Comments on: Beatles For Sale

By: Jacob Waidelich

Jacob Waidelich — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:03:24 +0000

Here is my version of Beatles For Sale:
Baby’s In Black
I’m A Loser
Leave My Kitten Alone
Every Little Thing
I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
What You’re Doing
No Reply
Eight Days A Week
She’s A Woman
I Feel Fine
Rock And Roll Music
I’ll Follow The Sun
Mr. Moonlight
Kansas City – Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Words Of Love
Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
Honey Don’t

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:50:23 +0000

I think the photo foreshadows much of what was to come in the next three years: the end of flower power, a new cynicism, a fear of selling out. Their faces show the weariness which perfectly reflects the album title. “Here you have our next contractual album. Sorry, it was a bit rushed. Not our best effort. We need some rest”.

By: EchoNov

EchoNov — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:45:15 +0000

Beatles for sale is an underrated album. The group had a very tight time schedule at that time, with World tour and live performances. This album contains great songs like Eight Days A Week and other great Lennon/McCartney songs. Yes, they did six cover versions of 1950’s Rock’n’Roll songs. But their cover versions of Rock And Roll Music and Words Of Love were greater than the original versions.

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 23:13:35 +0000

Having heard Georges Track You Know What to do on Anthology 1 it is clear it didn’t appear on HDN because it wasnt very good.

By: Disker

Disker — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:45:32 +0000

On the original UK LP (as reproduced on the CD), track 7 is listed on the sleeve and the label as Medley a. Kansas City b. Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey. So lots of commas, but no hyphens or exclamation marks!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 05:18:34 +0000

Oh, that time they were forced to record a new album every 6 months between endless tours. That’s physically almost impossible. So no surprise that their middle 60’s albums lack of quality material.

By: Steve R

Steve R — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 08:25:10 +0000

Been listening to this album nonstop for 5 straight weeks. Every song is incredible–just phenomenal. Such profound balance to all the tracks. Could very well be their greatest LP. Believe it!

By: Stevie Calrow

Stevie Calrow — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 11:14:52 +0000

As I was lucky enough to watch them at the cavern over a hundred lunchtime sessions and saw some of the numbers featured actually live I have no preference but on those mid day sessions I knew, even then, I was witnessing genius and got to know Paul well, he even wrote the. Chords to ’till there was you’ on the back of an old electricity bill envelope for me. John refused but only because he didn’t have a pen, please don’t knock any of their tracks as four hundred years from now scribes will still be saying how lucky w e were

By: edward slack

edward slack — Mon, 16 May 2016 12:54:13 +0000

This after Revolver Is the best of the Beatles.. More so because John Lennon was in the forefront (for a change !)
Before G.Martin and the musiciatians got involved this is the true essence of Beatles.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:12:48 +0000

I just played the remastered version for my 14 year old son during breakfast. A very fine, underrated gem. It shows the band’s 50’s influences and Dylan, as well. I still get chills when George hits the chimey intro chords to “Words Of Love”. Your website is awesome!

By: jnoble

jnoble — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:47:22 +0000

always thought Beatles For Sale was an unusually sloppy sounding poorly-produced Beatles album compared to what came before and after. Tinny sounding, many obvious mistakes left in, some half-baked songs. When I make my list of their best to worst albums, that one is always towards the bottom.

Still, Words Of Love is a deep cut hidden gem that I’ve always liked.

By: J Huckleberry Sneed

J Huckleberry Sneed — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:30:16 +0000

Ah, but what they learned about singing -after listening back to their dreadful vocals at the Decca audition. Right eh? A bit about singing with much more power and grit. John, especially, morphed really into having much more of staying true to his own voice. You know, Pauly, that you keep re-writing history. Well, surely now…just make sure you don’t tell them how we actually wrote our first 3 LPs in Hamburg…

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:17:24 +0000

My Dad bought me this album on my 14th birthday (1974) he said it was their best one . I didn’t believe him then, I don’t believe him now, I think he will be proved right in the future.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:12:08 +0000

Have to say though that the opening triple salvo of No Reply, I’m a Loser and Baby’s in Black is as good an opener as on any of their albums. Imagine how good the album would be if it also included I Feel Fine, She’s a Woman and Leave my Kitten Alone at the expense of some of the weaker covers and perhaps What your Doing ( not a great mac a track ). Btw if you haven’t heard the cover of Every Little Thing as covered by prog rock band Yes do yourself a favour and give it a listen. Outstanding , really brings it to life.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:03:31 +0000

I think your right about the covers. In retrospect replacing ‘Moonlight, Words of Love and Honey Don’t with I Feel Fine, She’s a Woman and Leave My Kitten alone , would make it a fine album indeed.

By: Biased Lennon-Harrison fan

Biased Lennon-Harrison fan — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:52:51 +0000

There were only two albums in which George seriously threatened Paul’s role
as John’s wingman, those were With the Beatles (which I commented on) and this album, Beatles For Sale. After With the Beatles, Paul made sure to shut down George’s contributions to A Hard Day’s Night, rejecting his original song You Know What To Do. On this album though, George couldn’t be held back.
The credits to this album should read
Lennon-Harrison-McCartney-Starkey.

John is in top form as always. He wrote
No Reply, I’m A Loser and I Don’t Want To Spoil the Party, singing lead on all of them. He also came up with the original idea for Baby’s In Black and collaborated with McCartney on Eight Days A Week.
John even sang lead on Paul’s Every Little Thing. Add that to his covers of Rock and Roll Music and the underrated Mr.Moonlight along with his prominent lead harmony in Words Of Love

Paul wrote 3 songs and collaborated on 2 others, though he only sang lead in I’ll Follow the Sun and What You’re Doing. He also did a mediocre cover of Kansas City and sang harmonies on Words Of Love and Baby’s in Black

George only sang lead on Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby, but his guitar work is what defines this album, along with John’s raspy voice of course.
His guitar on songs like Honey Don’t
Words of Love, Spoil the Party and I’m A Loser among others is amazing.

So 7 lead vocals for John and 2 duet lead vocals
3 for Paul and 2 duets
1 for George, but prominent guitar parts throughout
And Honey Don’t for Ringo

George’s contributions overall are equal if not superior to McCartney’s. If he had only developed his songwriting skills a little earlier, we could be remembering Beatles history very differently. As it is, Paul’s stranglehold on the wingman spot was tightened by the time of Help!

By: Amy Gdala Godiva

Amy Gdala Godiva — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 02:19:00 +0000

No Reply, to my ears, has one of the greatest bridges ever both in terms of composition and execution. If I had hairs on the back of my neck, they’d stand up every time I heard it!

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 08:28:17 +0000

Just adding something to my comments from a few days ago. Babys In Black and Every Little Thing are two other great Lennon- McCartney songs off this album that are outstanding, showing the steady development of their craft so evident on this album.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:09:00 +0000

Like the album that followed it Help it is a transitional album and underrated. I received this record in 1978. Along with great covers it has songs showing the ever developing craftsmanship of the Lennon- McCartney team. With the former I just love Kansas City, Rock and Roll Music, Words of Love and Everybodys Trying To Be My Baby. And with the latter McCartneys Ill Follow The Sun is great, but this is an album that is particularly strong for John Lennon compositions. The autobiographical Lennon was really coming to the fore with Im A loser and No Reply and I Dont Want To Spoil The Party are great numbers. Also Eight Days A Week is as catchy as hell and a US number one to boot.

By: Sam P.

Sam P. — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:29:10 +0000

I’ve always thought the opening three tracks made a very strong opening — they fit so well together.