Favorite Beatles tracks - an album at a time.

I have been mocked for my selections of the best track on each album:

Please Please Me - Twist and Shout
With The Beatles - You’v Really Got a Hold on Me

Well, for Please Please Me, I would have to go with the title track, but “Twist and Shout” is maybe #2 or #3. On With the Beatles, I don’t have one strong favorite… “You Really Got a Hold On Me” does showcase John’s voice well, but overall, I tend to like the originals better – sounds like you may be the opposite.

Americans should note that this represents the overseas albums, not the U.S.-released Capitol albums.

I won’t mock you, don’t ask, for the terrible lack of taste in your selections :smiley: , but surely the best tracks on those albums are “Ask Me Why” and “Don’t Bother Me.”

‘I Saw Her Standing There’ from Please Please Me

‘All My Loving’ from With The Beatles

Are we just doing the first two for now or are we supposed to do the rest?

Using the British/CD versions:
Please Please Me–I Saw Her Standing There
With the Beatles–You Really Got A Hold On Me
Hard Day’s Night–If I Fell
Beatles for Sale–I’ll Follow the Sun
Help–You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Rubber Soul–Run for Your Life
Revolver–Tommorrow Never Knows
Sgt. Pepper–Good Morning
White Album–Bungalow Bill
Abbey Road–I Want You
Let It Be–Two of Us

Please Please Me - Title track
With The Beatles - “All My Loving”
A Hard Day’s Night - “Tell Me Why”
Beatles For Sale - “I’m A Loser”
Help! - Toss-up between “The Night Before” and “I Need You”
Rubber Soul - “If I Needed Someone”
Revolver - “Got To Get You Into My Life”
Sgt. Pepper - “A Day In The Life”
White Album - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Abbey Road - “Something”
Let It Be - “The One After 909”

My favorites, too. When I first heard the line, “Well my heart went boom…” it cracked me up for some reason. I still smile every time I hear it.

Oh this is hard!

Please Please Me - “Twist and Shout” (if only Beatles originals count, then “I Saw Her Standing There”)
With The Beatles - “All My Loving”
A Hard Day’s Night - title track
Beatles for Sale - “I’ll Follow the Sun”
Help! - “I’ve Just Seen a Face”
Rubber Soul - “If I Needed Someone”*
Revolver - “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - “Within You Without You”
The Beatles - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (also my overall favorite)
Let It Be - “Two of Us”
Abbey Road - “Oh! Darling”

Extra credit:
Yellow Submarine - “Hey Bulldog”
Magical Mystery Tour - “Strawberry Fields Forever”

Why yes, I do happen to like the psychedelic ones, why do you ask?

*This one definitely gave me the most trouble. Other candidates: “Nowhere Man”,
“Norwegian Wood”, “In My Life”.

Please Please Me–PS. I Love You
With the Beatles–All My Loving
Hard Day’s Night–Things We Said Today
Beatles for Sale–Eight Days a Week
Help–I’ve Just Seen a Face
Rubber Soul–I’m Looking Through You
Revolver–Got to Get You Into My Life
Sgt. Pepper–When I’m 64
Magical Mystery Tour – I Am the Walrus
White Album–Ob La Di, Ob La Da
Yellow Submarine – Hey Bulldog
Abbey Road–The Medley. If I had to pick a song in it, I’d go with “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window.”
Let It Be–Get Back

Please Please Me - “I Saw Her Standing There”
With the Beatles - “All My Loving”
Meet the Beatles - “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
A Hard Day’s Night - “I Should Have Known Better”
Beatles for Sale - “Eight Days a Week”
Help! - “Ticket to Ride”
Rubber Soul - “You Won’t See Me”
Revolver - “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - “A Day in the Life”
Magical Mystery Tour - “Strawberry Fields Forever”
The Beatles (White Album) - “I Will”
Abbey Road - “Here Comes the Sun”
Let It Be - “The Long and Winding Road”

Please Please Me - “I Saw Her Standing There”
With the Beatles - “All My Loving”
Hard Day’s Night - “Things We Said Today”
Beatles for Sale - “Eight Days a Week”
Help - “Ticket to Ride”
Rubber Soul - “In My Life”
Revolver - “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Sgt. Pepper - “A Day in the Life”
Magical Mystery Tour - “Strawberry Fields Forver”
White Album - “Dear Prudence”
Yellow Submarine - “Hey Bulldog”
Abbey Road - “Something”
Let It Be - “I’ve Got a Feeling”

“Tomorrow Never Knows” getting a lot of love. That’s one song that gets less & less dated as time goes on. I love it.

This is gonna be tough. Let’s see…

* Please Please Me - Twist and Shout
* With The Beatles - Please Mister Postman
* A Hard Day's Night - Things we said today
* Beatles for Sale - Eight days a week
* Help! - You've got to hide your love away
* Rubber Soul - In My Life
* Revolver - Eleanor Rigby
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
*Magical Mystery Tour - I Am the Walrus
*  White Album- Happiness is a warm gun
* Yellow Submarine - Hey Bulldog
* Abbey Road - I Want you (She's so heavy)
* Let It Be - Across the Universe

Please Please Me - “I Saw Her Standing There”
With the Beatles - “Hold Me Tight”
A Hard Day’s Night - “Things We Said Today”
Beatles for Sale - “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party”
Help! - “Ticket to Ride”
Rubber Soul - “Michelle”
Revolver - “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - “She’s Leaving Home”
Magical Mystery Tour - “Strawberry Fields Forever”
The Beatles (White Album) - “Sexy Sadie”
Abbey Road - “Here Comes the Sun”
Let It Be - “I’ve Got a Feeling”

In addition to the first two I posted above…

A Hard Day’s Night - ‘If I Fell’
Beatles For Sale - ‘I’ll Follow The Sun’
Help! - ‘You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away’
Rubber Soul - ‘In My Life’
Revolver - ‘Eleanor Rigby’
Magical Mystery Tour - ‘Penny Lane’
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - ‘Within You Without You’
The Beatles - ‘Blackbird’
Abbey Road - ‘The End’
Let It Be - ‘Let It Be’

Yeah in many ways it was the first drum’n’bass song–30 years before anyone used that term. I always wished someone over the years would have reissued the song as a 12-inch single; the bass alone would probably knock you into the next room.

Please Please Me - Twist and Shout
With the Beatles - All My Loving
A Hard Day’s Night - You Can’t Do That
Beatles for Sale - What You’re Doing
Help! - either I’ve Just Seen A Face or You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Rubber Soul - In My Life
Revolver - Tomorrow Never Knows
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - A Day in the Life
Magical Mystery Tour - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles (White Album) - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Yellow Submarine - Hey Bulldog
Abbey Road - Oh! Darling
Let It Be - Two Of Us

Okay, I’ll play…

Please Please Me - “Love Me Do”
With The Beatles - “All My Loving”
A Hard Day’s Night - “Any Time At All”
Beatles For Sale - “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”
Help! - “You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
Rubber Soul - “In My Life”
Revolver - “Eleanor Rigby”
Sgt. Pepper - “A Day In The Life”
Magical Mystery Tour - “Hello, Goodbye”
White Album - “Glass Onion”
Yellow Submarine - “All You Need Is Love”
Abbey Road - “Come Together”
Let It Be - “I’ve Got A Feeling”

…with the caveat that if you ask me tomorrow you might get an entirely different list.

Please Please Me – “I Saw Her Standing There
With The Beatles - “All My Loving”
A Hard Day’s Night - “I Should Have Known Better”
Beatles for Sale - “Eight Days a Week”
Help! - “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”
Rubber Soul - “I’m Looking Through You”
Revolver - “Good Day Sunshine”
Sgt. Pepper - “A Day In The Life”
*Magical Mystery Tour * – “Penny Lane”
White Album - “Dear Prudence”
Yellow Submarine – “It’s All Too Much”
Abbey Road - “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”
Let It Be – Toss up between “For You Blue” and “One After 909”

I must note that my four all-time favorite Beatles songs - “I Feel Fine,” “Day Tripper,” “Lady Madonna,” and “Paperback Writer” don’t appear on any of the above albums!