The Beatles - Album Timeline

  • Please Please me

    Please Please me
    The Beatles’ first UK album, its release was followed by the success of the singles ‘Please Please Me’ and ‘Love Me Do’
  • With The Beatles

    With The Beatles
    With this album, the Beatles ensured their position as the number one pop band in the United Kingdom. It was released 8 months after Please Please Me.
  • A Hard Day’s Night

    A Hard Day’s Night
    They conquered the world this year, starting with concerts in London and Paris, but in February they played to 73 million people in the US at The Ed Sullivan Show.
  • Beatles for Sale

    Beatles for Sale
    The recording of that album began just 2 months after "A Hard Day's Night". According to George Martin, their producer, it's not their best album, they were completely overwhelmed during the year, their creativity was also down, so there were a lot of covers on the album.
  • Help!

    Help!
    Lennon claimed that with the opening track of the album, he was, in reality, crying out for help. He was dissatisfied, sang about his youth, and declared himself insecure and fat.
  • Rubber Soul

    Rubber Soul
    Rubber Soul showed that the band had changed from previous pop performances, exploring different songwriting and instrumentation styles. According to McCartney, Bob Dylan had a great influence on them at that time.
  • Revolver

    Revolver
    Revolver has announced to the world that the old Beatles no longer exist. Touring was a thing of the past, the lovable guys had grown up and were free to explore, experiment, and push musical boundaries in the studio.
  • Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    The Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was recorded over 400 hours and managed to create a unique recording that was a huge step forward for modern music around the world.
  • The White Album (The Beatles)

    The White Album (The Beatles)
    It was their first double-length release. Known as the White Album, the self-titled collection of 30 songs features a wealth of different styles from one of the band's most creative periods.
  • Yellow Submarine

    Yellow Submarine
    Released just some weeks after the White Album. It's the soundtrack of the movie "Yellow Submarine", which is The Beatles’ fourth movie. There are some new songs on the album, but most of the songs were recorded earlier. For example, the title track of the album was released in 1966 for the "Revolver".
  • Abbey Road

    Abbey Road
    It is the last recorded album of the group. Among this final collection possesses the best songs of the band - some say, that the members of the group knew, that it would be their last album, so they wanted to show a fitting farewell to the world. After a month that the recording had ended, Lennon told the members about his wish to leave.
  • Let It Be

    Let It Be
    It was recorded mainly in the previous year, before the Abbey Road. By that time, they worked independently, because McCartney thought it would have been the best way to keep the members motivated. Well, against all of his effort, the band broke up soon...