From Wikipedia, Rolling Stone, and About.com –
Studio album by The Beatles
Released: November 22, 1963
Recorded: July 18 – October 23, 1963, EMI Studios, London
Genre: Rock
Length: 32:24
Label: Parlophone
Producer: George Martin
Professional ratings –
Allmusic – 5 of 5
Blender – 4 of 5
Encyclopedia of Popular Music – 4 of 5
Pitchfork Media – 8.8/10
Paste – 87/100
Rolling Stone – Favorable
The Rolling Stone Album Guide – 4 of 5
History –
With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock group the Beatles. It was released on November 22, 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut Please Please Me. The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and "Don't Bother Me", George Harrison's first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown and R&B hits). Most of the songs from the album were released in the United States by Capitol Records as the Meet the Beatles! LP on January 20, 1964, and the remaining that were not, featured on their next US album, The Beatles' Second Album.
The album was also released in November 1963 by Capitol Records in Canada, with a slight change to the title: Beatlemania! With the Beatles. This release has the distinction of being the first LP of Beatles material released in North America, pre-dating the Capitol U.S. Meet the Beatles! and the Vee Jay Records Introducing ... the Beatles LPs by two months. The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer, Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the years.
The LP had advance orders of a half million and sold another half million by September 1965, making it the second album to sell a million copies in the United Kingdom, after the soundtrack to the 1958 film South Pacific With the Beatles remained at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing Please Please Me, so that the Beatles occupied the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks. It even reached number 11 in the "singles charts" (because at the time UK charts counted all records sold, regardless of format). EMI Australia did not receive the cover art, and used a caricature of the band in a similar style to the black-and-white photograph on other releases. The Beatles were unaware of this until fans showed them the cover during their only Australian tour, and informed the EMI publicity staff that they were not pleased with the substitution.
On February 26, 1987, With the Beatles was officially released on compact disc (in mono only, catalog number CDP 7 46436 2). Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the album was also issued domestically in the US on LP and cassette on July 21, 1987. Along with the rest of the Beatles' canon, it was re-released on CD in newly re-mastered stereo and mono versions on 9 September 2009.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Track listing –
With the Beatles (Side 1) - Parlophone yellow and black label.
All songs written and composed by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Side one
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", (Harrison) George Harrison – 2:28
5. "Little Child", Lennon with 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
Side two
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", Ringo 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
Personnel –
George Harrison – Lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead and acoustic guitars; handclaps; nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You"
John Lennon – Lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; harmonica and handclaps; nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You"; Hammond organ on "I Wanna Be Your Man" and tambourine on "Don't Bother Me"
Paul McCartney – Lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar and handclaps; piano on "Little Child" and claves on "Don't Bother Me"
Ringo Starr – Drums, tambourine, maracas, handclaps; lead vocals on "I Wanna Be Your Man" and Arabian loose-skinbongo on "Till There Was You" and "Don't Bother Me"Production
George Martin – Arrangement, production and mixing; piano on "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "Not a Second Time" and "Money (That's What I Want)"
Norman Smith – Engineering and mixing
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