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List Price: $36.98 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 70118
Released: November 24, 2009 |
| Our Price: $29.22 |
| Used Price: $28.12 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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A Hard Day's Night [CD/T-Shirt] Track Listing:
1. A Hard Day's Night
2. I Should Have Known Better
3. If I Fell
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
5. And I Love Her
6. Tell Me Why
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. Any Time At All
9. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back
14. A Hard Day's Night Documentary
Editorial Review:
Remastered CDs include expanded booklets in limited edition deluxe packaging, new liner notes, previously unseen photos and minidocumentary on the making of each album. Shirt Size XL. T-Shirt featuring album art.
Description of A Hard Day's Night [CD/T-Shirt]:
Strummmmm! That dramatic guitar chord that kicks of A Hard Day's Night (album, song, movie) still jumps right out at you, slaps you in the face, and jump-starts your heart. And you know what? Both the music and the film are still as crisp and lively as they were in 1964. Of course, only the first seven songs are actually in the movie (and they are the strongest of the bunch, from the rousing rock & roll of the title track and the hit single "Can't Buy Me Love," to the beautiful ballads "If I Fell" and "And I Love Her"). But nobody's going to complain about having songs like "I'll Cry Instead" and "Things We Said Today" in the second half of the record; they sure don't feel like leftovers. Yet another high-point for John, Paul, George, and Ringo--four fab fellows who hit the highest heights imaginable. --Jim Emerson
A Hard Day's Night [CD/T-Shirt] Reviews:
Renewed Enjoyment in Stereo 
2009-12-02 - OK - So much has been written, but I picked this up yesterday and after hearing the mono version released 20+ years ago, this remastered stereo version has PUNCH. I mean the bass drums & tom-toms KABOOM. The rhythm guitar playing has never been this clear. Track 4, Happy Just To Dance With You, was the cleanest. It could have been recorded the other day.
I have a new appreciation for the recording techniques employed back then.
Great album, much improved sound and all for the low, low price.
Do you think you know this album? I thought I did until yesterday afternoon when I was in my car listening again. When I play it in my home system I expect to be amazed again.
The peak of the Beatles' early albums
2009-11-28 - 'A Hard Day's Night' is the best of the Fab Four's first five albums. It captures the band at a crucial point in their early career; they've been around long enough to perfect their songwriting skills, but not long enough to have become tired and jaded by Beatlemania. As such, this album retains the carefree enthusiasm of 'Please Please Me' and 'With The Beatles', but displays a level of sophistication characteristic of 'Beatles For Sale' and 'Help!'. At this stage, their experimentation is modest, as they incorporate piano, 12 string guitar, and different percussion instruments such as claves.
The album is often noted for being the most buoyant and upbeat Beatles album, but I've never thought that was true. While the two massive hits in the title track and 'Can't Buy Me Love', plus a couple of other songs like 'I'm Happy Just To Dance With You' fit that bill, the rest of the album is more diverse. The McCartney compositions 'And I Love Her' and 'Things We Said Today' are great early examples of his ability to write wistful ballads, 'I'll Cry Instead' incorporates country influences, while the harmoica tinged 'I Should Have Known Better' hides its downbeat mood with a singalong chorus.
The most significant songs from a musical development point of view are the final two. 'You Can't Do That' is the first clear example of John Lennon's confessional style; he uses macho misogynism to disguise deep insecuity, fearing that others will laugh at him if they see his girl misbehaving. And the closer 'I'll Be Back' is a reflective minor key ballad that clearly looks forward to the Dylan-influenced 'Beatles For Sale' album.
In many ways, 'A Hard Day's Night' is first Beatles album I'd recommend new fans listen to. Its perfect pop hooks shows why The Beatles were the most popular band of their time, and its musical ambition shows why they would become the most respected. A truly great album.
The sound of history
2009-11-21 - It's still like yesterday to me; The Ed Sullivan Show, the news stories, the histerial and the fun of something so exciting. The music of that time was the earmark of a sociological era the likes of which have never been seen before or since.
That's why the remastering of the historic music is so important. I was so pleased to hear these recordings presented in a crisp, clean and vivid format. The importance of preserving these recordings cannot be understated. This is history. The Beatles represent the most profound influence on the culture of the second half of the 20th century.
The songs bring back the fun, happiness and innocence of the time and cannot help but bring a smile to your face. I have purchased most of these remastered issues and have yet to be disappointed. Percussion is crisper, guitar solos are bolder and the whole presentation is just more life-like.
If you were a child of the sixties, these are required listening. Take a time trip back to those times when the release of a new Beatle album was worthy of the 6 o'clock news and portable radios ruled.
Excellent album now in stereo.
2009-10-24 - This album features songs from their first motion picture. It's also the first to utilize four-track technology and the first in which every song was credited to Lennon-McCartney (John writing 10 of the tracks, Paul with 3). The hits off this album are "Can't Buy Me Love", the title track and the single "And I Love Her" released in the US. Of all the tracks, only "I Should Have Known Better" appears in stereo for the first time.
The Fab Four were still fundamentally a rock group at this point showing traces of their roots.`This is arguably their third best album of the Beatlemania era only behind "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver". A truly essential album.
Classic
2009-10-18 - What can ya say, so much better than the first digital release. Sonically, very crisp and clean, a great job by EMI.
