Love Songs (Beatles album)

Love Songs

Compilation album by

the Beatles

Released

21 October 1977

Recorded

11 September 1962 – 1 April 1970

Studio

EMI, Olympic and Apple studios, London

Genre

Length

59:05

Label

Capitol (US), Parlophone (UK)

Producer

George Martin and Phil Spector

The Beatles chronology

Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962
(1977)

Love Songs
(1977)

The Beatles Collection
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	^[3]

Love Songs is a compilation album that comprises love songs recorded by the Beatles between 1962 and 1970. It was released by Capitol Records in the United States on 21 October 1977 (catalogue number SKBL-11711) and on Parlophone in the United Kingdom on 19 November 1977 (PCSP 721). The compilation peaked at #24 in Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart during a 31-week stay that began on 12 November 1977.^[4] The RIAA certified the album with sales of three million units in 2000 even though the compilation was deleted in the late 1980s.^[4] The New Zealand release followed the US release with cat. no. and pressing plates, and was released on 2 different EMI labels.

The LP's original packaging included an 11 x 11" booklet, with the songs' lyrics printed, calligraphy-style, on simulated parchment paper. For the first several pressings, the cover itself was simulated leather, and the Beatles' image (a re-working of Richard Avedon's 1967 portrait, featured in Look Magazine) was simulated gold-foil. The LP was also available on yellow vinyl.

As with the previous year's Rock 'n' Roll Music compilation, the songs were presented with the left and right channels reversed, with the four Rubber Soul tracks - "Girl", "In My Life", "Michelle", and "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - appearing in slightly narrowed stereo. Three further tracks—"Yes It Is", "This Boy", and "P.S. I Love You"—used the Duophonic mixes.

YouTube Encyclopedic

1/5
Views:
29 625 000
46 389 870
29 875
26 782 244
5 327 508

Transcription

Track listing

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney except where noted.

Disc one

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Yesterday"	2:03
2.	"I'll Follow the Sun"	1:47
3.	"I Need You" (George Harrison)	2:27
4.	"Girl"	2:30
5.	"In My Life"	2:24
6.	"Words of Love" (Buddy Holly)	2:12
7.	"Here, There and Everywhere"	2:22

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Something" (George Harrison)	3:00
2.	"And I Love Her"	2:28
3.	"If I Fell"	2:18
4.	"I'll Be Back"	2:21
5.	"Tell Me What You See"	2:35
6.	"Yes It Is"	2:38

Disc two

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Michelle"	2:40
2.	"It's Only Love"	1:55
3.	"You're Going to Lose That Girl"	2:16
4.	"Every Little Thing"	2:01
5.	"For No One"	1:59
6.	"She's Leaving Home"	3:35

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Long and Winding Road"	3:37
2.	"This Boy"	2:12
3.	"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"	2:02
4.	"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"	2:07
5.	"I Will"	1:46
6.	"P.S. I Love You"	2:02

Cancelled single

Capitol Records originally intended to release a single in promotion of the compilation. The song "Girl" was going to be backed with "You're Going to Lose That Girl" as Capitol 4506. Picture sleeves for the single were printed, but the record was cancelled in early October 1977.^[5]

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[6]	59
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[8]	20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[9]	3
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	7
US Billboard 200^[11]	24

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria	—	3,500^[12]
Canada (Music Canada)^[13]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[14]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[15]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

^ AllMusic review
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
^ ^a ^b Spizer (2007), pp 159–162.
^ Spizer (2007), p157.
^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5498a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Beatles – Love Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "Charts.nz – The Beatles – Love Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "The Beatles | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "The Beatles Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "From the Music Capitals Of the World: Vienna". Billboard. 3 December 1977. p. 64. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – Love Songs". Music Canada. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "British album certifications – The Beatles – Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "American album certifications – The Beatles – Love Songs". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

References

Spizer, Bruce (2007). The Beatles Swan Song. New Orleans: 498 Productions, L.L.C. ISBN 978-0-9662649-7-5.
Penman, Ross (2009). The Beatles in New Zealand ... a discography. ISBN 978-0-473-15155-3.

External links

The Beatles compilations

Discography

Bert Kaempfert
recordings with
Tony Sheridan

My Bonnie (GER, 1962)
The Beatles with Tony Sheridan and Their Guests (1964)
Ain't She Sweet (1964)
The Beatles' First (GER, 1964 / UK, 1967)
Very Together (1969)
In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970)
The Early Tapes of the Beatles (1984)

Hits

Themes

Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976)
Love Songs (1977)
The Beatles Ballads (1980)
Reel Music (1982)
Tomorrow Never Knows (2012)

Non-album tracks

Hey Jude (US, 1970 / UK, 1979)
Por Siempre Beatles (ARG, 1971)
Rarities (UK, 1978)
Rarities (US, 1980)
Past Masters (1988)
Mono Masters (2009)

Alternative versions

Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999)
Let It Be... Naked (2003)

Archival

Sessions (unreleased)
Anthology 1 (1995)
Anthology 2 (1996)
Anthology 3 (1996)
The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 (2013)

Other

Jolly What! / The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage (US, 1964)
The Beatles in Italy (ITA, 1965)
The Beatles' Christmas Album (US) / From Then to You (UK) (1970)
The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews (1976)
Only The Beatles... (UK, 1986, withdrawn)
Love (2006)
4: John Paul George Ringo (2014 EP)

Unofficial	God (1998) Everyday Chemistry (2009) The Black Album (2014)

Box sets

The Singles Collection 1962–1970 (UK, 1976)
The Beatles Collection (UK, 1978 / US, 1979)
The Beatles Box (1980)
The Beatles EP Collection (1981)
The Beatles: The Collection (1982)
The Beatles Mono Collection (1982)
The Beatles Box Set (1988)
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 (2004)
The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 (2006)
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) (2009)
The Beatles in Mono (2009)
The U.S. Albums (2014)
The Japan Box (2014)
The Christmas Records (2017)
The Singles Collection (2019)

Reissues	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017) The Beatles (White Album) (2018) Abbey Road (2019) Let It Be (2021) Revolver (2022) 1962–1966 (2023) 1967–1970 (2023)

This page was last edited on 22 March 2024, at 18:11

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia