2. Please Please Me (1963)
The Beatles‟ debut album.
Was rush-released by Parlophone on 22
March 1963 in the United Kingdom to
profit from the success of singles “Please
Please Me” (No. 1 on most lists, but only
No. 2 on Record Retailer) and “Love Me
Do” (No. 17).
Of its fourteen songs, eight were written
and credited to Lennon-McCartney
(initially credited as “McCartney-Lennon”),
early proof of what Rolling Stone
subsequently called “[their invention of]
the idea of the self-contained rock band,
composing their own songs and playing
their own instruments”.
In 2012, it was voted 39th on Rolling
Stone magazine‟s list of the “500
Greatest Albums of All Time”.
3. Please Please Me track listing
All tracks written by McCartney-Lennon, except where noted.
1. “I Saw Her Standing There”
2. “Misery”
3. “Anna (Go to Him)” (Arthur Alexander)
4. “Chains” (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
5. “Boys” (Luther Dixon, Was Farrell)
6. “Ask Me Why”
7. “Please Please Me”
8. “Love Me Do”
9. “P.S. I Love You”
10. “Baby, It‟s You” (Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach)
11. “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”
12. “A Taste of Honey” (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow)
13. “There‟s a Place”
14. “Twist and Shout” (Phil Medley, Bert Russell)
4. With the Beatles (1963)
The Beatles‟ second studio album and my
favorite Beatles album.
Recorded four months after the band‟s debut
album Please Please Me; released on 22
November 1963 on Parlophone.
Features eight original compositions (seven by
Lennon-McCartney and “Don‟t Bother Me”,
George Harrison‟s first written solo composition
and his first released on a Beatles album) and
six covers (mainly of Motown and R&B hits).
The majority of the songs from the album were
released in the United States by Capital Records
as the Meet the Beatles! LP on 20 January
1964; the rest were featured on their subsequent
U.S. album, The Beatles’ Second Album.
Was also released in November 1963 by Capital
Records in Canada with the title Beatlemania!
With the Beatles, a release that had the feature
of being the first LP of Beatles material released
in North America, preceding the Capital U.S.
Meet the Beatles! and the Vee Jay Records
Introducing…the Beatles LPs by two months.
The album‟s cover photograph was taken by the
fashion photographer, Robert Freeman, and it
has been imitated by numerous bands
throughout the years.
5. With the Beatles track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “It Won‟t Be Long”
2. “All I‟ve Got to Do”
3. “All My Loving”
4. “Don‟t Bother Me”
5. “Little Child”
6. “Till There Was You” (Meredith Willson)
7. “Please Mister Postman”
8. “Roll Over Beethoven” (Chuck Berry)
9. “Hold Me Tight”
10. “You Really Got a Hold on Me” (Smokey Robinson)
11. “I Wanna Be Your Man”
12. “Devil in Her Heart” (Richard Drapkin)
13. “Not a Second Time”
14. “Money (That‟s What I Want)” (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy)
6. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Beatles‟ third studio album; released on 10 July 1964 ,
with the first seven songs from the soundtrack to their
movie of the same name.
The American version was released two weeks prior (26
June 1964, with a different track listing).
First Beatles album to be completely recorded on four-
track tape, making decent stereo mixes possible.
Showcases the group‟s songwriting abilities, but sticks to
the vital rock and roll instrumentation and song
arrangement.
Includes some of their most well known songs, such as the
title track, with its diverse, immediately familiar opening
chord, and the previously released “Can‟t Buy Me Love”
(both were transatlantic lead singles for the group).
The album‟s name was the unintended creation of
drummer Ringo Starr; according to John Lennon in a 1980
interview with Playboy magazine: “I was going home in the
car and Dick Lester [director of the movie] suggested the
title, A Hard Day’s Night, from something Ringo had said. I
had used it in In His Own Write, but it was an off-the-cuff
remark by Ringo. You know, one of those malapropisms.
A Ringo-ism, where he said it not to be funny ... just said it.
So Dick Lester said, 'We are going to use that title.‟”
In 2000, it was ranked at number five in its list of the 100
Greatest British Albums Ever.
In 2012, it was voted 307th on Rolling Stone magazine‟s
list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
7. A Hard Day’s Night track listing
All tracks credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
1. “A Hard Day‟s Night”*
2. “I Should Have Known Better”*
3. “If I Fell”*
4. “I‟m Happy Just to Dance with You”*
5. “And I Love Her”*
6. “Tell Me Why”*
7. “Can‟t Buy Me Love”*
8. “Any Time at All”
9. “I‟ll Cry Instead”
10. “Things We Said Today”
11. “When I Get Home”
12. “You Can‟t Do That”
13. “I‟ll Be Back”
*From the movie A Hard Day’s Night.
8. Beatles for Sale (1964)
The Beatles‟ fourth studio album (and my second
favorite Beatles album), released on 4 December
1964 and produced by George Martin for
Parlophone.
Marked a trivial turning point in the advancement of
the Lennon-McCartney partnership; John Lennon
especially showed interest in writing songs of a more
autobiographical character.
“I‟m a Loser” shows Lennon coming under the
influence of Bob Dylan for the first time; he met
Dylan in August 1964 while the Beatles were on tour.
Did not release any singles in the UK; the non-album
songs “I Feel Fine” and “She‟s a Woman” filled in
that role.
Nonetheless, that pairing was followed in the United
States by “Eight Days a Week”, which became their
seventh number one in March 1965.
Reached the UK number one spot; remained there
for 11 of the 46 weeks that it spent in the Top 20.
Did not surface as a normal album in the U.S. until
1987; in place of it was Beatles ’65, of which eight
tracks were from Beatles for Sale, including the A
and B-sides of “I Feel Fine” and “I‟ll Be Back” from
the UK album A Hard Day’s Night.
Beatles ‘65 spent a nine-week run at the top of the
U.S. charts from January 1965.
9. Beatles for Sale track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “No Reply”
2. “I‟m a Loser”
3. “Baby‟s in Black”
4. “Rock and Roll Music” (Chuck Berry)
5. “I‟ll Follow the Sun”
6. “Mr. Moonlight” (Roy Lee Johnson)
7. “Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller/Richard Penniman)
8. “Eight Days a Week”
9. “Words of Love” (Buddy Holly)
10. “Honey Don‟t” (Carl Perkins)
11. “Every Little Thing”
12. “I Don‟t Want to Spoil the Party”
13. “What You‟re Doing”
14. “Everybody‟s Trying to Be My Baby” (Perkins)
10. Help! (1965)
The Beatles‟ fifth British and tenth North
American album (and my sixth favorite Beatles
album), and the soundtrack from their movie
Help!
Produced by George Martin for EMI‟s
Parlophone Records; includes fourteen tracks in
its initial British version, of which the first half
appeared in the movie; these songs occupied
the first side of the vinyl album and included the
singles “Help!” and “Ticket to Ride”.
The second side included seven other releases,
such as the most covered song ever written,
“Yesterday”.
The American release was a real soundtrack
album, blending the first seven songs with
orchestral material from the movie.
Of the seven other tracks released on the British
version, two were released on the U.S. version
of the follow up album, Rubber Soul; two were
back-to-back on the subsequent U.S. single and
afterward appeared on Yesterday and Today,
and three were already released on Beatles VI.
In 2012, it was voted 331st on Rolling Stone
magazine‟s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of
All Time”.
11. Help! track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Help!”*
2. “The Night Before”*
3. “You‟ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”*
4. “I Need You”*(George Harrison)
5. “Another Girl”*
6. “You‟re Going to Lose That Girl”*
7. “Ticket to Ride”*
8. “Act Naturally” (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison)
9. “It‟s Only Love”
10. “You Like Me Too Much” (George Harrison)
11. “Tell Me What You See”
12. “I‟ve Just Seen a Face”
13. “Yesterday”
14. “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” (Larry Williams)
*From the movie Help!
12. Rubber Soul (1965)
The Beatles‟ sixth studio album, released on 3
December 1965.
Produced by George Martin; was recorded in a
period of only four weeks in time for the
Christmas market.
In contrast to the five preceding albums, it was
recorded during a specific period; the sessions
were not dashed off in between either tour dates
or during filming projects.
Afterwards, every Beatles album would be made
with no need to focus on other obligations, other
than the production of short promotional films.
Is a folk rock album; also integrates pop and
soul music techniques.
Was portrayed as a significant artistic
accomplishment, reaching widespread critical
and commercial success, with critics observing
the Beatles‟ developing musical image.
Was successful both commercially and critically,
and is often regarded as one of the greatest
albums in music history.
In 2012, it was placed at #5 on Rolling Stone
magazine‟s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of
All Time”.
13. Rubber Soul track listing
All songs written and composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where
noted.
1. “Drive My Car”
2. “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
3. “You Won‟t See Me”
4. “Nowhere Man”
5. “Think for Yourself” (Harrison)
6. “The Word”
7. “Michelle”
8. “What Goes On” (Lennon-McCartney-Richard Starkey)
9. “Girl”
10. “I‟m Looking Through You”
11. “In My Life”
12. “Wait”
13. “If I Needed Someone” (Harrison)
14. “Run for Your Life”
14. Revolver (1966)
The Beatles‟ seventh studio album (and my
fourth favorite Beatles album), released on 5
August 1966 on the Parlophone label and
produced by George Martin.
Many of its songs feature an electric guitar-
rock sound that differs from their preceding
LP, the folk rock inspired Rubber Soul
(1965).
In Britain, its fourteen songs released to
radio stations during 1966, “building
anticipation for what would clearly be a
radical new phase in the group's recording
career”.
Reached number one on the British chart on
13 August 1966, charting for 34 weeks; also
reached number one on the American chart,
remaining at the top spot for six weeks.
Was remastered on 9 September 2009 for
the first time since its 1987 digital compact
disc release.
Was placed at number 1 in the All-Time Top
1000 Albums and number 3 in the Rolling
Stone magazine‟s list of the 500 greatest
albums of all time.
15. Revolver track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Taxman” (George Harrison)
2. “Eleanor Rigby”
3. “I‟m Only Sleeping”
4. “Love You To” (Harrison)
5. “Here, There and Everywhere”
6. “Yellow Submarine”
7. “She Said, She Said”
8. “Good Day, Sunshine”
9. “And Your Bird Can Sing”
10. “For No One”
11. “Doctor Robert”
12. “I Want to Tell You” (Harrison)
13. “Got to Get You into My Life”
14. “Tomorrow Never Knows”
16. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band (1967)
Frequently abbreviated to Sgt. Pepper(s).
The Beatles‟ eighth studio album and my fifth favorite Beatles
album.
Released 1 June 1967; included songs like “With a Little Help
from My Friends”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, and “A Day
in the Life”.
Continued the artistic maturation begun on the band‟s previous
album, Revolver (1966); further left the conventional pop rock
idiom of the 60s and integrated balladry, psychedelic, music hall,
and symphonic influences.
Throughout the Sgt. Pepper sessions, the group improved on the
value of their music‟s production while searching for
experimental recording methods; producer George Martin‟s
original approach included using an orchestra.
Commonly acclaimed and mimicked, the album cover, designed
by British pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, was
influenced by a sketch by Paul McCartney that depicted the
group standing in front of a collage of some of their favourite
celebrities.
Was an international critical and commercial success, and spent
27 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and 15 weeks at
number one on the US Billboard 200.
Influential work in the coming psychedelic rock style; was
critically celebrated when it was released, winning four Grammy
Awards in 1968.
One of the world‟s best selling albums, with approximately 32
million copies sold.
Regarded by many as the most prominent and well known rock
album in history, and has been named the greatest album of all
time by both All Time Top 1000 Albums and Rolling Stone.
17. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band track listing
Sgt. Pepper was the first Beatles album to be released with matching track listings in the UK
and the US. The American release initially left out the side two runout groove and inner
groove sound effects, restored for the international CD issue, released on 1 June 1987.
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Sgt. Pepper‟s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
2. “With a Little Help from My Friends”
3. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
4. “Getting Better”
5. “Fixing a Hole”
6. “She‟s Leaving Home”
7. “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!”
8. “Within You Without You” (George Harrison)
9. “When I‟m Sixty-Four”
10. “Lovely Rita”
11. “Good Morning, Good Morning”
12. “Sgt. Pepper‟s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
13. “A Day in the Life”
Track list information as said by Graham Calkin, Mark Lewisohn and Ian MacDonald.
18. Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Double EP and LP.
Produced by George Martin, both including the six-song
soundtrack to the 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour.
Released in the United Kingdom on 8 December 1967 as
a six-song double EP on the Parlophone label; in the
United States, the record, released on 27 November 1967,
was an eleven-song LP compiled by Capital Records, with
the addition of the group‟s 1967 single releases.
Was also released in Germany, France, Spain,
Yugoslavia, Australia, and Japan.
Until 1976, the recordings were not released in the UK as
an eleven-song LP.
The soundtrack was a critical and commercial success, a
#1 in the U.S., and Grammy-nominated, in spite of
widespread media disapproval of the Magical Mystery
Tour movie.
In 1987, when the Beatles revised its whole catalog for
digital Compact Disc release, the 1967 U.S. LP release‟s
track-listing was assumed as the formal “core catalogue”
version of the Magical Mystery Tour recordings instead of
the six-song 1967 UK release which would not have been
a realistic design in the CD era.
Was remasteed on 9 September 2009 for the first time
since its album release.
19. Magical Mystery Tour track listing
Album
All songs written and composed by Lennon-
McCartney, except where noted (*from the
movie Magical Mystery Tour).
1. “Magical Mystery Tour”*
2. “The Fool on the Hill”*
3. “Flying”*(John Lennon/Paul
McCartney/George Harrison/Richard Starkey)
4. “Blue Jay Way”* (Harrison)
5. “Your Mother Should Know”*
6. “I Am the Walrus”*
7. “Hello, Goodbye”
8. “Strawberry Fields Forever”
9. “Penny Lane”
10. “Baby, You‟re a Rich Man”
11. “All You Need Is Love”
Double EP
Side 1: “Magical Mystery Tour”, “Your Mother
Should Know”
Side 2: “I Am the Walrus
Side 3: “The Fool on the Hill”, “Flying”
Side 4: “Blue Jay Way”
20. The Beatles (1968)
The Beatles‟ ninth official album; double album released
on 22 November 1968, exactly five years after their
second album With the Beatles.
Also frequently called “The White Album” because it has
no images or text save for the band‟s name printed (and a
serial number on the early LP and CD releases) on its
plain white sleeve.
Was written and recorded in a time of chaos for the band,
subsequent to visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India
and enjoying a mostly useful songwriting session in early
1968.
Returning to the studio, the band recorded between May
and October 1968, only to be driven apart by legal
problems and dispute.
Ringo Starr left the group briefly, leaving Paul McCartney
to take his place on drums on two songs.
Many tracks were “solo” recordings (by less than the entire
band so to say), since each member began looking into his
own talent.
When it was released, it was met with mixed reviews from
music critics, who criticized its ironic tracks as insignificant
and apolitical among a disorderly political and social
climate.
Regardless, it reached number 1 on the charts in both the
United Kingdom and the United States.
Has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has
since been regarded by reviewers as one of the greatest
albums of all time.
21. The Beatles track listing
All songs written and composed by
Lennon-McCartney, except where
noted.
CD 1:
1. “Back in the U.S.S.R.”
2. “Dear Prudence”
3. “Glass Onion”
4. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
5. “Wild Honey Pie”
6. “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”
7. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (George Harrison)
8. “Happiness Is a Warm Gun”
9. “Martha My Dear”
10. “I‟m So Tired”
11. “Blackbird”
12. “Piggies” (Harrison)
13. “Rocky Raccoon”
14. “Don‟t Pass Me By” (Richard Starkey)
15. “Why Don‟t We Do It in the Road?”
16. “I Will”
17. “Julia”
All songs written and composed by
Lennon-McCartney, except where
noted.
CD 2:
1. “Birthday”
2. “Yer Blues”
3. “Mother Nature‟s Son”
4. “Everybody‟s Got Something to Hide
Except Me and My Monkey”
5. “Sexy Sadie”
6. “Helter Skelter”
7. “Long, Long, Long” (Harrison)
8. “Revolution 1”
9. “Honey Pie”
10. “Savoy Truffle” (Harrison)
11. “Cry Baby Cry”
12. “Revolution 9”
13. “Good Night”
22. Yellow Submarine (1969)
The Beatles‟ tenth studio album in the United
Kingdom, released on Apple Records.
Was issued as the soundtrack to the movie of
the same name, which premiered in the United
Kingdom seven months ahead of the album‟s
release.
Only one side of the album includes songs
written by the Beatles; of the six, four were
previously unreleased.
“Yellow Submarine” was simultaneously
released in 1966 as a single on the album
Revolver, and “All You Need Is Love” was
released as a single in 1967.
The second side features the symphonic film
score written by George Martin, in versions
recorded specially for the album.
“All You Need Is Love” appeared in either mono
or rechanneled stereo („fake stereo‟) on the U.S.
LP Magical Mystery Tour; it first appeared in an
accurate stereo mix on LP for this album.
American cassette and 8-track tape versions
featured “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” as an
extra track on side two.
23. Yellow Submarine track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney (Tracks 1-6), except where
noted, and George Martin (Tracks 7-13), except where noted.
1. “Yellow Submarine” (originally a 1966 single on Revolver)
2. “Only a Northern Song” (George Harrison)
3. “All Together Now”
4. “Hey Bulldog”
5. “It‟s All Too Much” (Harrison)
6. “All You Need Is Love” (originally a 1967 single, included on the U.S. long-playing version of
Magical Mystery Tour)
7. “Pepperland”*
8. “Sea of Time”*
9. “Sea of Holes”*
10. “Sea of Monsters”*
11. “March of the Meanies”*
12. “Pepperland Laid Waste”*
13. “Yellow Submarine in Pepperland” *(Lennon-McCartney, arranged by Martin)
*Original film score from the movie Yellow Submarine.
24. Abbey Road (1969)
The Beatles‟ 11th studio album and my third
favorite Beatles album.
Is the Beatles‟ last recorded album, though
Let It Be was the final album released ahead
of the band‟s breakup in 1970.
Work on Abbey Road started in April 1969; it
was released on 26 September 1969 in the
United Kingdom, and on 1 October 1969 in
the United States.
Was released in the midst of conflicts among
the band members.
Despite being a commercial success, it was
met with mixed reviews from music critics
who believed its music was inauthentic and
disapproved of the production‟s simulated
effects.
However, since its original reaction, it has
been viewed by numerous reviewers and is
ranked as one of the best albums in history.
Still the Beatles‟ best-selling album.
25. Abbey Road track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Come Together”
2. “Something” (George Harrison)
3. “Maxwell‟s Silver Hammer”
4. “Oh! Darling”
5. “Octopus‟ Garden” (Richard Starkey)
6. “I Want You (She‟s So Heavy)”
7. “Here Comes the Sun” (Harrison)
8. “Because”
9. “You Never Give Me Your Money”
10. “Sun King”
11. “Mean Mr. Mustard”
12. “Polythene Pam”
13. “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window”
14. “Golden Slumbers”
15. “Carry That Weight”
16. “The End”
17. “Her Majesty”
26. Let It Be (1970)
The Beatles‟ 12th and final studio album.
Released on 8 May 1970 by the band‟s Apple Records
label soon after the band announced their break-up.
Most of Let It Be was recorded in January 1969, prior to
the recording and release of Abbey Road; consequently,
some reviewers and fans, including Mark Lewisohn, argue
that Abbey Road should be considered the band‟s final
album and Let It Be the second to last.
Was initially planned to be released before Abbey Road (in
mid-1969) as Get Back, but the Beatles were unsatisfied
with this version, which was mixed and compiled by Glyn
Johns, and it was momentarily shelved.
A new version of the album was created by Phil Spector in
1970 and finally released as Let It Be, and served as the
album for the 1970 movie of the same name.
Whereas three tracks from the sessions (“Get Back”/”Don‟t
Let Me Down” and “Let It Be”) were released as singles
before the album‟s release, the tracks were remixed by
Spector for the album and “Don‟t Let Me Down” was not
included on the final project.
Was ranked #86 in Rolling Stone magazine‟s list of the
500 greatest albums of all time in 2003, despite a mixed
review from that magazine upon its release; this was
changed to #392 in 2012.
Let It Be…Naked was released in 2003, an alternate
version of the album with little of Phil Spector‟s production
work, using different versions of tracks.
27. Let It Be track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Two of Us”
2. “Dig a Pony”
3. “Across the Universe”
4. “I Me Mine” (George Harrison)
5. “Dig It” (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Richard Starkey)
6. “Let It Be”
7. “Maggie Mae” (trad. arr. Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey)
8. “I‟ve Got a Feeling”
9. “One After 909”
10. “The Long and Winding Road”
11. “For You Blue” (Harrison)
12. “Get Back”
28. Past Masters (1988)
Two-volume compilation album set by the
Beatles; released on 7 March 1988 as
part of the issue of the group‟s whole
back catalogue on CD.
Put together by the renowned Beatles
authority Mark Lewisohn; incorporates
every song released commercially by the
group that was previously not available
on the Beatles‟ twelve original UK studio
albums or the Magical Mystery Tour LP.
Most of the Past Masters collection is
made up of A and B-sides from the
group‟s singles, such as single versions
of songs that appeared in a different form
on the group‟s albums.
Also incorporated are the complete parts
of the UK-only Long Tall Sally EP, two
German language tracks, a song
produced for the American market, and a
track released on a charity compilation
album.
29. Past Masters track listing: Volume
One
Tracks are in stereo unless indicated as
mono. Dates shown are the dates when
the tracks were initially released, not
produced.
All songs written and composed by
Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Love Me Do”
2. “From Me to You”
3. “Thank You, Girl”
4. “She Loves You”
5. “I‟ll Get You”
6. “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
7. “This Boy”
8. “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand”
(Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Hellmer)
9. “Sie Liebt Dich” (Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Montague)
10. “Long Tall Sally” (Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell,
Richard Penniman)
11. “I Call Your Name”
12. “Slow Down” (Larry Williams)
13. “Matchbox” (Carl Perkins)
14. “I Feel Fine”
15. “She‟s a Woman”
16. “Bad Boy” (Williams)
17. “Yes It Is”
18. “I‟m Down”
30. Past Masters track listing: Volume
Two
Tracks are in stereo unless indicated as
mono. Dates shown are the dates when
the tracks were initially released, not
produced.
All songs written and composed by
Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
1. “Day Tripper”
2. “We Can Work It Out”
3. “Paperback Writer”
4. “Rain”
5. “Lady Madonna”
6. “The Inner Light” (George Harrison)
7. “Hey Jude”
8. “Revolution”
9. “Get Back”
10. “Don‟t Let Me Down”
11. “The Ballad of John and Yoko”
12. “Old Brown Shoe” (Harrison)
13. “Across the Universe”
14. “Let It Be”
15. “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)”
![Please Please Me (1963)
The Beatles‟ debut album.
Was rush-released by Parlophone on 22
March 1963 in the United Kingdom to
profit from the success of singles “Please
Please Me” (No. 1 on most lists, but only
No. 2 on Record Retailer) and “Love Me
Do” (No. 17).
Of its fourteen songs, eight were written
and credited to Lennon-McCartney
(initially credited as “McCartney-Lennon”),
early proof of what Rolling Stone
subsequently called “[their invention of]
the idea of the self-contained rock band,
composing their own songs and playing
their own instruments”.
In 2012, it was voted 39th on Rolling
Stone magazine‟s list of the “500
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