The Beatles - Beatles 1

This isn't just an album, it's an event. All 27 of the Fab Four's #1 singles, together at last. Seventy nine minutes and twelve second of #1 Beatle hits on 1 CD! For the six years the Beatles were recording for Capitol Records, the Fab Four ascended to top of the American and British charts an astonishing 27 times. This single-disc compilation brings those hits together in one place to span every phase of the foursome's highly influential career. Early Merseybeat-flavored sides like "Love Me Do" (the band's first Stateside hit), "She Loves You," and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" struck a chord early on with hordes of screaming teens. Unfortunately, this found the band temporarily dismissed as mere teen idols despite these numbers coming as a result of the vaunted Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership. The timeless "Yesterday" struck a worldwide chord (and subsequently became one of the most played songs of all time) and Liverpool's favorite sons soon found themselves shifting gears. They were soon dabbling with flower power ("All You Need is Love"), character-driven storytelling ("Eleanor Rigby"), and allowing glimpses behind the Beatles curtain ("Hey Jude," "The Ballad of John & Yoko"). By the time "The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' chart-topping swan song, popular music's landscape had been permanently altered.

1) Love Me Do
2) From Me to You
3) She Loves You
4) I Want to Hold Your Hand
5) Can't Buy Me Love
6) A Hard Day's Night
7) I Feel Fine
8) Eight Days a Week
9) Ticket to Ride
10) Help!
11) Yesterday
12) Day Tripper
13) We Can Work It Out
14) Paperback Writer
15) Yellow Submarine
16) Eleanor Rigby
17) Penny Lane
18) All You Need Is Love
19) Hello Goodbye
20) Lady Madonna
21) Hey Jude
22) Get Back
23) The Ballad of John ; Yoko
24) Something
25) Come Together
26) Let It Be
27) The Long and Winding Road