Beatles for Sale

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Beatles for Sale
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Artist: The Beatles
Brand: Beatles
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
  1. No Reply
  2. I'm a Loser
  3. Baby's in Black
  4. Rock & Roll Music
  5. I'll Follow the Sun
  6. Mr. Moonlight
  7. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! [Medley]
  8. Eight Days a Week
  9. Words of Love
  10. Honey Don't
  11. Every Little Thing
  12. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
  13. What You're Doing
  14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

Free Music Notes for Beatles for Sale

Free Music Review: sublime
Hit: 5 Stars

This record is often dismissed as the "worst Beatles record." I don't get it - this record has everything - great songs, unbelievable harmony singing, well recorded.

It has an attractive simple and natural sound. The songs are right in the pocket - "Everybody's trying to be my baby" and "Honey Don't" swing like mad. "I don't want to spoil the party" has a great relaxed groove.

and the singing!! They never sounded better. "Baby's in black," "Words of love," and "I don't want to spoil the party" feature transcendent John & Paul harmonies. Just unbelievable. Makes you feel so good. And with the simple instrumentation - acoustic rhythm guitar, bass, drums, and some tasteful leads (on the Gretsch Tennessean!) and maybe a piano - there is a lot of space for the vocals to shine.

It has a country rock feel. That's a good thing. George has a great time with the Carl Perkins-type playing. "Rock on one time for me" - yeah! Funny that he ditched this and never came back to it, really.

And here you get the good Paul - no "ugh" moments.

Don't sell this album short, is what I'm saying.

Beatles for Sale Poster

A testament to the abundance of perseverance and talent within the Beatles' ranks, their fourth album was recorded in and around a busy North American and British tour schedule. Beatles For Sale also marked their last full-length release loaded with cover songs, as the Fab Four moved towards writing more of their own material. Interspersed between Beatles classics such as "Eight Days a Week" and the Dylan-inspired "I'm a Loser" are faithful renditions of songs by Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins (featuring the only lead vocals by Ringo Starr and George Harrison on this album). The frenetic, inspired take on Chuck Berry's "Rock And Roll Music" is only superseded by a tremendous medley of "Kansas City" and "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey," that finds Paul McCartney's exuberant vocals comparing admirably to his hero Little Richard, providing a vibrant centerpiece on Beatles For Sale. EMI. 2005.
Banged out in a hurry for the 1964 Christmas market, Beatles for Sale sometimes sounds it, loaded with ill-conceived covers and some of John Lennon's most self-loathing lyrics. On the other hand, the people doing the banging-out were the Beatles, whose instincts for what worked musically were so strong that they could basically do no wrong--any record that has "Baby's in Black," "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" and the delectable "Eight Days a Week" on it is only "minor" in the most relative sense. And, though their voices had been frazzled a bit by constant touring, they revved them up for some joyous shouting, and indulged their fondness for American country in subtle, playful ways. --Douglas Wolk

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