Track Listing
1. Hard Day's Night [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"], A
2. I Should Have Known Better [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"]
3. If I Fell [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"]
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"]
5. And I Love Her [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"]
6. Tell Me Why [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"]
7. Can't Buy Me Love [From the Film "a Hard Day's Night"]
8. Any Time At All
9. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get You Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back
14. Hard Day's Night Mini-Documentary, A
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | George Martin | | Producer: | George Martin | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Beatles: John Lennon (vocals, guitar, harmonica); George Harrison (vocals, 6- & 12-string guitars); Paul McCartney (vocals, bass); Ringo Starr (drums).
Additional personnel: George Martin (piano).
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England and EMI Pathe Studios, Paris, France.
This reissue of A HARD DAY'S NIGHT has been digitally re-mastered. It comes packaged with replicated original U.K. album art, an expanded booklet containing original and newly written liner notes, and rare photos. Limited quantities of the CD are embedded with a brief documentary film about the album.
Audio Remasterers: Sam Okell; Sean Magee; Steve Rooke; Guy Massey; Paul Hicks.
Liner Note Authors: Mike Heatley; Tony Barrow; Kevin Howlett.
Photographer: Bruce a. Karsh.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT was the first Beatles album of all-original material, and the first to feature George Harrison playing his Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar (on the opening chord of "A Hard Day's Night," for instance). The distinctive sound of the 12-string inspired countless guitarists including Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the Byrds.
The film from which these songs hail remains a classic combination of happy 1960s naivete and nascent hipster wit. Many of the most important rock bands to emerge in the latter half of the '60s came into being because of A HARD DAY'S NIGHT's irresistible vibrancy. The tunes flow like the finest red wine, as the title track leads to the glorious harmonica of "I Should Have Known Better" and the powerfully poignant "If I Fell."
Editorial Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's Best Happy Albums of All Time - ...the sound of young men almost astonished by their fecundity and melodic gifts....they never sounded happier.
Q (09/01/1999)
Ranked #5 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums
Q (06/01/2000)
Ranked #1 in EW's 100 Best Movie Soundtracks - ...A blitzkrieg of black-and-white imagery that changed the way we see the world. We can't think of a better definition of a great soundtrack.
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/2001)
[Lennon] delivers songs with a depth and confessional quality the band had not yet displayed...
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