Counting down the Beatles
Subtitle: their 100 finest songs
By: Jim Beviglia
Series: Counting down; Counting down (Scarecrow Press)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781442271548
Subjects: Reviews; Beatles; Discography; Sound recordings; Rock music; Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Counting Down the Beatles: Their 100 Finest Songs features Beviglia's list of the finest songs in the band's unparalleled oeuvre. Ranked in descending order from #100 to #1, each song is accompanied by a lengthy essay providing information on the song's writing and recording, context on where it falls within the band's timeline, and the author's analysis and explanation why it deserves its position in this hallowed canon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
Table of contents: title: 100. "Your Mother Should Know" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 99. "She Said She Said" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 98. "Baby's in Black" (from Beatles for Sale, 1964); title: 97. "Day Tripper" (from Past Masters, Volume 1, released as a single in 1965); title: 96. "What You're Doing" (from Beatles For Sale, 1964); title: 95. "All My Loving" (from With the Beatles, 1963); title: 94. "I'll Follow the Sun" (from Beatles for Sale, 1964); title: 93. "You Can't Do That" (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964); title: 92. "I'm a Loser" (from Beatles for Sale, 1964); title: 91. "I'm Only Sleeping" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 90. "When I'm Sixty-Four" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 89. "I Should Have Known Better" (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964); title: 88. "Drive My Car" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 87. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 86. "Don't Let Me Down" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a B-side in 1969); title: 85. "Piggies" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 84. "Hey Bulldog" (from Yellow Submarine, 1969); title: 83. "I've Just Seen a Face" (from Help!, 1965); title: 82. "And Your Bird Can Sing" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 81. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 80. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 79. "Julia" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 78. "Not a Second Time" (from With the Beatles, 1963); title: 77. "Got to Get You into My Life" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 76. "You're Going to Lose That Girl" (from Help!, 1965); title: 75. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 74. "Paperback Writer" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a single in 1966); title: 73. "Octopus's Garden" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 72. "Let It Be" (from Let It Be, 1970); title: 71. "I'm Down" (from Help!, 1965); title: 70. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 69. "I Will" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 68. "Good Morning Good Morning" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 67. "Helter Skelter" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 66. "I Need You" (from Help!, 1965); title: 65. "Getting Better" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 64. "Girl" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 63. "I've Got a Feeling" (from Let It Be, 1970); title: 62. "Sexy Sadie" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 61. "I'm Looking through You" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 60. "Can't Buy Me Love" (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964); title: 59. "Because" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 58. "It Won't Be Long" (from With the Beatles, 1963); title: 57. "Rocky Raccoon" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 56. "This Boy" (from Past Masters, Volume 1, released as a B-side in 1963); title: 55. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" (from Beatles for Sale, 1964); title: 54. "I'm So Tired" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 53. "Across the Universe" (from Let It Be, 1970); title: 52. "Mother Nature's Son" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 51. "Hello Goodbye" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 50. "Fixing a Hole" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 49. "Norrwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 48. "Back in the U.S.S.R." (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 47. "The Long and Winding Road" (from Let It Be, 1970); title: 46. "Glass Onion" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 45. "Michelle" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 44. "You Never Give Me Your Money" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 43. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 42. "Help" (from Help!, 1965); title: 41. "Two of Us" (from Let It Be, 1970); title: 40. "Yes It Is" (from Past Masters, Volume 1, released as a B-side in 1965); title: 39. "Here Comes the Sun" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 38. "I Feel Fine" (from Past Masters, Volume 1, released as a single in 1964); title: 37. "Revolution" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a B-side in 1968); title: 36. "You Won't See Me"; title: (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 35. "Come Together" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 34. "I Want to Hold You Hand" (from Past Masters, Volume 1, released as a single in 1963); title: 33. "The Fool on the Hill" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 32. "Penny Lane" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 31. "Lady Madonna" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a single in 1968); title: 30. "Rain" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a B-side in 1966); title: 29. "Things We Said Today" (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964); title: 28. "No Reply" (from Beatles for Sale, 1964); title: 27. "I Saw Her Standing There" (from Please Please Me, 1963); title: 26. "Here, There and Everywhere" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 25. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (from Help!, 1965); title: 24. "Taxman" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 23. "Blackbird" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 22. "Ticket to Ride" (from Help!, 1965); title: 21. "A Hard Day's Night" (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964); title: 20. "Yesterday" (from Help!, 1965); title: 19. "Within You Without You" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 18. "Please Please Me" (from Please Please Me, 1963); title: 17. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 16. "If I Fell"  (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964); title: 15. "For No One" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 14. "We Can Work It Out" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a single in 1965); title: 13. "Dear Prudence" (from The Beatles, 1968); title: 12. "Nowhere Man" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 11. "She Loves You" (from Past Masters, Volume 1, released as a single in 1963); title: 10. "All You Need Is Love" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 9. "In My Life" (from Rubber Soul, 1965); title: 8. "Something" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 7. "She's Leaving Home" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967); title: 6. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 5. "Eleanor Rigby" (from Revolver, 1966); title: 4. "I Am the Walrus" (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967); title: 3. "Hey Jude" (from Past Masters, Volume 2, released as a single in 1968); title: 2. "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End" (from Abbey Road, 1969); title: 1. "A Day in the Life" (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967).