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2.24am
18 October 2013
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This might possibly be my favourite album…….Such great memories of perhaps for the first time really listening to music and getting feelings from doing so……Mostly such an up record too…..I recall a pride that the Beatles were English and as good as anything American……That was a first!
Its release coincided with the rooms we rented having some rendering and new window frames put in……. and being able to climb the scaffolding to get in after I intentionally (‘YET AGAIN!!!!’) forgot my key……..Thought I was Batman.
In the film Marylebone station (they departed and arrived at the same station) was round the corner but I missed the filming. It always peeved me that in the LP notes it states Paddington Station which was bollox! …Still many of the London streets in the film were nearby and familiar…….
I’m sure somewhere I’ve done a list and don’t want to do another because it’s likely different……
I hope I’ve put “Ill Be Back’…….as my number one…..But it could easily have been ‘If I Fell ‘
As someone has remarked somewhere…..’The most creative time and enormous musical leaps by the Beatles began with a chord that opens this album and the one that closes Sgt Pepper .
12.22pm
6 February 2018
Offline 1. And I Love Her – it was surprisingly easy picking my favourite song from the album. This song is just utterly breathtaking, like a romantic night under the stars. It’s so sweet and pretty-sounding, with some of Paul’s best vocals yet. My heart just sighs everytime I hear it haha! 10/10
2. A Hard Day’s Night – a classic that’s honestly never gotten old, just so energetic and addictive. 10/10
3. If I Fell – if you haven’t noticed, I have a slightly embarrassing soft spot for romantic slow-dancing songs with beautiful melodies lol. I just love the vulnerability and genuineness of this song, there’s that hopeful tone to it that’s tinged a bit with melancholy and longing for a relationship but not wanting to get hurt. Paul and John’s voices are so good here too, I love how tender and raw they sing. 10/10
4. I Should Have Known Better – This has always been a favourite of mine; you can bop your head to it and I love the sound of the harmonica. I find the subject matter and lyrics utterly adorable and an interesting take on a love song. I think it’s one of John’s most underrated songs. 9/10
5. I’ll Be Back – just so beautiful, and a wonderful way to end an album, like wistfully staring out the window. And maybe it’s just my weird imagination, but I sometimes picture a cowboy riding off into the sunset when I hear this song haha 9/10
6. Can’t Buy Me Love – extremely catchy and lots of fun, has that care-free and lively vibe that’s captured so well on the album. 9/10
7. Things We Said Today – now thinking about it I wish I could put this song higher because it’s so lovely. Paul was making so many good songs during the era and this further proves it; introspective, sophisticated, and a gorgeous melody. 9/10
8. You Can’t Do That – a great rock song, just makes you want to jump and down and shout along with the lyrics haha. It’s a little cynical, but there’s still that playful tone to ease the edginess that I enjoy. 9/10
9. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You – two words: sooooo cuuuuteee!!! If this doesn’t make your heart swell up then I don’t know what will haha. I love Paul and John’s background vocals, and that melody is hard to resist. I dunno man I just really love this song and I find it so adorable 
8/10
10. Any Time At All – good song, catchy chorus, and a really strong vocal performance from John, demanding but fun. It’s not a track I listen to a lot but when I do I always end up enjoying it, so it’s probably considered a hidden gem. 8/10
11. When I Get Home – yeah, the lyrics are a little cheesy (that cow part never fails to make me laugh) but hey you can’t deny how fun and infectious this song is! It’s another one to get you jumping and happy, and I’ve always thought it was slightly underrated by fans. Not their best track by any means but still quite good 7/10
12. I’ll Cry Instead – I really like the lyrics but I find this song to be awkwardly placed on the album, because it comes and goes so quickly and it’s pretty short. But I love the catchy, jangly rhythm to it and the way it showcases John’s insecurities. 7/10
13. Tell Me Why – oh man, I don’t know if people will hate me for this but to me this song is just so…annoying. I feel like they’re literally shouting at me and it’s so relentless, the song barely has time to breathe and it’s slightly too repetitive for my liking. I just never warmed up to the way it sounded, it’s too loud but not in a good way. 4/10
8.04pm
18 October 2013
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50yearslate said
Wigwam said
Edit…I reckon I’ll be Back is where John started putting ‘bits’ together like he does in Happiness is a…..
Whether Ray Davis nicked the idea for Autumn Almanac, or it’s always been a common technique I don’t know.
What makes you think so? It seems normal to me…
Sorry just saw this……I’m not really qualified to actually explain what I’m hearing……..I basically agree with VB……
It’s only a couple of minutes long but it chops and changes a lot…..Intro… Verse..verse..bridge1…verse..verse..bridge 2..verse…verse…bridge 1… verse..outro
Bridge 2 is so unexpected….and the timings are chopped and changed about……..John had gone from following accepted formulas to just doing his own ‘gut’ thing here and I liked it….Added to the drama.
Perhaps it seems normal today………50years later…
But at the time for me brought up on predictable pop…..hearing this extra bridge I remember thinking……(let me clean this up a’ la Dan Maskell after a spectacular shot at Wimbledon) ……’Oh my word! ……Oh I say!!’
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Shamrock Womlbs, 50yearslate5.53pm
10 March 2017
Offline I think i’ll finally have a go at this:
13. I Should Have Known Better
11. Any Time At All
7. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
4. I’ll Be Back
3. Tell Me Why
1. If I Fell
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8.05am
14 June 2019
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26 January 2017
Offline Looking through these lists I wish that I Should Have Known Better were ranked higher.
"The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles!"
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"We could ride and surf together while our love would grow"
-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
5.36am
5 November 2019
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5. I’ll Be Back
8. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
9. Tell Me Why
12. Any Time At All
13. When I Get Home
Surprised about the lack of love for You Can’t Do That and I’ll Cry Instead . Don’t rate AHDN as much as other people, bored of the song tbh
2.53am
28 February 2020
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8.33pm
14 January 2013
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5 April 2020
Offline What a subject! – from all that I’ve read, my understanding is that either Dick Lester or Walter Shenson or both were chatting with John during a break in the filming of AHDN and they discussed how the film could do with a hit single. That’s what inspired John to write A Hard Day’s Night . He just reeled it off at home that night and brought the song in to the film set the next day. That is what John could do. As an inspirational genius, he could conjure up a great song out of thin air.
My listing by preference:-
2. I should have known better
3. If I Fell
7. You can’t do that
8. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
10. Tell me why
11. Anytime at all
12. Tell me why
13. When I get home
3.16am
14 June 2016
Offline I find it hard to rank this album because it’s so consistent, but I do know If I Fell , I’ll Be Back and Things We Said Today are my top three.
1.The Beatles 2.Sgt. Pepper 3.Abbey Road 4.Magical Mystery Tour 5.Rubber Soul 6.Revolver 7.Help! 8.Let It Be
9.A Hard Day’s Night 10.Please Please Me 11.Beatles For Sale 12.With The Beatles 13.Yellow Submarine
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11.21am
2 January 2017
Offline Definitely their strongest album so far at that point. I’m struggling like everyone else here with my ranking as almost every song is consistently good! 
I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
I’ll Cry Instead (am I the only one who wishes The Everly Brothers covered this?)
Any Time At All (I kinda feel bad for putting this at the bottom as one of my friends told me he liked it a while ago, but I personally find it a bit too repetitive.)
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12.16pm
14 December 2009
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Beware, pepdog: I took the time to rank a bunch of the albums a few years ago only to find that I now dislike a great many of my decisions! (“Third-best song on the album and I ranked it the third-*worst*…What was I thinking?!”)
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10.41am
2 January 2017
Offline I’ll take your warning, though I’m feeling quite confident that the top halves of my rankings will mostly remain the same for a good while!
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