A Hard Day's Night

I'm sorry Ringo but you are not even trying. 2/5

Not mind blowing, just a good album

For me this is a real mix of great songs like 'and I love her' and a hard days night which has the iconic opening chord. Let down by a few fillers, but overall a really good early Beatles album.

There were a couple tracks in the middle that were a bit more interesting, but it’s mostly just jangly pop that I don’t really care for.

Didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Some good classics on it though.

As usual with these Beatles albums, 2or3 good songs that have stood the test of time, the rest, forgettable.

The more I listen to the Beatles the more I realise they’re just not very good

the beatles just have the sauce man I didn’t want to like it but I liked it. it’s like they have some sort of spell that just makes their music good I don’t know how it works 4 is a like from me

I'm not really a Beatles fan, but this is a good album for the time. Just pure fun pop rock I can see why ladies were crazy back in the day for them.

Lo amo por siempre y desde la primera vez que lo escuché

Beatles first album where they have writing creds for every track (I believe) This is a good step up from the bubblegum covers they have done previously, and while I have nearly every song from this record saved, it can’t be a 5 imo. This record doesn’t scratch the surface of what the Beatles would eventually become, but they really come into their own on this record sonically and lyrically. This is a very safe and by the numbers record, which I think is why it’s so palatable. It’s also like super short. Very formulaic imo but that’s the point. These dudes were way ahead of the game in that regard. Easy 80-85/100 and if they didn’t have such a stacked catalog I’d say this could be a 5.

The Beatles at their growth stage. This is all over the place with styles and sounds as the Beatles wanted to find what worked can’t buy me love and hard days night are two songs that influenced the rest of their discography they started making songs like this. I think the Beatles had song great deep cuts here and the record is about love through song through the songs sound samey with the chorus being so loud vs the verse. You start to catch it after a few listens. I have this album on cd made the experience so much. This is easy listening which was fun to hear most of the Beatles sing a song sorry George haha

That’s a fun half hour! Knew all the words to every song. L = (5.0*s) I remember hearing these songs on the radio. You can tell why these long hair mop tops from across the pond made it big. Every song is a catchy, toe-tapping hit. Renzo had the album, always loved the song If I Fell. J = (4.4*s) A Hard Days Night is short and sweet. They get better!

The Beatles are still in their bubble gum, pop-rock phase with this album release and had not hit the psychedelics hard yet. Not the best Beatles album by far but it is the first one featuring all tracks written by the group. That counts for something and considering this is very early in their career, not half bad. Definitely better with the movie, on its own the record is falls short of delivering like the bands later work. 2.32 stars for the fab 5 putting in a not so hard day's night on this one.

Just another Beatles album. While still not bad, the second half of the album is pretty lackluster in terms of Beatles standards. There's really no hits and can be written off as more of the same early Beatles work that you already know. Simple, formulaic, somewhat catchy and quick. The Beatles output can't be understated as they were cranking out 2-minute hits on the regular, but most of the tunes on this specific album are just placeholders. Outside of the title track and Can't Buy Me Love I'm not sure anything else on this album is really that notable. I assume this makes the list due to the film accompaniment but I'm not sure this qualifies as an essential album in any way. Still better than an average album but as much as I'm a Beatles fan I think we need to axe a couple of their entries from this list including this one. 2.60 stars

This is Beatles album therefore it is good. It has the tootles track and Can’t Buy Me Lovewhich are incredible songs. It has that early FF energy It’s great. I’m not sure it’s even in their top 10 albums. Insanity

I tried watching this movie once. I didn’t really like it. But when you remove everything except the music, you end up with a pretty good album. Obviously their later stuff is more experimental and interesting; that’s the kind of stuff which makes me love the Beatles. But this is still really good. Super fun pop melodies with some great guitar work and vocals. “Any Time At All” was a surprise standout considering it’s not one of the huge songs from this album.

Greatest of the early Beatles records. Alternating a freight-train rhythm section against the tender numbers like "If I Fell" and "And I Love Her." Some corny moments like "Tell Me Why" take me out of it but the title track and "Any Time at All" drag me back in.

Things get off to a rollicking start on A Hard Day’s Night, first with that slightly dissonant chord to kick off the title track, one of the greatest album/song intros in all of rock, and then with the bongos working overtime to set the pace. Perhaps because I’m listening to a remastered version in headphones, I’d never before noticed them before; they add a fascinating element to the song, and they make welcome appearances elsewhere, as do tambourines and other percussion elements. The band’s first LP of all-original material simply glides by on a sheen of chiming guitars, effortless harmonies and economical, urgent and catchy songs. It’s great.

Tell Me Whyyyyyyy We Need Seven Beatles Albumsssssssss (sorry)

Really dont see that this AND "with the Beatles " needed to be on the list. 7 albums. Good lord.

The fountainhead. That opening chord is like an artefact from another civilization. Unbelievable in places but still on a human, relatable scale.

the album went by quick. kinda snappy. alright :) fav tracks: and i love her can't buy me love

Great album, but not the Beatles best work when compared to their other albums

The Beatles will always be a classic group, but this isn’t my favorite album unfortunately.

It's so good. Just pure songwriting. Mostly detached from the stuff in the first 2 records that was leaning more heavily into standards/genre tropes. Still before they started experimenting much. Their later experimentation is fantastic and the most important part of the Beatles, but it's excellent to have this record of them just being great songwriters in their own voice before all that. "you can't do that" is a really interesting example of an absolute banger with really horrifying lyrics. One of my absolute favourites if I look past the words a bit

Not sure it would be possible to rate a Beatles album less than a 5. Will never know

Ultimate pop record, 30 minutes of short, sharp sing-a-longs. I'm going to have to give my favourite track to 'Things we said today' a slow tempo ode to lost love.

Tbh first time listening a beatles album, no wonder they’re legendary

some of their least interesting music to date. i think they were just asked to make a bunch default ass beatles song for some movie and that's exactly what they did. these feel so uninspired, not a fan at all

me gustó mucho pero tiene varios skips, no puedo con la furia que le traigo a John

No soy muy fanático de los beatles pero el álbum estuvo bueno

Probably the last beatles album that had an excess of filler but the hits are excellent 3.5*

One of the best albums of all time

Lots of poppie love songs!

Honestly not a hugeeeee Beatles fan but that's a personal opinion

Love it, it was my favourite CD as a kid, so I live it naturally.

It was okay

Good Beatles songs, but a lot of filler.

A little corny but i like it

Totally fine Beatles album and love the first iteration of Lennon/McCartney songwriting

Good. Short songs that feel longer than they are, so I guess this had fantastic listening time value. 3

Not a Beatles guy ;/ Especially this album.

The jangly power pop prototype that begat much of my favourite music. The Byrds, Big Star, R.E.M., The Smiths, The Replacements; you can hear their origins here.

Des bons sons mais ça parle que d’amour

My rating 4.0. Another Beatles album another classic.

one, if not the worst Beatles album

Clasicón hermoso

13 songs, 30 minutes, 6 bops, 7 kinda same-y album tracks that are fine. da beatles

When I Get Home

Hey man…it’s the Beatles.

When the Beatles finally decided to embrace their creativity. Everything is short n' sweet here, as the iconic writing duo of Lennon/McCartney really starts to shine starting at this point, given the inclusion of more original compositions. The production is tight as well, really showcasing the harmonies of the quartet as well as the jangly pop sound that was sort of new for the group at the time. Hard not to compare this to their more experimental and advanced works that would soon follow, but this was effectively when the Beatles found their own sound.

The hits (can’t buy me love, title track) are good, but the rest is close to indistinguishable from the host of other 60s rock we’ve had. Light 4.

A pretty perfect pop album. Not a single song longer than 2:45. Packed a lot of brilliance in that short window. Classics all the way through.

This is the only early Beatles album better musically than any of their later period albums. There really is not a bad song on here ("I'll Cry Instead" is probably the weakest track) and it is pretty amazing how many bangers they fit into 33 minutes. Honestly any song on here could have been a single. We also hear the Beatles taking their first steps into more ambitious songwriting with the Spanish style guitar prominent in "And I Love Her", "If I Fell", and "Things We Said Today" (an underrated song imo). The harmonies are on point and the melodies are catchy. Great job fellas.

It’s a pretty good album full of Beatles songs. I don’t particularly care for them but you could do worse playing a record to a mixture of white people of different age groups.

Like most people I prefer the latter half of The Beatles' discography, but this is probably the strongest record from their poppier early era. As with most of their early output, this album's characterized by catchy guitar-driven compositions with great use of harmonies that do the heavy lifting to carry the often (though not always) trite lyrics and subject matter. It's an enjoyable listen from start to finish, and the songs are short and snappy enough that they never really outlive their welcome. While it's not an all time great album, it has a lot of great songs all the same. Favourite tracks: Can't Buy Me Love, Things We Said Today, A Hard Day's Night

Why are they still so good after millions of time listening to this?

Not for me

11/10 IG

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Pretty forgettable album overall. It was short and sweet though so you aren’t trapped with it.

So I grew up on the Beatles so I'm fighting nostalgia with this one. Even so, going back to this album there was a ton of super forgettable tracks here outside of can't buy me love and hard days night. I always liked the later Beatles more than the earlier boy band style of their first few albums, and I feel more strongly about that after this listen. It's not bad, but it's not for me and didn't age that well.

Short and sappy love songs that represent the source of future, better, Beatles albums. A Hard Day's Night is the first and best track on the album, so the remaining songs do little to impress.

A Hard Day’s Night: 8/10 Classic I Should’ve Known Better: 7.4/10 MBPW If I Fell: 7.4/10 MBPW (rlly cute) I’m Happy Just To Dance With You: 7.4 MBPW And I Love Her: 7.5 MBPW (So romantic omg) Tell Me Why: 7.4/10 MBPW (Angelic voice) Can’t Buy Me Love: 7.4/10 Any Time At All: 7.4/1” I’ll Cry Instead: 6.8/10 Things We Said Today: 7.2/10 When I Get Home: 7.2/10 You Can’t Do That: 7/10 I’ll Be Back: 7.3/10

7/10. My first Beatles album as a 26 year old human. Happy to report that (for the most part) I enjoyed it. I can only imagine that I'll be seeing them again before too long.

Listening session: april 6th, while crocheting Listened to before: listened to some songs before Thoughts: just like most people on here I prefer the later Beatles stuff so I don’t listen to their earlier albums that much, but I quite enjoyed this album. The harmonies are really nice and of course the songwriting is top tier Favourite tracks: If I Fell, And I Love Her & It’s A Hard Day’s Night

Fantastico Favs: “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You,” “Things We Said Today,” and “When I Get Home”

A few timeless songs on this album. “And I love her” is my favorite.

Classic bangers

Much better than I remembered. It’s still their simple early stuff and the lyrics are seriously cringey, but wow they could write. Just a great fun listen.

Any Time At All and You Can't Do That are my faves on this one.

Uhhhh it was okay.

Люблю переслушивать.

likeit

summery vibes j’ai envie de faire du vélo et avoir un panier de fleur sur le guidon

The Beatles third album and first soundtrack but the first that feels like an 'album' rather than and collection of songs. A Hard Day's Night is the first LP to contain only originals, all Lennon and McCartney compositions with the exception of George's 'I'm Happy Just to Dance With You', and heavily weighted towards John. At just over 30 minutes it never wanes and from the stunning opening chord of the title song to 'I'll Be Back' it is packed with classic songs - 'I Should Have Known Better', 'If I Fell', 'And I Love Her', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Things We Said Today', 'I'll Be Back'. There was even greater to come but this album is the first indication that The Beatles were more than a really good pop band.

Classic again.

A beautiful folksy love record, would be a great way to start a Sunday morning

I really enjoyed listening to this album while cooking something new and sort of hectic for the first time in a new kitchen I’m not used to cooking in. The food tasted like shit but I had a good time and the essence of the album probably made it taste better than it did.

ИМБА ИМБА 5/5

Great album. Even before there most creative & experimental phase, the lads could write and execute a tight song and album. I’m noticing more & more how stalkerish some of their love songs were — sign of their time & place, I guess. A 4.

It only took 35 albums to hit my first Beatles album. I think this is one of their better early-Beatles albums.

Understanding these guys pop roots goes a long way in appreciating their full body of work. That being said, the songs are catchy, the harmonies great and the smile’s everlasting

i didnt listened

only bc they set their bar too high.

Obviously

Far from their best but still a nice collection of early tracks in their career. Standouts are the title track, and i love her and can’t buy me love.

Look I don’t like these guys but this album is just… fine.

I very rarely listen to early Beatles stuff, so I wasn’t too excited going in, but A Hard Day’s Night was genuinely enjoyable. It’s only 30 minutes long with 13 songs, full of Paul and John collaborations and lots of love—literally every other word. The album runs fast, and it’s hard to believe it was made in 1963. The recording is impressive, and its influence on music is undeniable. It’s fun, light-hearted pop, and while some songs get lost among the famous singles, the album itself is never boring. Vinyl? I already own it. Wine pairing? A cheap but solid Italian bottle works, or just an English lager. Food pairing? Give me an English breakfast, pudding, or maybe Shepherd’s pie. Overall, I’d give it 4 out of 5.

Un muy buen album con momentos muy disfrutables

The early Beatles have been etched in my brain since I was 6 years old in 1964 so obviously 5 stars or A.

I had this record growing up so its the soundtrack of my childhood - i cant help but think- has the over-commercialization of their music has gone too far?

Great album

Hard to put a Beatle under 4 brah

Hvis ikke det var for Beatles havde vi ikke haft One Direction, så tak for jer

I really like all the songs on this album but I don’t think they’re meant to be listened to all in a row

I enjoyed this much more than I expected / remembered cus I think I listened to it a couple years ago but cant remember. the vocal rasp on this record is honestly great and a couple songs are just stun and I love her dude any time at all banger but ill be back incredible the acoustic guitars here sound excellent I didn't expect to enjoy an early Beatles record this much and like a couple songs are just like silly songs for teenagers like im happy just to dance with you but I had a wonderful listening experience !!!

3.75

7 / 10

It's the Beatles. Good harmonies, short poppy songs. 3.33 rounded down to 3. Nothing bad, just nothing great either.

Les Beatles

Oui

C'est les Beatles

I DONT LIKE THE BEATLES THEY HAVE 4 GOOD SONGS IN TOTAL AND TAHTS BEAING GENEROUS WTF

Album sucks sound like 60s Disney music

me gusto mucho. ideal para poner mientras laburo 10/10

good classic

Classic for a reason

me gusto bastante, y lo que mas me gusto fue escuchar un album completo de ellos, por que a pesar de conocerlos obviamente, nunca habia escuchado mas de 3 o 4 canciones. aprobadisimo! me da buenas vibes :)

Pedazo de album, me encanto, son de mis bandas favoritas asi que dificil que no me guste, pero espectacular. No es lento como me paso con otros albumes, un caño. 4/5 estrellas

I almost hate to say it but I liked this album. don't always like the lyrics and how they talk to women but it definitely has bops. would listen again

Not a Beatles fan in particular, the album does have some good songs, although one of the classic Beatles album.

Great

It is a Beatles album.

no me gusta el ritmo de las canciones, pero algunas tienen buenas letras, aunque basicas para mi gusto.

Bueno

Masterpiece. I’m glad this is the third album the app recommended me

Can't help but smile listening to this! Short, easy, classic, catchy. The Beatles at their pop-y best.

one of my first loves <3

love <333

5.62/10

I thought I wasn't gonna like this album upon hearing the first couple of songs, but there are ones I like more, so overall, it's alright.

Álbum fantástico!

Very enjoyable listen and extremely short & sweet, the way I usually like an album to be. The poppy, no nonsense tracks all have a pleasant vibe to them and I can imagine it was a hit at the time of release. I'm not usually one to praise the Beatles - to me their music doesn't usually hold up in the modern day, but this album was still enjoyable, upbeat & interesting throughout. 8/10.

Really just a cute pop album overall. It was a pleasure to revisit early Beatles. Each song is short and sweet. We hear lovely vocal harmonies, fun chord progressions, and a strong foundation for their evolution.

Even before the drugs kicked in, you couldn’t deny the chops this band had, with harmonies, chord voices, and a sense of pop brevity that leaves you hungry for more.

😍😍🤤🤤

Catchy songs. I think Can't Buy Me Love was my favorite. The harmonizing and music was good. The overall theme was very repetitive and simple. 2 or 3 stars

Kann man immer hören. Wobei mich überrascht hat, wie schrabbelig und alt die Instrumente klingen.

Hard to rate the Beatles anything but a 5. Even their less memorable songs are really catchy.

some classic from them are into this album, some others not so popular too that are okay. However, its sounds very very repetitive. Not their best.

Oh boy! Can’t wait to see what the first album I get is! I hope it’s really cool and fun! Yeah, its music, I guess

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Real good album, but feels more like a collection of songs than a cohesive listening experience.

- 1 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 0 nummers al toegevoegd aan MMMM 3*

¿Puede haber algún álbum de The Beatles que no sea un 10 o no lo roce? Para mí, este sería un 10 si no fuera por la horrible letra de "You Can't Do That", una machirulada, ingenua en su tiempo y casi vomitiva hoy en día. El resto, de lo mejor de la etapa en la que un álbum no era más que una colección de canciones sin más, sin mucha profundidad en las letras, todavía dirigidas a sus fans adolescentes, pero descarada y deliciosamente adictivas. La cara A representa la banda sonora de la pelicula de Richard Lester del mismo título, una frikada naïf hecha para explotar el fenómeno beat y hacer más caja. ¿No hicieron algo parecido las Spice Girls décadas despues?

J'ai pas aimé, j'aime pas les beatles. Mais ça reste un classique donc 2*

It's been a hard day's night And I've been working like a dog

Love the Beatles, liked the album

All the songs sound the same sorry

A clearly very influential album that paved the way, not just for the Beatles albums to come, but for the entire world. I enjoyed the songs but felt they were a bit repetitive, clearly A hard day's night is the stand out song. Not my favourite Beatles record, not awful though. Edit: From the global scores, it looks like I will have to revisit the album.

look. these four bitches got me through dark times and i love them. l’album pourrait juste être an hour of Ringo’s reverbed fart sounds and i’d give it five stars ça devait faire une décennie que j’avais écouté l’album and yet i just gave the shower performance of the year

By far my favourite of The Beatles' early albums, this is fantastic start to finish. Up there with some of their best overall for me. Fav tracks: A Hard Day's Night, I'll Be Back, I Should Have Known Better

Has some strong songs. Sound starts to be repetitive.

Classic songs

It’s the Beatles, they don’t make bad albums

It’s the height of Beatlemania and Ringo has a scripted answer for a fictitious reporter that truly sums up the youthful pulse of the Fab Four; “Are you a mod, or a rocker? —Um, no. I'm a mocker.”

Definitely the best Beatles album we've had, very much 'of it's time' without any experimental turns but they are actually good at this sort of music. The pop rock here is ahead of any of the copycats that would follow. I'm the right mood I could listen to this again but it's not a genre I'm particularly keen on. Still, nice to find that it's quite good as well as hugely influential. 3.5.

Classic, straightforward Beatles. Still not a fan, but this blitzed through. The title track and the last track, I'll Be Back, were the best. I never know where I land on them - they covered such a range of styles and genres in just 10 (or fewer) years. Sometimes Revolver, sometimes Rubber Soul, sometimes the White album. Very rarely With the Beatles.

The Beatles hey, it's been a while, was starting to think that we had heard the last of them on the list..... But alas, here they are again. This was more maudlin then most of their offerings we've had. Scousers are great at being maudlin. Most of it does nothing for me. Hard days night and can't buy me love are pretty iconic, but it's so dated....

Not a huge Beatles fan but I didn’t hate this album. It was fun, short, and an easy listen

Likes: First half is just classic after classic; Lennon-McCartney in one of their most focused efforts; sonically cohesive, but musically distinct Dislikes: great tracks are front-loaded, which leaves the back half feeling flat by comparison; Lennon-McCartney at their poppiest Overall, a great record. Not my preferred era of Beatles, but so many of the tracks are undeniable classics that it doesn’t matter

great album, not my fave beatles but solid

Good, classic pop music.

Classic Beatles, very listenable, all very well-known but still quite nice!

Was never a fan of the beatles and this album didn't make me one. Good start and bad finish.

a good classic

Now this is what I would have thought an early Beatles album sounds like.

not surprising it's a good album - hard to find a bad one in Beatles catalogue. Songs to dance to, songs to say I love you for the millionth time to and one weird jealousy song. I guess it's an artifact of an era, but still threw me off guard. Definitely will be coming back to this one on certain occasions, however I know those occasions will be rare.

It has a lot of good songs, but now listening to it as a full album I got tired quickly from literally every track being a lovesong

the instrument of the 60s was the harmonica

So good!

Great

3/5

Was going to give it a four because it’s not a desert island album for me, but my God even the lesser songs are good. And of course the better songs are classics.

A good album very much of the time

Perfect album.

high 5 its the lennon stomper era. beatlemania at its peak. is it the best beatles album? the slightly weaker tracks are mainly in the first 4. the title track has always been one of my least favourites although still a classic of course. i blame ringo for playing the same thing for the whole song, it leaves it slightly flat. aunt mimi said it was her favourite. nothing weak on "should of known better". its a great one for singing for your neighbours pleasure. is this the last hurrah for the harmonica which was such a key part of their early sound? fun as heck. "if i fell" is a bit of a plodder if we're honest although the harmonies are fun to sing. my favourite bit is when paul bottles the high note on the second B section and they leave it in ( around 1:43 ). a sentimental ballad lacking in real sentimentality. leave them to paul john! on "im happy just to dance with you" poor george has the role usually reserved for ringo - singing the track john and paul cant face singing themselves. this song is much better then "honey dont" tho so he cant complain. still, good for him for starting to write his own. if he hadn't he would of been fighting with ringo for the scraps for the rest of their career. from track 5 onwards this album is flawless. its back to back to back. "and i love her" is beautiful. great work on the bongos ringo! lovely touch with the wood block whoevers idea that was. the effect should be comical but instead its genuinely haunting and stark. is this the first timeless paul ballad? they nailed this one. "tell me why" is an all time favourite. its perhaps the least original musically but they bring insane energy to it. the harmonies sound unbelievable, such a fun track. just wants to be belted out like so many of these. the bridge is really great too "because i really cant stand it im soooo in love with YOU" ( drums )*babada babada babada babada* "cant buy me love" - who can say no. i remember paul coming out to this at glasto 2022... top george solo too. i like the choice to go with no backing vocals it makes it different. on an album of lennon stompers, paul walks away with the biggest rocknroll hit? whats he like. "anytime at all" weeew come on. that snare hit. i love to sing the "at a-a-al, all you gotta do is ca-a-all"s. its quite sentimental and he pulls it off here, touching really. "ill cry instead" always loved this quirky number. its great writing from john. in his second heyday between 1968 - 1972 john decided all art needs to be hyper personal. he shows on this album how wrong that is. its great fun pop lyrics while still being true to him. lovely bluesy accompaniment from george throughout. im not quite 100% on "things we said today". its a very slight dip, the least good paul effort here. still the contrasting sections are fun arnt they. good stuff. "when i get home" is another unforgiving lennon stomper. does george even play on this track? the whole backing seems to be john crunching out those filthy chords. maybe george is doubling. anyway it sounds great. what a banger. finishing up with the ultimate lennon stomper, "you cant do that" is john all over. a confrontational and abusive front utterly failing to cover the extremely vulnerable insides - sung over a straight rock backing, that john eh. always loved this one. think they released it as a single in america, good choice. fab solo from george too. him and paul sound beaut on the backing vocals. george says in "get back" that they should of spent more time on "ill be back". i like it how it is but i can see why he picked it out. its a stunning song and could of been done in many different ways. you could picture it as a full on big band ballad. its got a cool structure too ABACABA. great closer. really top song. ive often said its my favourite beatles album, but its hard to say its the best. some of the tracks clearly had very little time spent on them. you can tell when ringos playing the same thing for the whole song and theres next to nothing from george - theyve probably heard the song for the first time about 40mins ago. its obviously nowhere near their later albums production wise. its also so john heavy. paul does well on his tracks but its only 3 / 14 ( although he no doubt had a large hand it all of johns songs, they still collaborated at this point ). just one for george and no ringo song means it cant be the perfect beatles album. that being said there are no utter duds. its high quality all their way through. most of their early albums have a few completely forgettable numbers in the second half. the second half here is completely UNforgettable. they were an unbelievable rock and roll band and they just crack on with it. full of energy. a lot of it comes down to john lennons voice. musics all about the human voice really, and hes singing the perfect songs for him. crunchy blues chords and vocals, rock and roll with some more interesting chords. what else do you want from the beatles? people know john these days for his double denim round glasses era 1968 - 1972. he'd returned to rock n roll by then and had a very focused public persona and world view, but he always seems so brittle. for someone constantly banging on about peace hes always a second from lashing out or biting back. have you ever seen him smile in that period? the beatles still cracked jokes in 1964. this is johns real peak for me. beatlemania - just knocking out pop songs, full of confidence, the new elvis, "topper most of the popper most". he still gets to be a edgy in interviews but at least its in a funny way. and its before their beatle hair cuts get a bit stupidly long, before they get completely sick of the touring. you can sadly plot the beatles career through what substance they're abusing at the time and john was always the most susceptible. its no surprise that his real peak in creativity and energy is the "rum and coke" era. the harder stuff did him no favours at all. here despite the touring he write all these classics and still finds time for his books of nonsense poems. these books help complete his image as the intellectual beatle, a real writer and artist. sitting in his new mansion kenwood in front of the telly typing away on his type writer, king of the world....

classic album great tunes

Yeah, maybe not as ambitious or boundary pushing as some of the 'core' Beatles albums but damn is it fun and consistent.

Not my favourite Beatles record, but still very solid. Favourite tracks: A Hard Day's Night, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, Tell Me Why, Can't Buy Me Love.

Might be peak moptop era Beatles. And that's saying something.

An expertly crafted pop album... But when you're a band who raised the bar so high, it's not quite a perfect Beatles album.

Another iconic Beatles album, even heard a song or 2 that I liked and hadn’t heard before.

Not one of my favourite Beatles albums but nevertheless still a classic!! (I already knew the songs)

i don’t like the beatles. i didn’t really like this. they’ve only got like 3 songs i like so this gets a 2.

A hard day's night - 5/5 I should have known better - 5/5 If I fell - 5/5 I'm happy just to dance with you - 4/5 And I love her - 5/5 Tell me why - 3/5 Cant buy me love - 5/5 Any time at all - 5/5 I'll cry instead - 4/5 Things we said today - 5/5 When I get home - 3/5 You cant do that - 3/5 I'll be back - 4/5

Who is the Secret Beatle in the middle square? Could it be .... YOU!? There are better Beatle albums to come I think

This album evoked no real strong feelings from me. There are some good songs and there were also some forgettable ones. Incidentally my favorite song off this album was I'll Cry Instead, which seems to have the second-least listens on Spotify among the tracklist, so idk what other people are doing.

Hard to rate, there were some catchy songs but most of the album felt pointless. So far not seeing my opinion about the Beatles change after this.

Pop era Beatles is sometimes hard to put in right perspective. These are. Simple pop songs but all as catchy as hell...

I respect the classic value of this album but this is too pop for my taste. Easy listening with familiar songs but still not hitting me.

I don't really care for the old Beatles and struggle with most of the later stuff as well.

I gravitate toward their later stuff, but as an album its good throughout.

Beatles , wer mag das nicht..

Gran disco. Temas cortos y rapidos, la voz de ellos es simplemente increible y las melodias tambien. Los primeros años de ellos son excelentes.

Classic

Nothing crazy imo

Not a top five Beatles album, but still a five star album

Easily the best mop top album. The peak of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership (as a team). This is the album that showed that the Beatles weren’t going away, although “best band ever” was still a few years out. It’s very easy to understand why girls were chasing them to the train.

These kids are gonna be stars!

Nice gentle music

I think these 4 lads might be onto something.

Echt geen fan van beatles

my favorite early beatles album. Almost every song could've been a single, actually the singles are the ones i like the least. Just like people have favorite beatle eras, i've had favorite song eras. One of the first was Things We Said Today, later Happy to dance with you, If I fell, I'll be back. Never seen the movie, but i always remember the animated series with several of these songs. Great, fun, memorable album

Early Beatles pop - brilliant melodies , groundbreaking at the time . Playing with structure with a supper tight precision. Love the interplay of John and Paul’s voices . Somewhat quaint and naive lyrics about love but pleasant none the less. Has dated a little but still worth listening to.

Favorite tracks: I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, Any Time At All, Things We Said Today, Can't Buy Me Love All songs under 3 minutes with a great beat - this was a fun album from start to finish!

its been a hard days night -first song starts immediately with the energy. -COWBELL. -decent start i should have known better -left ear guitar is a bit jarring -little boring -the electric in the right is so plucky if i fell -nice little arpeggiated guitar or is it flanged idk -cheeky bit of harmony -its kind of dissonant -use of minor chords in the harmony is nice im happy just to dance with you -weird off beat low pitch drum -the guitar is so quiet in my right ear -the drums are so over powering and i love her -i think ive heard this song -oh yeah i have this is great -ooh lovely little arpeggiated guitar in the right -drums not needed for this track -ooh little solo nicee -click in the back is piercing tell me why -honky tonk dance track -its a bit much -tell me why they are kind of scary -not a fan of that high bit cant buy me love -yeah its a song -there was no need to scream sir -guitar solo was mid any time at all -like the bass line -the hook is nice -ooh nice piano -no clue who is singing ill cry instead -sad lyrics but the music is happy -heart breaker is no things we said today -all the drums sound electronic even though i know they aren't -Paul has had an easy time -cheeky change up with the tambourine -tambourine really just comes out of nowhere and attacks you when i get home -not a fan -whiney ah lyrics you cant do that -groovy -MORE COWBELL -god they are really hitting that cowbell -nicer harmonies for this song -i like the chorus -good guitar solo ill be back -back to the dissonance -kind of like the guitar riff every now and then Summary Overall yeah its good, its a Beatles album course its gonna be decent although a bit rough in spots. which makes sense as its one of their earlier albums coming out in 1964. some great songs in here but there isnt really a cohesive feel to it. fav song of the album would have to be and i love her, and least fav is when i get home or i should have known better.

Ok

Carried by the title track

pretty middle of the road Beatles album. Not my favourite ever but a couple bangers

What a great collection of pop songs. A great transition album from the previous 2. All songs written by Lennon-McCartney. They would go on to bigger and more adventurous musical interludes.

A couple of bangers but mostly just ok

Easy listening, surprisingly good. Not much of a Beatles fan 6.5-7/10, pleasantly surprised but nothing groundbreaking for me

Love the album only great songs

I love a bit of pop and who doesn't like the Beatles? Having said that, this is one of the most simplistic and least satisfying examples of the Beatles, it's got some stone cold classics, it's got hints at innovation but overall it has more filler than not.

No.

fun album, not as interesting as stuff to come

I don’t like the beetles

I knew it was coming. While I respect their place and influence on the music world, I’m not a fan.

Lots of songs about love and scoring dates and all that teenage tripe. Mercifully, it's short and catchy.

Historically significant for the boomers? Sure. Sophisticated? No. Different from what was normal at the time? True. Impresses me? Sorry, I'm spoiled by 60 years of pop music evolution.

Ehhhh… not a big fan of the early Beatles

5 out of 5 All bangers. The early years.

An uplifting pop-rock album. It's great to know the Beatles better.

A hard time not recognizing perfection.

One of my favorite Beatles albums that many would argue I favorite too much. But I like how condensed and punchy this is. I like it a lot so I’m going to put it 5 stars but I might bring it down to four

Just as I emerge from a recent Beatles rabbithole, this list goes and tries to pull me back in. Only my second Fab Four record from the list, and I’m glad we’re staying toward the beginning of the discography. I’m actually about half way through watching the Beatles 64 documentary right now, so this feels well timed. Is this as good as “the later stuff”, of course not. At least not good on the same way. This is album 3 of 13 (13! in 7 years) an it’s the first one they made after starting to get famous. It’s the first 100% Lennon/McCartney album without covers or standards or anything… and I won’t even talk about the movie stuff. My point is: even if it still kinda sounds like average 60s pop music, this album represents a lot of big steps on the Beatles journey. Before you can swim you have to tread water, and this record is the Beatles proving they can do that all on their own. It still blows my mind that in just a years time we’ll get Rubber Soul and everything after that is the stuff that the “later album” nerds always talk about. Yes, I’ll probably give a few of those records 5 stars, but we aren there yet. I’ve said before that it’s not fair to judge albums based on later albums, so I’ll rate this one in its own. I think it holds up against any other mid-60s records on this list and deserves to be required listening.

Favorite Track: You Can't Do That

This album is my childhood. So many good ones - dated in terms of some gender issues but still so fun.

For ever!!!

It is hard as my 5 points.

As a big fan of The Beatles later work, I can say that this album is fine. That’s not compared to other Beatles albums, that’s just compared to other music in general. McCartney and Lennon are obviously very talented songwriters, and there are some really good songs on here (See the title track and “And I Love Her”), but a lot of it is just decent 60s pop. Better than a lot of 60s pop, but just okay nonetheless.

Interesting to listen to their stuff so many years after the height in popularity

Feels empowering to rate a Beatles album at less than a 5 and less than a 4 at that.

Good old Beatles

own

4.7 egentligen

Some songs were good just not my taste of music

The first Beatles album to include original songs only! This was a sign of things to come. Extremely catchy and probably underrated within their discography. Nothing but a 5 from me!

I discovered this website yesterday. And since I basically listen to the same songs every day I was in desperate need of this. As someone who's never listened to a Beatles song in their life I was more than pleasantly surprised at this. The temptation to give it 5/5 was very much there but I found that I enjoyed the first half of the album more than the last. Probably because I prefer the snappier, fast paced ones but even songs like "And I Love Her" or "I'm Happy To Just Dance With You" really appealed to me. This is definitely a top notch album, with my favourites being "Can't Buy Me Love" or "A Hard Day's Night" (or maybe "I'm Happy To Just Dance With You"). Either way I'll listen to this a lot more for sure.

One of my favorite albums of all time , The Beatles find their step with a consistently clean track list of bangers on their first album of all original material .

their pop period, I'm on sgt. Pepper era

I don't have the energy to write a review of the Beatles. Listen, they're just not my #1 thing. But they're the Beatles. Nothing I can say here really matters.

There is nothing left to say about this album or the Beatles. For me personally, it's... musically: expertly crafted '60s guitar pop thematically: tediously repetitive

5/10 good but too old

It's the Beatles, man! How can you not enjoy them? Side 1 is much better than side 2 though.

Ladies and gentlement; The Bungles!!! Almost every album they did after this, is better (I say almost because of Beatles for Sale, always forget about that one), but it's hard to dismiss it nonetheless. People love A Hard Day's Night and And I Love Her with it's sweet guitar solo, they're classic! Can't Buy me Love is also quite liked I think! And I personally have a thing for I Should Have Known Better and Any Time At All! Love those two! Then I forgot about I'm Just Happy to Dance With You before listening for this for the 1001 exercise and it's catchy as heck! The last few songs are a bit weak and nothing on the album is ground breaking per se but I'd feel bad giving just a 3 for an album full of good fun bungles classic track! It's a-bang for your Bung (les)! God, I'm tired...

Not my favorite Beatles album

disco de la cancion "it's been aaa haaaaard daaaay's night" tiririririiii-like a doog. tipico beatles, sin mas, 2 o 3 de 5

Some songs are great, And I Love Her especially. Pretty ok for most of it though

One of my favorite Beatles albums

it was a very good album but it's not truly me cup of tea

Good albums! Good jams! I have no critical thoughts I just had a nice time!

Once again I find myself giving the Beatles a 3. Crazy, I know. Much like Revolver, I'm finding there's a couple of great songs and the rest is pretty average. (And yes, it hurt me deeply to give Eleanor Rigby a 3) I'm pretty confident there will be other Beatles albums that get higher ratings from me when I get to them (Abbey Road and Sgt. Peppers for example) but this one was just okay. I get why this was so big at the time, but there's so much better music still to come even just for The Beatles, let alone all of the music that is out there.

I listened to this about 3 times in the course of a couple days and at first some of it felt overplayed and very for radio (such short songs) but I grew to love it more and more. My favorite is Any Time at All, most gritty

A Hard Day’s Delight I’d give this one a 4.25 out of 5. There are a few absolute classics here, and I’ve always had a soft spot for Can’t Buy Me Love and A Hard Day’s Night. Safe to say I’ll be adding a few more to that favourites list now. The production still sounds surprisingly fresh, and the songwriting is just sharp. Tight, catchy, and full of charm without feeling overdone. You can hear how locked in they are as a band, and it’s hard not to admire how effortlessly they make it all sound. I sometimes feel like people either want to knock The Beatles because they’re so famous, or hand them five stars automatically because of the name alone. But stripping all that away, they’re just great musicians writing great songs. Simple as that. Had a genuinely good time with this one. It’s fun, confident, and packed with songs that you can just listen to again and again.

I liked the darker ballad-type songs. Not really a fan of the other stuff even if I get why it was important for popular music as a whole.

Goes by in a flash and is pleasant throughout with a handful of standout tracks (the ones you know already). Lyrics are pretty awful throughout - I, sky, why, etc. Some nice guitar work from George Harrison. It’s a decent record but nothing on what came 3 years later.

Had low expectations but surprisingly enjoyed it. I love this band for the record but have always just kind of brushed off half the first of their career similar to many of the british invasion bands. I guess that means I'm more inclined to their songwriting capability? Or that it's more likely to stand the test of time? Still very embedded in the late 50's/early 60's styles but just a nice listen and doesn't overstay its welcome.

82. ok

The songs are pretty good, but inconsistent in quality where the title track and "And I Love Her" stand far above the rest. Not my favorite Beatles album

Love this album reminds me of roadtrips w/ my grandmother

Fast and focused. Like a lot of early Beatles, it's quick and down to business putting out little songs, but with a little more bite in this one. Not all the songs are memorable but there are hits on here and a consistent tone. Highlights: And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, I'll Be Back, Things We Said Today

Incredibly excited, I really love The Beatles !! This album is so high energy, you can really dance to every song. Fav song is ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’.

A model album for me. Short and to the point with its songs. Songs are well put together and great individually as well as collectively. Just lacking the exclamation mark and the variety for the highest score. 4/5

Muy bueno muy cursi muy bueno

GENIOS

Quite a few songs I didn't reconise which was unexpected. I've never been a huge fan of The Beatles though.

Most songs made me angry. Has aged terribly. I get it was probably super progressive for boys to say they were crying back then but this whole album just read as one big immature whine to me. The lyrics (in terms on depth of content and the rhythm produced) is so basic and uninventive it sounds like it's been churned out by ai or a 7 year old. Woooo, I love you,  yes I do. It's true, don't make me tell you, I doooo Wooo woo woo Musically unimpressive, repetitive and boring. The fact I've never heard this album is testament to my mother's good taste in music. Clapping in 4/4 is for church and children and shouldn't feature on a studio produced album. The one time I thought "oo this is good", the album had finished and had started playing something else

Album No. 0164 on my list. "A Hard Day's Night" is the second Beatles album on my list, and because it's a relatively early one, the one of only two on the 1001 album list (together with "With The Beatles") that is not considered an uber-album (if that is even possible for the Beatles). This may be because it's a) relatively old and b) not so much an album as one consistent work, but rather a collection of songs, so the album itself matters somewhat less than the singles on it (in contrast to everything that came with/after "Rubber Soul"). Anyways, of the early Beatles albums, it's probably my favorite. I.e. in this context, it's the one with the most good songs. Of these, "A Hard Day's Night", the title track, is probably my favorite. Love the iconic chord at the beginning, and it's a great pop rock song, too, with great shared Lennon/McCartney lyrics. Other favorites include "I Should Have Known Better" (a classic early Beatles song), "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" (great George Harrison singing), and "Can't Buy My Love" (another McCartney Classic). I'll add all these to my playlist, especially because they represent all the early Beatles singing configurations: Lennon/McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, McCartney (sorry Ringo, you did sing some of my favorite Beatles songs ever, they just came later). The rest of the album is also not bad, but again: it's more a collection of songs, and not all of them are as great - as was custom at the time, there are some fillers here. Anyway, this is still the Beatles, and the four mentioned songs are just great: 4/5 stars!

The very best of the Early-Beatles era.

Two good songs. The rest is rubbish

I did not expect to be this entertained by the Beatles, but I had a good time listening to this album. They sound so old, but is so entertaining, I like this album even tho is not my style.

6/10 Best songs: A Hard Day's Night, Can't Buy Me Love This album takes me back to those halcyon days of youth in the 60s: riding bicycles on sidewalks under clear blue skies, fathers going to work to have affairs with their secretaries while mothers day-drank to stave off their existential angst and depression. Now, I never said that was my youth, ofc. This album is the exact music that has played in the background of period pieces for decades now. It's very much of the time, building the archetype of 60s rock music, but as a whole it's kinda boring. Sorry, but like, not really.

not my favourite Beatles album, but I still really like it

it's the beatles, but my least fave period

Such a great album!

Feels like a 5 coming on the heels of a Stones album

it's cute, i feel like only about half the tracks still hold up but it's a great marker for when songwriting for rock pop takes off

This is better than the last Beatles album I got, but still not amazing. It's fine music for 1964 though, I'll give them that, but just 5 years later we were getting much stronger bangers.

Much better than the White Album! Pretty good songs all around. I'm always surprised by how many Beatles songs I _don't_ know.

Some repetitive beats... Not bad overall.

We played a bunch of these songs in the Michigan Marching Band, and I dated a drummer for a while who was obsessed with the Beatles, so it really brought me back to the mid 90s, despite being an album from 12 years before I was born. The songs are catchy, but not stand-out.

Precious, sweet and easy to listen to! I am partial to the first half of the album, I felt myself getting lost in the second half. I enjoyed the closer and would play the full album through on a lovely spring/summer day.

I Should Be Sleeping Like A Log 1001 Albums Generator 233 (2/23/2026) I've never seen the film that this album accompanies, but I hear it's pretty good. Honestly, I wish I had more of a hot take about this album, but it's so clearly the best pre-Rubber Soul Beatles album that I can't have any other opinion about it. There aren't any covers and there aren't any Ringo-led songs. As a result, this is perhaps the first Beatles album where the genius of MCartney-Lennon was on full display. From that famous chord that opens A Hard Day's Night, which features George on a 12-string, John on an acoustic guitar, Paul on bass, and producer George Martin on piano, it's clear that the boys had leveled up. I'm such a sucker for these early Beatles folk pop songs like If I Fell and And I Love Her. They're just so cute man. And the latter has some amazing guitar work from George Harrison. The other side of this album is the stuff that make you just want to get out onto an old dancefloor after drinking a milkshake and just start movin. Stuff like I Should Have Known Better and the criminally underrated Tell Me Why. Now unfortunately, the second half of this album is just ever so slightly weaker, with I'll Cry Instead and When I Get Home being the weakest songs on the record, but it still has some great moments like Any Time At All and I'll Be Back. Honestly, I love this album. 4.5/5, rounded down to 4. Oh I forgot to mention Can't Buy Me Love whoops. Pretty good song. Favs: A Hard Day's Night And I Love Her Tell Me Why Least Fav: I'll Cry Instead

Very short but still super sweet. A hard days night, if i fell, cant buy me love and any time at all are my favorites on this lp.

fun n catchy music

its good but slightly repetitive

A good album. Not one for my regular rotation, but it's still good.

full of classics

Amazing offcorse it's the beatles I love her has always been a fav

Icônico. Filme bom também. Mas prefiro os Beatles dos últimos álbums.

Excellent music and vocals. Simply incredible for its time.

I’m never really going to give the Beatles less than a 3 purely out of respect anyways, but this wouldn’t deserve anything less. I think there’s a fair few better albums, probably just because the lyrics are a little dated with this one. Love and relationships just feel like they’ve evolved to the point where we’re allowed to voice the complications in the modern era, rather than being like I just love you in every way and that’s that, and I just think that it makes these lyrics seem a little dated. Ironically ‘and I love her’ is my fave here, and yes I’ve gone basic with the most popular. But the mix of guitars there is too good to ignore. Love a half hour listen also. Good innings all round.

This album is difficult for me to rate. It is very good. And there are more than a few pop classics that are enjoyable and easy listens. But I’ve never been a big Beatles fan. And this album is the epitome of their “early sound”; which is a dated sound that I can, and do, “appreciate” but it’s a sound that gets old very quickly for me…..unless it’s the Stones… 😉

Call me crazy but this album is kind of average as far as the Beatles go if you take out I Love Her and Can't Buy Me Love

Timeless pieces of music

Solid enough. It’s consistent, but it’s not The Beatles™️ just yet.

The start of the greatest thing ever

Bonus points for not being too long, at least.

Not many bands rival the revolutionary arc that the Beatles went on, and I feel like A Hard Day's Night is the right place to start that story. While there is not a ton of foreshadowing on this album in terms of where their music would go, I feel like you can hear how talented, tight and capable they already were in the early days. You can hear the influences that Paul, John and George all had on this album - different vocal and songwriting styles they were each developing. I do think I need the context of their whole career to appreciate this as much as I do. At face value, 10 songs about holding hands is a little much. I still got lots of enjoyment out of this but probably wont go back to there really early Beatles songs anytime soon.

This is the Beatles really coming into their own as songwriters with all original compositions and some all-time great songs like A Hard Day's Night and Can't Buy My Love. That said, other than the hits, I don't really love the dated pop sound. They are starting to sound like the band I love here, and I do appreciate the incredible influence they had on music, but they just haven't quite gotten there yet. Overall, it is a good album, just not one I reach for too frequently.

Still enjoyed it as a Beatles fan, but definitely not their best work.

I love the early Beatles stuff! Not quite a 5 but almost!

Rounding out an excellent week of music with another 4 - Beatles and not my go-to music, but I really enjoyed this album today

I love the Beatles, but the earlier bubblegum pop is not my favorite. A few standouts, but overall, it doesn’t hit me like the later catalog.

Favorite Song: A Hard Day's Night

Favorite Track: If I Fell