Beatles � 1
Label: Capitol
Release Date: 11/14/00 

Tracks
1) Love Me Do
2) From Me To You
3) She Loves You
4) I Want To Hold Your Hand
5) Can't Buy Me Love
6) A Hard Day's Night
7) I Feel Fine
8) Eight Days A Week
9) Ticket To Ride
10) Help!
11) Yesterday
12) Day Tripper
13) We Can Work It Out
14) Paperback Writer
15) Yellow Submarine
16) Eleanor Rigby
17) Penny Lane
18) All You Need Is Love
19) Hello, Goodbye
20) Lady Madonna
21) Hey Jude
22) Get Back
23) The Ballad Of John And Yoko
24) Something
25) Come Together
26) Let It Be
27) The Long And Winding Road

It's a safe bet that any time a CD from the Beatles is released it will shoot straight to number 1. This is yet another compilation of classic Beatles songs, except this time the idea was to only include the No. 1 hits from the band, as you can see it is a staggering 27 songs! 

Even 30 years after their breakup the Beatles still are at the top of the rock/pop world. Why? The songwriting. Listening to songs like "Yesterday", "Eleanor Rigby", "Let it Be", "Something", "Hey Jude", "Help!" and "We can work it out" never gets old. 

While there are some detractors, it's pretty much universally understood that the Beatles were the greatest band in the history of rock. No. 1 showcases why that is still true today. Although I did find myself skipping over the first 9 songs, this disc has been in heavy rotation in my CD player. True I prefer the later day Beatles music from Rubber Soul on, but it was the early hits that made them stars and gave them the creative freedom to make the revolutionary music of their last few years together. 

No. 1 is a good collection for any Beatles fan; it contains some of their best-known music. It is also a good tool to introduce younger fans to the world of the Beatles. 

It's not their best compilation on the record store shelves, its missing songs like "A Day in Life", "In My Life", "Here Comes the Sun", "Black Bird", "Rocky Raccoon", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Hide Your Love Away" to name a few. But this is only the number 1 hits, so there you go. 

It's a worthy buy, but purchasing this is no excuse for not picking up the two definitive compilations The Beatles 1962-1966 and 1967-1970, plus the Anthology albums. Why you are at it pick up The Beatles (white album), Rubber Soul, Sgt Peppers, Let it Be and Abby Road. Then you and your friends can take one Sunday afternoon and listen to the albums back to back, that experience should convince you that this band's fame is indeed well founded. 

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