Please Please Me
by The Beatles

Half dozen absolute classics on this, the rest mainly crooning ballads. But it was their own compositions that were the gold, the covers basically just filler. Hence the greatness of the Beatles. Even at this early stage they had the songwriting skills that quite rightly gave them legendary status. All hail The Beatles.

I liked Twist and Shout, Anna (go to him), I Saw Her Standing There and Love Me Do. A few other nice little ditties but the rest are forgettable 2-minute tracks. Still enough quality to thoroughly enjoy the listen though

It´s obviously not comparable to what The Beatles would end up doing and becoming in subsequent years, but it´s nonetheless and incredibly enjoyable album. Their energy is palpable and contagious. Very good debut for the most important band of all time!

Songwriting - 17
Musicality - 18
Production - 16
Cultural Impact - 20
Originality - 16
Vocals - 20
Lyrics - 15
Instrumentation - 17
Artwork - 18
Timelessness - 19
Influence - 20
Innovation - 17
Commercial Success - 20
Relevance - 18
Accessibility - 20
Concept - 14
Cohesion - 15
Flow - 15
Atmosphere - 14
Emotional Impact - 14
Overall score: 336/400

The "Please Please Me" album is an iconic album from one of the most legendary bands of all time. It marked the beginning of The Beatles' meteoric rise to fame and helped establish them as one of the most influential and beloved bands in history.

The album's overall score of 336 out of 400 indicates that it is an excellent album that excels in many areas. Its strengths include the musicality, vocals, cultural impact, influence, innovation, commercial success, timelessness, accessibility, and artwork. These factors helped establish The Beatles as a dominant force in popular music, and their impact can still be felt today.

However, the album also has some weaknesses in areas such as concept, atmosphere, emotional impact, cohesion, and flow. These factors prevent the album from achieving a perfect score and make it less cohesive and thematically consistent than some of The Beatles' later works.

Overall, "Please Please Me" is a classic album that remains essential listening for any fan of The Beatles or of popular music in general. Its catchy melodies, memorable hooks, and innovative sound helped change the course of music history, and its influence can still be heard in the work of countless artists today.

Best songs: I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me, Love Me Do, and Twist and Shout!

One of the best debut-albums ever. The opener is simply lovely, Misery is underrated, Love me Do, Do u want to know a secret, and ending on a high with Twist and Shout. Unfortunately to much filler to compete with later records, but the highs prove what we know today, big potential.

I love highlights of this album (I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me, Love Me Do), but there is also a lot of awful stuff on here like Chains, Boys, Anna Go To Him, A Taste Of Honey and they are all irritating and horrible.

The time was '63 and there wasn't much else happening musically apart from the Freewheelin Bob Dylan. The Beatles sound was new, it was fresh and it was taken up by the post war generation with great gusto. But to listen to some of this music now you maybe have to wonder why. Does the passing of time present a fair context within which to judge the past. Speaking now I would say that some of the tracks remain enjoyable but some are just so dated by today's standards. However, my younger self reminds me when I first heard this oh so many years ago, I thought the musical world had just been turned upside down.

Uno de los mejores álbumes de debut de la historia del rock.

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