Decades after its original release, A Hard Day's Night's punchy blend of propulsive rhythms, jangly guitars, and infectious, singalong melodies is remarkably fresh. There's something intrinsically exciting in the sound of the album itself, something to keep the record vital years after it was recorded.
A Hard Day's Night is electric and utterly sure-footed.
A Hard Day's Night is from an era when pop and showbiz were inseparable-- and if it doesn't transcend that time, it does represent its definitive peak.
A Hard Day's Night remains a diamond in a sea of emeralds, the one release of the startlingly prolific first three years that remains consistently of top quality throughout.
The History of the Albums – n°244
If you have followed the previous episodes or if you know their beginnings, 1964 is once again a pivotal year for the Beatles and for all the British Isles. To give you a very brief summary of the context, let's talk numbers and talk little. If the singles of 1963 follow one another progressively at the 1st place in the UK charts, the first 2 albums follow the same path. Moreover With the Beatles will become the second album to exceed 1 million sales ... read more
THE UNSUPERVISED BEATLES MARATHON // PART III
It's on the third album the band really starts to take form, not just as an iconic four man music group but as a locomotive, a symbol, something greater than just the regular. The versatility as a result of the experimentalism The Beatles just started diving, took place officially, the production starts to diverse from common instrumentation and goes to a new form of musicality.
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THE BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY DEEP DIVE #3
Once again, it's like the first two albums, but slightly better. It has a little bit more variety, instrumentally speaking at least. And there's no Ringo song, so that probably boosted the score a bit. Am I the only one who doesn't like Ringo that much? Poor guy.
- The Beatles Discography #3 -
First decent Beatles album!
This is actually a pretty good change for their sound, now I feel the songs sound more clean and authentic, with better production and more variety in the instrumental. The folk inspiration also helped a lot to show off that the band had more ideas to compose.
McCartney and Lennon's songwriting, even if their lyrics are still very straightforward to understand, they also feel different in a good way, like more poetic. They wrote songs ... read more
1 | A Hard Day's Night 2:33 | 90 |
2 | I Should Have Known Better 2:43 | 79 |
3 | If I Fell 2:19 | 84 |
4 | I'm Happy Just to Dance with You 1:56 | 79 |
5 | And I Love Her 2:29 | 87 |
6 | Tell Me Why 2:08 | 76 |
7 | Can't Buy Me Love 2:11 | 83 |
8 | Any Time at All 2:11 | 76 |
9 | I'll Cry Instead 1:45 | 67 |
10 | Things We Said Today 2:35 | 77 |
11 | When I Get Home 2:16 | 68 |
12 | You Can't Do That 2:34 | 72 |
13 | I'll Be Back 2:22 | 77 |