Album · 1964
Beatles for Sale
by The Beatles
Beatles for Sale is a 1964 rock album by The Beatles. It runs 16 tracks across 41 minutes on EMI. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 4 ratings.
Rock · Pop Rock · Merseybeat
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- 4.5 /5
- 4 ratings
- 79 /100
- 10 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 41 min
- Runtime
- 128 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
- Key
Ratings
4 ratings · avg 4.5
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Critics
10 publications
- Pitchfork9.3/10
- Consequence of SoundA−
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5
- AllMusic4.5/5
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- Paste79/100
- The A.V. ClubB
- Music Story3.5/5
- Blender3/5
- The Daily Telegraph3/5
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Beatles for Sale album cover
The Beatles for Sale cover was photographed by Robert Freeman.
- Photography
- Robert Freeman
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Tracklist
16 tracks · 41 min
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Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 4 December 1964 and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. The album marked a minor turning point in the evolution of the Lennon–McCartney partnership, John Lennon particularly now showing interest in composing songs of a more autobiographical nature. "I'm a Loser" shows Lennon for the first time coming under the influence of Bob Dylan, whom he met in New York while on tour, on 28 August 1964. Beatles for Sale did not produce a single for the UK – the non-album tracks "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman" performed that role. Nevertheless, that coupling was followed up in the United States by "Eight Days a Week", which became their seventh number one in March 1965.
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The album hit the UK number one spot and retained that position for 11 of the 46 weeks that it spent in the Top 20. Beatles for Sale did not surface as a regular album in the US until 1987. In its place was Beatles '65 which featured eight songs from Beatles for Sale, plus the A and B-side of "I Feel Fine" and "I'll Be Back" from the UK's A Hard Day's Night album. Beatles '65 enjoyed a nine-week run at the top of the US charts beginning in January 1965.
In brief
- Is Beatles for Sale good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Beatles for Sale 4.5/5 from 4 ratings.
- When was Beatles for Sale released?
- Beatles for Sale was released in 1964 on EMI.
- How many tracks are on Beatles for Sale?
- Beatles for Sale has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 41 minutes.
- What genre is Beatles for Sale?
- Beatles for Sale is catalogued under Rock, Pop Rock, Merseybeat.
- What BPM is Beatles for Sale?
- Beatles for Sale runs at a median tempo of 128 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Beatles for Sale?
- Listeners of Beatles for Sale also rate The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, Imagine by John Lennon, Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones.
Beatles for Sale at a glance
- Label
- Parlophone
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios
- Produced by
- George Martin
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