Beatles For Sale (studio album) by The Beatles
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Beatles For Sale is ranked 11th best out of 65 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 82,893.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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75/100 ![]() | 33 hours ago | xd | ![]() | 76/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 5 days ago | adso365 | ![]() | 77/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 01/12/2021 20:34 | TheGlowingMan98 | ![]() | 79/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 01/07/2021 11:34 | multiverso | ![]() | 74/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 01/01/2021 22:17 | Vinyl | ![]() | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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There are some great songs, but they are watered down by filler and cover songs. A step down from A Hard Day's Night
Another great early Beatles record, my only issue is the covers on this are weaker than previous Beatles albums.
Best song(s): No Reply; I'll Follow the Sun; Eight Days a Week; What You're Doing

69/100
Best tracks: Rock N Roll Music, Eight Days a Week, What You're Doing
Worst tracks: Honey Don't, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby

Good album i like What are you doing, eight Days a week an im a loser. For me one of their best work.
Fantastic album. Have always enjoyed it more than A Hard Day's Night and Help!, despite most people saying this is the red-headed step-child of the early albums.
I Don't Want To Spoil the Party is the hidden gem of the album and my favourite.
its good
I have mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand, there are some truly great tracks here like No Reply and Eight Days A Week. On the other hand, there's a whole lot of filler and bland covers. It's probably the worst of the early Beatles albums and it feels like a big step back from A Hard Day's Night. I still think it's an important chapter in the history of the Beatles but I definitely don't come back to this one very often.
Beatles for Sale (2009 Remaster) (1964) by The Beatles - 6.85714285714/10 - Listened to on 7/4/2019
A1 - No Reply - 7/10
A2 - I'm a Loser - 8/10
A3 - Baby's in Black - 9/10
A4 - Rock and Roll Music - 8/10
A5 - I'll Follow the Sun - 9/10
A6 - Mr. Moonlight - 7/10
A7 - Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! - 7/10
B1 - Eight Days a Week - 8/10
B2 - Words of Love - 6/10
B3 - Honey Don't - 6/10
B4 - Every Little Thing - 5/10
B5 - I Don't Want to Spoil the Party - 5/10
B6 - What You're Doing - 5/10
B7 - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby - 6/10
It's the Beatles so it's at least a good album. Least of the Beatles albums so far, however.
Often a lower ranked album on Beatles lists, but mostly for the lackluster covers on the album like "Words of Love". At least to Beatles standards, a slight disappointment, but a decent Beatles album is often a masterpiece compared to other works of the time.
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