More great music from the Beatles, with another in-your-face intro, this time in the form of the opening discordant chord from the title track.
This was the first album they'd done consisting solely of original songs, which was something of a rarity for a 'pop' group at the time. Though the songs are all listed as Lennon/McCartney compositions, all but 3 tracks originated from Lennon... though when Paul's 3 include "can't buy me love", "and I love her" and "things we said today" he's not slouching by any stretch of the imagination. John's tracks include a favourite of mine "if I fell". His "I'll be back" makes a great closing track with gorgeous close-part harmonies. I much prefer the second half of the Beatles' career where they really spread out sonically, but they put out brilliantly concise pop music back in the early 60s.
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