Please Please Me (Album)

Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Beatles.

Tracks

 * 1) I Saw Her Standing There
 * 2) Misery
 * 3) Anna (Go To Him)
 * 4) Boys
 * 5) Please Please Me
 * 6) Love Me Do
 * 7) PS I Love You
 * 8) Do You Want To Know A Secret
 * 9) Twist And Shout

History
Please Please Me was released on March 22, 1963 following the success of the singles Please Please Me and Love Me Do. Eight of the Please Please Me album’s 14 songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (credited here as McCartney-Lennon). At the time it was unusual for a group to write their own material; The Beatles however, swiftly revealed to listeners that they were anything but a run-of-the mill band.

In early 1963 pop acts commonly released three-minute 45rpm singles, or occasionally four-song EPs. The long-player was normally beyond the fiscal reach of most teenagers, and the LP as art form was yet to emerge. Albums tended to be a handful of hits and a selection of filler songs. The Beatles were not immune to this trend. The cover of Please Please Me even carried the tagline “with Love Me Do and 12 other songs”, but the quality of the songs on the LP was testament to their ambition and musical knowledge. And the willingness of Parlophone staff producer George Martin to try to get the best from them.