A Hard Days Night ~ The Album

 

The Beatles third album saw them on the upswing, with 13 Lennon and McCartney songs written under pressure, all of them were good, some great, along with the title track, 'A Hard Day's Night'. As George Martin said, "You only have to hear one chord to recognize it'. There's a more overly romantic, almost sentimental time to many of the songs and the sound is subtly enhanced by George Harrison's newly acquired 12 string Rickenbacker. In America, as with all of their new releases,  Capital Records made 2 albums out of it by repackaging, renaming and adding singles - B-sides left off the UK releases. In 2000, Q placed A Hard Day's Night at number five in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2012, A Hard Day's Night was voted 307th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Every single song on this album was made by The Beatles and that made me feel so proud for them. During this time, they were still doing covers from other bands, and with this album, they were soon moving away from this. Plus, George is writing more songs and creating his sound to the band, that will soon become famous.

My favorite song on this album is called "Things We Said Today". For me, I believe this is one of my favorite Beatles songs that was written by Paul. It brings in an amount of emotion of a couple that has been apart for a long amount of time, and neither of the duo will forget the words they had spoken to each other before their departure. It's quite sweet (plus Paul wrote it when he was crushing on actress Jane Asher, in which years later they will become engaged).

"Me, I'm just the lucky kind
Love to hear you say that love is luck
And though we may be blind
Love is here to stay and that's enough"

I’ll be posting a link with each song so you can go and listen to them!

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A Hard Day's Night - written by John Lennon with Paul McCartney, sung by Lennon and McCartney 

I Should Have Known Better - written by John Lennon, sung by Lennon

If I Fell - written by John Lennon with Paul McCartney, sung by Lennon and McCartney

I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - written by John Lennon, sung by George Harrison

And I Love Her - written by Paul McCartney, sung by McCartney

Tell Me Why - written by John Lennon, sung by Lennon, with Paul McCartney and George Harrison

Can't Buy Me Love - written by Paul McCartney, sung by McCartney

Any Time At All - written by John Lennon with Paul McCartney, sung by Lennon 

I'll Cry Instead - written by John Lennon, sung by Lennon

Things We Said Today - written by Paul McCartney, sung by McCartney

When I Get Home - written by John Lennon, sung by Lennon

You Can't Do That - written by John Lennon, sung by Lennon

I'll Be Back - written by John Lennon, sung by Lennon with Paul McCartney, and George Harrison

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