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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
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.
The fountainhead. That opening chord is like an artefact from another civilization. Unbelievable in places but still on a human, relatable scale.
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
A little corny but i like it
Totally fine Beatles album and love the first iteration of Lennon/McCartney songwriting
Des bons sons mais ça parle que d’amour
My rating 4.0. Another Beatles album another classic.
Clasicón hermoso
13 songs, 30 minutes, 6 bops, 7 kinda same-y album tracks that are fine. da 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.
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
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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
summery vibes j’ai envie de faire du vélo et avoir un panier de fleur sur le guidon
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.
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 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.
Great album
Hard to put a Beatle under 4 brah
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
C'est les Beatles
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.
It is a Beatles album.
Bueno
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.
Classic songs
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.
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!
Now this is what I would have thought an early Beatles album sounds like.
the instrument of the 60s was the harmonica
A good album very much of the time
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.
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)
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
Pop era Beatles is sometimes hard to put in right perspective. These are. Simple pop songs but all as catchy as hell...
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
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.
Ok
Easy listening, surprisingly good. Not much of a Beatles fan 6.5-7/10, pleasantly surprised but nothing groundbreaking for me
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.
Good old Beatles
own
4.7 egentligen
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.
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
Good albums! Good jams! I have no critical thoughts I just had a nice time!
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.
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
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
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!
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.
not my favourite Beatles album, but I still really like it
Feels like a 5 coming on the heels of a Stones album
Much better than the White Album! Pretty good songs all around. I'm always surprised by how many Beatles songs I _don't_ know.
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.
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
full of classics
Icônico. Filme bom também. Mas prefiro os Beatles dos últimos álbums.
Excellent music and vocals. Simply incredible for its time.
Timeless pieces of music
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.
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
It’s the Beatles, need i say more
“Bright are the stars that shine Dark is the sky I know this love of mine Will never die And I love her” One of my least revisited Beatles records but at a tight 30 minutes it’s always worth a quick spin. The highlights are unsurprisingly the title track and “Can’t Buy Me Love” but “And I Love Her” is a really beautiful song. In the context of their whole discography you can probably call this a bit of a filler album which was mostly designed to accompany the film (if it were practical I would have rewatched that as well). Still, there are few bands that could piece together a “filler” album that contains so many excellent songs. “A Hard Day’s Night” would for most other bands constitute their greatest ever work. For The Beatles it was just another small step in the journey.
Een aantal klassiekers, prima plaat
Continually better than their previous, inching ever closer to the exceptional band they would become, but not quite arriving. The songwriting is strong, the music is fun, and the album is enjoyable to listen to top to bottom. We're still in this world of 50s/60s pop, but you can already see that they're pushing it...beyond, in some inexplicable way. Solid album.
The Beatles’ third album was a landmark achievement: their first to consist entirely of original material and the soundtrack to their iconic debut film. It is an optimistic, sharp, and melodic record. Here, you can truly hear the evolution of their song writing, moving beyond simple "boy meets girl" pop tropes. This growth is evident from the "big bang" opening of the title track to the wonderful "Can't Buy Me Love," which features a superb guitar solo from George Harrison. The ballads also reach new heights; "If I Fell" is a stunning composition with intricate vocal harmonies and tasteful instrumentation, a standard of excellence matched by the timeless "And I Love Her." While The Beatles are my favourite recording artists, I have tried to remain objective. Musically, "A Hard Day's Night" is a very strong 4-star album, with eight of the thirteen tracks being five star tracks. But for me, it just misses out on that fifth star. This is primarily due to three tracks on the album: "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You", "I'll Cry Instead" and "When I Get Home". There's nothing wrong with those tunes other than they lack the quality of their counterparts. I certainly understand why many grant the album a perfect score given its immense cultural impact, but looking strictly at the music, it is a formidable "near-perfect" collection. The sessions for this album were incredibly prolific, also producing the tracks for the "Long Tall Sally EP". This EP included: "Long Tall Sally" (a blistering version), "I Call Your Name" (which arguably deserved a spot on the main album), "Slow Down" and "Matchbox". I mention these because if some of these tracks replaced the 'weaker' three star tracks on the album we would be talking a five star album! Before this release, many critics dismissed The Beatles as a "flash in the pan" or a fad that would vanish by Christmas 1963. By delivering 13 high-quality original songs and a critically acclaimed film, The Beatles proved they were far more than a pop fad - they were serious artists. Side One 1 "A Hard Day's Night" (5/5) 2 "I Should Have Known Better" (5/5) 3 "If I Fell" (5/5) 4 "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (3/5) 5 "And I Love Her" (5/5) 6 "Tell Me Why" (4/5) 7 "Can't Buy Me Love" (5/5) Side Two 1 "Any Time at All" (4/5) 2 "I'll Cry Instead" (3/5) 3 "Things We Said Today" (5/5) 4 "When I Get Home" (3/5) 5 "You Can't Do That" (5/5) 6 "I'll Be Back" (5/5) Total - 57 Average - 4.38 245/1001 135/245 albums reviewed were new to me
Ahh, the Beatles. I last had them with Abbey Road at album #49. This sounds nothing like that; while it's still the Beatles, it's more of a standard pop record of the era and less of an innovative rock record like many later Beatles albums. Lyrics are standard Beatles fate, and most songs are very simple and poppy. Therefore, despite being all-original songs at a time when many pop records would put out covers, it is a basic pop album. And I don't consider any basic pop albums to have nearly the same influence as later Beatles. So I guess it stays a four.
An early example of the Beatles' songwriting prowess. Nothing groundbreaking by today's standards for sure, but in 1964 this was still revolutionary! It doesn't age quite as well as some of their later fare, but this is still an excellent collection of songs.
The Rubber Soul prequel! Fun to hear the band at the turning point, right before they reach their full power. Also just a great, catchy album, period! Standouts: I Should Have Known Better • Tell Me Why • Can’t Buy Me Love • Any Time At All
So solid. A 5 for anyone else but damn, it's The Beatles. Crazy that they could make an album for a movie solely capitalizing on their popularity and both the film and the album are really good. The humor on songs like I'll Cry instead really sets this apart from other albums of this time and the songwriting is very solid. Things We Said Today is peak McCartney before he discovered carnival instruments.
It's a very innocent and sweet love album. McCartney and Lennon shine through a lot with their energetic performance of the songs. It's not terribly profound. It only really scratches the surface of love, but doesn't go any deeper. The limitation probably arises in connection with contemporary customs for song length for commercial and partly technological reasons. A Hard Days Night would really benefit from longer verses, 3 verses or c-sections, so you can really dive into the material and sing more directly to the listener.
It's The Beatles, not exactly my preferred era but hard to truly go wrong.
All Beatles albums are enjoyable but only a couple make my 5 star level. This isn’t one of them.
I don't know, man, ask me to give a 5 star rating to the concept that fried eggs are a breakfast food item. Technically this seems pretty good, even if generally I'd be more in the mood for Huevos Rancheros over just like normal sunny side up eggs with white buttered toast.
Solid Beatles album for sure. Not my fave, but solid.
Enjoyable record. Songwriting was noice. Classic Beatles tunes. I dig it
Fascinating to hear more early stuff, such a tight band
Loistavaa Beatlesia mutta ei parasta kumminkaan. Mutta tästä sitä mentiin siihen suuntaan varmoin askelin
Not their best, but some classics in there. Enjoyed it as would do with any Beatles. Got better as it went on
Classic Beatles that's hard not to enjoy, probably because there are some well know tracks on the album. It's from a 'romantic' period for the band rather than some of the odd (but still good) albums of later years.
Classic Beatles. Seems so simple, but still lovely.
4 Stars (11/15)
Two great songs. Resten av låtarna är bra men de skulle ju göra det så mycket bättre.
listened to before good album not in my top 3 for the beatles though
A Hard Day's Night 5/5 I Should Have Known Better 3/5 If I Fell 4/5 I'm Happy Just to Dance With You 3/5 And I Love Her 3/5 Tell Me Why 3/5 Can't Buy Me Love 5/5 Any Time At All 5/5 I'll Cry Instead 5/5 Things We Said Today 4/5 When I Get Home 3/5 You Can't Do That 2/5 I'll Be Back 3/5 Overall Album: 3.69
- i lije yhe lyrics - i really like what they did with this album - SOOO catchy - made me twist nd shout lowk - well put together album
A solid pop album, listened to it in one sitting. For its time, it was pretty high-level.
you know, i can't believe this was my first beatles album! whatever this was a vibe
It’s good. Very catchy.
BEATLES MANIA!!!! UGHHHH!!! I love the Beatles their suave vocals, sweet melodies and beautiful music is something that few bands/groups can do but they nailed it perfectly, this album has some of my favorite tracks. Fav is George ;) another great classic.
Bangers. It's dangerous when vocalists cover their songs. 4.2.
Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5
Not my fav beatles album but all their stuff is good
better than peppers
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
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.
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fave song: a hard day's night
The first Beatles album I actually liked!
Leuk, bager na banger, maar weinig variatie
Mesela bu da diğer albümlere benziyor aslında ama güzel geliyor? vocal vibes sanrmm
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
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
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.
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.
7/10
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
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!!!
"8/10" - baeli "7/10" - robert
a classic for a reason
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.
Just a classic album
Classic Beatles album. Of course it’s a banger
The Beatles... what else can be said?
start of rock and roll
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.
Solid classic Beatles
Good album. Hard to give the Beatles anything below a 4 star.
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
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
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.
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.
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).
"And I Love Her" is the best song out of the whole album. A lot of the songs gave the same lovey dovey.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
Good but not the best Beatles album
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
Been waiting for a Beatles album for a while.. a classic
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.
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
Nice music, what you'd expect from The Beatles. Beautiful melodies, soft guitars and voices, creative compositions. 3,75/5.
banger
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.
Just masterful songcraft and playing, cool experiments - folks will perhaps always argue about that opening chord. Movie's fun too.
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.
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.
their weakest 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 :-)
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..
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.
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.
Nice feel good love songs.
Has my favorite Beatles song, I think it’s just great
Not my favorite of their discography, but it’s hard not to appreciate their sound.
Some really good songs on here and overall great pop, can’t give it a 5 but it’s up there
Iconic songs on this one.
I actually never really give early Beatles a chance but yeh fair enough
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.
it's pretty slow but I like it. Definitely a change from what's popular these days. Only 30 minutes too!
Solid
Not The Beatles’ best album but still very good.
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.
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.
on thanksgiving?
Can an album be too classic?
Great album by some of the best of all time. 8.9/10
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
That opening chord. What an iconic moment in music history. I mean, what can I say? It's the Beatles. The first Beatles album that's come up on this list for me. Is it on par with the Beatles who made Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road or The White Album? No. But it's an early incarnation of the lads, one of the first where they were working entirely with their own songwriting, and a huge part of the Beatles story. It's hard to listen to this without conjuring up black and white imagery of the Beatles hiding from hysterical fans in slapstick setups: pretending to be on the phone, lowering a newspaper to reveal a poor disguise. The film is critically acclaimed, but rewatching it recently, it's nuts. Some really strange decisions made in comedy that in the context of today make the Beatles look insane. But back then it did something different - it made the world aware of the quirky, down-to-earth humour of the four. Huge moment for the Beatles. There's a good bit of filler on this album. But it also has "A Hard Day's Night", "I Should Have Known Better", "And I Love Her" and "Can't Buy Me Love", the latter being home to one of the most iconic guitar solos of all time. George was playing a 12 string Rickenbacker guitar for a good chunk of this album, which became a staple sound of the folky rock'n'roll 60s, but he was also a key figure in popularising that type of melodic guitar solo to the mainstream. Hard to believe that they're only 2 years away from Revolver and 4 years from the White Album here, but regardless, this is the poppy version of the fab four finding their feet, during peak Beatlemania, and writing some legendary songs in the process.
Shortie. Pretty standard and poppy love themed album, Not as impressed as I was with abbey rd. 3.5
Hard because I know their music gets better
This is where "Beatlemania" started.
Chock full of classic Beatles. What a great album this was.
It's poppy Beatles. It's good, just not as good as what's to come
A classic!
Brilliance. I love singing along to these even though they seem so simple through a 2025 lens. Hard to understand in today’s context the incredible impact of this band. Artists were not writing their own songs and performing them. The Lennon-McCartney collaboration is magic.
A kaleidoscope od images all cut from the same imag swirling together.
I'm an unapologetic lover of the Beatles in all their incarnations. Here they're pop-y, catchy, and a little cheeky. It's not their best record, you can hear them rushing to get it done, but even so, a couple of all timers are in there, and you can hear their more folksy, bluesy sound starting to creep in. I also absolutely love the movie, it's delightful slapstick that is better than it should be. I'm into the cover too! 4/5.
Can’t really go wrong with a Beatles album.
It’s not the Beatles best but it’s still the Beatles. It’s very of its time and I kind of wonder if they thought they had too many songs about “love” when making it. It might not be so different from pop songs now but every song seems to talk about love.
8/10 Favorite: I’ll Cry Instead
There are a couple rough songs in this album, but the rest are great!
This was really good! Of course I have heard most of these songs, but I had never listened to this album in its entirety.
Second of the first four Beatles I’ve had in my first month. This is the best of that opening run. No covers. Lots of Lennon lead vocals. Hard to imagine at the time this was probably the best rock album ever and the best British lp since Lonnie Donegan’s An Englishman In America.
What a pleasure to listen to this album. 30 minutes of great fun with well-known tracks showing some cool and very early 60's tydpical Beatles. I dont think this is their best work but a solid 4 for me.
Always love the beatles, but this isn't my favourite one
From my humble opinion, this is the most Beatle album of the whole Beatles album list
The entirety of the Beatles catalogue is worthy of this list. This isn't their best album, far from it... which still makes it better than 90% of everything else by everyone else.
top top
2nd day of The Beatles and I'm OK with that. 4/5
Great listen. Not as packed full as their main stays but some of their top hits with some other fun ones. Still a bit in their pop era.
Given an extra star for just the nostalgia of listening to these earlier Beatles albums with my parents as a kid. Listening now 30 years later it's less enjoyable to listen to these earlier albums knowing about the later albums and also just how much else was going on at the time in music.
4/5
didnt know they have a more raw sounding sound, this is the first time i gave this album a proper listen. overall its a beatles album, but recroding is superb
I don't think this stands out for the Beatles. Can't Buy Me Love is the best song on the album for me. Still 4 stars bc Beatles.
Love it
Late-period Beatles have poisoned me against the early stuff, but you can see what's coming in some of these. Always interesting that old songs could clock in at 2 minutes and be huge hits
-classic Beatles. -radio friendly song lengths -the songs start to sound the same after a little while
It's The Beatles that my grandparents liked, before they were fun. As an album, it's not much, but it feels like blasphemy to give it less than 4 stars. I'm not a court, I'm allowed to judge based on outside factors.
Album has many of the songs I'm familiar with from this band; upbeat swinging tunes focused on rhythm guitar
Puede que sea el disco más flojo de los Beatles, pero aún así mucha gente habría matado por tener algo como esto en su carrera.«A Hard Day's Night», «And I Love Her», «Can't Buy Me Love» y «I'll Be Back».
This being the first Beatles album that is 100% originals is definitely what makes this album stand out over the other four albums in the 63-64 release cycles. The writing is really sharp pop songs and this is to me the first album that really showed a little bit more depth into their writing but still fully maintaining their beat music that made them famous. I do like pretty much all the albums that follow better than this album, but to me this was the highlight of what I call the early Beatles 9.66 ★★★★½
The first really good Beatles album, and the album were their songwriting really starts blooming. 4.5 stars
Doesn’t quite rank alongside the Best Of The Beatles but still pretty great nonetheless. The A Hard Day’s Night feature flick is also a great bunch of lads and a very worthy 1001 Film as well. The first side of the album is the soundtrack to that and the songs on it are basically all superific and timeless. The non-movie songs on the second side range from good to great but are definitely not 5 star good or great with the exception of Things We Said Today which is pretty great, virtually 5 stars great. A not too grotty 4.5 stars overall except for the woodblock on And I Love Her which is a bit grotty.
Love the Beatles, this is mostly before i really liked them tho, favourite tracks are things we said today and title track.
Man, Lennon particularly was on fire here
Not my favorite of theirs, but definitely some good songs.
An incredibly solid album in their discography that I feel like isn't brought up as much as like Help! (though I guess With the Beatles and Beatles for Sale doesn't have the edge that A Hard Day's Night in that there's a movie with the same title + tracks from the album that's in the Criterion Collection).
Evil George in the middle of the album cover 😥
Not many Beatles I don't like. I used to prefer their later catalogue but I have really come around to the early years. Some great pop here.
Classic Beatles
30.10.25 #24 Favorite Track: and I love her rate: 7/10
Lacks variety and doesn’t have the imagination of their later work but it is still a strong set of songs, with some obvious standouts. Mercifully short after a couple of long ones too…
Much of this album blends perfectly well with other pop albums of the era, but there's little bits that stick out, the opening chord and closing arpeggio of the title track, "And I Love Her", that hint there might be something more to this otherwise all too common looking quartet of British ruffians
They make it look it easy.
Great album, start to finish. When I was young I loved the movie ‘can’t buy me love’ which might not be 4 stars anymore but that song is.
A few tracks I forgot about. Anytime at all super fun. Great album.
This is the first record I ever remember listening to. A Hard Day’s Night was my favourite song when I was 4 or 5. Now I rarely listen to these early Beatles records but there are quite a few songs I love on this one. I Should Have Known Better and Tell Me Why are standouts for me.
Great melodies. Can play with these album with a young and old people. It’s a classic
I spent most of my 22-23 year trying to finish every mission in Grad Theft Auto. This is a nearly perfect album.
thoroughly enjoyed this. I've had a glit of albums that I could not say I thoroughly enjoyed, so I'll give this a 4. beatles album rankings so far: 1. hard days night 2. with the beatles 3. rubber soul 4. white album
A great album.
111/1001 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ Probably my second favourite pre-Rubber Soul records. The title track and Can't Buy Me Love are obviously great, but honestly my favourite song on the whole record is If I Fell, which is perfection. Yes, they would go on to do better things, but this is a great example of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting that they'd become known for.
Beatles is pretty awesome. Most of their albums are good, this is absolutely solid. Would rate 4.5 if I could.
Classic Beatles! Great collection of poppy 60's rock.
nice
I assumed wouldn't like any early Beatles albums, but I was wrong. Great songwriting, Lennon's vocals are good. side one is a bit stronger than side two. Favorite songs: I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, Tell Me Why.
Man, I love The Beatles. Though I prefer their later, more experimental material, this music changed pop music forever. There’s something irresistible about early Beatles, it’s the perfect storm of charm, talent, catchy tunes, and just fun. A bit of a personal thing here, but part of what introduced me to The Beatles was hearing their studio outtakes and I hadn’t realized how many of the ones that live rent-free in my head come from the sessions for this album. Just hearing these four guy messing up and goofing off together eventually lead me to having my current near-encyclopedic knowledge of this band. Also listen in mono, it’s what The Beatles wanted. 4/5
Of all the bands in the history of music, the Beatles are among the hardest for me to say anything negative about. There might be other bands I personally like more, but I can't think of a better band to have the title of "greatest band of all time" than the Beatles. From the beginning, they had something special, and while their later albums would go down in history as some of the greatest albums ever made, you can still go to earlier albums of theirs and find plenty to speak positively about. Case in point, A Hard Day's Night! This is a pretty important album in the band's discography for 2 main reasons. Reason 1 is that this was their first movie soundtrack. I don't think we'll ever see a band get a movie deal as early into their discography ever again, so to see something like this is pretty cool and a reminder of just how big Beatlemania was. The second reason, and the more important one in the context of the album itself, is that this was the band's first album to be solely comprised of original material. That's neat! No more covers here, folks. These are all Lennon-McCartney originals, and they're pretty great. You've got some stone-cold classics in here. The opening title track is great. It's a great distillation of the feel-good energy of early Beatles songs. "Can't Buy Me Love" is also quite fun. Great rhythms there. Of course, you have some more emotional songs here too, and they're very nice. "And I Love Her" especially is just wonderful. Not every song is great, but this is a strong collection of songs all things considered. Obviously, there are better Beatles albums, and I can't call this better than something Like Abbey Road or even Rubber Soul. But I still got a lot out of A Hard Day's Night and would have a hard time calling this bad. It's the Beatles, okay? 4/5.
non sono mai stata una grande fan dei Beatles (preferisco i Beach Boys) ma riconosco la loro influenza culturale importantissima. Per questo quattro stelle
I never even seen the movie
This is American butchery I tell ya!
Massive Beatles fan but tend to steer towards the later albums. I think as an early Beatles record this is more interesting than the first couple but still not a patch on Rubber Soul onwards.
I mean, it's the Beatles.
Leuk Beatles album. Nog niet te oud of te gezapig.
just the beatles, great music for any moment. And contains whats to me the best beatles song (can't buy me love)
What a refreshing listen! I am biased; I used to listen to a lot of the Beatles, but this was never an album I gave much attention. But this album just confirms to me their talent in songwriting and their charm. To think this came out in 64 with all the shit that's been released since! Just a very pleasant, satisfying even, listen. Not every song is tip top, but the songs that are good I find great enough for them to bump this up to a 4