Help! is the fifth UK and ninth US album by The Beatles, and the soundtrack from their film of the same name. Produced by George Martin for EMI's Parlophone Records, it contains (in its original British form) fourteen songs, of which seven appeared in the film Help! (including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride").
In 2003, the album was ranked number 332 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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Help! is the fifth UK and ninth US album by The Beatles, and the soundtrack from their film of the same name. Produced by George Martin for EMI's Parlophone Records, it contains (in its original British form) fourteen songs, of which seven appeared in the film Help! (including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride").
In 2003, the album was ranked number 332 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album features the Paul McCartney ballad "Yesterday". Tracks such as Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" indicate the influence of Bob Dylan and folk music. Also songs like "I've Just Seen a Face" show that The Beatles' sound truly matured into an eclecticism that reached beyond the bounds of what had previously been considered rock music. Several compositions on 1964's Beatles for Sale, as well as "I'll Cry Instead" from A Hard Day's Night, had leaned in a country and western direction. But "I've Just Seen a Face" was almost pure country, taken...
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