9. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Best Song: A Hard Days Night Worst Song: I'll Cry Instead The soundtrack to The Beatles first feature film. All thirteen tracks are original songs written by the band, with no covers in sight. The title track "A Hard Day's Night" has an instantly recognizable opening guitar note, which has gained an iconic status over the years and been embedded into pop culture. Music nerds have been in limbo for years trying to figure out what that opening note is made up of, creating one of the first Beatles related musical mysteries. The second appearance of harmonica in heard in Lennon's positive love song "I Should Have Known Better" at a time when The band was listening to a lot of Bob Dylan, followed by the choir like duet "If I Fell". Lennon and McCartney were on a role writing for this album, which saw McCartney pen "Can't Buy Me Love" another iconic track. Lennon's marriage turmoil was starting to show in his songwriting on "You Can't Do That" and "I'll Be Back" showing a more serious and deeply emotional side to the usually comedic singer.