Please Please Me (1963)




Release date: March 22, 1963 (original), September 9, 2009 (remastered).

Length: 32:16 

Notable songs: "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "Twist and Shout", "P.S. I love you".


The Beatles debut album, demostrates the cunning and attitude that the —then— incipent Beatles had,  and how they managed to bring out a production, which shows their fisrt songs and compositions, proving themselves (Lennon and Mccartney) as a songwriters, and demonstrating the team work they had in the beginning. 

Recorded in a single and hectic day for the —then— young Beatles, Please Please Me represented  a long-extended recording work divided in parts through day. Even a single song, required so many takes as necessary to finally get the final result.  The pressure on the studio was so high, that John Lennon, alongside a cold he was suffering, ended the recording sessions almost voiceless, opting to record "Twist and Shout" at the end. Ironically, the same track is the one which closes the album. 

Please Please Me  starts with the count of one, two, three...four!, as the rhythm is sticky and danceable, probably taken from the pubs of that time —possibly emulating the atmosphere of The Cavern club— where they offered concerts prior the recording of the album. The consequent tracks have an unhopeful tone, such as "Misery" and "Anna",  though the rhythm changes course when the homonymous theme takes place, bringing some joy with its lyrics and melody. "Love Me Do" is probably, the highlight song of the album, due to be the band´s first single released (and eventually gave to them their first chart positions). Among the rest of the songs composing the final track,  they´re some covers such "Boys", where Ringo provides his peculiar voice. "P.S. I love you" brings a relaxing moment, alongside with "Do you want to know a secret", with a sticky chorus, easy to remember, performed by George. "Twist and Shout" closes the album in a lively and rough way, wanting more once the song ends. In a combination  of covers and themes of their own, Please Please Me leaves a "good taste" to anyone who wants to know about the beginning of the "Fab four". 

OUTCOME:

With short themes, some covers and the hasty progression and rhythm on the beginning and in the ending  track, Please Please Me do not disappoint. It shows the potential and talent of the young Beatles at that time. This album is a good cover letter.

SCORE:

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