| The Beatles' Second Album | |
[[Image: Beatles'65 Album Cover | |
| Released | 10 April 1965 |
| Studio | EMI Studios (Abbey Road Studios) |
| Genre | Rock And Roll, Merseybeat, Folk Rock |
| Length | 27:30 |
| Label | Capitol Records |
| Producer | George Martin |
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Beatles '65 is the The Beatles' fifth Capitol release, but sixth American album. It was released in mono and stereo versions. The album was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label.
On 16 November 2004, this album was released on Compact Disc for the first time as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set (catalogue number CDP 7243 8 66874 2 5).
Music
Beatles '65 includes most of the songs from Beatles for Sale, but deleting "Eight Days a Week", "Words of Love", "Every Little Thing", "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", "What You're Doing", and the "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" medley, which would show up later in Beatles VI. It picked up "I'll Be Back" from A Hard Day's Night and includes the single "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman". These two latter songs were remixed into "duophonic" [fake] stereo and drenched in reverb by Capitol Records' executive Dave Dexter, Jr. to cover up the use of the mono mixes sent from England.[1] The mono versions of both "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" were also remixed with added echo and reverb for the single and mono album release.
Reception
In the US the album was a blockbuster hit, and jumped from #98 straight to #1, making the biggest jump to the pole position in the history of the Billboard Album Charts up to that time. In what may be testament to the overwhelming market appeal of the Beatles, several albums were released and promoted in America during 1965 sporting a similar title. These included Sinatra '65 by Frank Sinatra and Ellington '65 by Duke Ellington] on Reprise Records, Trio '65 by jazz pianist Bill Evans on Verve Records, and Brasil '65 by Sergio Mendes on the Beatles' own Capitol label.
Track listing
All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Lennon/McCartney), except where noted.
- Side one
- "No Reply" – 2:15
- "I'm a Loser" – 2:31
- "Baby's in Black" – 2:02
- "Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry) – 2:32
- "I'll Follow the Sun" – 1:46
- "Mr. Moonlight" (Roy Lee Johnson) – 2:35
- Side two
- "Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) – 2:56
- "I'll Be Back" – 2:22
- "She's a Woman" – 2:57
- "I Feel Fine" – 2:20
- "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Perkins) – 2:24
Personnel
- John Lennon – rhythm guitar, piano, vocals, pizza
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, piano, vocals
- George Harrison – lead guitar, vocals
- Ringo Starr – drums, vocals
- George Martin – piano
References