A$# 001 Beatles | Please Please Me

From the vibrant "one, two, three, foouur" count-in of I Saw Her Standing There to the frenetic, ripped-up-voice energy of Twist And Shout, the Fabs' first album, Please Please Me, is a roaring debut, showing the nascent magnetism, versatility, sheer magnitude of talent and genius that the Beatles would develop throughout their career together.

The early strength in the Lennon/McCartney songwriting shows in their first two singles (Love Me Do, Please Please Me) to raucous rockers like I Saw Her... and gems like Ask Me Why and There's A Place. They may not be as sophisticated as their later, more complex songs, but the spirit is there.

It's amazing that 10 of the 14 songs were recorded in one day, February 11, 1963. As Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn has said: "There can scarcely have been 585 more productive minutes in the history of recorded music. For in that time, the Beatles recorded all ten new songs for their first long-player. Together with the four sides of their first two singles, a 14-song album was born."

Track listing:
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Misery
3. Anna (Go to Him)
4. Chains
5. Boys
6. Ask Me Why
7. Please Please Me
8. Love Me Do
9. P.S. I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. Taste Of Honey
13. There's A Place
14. Twist and Shout

It still stands up more than 40 years later.