Help! (album)

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Template:Album infobox Help! is a soundtrack album from The Beatles' film Help!, as well as the title song from that album. Template:RS500

Contents 1 Album 2 Track listing 2.1 Side one 2.2 Side two 3 American release 4 Track listing (US release) 4.1 Side one 4.2 Side two 5 Release history 6 External links

Album

The album cover features the group spelling out a word in semaphore; the British Parlophone release featured the word 'NUJV', whilst the slightly re-arranged US release on Capitol Records appeared to feature the word 'NVUJ'. However, it may be argued that some of the members of the band have been not only re-arranged but reversed. One finds that, despite the Beatles' poor stature, it spells out 'LPUS' - possibly meaning "Help us", "an LP by us" or "Long Play Us"

Produced by George Martin for EMI Records, the album (in its original British form) contains seven songs that appeared in the movie and seven that did not, including one of the most successful songs in history, the archetypal Paul McCartney ballad "Yesterday".

Even without the presence of the legendary "Yesterday", many critics consider the album Help! worthy of high praise. The album shows The Beatles, but mainly John Lennon, under the influence of Bob Dylan and folk music. The title track reveals Lennon's confusion and cynicism hidden under a maze of rhythms; "It's Only Love" features another tugging vocal by Lennon.

McCartney adds "Yesterday" as well as "Another Girl", a fast moving congo beat pop song; "The Night Before", a standard rock & roll song, and "I've Just Seen a Face", a rollicking Dylanesque folk song often overlooked by Beatles fans.

George Harrison contributes the low-key "I Need You" and the headstrong "You Like Me Too Much".

The album was released on CD in 1987, using the 14-song UK track lineup. As with the CD release of the 1965 Rubber Soul album, the Help! CD featured a contemporary stereo digital remix of the album prepared by George Martin. This remix is a bit controversial among Beatle fans--many purists prefer the 1965 mix.

Track listing

Songs listed on side one appear in the movie:

All songs by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Help!" SAMPLE (148k)
2. "The Night Before"
3. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" SAMPLE (153k)
4. "I Need You" (Harrison)
5. "Another Girl"
6. "You're Going to Lose That Girl"
7. "Ticket To Ride"

Side two

1. "Act Naturally" (Morrison/Russell)
2. "It's Only Love"
3. "You Like Me Too Much" (Harrison)
4. "Tell Me What You See"
5. "I've Just Seen a Face"
6. "Yesterday" SAMPLE (126k)
7. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Williams)

American release

Image:HelpUSalbumcover.jpg The US version of the album includes the songs in the film plus selections from the orchestral score composed by Ken Thorne, including an adaptation of Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme". This album is available on CD as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 box set.

Track listing (US release)

• All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

Side one

1. "The James Bond Theme" (instrumental)(Norman)/"Help!"
2. "The Night Before"
3. "From Me To You Fantasy" (instrumental)(Thorne)
4. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
5. "I Need You" (Harrison)
6. "In The Tyrol" (instrumental) (Thorne)

Side two

1. "Another Girl"
2. "Another Hard Day's Night" (instrumental)(Thorne)
3. "Ticket To Ride"
4. Medley: "The Bitter End" (Thorne)/"You Can't Do That" (instrumental)
5. "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" (as titled by Capitol Records)
6. "The Chase" (instrumental)(Thorne)

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	August 6 1965	Parlophone	mono LP	PMC 1255
			stereo LP	PCS 3071
United States	August 13 1965	Capitol Records	mono LP	MAS 2386
			stereo LP	SMAS 2386
Worldwide reissue	April 15 1987	Apple, Parlophone, EMI	CD	CDP 7 46439 2
Japan	March 11 1998	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP 51115
Japan	January 21 2004	Toshiba-EMI	Remastered LP	TOJP 60135

External links

• Album Lyrics
• Help! (the movie) on the IMDb
• A discussion on semaphore
• Yet more semaphore
• Beatles comments on each of the songs

The Beatles
John Lennon | Paul McCartney | George Harrison | Ringo Starr Pete Best | Stuart Sutcliffe
Management
Brian Epstein | Allen Klein | Apple Records
Production
George Martin | Geoff Emerick | Norman Smith | Abbey Road Studios
Official Studio Albums
Please Please Me (1963) | With the Beatles (1963) | A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Beatles for Sale (1964) | Help! (1965) | Rubber Soul (1965) Revolver (1966) | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | The Beatles (1968) | Yellow Submarine (1969) | Abbey Road (1969) | Let It Be (1970)
Films
A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Help! (1965) | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | Yellow Submarine (1968) | Let it Be (1970)
Related Articles
History | Discography | Bootlegs | Long-term influence | Beatlemania | Beatlesque | Fifth Beatle | Paul Is Dead | British Invasion | Yoko Ono | 1960s | Apple Corps

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