The Beatles 1 [Best of, Original recording remastered]

Proving yet again their willingness to dice 'n' slice their burgeoning legacy into new--if not exactly fresh--product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to longtime Fabs faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of "No. 1 hit" and the exclusion of seeming contenders like "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields"), newly arrived visitors from the Pleiades star cluster and other neophytes will find it a concise and generous (nearly 80 minutes) single-disc introduction to the band's career-spanning, unparalleled dominance of pop music in the 1960s. But beyond being a mere trophy case of commercial success (and it won't be hard to find critics who'll argue that these singles aren't even the band's best work), it's also a Cliff's Notes take on a remarkable seven-year run of musical evolution, one that stretches from the neo-skiffle of "Love Me Do" through a remarkable synthesis of R&B, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, country, and classical that still defies efforts to effectively deconstruct it. This is the pop monument equivalent of the '27 Yankees and '90s Bulls; it's every bit as obvious and dominating--and just as essential. --Jerry McCulley

Avec One, retrouvez pour la première fois tous les titres des Beatles n°1 des charts sur un seul CD. Une compilation événement sur laquelle chacun pourra savourer "Love Me Do", "From Me To You", "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "Can't Buy Me Love", "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days A Week", "Ticket To Ride", "Help", "Yesterday", "Day Tripper", "Paperback Writer", "Yellow Submarine", "Eleanor Rigby", "Penny Lane", "All You Need Is Love", "Hello Goodbye", "Lady Madonna", "Hey Jude", "Get Back", "The Ballad Of John And Yoko", "Something", "Come Together", "Let It Be" et "The Long And Winding Road".

One ! Ce n'est plus seulement une chanson de U2. C'est la compilation ultime de tous les numéros 1 des Beatles. De 1963 à 1970, les meilleures ventes des singles des Fab Four dessinent quelque chose comme une histoire parfaite de la pop music des sixties, de la naïveté géniale de "Love Me Do" aux orchestrations grandioses de "The Long And Winding Road", en passant par le psychédélisme de "Paperback Writer". On laissera les exégètes chipoter sur les libertés prises avec les règles. Pourquoi avoir omis "Strawberry Fields Forever", l'autre face A du single qu'il formait avec "Penny Lane" ? Pourquoi "Something" (sublime ballade par ailleurs) figure-t-elle ici alors qu'elle n'a jamais été numéro 1 des ventes ? Est-ce parce que son auteur, George Harrison, a exigé d'avoir un morceau sur cette fructueuse compilation programmée pour le dernier Noël du millénaire ? Peu importe. Ce que l'on entend ici c'est le juke-box idéal, sans un temps mort, sans une redite. Tous les numéros 1 du premier de tous les groupes ! --Hubert Deshouse

-Officially the BIGGEST selling new release of the last decade.
- CRIA certified Diamond Status (over 1 million) in Canada!
- Beatles 1 album now being re-introduced with all remastered tracks.
- The definitive Beatles hits compilation!

Japanese exclusive reissue of 2000 compilation. This Toshiba/EMI pressing features an OBI strip (different from the last Japanese pressings issued in 1990) & an insert with Japanese text & lyrics in Japanese & English. Manufactured & pressed in Japan. Gatefold sleeve. 2003.

Includes an Additional Sheet with Lyrics.

THE BEATLES 1 (2000 US 27-track CD album featuring every number one single achieved by The Beatles in the UK and USA including Love Me Do She Loves You A Hard Days Night Help Yesterday Yellow Submarine All You Need Is Love Get Back HeyJude Let It Be and many more. Housed in a 12 x 5 picture longbox which remains factory sealed from new and is therefore still MINT and unplayed! CDP5293252)