Beatles For Sale is a frequently overlooked Beatles album (probably the most overlooked Beatles album.) I think that’s a bit of a shame because while it’s definitely not among The Beatles most important records, it does have it’s good qualities and I do think it’s worth taking a good listen to.
Particularly I think the 8 original Beatles songs on the album are very good (if not quite as good as the originals on A Hard Day’s Night and Help!) What I really like about these recordings is that they’ve got a certain connected feeling with them. I think these songs would work wonderfully as an EP.
The album really starts off good with “No Reply,” “I’m A Loser,” & “Baby’s In Black.” These are three nice tracks and they all have a introspective dark mood that ties them together in a cohesive fashion.
I am not a huge fan of the covers on Beatles For Sale, unfortunately. Even more sadly is that the not so great covers make up virtually half of the record (six of the fourteen songs are cover songs.) The sole covers that I’ve got any patience for are “Rock and Roll Music and “Words of Love” However even these two are not nearly as good as The Beatles originals.
The most famous of these Lennon/McCartney originals on the record is probably “Eight Days A Week” which is a song that both John and Paul said negative things about (they wrote it together) and the band never played it live. However despite that, it’s a good tune. No, it is not among their greatest work, however it’s catchy and the fade-in opening is really cool.
All of the songs on this album sound far better on the 2009 remastered discs than they did on the old 1980s CDs. I highly recommend that you get The Beatles Stereo Box Set and The Beatles Remastered Mono CD Box Set and give both the mono and stereo versions of the album a thorough listen before you go about your life.
I’m definitely not claiming that the remastered version of Beatles For Sale is destined to be your new favorite CD, but I do think you’ll find that’s far better than it’s reputation. To me it’s a lot better than Please Please Me.
Christian Little is a web monkey and owner of this website. Aside from blogging about webmastering, SEO, and marketing, he spends his time with his family, running too many websites, playing counter-strike, and provides SEO consulting for a few select clients around the world. Email this author | All posts by Christian Little
Beatles For Sale is a frequently overlooked Beatles album (probably the most overlooked Beatles album.) I think that’s a bit of a shame because while it’s definitely not among The Beatles most important records, it does have it’s good qualities and I do think it’s worth taking a good listen to.
Particularly I think the 8 original Beatles songs on the album are very good (if not quite as good as the originals on A Hard Day’s Night and Help!) What I really like about these recordings is that they’ve got a certain connected feeling with them. I think these songs would work wonderfully as an EP.
The album really starts off good with “No Reply,” “I’m A Loser,” & “Baby’s In Black.” These are three nice tracks and they all have a introspective dark mood that ties them together in a cohesive fashion.
I am not a huge fan of the covers on Beatles For Sale, unfortunately. Even more sadly is that the not so great covers make up virtually half of the record (six of the fourteen songs are cover songs.) The sole covers that I’ve got any patience for are “Rock and Roll Music and “Words of Love” However even these two are not nearly as good as The Beatles originals.
The most famous of these Lennon/McCartney originals on the record is probably “Eight Days A Week” which is a song that both John and Paul said negative things about (they wrote it together) and the band never played it live. However despite that, it’s a good tune. No, it is not among their greatest work, however it’s catchy and the fade-in opening is really cool.
All of the songs on this album sound far better on the 2009 remastered discs than they did on the old 1980s CDs. I highly recommend that you get The Beatles Stereo Box Set and The Beatles Remastered Mono CD Box Set and give both the mono and stereo versions of the album a thorough listen before you go about your life.
I’m definitely not claiming that the remastered version of Beatles For Sale is destined to be your new favorite CD, but I do think you’ll find that’s far better than it’s reputation. To me it’s a lot better than Please Please Me.
Christian Little is a web monkey and owner of this website. Aside from blogging about webmastering, SEO, and marketing, he spends his time with his family, running too many websites, playing counter-strike, and provides SEO consulting for a few select clients around the world. Email this author | All posts by Christian Little
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