Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Album Summary: The Beatles' Second Album

This album was a fun ride. I'd already listened several songs from it, but there were plenty of great new ones to hear. It's been an interesting journey, to have started with the British albums and then moved on to the American ones--they're often quite similar, but sometimes a new arrangement or the addition of different songs can change the mood of the entire album. Below is a quote from the wiki page for The Beatles' Second Album:
Unlike the contemporaneous British Beatles albums, The Beatles' Second Album is composed exclusively of uptempo numbers, and for this reason is a favorite of some Beatles aficionados and rock critics. "The Beatles' Second Album stands as probably best pure rock & roll album ever issued of the group's music" [sic], wrote Allmusic.
It's hard to go wrong, with covers of classic songs by Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, Little Richard, and The Marvelettes, all sung in The Beatles' own style but paying tribute to the greatness of the originals, as well as some awesome new material like "She Loves You". :)

Well, tomorrow is a new day, and a new album. I'll see you then. :)

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