With the Beatles

1963 studio album by the Beatles

With the Beatles is The Beatles' second UK album. It was recorded four months after the band's first album, Please Please Me and was released on 22 November, 1963. The album sold so well in England, it qualified to enter the hit singles charts.

With the Beatles
Studio album by
Released22 November 1963 (1963-11-22)
Recorded18 July – 23 October 1963
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length33:07
LabelParlophone
ProducerGeorge Martin
the Beatles chronology
Please Please Me
(1963)
With the Beatles
(1963)
A Hard Day's Night
(1964)
The Beatles North American chronology
Beatlemania! With the Beatles
(1963)
Introducing... The Beatles
(1964)
The Beatles Canadian chronology
Beatlemania! With the Beatles
(1963)
Twist and Shout
(1964)

Most of the songs were used again in the first American Beatles album issued by Capitol Records, Meet The Beatles! Other songs appeared on The Beatles' Second Album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Album songs

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All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted. 

Side one
No. TitleLead vocals Length
1. "It Won't Be Long"  Lennon 2:13
2. "All I've Got to Do"  Lennon 2:03
3. "All My Loving"  McCartney 2:08
4. "Don't Bother Me" (George Harrison)Harrison 2:28
5. "Little Child"  Lennon and McCartney 1:46
6. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson)McCartney 2:14
7. "Please Mister Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman)Lennon 2:34
Side two
No. TitleLead vocals Length
1. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)Harrison 2:45
2. "Hold Me Tight"  McCartney 2:32
3. "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)Lennon with Harrison 3:01
4. "I Wanna Be Your Man"  Starr 2:00
5. "Devil in Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin)Harrison 2:26
6. "Not a Second Time"  Lennon 2:07
7. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy)Lennon 2:50

References

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  1. Hase, Stewart; Kenyon, Chris (2013). Self-Determined Learning: Heutagogy in Action. A&C Black. p. 119. ISBN 978-1441108913. With the Beatles…demonstrated the 'uniform traits' of the Mersey Beat style
  2. O'Dell, Denis; Neaverson, Bob (2002). At the Apple's core: the Beatles from the inside. Peter Owen Limited. p. 27. the first truly convincing British rock and roll album, With The Beatles
  3. Howlett, Kevin; Heatley, Mike (2009). With the Beatles (CD historical notes). p. 12.
  4. Courrier, Kevin (2008). Artificial Paradise: The Dark Side of the Beatles' Utopian Dream. ABC-CLIO. p. 62. ISBN 978-0313345876. …the bold R&B of With the Beatles