The Beatles' Second Album

"Second album redirects here. For the Roy Buchanan album of the same name see Roy Buchanan#Discography

Infobox Album
Name = The Beatles' Second Album
Type = studio
Artist = The Beatles


Released = 10 April 1964
16 November 2004 (reissue)
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios - March 5, 13, July 1, 18, 30, October 17, 1963; February 25, March 1, 1964
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 22:13
Label = Capitol
T 2080 (mono)
ST 2080 (stereo)
CDP 7243 8 66877 2 2 (reissue)
Producer = George Martin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6s320r3ac48i~T1 link]
Chronology = The Beatles U.S.
Last album = "Meet the Beatles!"
(1964)
This album = "The Beatles' Second Album"
(1964)
Next album = "A Hard Day's Night"
(1964)

"The Beatles' Second Album" is the The Beatles' second Capitol Records release. It was their third in the United States counting "Introducing... The Beatles", released on Vee-Jay Records.

Songs for this album were compiled from four different UK releases. Included were the five remaining tracks from the group's second British LP "With the Beatles". Those songs were left off the previous Capitol album "Meet the Beatles!." Also included were "Thank You Girl" (the B-side to the British single "From Me to You"), the single "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You", "You Can't Do That" from the "A Hard Day's Night" soundtrack in the UK, and two new songs, "Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name," both released a month later in the UK on the "Long Tall Sally" EP.

"The Beatles' Second Album" went to number one on the album charts in the U.S., knocking off "Meet the Beatles!", the first time an artist replaced itself at number one on the U.S. album charts.cite book |first=Craig |last=Cross |title=The Beatles: Day-by-Day, Song-by-Song, Record-by-Record |year=2005 |pages=551-552 |publisher=iUniverse, Inc. |location=Lincoln, NE |isbn=0-595-34663-4]

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", wrote the "Allmusic". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6s320r3ac48i~T1 Allmusic] ]

Worth noting is the inclusion of the stereo version of "Thank You Girl," as "The Beatles' Second Album" features the only "true" stereo version of the song released on any US or UK album (it was included on "The Beatles Beat," a German release). Though some echo was added, this version remains a bit of a rarity, being only available in its original mono version on other releases in all worldwide countries.

In 2004 this album was re-released for the first time on CD as part of "The Capitol Albums, Volume 1" box set.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted. See also: Lennon-McCartney.

ide one

#"Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
#"Thank You Girl"
#"You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)
#"Devil in Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin)
#"Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy, Jr.)
#"You Can't Do That"

ide two

#"Long Tall Sally" (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Little Richard)
#"I Call Your Name"
#"Please Mr. Postman" (Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, Garrett, Fred Gorman, Brian Holland)
#"I'll Get You"
#"She Loves You"

Notes

succession box
before = "Meet the Beatles!" by The Beatles
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = May 2 - June 5 1964
after = "Hello, Dolly!" by Original Cast