The Beatles
1 - Front Cover | 1 - Rear Cover |
Label | Apple | ||||||
Catalogue No.'s | 529 9702 (C.D.) .... (7243 5 29970 2) 529 3251 (Vinyl) 529 9704 (Cassette) |
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Release Date | 13th November 2000 | ||||||
Total time | 79:10 | ||||||
U.K. L.P. Chart Detail : |
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Detail : | The Beatles Greatest Hits.
Marketing ploy ? ... Re-issue Overkill ?
In the past, NO compilation of The Beatles had EVER reached No.1 in the U.K. not even the Red and Blue albums ...
a strange fact indeed !! ... but this release entered the chart at number 1 !!
This is their 15th Number 1 album and
On 11th February, 2008 The Beatles went to the top of the European sales charts for the last decade, winning a ninth prestigious
IFPI Platinum Europe Award for their greatest hits album 1. The tracks listed below, are selected straightforwardly, being all the number ones of Britain and the U.S.
The C.D. comes with a 32 page booklet which has a foreword by George Martin, and a page of picture covers for
each of the singles. I have shown a couple of pages as samples, below.
09/09/09 (Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine) - the album was NOT re-released as part of the Beatles In Stereo Remasters collection.
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No | Track | Number 1 Dates (from the booklet) | Time |
1 | Love Me Do | U.K. - No. 17 (1962) - No.4 (1982) U.S. - No. 1 for 1 week |
2:19 |
2 | From Me To You | U.K. - No. 1 for 7 weeks U.S. - Not charted |
1:55 |
3 | She Loves You | U.K. - No. 1 for 6 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 2 weeks |
2:21 |
4 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | U.K. - No. 1 for 5 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 7 weeks |
2:25 |
5 | Can't Buy Me Love | U.K. - No. 1 for 3 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 5 weeks |
2:11 |
6 | A Hard Day's Night | U.K. - No. 1 for 3 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 2 weeks |
2:33 |
7 | I Feel Fine | U.K. - No. 1 for 5 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 3 weeks |
2:18 |
8 | Eight Days A Week | U.K. - Never a single U.S. - No. 1 for 2 weeks |
2:43 |
9 | Ticket To Ride | U.K. - No. 1 for 3 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 1 week |
3:10 |
10 | Help ! | U.K. - No. 1 for 3 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 3 weeks |
2:19 |
11 | Yesterday | U.K. - No. 8 in 1976 U.S. - No. 1 for 4 weeks |
2:05 |
12 | Day Tripper | U.K. - No. 1 for 5 weeks U.S. - No. 5 |
2:47 |
13 | We Can Work It Out | U.K. - No. 1 for 5 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 3 weeks |
2:15 |
14 | Paperback Writer | U.K. - No. 1 for 2 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 2 weeks |
2:18 |
15 | Yellow Submarine | U.K. - No. 1 for 4 weeks U.S. - No. 2 for 1 week |
2:37 |
16 | Eleanor Rigby | U.K. - No. 1 for 4 weeks U.S. - No. 11 |
2:06 |
17 | Penny Lane | U.K. - No. 2 U.S. - No. 1 for 1 week |
2:59 |
18 | All You Need Is Love | U.K. - No. 1 for 3 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 1 week |
3:47 |
19 | Hello, Goodbye | U.K. - No. 1 for 7 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 3 weeks |
3:27 |
20 | Lady Madonna | U.K. - No. 1 for 2 weeks U.S. - No. 4 |
2:17 |
21 | Hey Jude | U.K. - No. 1 for 2 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 9 weeks |
7:03 |
22 | Get Back | U.K. - No. 1 for 6 weeks U.S. - No. 1 for 5 weeks |
3:11 |
23 | The Ballad Of John And Yoko | U.K. - No. 1 for 3 weeks U.S. - No. 8 |
2:59 |
24 | Something | U.K. - No. 4 U.S. - No. 1 for 1 week |
3:00 |
25 | Come Together | U.K. - No. 4 U.S. - No. 1 for 1 week |
4:17 |
26 | Let It Be | U.K. - No. 2 U.S. - No. 1 for 2 weeks |
3:50 |
27 | The Long And Winding Road | U.K. - Not a single. U.S. - No. 1 for 2 weeks |
3:37 |
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