Finally we see the Beatles put out an album full of original compositions with A Hard Day’s Night, however, at this point they’re still not branching outside the basic rock format, their songwriting is getting better but is still fairly simple. The opening track, “A Hard Day’s Night” is good, the guitar in the second half of the song saves it from tiring out. “I Should Have Known Better” is alright. “If I Fell” is a really good song, it shows their songwriting improving. “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You” is another song that is alright but that’s style becoming far to common in the Beatles library. “And I Love Her” shows growth like “If I Fell” does, its a pretty good song. The album takes a turn for the worst and is pretty dreary until “You Can’t Do That” and “I’ll Be Back” the final two tracks, both of which are alright.
It’s an alright album, It’s got 3 really good songs and a few other that are tolerable. It showed the beginning of some change and made the need for change evident. The reason I’m doing their 3rd album as my 4th review is because I was somehow under the impression that Beatles For Sale was their 3rd album, so now that’s fixed.
