Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles

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Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
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Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedMarch 1966
RecordedRCA 'Nashville Sound' Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length30:11
Label RCA Victor LPM 3531 (Mono), LSP-3531 (Stereo)
Producer Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
More of That Guitar Country
(1965)		Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
(1966)		 From Nashville with Love
(1966)

Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles is the twenty-eighth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. Atkins interprets a selection of songs by the Beatles on this album.

Contents

Atkins never recorded with the Gretsch Country Gentleman 12-string guitar that was made especially for him and is pictured on the cover. [1] The album's sleeve features liner notes by George Harrison and there is a photo of Atkins wearing a "Beatle wig" on the back cover.

Reissues

Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles was issued on compact disc on 30 January 1996.

Chart performance

Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard country albums chart and No. 112 on the Top LP's chart. [2]

Accolades

The recording was nominated for Best Instrumental Recording (other than Jazz) at the 1967 Grammy awards.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Country Standard Time(no rating) [4]

Writing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "an entertaining, if ultimately disposable, artifact", concluding that Atkins' "playing is subtle and tasteful, but the album doesn't provide enough inventive or energetic performances to be of lasting interest." [3] Reviewing the CD re-release in 1996, Norm Rosenfield of Country Standard Time wrote "You don't have to be a guitar fan to enjoy Atkins' arrangements that add unexpected harmonies with generous helpings of class. So when Chet picks on the Beatles it's only the highest form of flattery." [4]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Side one

  1. "I Feel Fine" – 1:57
  2. "Yesterday" – 3:09
  3. "If I Fell" – 2:11
  4. "Can’t Buy Me Love" – 2:31
  5. "I'll Cry Instead" – 2:36
  6. "Things We Said Today" – 2:34

Side two

  1. "A Hard Day's Night" – 2:27
  2. "I'll Follow the Sun" – 2:06
  3. "She's a Woman" – 2:40
  4. "And I Love Her" – 2:22
  5. "Michelle" – 2:46
  6. "She Loves You" – 2:34

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's [2] [5] 112
US Hot Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 6
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums [7] [8] 63

References

  1. ↑ Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   0-634-05565-8.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 13. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Rosenfield, Norm. "Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles: Review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 78, no. 19. May 7, 1966. p. 40. Retrieved September 2, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  6. ↑ "Country Music: Hot Country Albums" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 78, no. 24. June 11, 1966. p. 46. Retrieved September 2, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  7. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXVII, no. 44. May 21, 1966. p. 37. Retrieved September 2, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
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