Please Please Me - The Beatles Reviews

NB: Some of you may be pleased to know that the following review isn't in my usual track-by-track format, as I don't think it's appropriate for this particular album. I was ten weeks away from my 9th birthday when The Beatles' first official album Please Please Me was released on 22nd March 1963. The whole thing was recorded in a ...  Read the complete review

The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963) Producer: George Martin I Saw Her Standing There Misery Anna (Go to Him) Chains Boys Ask Me Why Please Please Me Love Me Do P.S. I Love You Baby It's You Do You Want to Know a Secret A Taste of Honey There's a Place Twist ...  Read the complete review

Please Please me was the first album released by the mop tops and incredibly it was recorded in one session! They had to get Twist and Shout in one take because John`s throat was too sore to give another rendition. Many of the songs are covers which the Beatles had played in the clubs of Liverpool for several years. They were no over-night ...  Read the complete review

Here's where it all started. After years of honing their rock and roll performances in sleazy clubs in Hamburg, the Beatles had a 10 hour slot booked in the studio to create their debut album. That combined sense of hunger and exuberance is pervasive in the music contained here. 'I Saw Her Standing There' starts off the album, a swift ...  Read the complete review

My review of the 'Please Please Me' Album - By The Beatles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction ~~~~~~~~ 'Please Please Me' was the very first Beatles album -released back in 1963- and it's wonderful to look back and think; this is where it all started -the album that launched the band, that changed ...  Read the complete review

At one time this was my favourite Beatles album, before I was old enough to appreciate the nuances of the later material. It's not my favourite anymore, but it's still one of the albums I play the most. It has a wistful & innocent quality about it that can be heard in none of today's popular music, whether it be on enthusiastic ...  Read the complete review

So this is how the phenomena was The Beatles all started. Like most people that weren't around at the time this was recorded I had never actually sat down and listened to this until well after hearing the more experimental and creative work from the mid to late 60's Putting into context of the time the album wasn't really something record ...  Read the complete review

PLEASE PLEASE ME was The Beatles' first album and was originally released in 1963. All 14 songs were recorded in the space of one day and although this suggests a lack of care and effort, one of the thrills of listening to the album is hearing the real rawness and freshness of the music. This is a band on the cusp of something big, and that really ...  Read the complete review

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR - and then it starts! The most perfect first song on a debut album that ever existed. Unfortunately it doesn't stay that way. The cover versions on Please Please Me are pretty bad, although they are fun in a kind of ironic way. It is strange to hear the best band that ever existed playing such tame songs as ...  Read the complete review

I remember this album being released as if it was only yesterday. Well that might be a slight exaggeration, but it certainly does not seem like 38 years ago. The Beatles were a fantastic phenomenon and took the early 1960’s music scene by storm. Although there were other great bands around at that time like The Rolling Stones and ...  Read the complete review

Please, Please Me is the first album by The Beatles and it was the start of the biggest thing to hit music. This first album really shows, it is more raw than the albums that followed but even then it still shows some class for a debut album. It's hard to beleive that 'I Saw Her Standing There' could have come from them so ...  Read the complete review

Listening today, it's easy to understand how this debut album from The Beatles must have taken the music world by storm, and changed the rules entirely. It sounds raw, without the sophisticated production of their later records, and a 'live' sound. It starts with those immortal lyrics "she was just seventeen, you know ...  Read the complete review

The first album from the scouse moptops, most of you have probably heard the majority of this album, there are some classics here, but most of them are a bit dated now. The likes of "love me do", which can't be denied, is one of the addictive songs of all time, but is a bit boring and stale now. Half of the album is made up ...  Read the complete review

The Beatles. What can I say? If you haven't exposed yourself to their music in all it's forms then you are missing out. Big Time. Please Please me isn't a *great* album, but it is a really good album. It's worth the price of the Cd for the Lennon/McCartney tracks alone. When you consider that these were ...  Read the complete review

The Beatles – Please Please me This Beatles album is often overlooked, I am writing this opinion to try to influence you to give it a listen, as it is without a doubt, a brilliant album. Kicking off the album and The Beatles careers in style is the song; I saw her standing there a great Rock and Roll song. Between this ...  Read the complete review