Beatles '65

Beatles '65
Studio album by The Beatles
Released 15 December 1964
Recorded June–October 1964
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 26:10
Label Capitol
Producer George Martin
The Beatles North American chronology
The Beatles' Story
(1964)		 Beatles '65
(1964)		 The Early Beatles
(1965)
Singles from Beatles '65
  1. "I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman"
    Released: 23 November 1964
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[2]

Released in December 1964, Beatles '65 is the Beatles' fifth album issued by Capitol Records, but their seventh American album. The LP was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label.

In 2004, Beatles '65 was issued on CD for the first time as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set (catalogue number CDP 7243 8 66874 2 5). In 2014, the album was released on CD again, individually and included in the Beatles boxed set The U.S. Albums.

Music

Beatles '65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale (omitting "Eight Days a Week", "Words of Love", "Every Little Thing", "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", "What You're Doing" and the "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" medley, all of which were issued later on Beatles VI). It also includes "I'll Be Back" from the UK A Hard Day's Night album and both sides of the single "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman". These latter two songs were issued in "duophonic" stereo and included added reverb by Capitol Records' executive Dave Dexter, Jr. to cover up the use of the mono mixes sent from England.[3]

Two of the three songs written by Carl Perkins and recorded by the Beatles appear on this album.

Reception

In the United States, Beatles '65 jumped from number 98 straight to number 1, making the biggest jump to the top position in the history of the Billboard album charts up to that time. It remained at number 1 for nine straight weeks from 9 January 1965. The album was the top selling non-soundtrack LP based on Billboard's year-end chart for 1965.[4] By 31 December 1964, the album had sold 1,967,261 copies in the US; by the end of the 1960s, sales there were up to 2,327,186.[5]

Writing in The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1983), John Swenson described Beatles '65 as the first of the band's "classic 'concept' albums". He said that the LP "worked as a musical whole" rather than merely serving as a collection of "the latest bunch of songs that could be assembled into a record in any order".[6] Several albums were released and promoted in America during 1965 sporting a similar title to Beatles '65. These included Sinatra '65 by Frank Sinatra and Ellington '65 by Duke Ellington on Reprise Records, and Brasil '65 by Sérgio Mendes on the Beatles' own Capitol label.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.

Side one
No. TitleLead vocals Length
1. "No Reply"  John with Paul 2:15
2. "I'm a Loser"  John with Paul 2:31
3. "Baby's in Black"  John and Paul 2:02
4. "Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry)John 2:32
5. "I'll Follow the Sun"  Paul with John 1:46
6. "Mr. Moonlight" (Roy Lee Johnson)John with Paul and George 2:35
Side two
No. TitleLead Vocals Length
1. "Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins)Ringo 2:56
2. "I'll Be Back"  John with Paul and George 2:22
3. "She's a Woman" (Duophonic Mix)Paul 2:57
4. "I Feel Fine" (Duophonic Mix)John with Paul and George 2:20
5. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Carl Perkins)George 2:24

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Chart performance

Chart (1964–1965) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 9
US Billboard 200[9] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7 

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1512
  2. ↑ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds) (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
  3. ↑ USA Today
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20071211063920/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1965
  5. ↑ "How Many Records did the Beatles actually sell?". Deconstructing Pop Culture by David Kronemyer. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds) (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 32. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
  7. ↑ "Boomers' First 'Must Have' Christmas Gift: Beatles '65". Huffington Post. 23 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Beatles – Beatles '65" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Beatles – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Beatles. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – Beatles '65". Music Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "American album certifications – The Beatles – Beatles '65". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 9 June 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Roustabout (soundtrack) by Elvis Presley		 Billboard 200 number-one album
9 January – 12 March 1965 		Succeeded by
Mary Poppins (soundtrack)
by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
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