The Beatles' Stumble | The History of Beatles For Sale | Classic Albums

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The Beatles had owned 1964. They had conquered the U.S., made their film debut with a major motion picture, broken tour attendance records, and after two albums combining their own material with a few covers, they had their first album of all their own songs, all in the same year. The Beatles had maintained a momentum never before seen in an artist's career, and without forgetting all the work of their earlier years.

But their busy schedule was giving rise to signs of burnout. Albums, singles, EPs, and tours were piling on top of each other with hardly a break. The Beatles themselves were changing the way the business worked, and the record industry continued to doubt their stars. They would try to squeeze every last penny before, according to their predictions, the bubble that kept the quartet's fame alive would burst.

The result of all this was Beatles For Sale, an album that even in its title reflected a tired group, looking straight into the lens, almost emotionless. John, Paul, George and Ringo recorded the angriest, and most aggressive album in the Beatles catalog.

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@daydreamproductions2617 hace 5 meses

With all due respect. This is their most underrated LP. No Reply, Im A Loser, and Eight Days a Week, are gems. The covers are among their best.
@OSUalum41 hace 5 meses

This Beatles "stumble" is a career defining masterpiece for almost anyone else.
@thejoyofthemusicinmylife7897 hace 5 meses

If this album is a stumble then this is a stumble that many artist would love to have. Rockabilly and country influence on this one.
@austake hace 5 meses

This was a great album No Reply / I'm a Loser / Baby's In Black / I'll Follow the Sun / Eight Days a Week / What You're Doing / Every Little Thing / I Don't Want to Spoil the Party ....All great songs
@raystaar hace 5 meses

I've been trying to write rock and pop music for my entire adult life. Never have I stumbled into the kind of greatness you can hear on virtually every track of Beatles For Sale.
@jamescpotter hace 5 meses

Beatle For Sale was not only a dark album, but a significant musical evolution. They broke new territory with new ideas and sounds. I think it's a marvelous album.
@ray-manciminera7622 hace 5 meses

If you are looking for my professional opinion as Beatles fan I'll rate this as probably one of the most classic albums
@lynnbraun9506 hace 5 meses

This is actually one of my favorite Beatles albums...feels like a band morphing into something new...
@alanallison263 hace 5 meses

How Many Bands would have loved that stumble!!! Great Album
@spockboy hace 5 meses

Beatles for Sale is the BEGINNING of their greatness. So many good songs.
@Want0nS0up hace 5 meses

The Beatles for Sale was the Beatles at their prime without gimmicks and brilliant, smooth, exciting, tight performances. I remember thinking how good they were as a band. It was never very fashionable to like that album, but coming back to it was fantastic after the later, more sophisticated, albums.
@chriscampanozzi6516 hace 5 meses

I've always enjoyed this album. Great harmonies, good tunes and growing artistry from the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team.
@dfreeman120 hace 5 meses

This record is incredible on every level ! Only an amateur would call it a stumble.
@Bottled-Soap hace 5 meses

For such a warm sounding album, I never knew how dark it was.
@dj71162 hace 5 meses

"What You're Doing" was good enough to be a single (albeit with tweaking and maybe some Lennon input), and that is a hill I am happy to die on.
@markdoughty8780 hace 5 meses

This one is streets ahead of their debut LP: Please, Please Me., and, considering they were suffering from touring and songwriting burnout, the quality of the songs, both original and covers is remarkable. One of the first Beatles CDs I bought, and what really alerted me to the enormous talent this band had. Thanks for uploading.
@steveshattah hace 5 meses

What a solid good album especially for one recorded as the third album in a year's time.
@COBBETT1215 hace 5 meses

This album is not a stumble in any way. That's rubbish. It's a superb album, up there with the bright pop of their other mid-sixties albums and gives us a wonderful picture of where they were creatively at that point. All the self penned songs on this album are right up to standard. No Reply, I'm a loser. Baby's in Black, I'll follow the Sun, Eight days a week, Every Little Thing, I dont want to spoil the party, What your doing . Some stumble. Apart from Mr Moonlight and Honey Don't, most of the covers are up to standard too, particularly Rock and Roll Music and Words of Love.
@jigzoos hace 5 meses

I was there when this album came out, and I assure you, it was not a stumble. It was a progression. The excitement that accompanied each new Beatles album at that time was electric. This was no different. It contains some of their greatest songs and was met with universal approval.
@bobtaylor170 hace 5 meses

Stumble? It's a terrific album! They were a little written out, which is why they recorded several covers. I will never understand why they didn't include "Leave My Kitten Alone."