A Hard Day's Night (album) by The Beatles

Thrilling. Here is where the extent of the Lennon McCartney genius became clear.

From Montpejo 04/18/2020 20:18

Highlights:

A Hard Day's Night
Can't Buy Me Love
And I Love Her
I Should Have Known Better
I'll Be Back

almost superb

Fantastic!

I feel like this is where the Beatles really started getting good. Some classic songs here, like And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, and I'll Be Back, that elevate it beyond the first two albums. I don't think every song here is something special, but there isn't a single song on this album I dislike. This is easily the best of the Beatles' first four albums.

Listening to this album again, the instrumentation is tighter than their first two albums. First half is really good.

A Hard Day’s Night (2009 Remaster) (1964) by The Beatles - 7.30769230769/10 - Listened to on 6/16/2019
A1 - A Hard Day's Night - 8/10
A2 - I Should Have Known Better - 8/10
A3 - If I Fell - 7/10
A4 - I'm Happy Just to Dance with You - 6/10
A5 - And I Love Her - 7/10
A6 - Tell Me Why - 9/10
A7 - Can't Buy Me Love - 8/10
B1 - Any Time at All - 7/10
B2 - I'll Cry Instead - 7/10
B3 - Things We Said Today - 7/10
B4 - When I Get Home - 7/10
B5 - You Can't Do That - 8/10
B6 - I'll Be Back - 6/10

This was the first Beatles album to only feature original songs and I think the band really proved they could write some great tunes. A Hard Day's night is a really fun album to listen to, just 30 minutes of upbeat pop music and there's not a single bad song in there for me; some personal favorites are You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better and If I Feel. As for the instrumentation, the band keeps it really simple: two guitar tracks (one acoustic and one electric) and none of the production tricks they would use later in their career; nonetheless John Lennon delivers some quality vocals and the guitar parts are really well built. A Hard Day's Night, while lacking memorable tunes and the experimental quality of the later Beatles album, is definitely one of their best works and something to listen to just relax.
I highly recommend watching the movie A Hard Days Night as well if you're a fan, which contains most of the songs from the album.

I much prefer the later era, but this was a good album, though not as good as the first two. Feels like they were getting less interesting by the album until Rubber Soul.

One of my favorite Beatles albums, I divide the Beatles into 3 different time periods although they only released proper albums within a seven year period. This is my fave from the first four albums