Beatles - Beatles For Sale - 1964
Songs: No Reply, I’m a Loser, Baby’s in Black, Rock and Roll Music, I’ll follow the Sun, Mr. Moonlight, Medley: Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey, Eight Days a Week, Words of Love, Honey don’t, Every Little Thing, I don’t want to Spoil the Party, What You’re Doing, Everybody’s Trying to be my Baby.
Comments:
Beatles for Sale!! They even look sad at the Front Cover. I’m sure this Album was released under commercial pressure back in 1964. Lennon & McCartney did not have the time to write all the material and therefore the covers are back. There are six of them out of the total of 14 songs on the Album. And with the exception of Chuck Berry’s Rock and Roll Music they are a bore. The songs written by John & Paul are generally Okay with Eight Days a Week shining out. Songs like No reply, I’m a Loser, and Baby’s in Black are quite different from the happy sound on the earlier albums and point in a new direction. They are quite good though. As a whole, Beatles for Sale is not a balanced album and has too many weak spots. Mind you though that in 1964, the weak spots of the Beatles were infinitely better than most music that appeared on the market.
Rating: ******* (7 out of 10)
Black = Good Songs
Green = Great Songs
Red = Could Be Better
Who should buy this Record: Not an Essential Beatles Album. But I’m sure all Beatles Fans own it anyway!
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