A Hard Day's Poll

"Things We Said Today" = Zombies influence? Or vice versa, more likely.

why no love for 'you can't do that'?

It's getting my vote, even though it works a lot better on The Beatles' Second Album.

Yeah, I keep thinking of these songs in their US album context. Something New is probably my favorite of the US albums.

Standing In The Shadows Of Bob? Babbitt?

Great album, and I do think one of the more underrated (or at least less-spoken) ones within the Beatles catalog. "When I Get Home" or "I'll Be Back" for me.

this is hard

To my mind, it just doesn't get better than "And I Love Her."
I almost spit out my coffee. Not because of the choice, but the poster!

For the record, i am still an actual human being.

There's no song on this LP which is less than perfect. A very difficult choice, I could choose any of them. But.....awww... If I Fell....

Things We Said Today

"Tell me why" is such a great closer! Amazing! In those days, LPs had two closing songs!

And it's not even a closer! (Can't Buy Me Love ends side 1, at least on the UK version)

you're right.

I have this version: http://www.vinylrecords.ch/B/BE/Beatles/Yeah/IMG_0626thumb.jpg

.. but it's exactly the same.

"If I Fell" - those harmonies are insane.

Probably the most self-centred Beatles album, based on the preponderance of "I" and "me" titles.

geir you nut beatles for sale has some of their very best covers -- viz a viz "rock and roll music" and "kansas city." (haha and "mr moonlight"!)

Another vote for "You Can't Do That". I guess, maybe it's the cowbell or maybe it's just because the a lot of the others have been played and played until they have become part of the musical wallpaper of the world.

Went with "Things We Said Today" - beautiful songwriting, and Paul sings low enough that I can actually hit the notes when I sing along.

(And the way he comes out of the bridge is simply phenomenal.)

voted "i'll be back" barely over "i should've known better" and "a hard day's night".

"Tell Me Why" is fucking great, one of my favourite early Beatles for a million reasons, most of which are lame.

"If I Fell" FTW. I don't really start loving their albums until Help!.

'Course, I voted "Tell Me Why" like I said, but with all the "Things We Said Today" love, I'm thinking about when McCartney did his big world tour back in 1989, the first time he really started busting out a lot of the old Beatles stuff on tour. I went to see him at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the first time I had ever seen a former Beatle perform live, and he did that song. And all I could think was, "I cannot believe I'm sitting here, in a fully-packed 80,000-seat stadium, watching PAUL MCCARTNEY sing THINGS WE SAID TODAY!" It was amazing.

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Surprised by #2.

I would say I am surprised at #5. But it is fair, really, as this album is about so much more than those two singles.

Surprised by the scale of the win, and the track that did!

Also, medal for album with no zero voted tracks.

Usually a sign of quality for sure.

would have voted "I Should Have Known Better," which is secretly one of their most sublime recordings

brilliant single-tracked version of And I Love Her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjWmZHNKPJk

Love those sweet arpeggios at 0:31

would've voted "If I Fell" (though I love "And I Love Her" as well)

Interesting mathematical attempt to determine what notes are being played in the opening of "A Hard Day's Night"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKx0DG-5Qyg

Okay granted this is about the film rather than the album, but:

https://www.criterion.com/films/28547-a-hard-day-s-night

New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options—a monaural soundtrack as well as stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studios—presented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio on the 4K UHD and Blu-ray

In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

Audio commentary featuring cast and crew (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

In Their Own Voices, a program featuring 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos

“You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles

Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

Picturewise, a program about Lester’s early work, featuring a 2014 audio interview with the director (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

Anatomy of a Style, a 2014 program on Lester’s methods (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

Interview from 2014 with Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester (dual-format and 4K UHD only)