The Beatles' Second Album
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| Studio album by The Beatles | ||||
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| Released | 10 April 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 5 and 13 March; 1, 18, and 30 July; and 17 October 1963; 25 February and 1 March 1964; Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 27:30 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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The Beatles' Second Album is the The Beatles' second Capitol Records album, released in mono (catalogue number T 2080) and stereo (ST 2080.) It was their third in the United States counting Introducing... The Beatles, released on Vee-Jay Records.
The Beatles' Second Album went to number one on the album charts in the U.S., knocking off Meet the Beatles!, the first time an artist replaced itself at number one on the U.S. album charts.[1]
In 2004 this album was re-released for the first time on Compact Disc (catalogue number CDP 7243 8 66877 2 2) as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set.
[edit] Music
Unlike the contemporaneous British Beatles albums, The Beatles' Second Album is composed exclusively of uptempo numbers, and for this reason is a favorite of some Beatles aficionados and rock critics. "The Beatles' Second Album stands as probably best pure rock & roll album ever issued of the group's music", wrote Allmusic.[2]
Songs for this album were compiled from four different UK releases. Included were the five remaining tracks from the group's second British LP With the Beatles. Those songs were left off the previous Capitol album Meet the Beatles!. Also included were "Thank You Girl" (the B-side to the British single "From Me to You"), the single "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You", "You Can't Do That" from the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack in the UK, and two new songs, "Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name," both released a month later in the UK on the Long Tall Sally EP.
Worth noting is the inclusion of the stereo version of "Thank You Girl," as The Beatles' Second Album features the only "true" stereo version of the song released on any US or UK album (it was included on The Beatles Beat, a German release). Though some echo was added, this version remains a bit of a rarity, being only available in its original mono version on other releases. The Capitol album mix is also unique for another reason: this version contains 3 additional harmonica riffs. They are twice during the bridge; first, during the second time the line "way that you do" is sung, and second, after the phrase "that's the kind of love that seems too good to be true". The third riff is tagged on at the very end of the song. For its American-album debut, Capitol took this stereo version and transferred it into a two-to-one stereo-to-mono mixdown for the mono album release, thus creating an alternative mono mix of the song.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted. See also: Lennon/McCartney.
- Side one
- "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
- "Thank You Girl"
- "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)
- "Devil in Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin)
- "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy, Jr.)
- "You Can't Do That"
- Side two
- "Long Tall Sally" (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Little Richard)
- "I Call Your Name"
- "Please Mr. Postman" (Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, Garrett, Fred Gorman, Brian Holland)
- "I'll Get You"
- "She Loves You"
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cross, Craig (2005). The Beatles: Day-by-Day, Song-by-Song, Record-by-Record. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc.. pp. 551–552. ISBN 0-595-34663-4.
- ^ Allmusic
| Preceded by Meet the Beatles! by The Beatles |
Billboard 200 number-one album 2 May – 5 June 1964 |
Succeeded by Hello, Dolly! by Original Cast |
