标题：A Hard Day's Night
简介
1963年秋天，为了从红透半边天的甲壳虫身上赚笔钱，美国的United Artists  和甲壳虫签约拍摄一部电影，目的是得以在美国推出电影的原声唱片。他们找到Walter Shenson做制片，Richard Lester导演，在1964年拍摄了电影A Hard Day's Night。
Shenson在1963年秋甲壳虫前往美国前与他们接触，要求他们为电影创作6首歌——题材不限，但要有两首抒情歌曲，两首快节奏的舞曲等等。在加勒比海度假期间，他们创作了八九首歌，Dick Lester从中选出了六首用于电影中，这些歌曲是：You Can't Do That、And I Love Her、I Should Have Known Better、Tell Me Why、If I Fell、I'm Happy Just to Dance with You。3月2日拍摄开始前，甲壳虫在伦敦EMI录音室里录制了这些歌曲。其中演奏You Can't Do That的部分在电影推出时被剪辑掉了，但之前就做为Can't Buy Me Love单曲的B面发行，也仍然出现在美国版的原声唱片上。
电影拍摄从3月2日开始，至4月24日结束。影片用夸张的手法描述甲壳虫一天的生活，其主题来自John Lennon说过的一句话。当Lester问John他们的瑞典之行如何时，John答道：“It was a room and a car and a car and a room and a room and a car.”这句话稍加变动后被用在电影里，变成了“Paul的爷爷”的台词。
Shenson原先以为他可以随便找一首新歌的歌名作为电影题目，但这六首新歌都不太合适。拍摄期间，大家绞尽脑汁为电影找一个合适的名字。最后有一天，John和他聊天时提起Ringo有趣的语言，并举出“A hard day's night”为例。John自己在刚出版的《In His Own Write》也曾经使用过这个短语。大家一致同意它可以作为电影题目。于是John按Shenson的嘱咐，以此为题创作了电影的主题歌，并在4月16日拍摄电影期间把它录制下来。
美国出版的电影原声唱片只包括这七首新歌，但为了Parlophone的英国唱片，他们在6月回到录音室，又录制了5首新歌： I'll Cry Instead、I'll be Back、Any Time At all、Things We Said Today和 When I Get Home。加上电影里使用的他们之前发行过的单曲Can't Buy Me Love，英国的专辑唱片里一共有13首歌，全部是甲壳虫的原创歌曲。这是他们第一次能够推出一张全部原创的专辑。
这一成就主要应归功于John Lennon当时旺盛的创作力。在这13首歌里，9首都是他主笔创作的。Paul主笔创作了3首歌，并和John合作为George创作了I'm Happy Just to Dance With You。当然，按照主创者主唱的原则，John在这张专辑中的主唱也远远超过其他三人，甚至没有给Ringo一个表现的机会。
A Hard Day's Night的电影成为摇滚电影的经典，教给整整一代年轻人反叛的原则，而这张专辑标志着甲壳虫的创作进入了一个新的阶段，我们可以把它叫做“早期阶段的中期”吧？
剧情介绍
四个从利物浦来的小子，纵然拥有亿万名利，却只有一个晚上可以尽兴冒险。因为他们是─披头四。就在今夜，且看他们如何用过人智慧，摆脱龟毛制作人、烦人老爷爷、与外面无数尖叫歌迷的纠缠，执行这「不可能的任务」！ 本片是融合了喜剧、纪录片与摇滚乐的剧情片，由著名的乐团「披头士」。1964年上映时备获好评，这次则是经过数位化处理后重新上映。
演员列表
导演
Richard Lester 
演员
菲尔·科林斯　 Seated fan with necktie (uncredited)
Paul McCartney Paul
约翰·列侬 Himself
Bridget Armstrong Lead makeup woman (uncredited)
Roger Avon (uncredited)
Isla Blair Shakespearean actress (scenes deleted)
Lionel Blair TV choreographer
John Bluthal Man stealing car (uncredited)
Pattie Boyd Jean (schoolgirl on train #1 (uncredited)
Wilfrid Brambell Johnny McCartney (Paul's grandfather)
Rosemarie Frankland Brunette showgirl (uncredited)
Deryck Guyler Police Inspector
Kenneth Haigh Simon Marshall (uncredited)
George Harrison George
Julian Holloway Adrian,Simon's Assistant (uncredited)
Terry Hooper (uncredited)
David Janson Young boy
John Junkin Shake
Clare Kelly Barmaid (uncredited)
David Langton Actor (uncredited)
Jeremy Lloyd Tall dancer at the disco (uncredited)
Edward Malin Hotel waiter
Derek Nimmo Leslie Jackson (magician) (uncredited)
Margaret Nolan Grandfather's girl at casino (uncredited)
Anna Quayle Millie
Robin Ray TV floor manager
Norman Rossington Norm
Alison Seebohm Secretary
Victor Spinetti TV director
Ringo Starr Ringo
Marianne Stone Society reporter (uncredited)
Michael Trubshawe Casino manager (uncredited)
Richard Vernon Man on train
编剧
Alun Owen 
制片人
Denis O'Dell associate producer
David V. Picker executive producer (uncredited)
Walter Shenson producer
原创音乐
Paul McCartney 
约翰·列侬 
George Harrison (song "Don't Bother Me")
George Martin 
改编音乐
摄像师
Gilbert Taylor 
电影剪辑
John Jympson 
协调剧组人员
造型设计
艺术指导
Ray Simm 
布景师
服装设计
Julie Harris 
Dougie Millings 
化妆师
Betty Glasow hair stylist
John O'Gorman makeup artist
制片主管
助理导演
Barrie Melrose second assistant director (uncredited)
John D. Merriman assistant director
美术
音效
H.L. Bird sound recordist (uncredited)
Stephen Dalby sound recordist (uncredited)
Gordon Daniel sound editor
Jim Roddan sound editor (uncredited)
特技师
视觉特效师
Ronnie Wass optical effects: titles (uncredited)
特技演员
其他职员
Roy Benson assistant editor (uncredited)
Derek V. Browne camera operator
Rita Davison continuity
Robert Freeman title designer
Esther Harris trailer
George Martin music supervisor
Pamela Tomling assistant editor (uncredited)
Paul Wilson camera operator (uncredited)
精彩对白
1. George : That's not your grandfather.
2. Paul : It is,you know.
3. George : But I've seen your grandfather. He lives in your house.
4. Paul : Oh,that's my other grandfather,but he's my grandfather,too.
5. John : How do you reckon that one out?
6. Paul : Well,everyone's entitled to two,aren't they?
7. Grandfather : Hullo.
8. John : He can talk then,can he?
9. Paul : 'Course he can talk. He's a human being,isn't he?
10. Ringo : Well if he's your grandfather,who knows! Ha ha ha!
11. [The boys are listening to the radio]
12. Man on Train : And we'll have that thing off as well,thank you.
13. Ringo : But ...
14. Man on Train : An elementary knowledge of the Railway Acts would tell you that I'm perfectly within my rights.
15. Paul : Yeah,but we want to hear it,and there's more of us than you. We're a community,like,a majority vote. Up the workers and all that stuff!
16. Man on Train : Then I suggest you take that damned thing to the corridor or some other part of the train where you obviously belong.
17. John : [Leaning over to the man] Give us a kiss.
18. Man on train : Don't take that tone with me young man. I fought the war for your sort.
19. Ringo : I bet you're sorry you won.
20. Man On Train : I shall call the guard.
21. Paul : Ah,but what? They don't take kindly to insults you know.
22. George : What's the matter with you,then?
23. Ringo : It's his grandfather. I can tell he doesn't like me. It's cause I'm little.
24. George : Ah,you've got an inferiority complex,you have.
25. Ringo : Yeah,I know,that's why I play the drums - it's me active compensatory factor.
26. Norm : The place is surging with girls.
27. John : Please sir,sir,can I have one to surge me sir,please sir?
28. Norm : No,you can't!
29. [Huge stacks of fan mail is delivered]
30. Ringo : None for me,then?
31. Norm : Sorry.
32. John : [handing Ringo one letter] Here,this'll keep you busy.
33. Grandfather : It's your nose you know. Fans are funny that way,they take a dislike to things. They'll pick on a nose.
34. Ringo : Aw... you pick on your own.
35. [After Ringo gets a pile of fan mail]
36. John : Must have cost you a fortune in stamps Ringo.
37. George : He comes from a large family.
38. Ringo : Any of you lot put a man in the cupboard?
39. George : Nah!
40. Paul : Don't be soft!
41. [George has a look in the cupboard and sits back down]
42. George : He's right you know
43. John : There you go.
44. George : Honestly! Me mind boggles at the very idea,a grown man and you haven't shaved with a safety razor.
45. Shake : It's not my fault. I come from a long line of electricians.
46. Reporter : How did you find America?
47. John : Turned left at Greenland.
48. Reporter : Has success changed your life?
49. George : Yes.
50. Reporter : Are you a mod,or a rocker?
51. Ringo : Um,no. I'm a mocker.
52. Reporter : Do you think these haircuts have come to stay?
53. Ringo : Well,this one has. You know,it's stuck on good and proper now.
54. Reporter : What would you call that hairstyle you're wearing?
55. George : Arthur.
56. Reporter : What do you call that collar?
57. Ringo : A collar.
58. Reporter : Do you often see you father?
59. Paul : No,actually were just close friend.
60. Ringo : There you go,hiding behind a smokescreen of bourgeois cliches.
61. George : He's very fussy about his drums,you know. They loom large in his legend.
62. T.V. Director : Get me a bottle of milk and some tranquilizers. I see it all now... It's a plot... a plot.
63. George : Sorry we hurt your field mister.
64. Millie : Hello.
65. John : Hello.
66. Millie : Oh wait a minute,don't tell me who you are.
67. John : No I'm not.
68. Millie : Oh you are.
69. John : I'm not.
70. Millie : Oh you are,I know you are.
71. John : I'm not,no.
72. Millie : You look just like him.
73. John : Do I? You're the first one that's said that ever.
74. Millie : Yes you do,look.
75. John : No my eyes are lighter. The nose.
76. Millie : Oh yes your nose is very.
77. John : Is it?
78. Millie : I would have said so.
79. John : You know him better though.
80. Millie : I do not. He's only a casual acquaintance.
81. John : That's what you say.
82. Millie : What have you heard?
83. John : It's all over the place.
84. Millie : Is it? Is it really?
85. John : But I wouldn't have it. I stuck up for you.
86. Millie : I knew I could rely on you.
87. John : Thanks.
88. Millie : [puts on her glasses] You don't look like him at all.
89. [John walks away pouting]
90. John : She looks more like him than I do.
91. Norm : What?
92. Shake : I'm not taller than you. You're shorter than I am.
93. John : I bet he hasn't even got a wife. Look at his sweater.
94. Paul : You never know,she might have knitted it.
95. John : She knitted him.
96. John : Standin' about,eh? Some people have it dead easy.
97. Norm : Shake,take that wig off! It suits you.
98. Norm : Ringo,what are you up to?
99. [Ringo is getting his hair done and reading a magazine]
100. Ringo : Page five!
101. Paul : Oh,that this too,too solid flesh would melt... Zap!
102. [Having makeup applied]
103. George : Hey,you won't interfere with the basic rugged concept of me personality,will you madam?
104. Grandfather : I thought I was supposed to be getting a change of scenery. But so far I've been in a train and a room,a car and a room,and a room and a room.
105. John : We know how to behave! We've had lessons.
106. [George runs into Ringo in hallway]
107. George : Hey,do you know what happened to me?
108. Ringo : No I don't.
109. [Ringo walks on]
110. Norm : God knows what you've unleashed on the unsuspecting South. It'll be wine,women,and song all the way with Ringo when he gets the taste for it.
111. John : Control yourself. You'll spurt.
112. Police Inspector : What's his name?
113. Ringo : Well,if you're gonna get technical about it.
114. T.V. Director : You don't know what this means to me. If you hadn't come back it would have meant... the epilogue or the news... in Welsh... for life!
115. [Paul asks if he should flirt with two pretty schoolgirls]
116. George : Aye,but don't rush. None of your five bar gate jumps and over sort of stuff.
117. Paul : What's that supposed to mean?
118. George : I don't know,I just thought that it sounded distinguished-like.
119. Ringo : I'm going out parading before it's too late!
120. Shake : Well,he just asked if he could have those photos,and Norm said no and I said,"Well why don't you be big about it?"
121. Paul : Yeah,and?
122. Norm : And your grandfather pointed out that shake was always being taller than me just to spite me.
123. T.V. Director : We are on in twenty minutes.
124. George : Can I say something?
125. T.V. Director : What?
126. George : I don't think it's very likely that we will go on. The law of averages is against it.
127. Norm : Stop being taller than me!
128. Shake : I can't help it.
129. Norm : This is a battle of nerves between John and me.
130. Shake : John hasn't got any.
131. Norm : Any what?
132. Shake : Nerves.
133. Norm : That's the trouble. I've toyed with the idea of a ball and chain,but he'd probably just rattle them at me,and in public,too.
134. John : Hey he's reading the Queen... that's an in joke,you know.
135. John : You're a swine.
136. Norm : I just have one thing to say to you,John Lennon.
137. John : What's that?
138. Norm : You're a swine.
139. John : You're just a lonely old man from Liverpool.
140. Grandfather : But I'm clean.
141. John : Are you?
142. Ringo : Come in number seven,your time's up!
143. Grandfather : Well,you got me here so do your worst,but by God,I'll take one of you with me! I know your game. Get me into that tiled room and then out come the rubber hoses!
144. Police Inspector : Oh,there's a fire,is there?
145. Grandfather : You ugly,great brute. You have sadism stamped all over your bloated British kisser!
146. Police Inspector : Eh?
147. Grandfather : I'll go on hunger strike! I know your caper. The kidney punch and the rabbit clout. The third degree and the size twelve boot ankle tap.
148. Grandfather : I'm a soldier for the Republic! You'll need the mahogany truncheons on this boyo.
149. [Grandfather and Ringo are held in a police station]
150. Grandfather : Have they roughed you up yet?
151. Ringo : What?
152. Grandfather : Oh,they're a desperate crew of drippings,and they've fists like mature hams for pounding poor defenseless lads like you. One of us has got to escape. I'll get the boys. Hold on,son,I'll be back here.
153. Ringo : For me?
154. Grandfather : And if they get you on the floor,watch out for your brisket.
155. Ringo : They seem all right to me.
156. Grandfather : Ah,sure,that's what they want you to think. All coppers are villains.
157. Police Inspector : Would you two like a cup of tea?
158. Grandfather : See,*sly* villains.
影片花絮：
1. Norm and Shake are loosely based on the Beatles' real-life road managers Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans,respectively.
2. The constant mention of Paul's grandfather being "very clean" are references to actor Wilfrid Brambell playing a rag and bone man in "Steptoe and Son" （1962），featuring the catch-phrase,"You dirty old man."
3. The people chasing the Beatles into the train at the beginning of the film are real fans.

专辑介绍
专辑坚持了基本的rock and roll乐器和歌曲形式，展现出乐队创作天赋的不断发展，专辑中包括了部分The Beatles最著名的歌曲，包括专辑的同名主打歌，开始便是极具辨识度的和弦，这首歌和之前发行的《Can't Buy Me Love》都成为乐队在美国的冠军单曲。
专辑的名字是鼓手Ringo Starr的无心之作。根据John Lennon接受《花花公子》杂志的访谈：“我坐在车里正回家，Dick Lester（同名电影导演）向我建议这个名字，Ringo曾说过'Hard Day's Night'。我把它用在了《In His Own Write》，但它是Ringo当时随口说出的。一种词语无用，你懂的。Ringo的用语，他说出这些来才不显得那么滑稽......他只是说出来而已。所以Dick Lester说，‘我们就用这个名称’。”
2000年，《Q》杂志将专辑列为其评选最伟大的100张英国专辑的第5位。2012年，专辑被滚石杂志选为史上最伟大的500张专辑的第307位。
专辑曲目
Side one
序号
标题
主唱
时长
1
A Hard Day's Night
Lennon and McCartney
2:34
2
I Should Have Known Better
Lennon
2:43
3
If I Fell
Lennon and McCartney
2:19
4
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
Harrison
1:56
5
And I Love Her
McCartney
2:30
6
Tell Me Why
Lennon
2:09
7
Can't Buy Me Love
McCartney
2:12
Side two
序号
标题
主唱
时长
1
Any Time at All
Lennon
2:11
2
I'll Cry Instead
Lennon
1:46
3
Things We Said Today
McCartney
2:35
4
When I Get Home
Lennon
2:17
5
You Can't Do That
Lennon
2:35
6
I'll Be Back
Lennon
2:24

歌曲顺序
A面：
1.A Hard Day's Night
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10
录音：1964年4月16日於Abbey Road录音室。这歌的创作、编曲、排练和录音前後只是24小时略多一点。 唱奏：约翰：节奏吉他、主唱（双轨）。保罗：低音吉他、和唱。乔治：主音吉他（Rickenbacker 360/12－12弦吉它）。林戈：鼓。乔治·马丁：钢琴。
2.I Should Have Known Better
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10
录音：1964年2月25日於Abbey Road录音室，1964年2月26日进行混音工作。
唱奏：约翰：节奏木吉他、囗琴及主唱（双轨）。保罗：低音吉他。乔治：主音吉他（Rickenbacker 360/12－12弦吉他）。林戈：鼓。
3.If I Fell
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10
录音：1964年2月27日於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏木吉他、主唱。保罗：低音吉他、主唱。乔治：主音吉他。12弦吉他。林戈：鼓
4.I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
列侬说：这是写给乔治让他有演出机会的一首歌 . . . 我就唱不出这首歌。
录音：1964年3月1日於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏吉他、和唱。保罗：低音吉他、和唱。乔治：主音吉他，主唱。林戈：鼓、亚拉伯松皮邦戈鼓。
5.And I Love Her
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：3.5/10，保罗：6.5/10。
录音：1964年2月25日，2月26日及2月27日再试，Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：木吉他。保罗：木吉他、主唱（间中双声轨）。乔治：主音木吉他。林戈：邦戈鼓。
6.Tell Me Why
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
录音：1964年2月27日 ，於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏吉他，主唱。保罗：贝斯、和唱。乔治：主音吉他。林戈：鼓。
7.Can't Buy Me Love
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：1/10，麦卡特尼：9/10
录音：1964年1月29日 ，於巴黎的Pathe Marconi Studio录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏吉他。保罗：贝斯、主唱。乔治：主音吉他（Rickenbacker 360/12－12弦吉他）。林戈：鼓。
B面：
1.Any Time at All
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
录音：1964年6月2日，於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏木吉他、主唱。保罗：贝斯、钢琴。乔治：主音吉他。林戈：鼓。
2.I'll Cry Instead
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
录音：1964年6月1日，於Abbey Road录音室，录了两节，稍後编辑在一起。
唱奏：约翰：节奏木吉他、摇鼓，主唱。保罗：贝斯、主唱。乔治：主音吉他。林戈：鼓。
3.Things We Said Today
作曲分配比例：麦卡特尼 ：10/10。1964年5月保罗在巴哈马渡假时所作，同行的有珍雅殊（Jane Asher），林戈和慕莲（Maureen Starkey）。
录音：1964年6月2日，於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏木吉他、摇鼓，和唱。保罗：贝斯、主唱。乔治：主音吉他。林戈：鼓。
4.When I Get Home
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
录音：1964年6月2日，於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏吉他、主唱。保罗：贝斯、和唱。乔治：主音吉他。林戈：鼓。
5.You Can't Do That 
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
录音：1964年6月2日，於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：主音吉他、主唱。保罗：贝斯、和唱。乔治：12弦吉他，和唱。林戈：鼓，年铃、邦戈鼓。
6.I'll Be Back
作曲分配比例：列侬 ：10/10。
录音：1964年6月1日，於Abbey Road录音室。
唱奏：约翰：节奏木吉他、主唱。保罗：贝斯、木吉他、和唱。乔治：木吉他。林戈：鼓。[1]
人员
人员
乐器
John Lennon
主唱
木吉他、电吉他（6弦及12弦）
钢琴
口琴
手鼓
Paul McCartney
主唱
木吉他、电吉他（6弦及12弦）
钢琴
牛颈铃
George Harrison
主唱
木吉他、电吉他（6弦及12弦）
响棒
Ringo Starr
鼓
打击乐器
George Martin
歌曲《A Hard Day's Night》钢琴
封面设计：Robert Freeman
唱片说明文字：Tony Barrow
流行榜走势
英国：专辑1964年7月10日推出，5天后进占榜首，并停留21个星期，最後由「Beatles For Sale」将它挤出第一位。
美国：不同於英国的另一版本在1964年的6月26日推出，7月底成为专集榜第一位，并停留了14个星期。它是历史上销售得最快的专集之一，到10月已售出了二百万张。
专辑评级
专业评级
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Allmusic
5星[2]​
Blender
4星[3]​
Consequence of Sound
4.5星[4]​
The Daily Telegraph
5星[5]​
Pitchfork Media
9.7/10[6]​
Q
4星[7]​
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
5星​
The Rolling Stone Record Guide
4星（针对US版）[8]​
Sputnikmusic
4.5星[9]​