With the Beatles Album Review

With The Beatles may be the least known andNext is "Please Mr. Postman" which is another
least talked about of all Beatles albums (if it's notcover. It was the first Motown song to reach #1
Beatles For Sale.) It was their second albumwhen it hit the top spot for The Marvelettes in
released, after Please Please Me, so it doesn'tlate 1961.
have the distinction of being their first album. ItThe eighth song (and the first of the second side
also doesn't have the distinction of being their firstof the album) is the Chuck Berry classic "Roll
truly formed great album (which was their 3rdOver Beethoven." It was a hit for Berry in 1956
album A Hard Day's Night.) But that's not to sayand was ranked as one of the top 100 songs of
it's not a good album, it does contain some greatall time by Rolling Stone. The song features
Beatles classic.George Harrison as both the lead singer and of
It was ranked #420 on Rolling Stone magazine'scourse as the lead guitarist doing his best Chuck
list of the greatest 500 albums of all time releasedBerry impersonation.
in 2003. The album was released in the UK in 1963The ninth song is "Hold Me Tight" which is a
but was not officially released in the United StatesBeatles original breaking the streak of 3 straight
until 1987 as the early Beatles albums in the UScovers. The song was originally recorded for
were cut & paste jobs. It wasn't untilPlease Please Me but was left off. It was
Revolver that same album was released in there-recorded for With The Beatles.
States as was released in the UK.The 10th song is "You Really Got a Hold on Me"
The album starts off "It Won't Be Long" whichwhich was a cover by Smokey Robinson. It was
while it doesn't rank among The Beatles greatesta 1962 hit single by The Miracles (featuring
songs is an enjoyable early pop song.Robinson) and it's another Motown song.
The second song is "All I've Got To Do" whichThe 11th song is "I Wanna Be Your Man" which
has a nice bluesy sound to it, particularly on thewritten by Lennon & McCartney for their
title refrain. Among The Beatles more forgottenfriends The Rolling Stones. The Stones version
early songs, it's a keeper.was released first. The Beatles version features
The third song is easily the most well known songRingo Starr on lead vocals.
on the album, "All My Loving." It was the openingThe 12th song is "Devil in Her Heart" which is a
song for The Beatles first performance on the Edcover sung by George Harrison.
Sullivan performance.The 13th song is "Not a Second Time" which is
The fourth song is "Don't Bother Me" which wasthe final Beatles original on the album. It was
George Harrison's songwriting debut.written and sung by John Lennon (of course it
The fifth song is "Little Child." The first five trackswas credited to Lennon/McCartney as all songs
were all Beatles originals.by Lennon and/or McCartney were.)
The sixth song is "Till There Was You" which is aThe 14th and final song is "Money," another cover
cover. It's a very soft song which features Paulof a song by a black artist (the 5th on the album.)
McCartney in "music hall" mode.It was a 1959 hit single for Barrett Strong.