A Hard Day’s Night
~ Release group by The Beatles
Album + Soundtrack
Relationships
| associated singles/EPs: | And I Love Her / If I Fell |
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| included in: | The Beatles (box set, includes 2009 stereo remasters) The Beatles Collection The Beatles in Mono (2009 mono remasters) The U.S. Albums |
| part of: | Dave Marsh: Top 40 Albums of 1964 (number: 21) (order: 21) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 42) (order: 103) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 263) (order: 263) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 307) (order: 307) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 388) (order: 388) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/24003 [info] https://www.discogs.com/master/507400 [info] |
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| reviews: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/4mcg [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_beatles/a_hard_days_night/ [info] |
| IMDb: | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001948685 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q182518 [info] |
CritiqueBrainz Reviews
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In my opinion, this is the record where the Beatles really got into the groove and found their streak. This is entirely, I think, consisting of original material from Lennon/McCartney and has danceable tracks like the opening one or Can't Buy Me Love. The songwriting still revolves mostly around themes like love and one could say hasn't evolved fully. Looking back, this is a basic rock and roll record that does one thing best, it gets the basics right. One can say with the benefit of hindsight, that more 'evolved' bands came in the coming decades, but they were standing, in one way or the other, on the shoulders of giants. And one of those giants were the Beatles and this record sets the template for a rock band writing their own songs.
After all, it's only through a process of one artist after the other, that music moves along. The Beatles took Chuck Berry 's sound and created something magnificent around it. In my opinion, pre - Rubber Soul, this is their finest work.
