ALBUM GRADE: 9
With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963 on Parlophone, exactly eight months after the band’s debut Please Please Me. Produced by George Martin, the album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and “Don’t Bother Me”, George Harrison’s first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman and has since been mimicked by several music groups over the years. A different cover was used for the Australian release of the album, which the Beatles were displeased with.
SONG GRADES:
1. It Won’t Be Long – 9
2. All I’ve Got to Do – 8
3. All My Loving – 9
4. Don’t Bother Me – 7
5. Little Child – 7
6. Till There Was You – 6
7. Please Mr. Postman – 9
8. Roll Over Beethoven – 9
9. Hold Me Tight – 7
10. You Really Got a Hold on Me – 9
11. I Wanna Be Your Man – 7
12. Devil in Her Heart – 8
13. Not a Second Time – 9
14. Money (That’s What I Want) – 10
Produced by George Martin.