Album
The Beatles’ Second Album
The Beatles' Second Album was the band's second record for Capitol in America, and their third US release overall, following Introducing... The Beatles on Vee-Jay three months earlier. It came out on 10 April 1964 and promptly took the number 1 spot on the Billboard Top LPs chart from Meet the Beatles!, so the group were effectively replacing themselves at the top.
The contents were assembled from tracks left over from the UK album With the Beatles and the forthcoming Long Tall Sally EP, mostly rock and roll and R&B covers. Lennon and McCartney originals that had missed albums as b-sides were added, along with the hit single "She Loves You". The result is often described as the band's purest rock and roll album, and critics admire the soulful way it handles both black music hits of the day and the group's own songs. It reached CD in 2004 in The Capitol Albums, Volume 1, and again in 2014.
The Beatles’ Second Album: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 26:35Tracklist
- 1Roll Over BeethovenChuck Berry2:44
- 2Thank You GirlJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:01
- 3You Really Got a Hold on MeSmokey Robinson2:58
- 4Devil in Her HeartRichard Drapkin2:23
- 5Money (That’s What I Want)Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy2:47
- 6You Can’t Do ThatJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:33
- 7Long Tall SallyBlackwell, Johnson, Richard2:03
- 8I Call Your NameJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:09
- 9Please Mister PostmanBateman, Dobbins, Garrett, Gorman, Holland2:34
- 10I’ll Get YouJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:04
- 11She Loves YouJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney2:19
- Produced by
- George Martin
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2, EMI, London, Abbey Road Studios
- Recorded
- 5 March 19631 March 1964
- Mixed at
- Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3, Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2
- Engineered by
- Norman Smith
- Labels
- Capitol Records, Capitol
- Length
- 26:35
Line-up
- George Harrison · handclaps, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar
- John Lennon · handclaps, electric guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Paul McCartney · handclaps, electric bass guitar, lead vocals, background vocals, cowbell
- Ringo Starr · drums (drum set), handclaps, maracas, bongos, cowbell
- George Martin · piano, upright piano
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Croatian International Albums (HDU) · 2025 | 39 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Canada | Platinum |
| United States | 2× Platinum |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 10 April 1964 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 10 April 1964 | |
| Wikidata | 10 April 1964 | |
| US release | 10 April 1964 | earliest US date |
24 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1964 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1964 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 10 April 1964 | US | Capitol Records | original | |
| 10 April 1964 | US | Capitol Records | original | |
| 10 April 1964 | US | Capitol Records | original | |
| 10 April 1964 | US | Capitol Records | original | |
| 1967 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1967 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 6 May 1967 | JP | Odeon | other | |
| 1968 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1969 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1969 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1971 | US | Apple Records | other | |
| 1971 | US | Apple Records | other | |
| 1975 | US | Apple Records | other | |
| 1975 | US | Apple Records | other | |
| 1976 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1978 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1983 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 077779044412 | other |
| 21 January 2014 | US | Capitol Records | 602537643615 | other |
| 1 June 2021 | — | TP4 Music | other | |
| 22 November 2024 | — | Apple Records | 602468019756 | other |
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coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1212x1218, upscaled to 1500 (x1.24)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
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| coverartarchive ✓ | 1212×1218 | upscaled: major: best source 1212x1218, upscaled to 1500 (x1.24) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |