call deeper, stranger, richer, or more adventurous. But I’m not sure there is a purer Beatles album than A Hard Day’s Night. This is the Beatles as a fully functioning pop organism: film, album, singles, press, radio, television, touring, image, management, studio discipline, and songwriting all moving in the same direction. It is Beatlemania under instruction. United Artists need songs for a film. Brian Epstein handles the logistics. George Martin frames the sound. John Lennon and Paul McCartney write the lot. No covers. No George Harrison original. No Ringo feature. No padding disguised as repertoire. Just Lennon-McCartney operating at terrifying speed while the world changes shape around them. That is why the leap from With The Beatles is so astonishing. That earlier album is superb, but it still broadly fits an existing format: originals, covers, feature spots, stage repertoire, Motown, girl groups, Chuck Berry, R&B, all filtered through the Beatles’ own force. Eight months later, A Hard Day’s Night says something very different. The Beatles are no longer fitting the format. They are the format. The title track begins with a chord that does not introduce Beatlemania so much as assume you are already inside it. I Want to Hold Your Hand had already pushed pop excitement about as far as it could go without actually setting fire to the studio. A Hard Day’s Night starts beyond that point. Lennon gives it complaint and exhaustion; McCartney gives it gratitude and lift. Ringo drives it forward, with the percussion rattling away over the beat until the whole track feels like a moving train with no spare seats. Then the album simply refuses to drop its standard. I Should Have Known Better is a pinup song, but chunkier than that makes it sound. The harmonica is blocky and forceful, not just wistful Merseybeat colour. If I Fell follows it and suddenly the harmonies are so sophisticated they almost outrun the singers. The parts are not intuitive; they have to be learned. You can hear tiny cracks where the voices are stretched at opposite ends of their range, and that makes the song more moving, not less. It is the sound of a band writing something they can only just perform. I’m Happy Just to Dance with You is a beautifully tailored George song. Modest, perfectly pitched for his voice, simple on paper, but gorgeous in arrangement. When the backing vocals arrive, the whole thing lights up behind him. The Beatles’ close harmony work is one of their great underrated strengths: not just sweet, but precise, functional, and emotionally intelligent. And I Love Her is where Paul proves they no longer need Till There Was You to access elegance. Nylon guitar, claves, restraint, clipped English consonants, that slight modulation around the solo: it is sophistication written from inside the group rather than borrowed from an older songbook. Then Tell Me Why kicks the doors open again. The lyric is accusation, but the record sounds ecstatic. Ringo’s kit explodes, Lennon turns grievance into exhilaration, and the daft falsetto near the end stops the whole thing becoming sour. It is pain with a funny voice attached. Side one ends with Can’t Buy Me Love, which is remembered as a bright pop detonation but is really a strange, jazzy, bluesy thing underneath. You can hear why Ella Fitzgerald could take it on. You can hear older dance-band bones under the Beatlemania surface. Teenagers could scream at it, but jazz musicians could understand it. And that is only side one. Side two is supposedly the “remaining material” side. The contractual obligation side. Which is ridiculous, because it opens with Any Time at All, a song many groups would have built an album around. It is muscular as hell, but oddly tender. Lennon does not sing emotional availability as softness. He sings it as readiness: call me and I’ll be there. George Martin’s piano is perfectly placed, adding hard bright accents without taking over. Then that ringing final chord lands like a wink. Still got it. I’ll Cry Instead is a cheeky country number with the damage showing. It has a settled Elvis feel: clipped, countryish, curled lip, wounded pride made stylish. Under the bounce, though, there is something darker: humiliation, revenge fantasy, the abandoned little boy trying to turn hurt into power. It points toward later, uglier Lennon songs without yet losing its comic skip. Things We Said Today is one of Paul’s great early songs. Odd, trundling, shadowed, almost practical in its movement. George keeps chiming in with unresolved dominant-seventh colours, like an insistent nagging presence. Then the bridge blooms into a muscular quasi-major moment and threatens to explode before the song hushes back down. It is a showstopper hiding in plain sight. I also think When I Get Home is badly underrated. It may be the most rock track on the album. You can hear Stax and soul pressure in it, even though it is still being forced through a Beatles beat-group body. The opening “whoa-I” is basically a soul shout, and the block harmonies on “I got a whole lot of things to tell her” are remarkable. This is not filler. This is a song with shoulders. Give it a horn section and everyone would hear what is already there. Then You Can’t Do That arrives as Lennon’s dark counterclaim after McCartney’s Can’t Buy Me Love has taken the A-side glory. Paul gives you breezy blues-pop world conquest. John gives you jealousy, cowbell, stabs, discipline, possessiveness, and one of the great chordal guitar moments in early Beatles. The way the open C7 shape slides up and leaves the top E ringing feels almost like a seed of Wilko Johnson logic: rhythm guitar becoming lead by force of attack. It is nasty, bright, physical, and hugely influential. And then comes I’ll Be Back. What a closer. After all the public victory, the film business, the global explosion, the A-side glory, and the muscular second side, they do not end with triumph. They end with recurrence. “I’ll be back” works almost like one of those end-title promises: the Beatles will return. But because it is Lennon, it is not just a franchise tag. It is also an emotional loop. Is he leaving? Is he promising? Is he threatening? Is he unable to stay away? The public meaning and the private wound sit inside the same phrase. That is the album’s final act of sensitivity. A Hard Day’s Night starts with the world bursting into the room. It ends with Lennon standing in a doorway. The album is wrapped in showbiz: trains, television studios, press calls, managers, jokes, film obligations, radio charm, clean suits, “the boys”. But inside that wrapper, the modern pop group is being invented. Not through psychedelia. Not through studio collage. Not through grand statements about Art. Through guitars, voices, close harmony, pressure, speed, humour, English consonants, and Lennon-McCartney writing the lot. As a refinement of the pop group format, it is revolutionary. It perfects the existing form so completely that the older model suddenly looks provisional. It is not my argument that this is necessarily the best Beatles album in every possible sense. But as the purest album incarnation of the Beatles - the band as a functioning pop organism, Beatlemania under instruction, the world being conquered while the machine still works - it may be perfect. Easy five.

Classic!

Been listening to this album my whole life. Essentially all classic songs. If I Fell is one of my favorite songs of all time. Harmonies are absolutely insane. No bad tracks.

They're catchy but I don't understand why it's a must-listen. I don't think they're anything special.

gran disco, siempre un placer escuchar los beattles. no ess mi prefrido, pero al verdad que se goza

The Beatles' runaway success was earned. Their early stuff is a joy and a succession of pop banger after pop banger. It's not nearly so interesting as their mid-to-late-career run (starting at Rubber Soul), but it's still very good.