Their first time out with the rawness and powerfully,explosive sound unmatched by any other artist,with the exception of Elvis,Please Please Me,consist of hard rockers and ballads showcasing each member of the band,McCartney's,I Saw Her Standing There,and,A Taste Of honey,Lennon's,Twist And Shout,and,Anna,Harrison's,Do You Want To Know A Secret,and Chains,Ringo takes the cue and wails on the potent rocker,Boys,featuring one of the better Harrison leads and of course there's,Please Please Me,the Beatles were probably not the best musicians in the world,gradually improving through the years,but there was a certain chemistry within themselves that combined a unit of one,with their tight harmonies and the brilliant songwriting,8 of 14 tracks are Lennon/McCartney compositions on here,the rest being covers,of course after this album they went a long way baby,a long and winding road,a great Beatles achievement,and an early glimsp of the geniuses at work.

This old stuff is fun to hear, you can hear them grow from one Lp or Cd to the other very raw.

I love the Beatles. They can do no harm. No matter what phase of music they were in, they did it well. This is classic, bee bop, love song Beatles and I love every song.

After doing gigs in Hamburg for a while The Beatles finally decided to record their first album titled Please Please Me. The group presents a collection of raw 50's style rockers as well some of the sweetest, harmonious pop songs ever put on record. Given, this is not a cohesive LP or semi-concept album such as Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road. Like nearly all LPs of the time, it is a collection of singles as well as "filler" tracks. Also, alot of the material consists of covers rather than original songs.

This is The Beatles early in their career. Long before they cared about making grandiose artistic statements, the fab four simply wanted to make fun Rock-n-Roll numbers. And that they did, with the shout 1.2.3.4 and the driving rhythms of, "I Saw Her Standing There" they rocked harder than few groups did at the time. Aside from rock-n-roll, The Beatles knew how to make soft lush pop on such tracks as, "Ask Me Why", and the girl group covers of, "Chains", and, "Baby It's You". Indeed the Beatles took cues from all of their influences including Chuck Berry, Goffin and King, 60's girl groups, and even R&B artists.

The group had been perfroming as a skiffle group prior to this recording. Like all other skiffle groups, they simply wanted to follow in their heroes (50's rockers) footsteps and make good raw, rock-n-roll. The Beatles were one of the few such groups to make it big. Probably because they had the most talent. Though the songwriting on this album is definitley not as amazing as it would shortly become, the group shows some innovation on the pop rocker, "Please Please Me", and the shout fest, "Twist and Shout". "Love Me Do" shows up here: an early single featuring just drums, bass, acoustic guitar and, of course, John Lennon's harmonica.

Though, in the long run, Please Please Me, may just be a prelude for better things to come, it's still a wonderful piece of rock-n-roll and pop. The Beatles never would never make anything that sounded as simple or striped down again.

There is really not much to say. Everyone knows the beatles and their music. There is very little that I would not like. There is always a song or two that don't particularily empress but for the most part it's a good album or should I say CD.