With the Beatles
With the Beatles is The Beatles' second UK album. It was recorded four months after the band's first album, Please Please Me and was released on 22 November, 1963. The album sold so well in England, it qualified to enter the hit singles charts.
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| Released | 22 November 1963 | ||||
| Recorded | 18 July – 23 October 1963 | ||||
| Studio | EMI, London | ||||
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| Length | 33:07 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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Most of the songs were used again in the first American Beatles album issued by Capitol Records, Meet The Beatles! Other songs appeared on The Beatles' Second Album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Album songs
All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted.
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| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "It Won't Be Long" | Lennon | 2:13 | ||||||
| 2. | "All I've Got to Do" | Lennon | 2:03 | ||||||
| 3. | "All My Loving" | McCartney | 2:08 | ||||||
| 4. | "Don't Bother Me" (George Harrison) | Harrison | 2:28 | ||||||
| 5. | "Little Child" | Lennon and McCartney | 1:46 | ||||||
| 6. | "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) | McCartney | 2:14 | ||||||
| 7. | "Please Mister Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) | Lennon | 2:34 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) | Harrison | 2:45 | ||||||
| 2. | "Hold Me Tight" | McCartney | 2:32 | ||||||
| 3. | "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson) | Lennon with Harrison | 3:01 | ||||||
| 4. | "I Wanna Be Your Man" | Starr | 2:00 | ||||||
| 5. | "Devil in Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin) | Harrison | 2:26 | ||||||
| 6. | "Not a Second Time" | Lennon | 2:07 | ||||||
| 7. | "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) | Lennon | 2:50 | ||||||
References
- ↑ Hase, Stewart; Kenyon, Chris (2013). Self-Determined Learning: Heutagogy in Action. A&C Black. p. 119. ISBN 978-1441108913.
With the Beatles…demonstrated the 'uniform traits' of the Mersey Beat style
- ↑ O'Dell, Denis; Neaverson, Bob (2002). At the Apple's core: the Beatles from the inside. Peter Owen Limited. p. 27.
the first truly convincing British rock and roll album, With The Beatles
- ↑ Howlett, Kevin; Heatley, Mike (2009). With the Beatles (CD historical notes). p. 12.
- ↑ Courrier, Kevin (2008). Artificial Paradise: The Dark Side of the Beatles' Utopian Dream. ABC-CLIO. p. 62. ISBN 978-0313345876.
…the bold R&B of With the Beatles
