Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 11/23/2009
Run Time: 29:21
The difference between this album and the U.K.
Parlophone album of the same name is that the U.K. record is
the Beatles' third regular album release (following
Please Please Me and
With the Beatles), while this album is a
soundtrack recording from their motion picture. The U.K. album contains 14 new songs, some of which are heard in the movie, but the U.S. one contains eight
Beatles songs, all from the film, plus four instrumental tracks (courtesy of
Beatle producer
George Martin) used as movie scoring. All those wonderful tunes you remember from the movie are here, from the title track and
"Can't Buy Me Love" to
"And I Love Her." Missing are non-movie tracks that
Capitol Records parceled out on subsequent U.S.
Beatles albums. Obviously, the album to buy is the U.K. version, and if you are a CD buyer, there's no problem: it's the only one available. Both the U.K. and U.S. versions are available on cassette, however, so be careful. The U.S. version notes that it is a
soundtrack on the spine of the tape box.
~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
;)
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