Never been into this one as much as I felt like I should be, one of my least favorites of theirs. Though that means it doesn’t feel quite as overplayed as the other Beatles albums do to me, which is a plus. I’m more into the harder rocking stuff on some of the other early albums, (e.g. Twist & Shout, I Saw Her Standing There, It won’t Be Long) and less of a fan of the pure bubblegum songwriting on display here. OTOH I can’t deny that it’s totally excellent bubblegum

New Order at the peak of their powers. Synth-pop perfection from front to back.

The lyrics on here are constantly occupying the space between genuinely righteous/radical and completely corny. Thankfully the music absolutely rips

A bit of a mixed bag for me where the singles are way stronger than the deep cuts

Putting aside the historical significance here, this is so thoroughly not my thing