I can't write much that hasn't already been written. With this release, John and Paul really came into their own as songwriters with John's You've Got to Hide Your Love Away and Paul's Yesterday. It continues to puzzle me why Capitol Records would change the US release from the UK release. Fortunately, they aligned the tracks with the original UK releases on the CD re-releases.
Two things come to mind as I listen: 1) this music was written, performed, and released before I was born, and 2) The Beatles released all their LP's between 1963 and 1970. All that great music within only 8 years makes me feel like I really haven't done much lately...
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| 1987 |
Update: In its 2020 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Rolling Stone ranked Help! at #266.
Album chart peaks:
- US Billboard Top 200: #1 (9 weeks, Sept 11 - Nov 6, 1965)
- Billboard Pop CD: #4
- CashBox CD: #2
Tracks: They're all great, but here's my top five from this release:
- Help!
- Ticket to Ride
- I've Just Seen a Face
- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- Yesterday
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Personal Memory Associated with this CD: The title tracked introduced my youngest son to The Beatles when he was very young. With the exception of a brief infatuation with Earth, Wind, and Fire, The Beatles have always been his favorite group.
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