Underrated & little talked about album (Beatles For Sale - The Beatles)

Member Name: simoncardwell

Product:	Beatles For Sale - The Beatles
Date:	27/05/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great original Lennon/McCartney tracks

Disadvantages: Few too many covers as filler

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 introspection.

To my ears, the Carl Perkins covers sound like filler, but Chuck Berry's 'Rock & Roll Music' & Buddy Holly's 'Words of Love' work very well.

Recommended album, couple of fillers, but it has more than enough solid originals to make up for it, they were knocking out 2 albums a year after all..

Summary: More than worthwhile, even if it has some unfamiliar tracks