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Label Parlophone (UK)
Orig Year 1973
Discs 2
Release Date Oct 19, 2010
Additional Info Red; Remastered; Digipak

1962-1966 CD DISC 1:
1. Love Me Do
2. Please Please Me
3. From Me to You
4. She Loves You
5. I Want to Hold Your Hand
6. All My Loving
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. Hard Day's Night, A
9. And I Love Her
10. Eight Days a Week
11. I Feel Fine
12. Ticket to Ride
13. Yesterday

1962-1966 Songs DISC 2:
1. Help!
2. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
3. We Can Work It Out
4. Day Tripper
5. Drive My Car
6. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
7. Nowhere Man
8. Michelle
9. In My Life
10. Girl
11. Paperback Writer
12. Eleanor Rigby
13. Yellow Submarine


This superb compilation, often called "the red album," brings together the majority of the Beatles' hits from the early to mid '60s. Consequently, it plays like an overview of the some of the most popular and indelible rock songs of all time. From the "yeah, yeah, yeah"'s of "She Loves You" through the amped-up giddiness of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," the minor-key melodicism of "And I Love Her," and on to the chiming power pop of "Eight Days a Week" and the tweaky feedback of "I Feel Fine," these are the songs that turned the entire Western world on its ear.

The second half of the set--in addition to its phenomenal songs-- is interesting in that it charts the Beatles' move from straightforward pop toward the new chapter of rock the band would help script in the late '60s. After the expansive chords and slinky melodies of "Ticket to Ride," the band becomes alternately darkly introspective ("Yesterday") and looser and more groove-obsessed ("Drive My Car"), while trying on allegorical Dylan-inspired narratives ("Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"), and happy-go-luck psychedelia ("Yellow Submarine"). These songs are part of our living, breathing cultural identity, and--as this collection reminds us--for good reason.Q (10/93, p.118) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Musically, joy is unconfined....[THE RED and BLUE ALBUMS] vividly trace the story of [the Beatles'] development..."
Melody Maker (10/9/93, p.41) - "...[a] timeless wonder...."
NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.35) - (10) - Classic.


◎ 建構近代流行搖滾樂雛形的傳奇樂團
◎ 享譽全球的Abbey Road Studios錄音室工程技師團隊2010年全新數位化母帶重製技術製作
◎ 典藏〈I Want To Hold Your Hand〉、〈Love Me Do〉、〈Yellow Submarine〉、〈Yesterday〉、〈A Hard Day's Night〉、〈She Loves You〉…等膾炙人口冠軍曲
◎ 內附1973年首度發行時的原始內頁英文介紹文字與首度曝光的珍貴照片

《The Beatles 1962-1966》在1973年發行時於英國與美國的排行榜上都是登上第三名的位置，此套在2010年重新發行的雙CD精選輯，彙整了披頭四在1962年到1966年的暢銷曲，此套精選輯聽見披頭四從旋律爽朗、明快，抒寫年輕世代天真浪漫，享受愛情與人生的流行搖滾風格出發，然後慢慢走向多樣性樂風與多層次編曲嚐試，流露成熟與內斂的人生思維的多元搖滾風格，包括：〈She Loves You〉、〈I Want To Hold Your Hand〉、〈Can't Buy Me Love〉、〈A Hard Day's Night〉、〈I Feel Fine〉、〈Ticket To Ride〉、〈Help!〉、〈We Can Work It Out〉、〈Paperback Writer〉等九首蟬聯英／美排行榜冠軍單曲以及〈From Me To You〉、〈Day Tripper〉、〈Yellow Submarine〉、〈Eleanor Rigby〉等四首英國排行榜冠軍單曲跟〈Love Me Do〉、〈Eight Days A Week〉、〈Yesterday〉等三首全美排行榜冠軍單曲，還有加拿大排行榜冠軍單曲〈All My Loving〉，榮獲葛萊美年度歌曲大獎的〈Michelle〉，入選「滾石雜誌史上500首偉大歌曲」名單的〈In My Life〉、〈Please Please Me〉、〈Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)〉。

披頭四成功的建構了近代流行搖滾樂的雛形，他們示範了流行搖滾樂可以簡單到讓樂迷一聽就能朗朗上口跟著唱，也可以複雜到讓樂評人讚歎他們的創作巧思，披頭四在1960年代出現時讓全世界陷入瘋狂狀態，隨著時代交替，披頭四已經成為不同世代共同喜愛的音樂，披頭四跨越時間與地域的影響力，體現了流行搖滾樂雋永的價值。