The Beatles
1 (2000)
Label:  Capitol 
Date:  2000
Length:  1:19:02
Genre:  Rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Love Me Do    2:20
      2.  
      		 From Me to You    1:56
      3.  
      		 She Loves You    2:21
      4.  
      		 I Want to Hold Your Hand    2:25
      5.  
      		 Can't Buy Me Love    2:11
      6.  
      		 A Hard Day's Night    2:33
      7.  
      		 I Feel Fine    2:18
      8.  
      		 Eight Days a Week    2:44
      9.  
      		 Ticket to Ride    3:10
      10.  
      		 Help!    2:18
      11.  
      		 Yesterday    2:05
      12.  
      		 Day Tripper    2:48
      13.  
      		 We Can Work It Out    2:15
      14.  
      		 Paperback Writer    2:18
      15.  
      		 Yellow Submarine    2:38
      16.  
      		 Eleanor Rigby    2:07
      17.  
      		 Penny Lane    3:00
      18.  
      		 All You Need Is Love    3:47
      19.  
      		 Hello Goodbye    3:27
      20.  
      		 Lady Madonna    2:17
      21.  
      		 Hey Jude    7:04
      22.  
      		 Get Back    3:12
      23.  
      		 The Ballad of John & Yoko    2:59
      24.  
      		 Something    3:01
      25.  
      		 Come Together    4:18
      26.  
      		 Let It Be    3:51
      27.  
      		 The Long and Winding Road    3:39
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      Proving yet again their willingness to dice 'n' slice their burgeoning legacy into new--if not exactly fresh--product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to the faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of "No. 1 hit" and the exclusion of seeming contenders like "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields"), newly arrived visitors from the Pleiades star cluster and other neophytes will find it a concise and generous (nearly 80 minutes) single-disc introduction to the band's career-spanning, unparalleled dominance of pop music in the 1960s. But beyond being a mere trophy case of commercial success (and it won't be hard to find critics who'll argue that these singles aren't even the band's best work), it's also a Cliff's Notes take on a remarkable seven-year run of musical evolution, one that stretches from the neo-skiffle of "Love Me Do" through a remarkable synthesis of R&B, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, country, and classical that still defies efforts to effectively deconstruct it. This is the pop monument equivalent of the '27 Yankees and '90s Bulls; it's every bit as obvious and dominating--and just as essential. --Jerry McCulley
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