Misery (track) by The Beatles
Misery appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Please Please Me (track #2) (this album) (1963)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #2) (compilation) (1988)
- Rarities (track #2) (compilation) (1980)
- On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 2 (track #10) (2013)
- Introducing... The Beatles (track #2) (1964)
- E.P. Collection (Box Set) (track #10) (compilation) (1981)
- Solid Gold The Greatest Hits 1962-65 (track #4) (compilation) (2016)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #2) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #2) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #2) (compilation) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 08/05/2025 22:49 | ShenBapiro | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 08/04/2025 20:23 |  BroknsocialShawn | | 85/100 |
70/100 | 07/14/2025 19:51 | bwoodlan | | 90/100 |
80/100 | 06/08/2025 12:04 | stareaterogni0n | | 74/100 |
85/100 | 05/08/2025 21:12 | mash | | 92/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 11% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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Short, but does its job. Good vocal harmonies and the piano is a nice addition!
George Martin's addition makes it a passable little song. GM's early influence; shape of things to come.
This one feels a bit more like a filler track, but it's still pretty enjoyable. It was one of John and Paul's first attempts at a ballad and was by Paul's own admission "just a job, you could have called us hacks, hacking out a song for someone." So I guess there isn't anything all that special here, although I do really like the piano George Martin adds in the bridge.
Decent jolly song. I wish they made those cool piano bits more central to the song!
A slight effort which even Helen Shapiro turned down when she had the opportunity to record it. It's okay, a stepping stone song really, one Lennon and McCartney had to get past in order for them to write better songs. Filler then, but enjoyable enough.
Grzywa 01/30/2016 07:31
An early effort, not particularly great, but OK.
Yeah. Too Bad it was too short.
Jasonconfused 01/26/2013 09:30
Ehh. Short and doesn't really go anywhere.
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