A Hard Day's Night

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.

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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

A timeless classic from the greatest to ever do it.

Just cool, easy listening. Cool to see how much these guys grow and evolve in such a short time.

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.

Pretty solid, not quite abbey road, still a winner

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

So many hits on this one

Good album

This is where "Beatlemania" started.

The singles were good, but the rest were just 2-3 min pop songs all being about love in some way. Need more variety.

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.

From here on out, if you want to make it, kid, you better write your own songs.... And what songs they are. I really can't add anything. Better than Pretzel Logic.

It’s good. Very good. I like the harmonies and it’s a solid album and sound for the era. I think they were popular because they were cute. They have better works.

This was kinda boring and repetitive with this weird vibe on romantic relationships.

They sound so young on this album, it's hard to take it seriously knowing where they go from here. Still got some bops, though.

I think my least favorite Beatles album. It's still pretty good, though!

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.

Love it. Simple, short, effective

8/10 Favorite: I’ll Cry Instead

Decent 3,5

You can hear something special trying to break out of the cliche' pop ditties they were pumpin' out in those days. Surprising to hear just how mid the filler tracks on this album are. What more can be said about a band studied to death?!

The hits are definitely the standouts on this one. Most of the other tracks seem to be pretty standard blues-rock fare. Relative to the Beatles later output, and in general, this record is a bit boring. The hits are, however, fantastic.

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.

One of the best

Was kinda surprised about how literally every song is about love, but then remembered it was the time of peace and love… added 2 songs to my library

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.

Sure, it’s not the masterpiece of the later albums. But take a look at any list of great albums released in 1964. Other than a couple early Dylan albums, nothing in this year even comes close. Even on this album they were so far ahead of their peers it isn’t fair.

Always love the beatles, but this isn't my favourite one

Fuck, I don’t care about the Beatles. This record has some of their hits, none of which I want to listen to for fear of getting stuck with the inevitable earworm. Fine, they’re catchy, Paul McCartney and John Lennon were brilliant songwriters, blah blah blah. I haven’t even listened to this record (this is actually first for me to not even to make an effort), and I’m ready to invoke my first true skip. I’m defaulting to a 3 rating, but it’s not a fair one; truly, I have no idea if this is a good record or not. I’ve heard most of this album at various points over the years, so I’m not going to make myself go through the motions on a record I know enough about to legitimately feel like I won’t care about. Probably a 3/5

With 𝘈 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, the Beatles reached a turning point — their first album of entirely original material and the first time the group’s sound felt distinctly their own. The addition of a four-track machine at Abbey Road gave George Martin and the band more flexibility, so he didn’t have to keep experimenting with limited stereo tricks to achieve balance and depth. The result is a bright, energetic pop record full of tight harmonies and jangly guitars that defined Beatlemania at its peak. Still, these are the “early Beatles” — fun, youthful, and irresistibly catchy, but not yet the innovative studio band that would later reshape popular music.

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.

Pretty good collection of hits by the fab four. Definitely partial to their later albums though

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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.

This album is fantastic; it is not innovative in any sense, but it has so many great songs! I am surprised by the variety here but, also, by how cohesive everything feels. This album truly is a very enjoyable one. I've liked it a lot.

i adore the beatles and i cannot be anything other than unabashedly positive about them, so this album is no exception. this is probably my favorite "early" period beatles album. the songwriting is great and you still get the high energy feel of their early recordings. songs like the title track, 'i should have known better,' 'tell me why,' 'can't buy me love,' are all stellar. even the more ballady stuff here is pretty great. i know it's not going to be for everyone and it's not going to be as trendsetting and influential as some of their later work, but to me, this album is the pinnacle of what made the beatles special in the first place.

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.

First Beatles album to come up. I can absolutely appreciate the greatness and legacy of The Beatles but I’ve never been the biggest fan personally. Can see why this was/is so highly regarded but it’s also a bit sickly and also very samey. Any Time At All is great though, probably the best on this record.

I find the Beatles boring and outdated.

Superb

The first classic Beatles album to feature all original compositions…and they all Rule!!!

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.

Overrated imo. It sure is a milestone and a perfect representation of pop music back in the 60s, but only some songs are actually good (personally I'm Happy Just to Dance with You is a favorite of mine). Highlights: I Should've Known Better, If I Fell, Tell Me Why, Any Time at All, Can't Buy Me Love

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Masterpiece!

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Love it

Packed with classic pop tracks. Not my favourite listening and they have yet to reach their creative peak in 1964, but we are unlikely to have much of the rest of the list without 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

A master piece

Banger

I love this album so much. So many great tunes. A Hard Day's Night, If I Fell (Oh, the John/Paul harmonies), And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, You Can't Do That. But, it ends with Lennon's brilliant and complex I'll Be Back (for instance, he employed Picardy thirds to great effect without having any knowledge of music theory) which foreshadowed greater things to come. Sixty one years later and hearing this album still fills me with joy.

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.

Beatles...estan guay.Un 6.

For years I thought I didn't like the Beatles and then I listened to Revolver, Abbey Road, The White Album, and I thought I was wrong. Turns out I has just been listening to early Beatles. Saccharine love pop songs. Well executed, and I can see why they got popular, but definitely not my thing.

This is what I expect when I stereotype The Beatles. Love-y, dove-y songs and simple progressions. Honestly, even though this is by far not their best album, it’s not bad by any means. And it makes me appreciate the direction they took for music later in their careers when they got super weird.

5/5, how could I not? I wasn't much of a Beatles fan growing up in the '60s/'70s, they were pretty inescapable back then. I may not always be in the mood for these tunes these days but can't deny how f-in' good this album is.

not my fav beatles album

This is such an overlooked album. Everyone raves about the later releases, which are definitely amazing, but this one captures them as they are becoming "more popular than Jesus." These are short and sweet pop songs that hit perfectly.

3 out of 5. To me this is the first good Beatles album, only going up from here.

Never really liked The Beatles, kinda a love hate relationship. No denying Peppers is a phenomenal album but this is just whinny, belly aching pop music. It flowed right I guess. Just not for me 2/5 stars

Loved this

Their first album entirely made up of their own music and literally every single one is a banger. Arguably the strongest album from the moptop days!

Album has many of the songs I'm familiar with from this band; upbeat swinging tunes focused on rhythm guitar

A superb album. The music, vocals & arrangements are outstanding & hold up well over time.

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».

The Beatles on tietenkin tuttu bändi. Tätä levyä en ole koskaan kuunnellut. Tuttuja biisejä oli levyn hitit ”A Hard Day’s Night” ja ”Can’t Buy Me Love”. Muuten aika tasapaksu biisi materiaali.

4.5

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

In a lot of ways, this is the quintessential Beatles album. Better than maybe any of their other albums, it captures the sound of the Beatles as a band. They haven't become wild studio experimenters yet. It's just 13 great no frills songs. Lennon really shines on this album, contributing 9 of the songs, with George turning in his first great song and Paul limited to three all wheat, no chaff compositions. Lots of classic tunes here including the title track, "Can't Buy Me Love", "And I Love Her" and "I Should've Known Better". And while the first half contains most of the hits, I'm kind of more partial to the more rocking second side, which has two of my favorite songs from the album -- "You Can't Do That" and "I'll Cry Instead". 5 stars.

3.5

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.

Basta Beatles

Playing when my child was born 15 years ago!

Of all the music in the world these boys keep coming back

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Love the Beatles, this is mostly before i really liked them tho, favourite tracks are things we said today and title track.

Didn't like the vocals nor lyrics. Could appreciate some of the compositions. I've always disliked the Beatles whenever ive heard them so I am biased against them for sure.

No commentary necessary

Their first album full of original tunes is one where they start to come of age. It’s a delight to listen to.

Man, Lennon particularly was on fire here

Not my favorite of theirs, but definitely some good songs.

Another fantastic Friday pull! I do love me some early Beatles as I grew up listening to the Red Album compilation and this album was so good! The hits are massive but even some of the other songs don't take away from the full album experience. The three track run of "Tell Me Why," "Can't Buy Me Love," and "Any Time At All" in the middle of the album is the kind of run any band would kill to have at the back half of the album. For my first Beattles album during this experience I couldn't have asked for a better pick.

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).

Ok pop songs, but not much more than that.

I love early Beatles. I don't know how these songs sound similar to other bands (both who tried to copy them and were also their contemporaries), but they're somehow so much better. Both lyrically and musically. So good.

Its the beatles. And at that its the boy band the beatles. Beatlemania at full blast. As always its packed with all timers. Just hit after hit after hit with a few only great tracks in between. I dont know what else to say about the freakin beatles. Its the damn old beatles. Its incredible and timeless and thats that.

Evil George in the middle of the album cover 😥

Rooted in early 60’s rock and roll with vocal harmonies, but introduces some jangle pop sounds that would dominate the mid 60’s. Apparently the first album to feature all original material. Notable tracks include A Hard Day’s Night, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, Can’t Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, Things We Said Today.

ABSOLUTELY LOVELY. The beatles always make me stupidly believe in love for some reason. It's hopeful and tender.

It's the Beatles doing thier least impressive stuff. Go listen to something more fun, don't be obsessed with 60s boy bands

I never used to like the early Beatles albums pre-Revolver. And now I still don't.

Tell Me Why this isn’t a great album.

Classic pop era Beatles, sprinkled with a few hits that have stood the test of time.

The most interesting thing about this is how far they’ve come compared to their later albums

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.

They were already superstars, but this feels like the launching pad for the band that would be one of the greatest the world had ever heard. They came into their own and were tearing their way out of the boy band phenomenon and stepping towards a unique musical voice.

I don’t even have to listen to know it’s gonna be 5 stars

Classic Beatles

So many great songs, loved it.

This is peak early Beatles - simple, jangly guitar pop song with tight harmonies and punchy melodies. They would go on to create much more interesting albums, and listening to this record with modern ears it can sound a bit simplistic. But the songs are so unrelentingly strong that simple can be forgiven. A template that many bands would leverage, but few if any have matched.

30.10.25 #24 Favorite Track: and I love her rate: 7/10

A Hard Day's Night has, for some reason, never been my favourite Beatles album. Maybe the lack of a Ringo song for balance. I even considered not giving it five stars. But how can I not? It's the only full Lennon/McCartney album in the world. The whole first side is masterful, it's only a couple of very slightly dodgy Lennon tunes (I'll Cry Instead, When I Get Home) that stop it from being perfect. And I mean perfect. That's why I don't consider it to be a great Beatles album. It's so close to perfection. I have to give George Harrison a mention here. His guitar playing is perfectly measured throughout the album. Most tasteful lead guitarist of all time? He's in the conversation. Great Cover Art.

I don't like the Beatles :(

Aside from the distinction of being the first Beatles album made up entirely of originals, I’m not sure why this one is on the list. It’s very front loaded and most of side two is just early Beatles by numbers and largely forgettable.

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…

I’m sure this was hugely influential at the time but by modern standards it sounds very formulaic and lacks the variety and surprises of later albums. The chord progressions and rhyming couplets are predictable and quite boring by the end giving very little to pique any interest.

Grande álbum dos Beatles, fim da era do pop mais simples para ingressar nos álbuns mais complexos. Um dos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos.

What can possibly be said about this album? Every song is an utter joy, and notably it’s their first record with no cover versions - they were really hitting their stride here. Yep, good, this.

What do you say? An album from before they "peaked" or arguably revolutionised pop music and still every track is something many bands would give their eye teeth to write something close. Glorious Pop nuggets and yet so much more. Standout track: changes with each listen Revisit?: unquestionably.

Such excellent pop rock. You could swing your hips to anything here. Title track is such a fucking banger. Of note- Even this early on, some really excellent, varied bass lines and drum parts. Every song has some nice variety to it, even the short ones. Some really funky chord progressions. John and Paul were such good singers.

When I smoked a lot of weed I thought the Beatles post-drug discoveries were the best Beatles. But now that a weed is something to be chased from my front yard instead of smoked early Beatles are starting to sound better than post-LSD Beatles. General rule of thumb, rock and roll is best when it's at its most straightforward.

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

Pretty short Album

I spent most of my 22-23 year trying to finish every mission in Grad Theft Auto. This is a nearly perfect album.

This is like the opposite of the White Album, where that was so long with some really good songs but a lot of filler, this is nice and quick but the songs are just OK. "And I love her" is a really cute song but "West Coast" is one of the most defining songs of the 2010s! Live, laugh, Lana.

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

Has some highlights but a lot of mid.

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.

Maravilla, claro

Not my favorite Beatles album - read that this was their first album with all original songs, which is cool, but you can tell unfortunately.

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

fine and fun.

Några bra låtar men generellt lite för gammalt sound tkr jag

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

Fab

Thematisch zijn de Fab Four nog niet veel opgeschoten, maar muzikaal is dit weer prachtig. Wat konden de heren toch mooie melodieën maken en samenzang produceren. Merk op dat wat er verder in deze periode gemaakt werd (Pat Boone, Paul Anka, Dion & the Belmonts) veeeeel suffer was. Roy Orbison met Pretty Woman was al aardig wild met die dwingende drums! Voor ons klinken de vroege Beatles gezapig, maar destijds was het echt een frisse windvlaag. Het waren de jaren van gillende meiden en onverstaanbare concerten (de heren hadden een maand voor het uitkomen van deze plaat hun optreden in de veilinghal in Blokker). Lang verhaal kort: de muziek wint het van de teksten. Een nummer als I'll be back heeft zo'n mooie melodie, wat mij betreft had het ook over de productie van strokarton mogen gaan. Speelplezier en genialiteit, dan ga ik niet moeilijk doen.

Gaan we weer. Die gezapige oude Beatles zijn ook altijd hetzelfde. Dus ik begin mijn schrijven ook maar weer met herhaling. De heren konden in deze fase alleen nog maar nummers maken met zeurende lange lettergrepen: Eerste zin nr. 1: "It's been a haaaaaaard days night and I have been workiiiiiiiiing like a dog". Eerste zin nr. 2: “IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII should have known better with a girl like you” Eerste zin nr.3 “ If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true (gaat nog goed) and help meeeeeeeeee (ahhh, toch weer) understand. Ok, bij het oudere album dat we kregen leek het onmacht om de teksten in de maat te krijgen en nu lijkt het meer muzikaal gestuurd, dus de heren zijn vooruit gegaan. Maar het blijft niet aan te horen. Dus: album uit en moed verzamelen om een andere keer de rest te luisteren. Intussen het boek er maar bij. Het weet in één zin te vermelden dat een 12-snarige gitaar de toon zet en dat het album uit ‘superieur simpele gitaarpop’ bestaat. Dat voelt nogal als een tegenstelling. Dus: vertel me meer. Maar het boek gaat direct erna verder in op de film. Daar kom ik dus ook weinig mee verder. Dan krijg ik een tip. Kijk gewoon die film. Goed plan: Die moet ik toch nog voor de 1001 movies. Zo kan ik in één keer die gifbeker leegdrinken en twee vinkjes zetten. En ja, de film maakt het wel makkelijker uithouden. Ook door het plezier dat de mannen in de delen zonder tekst lijken hebben. Als ze aan het woord komen, merk je wel dat het geen acteurs zijn en soms denk ik te zien dat ze dat zelf dan tijdens het spelen ook denken. Het ‘verhaal’ is nogal dun en gaat met name over gillende fans en pers etcetera. Waarbij de heren hun speelsheid graag naar voren brengen. Ik zou dit zelf nooit opnemen in de 1001. Dus ook dit (doorgaans veel betere) boek er maar even bij gepakt. Het geeft aan dat het de vorm van pop-muziekfilms heeft veranderd. Tja, had dan ook wat Michael Jackson materiaal opgenomen. Aan het eind wordt wel duidelijk waarom het er toch in moest. “The songs are great, too”….

Ik zat in mijn eigen historie hier te zoeken welke albums ik allemaal al heb gehad. Dan zoek je op "Beatles" en die zoekterm gaf al 56 hits. Niet dat we 56 albums van ze hebben gehad, maar het geeft maar aan hoe vaak de term Beatles of Beatlesque wel niet valt in een review. En dat toont de invloed aan van de band op de muziekgeschiedenis. Dit album komt uit de begindagen van the Beatles, toen ze al mateloos populair waren. Ik heb er niet buitengewoon veel over te vermelden. Behalve dat ik ook de film heb gezien, een schijtlollig niemendalletje (7tje gegeven) met uitstekende scores op Imdb. Als je, zoals Eric, een hekel hebt aan de Beatles en dan nog erger deze periode van ze, zou ik aanraden om dan gelijk de film te pakken. Heb je het album en de film in 1x afgevinkt en komen de liedjes misschien in wat meer hapklare brokken naar binnen. Want verder zijn die begindagen toch niet alles. Een magere 3, omdat ik er wel vrolijk van wordt.

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.

heard it before, its alright ig

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

Ahhhhhh can’t go wrong really

This is American butchery I tell ya!

This is how it treats me after stopping for a while, Beatles forced upon me. They LOVE to sing about love, it's literally every song apart from the title track (which I do quite like). Tonally just 1 note, not a deep album. I'm pretty neutral on them, still am after this. You can tell Lennon and McCarthy had limited writing experience before this, it really feels like tie-in movie music.

There is no wonder that the Beatles became the sensation they were. This album is a wonderful mix of rock and doo-wop with boppy riffs and incredible pacing. The album takes you through an entire relationship from young love to bitter split, and every moment is perfectly sold by wonderful harmonies. Not my favorite of their albums, but I will never discourage anyone from giving it a listen.

One of their best.

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.

God tier pop

Being this one of their first few I was expecting to hate it or at least be meh on it but its actually quite nice! Simple but sweet pop melodies that really do leave an impression on me. I'm not so into how lovesick the lyrics are but again, nice album

An album that starts with a famous clang and continues with a fair amount of clanking and thumping. Amidst all this bumping around and jostling for space the hidden gem is Paul’s Things We Said Today. I’ll Be Back is another great song. But it’s the thud that starts the chorus of Any Time At All that I like the most. It’s the same sound my washing machine makes when it starts, and if the medium is the message a lot of the album sounds like machinery, trains and factory production lines.

I mean, it's the Beatles.

Leuk Beatles album. Nog niet te oud of te gezapig.

A good album and a fun listen. The vocal harmonies are the standout on this album. The overall songwriting is good, but I can’t say that I was wowed by any of the songs I didn’t already know. I can’t say I’d actively choose to listen to this album front to back again, but I don’t regret the time I spent on it.

just the beatles, great music for any moment. And contains whats to me the best beatles song (can't buy me love)

3.3 I don't actively seek out their music, but I cannot refuse the charm of this album. however, the stereo panning in many songs makes it a hard listen

Not my favorite. 2.5/5

J’adore les Beatles ! Celui-ci est pas mal le fun, mais ce n’est pas la période du groupe qui me fait vraiment vibrer.

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

Another Beatles album- making four in total for me. This is my first early Beatles album, and you can tell. They definitely had the makings of greatness here, but there is an overall level of sameness and safeness to most of their songs. Still- the hits are definitely hits. Overall- good album. 3.5-4/5

It's the Beatles. Enough said....5 stars.

Some great tunes.

This album isn’t bad. Seems like it was cranked out at break-neck speed during the height of the Beatles popularity, considering they made a movie. I learned that the phrase “A Hard Day’s Night” was a Ringo malaprop, which makes me love him all the more.

A Beatles album with some hits, but... it's a Beatles album with Beatles hits. I can stand a little bit of it every so often, but this was too much early McCartney for my ears. A 3.

Aggressively 60's, feels like I'm standing at the punch bowl at a prom worried about my troubadour staying up all night... Got real repetitive by the end, but each track is only like 2 minutes, so that was an odd experience. You can pick up on the greatness to come, but this one wasn't a huge winner to me.

Jangly and same-y, but "And I love her" is a great track

Muito bom, gostei.

Excellent album! I listened to it all the way through more than once.

Yesterday I got a Rolling Stones album and wrote about not having nostalgia for the band and apart from a few songs I don't really listen to the band. I can still agree with their contribution to music and bands that came after. The Beatles are the same to me, their music contribution might be even greater but I don't really enjoy them enough to come back an listen again. Listening through the album today didn't change that.

Feels more considered song writing, McCartney and Lennon maturing as writers

Classic Beatles when they were at the top of their hit making fab period. Really enjoyed listening to this one again. Starting with the title song this one is a great LP all the way through.

know some songs bit didn‘t feel like listening to the beatles today

Classic early Beatles songs. Some songs still amazing today !

Classic but I like later beatles

These guys are going places, I could probably just give them all 5 stars and be fine with it but I'm sure there's a clunker or two on here, right?

C'est les beatles, pas leur meilleur album

Jeune Beatles est fun

C'est genre Rubber Soul mais moins bon.

Every song is the fucking same. It’s either I’ll break your heart, you’ll break my heart or I’m gonna finger ol’ Peggy Sue when we get back from the movies. Give me my 30 minutes back.

I prefer their later stuff

Some great songs on this but a lot of them are a bit meh

So good!

Over the years I've tried several times to get into The Beatles without much luck. This album did not change anything for me. I guess I just don't like The Beatles that much. The album is however nice and short and there are a few decent and/or memorable songs and a few that I was already familiar with. Added to Library: A Hard Day's Night Tell Me Why Can't Buy Me Love Any Time At All I'll Be Back

This was fine. Not their best, but not a bad album by any means.

massively underwhelming considering the albums they came out with after this.

1001 Albums Challenge (10/1001) 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 (5/5) 5. And I Love Her (5/5) 6. Tell Me Why (5/5) 7. Can't Buy Me Love (5/5) 8. Any Time At All (5/5) 9. I'll Cry Instead (5/5) 10. Things We Said Today (5/5) 11. When I Get Home (5/5) 12. You Can't Do That (4/5) 13. I'll Be Back (5/5) Total (5/5)

Boring !

Good album 4/5

Fun to listen to. Not really a great album for them, to me, but that’s not really an insult because it’s still great. Lots of ear worms. Went with “I Should Have Known Better” and “Things We Said Today” for the playlist.

I hadn’t listened to any of the Beatles’ older catalogue yet, although I’m a big fan of their more popular work. I didn’t know any of the songs on here, but I was pleasantly surprised!

Proper 2 minute catchy pop. None of that silly experimental shit. A joy

It’s a classic Beatles album. It’s not their best album in my opinion, but it’s still a great album.

I’m sure this was very influential but in 2025 this is pretty mid.. Meh

1964 I've said it before: I get it, they're important and influential. It seems an obvious thing to state, but it sounds really dated. As an album, I've heard the important stuff before, and the tracks that weren't singles?Whatever. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ For Mums ★★☆☆☆ (4/10)

The beatles

Not that hard.

Nights be hard

Mid af, lovey dovey love dove "I love you more than a mare could love a bear and I sit beside your chair, looking at your hair" - George Harrison

It’s so boring and basic there’s literally nothing interesting going on, if this was released today no one would give a shit

Not the best from the beatles

It's an old album, only important as an artifact. The music doesn't hold up today. Sorry Beatles lovers

Really enjoyed this, had to give it a second listen.

fun upbeat, get your day going energy

Of the time, amazing songwriting and harmonies and classic Beatles.

Buen disco con temas que suenan actuales y otros no tanto. Excelente introducción a Los Beatles.

Klassisk Beatles album, men mangler nytænkning fra senere albums. Stadigvæk en super fin lytteoplevelse

Day 34 Hometown heroes! The Beatles were practically a religion in my family growing up. I haven’t played this album start to finish in at least 15 years but every note is still burned into my memory. Listening again still brings back so many happy childhood memories. It’s amazing how music can do that. Easy 10/10. Highlights Tell Me Why Any Time At All When I Get Home

I means it the Beatles, I’ll admit early Beatles can get a little repetitive but repeating the best rock ever can’t be that bad

nothing stands out but its short and sweet

Great

Good album, lots of decent songs but not one of their best works in their early days for sure

goats

Ok

Solid album

many ear worms on this great album