The Beatles - 1962-1966 (The Red Album)
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Free Music Notes for 1962-1966 (The Red Album)
Free Music Review: Beatles
Hit: 2 Stars
Disk One - outstanding. Every song a classic.Disk two - mediocre. Too dominated by awful music from Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Overall rating - 2 stars. Better to buy Beatles 1.
Free Music Review: Missed songs like Twist and Shout
Hit: 4 Stars
This is probally the Best collection of Beatles ever this was when it was fun not about psychedelic opuses this is when it was the singles and just pure pop fun great collection.1.Love me Do-This one is great 10/10
2.Please Please Please-This was another great one 10/10
3.From me to you-These are the earl days 10/10
4.She Loves you-The Best Beatles song still to this day 10/10
5.I Want to hold your hand-just so good 10/10
6.All my lovin-Another great song 10/10
7.Can't buy me love-where is Twist and Shout 10/10
8.Hard Days Night-This one was also great 10/10
10.Eight Days Aweek-This one was pretty good 9/10
11.I Feel fine-This was another good song 9/10
12.Ticket to ride-Good 9/10
13.YesterDay-I personally feel this one is over rated 9/10
CD Two
1.Help-This one was okay 8/10
3.We cajn work it out-I liked this one 10/10
11.Paperback Writer-This one was good and poppy 10/10
12.Eleanor Rigby-Like Yesterday it is over rated 9/10
13.Yellow submarine-This one was just okay 6/10
Why did album 2 not have the hits like Album 1 that sucks
Lyrics 9 Production 10 Music 9 Style 6 Voice 7
Overall=41/50 This album gets 4 stars not that great
Free Music Review: "In my life...."
Hit: 4 Stars
I became a Beatles' fan rather late in life, relatively speaking, in part because my taste in music tends to veer to the classical/orchestral film score end rather than rock. The fact that I was less than a year old when the Fab Four made their American TV debut in February 1964 and that I lived in South America from 1967 till 1972 also explains why I wasn't really exposed to The Beatles' music until the 1980s, by which time the group had split and John Lennon had been taken away by a madman's bullet.My fascination with the "lads from Liverpool" began in my sophomore year at South Miami High, when a fellow journalism student took the time to write down the lyrics to Paul McCartney's ode to Julian Lennon ("Hey, Jude"). In chorus class I learned the lyrics to "Eleanor Rigby" (track 12 on disc 2), even though all my attempts to sing it as a solo were defeated by my vocal range.
But my case of Beatlemania grew even more acute when I heard another journalism student's cassette version of The Beatles: 1962-1966, also known as the Red package (for the color of the casing). Starting with the early "innocent" love ditties "Love Me Do," (track 1, CD 1) "I Want to Hold Your Hand," (track 4, CD 1) and ending with The Beatles' only kids' song "Yellow Submarine," (track 13, CD 2), the Red collection compiled 26 of the group's pre-Sgt. Pepper hits. (The Blue collection, The Beatles: 1967-1970, rounds out the rest of the Fab Four's eight-year run as one of the best rock 'n' roll groups ever.) Listening to that cassette absolutely blew me away, and my friend generously made me a copy, which I wore out within 3 years.
In addition to the songs mentioned previously, some of my favorite Beatles hits stand out, especially the oft-played and oft-covered "Yesterday," (track 13, CD 1) Paul's inspired ode to the sudden end of a love affair; "In My Life" (track 9, CD 2), another sentimental McCartney song, this time celebrating the love of his life; "Michelle" (track 8, CD 2), "And I Love Her" (track 9, CD 1); and John Lennon's caustic "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (track 2, CD 1).
Although this 26-song compilation is hardly the ultimate Beatles' collection -- even if you include the Blue package -- it is still a great way to either get a first taste of this groundbreaking British rock group or to have a convenient "Best of..." collection handy when you just want to hear their best-known songs without having to sift through all the albums in your extensive CD library.
Free Music Review: The Best Of The Beatles
Hit: 5 Stars
This may not mean anything to anyone outside the U.K, but when Alan Patridge named his favorite beatles album he said "The Best of the Beatles" and this is just that, or as close as we have to it as you can't fit all The Beatles best on one (or two) cd's.Firsty, I see people are moaning this is 2 CD's when it can be fitted onto one. Why do people bother? Do people really think EMI will charge less for this set if it was only on one cd? Of course they wouldn't. They'd still have to pay the same publshing costs and other royalties. All this would do would have them a dime (about 6p to us English) for the cost of the [plastic/metal used to make the 2nd CD.... so you'd be paying the same anyway!
Now this is a little pricey but if you don't own any Beatles albums and don't want to fork out for all their CD's, this, along with "1967-70" (the one with the Blue cover) is for you.
This set, titled "1962-66" is the best of "The Early Beatles" and contains all their fabulous singles from that time as well as some great albums cuts!
Free Music Review: Similar to, but better than "The Beatles 1"
Hit: 3 Stars
PLEASE PLEASE ME 1963"Love Me Do"
"Please Please Me"
WITH THE BEATLES 1963
"All My Loving"
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT 1964
"A Hard Day's Night"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"And I Love Her"
BEATLES FOR SALE 1964
"Eight Days a Week"
HELP! 1965
"Help!"
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
"Ticket to Ride"
"Yesterday"
RUBBER SOUL 1965
"Drive My Car"
"Norwegian Wood"
"Nowhere Man"
"Michelle"
"In My Life"
"Girl"
REVOLVER 1966
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Yellow Submarine"
Singles
"From Me to You" "She Loves You" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" "I Feel Fine" "We Can Work It Out" "Day Tripper" "Paperback Writer"
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RUBBER SOUL was way too over-represented and REVOLVER way too under-represented. "Girl" and "Drive My Car" are not quite worthy of "best of" status, while "Taxman" from REVOLVER is. But for the casual fan who is just getting to know the Beatles, I highly recommend this set. It is more comprehensive than "The Beatles 1."