Please Please Me
by The Beatles

Please Please Me by The Beatles
Year: 1963
Release date: 1963-03-22
Overall rank: 431st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 1,740 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1963 (3rd)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1960s (59th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (431st)

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Please Please Me is ranked 10th best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56,394.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 431st | 1960s rank: 59th | 1963 rank: 3rd
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2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s91/1002
2026fabm0All time Pt 689/100 -
2026martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s15/10017
2026 LeonardTop 68 Music Albums of 19639/684
2026jackqTop 43 Music Albums of the 1960s36/434
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s47/10011
2026stareaterogni0nTop 17 Music Albums of the 1960s14/175
2026jonny5244My Favourite Album by Year64/74 -
2026wizardalienGreatest Albums (One Album Per Year)62/66 -
2026adbrack1988Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s80/1004
2026mrmcrookTop 59 Music Albums of the 1960s33/599
2026Turner100Top 40 Greatest Music Albums16/4062
2026cobbo95Top 90 Greatest Music Albums77/9015
2026mrmcrookTop 4 Music Albums of 19631/45
2026 O.T.Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s87/1003
2026sunnydhammTop 67 Music Albums of the 1960s47/676
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s73/1006
2026wizardalienTop 31 Music Albums of the 1960s24/315
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 48 Music Albums of the 1960s43/483
2026Exist-en-cielTop 35 Music Albums of 196334/350
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 717
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 3,919
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 1,740 votes)
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03/01/2026 17:02 sweetness  Ratings distribution  1,07279/100
 
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02/23/2026 22:53 nikosp  Ratings distribution  880/100
 
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02/20/2026 19:18 Kronikal433  Ratings distribution  15493/100
 
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02/13/2026 02:15 evstratios  Ratings distribution  18097/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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45/100
From 04/16/2025 21:50 | #308542
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
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75/100
From 07/11/2024 11:47 | #304230
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!
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Rating:  
85/100
From 04/08/2023 07:28 | #295862
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.
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75/100
From 08/06/2022 17:50 | #288179
Best songs: I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me, Love Me Do, and Twist and Shout!
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55/100
From 05/15/2022 19:32 | #285380
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.
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75/100
From 04/23/2022 18:34 | #284546
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.
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75/100
From 01/26/2022 18:08 | #280129
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.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 01/06/2022 10:28 | #278711
Uno de los mejores álbumes de debut de la historia del rock.
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70/100
From 11/15/2021 19:57 | #276330
Obviously only the beginning, but it's fun to imagine what this would have been like to hear in 63 considering what we know now about what the Beatles would give us.
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Best Albums of 1963
1. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus
2. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
3. Please Please Me by The Beatles
4. James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown
5. With The Beatles by The Beatles
6. Night Beat by Sam Cooke
7. Monk's Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
8. A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists
9. Samba Esquema Novo by Jorge Ben
10. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
11. Money Jungle by Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach
12. Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell
13. Night Train by Oscar Peterson Trio
14. In Dreams by Roy Orbison
15. John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman by John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
16. Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys
17. Beethoven: IX. Symphonie by Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
18. Ballads by John Coltrane Quartet
19. Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith
20. Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys
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