The Beatles / Please Please Me
Artist The Beatles
Box Set Title: The Beatles Stereo Box Set
Album Title: Please Please Me
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Rock & Roll
Format CD
Released 03/22/1963
Reissue Date 09/09/2009
Label Apple Corps Ltd./EMI Records, Ltd.
Catalog No 0946 3 82416 2 1
Bar Code No 0 94638 24162 1
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Cardboard Triple Gatefold
Tracks
1. I Saw Her Standing There (2:53)
(Paul McCartney/The Beatles)
2. Misery (1:48)
(John Lennon/The Beatles)
3. Anna (Go to Him) (2:57)
(Arthur Alexander/The Beatles)
4. Chains (2:25)
(Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
5. Boys (2:26)
(Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell)
6. Ask Me Why (2:26)
(John Lennon)
7. Please Please Me (2:00)
(John Lennon)
8. Love Me Do [Mono] (2:21)
(Paul McCartney)
9. P.S. I Love You [Mono] (2:04)
(Paul McCartney)
10. Baby it's You (2:40)
(Burt Bacharach/Mack David)
11. Do You Want to Know a Secret (1:57)
(John Lennon)
12. A Taste of Honey (2:03)
(Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow)
13. There's a Place (1:50)
(John Lennon)
14. Twist and Shout (2:37)
(Bert Russell/Phil Medley/The Beatles)
Date Acquired 09/09/2009
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon

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2009 Stereo Remaster, except for tracks 8 & 9 which are in Mono.
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DR             Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -0.35 dB   -12.23 dB      2:54 01-I Saw Her Standing There
DR10      -0.36 dB   -11.21 dB      1:49 02-Misery
DR11      -0.37 dB   -13.30 dB      2:57 03-Anna (Go to Him)
DR10      -0.37 dB   -12.49 dB      2:25 04-Chains
DR11      -0.37 dB   -13.06 dB      2:26 05-Boys
DR11      -0.37 dB   -13.46 dB      2:27 06-Ask Me Why
DR9        -0.30 dB   -11.23 dB      2:01 07-Please Please Me
DR10      -0.37 dB   -11.74 dB      2:22 08-Love Me Do
DR10      -0.72 dB   -11.90 dB      2:04 09-P.S. I Love You
DR10      -0.37 dB   -12.87 dB      2:41 10-Baby It's You
DR10      -0.37 dB   -12.82 dB      1:57 11-Do You Want to Know a Secret
DR11      -0.77 dB   -13.64 dB      2:03 12-A Taste of Honey
DR10      -0.37 dB   -12.07 dB      1:50 13-There's a Place
DR10      -0.37 dB   -11.62 dB      2:35 14-Twist and Shout
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Number of tracks:  14
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 918 kbps
Codec:   FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Once "Please Please Me" rocketed to number one, the Beatles rushed to deliver a debut album, bashing out Please Please Me in a day. Decades after its release, the album still sounds fresh, precisely because of its intense origins. As the songs rush past, it's easy to get wrapped up in the sound of the record itself without realizing how the album effectively summarizes the band's eclectic influences. Naturally, the influences shine through their covers, all of which are unconventional and illustrate the group's superior taste. There's a love of girl groups, vocal harmonies, sophisticated popcraft, schmaltz, R&B, and hard-driving rock & roll, which is enough to make Please Please Me impressive, but what makes it astonishing is how these elements converge in the originals. "I Saw Here Standing There" is one of their best rockers, yet it has surprising harmonies and melodic progressions. "Misery" and "There's a Place" grow out of the girl group tradition without being tied to it. A few of their originals, such as "Do You Want to Know a Secret" and the pleasantly light "P.S. I Love You," have dated slightly, but endearingly so, since they're infused with cheerful innocence and enthusiasm. And there is an innocence to Please Please Me. The Beatles may have played notoriously rough dives in Hamburg, but the only way you could tell that on their first album was how the constant gigging turned the group into a tight, professional band that could run through their set list at the drop of a hat with boundless energy. It's no surprise that Lennon had shouted himself hoarse by the end of the session, barely getting through "Twist and Shout," the most famous single take in rock history. He simply got caught up in the music, just like generations of listeners did.

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