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![]() ![]() There's been a particular jump forward in ballad writing- on "And I Love Her" in particular, Paul McCartney hits a note of humble, open-hearted sincerity he'd return to again and again. Formidably prolific at this point, the pair had been creating songs- and hits- for other performers which must have given them useful insight into how to make different styles work. The album is most famous now for being the first all-original record the band put out- and their only all Lennon-McCartney LP. Coinciding with their leaving Liverpool and moving to London, this could easily have been their first step on a road of crowd-pleasing predictability: Instead, both film and this soundtrack album are a testament to how fabulous pop can be when you take care over doing it. ![]() He knew how to mix music and feelgood filmmaking to commercial effect.Ī Hard Day's Night, in other words, is a crucial inflection point in the Beatles' career. If the film was an enjoyable romp, so much the better- John Lennon asked for A Hard Day's Night director Richard Lester on the basis of a comedy short he'd made (later referenced in the film's famous "Can't Buy Me Love" sequence), but Lester had also helmed 1962's It's Trad, Dad!, a snapshot of the British pop world just pre-Beatles (Tagline: "The newest, most frantic fad!"). A film career might extend the fame a little, and smooth the band's inevitable transition to light entertainment.
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