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3,4/5
Interesting to see the transition between original Beatles and their most popular music
John is a beast on this one. His best large block of work until the White Album.
BEATLES. no es el mejor se, pero es la beatlemania pura y dura.
Probably the best of the "early" Beatles albums and definitely has a couple of classics on it but, overall, I don't love it as much as the later stuff.
A fun album. The Beatles are overhyped and it put me off listening for a long time, but this album had a great flow and was fun to listen to. Easy to have a little dance to.
A classic, the Beatles building up to their best
Good
This is such an incredible album that came out in 1964. The Beatles were everywhere and radio stations played their music all the time. No one came close to the music these guys made and the movie was just like all those Elvis movies but 300 times better!!
Oh boy…
The Beatles…well, what can I really add that hasn’t already been said? They’re easily one of the most important bands of all time - and personally, I adore them. As for how this particular album stacks up to their others, I’m not sure yet. Maybe this will be the motivate me to listen through their discography in order, to really follow the full Beatles journey. What always strikes me is how much of their music I can sing along to without even trying. I rarely remember lyrics unprompted, yet with the Beatles, the words are there in my brain. I don’t listen to them all the time, but the songs are simply there—in the ether, everywhere, all the time, rent free but I don’t mind. Listening to this reminded me of the movie Yesterday, where a man wakes up after a major injury to find no one else remembers the Beatles. He starts playing their songs, and the world is instantly there for it. Honestly, it feels believable - like across any dimension, the Beatles would still be a hit. My own first real introduction to the Beatles came when I was 13, on what turned out to be my last outing with a church group. My mom sent me - probably hoping it would curb my rebellious streak - and I ended up traveling with the Pathfinders to La Paz, Mexico. On the very first bus ride out of Paradise, CA, someone handed me a Beatles tape for my Walkman. I listened to it on repeat all the way down the coast, onto the ferry to the peninsula, and again all the way home. It was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - and I loved it.
When I was 12, my mom's best friend gave us kids all her original press Beatles records to listen to. So I really got into them because it was the 80s, physical media was scarce, and you liked whatever you got your hands on. I remember being especially fond of The White Album. Some artists become so prevalent and ingrained into the popular consciousness that it becomes almost impossible to have an objective point of view about the actual quality of their work. It's like so many people love a thing, that love becomes consensus reality, and then the object of that love transcends itself to become more an immutable truth—like the law of gravity—than, say, some jangle pop some blokes from the UK recorded. Maybe it's coz I grew up being into punk, but I have seldom ever gotten on the hype train with this particular phenomenon. (Take that, Michael Jackson). That is also to say, although contexts cannot be ignored, I strive to evaluate cultural artifacts like this on their own merits despite so much of it living rent-free in my brain for my entire natural life. We know all the melodies and all the words because if you're of a certain generation, they've always been there. Nevertheless, it is difficult to form an uninfluenced impression. It's like having an opinion of the sun. It's just... there. There's really nothing I can say here that tens of thousands of reviewers haven't said before. I don't know if it's important because it is, actually, or because Beatlemania forced that importance upon everyone with ears and eyeballs and all that hype became some inarguable truth. Anyhow, all that said, this record is fine. The (blue version) album art is maybe a little more interesting than the music itself. We get a slice of the random personalities of each member in the Brady Bunch-style layout: John engaging with the camera directly, George smoking a cig and turning his back in one frame, Paul being a bit of a goof, and Ringo looking over it and mopey as fuck as he also puffs away. The red on blue serif typography makes it hard to read and vibratey as hell, but it probably got peoples' attention in the bins. It suggests a photobooth reel but has a stark graphic look that gives it a little edge, which is a little strange given the music is all so accessible and sweet.
Its Beatles, it got some classics
I saw the movie at least twice when it came out. I saw them at Candkestick Park. Yes, I love their sound. It was a bridge from the sound of the 50's to something new.
early beatles were so cute
Good album very repetitive first half but second half starts to pick up. Favorite song is if I fell
Light years ahead of their previous stuff. Martin's production is magnificent. Near perfect album that set the stage for the next decade or so.
A classic pop album from the Beatles. A lot of these songs have pretty easy replay value, but as an album it kinda feels like the songs blend into a too repetitive range. As you go through the album the songs start to put you to sleep with how similar they sound to each other. For that reason this album wasn't my favorite Beatles album. The quality of the songs I do like are very good though. My top 3 songs from this album are If I Fell, Things We Said Today, and I'll Be Back.
Better than expected for an early Beatles album
The 🐐🐐🐐🐐 Banger album as always.
A super fun album that reminds you why the Beatles were popular. Still I can’t give this much more than a 4 overall as the Beatles have always been very good to me, but never a band I truly love.
Not one song I wanted to skip.
4.3/that was a fun one, i can see the hype
Thank you. The Beatles are my all-time favorite band.
It's 60 years old and it still sounds pretty good. None of the songs are bad. Everything on this album is 3 or 4 stars, except maybe the lyrics. Favorite song: can't buy me love
Classic boy band Beatles
The best of the Beatles' early records, the first film soundtrack, and also their first with only original compositions. This was peak Beatlemania and obviously I wasn't alive for that, even my parents were small children when this album came out. The fact that it still sounds so good is a testament of how well it stood the test of time. I have never seen the movie, maybe one day. Charmingly 60's in the best way possible. Key tracks: A Hard Day's Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love
It's cool
I mean obviously a certified classic. I hadn't heard it in a long time, and revisiting it reminded me how good some of the little flourishes on this album are. And showed me ones I don't think I'd heard before.
Trop répétitif, une chanson ou l'autre, c'est sympa. Quelques chansons sortent du lot.
I was worried familiarity would make it hard to tell if I authentically liked this. But the songs I don’t know are just as strong as the famous singles. Shame it’s only 30mins!
72/100. While it’s consistent and enjoyable, the lack of distinctiveness between this album and its predecessors makes it blur into their catalog. Not necessarily a drawback, but it could benefit from more adventurous experimentation.
A massive step up from their previous albums in terms of songwriting, introducing new elements, instruments and structures. Several classics like the title track, Can't Buy Me Love, I Should Have Know Better, If I Fell. Yeah, this is the best of their pre-Help albums.
I haven't listen to this in a while. It was good.
Solid pop album
Averagely ok
another mid Beatles album
I'd never really listened to much of The Beatles pre-Rubber Soul. This is decent and you can definitely sense that they're still honing their song writing here. Maybe not one I'd return to a lot, but a very breezy pop album.
Overall a good album from the Beatles, I feel side one lands better than side 2, with some excellent songwriting. I do find "You Can't do That" problematic though
Sehr gutes Album der Beatles, da kann man nicht drüber streiten
Keine Hits, alles recht ähnliches 60er Gedudel. Sind auf einem guten Weg, aber noch kein richtig gutes Beatles Album für mich
Almost not fair to have the Beatles. Albums on here, they are just classic in every sense. This one in particular really signals the move they were starting to make towards more serious music, but still has some of that early Beatles magic as well.
I started to like it the more I listened to it. There’s some good moments. Very catchy and good song composition. Not really anything to come back to for me.
Bubblegum Beatles was the reason I didn't like the Beatles in my earlier years. Abbey Road came along and blew all my understanding of them away. Once that itch had been scratched, my distaste for their earlier work softened, and grew into appreciation. Had they not continued to develop and deliver I'm not sure how this one would sound, but it did happen, and it's fun to hear their stripped down sound on this.
One of my earliest memories. I never dreamed they would become so big. Great intro album for someone checking out early Beatles
I love the Beatles, they’re one of my favourite bands, and I understand the importance of this album being all songs they wrote themselves, in saying that I don’t think it’s that strong of an album, the highs are good with hard days and can’t buy me love, but the other cuts unlike other albums are not that great
I may actually like the more rock'n'roll-y Beatles more than their later material. Being confined by the conventions of their early style hinders a lot of the more annoying things I dislike about the Beatles. However, it's still the Beatles and they can't help but push me away with both hands. Some decent tracks, but mostly boring ones. Better than Abbey Road at least.
Good just not for me
As a youth, I bucked against the Beatles. They were so popular but their music seemed so thin to me. (Because I never really listened to it deeply). Albums with songs like this were my main defense. Simple, peppy pop born from the early 60's leading to screaming throngs of young girls. Boo! As I grew older and more musically sophisticated, I was able to get to know them through later albums like Abbey Road, the white album, and Revolver. There is some wonderful music there! I could understand why people loved the Beatles. They were revolutionary and they did create new pathways for music to grow into. But I still never got into these first few albums. Listening today I can hear the kernel of genius filtered through the pop sensibilities and what was generally accepted at the time. While I can't really imagine popping this on for a listen, I'll at least give it the respect it's due. Without this, there never would have been those deeper, evolved albums.
30 minutes of pure pop perfection. From the iconic opening chord to the final track, The Beatles deliver an infectious blend of energy, melody, and charm. Every song is a gem, showcasing their early songwriting brilliance and tight musicianship. It’s impossible not to like—this album is a joyful sprint through the golden age of British pop.
Meget sukker sødt, men melodisk. Jeg kunne godt lide Any Time at All.
Très nostalgique. Évidemment, le meilleur reste à venir dans leur cas !
Buen álbum, aunque me llaman épocas mas tardías de los Beatles.
Early Beatles perfection. Just great songwriting and catchy songs all round (though I must say, You Can’t Do That is a bit creepy)
It's easy to see why The Beatles were such a hit. The key to their success might secretly be that there's no wasted time on any of these tracks. Every single track is under three minutes, and two of them are under two minutes. So you get punchy, catchy tunes that don't overstay their welcome. And you'd be hard pressed to call a single one "filler". Top track for me is "Things We Said Today".
Soundtrack to the film and other songs. I had to stop the song after the first verse of the song Hard Day's Night as it hurt my head it was so good. The second side leads them back to boy band era of their youth but is equally good. They are able to take these Four Season's type of songs and lift them to a new interesting level.
This album was playing over and over at home when I was a kid, so I literally grew up with it. I cannot review it in an impartial way – it was the very first thing people told me was "music". It will always have a special place in my heart, for it sounds like home and happy sundays. I know the Beatles will later go on producing more complex, experimental albums, but sometimes, simple is good too. A Hard Day’s Night is just that : pure, simple unadulterated fun. It’s the sound of a whole generation, and I can understand why. It may not be the pinnacle of songwriting, it’s pretty basic, shamelessly cheesy... but it’s a masterpiece of efficiency. Does it objectively deserve a 5* ? I don't know, but millions of horny teenagers seemed to think so in the 60s. Who am I to object ?
I can’t wait for the drug albums. It’s obviously very good, but this album does not hit what I like about the Beatles, it’s just very 50’s diner core. Theres something repulsive to me about the “baby girl I love you let’s dance at the school dance and go down to the diner in my car” songs and that seems to be the only thing people could write about then. Give me the walrus, please. There’s historical arguments of course for this to be like a songwriting playbook that set a lot of the tropes that i then grew to dislike but I don’t know. I think the argument in one of the top reviews that to compare this to something like sgt. peppers is unfair is lame. Why would I not compare one piece of art to another, especially by the same band? Isn’t that the whole point of this exercise and rating system? This is not as good as the white album. This is not as good as peppers. It doesn’t touch abbey road. Those are easy 5’s, and having those as a benchmark, this doesn’t hit the mark. To drastically compare two things, carrying stuff by hand was crazy effective and a 5, then somewhere down the line the wheel was invented. The wheel is a 5, carrying stuff by hand is no longer a 5. Rant over, the songs are still good even if I'm not vibing with it lyrically. Feeling a 3.5, not sure which way it’ll lean.
I actually don't think I was really familiar with any of the songs on this album. I think it just shows how deep the Beatles discography is. I am always impressed by how the Beatles are able to pack so much quality into their 2-3 minute songs. The melodies and harmonies are great, and the composition is always good. I will say, I was getting pretty tired of the love theme across the album. There are several albums better than this one, so I'm going to give it a 3.
Have to have every Beatles record on this list, I get it, but this is another example of it's cooler to see where they are going rather than where they are on this record. Their harmonies are incredible, and will only get better from here. John Lennon in particular gets so much better later in their catalogue. So many songs about how they want to hug and kiss girls and then about how these girls are all lame. Feeling a light 3/5
Funny, an album where you can sing along to more than half of the songs
Good!
Yep!!
While not their strongest, this is still a classic just for “Can’t buy me love.”
4 stars
Is the Beatles .... Most Beatles I find to be the definition of middle of the road... This album sucks and absolutely did not need to be on the list... Granted I feel they should only have one or two albums on here
It’s a good album! I like it and enjoyed listening to it! Not much more to say really… I didn’t absolutely love it and I didn’t absolutely hate it! It’s just a good listen! The vocals are absolutely amazing though! I don’t think I would relisten to it though!
This is a really likeable slice of the Beatles before they got pretentious and carried away with themselves. Back when they were all about frenzied pop moppetry and the lighter side of life. It’s a pretty consistent album, and likeable in many ways. It has an upbeat spirit and the songs are simple. There is real cohesion between Lennon and McCartney, which gives the songs a consistent sound that they won’t have from Rubber Soul onwards. It’s got an energy throughout, like you can feel the mania of a million screaming fans just beyond the music. Hard Day’s Night is probably the best pop album by the Beatles, and feels like the pre- British Blues boom sixties.
Em sua fase inicial, antes de Rubber Soul (1965), esta que seria a mais importante banda do mundo esboçava sua trajetória em canções (todas escritas por John Lennon) juvenis e desprovidas de qualquer aspecto maduro, exceção a "Things We Said Today" que traz elementos folk e harmonias vocais diferenciadas. Vale como documento. Disco mediano.
This must have been crazy to experience in 1964. Not the perfect album but it’s damn good. “And I love her” is one of the best love songs ever. 9/10
Sheer musical bliss. One of the most perfect pop records ever recorded, and a heavily underrated album in The Beatles' discography.
Well crafted pop songs individually but found it a bit of a boring album. This era of the Beatles never really did it for me. I understand it's to do with when it was produced but love song after love song gets a bit trying.
Excellent and ahead of its time
Classic Beatles album. Like the rest, so many classic hits in one space. Crazy how a full album used to only run about 30 minutes and yet you still got plenty of hits.
Enjoying the Beatles more and more each time they show up on this list.
What needs to be said? It's the Beatles.
I recognize the value of this album to the evolution of rock n roll. I heard the creativity of the songwriting and the absolute perfect execution. The subjects of these songs can be dark and if that's intentional, that's fine, but I think that they just reflect the times they were written, ex. don't talk to that guy kind of shit. I love later Beatles stuff. I don't really engage much with this era so I'm grateful for the opportunity but will 100% put on Rubber Soul before this. Like, ever.
Trying to not let my Beatles bias blind me
There was a bit of a lull in the middle of the album for me but it did finish strong and for that 4.1/5
💕💕
Finally.
I have no discretion when it comes to the Beatles. Too many good memories!
BEST SONGS: - A Hard Day's Night - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - And I Love Her
yeah I’m familiar.
Great album
Super solid album of classic Beatles music - not super exciting but very iconic of early Beatles
There's my early childhood, encapsulated in a handful of charming songs.
This is great. Young enough to be filled with their raw beat-group energy, and their broadening range and burgeoning songwriting talents are here for everyone to hear, And I Love Her' and 'Things We Said Today' stand out. John's edge, attitude, songwriting and energy are to the fore too, and he sounds fantastic. Ringo drives it along. George shines on later albums when he was given the opportunity. His song here is not the best! All that, and the most famous opening chord in pop. And a beautiful song which will forever remind me of my Dad.
Simply makes you happy. The fact that this is far from their best album and still easily 5 stars speaks volumes about the quality of The Beatles. Best band ever.
It’s the muthafuckin’ boys innit!
Great introductory album to a great band.
It's the Beatles. I liked it more than Rubber Soul overall.
Not my favorite of the beatles albums but they dont have a bad one
Now that I know Paul and John were that of secret lovers the band has become enjoyable again.
I'm not going to treat it like some masterpiece, just because it's The Beatles, and I love them, but that's some quality 60s pop, still fresh after all these years
I enjoyed it.
Nice pop. A few cheesy and just not so good songs (e.g. I'm happy just to dance with you) but some great songs too. I'll round it up to a 4 because it's better thsn much other stuff flrom the era, and of course very influential.
Upbeat, feel like I'm listening to an Oldie station or a movie soundtrack. Perfectly fine, but nothing really to bring me back. I've always thought that the Beatles were way over-rated...
Early Beatles stuff feels so hit or miss for me. This one, for instance... it's got like 4 or 5 just iconic amazing songs, and then the rest feels like filler.
Shocking: Beatles pretty good
Dont like the beatles. Some good songs
Blast from the past classics one after another. Knew them all. Loved it.
Twang central. Actually better than I was expecting. Weird how it’s the pretext for rock and roll but also very granddad toe tapping in armchair
166 albums to get to the Beatles...and it's A Hard Day's Night. 60s Bubblegum Pop that's ahead of its peers but still bubblegum pop. They're good at what they do, but here, what they do is pretty by the numbers stuff. 30 minutes is not long enough to get on my nerves.
I still think my favorite album is Sgt. Peppers. But this is also very good.
Snelle inhaal review #5: Prima beatles album, maar om dit nou op de 1001 albums lijst te zetten idk
Dit album is leuker dan ik mij kan herinneren. Vroeger altijd een beatles hater geweest, maar misschien ben ik nu wel geprimed door alle oude muziek om dit meer te waarderen. Het begint natuurlijk met het bekendste nummer van dit album, maar de anderen mogen er ook zeker zijn.
Tof album, betere Beatles werk wat mij betreft. Swingt goed met nice hooks
Niet het beste album, maar nog steeds de moeite waard.
A thousand years from now, this will one of the albums in their ancient history space museum. Small tentacled school children will stare at the album cover before having lunch of protein slurry.
I've listened to and watched this so many times
I think anyone that seriously likes the pre dugged Beatles more than the post is lying to themselves. Its like trying to compare Basketball before Michael Jordan reached the NBA and Basketball afterwards. I will forever stand by the fact that Marajuana and Acid did wonders for this band musically. Before Rubber Soul, its really hard to crawl into this music. So pop filled and mainstream that I can't get behind it. 5/10 because it is better than a lot of the shit albums that are on this list, but I can't in good faith reccomend this album to another as a top album ever made.
Some really great Songs on this Album. Not all of them but most
Title track is probably my favourite Beatles song. Has a slight punk vibe. Rest is fine albeit too many ballads.
If you take the Beatles for what they are, this isn't a bad album. The Beatles are NOT a rock band. They are a boy band. For a mid-60's pop album, it's pretty good. Catchy, hooky, boppable. You can sing along. Everyone knows the hits. Even the non-hits are "good". But it's the Beatles. My Rating: 3/5. At least there's no sitar.
Similar to the movie of the same name, a fun way to spend time but doesn’t feel essential.
Man, that was some good Beatles. Reminds me of my mum. I miss you Mum. Three stars.
Hot take: The Beatles, as a group, are massively overrated.
Classic! The Beatles stay golden
Repeat listen
8/10 A jewellery box of exquisite pop tunes, but it’s the Beatles so obviously. Reeks of good taste if not at the full powers of their songwriting. The drums really stood out here. Hits a ceiling of 4/5 because this type of old, pure rock doesn’t 100% do it for me. Best: I’m Happy Just to Dance With You
Not my favorite Beatles album, but certainly a good one with some classic songs and a great overall sound.
You know this one from the opening chord of the title song. Best "old/mop top" Beatles song and everyone knows it, young and old. Longevity, check. Throw in massive hits like "I Should Have Known Better", "Can't Buy Me Love", "And I Love Her", "Things We Said Today", "Anytime At All", plus glue tracks like "If I Fell" and "I'll Be Back". Hits, check. Yep, based on the sheer number of hits that you still hear on the radio, the groundbreaking sound they created at the time, the audience they created and still have. Impact on music, check. Not my favorite Beatles album by a long shot but solid from top to bottom. 4 stars.
Blazingly fast album, the songs are charming and done within a moment.
CLASSIC
Solid pop album from the Beatles. Not my favorite of theirs, but easy listen. It's hard to rate some artist's albums because you know their entire body of work. 4/5
You know it’s not my favorite, but it’s very fun and you can see why the girlies were foaming at the mouth for them back in the day. Cracking up at the album cover though, is that supposed to be 4 different dudes?? No fucking way. Too bad they didn’t have frosted tips back then, maybe one of them would’ve stood out
I'm just... not that big on The Beatles. Obviously their incredible contribution to music as a whole is appreciated, and the music is okay. A Hard Day's Night and And I Love Her stood out, but the rest just sort of blends into each other.
Good
Not their best. Maybe their worst but still better by miles than anything by The Beach Boys so.
The only reason I can't give it a 5 is to leave room to differentiate their even better later albums. But this is great. Any Time at All is my favorite song from this one.
This is a fun listen from the Fab Four. This is the music that got me started as a music lover at a young age. My mom introduced me to this when I was 7 or 8, and my tastes expanded from there. I am more a fan of later albums by The Beatles, but all of their stuff is great.
I didn't get through it.
Not a fan of the Beatles
3.5
4.5
Man this had a lot of famous songs on here I really love Can't buy me love. I can't remember the movie I first heard it in. but that's brings back that nostalgia. Lot of great tracks here.
Surprisingly very polished for the times. Clear sounds and melodies. It almost has this classic american ballad structure to the songs and the way the playlist is built. Nice and eays going album, with no much that stumbles in the way apart from the almost non-stop “giddy up” feeling, one song after another. Overall, smooth listen with great bangers. 7.1/10
Fabulous album, though nowadays I just listen to the opening chord and skip the rest.
The best of their early days, and the first with only Lennon/McCartney songs - no coincidence. George's guitar sounds incredible, Ringo destroys the cowbell and the songs are getting tighter and tougher. Love it.
Ha, getting an early Beatles record on this feels a bit odd. The Beatles are essential sure and their whole catalog is essential, but is all of it a must? That being said, A Hard Day's Night rules and is an easy 5 stars.
Immense, tremendous respect and such. Don’t need to go out of my way to listen to it again, rather listen to it than purple rain I guess. Best tracks are A Hard Day’s Night and Any Time at All. Low three star
8/10
Banger. Might become a Beatles stan tbh. Excited to see what else of theirs is on here cause there’s definitely more of em. Best song: A Hard Day’s Night Notable(s): I’m Happy Just To Dance With You, Can’t Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, When I Get Home
Yeah, this album isn't bad at all, but it does feel like the advent of pop. Don't get me wrong, I love the Beatles, but I think this album kind of blends into their discography, aside from the two biggest hits.
Good song writing, dated sounding as expected. Dont love the vocal doubling.
Hard not to rate this stone-cold classic a five. It's early Beatles, but honestly? I'm a big fan of early Beatles.
Classic, great harmonies.
Great album
It's fine. The Beatles are massively overrated (which is not to say they're bad). Their earlier stuff sounds better on average (to me), but has less variance - so the best of the later stuff is the best overall. This is an earlier album, full of twee love songs. It's dated and seems kind of uninspired, but I can't deny they execute well
what's to say. it's da beatles!
the generator really messed up by giving me this album after i've already listened to revolver, rubber soul, sgt. pepper's, and the white album... this just can't hold a candle to those. it's earlier, poppier, dumber beatles. still good, of course, but nothing like what they'll make within a few years' time. i also must admit i only knew about 2.5 of these songs going into it. maybe that's on me, but i literally haven't even heard the titles of most of these songs until now. and they're mostly decent, quick pop tracks, just nothing all that exciting. it's beatles filler, but it's still filler. favorites: a hard day's night, if i fell, and i love her, can't buy me love, any time at all
Having mostly only listened to the Beatles’ later songs, I was so surprised by the lyrical simplicity of this one. It’s so much more similar to The Everly Brothers’ album I listened to yesterday than I would have guessed!
The band makes the transition from youth making rock music to writing all their stuff and beginning to really show where things were headed.
This band is pretty good, they should be famous or something. The title track is a great opener to an album, it may set the bar a little too high for the rest (even if it is all quite good).
How good is that opening chord? It's _probably_ - George (12 string Rick) playing an F chord with an added G on both the 1st and 6th strings, John playing an Dsus4 on a 6 string, Paul playing a high D on the bass and George Martin sneaking in on a grand piano light playing a D G C cluster. This isn't simple music, even if it sounds that way to modern ears. The Beatles have moved beyond doing covers and are writing some complex songs (even if thematically it's still boy meets girl etc). Some of it is a bit cheesey but this is 1964, cheese is in fashion. Recording Can't Buy Me Love in just 4 takes shows how useful all that experience playing live in Hamburg was in honing their skills.
I know, it is the Beatles and there is probably a reason this album is in the list, but this is far from the most interesting if their albums.
I appreciate the distinctive jangly guitar and harmonies. Lots of catchy and familiar songs, but not something I would choose to listen to these days. 'I'll Be Back' was my fave track.
A couple of well known bangers, but otherwise pretty dated Brit Pop. Love the Beatles but this may be their least interesting album.
Very poppy. Did the Beach Boys get inspired by this sound to make Pet Sounds? (Answer- no, but "Pet Sounds" was inspired by a later Beatles album, "Rubber Soul"). Halfway through first listen- the instrumentation is there, but the sound (personally) for me is not. I UNDERSTAND in context this is a good album and WHY it is, but it's just a little too jingle-jangly for me. 3rd listen- lowkey growing on me. Very catchy. Can’t Buy Me Love makes me want to put on my spurs and jangle. Final score- 3.5 rounded down to 3. Would definitely listen again and it grew on me but don’t know if it’s at 4 level yet.
There’s nothing wrong with this, it’s perfectly good but I’d reach for later Beatles albums before this one and probably the Red album if I wanted to listen to this era Beatles. It’s pretty side 1 stacked too but there are a few bangers on here though in _Can’t Buy Me Love_, _And I Love Her_ and my fave, the title track
Had some decent tracks but nothing incredibly "must listen". Still it's the Beatles so the good ones are still quite good.
Not among my favorite Beatles albums - there are a few timeless hits though.
Nice. A bit too light for me, everything feels very old-timey, minimal guitars and all, but a bunch of good tracks.
4.5 stars. Opens with the title track with one of the more distinctive chords in rock and roll history and is a fun time from there out. Third album is more poppy than their previous work but is a treat, as signified by my young kids getting up to dance when it came on. Fast-paced treat with a quick runtime (30 min) but full of energy.
Da e litt for langt mellom høydepunktene
Love the record from the 6th song (Tell Me Why) forward.
I did not realize how many of the hits were on this album. I knew almost every song.
One of music's historically great albums. I've listened to this album many times before and I know all of the songs. This is their 3rd album in the "Classic Beatles" sound. There are several great/good songs. Best Songs A Hard Day's Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love You Can't Do That I'll Be Back
5/10 Top 3 tracks: 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. Hard Days Night 3. Any Time At All
The best of the Beatles' albums on this list. Hard not to appreciate the chords and 12-string guitar work.
Decent but still not my cup of tea
Good
Come on. Beatles.
Good songs with great vocals and amazing vocal harmonies. Especially Lennon's voice is really good. Songs have some interesting twists and turns. Unfortunately the songs have that bubble gum pop feel that I'm not too keen to and production isn't that great in today's standards (I'm sure it worked great in 60's radios). Also lyrics are somewhat generic pop lyrics. Better Beatles albums are still to come.
What a bunch of idiots, did they expect it to be easy?
Dated sound, still timeless songs. Surprisingly, I was least engaged with the bigger singles.
I want to like Beatles albums a lot more than I do. Singles only.
Instantly reminds me of dad :) I listened to The Beatles a lot in the car with family. I also went through a lot of their albums in 2010 when I was in San Diego and trying to find new/old music to enjoy.
Unreal.
These guys are fantastic.
Great album - gotta see the movie now
Only album to be 100% Lennon McCartney. They were early 20s putting this list together. Classics.
A Hard Day’s Night is where The Beatles start become the band that’s still regarded as the greatest of all time. The first album written entirely by Paul and John. Their early stuff is often overlooked, but the chord progression and melodies are something no one had ever heard before. That continues here, and really it never leaves them. Hard’s Day Night is were the depth starts to come in. 8.9/10
It was okay. Not my favorite era of Beatles music but there are a few songs i do genuinely like.
the beatle
Not their best...
I know many Beatles fans might say it's sacrilege but upon this recent re-listen I unfortunately could not give this a very high score. "If I Fell," "And I Love Her" and I'd say "Hard Day's Night" are all of course iconic, but not enough to save the album for me. I understand this was still a very early stage for the Beatles but there are other albums and artists from around this decade/genre that I wanna listen to way more than this. Variety is not something you look for in the early Beatles albums but unfortunately I like it too much to give this higher than a 2.
Probably my favorite of the “boy band” Beatles records before they went more psychedelic. Upbeat, full of hits and deep cuts. If I Fell will always be a favorite
It’s the Beatles! Another five star album ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was delighted when I got a Beatles album, but soon realized this is FAR from my favorite one of theirs. Fun and catchy, but a bit too samey.
I like the beatles but this album was a little underwhelming for me
Finally a Beatles album that enjoyed listening to. This one doesn't sound like it's from the 60'ies but rather more modern. It's also not psychedelic like so much from that decade. Standouts A Hard Day's Night Can't Buy Me Love Any Time At All 4/5
The Beatles? Solid
This was fantastic. I imagine that this was the record that proved some people wrong. Some people thought that the Beatles were nothing but a fad in '64 and yet here they are writing some of their best songs early in their career. Their ability to write hit singles as well as valuable deep cuts is set in stone. From this point, they use more mature themes and soon, experimentation will take them from a great rock band to the greatest rock band of all time. Absolutely yes. (9/10, 5/5 on this scale)
It's the Beatles, it's an auto 3 star minimum. This one has some good tunes. "Can't buy me love" is one of my favorites and will be going to the playlist. ~ 3.9 Stars
Another Beatles album. It's what you'd expect from the Beatles. Pretty middle of the road, this one. Catchy 60's pop music.
Far from the Beatles' best, their early stuff is kinda whatever, this is one of the best of this era though
⭐️⭐️ 1001 ALBUMS- # 61 The Shitty Beatles, are they any good? They Suck! Then it’s not just a clever name 🤣 Oh the Fab Four…I was hoping to avoid receiving any of their releases on this list for a while longer, however after merely 60 albums here we are. Not a controversial take to call these guys vehemently overrated, more so than any other band in the history of music. Yes they crafted catchy pop tunes and were great songwriters, however also commercially manufactured by record company marketing machines that molded an image which turned them into mega-stars overnight. For all the acclaim they receive for being in a league of their own during this era, I challenge you to listen to a much more interesting group that pioneered garage rock punk during this same time, at least a decade before any pretentious rock writer coined the term- The Monks, Black Monk Time, was the true standout record of the 60’s, miles ahead of its time. However let’s pay credit where it’s due- A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in The Beatles’ early career, marking the first time the band released an album consisting entirely of original compositions. It captures the infectious energy of Beatlemania while simultaneously showcasing the group’s growing sophistication as songwriters and musicians. 🎧 Classic Track: A Hard Day’s Night 🎧 Deep Cut Gem: Things We Said Today 🎧 Personal Favorite: And I Love Her Lyrically, the themes are largely centered on love and longing, but there is a noticeable evolution from the more simplistic boy-meets-girl formulas of their earlier albums. Tracks like “If I Fell” and “I’ll Be Back” offer emotional nuance and vulnerability, reflecting the maturing perspective of Lennon and McCartney as lyricists. The album also serves as a part soundtrack to the film of the same name, which is something I also take exception to. The well crafted songs aside, artistically this would’ve garnered far more respect from me if the music excluded tracks from the film. 🖼️ Album Artwork: Here’s a story…of a Beatle Brady… Much of these early Beatles releases are structurally simple and lyrically basic, especially by today’s standards. Must everything these guys put out be fawned over??
Obra maestra
The hype was warranted. Within the style of the time, this is a collection of perfect and nearly-perfect gems. 5 stars
not their best
I found the lyrics pretty simplistic but the music and the harmonies were enjoyable. It's hard to appreciate this album when so much of music thereafter has been influenced by them so it doesn't really "sound" groundbreaking anymore
a favorite - sang along with every song --- is it a five or a four? 4/5 #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge
So glad this album Is only 33 minutes. They made some good music later on when they were tripping, but this album does nothing for me.
Eh. It was fine. Sounded like 1960s popular music. It was nothing remarkable.
Real nostalgic! Genius amateurs! Afternoon naps after school!
Hmmm classically good songs
The Beatles have significantly better albums, but this is still good
Short and sweet! Fell for the harmonies and the mix of energy and tenderness.
Many on here are better than the hit songs that got repeated playtime.
Beatles fun
Really got some classics on here but not my fav Beatles album
Rv/G
A classic. Doesn't hold up too well overall for me, but the bangers that stand out are undeniable. 'Can't Buy Me Love' was my fave.
Beatles coming into their own. Another important album, but more than that, excellent pop music. The compositions are flawless in context, and there's a surprising variety of vocal and instrumental sounds. "Hard Day's Night" has that iconic opening chord, a story of its own, one of the best intros in rock. It is astonoshing to me how much material these guys put out inm such a short period, almost all of it the quality work, songs that were covered by countless other artists, to say nothing of the influence they had. Which is perhaps their greatest legacy. Bridging early vocal group rock with later exporations, and in doing so, inventing the genre. At least for me, this album, Rubber Soul, and Revolver are the Beatles high point and some of the best rock ever to be recorded. I can't get enough.
This is an example that proves that even a "mediocre" Beatles album is still a really good album in the grand scheme of things. Compared to their first two releases, this album shows significant growth with great harmonies, catchy tunes, and overall songwriting. It still sounds like their early material with a lot of love songs, but that's not a bad thing. Overall it's a nice snapshot in time, a nice album for what it is, to show progression from album to album, and a really solid album for 1964. Peak Beatles albums would come later, however.
barely listened to the beatles before apart from their most popular things (cuz i'm biased obviously), still don't fw them so much but it's great weekend lousy breakfast cooking music
Awesome
Gear: Abyss DIANA MR Artwork: 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫 Production (Remastered 2009): 🧏♂️📏🤷♂️ Music: 🌙💼😴💡❓🚫 Rating: 🍄🟫🍄🟫(🍄)/5
Quite simply one of the best pop albums of all time. If I fell is one of the most beautiful songs of all time
4.2
C'est pas encore tout à fait la forme finale du bordel, mais même au milieu de ça, ça sort des trucs qui te reste dans la tête pendant 3 jours. C'est presque pénible.
*Did not like this at all. *Only 30 minutes - 13 songs, ~2 minutes each. *Bubble gum poppy and boring. *Fave Tracks - Can't Buy Me Love and Hard Day's Night RATING - 4/10
misogynist beatles do not exist 1964 beatles:
Mi análisis carece de subjetividad. Es el primero que hicieron todos los temas. Boleros y motown
No sé si puedo ser objetivo.
é um dos que eu gosto menos, mas ainda é mto bom
eu gosto desse aqui, pó me crucificar + uma das capas mais iconicas, acho chique e péssima ao mesmo tempo acho lindo a musica cant buy me love. pois, de fato, dinheiro nao pode comprar amor. lindo isso. do inicim deles, esse eh o segundo mais legal, perdendo só pro beatles for sale.
⭐️If I Fell
What a classic. Can't believe I had never heard Any Time At All.
Favoriten And I love her Things we Said today Ill be back
As a non Beatles fan, it's a really good album
Not really my style but not bad
love it
Great album. 30 minutes. Signalled pop musics arrival as a genre.
Most Beatles are mediocre and have not aged well
Cool album. Probably the best of that early Beatles era… probably. Gun to my head, probably.
It’s always a joy on this website when you get an album you know you’ll love. I fucking love this album. It’s the best of the Beatlemania era and probably my 3rd favourite Beatles album (behind Rubber Soul and Abbey Road). Every track slaps, there’s no skips here for me. So many classics on here from the title track to Can’t Buy Me Love, If I Fell and And I Love Her to name a few! Also watch the movie, it’s actually quite fun!
A few recognizable hits, but that’s about all that’s good about these early Beatles releases.
A classic
It’s the same guy 4 times in a row.
This is #day300 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… my second Beatles album so far, making me wonder if I'll be getting them in order of release, since only two weeks ago I got With the Beatles. While this one follows a similar pop pattern, it feels a little more diverse, though not to the extent that becomes clearer with Rubber Soul. It's also kind of less cheesy than With the Beatles, but not too much. At least there's one of my favourite songs of theirs, "And I Love Her," and I also like "I Should Have Known Better." This is a strong 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day301.
A good album, but it sounds like a product of its time. Definitely influential, but I prefer other Beatles albums more
Sounded like a barbershop quartet or something. Music barely audible, mostly just vocals.
das sind doch die vier Pilzköpfe at its best
Fantastic album. Lennons voice is really the dominant sound in nearly every song. Certain tracks had things I never noticed before like in should have known better. I had never noticed how it’s mostly just drums and bass with some guitar sprinkled in, very interesting. Heartbreakingly quick album though, but who cares. It sounds like this was recorded in multiple different studios. Some tracks are much cleaner sounding than others.
Good album Overshadowed by other Beatles albums
One of my lower ranked Beatles albums.
sorry, aber es ist halt einfach soooo langweilig... I love my girl, I miss my girl, I work hard for my girl, my girl is the one....
Good one. Fav Track: A Hard Day's Night. Great opener, no doubt.
I was probably musically socialised by the Beatles from birth. My parents listened to a lot of Beatles. And I still love them today. A Hard Days Night is not their best album. For me, the genius begins with Rubber Soul. I don't want to go into the individual songs now...they're well known anyway. But it's the 1st pure Lennon/McCartney album. No more cover versions. They absolutely established themselves with this album at the latest. They wrote pop history later
This is The Beatles for “small boy” me. I like revisiting this record from time to time. There are some fillers on here though. Can’t Buy Me Love is one of my favourite Beatles songs even though I prefer post “Rubber Soul” Beatles
Honestly, if this album was by any different band, no one would bat an eye. But here we are, one of the greatest records of all time (critics) and one of the most boring boysband with uninteresting songs (me). It gets better on their subsequent albums, but A Hard Day's Night is a work in progress.
Can’t give a 3.5 but that’s where it is for me. I understand that the Beatles are, were, and will continue to be influential, but this album just sounds like vapid 60s pop to me.
Like many early Beatles records, I'm just not very impressed by most of this. I will say, the popular tracks on here are well worth listening to if, for some reason, you've ever bothered to question what the opening chord was on Hard Day's Night. There are also some wild chord progressions on here for 64. If I Fell is a great example of interesting songwriting that the band would explore much further down the road.
Hey, at least it's only 30 minutes long.
Probably my favorite of the pre-Rubber Soul Beatles catalog
I never got the Beatles. And since they're so big, I always thought there'll be time to dive into it. This album though, it ain't it. At the very least it's an easy, fun listen, but that's not a very high bar.
Era el año 1964. Luego mejorarían mucho.
Non memorable album from the legends.
It’s barely a five, not Beatles best but has some really really good songs on it
There's some great stuff here and some filter. I guess pretty meh for the Beatles.
Loved it and heard a few songs I hadn't heard before.
I'm very much an early Beatles fan and pretty strongly dislike their later stuff. So I figure this will be the start of one of my controversial artists. It's a good start. Love this album. Its easy to see why the Beatles got so famous based on their first few albums. All the songs on A Hard Day's Night are great. It's hard to find much fault with the album as a while. It's just good tunes to jam and sing along to. Standouts are "A Hard Day's Night," "Tell Me Why" "Can't Buy Be Love" and "Things We Said Today" I think this album is an 8 or 9 outta 10 for me. Some of the songs are more forgettable, but they all still sound good while you're listening and this is a great album for sure!
This is an early Beatles album, with most of the tracks written and sung by John. I’ve heard every track on this album 100 times, so for me this is a greatest hits record.
Aha! The Beatles are back, after a long pause. This is one of the album covers I studied intently in college when I was trying to learn to ID each Beatle from pictures. It took me a while just to get that all of the ones in each row are the same guy. Of course, now I know that they're George, Ringo, John, and Paul, from top to bottom. :) I actually watched this movie for the first time last year, and it was just as old and boring as I feared. But the songs are OK. Actually, on the Beatle scale, this is one of my least favorites. Still short and poppy, but no songs that I'm super into. (By the way, when we had Rubber Soul, I said I thought that was my favorite Beatles album, but it's actually Beatles for Sale, which possibly isn't on here. I feel like a lot of artists on this list have albums I like much more than the ones that are on the list! But maybe I just didn't get to those ones yet. We shall see.) Anyway, I'm stuck between a 3 and 4 for this. It's better than the average album but not as good as the other Beatleses I gave 4s to, so a 3 it is. Sorry, Beatles. Highlights: 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Tell Me Why', 'Any Time At All'
Too many people analyze this album in the arc of rock music progression, failing to give it credit for its time in history. Yes, it is a “pop” music album. Yes, it is not the Beatles at their most sophisticated. But it is still an amazing album. Every song inspires emotion. The instrumentation is getting more complicated and the harmonies are amazing. I could listen to this album on repeat for a long time, even though I generally hate pop music.
Very nice
I've never really understood the Beatles hype, so I was excited to listen to a full album in case it flipped a switch in me. Listening to this just reinforced my opinion. They're creative songwriters, but sometimes they feel a little too polished/manufactured (not corporate though) instead of truly genuine, and the constant echo/reverb added to their vocals gets annoying.
3/5
Paul is so goofy I mean just look at him George so mysterious so serious don't you love him. How rich would I be if everytime they said 'love' I got a dollar
What can you say? I prefer later Beatles, like most everyone else. But these songs are pop rock perfection.
I’m a big ol’ Beatles fan but sometimes the bubblegum songs just rub me the wrong way. Today was one of those days. Fantastic melodies, played perfectly. But if someone today wrote a lyric like “But I’ve been in love before, and I’ve found that love is more than just holding hands” we’d rightfully give them a collective wedgie. To me, the best Beatles periods are aping Little Richard and Chet Atkins (first couple records) or post-acid (Rubber Soul on). Unfortunately Hard Days just falls in the middle.
A generous 2,
Simple, quick and easy. Fun and unvomplicated love songs. B side has less "wow" factor, but an excellent all-around record for both listening to and dancing to. Top tracks: A Hard Day's Night, If I Fell, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love
Not their best album or honestly even in their top five. Not sure why it’s on the list except the author has a hard on for anything British and the Beatles are nostalgic. This isn’t a bad album, just saying given all of the other inclusions on the list from this band, it’s unnecessary. Anyways, as always with the lads, this is nice, cheeky fun to spin when you’re in a movin’ groovin’ tune or whatever. Standouts are obviously the title track, “And I Love Her”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, and, in my opinion, “Things We Said Today”. Great playing, writing, vocals, energy. All of it. Real stand out shit, Ringo. 4/5
Pretty good
Nice easy listen.
4.5
I feel like there is a reason everyone knows the same 10 Beatles songs.
I adore the Beatles, but this album does nothing for me.
Gostei
-a classic. can’t hate. for supposedly being on the bottom half of Beatles albums, I thought it was really solid. maybe nothing groundbreaking or incredible by their standards, but it established their sound and had a few bangers -I really wanna do a full Beatles discog run tbh, my opinion is subject to change for better or worse -Favorites are I’m Happy Just To Dance With You and Can’t Buy Me Love
Overdue to listen to this whole album, classic but every song sounds the same
Obviously great, not my fav album of theirs but some bangers
I have trouble with the Beatles because everything they do is so old hat now but a lot of it was brand new when they started doing it.
I love The Beatles. Not my favourite, but a solid listen with a couple of bangers.
6/10
A couple head-boppers, but we all know the best stuff comes later.
Always have time for The Beatles. Prefer compilations more than full albums generally.
GOD
A Hard Day’s Night may kick off with one of The Beatles’ most iconic and energetic tracks, but the rest of the album struggles to live up to that. Aside from the jangly charm of the title song, much of what follows feels fairly uninspiring. It's clear they were still in their early pop phase here - quick, catchy tunes with simple structures, but not much of it leaves a lasting impression. The more I explore The Beatles' catalog, the more I find myself questioning their untouchable status. There’s no denying their influence, but this particular album doesn’t do much to back up the hype.
Decent album just not enough to it, probably the worst Beatles album to date. Mediocre. 2.5/5 (3/5)
Standard mid 60s fare. Better than most. But still had that bubble gum pop sound. 3.5
High high quality pop but other than the title track and Can’t Buy Me Love nothing sticks long in the memory. Can’t necessarily fault it but can’t imagine returning to it.
Feel bad saying this, but skippable! Easy listening, and understand why it was influential, but no standouts for me.
Beatles in the up and coming era. Favorite track: Can't buy me love other track: hard day’s night, if i fell, and i love her, things were said today
It’s the Beatles. In fact, they it’s one of (but not) the best Beatles albums. It’s even short with no filler. Five marks, all around!
Better than Coldplay