The Beatles - Please Please Me
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Track List: Please Please Me
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Album Details: Please Please Me
- Release Date:
- 02/20/1987
- Label:
- Toshiba Emi Japan
- UPC:
- 4988006739956
User Reviews: Please Please Me
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I LOVE THIS CD!!! IS ONE OF THEIR GREATEST!!
, March 31, 2006 -
u have certainly did
, November 3, 2002they are amazing and came out with an album that stayed in the charts for 30 damn weeks
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Pro Reviews: Please Please Me
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Once "Please Please Me" rocketed to number one, the Beatles rushed to deliver a debut album, bashing out Please Please Me in a day. Decades after its release, the album still sounds fresh, precisely because of its intense origins. As the songs rush past, it's easy to get wrapped up in the sound of the record itself without realizing how the album effectively summarizes the band's eclectic influences. Naturally, the influences shine through their covers, all of which are unconventional and illustrate the group's superior taste. There's a love of girl groups, vocal harmonies, sophisticated popcraft, schmaltz, RB, and hard-driving rock roll, which is enough to make Please Please Me impressive, but what makes it astonishing is how these elements converge in the originals. "I Saw Here Standing There" is one of their best rockers, yet it has surprising harmonies and melodic progressions. "Misery" and "There's a Place" grow out of the girl group tradition without being tied to it. A few of their originals, such as "Do You Want to Know a Secret" and the pleasantly light "PS I Love You," have dated slightly, but endearingly so, since they're infused with cheerful innocence and enthusiasm. And there is an innocence to Please Please Me. the Beatles may have played notoriously rough dives in Hamburg, but the only way you could tell that on their first album was how the constant gigging turned the group into a tight, professional band that could run through their set list at the drop of a hat with boundless energy. It's no surprise that Lennon had shouted himself hoarse by the end of the session, barely getting through "Twist and Shout," the most famous single-take in rock history. He simply got caught up in the music, just like generations of listeners did. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Pros: EVERY SONG IS MARVELLOUS!!
Cons: NOTHING IS BAD ON THIS CD
I love their first work; the order of the tracks is great, the arrangements are precious, every song and every rhythm is pure beatles essence!!; I like all the songs, and i think this album is the best example of what a debut album will be!! from the initial song "I Saw her Standing There" (the "1-2-3-4!!" is simply incredible), the romantics "Anna", "P.S.I Love You", the contagious "Boys", "Please Please Me", the beautiful "Do You Want to Know a Secret", the great hit "Love me Do" and the most exiting final with "Twist And Shout", all this album is one of their most creative and enjoyable of their first works!! ...