The Beatles' Second Album
by The Beatles
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The Beatles' Second Album is ranked 24th 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 56,589.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 11/08/2025 04:12 |  pranafilms | 236 | 91/100 | |
| 08/07/2025 09:24 |  nextorgd | 1,169 | 84/100 | |
| 11/15/2024 02:36 | davidleewrong | 2,323 | 81/100 | |
| 07/31/2024 13:07 | habibi333 | 942 | 73/100 | |
| 06/04/2024 17:59 |  serpico | 662 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.4.
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pranafilms 01/21/2024 06:04 | #301352
Meet the Beatles was a distillation of the band at their pop-iest and at their most skilled, then the Second Album is them at their most influenced, and at their most rocking; featuring a lot of the cover songs off With the Beatles and the Long Tall Sally EP, before finally concluding with their best Beatlemania hit "She Loves You". A perfect companion to Meet the Beatles.
This second Beatles Capitol album was first released in April 1964, only three months after the first "Meet The Beatles". Whereas most of the songs on "Meet the Beatles" were Lennon/McCartney's originals, preferably taken on the group's second European album "With the Beatles", there are a lot of cover versions on ”The Beatles' Second Album”.
The five songs from "With the Beatles" which did not find their way to the first US Capitol album are all included here - all of these are cover numbers. In addition, there is also the single / EP track "Long Tall Sall", on which has McCartney as lead vocalist.
The five Lennon/McCartney originals include the hit single "She Loves You" and the B-sides "I'll Get You", "Thank You Girl" and "I Call Your Name". In addition, there is a small preview of "A Hard Day's Night" with the great mid-tempo rocker "You Can’t Do That".
The US Capitol albums usually contained 2-3 songs fewer than the Europeans and also provided non-album tracks from Europe. This allowed more album releases, and no less than four Beatles albums were released on Capitol in 1964. In addition to these, the soundtrack "A Hard Day's Night" and the documentary "The Beatles Story" also appeared in 1964. Things were really happening!
Things are also really happening on "The Beatles' Second Album", where you can’t help being overwhelmedly impressed by the strength Lennons lead-vocals. Not least on songs like "Money", "You Can’t Do That", "I Call Your Name" and "Please Mr Postman". The latter sounds so very much like a Beatles song and is one of my absolute favorite Beatles cover numbers.
All Beatles originals are excellent, although "I'll Get You" and "Thank You Girl" may not be among the most proficient. George Harrison was not a major lead vocalist at this time, but his harmonies with Lennon and McCartney are strong and convincing. Harrison gives a good bid on "Roll Over Beethoven", but performs less convincingly on ”Devil in Her Heart”. He shares the vocals with Lennon on "You Really Got a Hold on Me" which is overall quite solid.
I've never cared much for "Long Tall Sally", though McCartney gives it all he has, and the group's backing is tight and energetic. A great early Beatles album (both in mono and stereo) and it's always interesting to hear the well-known songs in a new context, which for most Americans is the original and genuine.
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