A Hard Day's Night is the third studio album by the English rock band the Beatles,released on 10 July 1964 by Parlophone,with side one containing songs from the soundtrack to their film of the same name. The American version of the album was released two weeks earlier,on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records,with a different track listing that included selections from George Martin's film score. In contrast to the Beatles' first two albums,all 13 tracks on A Hard Day's Night were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,showcasing the development of their songwriting partnership.
Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 5 August 1966,accompanied by the double A-side single "Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine". The album was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology to date,building on the advances of their late 1965 release Rubber Soul. It has since become regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative albums in the history of popular music,with recognition centred on its range of musical styles,diverse sounds and lyrical content.
"Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,released on 30 May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for Revolver,although neither appear on that album. "Rain" was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. He described its meaning as "about people moaning about the weather all the time".
"What Goes On" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,featured as the eighth track on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song was later released as the B-side of the US single "Nowhere Man",and then as the tenth track on the North America-only album Yesterday and Today. It is the only song by the band credited to Lennon–McCartney–Starkey and the only song on Rubber Soul that features Ringo Starr on lead vocals. The song reached number 81 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.
"And Your Bird Can Sing" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on their 1966 album Revolver,apart from in the United States and Canada,where it instead appeared on Yesterday and Today. The song was written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The recording features an extended dual-guitar melody,played by George Harrison and Paul McCartney,which anticipated the harmonised guitar arrangements commonly used by Southern rock,hard rock and heavy metal bands.
"Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World and later,in a different form,on their 1970 album Let It Be,the group's final released studio album. The original version featured on two different albums both titled Rarities:a 1978 British release and a 1980 US release. It was also included on their 1988 album Past Masters,Volume Two. The song has been covered by many artists,including David Bowie on his 1975 album Young Americans,which featured contributions from Lennon.
"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles released initially as the B-side of the single "Let It Be" on 6 March 1970. Although first issued with their final single (and the penultimate single in the United States),the Beatles recorded the song in four separate sessions,beginning with three in May and June 1967,shortly after completing their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,with one final recording session conducted in April 1969. The song features a saxophone part played by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in August 1966 as the final track on their album Revolver,although it was the first song recorded for the LP. The song marked a radical departure for the Beatles,as the band fully embraced the potential of the recording studio without consideration for reproducing the results in concert.
"I'm So Tired" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon,though credited to Lennon–McCartney. Lennon wrote the song during the Beatles' stay in India about insomnia he was having due to constant meditation and because he missed Yoko Ono. The song was recorded in the same session as another White Album song,"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill".
"Good Day Sunshine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was written mainly by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. McCartney intended it as a song in the style of the Lovin' Spoonful's contemporaneous hit single "Daydream". The recording includes multiple pianos played in the barrelhouse style and evokes a vaudevillian mood.
"Doctor Robert" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in 1966 on their album Revolver,apart from in North America,where it instead appeared on their Yesterday and Today album. The song was written by John Lennon,although Paul McCartney has said that he co-wrote it. The Beatles recorded the track in seven takes on 17 April 1966,with vocals overdubbed on 19 April.
"I Want to Tell You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was written and sung by George Harrison,the band's lead guitarist. After "Taxman" and "Love You To",it was the third Harrison composition recorded for Revolver. Its inclusion on the LP marked the first time that he was allocated more than two songs on a Beatles album,a reflection of his continued growth as a songwriter beside John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
"I'm Looking Through You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. McCartney wrote the song about English actress Jane Asher,his girlfriend for much of the 1960s,and her refusal to give up her stage career and focus on his needs. The line "You don't look different,but you have changed" reflects his dissatisfaction with their relationship. The lyrics also refer to his changing emotional state:"Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight".
"And I Love Her" is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles,written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. It is the fifth track of their third UK album A Hard Day's Night and was released 20 July 1964,along with "If I Fell",as a single release by Capitol Records in the United States,reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"I'll Cry Instead" is a song written by John Lennon,and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles for their third studio album,A Hard Day's Night (1964),a part-studio and part-soundtrack album to their film of the same name (1964). In the United States,the song originally appeared in the US version of A Hard Day's Night before it was released as a single backed with "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" along with the US album Something New.
"I Call Your Name" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was written primarily by John Lennon,with assistance from Paul McCartney. It was released in the US on The Beatles' Second Album on 10 April 1964 and in the UK on the Long Tall Sally EP on 19 June 1964. On 7 March 1988,the song appeared on Past Masters,a compilation album that includes every song commercially released by the band that was neither included on the 12 UK studio albums nor the US Magical Mystery Tour LP,meaning that "I Call Your Name" appeared for the first time on a core catalogue album.
"I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to "Help!" in July 1965. The song originated in McCartney's attempt to write a song in the style of Little Richard,whose song "Long Tall Sally" the band regularly covered.
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is a Christmas song by the English rock band the Beatles,originally recorded for their fifth fan club Christmas record,Christmas Time Is Here Again! (1967). One of the few Beatles songs credited to all four members of the band,it consists of a blues based backing track as well as double-tracked vocals sung by them,George Martin and Victor Spinetti. The lyrics are mostly made up of the song's title refrain,repeated across nine verses.
Yesterday and Today is a studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released in the United States and Canada in June 1966,it was their ninth album issued on Capitol Records and twelfth American release overall. Typical of the Beatles' North American discography until 1967,the album contains songs that Capitol had withheld from its configurations of the band's recent EMI albums,along with songs that the group had released elsewhere on non-album singles. Among its 11 tracks are songs from the EMI albums Help! and Rubber Soul,and three new 1966 recordings that would appear on Revolver in countries outside North America.
Revolver:Special Edition is an expanded reissue of the 1966 album Revolver by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 28 October 2022,and includes a new stereo remix of the album by Giles Martin,with the help of de-mixing technology developed by Peter Jackson's WingNut Films,as well as the original mono mix,session recordings,demos,and an EP including new mixes of the non-album single "Paperback Writer" and its B-side,"Rain",recorded during the Revolver sessions.
