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I love this album. It's poppy and fun but evolved from where they started.
The Beatles may be the greatest band in the history of bands.
better than peppers
Is it ridiculous to say that A Hard Day's Night is underrated? Sure it's made by the Beatles, but it's never mentioned alongside their legendary 5 album run from Rubber Soul to Abbey Road. In my opinion, this album is easily of the quality of the 5, and I'd personally place it within my top 5 Beatles records. Its just so much fun, but has depth and range and genuinely clever and intricate songwriting. 5/5
A classic!!
Ahh, I have very vivid memories tied to this album. I remember driving for hours through the southern U.S.A. to get to Destin, FL with this album playing on repeat in the family car. When I hear this album, I think of white Gulf of Mexico sand, Gameboy Advance, Spongebob in the hotel room, and souvenir shops full of beach and pirates ship trinkets. Thanks Mom and Dad for that trip. For nostalgia reasons, this will get a higher rating, but it's also just a good album. There's a reason The Beatles have been so popular and so successful for so long. It's classic British pop rock, the drums are clean and precise, the bass is on point, and the lyrics are shallow, light hearted, and simple. It's everything that makes pop, pop. 10/10.
60's pop at it's peak. Can't go wrong with this one.
5 stars, loved it
I mean yeah its The Beatles so like what can you really do. Its a decent album with music that would rock your world in the 60's. But its been 60 years and I don't know maybe it's the wrong Beatles album for me.
It's a great album and iconic and all that, but I've heard it so many times just in movies/tv. Of course it's great and still a fun listen every once in a while and I'm sure it changed music etc... It's just not something that I would listen to or seek out just due to the saturation I experienced growing up. Great stuff for the generation before mine. It is interesting how short all the songs are and how short the entire album is when you listen to it all at once.
buenooo me gusto mucho dentro de este álbum está una de mis canciones favs de ellos ¨ and i lover her¨, me encanta esa focking canciónnnn. La portada es iconic en todos los sentidos y pues ya dije q me gusto y asi es un buen álbum pero no el mejor diria yio
Delightful!
Amazing harmony and composition
Great Beatles album
Abysmal
I must admit that I kind of struggle to care about pre-Rubber Soul Beatles albums. That being said, A Hard Day's Night is definitely one of the best pre-Rubber Soul Beatles albums. But I was not someone who was raised on The Beatles, and these songs do not live in my DNA, like they seem to for so many. So when I hear A Hard Day's Night, I can really just hear a collection of good songs. I understand that The Beatles were doing groundbreaking stuff in pop music, but as someone who did not live through it, I just don't love these songs enough to force myself to mentally travel to 1964 in order to justify a 5 star rating. And even if it wasn't exactly the same sort of music, people were making great, groundbreaking stuff before The Beatles. It's just that if I say that I think The Shape of Jazz To Come or something like that was a greater musical leap forward, I sound like a lunatic because an entire Earth's worth of music listeners happened to disagree, which then causes the Beatles to win the culture war that was never really happening. But at the same time, I do understand how incredible it was that the most popular band on Earth insisted on consistently evolving their sound, all while retaining their status as the most popular band on Earth. Anyways, I digress: as I said, this is a very consistent collection of good pop songs. They're brisk, catchy, and musically distinct. They're also all originals, which was unique for the time. There really isn't anything bad here, but at the same time, there isn't anything that truly penetrates my cold, callous, Beatles-Skeptic heart enough to make me regularly revisit this. There are Beatles albums I truly love, but this era just doesn't work for me the way it seems to work for so many.
Standard Beatles fare! "And I Love Her" struck home, very nice. The rest was fine but didn't really connect. Very listenable though.
Pre-psychedelia Beatles are just fun little guys jamming. You can't help but move to the title track. The rest of the tracks are pretty cool too, but the album's kinda short. Its okay 6/10
Early Beatles that is raw but tight. Starting to sound dated but still a good listen
Kinda everything I dislike about the Beatles with a little bit of what I like about them
Bright, catchy songs. Every song is fabulous.
Classic Beatles. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed their earlier stuff until i went back and listened to all of it. Solid hits and cool deeper cut tracks
I mean it's the Beatles right? Iconic everything. This is not my favorite album of theirs or sound really, for me everything kicks in from Rubber Soul on. But we know every single song they put out is at least a 3/5 if not higher. I can't believe this is the first Beatles album I've gotten. All I can hear before even starting my listen is that chord kicking off 'Hard Days Night'. I'll repeat myself this is not my favorite of theirs, 'If I Fell', 'I Should Have Known Better', 'Can't Buy Me Love' are all seriously amazing songs.
Freitag, 30.01.2026 - Sonntag, 01.02.2026 ~ Rund um die Uhr ~ In der S1 auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, wartend vorm Boesner an der Karl-Marx-Straße, bei meinen Eltern, im Titania Palast.
Samstag, 31.01.2026 Beim kochen einer Bolognese nach Marcella Hazans Rezept
No one can dispute this is a classic album and the list would be incomplete without the Beatles
fave song: a hard day's night
The first Beatles album I actually liked!
Leuk, bager na banger, maar weinig variatie
After six tracks or so, I began to lose interest. The title track and Can’t Buy Me Love aside, it all sort of blended into one. I wanted the songs lesser known to me to pique my interest more than they did, but I was left underwhelmed.
Es gab wirklich zu viel 'I love you' in diesen Songs. Waren sie faul, oder wollten sie nur das schnelle Geld machen?
Mesela bu da diğer albümlere benziyor aslında ama güzel geliyor? vocal vibes sanrmm
omg its the Beatles.sounding exactly like Beatles. its like they have the Beatles essence in their core.
Didn't think I was that into early Beatles, but this really had some bangers! In particular, I Should Have Known Better and Any Time At All really stood out. Still not that into Can't Buy Me Love, but wonder if that would have really hit when the world was in black and white. Overall, sold!
very 80s obviously. good but not in the mood.
Love it 4/5
Yeah, ok.
An absolute classic. (A reminder to me to edit this later so that I can write a more detailed review)
The good songs are as good as Early Beatles can be, but the bad ones are BAD. Thankfully the good ones outnumber the bad by around 11:2, so that's great Movie's a nice time as well
5 stars just for the intro chord.
solid beach boys battle album but definitely the worst work of the Beatles
So many love songs.. abit too many for a 5 star but incredibly ahead of their time and amazing song making 4.5.
Nice warm feeling album felt homey an real but overall just a really good album nothing that completely blew me away
A bit plain-sounding, compared to their later work, of course, but still great.
This was...fine. I used to viscerally loathe the Beatles, mostly because I couldn't stand the songs of theirs that I heard played on the radio, most of which I determined were pop dreck. I've moderated a bit in my old age, and now consider them somewhat listenable. I mean, Revolver is a legit great album that I'm pretty sure I awarded a 5. Nonetheless, this is a band I won't typically voluntarily listen to, particularly the first six albums. But, as noted, with age and wisdom (and possibly worse knees), I won't leap to the radio to turn them off. This album definitely falls under the category of "won't play voluntarily/will leave on the radio." I had to take a break mid-listen to play some Caspar Brötzmann, but I was able to go back and finish the task at hand. The title track and You Can't Do That are perhaps the best tracks on here. Overall, this about a 2.5, so I'll round to 3 for the great artwork on the album cover.
It's hard not to grade Beatles albums on a curve. It seems like we are going to see most of their discography and solo albums too. The hits on this one are good, but not my favorite. I'm a big fan of If I Fell, And I Love Her, and Tell Me Why. The second half is not nearly as strong.
It's great to really sit down and listen to these classic songs that you think you know, and appreciate new things about them.
7/10
Favourite song- Can't buy me love Worst song- I'll be back Rating 3.5/5
A classic! I was 5 years old when this was first released and so I didn't listen to it seriously until much later, in my teen years. But it's been one of my favorites since the 70's.
Awesome catchy Rock/Pop Album
Tell me why is a banger. Title track bangs Can't Buy Me Love is a cracker If i fell, decent Its clearly great, but its not 5. I just prefer latter half beatles. 4
one of the beatles albums ever
It's a Beatles album.
17/01/2026 Beatles really have surprised me. I won't go out of my way to listen to them... but they're not a bad listen. Spotify listeners: 34.4 million
fav song - and I love her
Fav song- if I fell
I'm not a fan of the Beatles. I appreciate what they have done for music but can't really get into them.
The third Beatles album is a major improvement over the first two. While I consider Help! and most of the albums that come after as better than this one, it still is a very important and significant album for the Beatles' career. Its back when an album was just a collection of songs rather than its own constructed thing. This one is a great example of what albums used to be.
Their third album. Rock / Pop. Those two opening tracks are great, If I Fell, And I Love Her and Can't Buy Me Love are all stone cold classics too. This is probably their most 'Pop' album. John bring cheeky and in your face while Paul is hitting us a little more softly. Wonderful album.
I did not enjoy:(
this album is fine. i feel like i would like it more if i listened to it 20 more times but i don’t think ill ever do that lol. some good songs here and there but i don’t really care for them. they have better songs in other albums. their early stuff is okay. 5/10
My least favorite of all their Albums
It's the Beatles so it's a solid album. Not crazy about it though.
I love this album! “And I Love Her” is my favorite song. I adore this sweet early era of the Beatles. These songs make me want to dance! 🕺 The melody and harmonies on “Things We Said Today” are haunting. “You Can’t Do That” is not my fav—it does not age well. I love the Spanish guitar they use on this album!!!
A solid album overall, but older Beatles just doesn't do a whole lot for me. 3/5
✅️
Не фанат Битлз, альбом предсказуемо 6/10 для меня. Приятенькое звучание, но нудно и большинство песен звучат одинаково. Топ-3: 1) And I Love Her 2) I'll Be Back 3) A Hard Day's Night
Fun album. I am still preferring the later Beatles work for the most part, but it's a great pop album, great harmonies in the singing, enjoyable album.
too noise
"8/10" - baeli "7/10" - robert
A Hard Day's Night is certainly a fitting end for my Beatles journey on this list (minus that one George Harrison album i have yet to do) not because it's a great album but because it is more or less exemplary of The Beatles' early career. It's really boring, samey, repetitive and pretty much does nothing unique or special or that hasn't already been done. It also might be the worst of the Beatles albums i have listened to thus far because even the other Beatles albums i gave a 2 at least had one standout track, this one doesn't really have any. This album was not unbearable which is why i can't justify giving this 1 star but it just reinforces the fact (to me, at least) that the Beatles were a band that never really hit their stride until 1966. Best Song: You Can't Do That Worst Song: If I Fell Side Note: Since this is my last Beatles album (by the whole band of course) here is the rankings of them: 1. The Beatles (The White Album) 2. Revolver 3. Abbey Road 4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 5. Rubber Soul 6. With The Beatles 7. A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles are always incredible, but there’s something about their later-era work that is especially magical. That stretch feels like watching a band evolve in real time—pushing boundaries, experimenting fearlessly, and turning pop music into something deeper, stranger, and more ambitious. So this album is great but not my favorite Beatles work.
Not my favourite Beatles album by a long shot but there were some little songs on here. The title track starts the album in a perfect way with the first chord setting the vibe. Can’t buy me love is another classic. The harmonica playing on I Should Have Known Better was amazing. A great “new” find
Nothing but sugar
a classic for a reason
I really enjoy the ballads during this time, but the entire album… eh
Classic!
Die Jungs haben Potenzial, schade dass der Schlagzeuger den Takt nicht trifft
Beatles are my favorite band of all time, but you can sort of hear how this early album is very cookie cutter and presented as what was then considered like - new wave pop. Some absolute bangers on there though. Reminds me of childhood.
Hate to give any Beatles release less than a 4 considering their influence. I’m not making a point or weird statement about anything or trying to have an original “take” on the most popular band of all time. Just listening to this record on its own, there are a handful of tracks that weren’t memorable.
I dont like it
Just a classic album
Classic Beatles album. Of course it’s a banger
An easy listen
The Beatles... what else can be said?
The perfect pop album! Always loved it, always will.
start of rock and roll
This album was perfect for it's time, and every time. The harmonies are superb.
no m gusto mucho
- I used to listen to the Beatles a lot, but I don’t anymore now that I know that John engaged in DV and Paul is a Zionist. - It’s not my favourite Beatles period - I find this stuff dated in that sunny simple 60s and/or sexist way. - Obviously, there are some classic tunes on here — The instrumentation can be kind of basic, but the songwriting is solid, and you can hear that they're getting more interesting than their older stuff. I love how "And I Love Her" has a great minor sound with positive lyrics and "Tell Me Why" has a major sound with sad lyrics, I always love those contradictions in music. - There's also a lot of filler.
The Beatles' first album of all original material is also a big improvement over their previous album. While most of the songs follow the same formula, it also has a bit more variety, with "If I Fell" and especially "And I Love Her" being slower and looser than their typical pop rock sound. "Can't Buy Me Love" is probably my favorite song here, as I like its doo-wop feel and its lyrics. The first side is definitely stronger than the second, and by the end the variety has waned and its worn out its welcome. None of the songs are bad necessarily, though the lyrics on "You Can't Do That" come off as a bit controlling. This is probably their best album before Help even if it doesn't quite hint at the heights they'd eventually reach. This is a low 3, but it's a 3.
this album put me to sleep
it’s the Beatles
Not the best of the early Beatles, but it's still Beatles
I love this album it was fine. I believe The Beatles weren't "legendary" with this album but ı love the tenderness and the lyrics of the songs. I got shivers while listening "I'll Be Back" I LOVE THE "I'LL BE BACK".
song 1: 8/10 song 2: 10/10 song 3: 7/10 song 4: 6,5/10 song 5: 5,5/10 song 6: 9/10 song 7: 6/10 song 8: 7/10 song 9: 6,5/10 song 10: 6/10 song 11: 7,5/10 song 12: 8/10 song 13: 6/10
#2/1001 🇺🇸 and a Beatles album already. This is great fun, packed with 2 1/2 minute pop songs. Its obviously part of their evolution but I'm (maybe unfairly) comparing it with their later more experimental records, so its getting 3 stars. Can't buy me Love and And I Love Her are the stand out tracks for me.
Did not like it
Not much you can say about this album that hasn’t been said a million times. This album really marked their growth and maturity into The Beatles we would all come to love. My favorite thing about this album is its ability to speak so deeply to the Universal truths we all experience. The Beatles had such a unique way of mixing joy and pain in their music and lyrics, and this is a perfect example of it. I think what made them truly great was their ability to connect both music and story very universally and relevantly to our souls.
Ugh. Look, I'm a Beach Boys guy.
I see Beatles. I click 5*
The singles are decent. Mostly filler. Later albums are much better.
Always has been one of my favorites from The Beatles especially pre-rubber soul era. Lots of great memories with some of the more popular songs from this album as well as the movie. Really start to see the talents of Lennon and McCartney song writing start to shine here. An easy listen and great to hear them start to find their stride. They are the best to ever do it and look forward to hearing a lot more Beatles albums with this challenge.
Fine overall, and relatively unique for 60s standards (musically at least, not so miluch thematically: "love love love love love"). 3/5 On second listen, I really can't get past how so many songs are about love and just how repetitive they are. My 4 year old were listening with me and even noticed: "this song is about love too??". Sorry Beatles, but give me yeat/charli xcx any day. 2.4/5 -> 2/5
Solid classic Beatles
Bubble gum pop rock, not really my thing. I enjoyed hard days night and can't buy me love, but the rest feels like a bit of a wash of the same twangy, earnest sound that doesn't really do it for me. 3/10
Good album. Hard to give the Beatles anything below a 4 star.
I don’t like the Beatles
Liked Songs: - A Hard Day's Night - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - Tell Me Why - Can't Buy Me Love - Any Time At All - You Can't Do That - I'll Be Back
It's a better than bad so 6/10 3/5
I tend to listen to a range of music genres but even though I know and like some of the big Beatle’s songs I have never actually listen to a whole album of theirs before. I did like this album there is some nice songs in here for sure standouts to me being ‘im happy just to dance with you’, ‘and I love her’ and ‘can’t buy me love’. I can definitely appreciate and respect what the Beatles have done from listening to this album as well as hearing what others say about them. However, this album was just good for me not great, an enjoyable listen yes but not life changing.
Vanilla music, nothing exciting but not bad
Fun album with some cool psychedelia infused. Was that intentional, or is that even accurate? Not sure, but regardless, the Beatles doing what they be doing. Churning out ultra catchy ditties.
Beatles beat all
An excellent album from start to finish, not groundbreaking to say. Super quick listen but all bangers
Captures the early Beatles pop-rock formula and the essence of Beatlemania and a "band as a personality" archetype. Neat timing because we just got the Byrds the other day. I learned specifically of the influence of this album on their sound of Mr. Tambourine Man and, subsequently, 60s rock. Particularly Harrison's jangly Rickenbacker 12-string. Not many opening chords are as instantly recognizable as this one. Can't say it holds up quite as well as their later more experimental albums, as it still contains elements of the early pop "Everly Brothers-style" lightweight rock. I think i like the singles but could leave the rest to the "historically important but sonically left behind" list.
When I’m in the mood for a Beatles fix, I rarely reach for anything pre–Rubber Soul. Because of that, it had been a while and coming back now, I appreciate the songs and the songwriting a lot more than I remembered.
A fun and sweet Beatles record. Infectious hits with great harmonies and melodies.
It doesn't show much of what they would become. Still its a good collection of simple pop songs.
I don't think there's an album in the Beatles Discography that I wouldn't give a 5 to.
Es un lindo album, no soy fan de John pero a pesar de eso me gusta. Los Beatles tontos enamorados me dan ternura y me dan muchas ganas de escucharlos así.
Its The Beatles! I know they are good! But also I listen to them and I feel bored But then Can't By Me Love comes on and holy moly I get it. (this will happen with every Beatles album. I don't think they are an album artist)
I am very biased when it comes to The Beatles. I unabashedly love them. I have since my young childhood. They were my favorite band for a very long time, something I shared with my mom in my youth. Admittedly I do prefer their later albums, but I also think their earlier ones have many great tunes. This record in particular is probably my favorite of their first few, given that there are no covers and what could feel like some toss-offs. It feels like their first fully formed album. In listening today I once again tried to do so with fresh ears, and what took me a bit by surprise was my preference for songs that used to take a bit of a backseat. These included And I Love Her, Any Time At All, and You Can't Do That. The other thought is that there is only one song that did absolutely nothing for me, and that was When I Get Home. My last comment is that the movie A Hard Day's Night is awesome and adds to the enjoyment of the music immensely. It's funny and touching (at times) and shows what Beatlemania was really like.
Кращий з ранніх бітлів. Взагалі я б йому поставив 4.5. Але тут як завжди треба визначитися чітко і підвищу на 5, бо в порівнянні з більшістю біт гуртів того часу Бітли просто на голову вище.
Я не великий прихильник ранніх бітлз, але цей альбом люблю. And I Love Her - одна з перших пісень, яку я на гітарі навчився грати від початку до кінця (причому навіть партії обидвох гітар).
LOVE this album! Sang it in 5th grade because we had too and I will never forget it. Can't Buy Me Love is my favorite track on the album.
This was fine. Very easy listen and only 30 minutes long. However at my core I am not excited by the Beatles. Title track slaps and some other Beatles songs do too but the rest of it I find samey. I will always respect the instrumentation, the musicality and the huge influence which the Beatles had on music, specifically pop music - but I will never go back for the listen.
sonically beautiful well played and filled with catchy tunes, but god damn these boys are such sweeties i cant take this shit. too many mushy love songs for my taste, my least favorite kind of song. highlights: ripper solo on A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, latin influences on AND I LOVER HER makes me forget it's sappy for a while, ANY TIME AT ALL has a chorus with a nasty little riff that shows some early edge, THINGS WE SAID TODAY is spooky. I like that. 3
the repetitive jolly nature of the first few songs had me quite hesitant. enjoyed hearing 'I'm Happy Just To Dance With You' and 'And I Love Her'. then we fell back into that merry-go-round folk feel....
"And I Love Her" is the best song out of the whole album. A lot of the songs gave the same lovey dovey.
Absolute quality- every tune a banger and soooo well produced for its day.
It's no Abbey Road, but it's still fantastic
January 4, 2026 - January 4, 2026 - I completely understand why the Beatles are like One Direction of the 1960s; however, this was my second Beatles album in a row, and as much as the songs are extremely catchy and I love listening to the foundation of the British Invasion, all the songs sound extremely similar.
The album that started the Beatles mania. At times it feels a bit twee, so tame compared with where they will go. There are classics here- “A Hard Days Night”, “And So I Love Her”. “Can’t Buy Me Love”. Oh to have been there when these songs were taking over the radio waves.
3/5
Not my thing really but was short and fun!
I went into this one thinking I'd enjoy it a lot more than I actually did, it wasn't the worst, had a few songs I'd probably put on a 'Favorite Beatles' mixtape(A Hard Day's Night, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, Can't Buy Me Love, maybe Any Time At All) but 4/13 songs that I like and wouldn't skip doesn't really elevate the album past 2 stars for me.
Classic - enjoyed it
Very fresh and upbeat
A classic.
Woah the no more fan mail guy has a band. But yeah it surprises me I got 9% through the project before encountering anything Beatles. I knew most the songs already and a lot of good stuff
Not my favorite Beatles album, but has some great sing along songs.
Finished in the car ride from San Antonio to Houston!
This is very Beatlemania. A bunch of catchy love songs with jangly guitars. Easy listening, pop-forward… every cheesy thing you ever said to your high school ex.
Classic
Solid early Beatles album
Pretty good, especially Can't Buy Me Love and Hard Days Night. But hey, it's the Beatles and it's their mainstream stuff before they got weird.
This was somehow even more 60s cheese than I was expecting. Almost every song just sounded like a copy-paste of each other. There's hardly any creativity here, and this is only enjoyable if you're young and don't have a properly developed music taste. 'Can't Buy Me Love' is probably the only good one on here.
It’s the Beatles, it’s good, and it’s also exactly what i was expecting.
I've never been a big fan of Beatles and I thought their music wasn't my kind of thing, but this album is very catchy and has some good tracks. Overall I'm positively surprised.
Really liked a few of these- the rest weren't notable. One sounded like early Decemberists kind of which I liked.
I liked this more than I thought. I still think the Beatles are overdone, and I can't really blame them for that - it's just the way of things. There songs on this album were catchier and better than other Beatles albums I've tried.
por qué son tan cortas las canciones??? no puedo puntuar bajo a los beatles porque gracias a ellos tenemos a one direction, pero -1 punto por recordarme a una ex
boy band pre boy bandova zanimljivo sto su pesme kratke (<3 min), a 1960 neke su
Cmon now. It’s the first Beatles album with only original material. Banger of a pop album
Good but not the best Beatles album
Meg
It’s interesting listening to the early rock music that would later influence both rock and pop genres. It’s a cohesive album with a flowing theme.
Another absolute classic
Road trip with the family. We all sang along, perfect use of this record/band.
Surprisingly short songs. Not for me
i really enjoyed this album!! definitely will be revisiting this in the future :)
There is better Beatles
bon, pas le meilleur
this is such a different beatles experience from my previous listens and as a lover of pop I could not help but be so pleased
I liked it! B side was kinda weak but And I Love Her is great.
It’s difficult to rate an absolute classic. Like many, I prefer the later Beatles, but acknowledge this had to come first. The early Beatles are also totally a vibe, and with tight harmonies on tracks like If I Fell, it’s easy to see what sparked the Beatlemania obsession. They were excellent. As I kid, I was only exposed to early Beatles. So in a way, I associate these youthful songs with my own youth. The lyrics carry an innocent wisdom. The guitar work is simple, but does the trick. As I grew, I ventured into the later Beatles, so I had an opportunity to experience the expansion of human experience alongside the Fab Four in a somewhat mirrored trajectory. Once I heard Rubber Soul and Revolver though, I rarely returned to A Hard Day’s Night. Occasionally I’d return to Help. But, there is a feeling that once you venture into the more complex, interesting, and mature Beatles, the early albums seem base. If I were rating all the Beatles albums, A Hard Day’s Night would be near the bottom of my personal list. When excluding obvious influence and how this album helped to form society as we know it, when one just looks at the music itself compared to the other albums on this list, it still does rank pretty high. That’s a testament to the Beatles. They’re still music’s biggest name across all listener-types for a reason. Would we still revere A Hard Day’s Night if The Beatles broke up after making it, if they hadn’t recorded anything else? It’s impossible to fathom, since the butterfly effect would gut what music became without The Beatles entirely, but I do think it’d be on this list.
Been waiting for a Beatles album for a while.. a classic
i enjoyed it more as it went on.
A solid Beatles record, my favorite from the Beatlemania era. Amazing songs from Paul and John. The "A hard days night" chorus is phenomenal and songs like and I love her and if I fell are beautiful.
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
Beatles bringing some real toxic masculinity there towards the end of this one. Not my favorite Beatles album. I can't imagine it is anyone's favorite Beatles album. I don't know what my favorite Beatles album is (maybe Let it Be just to be different) but it's not this.
Stark
A solid early Beatles album, they had finally moved away from a mixture or original and cover songs, and while this has its weak moments, the highs are so so good such as "And I Love Her", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Things We Said Today", and "I'll Be Back". A step up from the early Beatles to more mature Beatles.
Young Pop Beatles while fun, can all blend together. Sure there are Harmonies, but I am not convinced of the singing ability of any of the Four. Maybe I am just used to the modern sheen of contemporary singing which smooths out any and all rough edges to a shiny perfection. And yes, recording is different 60 years later, but these songs all sound like first takes, or were recorded live. It's The Beatles though so any and all criticisms come from having experienced this all of my life, and experienced their widespread influence on all music.
To attempt to criticise this record for the consistency of its 3-minute bangers would be tantamount to accusing Pythagoras of being a touch formulaic with his “a² + b² = c²” material. The fact of the matter is that every drumbeat, bass line, strum, arpeggio, solo, lyric or harmony sits precisely where it was always meant to; that each verse, chorus and middle eight fits precisely where it should; that each song on this album fits jigsaw like in place; and that the album sits snugly as a cornerstone of twentieth century pop music development. It might not be the most challenging Beatles record, but some of the magic of songs like “A Hard Days Night”, “I Love Her”, “Can’t Buy Me Love” is how effortlessly they’re received. It might not be difficult to work out the missing side of a triangle – but it took a genius to make it easy.
really fw the song if I fell. nice album to just listen while drawing or painting
it was fun I guess! Fav: Can’t Buy Me Love
not my favorite Beatles album but it had some good songs! sometimes it just felt repetitive
Nice music, what you'd expect from The Beatles. Beautiful melodies, soft guitars and voices, creative compositions. 3,75/5.
banger
can't believe this album is on here...Revolver is their best album tho
Early signs of John's abusive tendencies, eh
It's the Beatles. I love it. I don't know that it's my favorite of their albums, but still better than most.
I’ve never been a massive Beatles person so this was new to me. But it’s inoffensive. Very short songs though. I don’t know but I always considered older songs to be longer. But pleasantly surprised. Favourite songs: Hard days night I’m happy just to dance with you Can’t buy me love
Omiljene: a hard’s day night , any time at all, I’ll cry insted, you can’t do that Ukupno: 3,63/5 Sve u svemu bas dobar album, mislila sam da će biti malo dosadan ali uospte nije. Super ritam i muzika- chill, happy, prolece, žuta boja vibes
Good album if I was a teenage girl in the 60s this would've hit but as of now I'm not the biggest Beatles fan I like their music but it doesn't speak to me. And I Love Her sounds just like My Sweet Lord or whatever it is by George Harrison(?). It was interesting and I added most songs to my general playlist. Favourite: Any Time At All/Things We Said Today Least favourite: You Can't Do That
5. The album begins with perhaps the most famous rattling chord in rock history to start an album. And it's the Beatles....5.
Just masterful songcraft and playing, cool experiments - folks will perhaps always argue about that opening chord. Movie's fun too.
Some good classics recently
AMAZING
Pop music with a capital P. I'm waiting for the drugs to kick in and the sound to get weird Sgt. Pepper, but it never does. It’s the sonic equivalent of a very nice, very tidy haircut. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - A Hard Day's Night - I Should Have Known Better - Can't Buy Me Love
Iconic early Beatles. This is album of songs, many I know word for word. 'And I love her' is my stand out. It is difficult to see how the Beatles would evolve to invent the album.
Classic
Very good album, has one of my fav Beatles songs - And I Love Her. I’ve listened to this album many times & always enjoy it.
The Beatles aren't really my thing. 3.5⭐
their weakest album
It's tough to give this anything less than 5 stars. It's arguably the best of the early Beatles albums, and pretty much every song is a banger.
I mean, come on. It's the Beatles. Even their early hokey stuff is pretty damn good. Almost every song on this album is a banger and most of them were hits of which I can sing almost every word. Five stars.
classic beatles. cant go wrong, every song is great
My favorite song was And I Love Her. I thought most of the songs kinda sounded the same tbh but i don’t think it was a bad album. I’ve never been much a Beatles fan but I wanted to give them a chance with this album
A million things have been written about this, but it's still very good, especially considering how quickly it was made.
The film was better :-)
I love the Beatles
Good
Yep, sounds exactly like classic ‘60s Beatlemania.
Yes
With A Hard Day's Night, we finally enter the first of 3 Beatles "soundtrack" albums where it blurs the line between original soundtrack for a film and studio release. This is really where The Beatles started to pump out some quality Pop Rock in their typical 60s sound where they still continued to sound above a majority of other releases while not ever doing anything too crazy. It is a safe project by all means, but not to the extent of With The Beatles. The songs are more thoughtful and charming as well as being enjoyable from front to back as this is The Beatles' shortest project ever. All and all, Hard Day's Night is a solid album with solid songs in a solid discography. There really isn't too much else that can be said here if you ask me.
It's very good especially for the 60s but I fant help but think The Beatles have better. 3/5
Ok, I get that it's The Beatles, but why would you include this and not the first record? I think that one is much more deserving. This one is just ok.
It’s The Beatles, so you pretty much know exactly what you’re gonna get when you press play. I’m sure this was a revolutionary sound back in the early 60s, but it seems so pedestrian to me here in 2025. My music tastes are just not at all into the British Invasion stuff. The hits are really good, but the glut of deep cuts on here just don’t hit for me at all. 3/5
More Beatles... 60s pop rock. Maybe it broke ground then, but it's just boring today... Best track - I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, And I Love Her, Tell My Why 3 stars
HELL YEAH
I liked it, but it’s not what I would really listen to, I added like 3-4 songs of the album on my playlist and the rest I found it cool but yeah
great album
sommige nummers kende ik al maar ik kende dit album zelf nog niet. Wel leuk, classic beatles geluid en album
All you need is love… oh baby. I wish I was alive during these age. If I could just wear nice clothes and shoes, and hang at the sugar bar and drink milkshakes and dance with the beautiful ladies I would be happy following the law of the Beatles. Love these scousers..
Classic, romantic, emotional, warm!!!
I love this album and have listened to it a lot lately
I don’t care what people say about early Beatles, this album is a delight to listen to.
What strikes me about this collection, now, or one of the things, is that here you really see John and Paul emerging as their early personas: Paul as the impish charmer with a gift for rhythm and melody (a la Can't Buy Me Love) and John as the tortured, jealous self-styled Brando, James Dean Lothario womanizer type (on some really brutal tracks like You Can't Do That) and it's such a schism of mood that it allows young George to come peering through the cracks here with a song or two... this is a moment where you can really see what thrilled and terrified the culture, this biblical choir with raw teen horniness at the root, angels with dirty faces, the band becoming themselves.
this is my sixth beatles album. wtf? they can be as legendary as they want but there's no way this legitimates putting 6 of their albums into a best of compilation of all times. i'm starting to give them 1 star out of spite now...
Perfection
Comme la majorité des albums pré-Rubber Soul, c’est un très bon recueil de chansons avec plusieurs gros hits, mais sans grande cohésion. Je maintiens que la liste aurait dû inclure Please Please Me au lieu de cet album ou bien With The Beatles, que je trouve par son innocence et son enthousiasme bien plus tight et consistant.
A really good album, I liked A Hard Day's Night and I Should Have Known Better the most.
GOING IN: No strong feelings LISTENED WHILE: with my morning cuppa FAMILIARITY: Know a few songs SKIP RATE: Played it straight through REPLAY VALUE: Once was plenty DISCOVERY CURVE: Got it by the end ALBUM ARC: Solid all the way VERDICT: Fair enough BODY'S VERDICT: Decent head wobble FAVOURITE TRACK: Can't Buy Me Love My Rating: 3
Nice feel good love songs.
Listenable.
This is a difficult one to rate. It was before The Beatles became properly interesting musically, but this is still a collection of well-crafted pop songs.
didn’t listen
Most of these songs sound pretty cool, but I kinda expected more from the way ppl talk about the Beatles. This sounds like it wouldve been on every radio station during the summer. 6/10
BORINGGGG...not bad music though. No soul, no passion, no aggression. Feel like I'm in a jive bar Saved (x/13) - And I Love Her (from the second she started she was different than the others...shes not like other girls)
This was good - I don’t know how much I will ever be a Beatles fan beyond the singles but this was still enjoyable to listen to. A really solid 30 minutes of well written songs and melodies. Probably not something I will ever really be coming back to to listen to again from start to finish but there are still some songs that I would listen to regularly in isolation.
Has my favorite Beatles song, I think it’s just great
i mean, it's fine
This will be my first 5 star album. It's not even my favorite Beatles album, but it's so technically and melodically superior. Somehow, in half the length they're crushing out the best riffs and harmonies. Damn this album is fine. The lyrics are all awesome, too. Real life but poised and relaxed. Yeah. I can see why these guys created what we know as pop music today. <3
First beatles album after 150ish reviews... I wonder how many more there will be? Early Beatles, sappy, saccharine sweet.. but threatening all the same? Not to worry - like many people 40+ I was bought up on a diet of 60's music with The Beatles firmly at the centre of that universe. wont hear a bad word said about them to be honest. so many great memories growing up. My one consistent criticism is there is always something missing in the mix with the Beatles. like its just not crisp. anyway great listen
Not my favorite of their discography, but it’s hard not to appreciate their sound.
This isn't my favorite era of the Beatles and this album was absolutely not what I was in the mood for this morning. Still, Any Time at All grabbed me and changed my how I was feeling about the whole thing ⭐⭐⭐.25
I'm not as big of a fan of pre-Rubber Soul Beatles. Still, chock full of great originals.
Great album, or soundtrack I guess. A Hard Day's Night and Can't Buy Me Love are just the ones everyone knows. There are some other very good songs here. Early Beatles albums sound kind of cliched, but it's because they pretty much created the sound that was so often imitated. Personally, I do prefer their music from Rubber Soul and later, but because the early albums were so popular it gave them the freedom to do their later stuff. This is an easy 5 for me.
ебать ну это классика
The more I think about this album the higher I rate it. A classic of 60s pop / rock and even though that era isn't my favourite, the track list is just so consistently great. The title track is a lot of fun, and I love the harmonies on If I Fell, and Tell Me Why / Can't Buy Me Love / Any Time At All is an epic three song run on the digital version.
6/10 Favourite: And I Love Her Least Favourite: You Can't Do That
I love everything about the beetles they do no wrong in my eyes. All of their music sounds good to me. 5 easy
Some really good songs on here and overall great pop, can’t give it a 5 but it’s up there
The Beatles are slowly getting better here but honestly aren't all that amazing at the moment. Some decent tunes but certainly nothing that amazes.
Iconic songs on this one.
And a half. Some decent
Some nice tunes on here but they're much better after they discover drugs
Catchy and classic but prefer the later albums
I actually never really give early Beatles a chance but yeh fair enough
Sitting here patiently waiting for the boys to discover psychadelics... Some bops on here for sure, I just think I'm more a "The Best. Of The Beatles" fan
A classic. My mom always told me she had the vinyl.
This is such a fun album. I always discredited early Beatles because their later stuff was just more interesting, but now I do appreciate these first four records more. The songs are deceptively innovative, and the harmonies are simple but so effective. The second half had some filler, but some of these songs are so magical in the joy they bring, that I can't let that detract much Standout Tracks: Tell Me Why, If I Fell, Any Time At All
One good song. I’m sure this one was blazing all sorts of trails and such, but this era of music just feels *so* antiquated at this point.
The strongest of the early Beatles albums and a lot more structured than its predecessors: Side A is fantastic. The s/t track is energetic and powerful, if I Fell" is beautiful and heartful, whereas "And I Love Her" offers an early glimpse to the Lennon-McCartney songwriting genius. Side B is undoubtably weaker but solid nonetheless. "Things We Said Today" is simply really good.
let ringo play the drums dammit
it's pretty slow but I like it. Definitely a change from what's popular these days. Only 30 minutes too!
Great classic
One of my Favourite Beatles' albums
Solid
One immaculately crafted highly potent pop song after another. Even if the Beatles never went beyond this sound it would have been revolutionary
Not The Beatles’ best album but still very good.
This album to me sounds like the Beatles trying to become “The Beatles”. Seems they were just copying pop music (although very well) of the time and the very simple two minute love songs really are not my jam.
I'm not sure it's possible to really understand the Beatles out of context. To me this is pleasant, if slightly twee, melodic pop. Back in the day I'd probably have lost my mind.
Another album with 2 / 3/ 4 stand-out tracks followed by some pretty generic 60s guitar jingle-jangles. Impossible not to like the Beatles but they were still honing their craft at this stage. Good background music....
From the first iconic note to the end, practically every track is a well known favourite! I think its the first one where every song is an original Lennon/McCartney song. Really enjoyable to listen to
Enjoyable but more of a relic of a time before the band started doing more interesting things instrumentally
I only give this 4 because the other Beatles albums on the list are better
Classic Beatles. All about holding hands and such. So interesting how in such a short period of time the Beatles evolved. Drugs are a powerful thing.
Chill sort of thing, I mean what can I say it's the Beatles. Favorite track on this one was the title track cuz I'm like performative like that ig.
Early Beatles is all a bit twee
Superior to the earlier Beatlemania era album although not as influential as the mockumentary.
Is there a definitive “Beatles sound”? I’m not sure, but if there was, AHDN would be a strong candidate for delivering it. Is it their best album? Probably not. Is it their most creative? No. It is however a bridge between the more raw and simplistic covers era, and what was to come a few years later and it puts up a strong argument for being the most consistent of all their albums. It’s definitely one I enjoy in full, and that’s good enough for me.
I give her all my love its all i do...
Kult
Beales
Its consistent, good and fast. But is it not something that i would listen a lot, maybe sometimes. To much love and love and love.
on thanksgiving?
There’s def a few adds here , can’t buy me love being a new fav of mine … but it lacks in catchy tunes relatively and a lot of the songs blend … my least fav Beatles so far
Предисловие: я хуй знает как оценивать альбомы Битлов, потому что в их дискографии как будто нет промахов. Ставить всем 5 не хочется, а низкие оценки - издевательство. Здесь ребята впервые фокусируются только на авторском материале. Молодцы. Но первые альбомы Битлов - это просто хорошо отлаженный рок-н-ролл. Не больше не меньше. Здесь еще нет величия. Рискну и поставлю 3,5
They shan’t be denied anything but a solid gold 5 star rating.
classic for a reason
Give me late Beatles and early Stones
Good album
Can an album be too classic?
I don't know how you can't love this album. It's full of such joyful music grounded in the gravity and simplicity of fundamental desires, driven by a youthful energy that wants to conquer the world, stretched beyond the ordinary by sensitive harmonies, and elevated by a vein of vulnerability you can almost miss. And it's prolly not even their best record.
Getting closer to the stretch of Beatles records that exploded my brain, but not quite there yet. Still, this is a big step forward from Please Please Me and With the Beatles.
Great album by some of the best of all time. 8.9/10
This one is fine. I'll give it a 3 star. May be my least favorite Beatles album that has come through so far. Pretty boring.
enjoyable to get through
Probably the worst deep cuts of any pre-Rubber Soul Beatles album not named Beatles for Sale. The hard day's night guitar solo tho!
3/10 great album but there's much more on this list that I enjoy more.
Hard to divorce this from knowing that this is THE BEATLES and how I really feel about this music. I think when a lot of people want to listen to The Beatles, they want to listen to the later stuff...Rubber Soul and everything after and that's exactly how I am. I never really want to listen to the early boy band, ultra pop stuff. Can't Buy Me Love is a classic, so is Hard Day's Night. I think Things We Said Today is also fantastic. But I can't give this a 5, I don't really feel the need to come back to this music again. My rating system is....3 is glad I listened to it, liked it, but probably won't return to it. 4 is something I can see myself returning to. Hard to give anything by The Beatles a 3, but it is what it is. Amazing how they went on to release Rubber Soul a year and a half later and Revolver 6-7 months after that. For me, the most incredible thing about them is how they went from poppy, 3 minute songs to become what they became in the span of 18-24 months. Just unbelievable growth and output in a short time frame.
Not their best.
This is such a consistent and fun album. There's actually a lot of variety here. This album has great harmonies and it's really fun to song along with. Liked Songs Added A Hard Day's Night I Should've Known Better If I Fell And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love I'll Cry Instead Things We Said Today You Can't Do That I'll Be Back
Good album
A Hard Day's Night 4.3 I Should Have Known Better 4 If I Fell 4 I'm Happy Just to Dance With You 4.4 And I Love Her 4 Tell Me Why 4.2 Can't Buy Me Love 4.3 Any Time at All 4.3 I'll Cry Instead 4 Things We Said Today 4.2 When I Get Home 4 You Can't Do That 4.2 I'll Be Back 4 Score:4.146153846