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GREATEST HITS ALBUM REVIEW
THE BEATLES
1962 - 1966
Released - 1973, on Apple Records. Produced by George Martin
John Lennon - Lead & Backing Vocals, Rhythm, Slide, Lead Guitars, Harmonica,
Percussion, Keyboards
Paul McCartney - Lead & Backing Vocals, Bass, Acoustic
Guitar on track 13, Keyboards, Percussion
George Harrison - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Percussion, Backing
Vocals
Ringo Starr - Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Backing Vocals and
Lead Vocal on track 25
Additional Personnel - Johnnie Scott - Flute on track 15; On track 25:
Brian
Jones - Percussion & Backing Vocals, Donovan, Pattie
Harrison, Marianne Faithfull, Mal
Evans, Neil Aspinall - Backing Vocals; Many others play on tracks 13 & 24.
All songs written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
| SONG | YEAR RELEASED | RATING |
| Love Me Do | 1962 | 10.0 |
| Please Please Me | 1963 | 10.0 |
| From Me to You | 1963 | 10.0 |
| She Loves You | 1963 | 10.0 |
| I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1963 | 10.0 |
| All My Loving | 1964 | 10.0 |
| Can't Buy Me Love | 1964 | 10.0 |
| A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | 10.0 |
| And I Love Her | 1964 | 10.0 |
| Eight Days a Week | 1964 | 10.0 |
| I Feel Fine | 1964 | 10.0 |
| Ticket to Ride | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Yesterday | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Help! | 1965 | 10.0 |
| You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | 1965 | 10.0 |
| We Can Work It Out | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Day Tripper | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Drive My Car | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Nowhere Man | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Michelle | 1965 | 10.0 |
| In My Life | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Girl | 1965 | 10.0 |
| Paperback Writer | 1966 | 10.0 |
| Eleanor Rigby | 1966 | 10.0 |
| Yellow Submarine | 1966 | 10.0 |
| Ave | 10.0 |
Review
This greatest hits double album was released along with the companion greatest hits double album 1967 - 1970. Every single song found on here is a pure ten, and to think for the time period covered ('62-'66), they had other songs just as good that didn't make it into this package. Michael Jackson can call himself the king of pop, but the real pop kings in the early '60s were the Beatles, as anybody who was around back then will tell ya. The first 16 songs on here are all pop, but by mid 1965 their music style would slowly start to change, and since the Beatles were the main trendsetters in music, all of rock music changed along with them. Whatever the Beatles did, everybody else would follow. It is totally impossible to say for sure which song on here is the best one, but I'll try. Let's see, the best pop song would be "She Loves You" - better sung and blended vocals are just not possible, best drug song would be "Day Tripper" - even if most fans didn't have a clue what the song was really about when it first was released, and the best of the newer sounding songs is "Girl", a song with a double meaning to it.. I really don't have to say too much more about this greatest hits album, it speaks for itself and if you love the Beatles you more than likely already have it and love it. If you don't love or at least like the Beatles and their music and you call yourself a rock fan, then you don't know your rock roots and let me tell ya, you are missing out big time! -Keno 2005 To listen to some soundclips from THE BEATLES
1962-1966
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