The Beatles' Albums: From "Please Please Me" to "Let It Be"
A look back at the Fab Four's catalog before 14 remastered discs arrive
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PLEASE PLEASE ME (1963)
Key Tracks: "Love Me Do," "Please Please Me"
Quick Take: Please Please Me is a blueprint of everything the Beatles would ever do, mixing up doo-wop, country, R&B, girl groups, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Tin Pan Alley into their own exuberant sound. They banged it out in one marathon 10-hour session with producer George Martin, all four Beatles singing and playing with total emotional urgency, holding nothing back, knowing their first shot at getting out of Liverpool could have been their last.
• Read about Please Please Me in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Key Tracks: "Love Me Do," "Please Please Me"
Quick Take: Please Please Me is a blueprint of everything the Beatles would ever do, mixing up doo-wop, country, R&B, girl groups, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Tin Pan Alley into their own exuberant sound. They banged it out in one marathon 10-hour session with producer George Martin, all four Beatles singing and playing with total emotional urgency, holding nothing back, knowing their first shot at getting out of Liverpool could have been their last.
• Read about Please Please Me in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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