[The Beatles UK albums]
From 1963 to 1966
PLEASE PLEASE ME
1963
SIDE ONE
I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Go To Him) (Arthur Alexander)
Chains (Gerry Goffin/Carole King)
Boys (Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell)
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
SIDE TWO
Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You (Hal David/Burt Bacharach/Barney Williams)
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey (Ric Marlow/Bobby Scott)
There's A Place
Twist And Shout (Bert Russell/Phil Medley)
| Please Please Me was recorded in just 12 hours in one mammoth session. The album topped the charts for 30 weeks. It included the singles Love me do, Please Please Me (number one in three of the four recognised charts at the time) and six cover versions. The last song on the album is 'Twist and Shout', this is because John knew that after singing it he would not be able to sing again. Heavy 50's influences can be found on this album. |
WITH THE BEATLES -1963
SIDE ONE
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me (George Harrison)
Little Child
Till There Was You (Meredith Willson)
Please Mr. Postman (Brian Holland/Robert Bateman/Berry Gordy)
SIDE TWO
Roll Over Beethoven (Chuch Berry)
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got A Hold On Me (William Robinson)
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil In Her Heart (Richard B. Drapkin)
Not A Second Time
Money (That's What I Want) (Berry Gordy/Janie Bradford)
With the Beatles tipped Please Please Me from the top of the charts and stayed there for twenty-one weeks.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT-1964
SIDE ONE
A Hard Day's Night
I Should Have Known Better
If I Fell
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
And I Love Her
Tell Me Why
Can't Buy Me Love
SIDE TWO
Any Time At All
I'll Cry Instead
Things We Said Today
When I Get Home
You Can't Do That
I'll Be Back
A Hard Day's Night (titled after a phrase coined by Ringo after a lengthy period of filming) was the musical soundtrack of the film of the same name. The black and white film features the members of the band being themselves. This Album contains all Lennon - McCartney tracks, where as the first two Albums had a few cover versions on them.
BEATLES FOR SALE-1964
SIDE ONE
No Reply
I'm A Loser
Baby's In Black
Rock'n'Roll Music (Chuch Berry)
I'll Follow The Sun
Mr. Moonlight (Roy Lee Johnson)
Kansas City - Hey Hey Hey Hey (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller - Richard Penniman)
SIDE TWO
Eight Days A Week
Words Of Love (Buddy Holly)
Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)
Every Little Thing
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
What You're Doing
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Carl Perkins)
The Beatles For Sale (1964) included covers of songs by Chuck berry, Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins, all early influences on the band.
HELP!
SIDE ONE
Help!
The Night Before
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You (George Harrison)
Another Girl
You're Going To Lose That Girl
Ticket To Ride
SIDE TWO
Act Naturally (Johnny Russell/Vonie Morrison)
It's Only Love
You Like Me Too Much (George Harrison)
Tell Me What You See
I've Just Seen A Face
Yesterday
Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams)
| Help! was another album to accompany a film, although the Help! LP included songs not released on the film. This album contains the most covered song of all time Yesterday. Paul McCartney apparently woke up one morning with the tune for the song in his head. The film is hilarious (although no one would dream of making anything like it today because it would be considered racist). Many of the locations in the film were selected purely because the band had never been to the places in question. Help! |
RUBBER SOUL -1965
SIDE ONE
Drive My Car
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
You Won't See Me
Nowhere Man
Think For Yourself (George Harrison)
The Word
Michelle
SIDE TWO
What Goes On (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/Richard Starkey)
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
If I Needed Someone (George Harrison)
Run For Your Life
Rubber Soul was the first album to show signs of straying away from tradition pop with songs like 'Norwegian Wood', with George playing the sitar and 'Girl', a song about John's ideal woman.
REVOLVER-1966
SIDE ONE
Taxman (George Harrison)
Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping
Love You To (George Harrison)
Here There And Everywhere
Yellow Submarine
She Said She Said
SIDE TWO
Good Day Sunshine
And Your Bird Can Sing
For No One
Dr. Robert
I Want To Tell You (George Harrison)
Got To Get You Into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolver - followed on in the same vain as Rubber Soul. Songs included Yellow Submarine with Ringo on vocals, Taxman a song of George's featuring Paul on lead guitar; I'm only sleeping, as covered by Suggs, features one of the earliest use of looped tape samples and the physcodelic 'Tomorrow Never Knows' (the title is another Ringoism) was written by John while he was filming 'How we won the war'.
All songs Lennon & McCartney unless oterwise stated
