Something New (Beatles album)
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Released | 20 July 1964 | |||
Recorded | 29 January – 4 June 1964 | |||
Studio | EMI, London | |||
Genre | Rock and roll[1] | |||
Length | 24:47 (mono) 24:27 (stereo) | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
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Something New is an album by English rock band the Beatles, released in 1964 for the North American market only.
The album is the third
Release history
Originally scheduled for 1 August 1964,
This album was also released on the
In 2004, Something New was released for the first time on CD as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set (catalogue number CDP 7243 8 66876 2 3) containing the US mixes for both mono and stereo. In 2014, the album was released on CD again, both individually, and included in the boxed set The US Albums, which contained the album's running order but with UK mixes as remastered in 2009.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
The Rolling Stone Record Guide | [5] |
The album spent nine weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1964, behind the United Artists A Hard Day's Night album.[6]
Something New was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[7]
Personnel
- John Lennon – rhythm guitar, vocals, piano on "Things We Said Today"
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, vocals
- George Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You"
- drums, tambourine, bongos and claves on "And I Love Her," lead vocals on "Matchbox"
- George Martin – piano on "Slow Down", "Matchbox" and "Tell Me Why"
Track listing
All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Lennon–McCartney), except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'll Cry Instead" | 2:09 |
2. | "Things We Said Today" | 2:39 |
3. | "Any Time at All" | 2:13 |
4. | "When I Get Home" | 2:18 |
5. | "Slow Down" (Larry Williams) | 2:55 |
6. | "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) | 1:58 |
Total length: | 14:03 |
No. | Title | Written by | Length |
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1. | " Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand "("I Want to Hold Your Hand" in German)" | (Lennon–McCartney/Jean Nicolas/Heinz Hellmer) | 2:19 |
Total length: | 11:21 |
Note: "I'll Cry Instead" mono version 2:09, stereo version 1:49.
Charts and certifications
In the U.S., the album sold 1,049,243 copies by 31 December 1964 and 1,443,735 copies by the end of the decade.[8]
Chart performance
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Certifications
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See also
Notes
- Stannard, Neville (1981). The Long and Winding Road: A History Of The Beatles On Record. London: Virgin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-907080-96-0.
- Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3
References
- ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Something New – The Beatles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Billboard July 4,1964, page 1
- ^ ""And I Love Her" by the Beatles. The in-depth story behind the songs of the Beatles. Recording History. Songwriting History. Song Structure and Style". Beatlesebooks.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 26.
- ^ Stannard 1981, p. 133.
- ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved 16 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "How Many Records did the Beatles actually sell?". Deconstructing Pop Culture by David Kronemyer. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 63
- ^ "The Beatles Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – Something New". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "American album certifications – The Beatles – Something New". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
External links
- Something New at Discogs (list of releases)
- "Something New" album. Recording history. Origin of the album