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Beatles for Sale 1964
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Beatles for Sale

The Beatles released Beatles for Sale in December 1964, just as rock was beginning to change direction. The album came out after a few months of recording, but everything that happened before was already quite a lot. The group was on tour in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. All that, plus the work of promoting their previous album, A Hard Day's Night, and the pressure of recording, left them exhausted.

Year
1964
Songs
14
Duration
34 min 15 seg
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14 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

No Reply

2:18
02

I’m a Loser

2:34
03

Baby’s in Black

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2:08
04

Rock and Roll Music

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2:34
05

I’ll Follow the Sun

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1:51
06

Mr. Moonlight

2:37
07

Medley: Kansas City / Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey!

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2:33
08

Eight Days a Week

2:45
09

Words of Love

2:15
10

Honey Don’t

3:00
11

Every Little Thing

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2:05
12

I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party

2:36
13

What You’re Doing

2:35
14

Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby

2:24

About the album

Beatles for Sale, according to DoReSol

The sound of the album has a touch of country in some songs, like I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party or I’m a Loser. The latter, in particular, shows a clear influence of Bob Dylan, something that marked a before and after in how folk and rock were mixed together. Although the album does not include the single I Feel Fine or She’s a Woman, both are of high quality and are outside of it.

Recording began in August 1964, a month after A Hard Day's Night was released, and was interrupted by a tour in the United States. Often, the boys wrote the songs directly in the studio, between performances. The exhaustion was noticeable in the cover photos, but they went on. The album reached number one in the UK, stayed there for eleven weeks and was a hit that marked a before and after.

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