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The Beatles 1 | 
| Artist: The Beatles
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 724352932528
UPC: 724352932528
EAN: 0724352932528
ASIN: B00004ZAV3
Publication Date: 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Love Me Do | | • | From Me to You | | • | She Loves You | | • | I Want to Hold Your Hand | | • | Can't Buy Me Love | | • | A Hard Day's Night | | • | I Feel Fine | | • | Eight Days a Week | | • | Ticket to Ride | | • | Help! | | • | Yesterday | | • | Day Tripper | | • | We Can Work It Out | | • | Paperback Writer | | • | Yellow Submarine | | • | Eleanor Rigby | | • | Penny Lane | | • | All You Need Is Love | | • | Hello Goodbye | | • | Lady Madonna | | • | Hey Jude | | • | Get Back | | • | The Ballad of John & Yoko | | • | Something | | • | Come Together | | • | Let It Be | | • | The Long and Winding Road |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: BEATLES
Title: BEATLES 1
Street Release Date: 11/14/2000
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP
Amazon.com essential recording
Proving yet again their willingness to dice 'n' slice their burgeoning legacy into new--if not exactly fresh--product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to the faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of "No. 1 hit" and the exclusion of seeming contenders like "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields"), newly arrived visitors from the Pleiades star cluster and other neophytes will find it a concise and generous (nearly 80 minutes) single-disc introduction to the band's career-spanning, unparalleled dominance of pop music in the 1960s. But beyond being a mere trophy case of commercial success (and it won't be hard to find critics who'll argue that these singles aren't even the band's best work), it's also a Cliff's Notes take on a remarkable seven-year run of musical evolution, one that stretches from the neo-skiffle of "Love Me Do" through a remarkable synthesis of R&B, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, country, and classical that still defies efforts to effectively deconstruct it. This is the pop monument equivalent of the '27 Yankees and '90s Bulls; it's every bit as obvious and dominating--and just as essential. --Jerry McCulley
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 Some of the Greatest Pop/Rock Music of All Time February 28, 2010
KevinAllenPoe (Kingston, Tn. USA)
There is not too much new to say about this recording that has not all ready been said by someone. Nearly every song on this album is a 5 star hit (and, nothing is below 4 stars)! I will say that the sound is, very, premium in its quality. The sound level has been elevated quite a bit from the earlier Beatles CDs that were released in the early 1990s. And, because of this, the music transfers very well to a Zune or an iPod MP3 player (I find I don't have to keep turning the volume up when I listen to the Beatles "1" on my Zune, even if I am jarring around in a noisy environment like my car). John, Paul, George, and Ringo never sounded so good! STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!
The Beatles 1 February 6, 2010
Michael Ezell (Castroville,CA USA)
This is a trip down memory lane to a slower and fun time,and it takes me to places I wish never would have ended. So I play this when I need a lift in spirit and just to get away from all that is going on now.
A wonderful starting place for the curious and uninitiated January 11, 2010
Gregory N. Perkins (Frankfort, KY USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'll start off with a confession: I was NOT a Beatles fan before I heard this CD. I had heard "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" ad nauseum and I was disgusted with the idea that they were considered a brilliant rock band. As a further disclaimer, I am too young to have been around during the Beatles' heyday.
I can still remember popping in this disc and rolling my eyes through the inevitable reprise of those two songs. But, I had made up my mind to give it a fair listen all the way through. Later on, "Can't Buy Me Love," "Help!," "Penny Lane" and "Eleanor Rigby" had worked their magic to a grudging reversal of my initial opinion of the band. (I had grown up with a strong prejudice against The Beatles, and though it was irrational, it was very difficult to let go). Then, near the end of the CD, some of the masterpieces such as "Come Together," "Let It Be," "Hey Jude" and "The Ballad of John and Yoko" completely converted me into a fan. Having listened to the entire CD, I even had newfound respect for "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" as necessary creative steps in the band's overall evolution.
I realized an odd thing had happened. I had known of The Beatles, and I had known their songs, but their material had so become part of culture that I hadn't known so many songs that I had already admired had been Beatles' originals. This CD really is just scratching the surface of the extent of the band's talent and influence. For a fuller immersion into their granite legacy, pick up "Abbey Road," "Rubber Soul," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "With the Beatles," "Please Please Me," "A Hard Day's Night" and, well you get the point. I found "The Beatles 1" to be a solid primer on what makes the band great, and I think you will, too. HIghly, highly recommended.
 One Fab Four December 3, 2009
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When it has came down to Pop Music, there have been artists that have been honestly never forgotten, as the cornerstones of the pop music landscape. While we've lost some of those acts, like the tragic death of Michael Jackson back in June, what we should and truthfully remember is how great and influential their songs have been over the years. That also has been strongly reminded back in Sptember with The Beatles. With all of their classic records being remastered for the first time ever, and with their music being the focus behind their own Rock Band video game, there honestly has been no denying the constant they've still maintained since they cam on the Ed Sullivan Show 45 years ago. But while there are so many who own all of their classic records, there hasn't been many a definitive reflection of what has made The Beatles such a constant, and here it is.
1 By The Beatles, their 2000 Greatest Hits album, is truthfully the strongest and most detailed greatest hits package that definitely reflects on almost all of The Beatles classic pop catalog from all the years they've made the best in pop music, in one comprehensive hits package. The songs have all been strongly remastered, and include a lot of their biggest and most influential songs including Love Me Do, Hey Jude, the somber Let It Be, Get Back and the soulful The Long & Winding Road. There also are some lesser-known songs here that are surprising like The Ballad of John & Yoko, Day Tripper and Eight Days A Week, that actually sound better than all the years they've been out on their original albums for so long. Yet with all the songs on the album, I honestly though wish there could've been a few of their more widely showcased songs like Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band, and I Am The Walrus on the collection as well.
Overall, despite a few overshadowed songs, The Beatles 1 is definitely the strongest reflection of what made John, Paul, George & Ringo so strong with melodicmemories after all these years. If you have not even yet owned a Beatles album in your music library, than I would honestly recommend that you start right here with 1, as the simplest way of hearing why The Fab Four have never gone away, even though they ended years ago. It is honestly one of the few must have greatest hits records that I really have recommended that sounds so surprisingly strong today.
Album Cover: A
Songs: B+
Price: A-
Remastering: A-
Overall: B+
Danger! November 14, 2009
Cathy in Utah (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Watch out! This compilation might whet your appetite for more and more Beatles music. Each of the tracks is a winner (with the arguable exception of Phil Spector's crazily over-the-top production on the last track, "The Long and Winding Road"), and they're presented chronologically so you hear how the group's sound evolved. Unfortunately for your wallet, chances are you'll find yourself thinking of other Beatles tunes that didn't hit No. 1 in the U.S. or U.K. and feel compelled to seek them out on CD as well.
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