Contents A Hard Day's Night (album)

a hard day s night beatles (side one) – parlophone yellow , black label

musically, hard day s night eschews rock , roll cover songs of band s previous albums predominantly pop sound. sputnikmusic s dave donnelly observes short, peppy pop songs characterised layered vocals, immediate choruses, , understated instrumentation. according pitchfork s tom ewing, lack of rock , roll covers allows listeners take group s new sound purely on own modernist terms , audacious chord choices , powerful harmonies, gleaming guitar, , northern harmonica. music journalist robert christgau writes lennon–mccartney s songs more sophisticated musically before.

side 1 of lp contains songs movie soundtrack. side 2 contains songs written for, not included in, film, although 1980s re-release of movie includes prologue before opening credits ll cry instead on soundtrack.

a hard day s night first beatles album feature entirely original compositions, , 1 songs written john lennon , paul mccartney. lennon dominates songwriting, being primary author of 9 out of thirteen tracks on album, being lead singer on these same 9 tracks (although mccartney sings lead on chorus part of title track otherwise strictly lennon territory). lennon , mccartney co-wrote m happy dance , while mccartney wrote , love , can t buy me love , , things said today . 1 of 3 beatles albums, along let , magical mystery tour, in starr not sing lead vocal on songs. starr sang lead vocal on matchbox during sessions; appeared instead on long tall sally ep.