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To have your review posted, click here! The Beatles - A Hard Days Night The first Beatles album composed entirely by the band, track for track this remains the finest early Beatles album. An amazing feat, really, considering that the band totally rushed to put these 13 songs together for the soundtrack album to their movie of the same name. For the first and last time, every song here (almost all of which have received radio airplay over the years) was penned by Lennon or McCartney (or both, as in the case of the classic title track). Though in reality his songwriting contributions were few (despite joint credit on all compositions), McCartney’s songs arguably shined brightest, including the lovely “And I Love Her,” which featured some beautifully plucked Spanish guitar, the haunting “Things We Said Today,” and the energetic rocker “Can’t Buy Me Love,” which also provided words to live by. Lennon too proved capable of gorgeous ballads (“If I Fell”), and such was his talent in 1964 that he could take even routine rockers such as “I Should’ve Known Better” and “Tell Me Why” and turn them into irresistibly catchy gems, while “Any Time At All” and especially “You Can’t Do That” rocked with a fierce edge that McCartney lacked. Which is why they were the greatest songwriting team of all-time, and though the album at times betrays the trying conditions under which it was recorded (i.e. weaker entries such as "“I’m Happy Just To Dance With You,” "I'll Cry Instead," and "When I Get Home"), the performances are all ace, and any complaints, such as occasionally repetitive lyrics and song structures, are minor amid the high overall quality of the songs. -Anonymous |
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