The Beatles' Stumble | The History of Beatles For Sale | Classic Albums
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Published 2024-01-28
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.
All Comments (21)
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This Beatles "stumble" is a career defining masterpiece for almost anyone else.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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How Many Bands would have loved that stumble!!! Great Album
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This is actually one of my favorite Beatles albums...feels like a band morphing into something new...
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Beatles for Sale is the BEGINNING of their greatness. So many good songs.
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If you are looking for my professional opinion as Beatles fan I'll rate this as probably one of the most classic albums
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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.
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This record is incredible on every level ! Only an amateur would call it a stumble.
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For such a warm sounding album, I never knew how dark it was.
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I've always enjoyed this album. Great harmonies, good tunes and growing artistry from the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team.
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What a solid good album especially for one recorded as the third album in a year's time.
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This was my first favorite Beatles album way back in the day!
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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.
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"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.
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This title alone hurts haha. I LOVE Beatles for Sale. The first 5 albums are where its at for me. Always have been.
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One of the most enjoyable stumbles ever. The opening ascending chords to Eight Days A Week is sheer joy, George's picking on I Don't Want To Spoil The Party is uo there with the best Nashville cats.
