With the Beatles

With the Beatles is the second album by The Beatles, it was recorded four months after the band's first album Please Please Me and released on November 22, 1963. In the United States, many of the songs were release on

the album Meet the Beatles! on January 20, 1964. The songs that were release then came out on the next U.S. album, The Beatles' Second Album. This album also features the first George Harrison contribution, the song "Don't Bother Me."

In 2003, the album was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In a review, the All Music Guide stated "With the Beatles is a better record that not only rocks harder, it's considerably more sophisticated."

Tracks
All songs Lennon/McCartney unless otherwise noted.

Side one

 * 1) "It Won't Be Long" – 2:13
 * 2) "All I've Got to Do" – 2:04
 * 3) "All My Loving" – 2:09
 * 4) "Don't Bother Me" (George Harrison) – 2:29
 * 5) "Little Child" – 1:48
 * 6) "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) – 2:16
 * 7) "Please Mr. Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) – 2:36

Side two

 * 1) "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) – 2:47
 * 2) "Hold Me Tight" – 2:32
 * 3) "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:02
 * 4) "I Wanna Be Your Man" – 1:59
 * 5) "Devil in Her Heart" (Richard P. Drapkin) – 2:27
 * 6) "Not a Second Time" – 2:08
 * 7) "Money" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) – 2:47

Credits
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 * John Lennon: lead vocals, harmony vocals, backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars, harmonica, hanclaps; tambourine on "Don't Bother Me", Hammond organ on "I Wanna Be You Man", nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You"
 * Paul McCartney: lead vocals, harmony vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, handclaps; claves on "Don't Bother Me", piano on "Little Child"
 * George Harrison: lead vocals, harmony vocals, backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitars, handclaps; nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You"
 * Ringo Starr: Drums, tamourine, maracas, handclaps; Arabian loose-skin bongo on "Till There Was You" and "Don't Bother Me", lead vocals on I Wanna Be Your Man"

Production


 * Robert Freeman: cover photograph
 * George Martin: arrangements, producer and mixer; piano on "You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Not a Second Time" and "Money (That's What I Want)"
 * Norman Smith: engineer and mixer