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Album Review: A Hard Day's Night


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The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night

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Today I would like to present you the review for the third studio album and first great masterpiece of Beatles " A Hard Day's Night .

Album Informationen

- Erscheinungsjahr: 1964
- Künstler: The Beatles
- Albumtitel: „ A Hard Day’s Night
- Record Company: Parlophone Records/ EMI
- Single-Auskopplungen (UK): “ Can’t Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That ”, “ A Hard Day’s Night / Things We Said Today
- Single-Auskopplungen (US): “ Can’t Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That ”, “ A Hard Day’s Night / I Should Have Known Better "," I'll Cry Instead / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You "," And I Love Her / If I Fell "
- In the U.S., appeared" A Hard Day's Night "with a modified content. In contrast to the English original was published here only the soundtrack album to the film. This contained the 8 songs on the original British album: "A Hard Day's Night ," "Tell Me Why ", "I'll Cry Instead ", "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You " " I Should Have Known Better "," If I Fell "," And I Love Her "and" Can not Buy Me Love . There were also four instrumental versions, namely: " I Shoul Have Known Better (Instrumental) ", " And I Love Her (Instrumental) ", " Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental) " and " A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental) . The 3 songs, "Things We Said Today ," "Any Time At All " and "When I Get Home " published in the United States in 1964 on the album "Something New . "I'll Be Back " first appeared in 1965 on the album "Beatles` 65 "in America. "You Can not Do That " was already in front of "A Hard Day's Night " album in the U.S. appear on the album " The Beatles' Second Album " appeared.

Content:

1) "A Hard Day's Night " (Lennon / McCartney)
2) "I Should Have Known Better " (Lennon / McCartney)
3) "If I Fell ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
4.) “ I’m Happy Just To Dance With You ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
5.) “ And I Love Her ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
6.) “ Tell Me Why ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
7.) “ Can’t Buy Me Love ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
8.) “ Any Time At All ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
9.) “ I’ll Cry Instead ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
10.) “ Things We Said Today ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
11.) “ When I Get Home ” (Lennon/ McCartney)
12th) "You Can not Do That " (Lennon / McCartney)
13th) "I'll Be Back " (Lennon / McCartney)

criticism

In June 1964 saw the first movie, the Fab Four how Beatles were now known worldwide, showed on the screen.

The film, the Beatles show as authentic as possible and he marketed specifically what the people then thought was the Beatlemania .

The album, which included on the first page of the soundtrack to the film and to a second page presented full of new songs, however, should turn out to be the first milestone, the first masterpiece of the Beatles .

Some particular features of this album: the first time it was an album on which only his own compositions were used (and this is only in 7 of 13 albums of the case - including this album as one of the first 5 albums), also it is the only Beatles album, in which all the songs from the songwriting duo of Lennon - were composed McCartney .

"Let It Be " In addition, it is only " A Hard Day's Night " in which Ringo Starr no song sings. This is probably because only shortly before the album, the EP "Long Tall Sally appeared. Here were represented in addition to the original composition " I Call Your Name , three cover songs:" Long Tall Sally "- with a fantastic rock song of Paul McCartney ," Slow Down "and" Matchbox "- which Ringo Starr sang.

Thus Ringo sang while in the atmosphere to "A Hard Day's Night " a song, but not on the album itself however Starrs influence should be just on the naming this album will not be forgotten.

day we had had more than 12 hours before the camera and one evening we had to leave again on the way to the studios, as Ringo mid-sentence: "It was a hard day ... " remarked that it was out already become dark. He finished with the sentence: "... night. "This was the title for the film, title song and corresponding album was born:" A Hard Day's Night .

The album is the only one in the John Lennon influence dominates. In any other album to the balance of power Lennon - McCartney close to balance. Here, however McCartney had contributed only 3 songs. The majority was Lennon, with 10 songs mainly from his pen.

Nevertheless, even if McCartney has seen only 3 songs on this album, yet all three major blockbuster and quality standard were greater than anything he had offered on the first two albums.

"Can not Buy Me Love " was published in advance (with Lennon's "You Can not Do That " as B-side) as a single. With nearly 1 ½ million pre-orders in England and almost 2 million in the U.S., they walked directly to the show on pole position in both states.

But even more impressive than this rock and roll hit, "were And I Love Her" and "Things We Said Today .

Lennon called " And I Love Her " later than McCartney's first " Yesterday" and indeed this is one of the best ballad the McCartney has ever written.

A sensitive arrangement makes this song stand out from the album. Actually the song is exceeded only by " Things We Said Today . This song, later as a B-side is "A Hard Day's Night " should act single, one of the enigmatic, this time with the Beatles . who

Only two chords, the song that really shows how simple and effective, ultimately music can be.

But Lennon can excel with 2 of his songs quite decided on this album. Since the first title song, the Lennon would allegedly wrote in one single evening to be exactly, that had on the Ringo given his famous quote of himself, and next to the ballad "If I Fell .

" If I Fell" is probably the gentlest and most serious love song ever written the Lennon added.

Carried by the harmony vocals of John and Paul , the Lennon only through his solo use as a songwriter reveals that this song turns out to be one of the pillars of the album and shows how profound and professionally Beatles in mid-1964 were.

is generally characterized the album by the new 12-string Rickenbacker guitar by George Harrison . In addition to "Can not Buy Me Love " he plays it, among other things on "You Can not Do That " and the title song "A Hard Day's Night .

The Opening Chord is an unbeatable and unique brand of song and the Beatles par. This chord of the music critics arguing for decades, heads the second phase of a Beatles song writing.

George Harrison did not own composition, which he was able to make this album and so gave him Lennon " I'm Happy Just To Dance With You " - a powerful dance song, which among other things, the background harmonies lives of Lennon and McCartney .

" I'll Cry Instead " the cynical Lennon shows once more and although the Beatles this song is very well thought could Richard Lester, who as director is not only " A Hard Day's Night " but also made " Hi-Hi-Help (Help) " with the Beatles , but later " How I Won the War with John Lennon and" Get Back "tour movie Paul McCartney , do anything with it.
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So " I'll Cry Instead "on the B side of the album down.

"I Should Have Known Better " counts as a highlight of the album and stands next to Lennon's song and Harrison's Rickenbacker and by the harmonica.

With "You Can not Do That " and "Any Time At All has Lennon written, however, two other songs that fit well into the album.

Only " Tell Me Why ," "When I Get Home " and "I'll Be Back " can not the quality of the collected works come close.

" A Hard Day's Night " features five extraordinary, high-quality songs, namely "A Hard Day's Night ", "Can not Buy Me Love ", "And I Love Her " " If I Fell "and" Things We Said Today "and shows how professional and artistically Beatles were back then.

No album before "Rubber Soul " should be so strong and so is "A Hard Day's Night " the most exciting and most valuable album of the first 5 plants, the early phase of the band.

What remains is recommended for all music fans and the Beatles the fans to the great works of the band as " Rubber Soul", " Revolver," "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band "and" stiffen The Beatles "and the first pearl of artistic creation often forget or lose sight of. Here the band shows for the first time where it should go in the next few years and what we already viable in that period.

Listen to: "A Hard Day's Night, "" If I Fell "," And I Love Her "," Can not Buy Me Love "," Things We Said Today "

Midfielders: " When I Get Home, "" Tell Me Why "," I'll Be Back "

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