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Help! | 
| Artist: The Beatles
Label: Parlophone/EMI
Category: Music
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 961
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 46439
UPC: 077774643924
EAN: 0077774643924
ASIN: B000002UAL
Release Date: November 1, 1988
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| Tracks:
| • | Help | | • | Night Before | | • | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | | • | I Need You | | • | Another Girl | | • | You're Going To Lose That Girl | | • | Ticket To Ride | | • | Act Naturally | | • | It's Only Love | | • | You Like Me Too Much | | • | Tell Me What You See | | • | I've Just Seen A Face | | • | Yesterday | | • | Dizzy Miss Lizzy |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
How John Lennon's confessional song became the title for a silly James Bond spoof is still inexplicable. The funny thing is, it works both ways--as a young man's personal statement about learning to open up to others, and as the frantic theme for an exotic espionage chase comedy starring those loveable mop-tops (this time in COLOUR). Like A Hard Day's Night, only the first "side" of this album actually contains songs from the movie--the biggest hits being the eponymous cry for assistance and "Ticket to Ride". But part two has a few nice tunes as well, like "It's Only Love", "I've Just Seen a Face" and a little ditty called "Yesterday". And it's always fun when they do an all-out screamer like "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", which sounds like John's raucous answer to Paul's "Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" vocal on Beatles for Sale. --Jim Emerson
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 a bit short of an all round classic December 2, 2008
The beatles released this gem in 1965 to massive acclaim,it serves as a soundtrack to the enjoyable film of the same name,other tracks were tagged on as well to beef it up to 14 tracks and with the exception of one or two tracks,this is pop perfection,after this,the beatles changed their sound slightly and kept their momentum going.
The album features classic numbers like 'help'.'youve got to hide your love away','your'e going to lose that girl','the night before''ticket to ride' and the much covered 'yesterday',a few of the tracks dont rate as highly such as 'its only love' and 'dizzy miss lizzy' which i have never rated,not the perfection that the beatles would be more famed for but a darn good album.
UN ALBUM DE TRANSICION February 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Con este album, parte del sondtrack de la pelicula del mismo nombre, los 4 genios de Liverpool nos dan una ultima muestra de su talento como compositores de lindas pero simples melodias "pop"; luego vendria su tremenda evolucion y complicacion musical, a partir de RUBBER SOUL, su siguiente album; pero al analizar cada cancion, siempre se encuentran esos destellos de gran talento de los fab-four; desde el impresionante HELP!, las lindas baladas I NEED YOU (de George), YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THAT GIRL (buenas armonias),IT'S ONLY LOVE y la monumental YESTERDAY (que gran cancion); pasando por grandes rocks como TICKET TO RIDE y I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE, muy buenos covers como DIZZY MISS LIZZIE,y algo de country con ACT NATURALLY, este es un disco que cierra muy acertadamente la epoca "inocente" del mayor grupo de todos los tiempos... lo mejor vendria despues.
A Lovable, Often Neglected Gem September 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On Beatles For Sale, the band had made their first forays into a Dylanesque style of folk-tinged guitar pop. Songs such as I'm a Loser, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party and No Reply had hinted at an insecurity at the heart of Lennon, which was beginning to brim out more obviously than before.
However, that album was not totally in that mode. The big single Eight Days a Week was still guitar-pop, and others songs such as Rock and Roll music were as much part of the roots/rock and roll scene as before.
Help! continues this odd disparity, this strange mixture of styles. There are the straight-out guitar pop songs such as the title track, Night Before and Ticket to Ride and there are the dylanesque folkier numbers; You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, It's Only Love, I've Just Seen a Face and Yesterday. In between, there is the country Act Naturally and the country-esque Another Girl.
Overall, it is a massive leap in quality from the previous album - the singles ensure this. However, there is also something else going on with Help! that makes it such an intriguing album. It is the first of the band's middle period that takes in Rubber Soul and Revolver, a run of albums which are marked by an even quality lacking in the band's first efforts.
Indeed, there are only really a few weak tracks You Like Me Too Much, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, and possibly Act Naturally. Overall though, only Dylan could compete with such a strong selection over 14 songs.
Help! was, and is, a linchpin of the Beatles output. Some of the attention that should have been afforded it has often been deflected to the superb Rubber Soul. This is unfortunate as Rubber Soul would cast a shadow on any album with which it was compared against. Taken on its own merits, and if you look a little deeper, Help! is the first of The Beatles Folk/Rock albums (at least in part) and may be one of the band's most lovable records.
It is a shame that the cd is not available in a remastered format. As with the rest of the catalogue, this would help restore some of the warmth that can be heard on the original L.P. The mastering itself is very clear, but you may need to fiddle with your equalizer to try and give this version the depth of tone it should have.
Upbeat, foot-tapping musical genius August 29, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What an album! This is really the first album where every non-cover (only 2 thank goodness) is superb . The first word you hear, 'Help!' sets the tone: this cuts straight to the core and delivers instantly.
The first seven songs, starting with Help and ending with Ticket to Ride, are their best 'seven in a row' before 1965. Melodies and delivery that are just...awesome!!!!
Act Naturally is another sop to dear old Ringo, then five more songs which are all great, including the impossibly good 'Yesterday', and then finishing up with another cover, 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' with John singing himself hoarse much as he did on 'Twist and Shout' two years before.
Fabulous, often neglected Beatles classic January 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
'Help' is often undervalued because it's one of the few Beatles album releases that fails to show any real significant growth, change of direction etc. since their previous release, 'Beatles For Sale'. In truth though it does show a significant step forward and a sign of things to come with the song 'Yesterday' with its string backing.
Generally though 'Help' is the final Beatles album where the emphasis is purely on the quality of the songs (and not the creative direction) and it's also the last time the Beatles would display their naive charms and happy-go-lucky feel which had been a constant up to this point. Once the Beatles creative urges became paramount much of the fun aspect to their music would be lost (despite the fact it would be replaced with something a whole lot more profound).
'Help' is a fabulous album from start to finish with a nice mixture of styles and tempos. There are a host of great songs apart from the obviously popular 'Help', 'Ticket To Ride' and 'Yesterday' including 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away', 'You Like Me Too Much' and 'Tell Me What You See'. As an album it's a breath of fresh air to listen to and one of the Beatles best.
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