Beatles For Sale - The Beatles

Many people see the album cover of Beatles For Sale and think that the group look haggard and ravaged by the pressures of fame. I rather suspect it was an early morning shoot in a forest at six in the morning that made them appear so tired!! This is not the best offering the Beatles gave us due to a Christmas deadline and a shortage of original material but anybody who dismisses it as a filler album will miss out on some really good tracks. Let`s remember the Beatles deserve great credit for their integrity during these heady times as they could have sung the phone book and fans would have bought it. The album kicks off with what was regarded as the ...  Read the complete review

As a Beatles fan - and completist - I had to own this early Beatles work in my collection, but soon came to the conclusion that it is a work of genuine quality in its own right. Often underrated as a Beatles album, Beatles For Sale nevertheless contains some very punchy pop songs, some of which were considered for single release until John Lennon wrote 'I Feel Fine'. One of these, 'No Reply', has a superbly crashing Bridge section - 'I saw the light' - held together with some wonderful Lennon and McCartney harmonies. And just listen to that lovely chord that finishes the song (C6 added 9 is my best guess!). There's a strong Country feel to many of the tracks, ...  Read the complete review

This album was very under rated in my opinon for the beatle anyways yeah it did well but compared to there others it didn't do brilliant. But yet again every song on the album was amazing, very very good. Eight days a week was the biggest track on the album and is a very good song to listen to when you want to be in a good mood, just like all the other songs on the album, they all get you up and ready for a long day. Another brilliant song on the album was Rock and Roll music another song which gets you up and makes you feel really good, thats whats best about the album it makes you feel better within yourself. Words of love and what your doing ...  Read the complete review

Underrated album - you can see the effect of Beatlemania worn on their expressions on the cover, & the inclusion of 6 covers is telling, considering it's predecessor was made up entirely of originals. Still there is enough quality here to make it more than worthwhile - 'I'll Follow the Sun' provides a glimpse back to the pre-Beatlemania days, originally written in 1960. In addition, 'No Reply' was set to be a single, till Lennon came up with 'I Feel Fine' instead. 'Eight Days a Week' is likely the most well known track here, but the other Lennon.McCartney compositions are equally worthwhile, offering Lennon's first moves into Dylan-esque ...  Read the complete review

My review of the 'Beatles For Sale' album. INTRODUCTION Beatles For Sale was The Beatles 3rd album and contains 14 tracks - 1. No Reply 2. I'm A Loser 3. Baby's In Black 4. Rock 'n' Roll Music 5. I'll Follow The Sun 6. Mr Moonlight 7. Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey! 8. Eight Days A Week 9. Words Of Love 10. Honey Don't 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 FEATURES, INFO, PROS & CONS The album is (like 'With The Beatles' -their previous 2nd album) a mixture of ...  Read the complete review