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2[[caption-width-right:350:''"Close your eyes and I'll kiss you;\
3tomorrow, I'll miss you..."'']]
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5[[caption-width-right:350:The alternate album cover for ''With the Beatles'', used in Australia.]]
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7''With the Beatles'' is the second studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1963. It is generally seen as their first real masterpiece, and is best known for its iconic cover photograph by Robert Freeman, which has become a veritable StockParody, and the hit song "All My Loving". Music/GeorgeHarrison makes his songwriting debut with "Don't Bother Me". Other songs that have become fan favourites are "It Won't Be Long", "Please Mister Postman" and "Money (That's What I Want)".
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9Coincidentally, it was first released on the 22nd of November 1963, the same day UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was assassinated.
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12!! Tracklist:
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14[[AC:Side One]]
15# "It Won't Be Long"
16# "All I've Got to Do"
17# "All My Loving"
18# "Don't Bother Me"
19# "Little Child"
20# "Till There Was You"
21# "Please Mister Postman"
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23[[AC:Side Two]]
24# "Roll Over Beethoven"
25# "Hold Me Tight"
26# "You Really Got a Hold on Me"
27# "I Wanna Be Your Man"
28# "Devil in Her Heart"
29# "Not a Second Time"
30# "Money (That's What I Want)"
31
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33!!Principal Members:
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35* Music/GeorgeHarrison - lead and backing vocals, guitar,
36* Music/JohnLennon - lead and backing vocals, guitar, harmonica, organ, tambourine
37* Music/PaulMcCartney - lead and backing vocals, bass, piano, claves
38* Music/RingoStarr - lead vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine, maracas, bongo
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40----
41!!And I'll send all my troping to you:
42* AllLowerCaseLetters: The lettering on the album cover.
43* BreakUpSong: "Not A Second Time", where the protagonist swears he won't give his former partner a second chance.
44* CallAndResponseSong: "Devil in Her Heart" has alternating lines between the lovestruck protagonist (George) and his friends (John and Paul) warning him that his heart is about to be broken.
45* TheCoverChangesTheGender: The original 1961 song by The Donays was "Devil in His Heart".
46* CoverVersion: "Till There Was You" from ''Film/TheMusicMan'', "Please Mister Postman" by The Marvelettes, "Roll Over Beethoven" by Music/ChuckBerry, "You Really Got A Hold On Me" by Music/SmokeyRobinson and The Miracles, "Devil in Her Heart" by The Donays (written by Richard Drapkin) and "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong (written by Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy).
47* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Little Child"
48--> ''Little child, little child won't you dance with me?''
49* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is shot in black-and-white.
50* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The iconic album cover photographed by Robert Freeman, which has been imitated and copied by many other pop bands ever since. It's a masterpiece of simple, yet eye-catching design, making the band appear both glamorous and mysterious. The photographic composition of the four faces, illuminated by the light, also makes them stand out against the shadowy background.
51* EstablishingCharacterMoment: "Don't Bother Me", as his first song, establishes quite a bit of Music/GeorgeHarrison's musical persona. The lyrics, besides fitting in with his "quiet Beatle" image, are a bit of an AntiLoveSong, in contrast to what Lennon and [=McCartney=] were doing at the time, showing him to be lyrically adventurous. Then that's coupled with a minor-chorded Latin-style feel, showing him to be the Beatle most open to foreign musical influences and non-standard sounds.
52* FaceFramedInShadow: The iconic album cover shows each of the Beatles' faces half in shadow.
53* FloatingHeadSyndrome: The Beatles' heads on the album cover.
54* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Your Man".
55* LeaveMeAlone: "Don't Bother Me" is about someone who wants his former partner to leave him alone.
56--> ''So go away, leave me alone, don't bother me''
57* LoveLetter: Both "All My Loving" ("and then while I'm away, I'll write home every day") and "Please Mr. Postman" mention love letters.
58* MoneySong: "Money (That's What I Want)"
59--> ''Now give me money... that's... what I want''
60* NonAppearingTitle: The album title.
61* ShoutOut: "Roll Over Beethoven" to Music/LudwigVanBeethoven.
62* SillyLoveSongs: Virtually all songs, except for "Money (That's What I Want)".
63* StepUpToTheMicrophone: George Harrison sings lead vocals on "Don't Bother Me" (his first solo songwriting effort), "Roll Over Beethoven" and the solo parts on the CallAndResponseSong "Devil in Her Heart", plus prominent harmony vocals on "Please Mister Postman", "You Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Money (That's What I Want)". Ringo Starr sings lead vocals on "I Wanna Be Your Man".
64* TransAtlanticEquivalent: In the US, ''Meet the Beatles'', which used the same cover photo and had nine of the album's 14 songs.[[note]]Capitol dropped "Roll Over Beethoven", "Please Mr. Postman", "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "Devil in Her Heart" and "Money", saving them for ''The Beatles' Second Album'', and added "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "I Saw Her Standing There" and "This Boy"[[/note]] In Canada, ''Beatlemania! With the Beatles'', which fully replicated the UK tracklist and also used the cover photo and Tony Barrow's liner notes, but added blurbs on the front cover.

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