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{{Short description|1963 studio album by the Beatles}}
{{For|the Alistair Taylor autobiography of the same name|Alistair Taylor}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = With the Beatles
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the Beatles]]
| cover      = With the Beatles.png
| border     = yes
| alt        = A black-and-white photograph of the Beatles' faces on a black background with the band members wearing black turtleneck sweaters
| caption    = 
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|1963|11|22}}
| recorded   = 18 July&nbsp;– 23 October 1963
| studio     = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]], London
| genre      = {{flatlist|
*[[Merseybeat]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hase |first1=Stewart |last2=Kenyon |first2=Chris |date=2013 |title=Self-Determined Learning: Heutagogy in Action |publisher=A&C Black |page=119 |isbn=978-1441108913 |quote=''With the Beatles''…demonstrated the 'uniform traits' of the Mersey Beat style}}</ref>
*[[rock and roll]]<ref>{{cite book |title=At the Apple's core: the Beatles from the inside |first1=Denis |last1=O'Dell |first2=Bob |last2=Neaverson |publisher=Peter Owen Limited |year=2002 |page=27 |quote="the first truly convincing British rock and roll album, With The Beatles"}}</ref>
*[[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="howlett heatley">{{cite book |first1=Kevin |last1=Howlett |first2=Mike |last2=Heatley |year=2009 |title=With the Beatles (CD historical notes) |page=12}}</ref>
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Artificial Paradise: The Dark Side of the Beatles' Utopian Dream |page=62 |quote=…the bold R&B of ''With the Beatles'' |first=Kevin |last=Courrier |author-link=Kevin Courrier |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2008 |isbn=978-0313345876}}</ref>
}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=33|s=07}}
| label      = [[Parlophone]]
| producer   = [[George Martin]]
| prev_title = [[Please Please Me]]
| prev_year  = 1963
| next_title = [[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]
| next_year  = 1964
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = With the Beatles Australia.png
 | border  =
 | alt     = A black-and-white photograph of the Beatles' faces on a black background with the album title coloured in pink
 | caption = Australian cover
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Beatles]] North American
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title =
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = Beatlemania! With the Beatles
 | year       = 1963
 | next_title = [[Introducing... The Beatles]]
 | next_year  = 1964
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Beatles]] Canadian
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title =
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = Beatlemania! With the Beatles
 | year       = 1963
 | next_title = [[Twist and Shout (album)|Twist and Shout]]
 | next_year  = 1964
}}
}}

'''''With the Beatles''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Beatles]]. It was released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 1963 on [[Parlophone]],  eight months after the release of the band's debut album, ''[[Please Please Me]]''. Produced by [[George Martin]], the album features eight original compositions (seven by [[Lennon–McCartney]] and "[[Don't Bother Me]]", [[George Harrison]]'s first recorded solo composition) and six [[Cover version|covers]] (mostly of [[rock and roll]] and [[Motown]] [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] hits). The sessions also yielded the non-album single, "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" backed by "[[This Boy]]". The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer [[Robert Freeman (photographer)|Robert Freeman]] and has since been mimicked by several music groups. A different cover was used for the Australian release of the album, which the Beatles were displeased with.

In the United States, the album's tracks were unevenly split over the group's first two albums released on [[Capitol Records]]: ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'' and ''[[The Beatles' Second Album]]''. It was also released in Canada under the name ''Beatlemania! With the Beatles''. The album was ranked number 420 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] in 2003, and was included in Robert Dimery's ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'' (2010). It was also voted number 275 in the third edition of English writer [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000).

==Recording==
In 1963, musical groups were typically required to release more than one LP a year. As such, [[the Beatles]]' producer [[George Martin]] and manager [[Brian Epstein]] planned for the band to release two LPs and four singles every year.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=34–35}} Shortly after recording the non-album single "[[She Loves You]]" on 1 July 1963,{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=32}} the Beatles returned to London's [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios]] only four months after the release of ''[[Please Please Me]]''.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=34–35}} Unlike their debut, the bulk of whose tracks (10 of the 14, excluding previously issued singles) were recorded in one day,{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=24}} ''With the Beatles'' was recorded over seven sessions across three months. On 18 July, the group tracked four covers: [[Smokey Robinson]]'s "[[You've Really Got a Hold on Me#The Beatles rendition|You Really Got a Hold on Me]]", [[Barrett Strong]]'s "[[Money (That's What I Want)#The Beatles version|Money (That's What I Want)]]", [[the Donays]]' "[[Devil in His Heart#The Beatles' version|Devil in His Heart]]", albeit retitled "Devil in Her Heart", and [[Meredith Willson]]'s "[[Till There Was You#The Beatles version|Till There Was You]]", although this recording was deemed unsatisfactory.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=34–35}}

The Beatles reconvened at the studio on the morning of 30 July, recording a cover of [[the Marvelettes]]' "[[Please Mr. Postman#The Beatles version|Please Mr. Postman]]" and beginning work on the first new [[Lennon–McCartney]] song, "[[It Won't Be Long]]".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=34–35}} Following a break to record a BBC radio session for ''Saturday Club'', they returned in the late-afternoon, recording [[Overdubbing|overdubs]] on "Money", a remake of "Till There Was You" and a cover of [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[Roll Over Beethoven#The Beatles|Roll Over Beethoven]]". The session ended with finishing touches on "It Won't Be Long" and recording [[Paul McCartney]]'s "[[All My Loving]]", which Beatles historian [[Mark Lewisohn]] described as "by far his best, most complex piece of songwriting yet."{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=34–35}} "She Loves You", backed by "[[I'll Get You]]", was issued as a single on 23 August and was the group's first single to sell over a million copies in Britain alone.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=34–35}}

After a break, the Beatles returned to EMI on 11 September 1963. They attempted [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Little Child]]" and drummer [[Ringo Starr]]'s vocal contribution to the album, "[[I Wanna Be Your Man#The Beatles version|I Wanna Be Your Man]]", a Lennon–McCartney original that was given to [[the Rolling Stones]], who released it as their second single; both attempts were deemed unsatisfactory.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=35–36}} The group started and finished Lennon's compositions "[[All I've Got to Do]]" and "[[Not a Second Time]]", and began recording Harrison's first solo composition, "[[Don't Bother Me]]", which was also left unfinished.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=35–36}} The next day, the band remade "[[Hold Me Tight]]", which was attempted earlier in the year on 11 February, finished "Little Child" and "Don't Bother Me", but again left "I Wanna Be Your Man" unfinished. On 30 September, Martin added piano and [[Hammond organ]] overdubs to "Money" and "I Wanna Be Your Man", respectively, while the band were on holidays. The band returned on 3 October, recording more takes of "I Wanna Be Your Man".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=35–36}}

[[Multitrack recording|Four-track recording]] was installed at EMI before the 17 October session, when the Beatles recorded their new non-album single, "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" / "[[This Boy]]", as well as speeches for a Christmas record for the band's fan club.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=36–37}} The band finished up "I Wanna Be Your Man" on 23 October before Martin commenced mono and stereo mixing the same day and continuing six days later. Final preparations were made on 30 October, with the album officially completed on 4 November.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=36–37}}

==Packaging==
Impressed with [[Robert Freeman (photographer)|Robert Freeman]]'s black-and-white pictures of [[John Coltrane]], Epstein invited the photographer to create the cover image.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canton |first=Naomi |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/14/showbiz/beatles-exhibition/ |title=Beatles fans eye rare display of Fabs photos |website=[[CNN]] |date=14 March 2013 |access-date=31 July 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818042752/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/14/showbiz/beatles-exhibition/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Harrison later said that, whereas the cover of ''Please Please Me'' had been "crap", their second LP was "the beginning of us being actively involved in the Beatles' artwork{{nbsp}}... the first one where we thought, 'Hey, let's get artistic.'"{{sfn|The Beatles|2000|p=107}} The group asked Freeman to take inspiration from pictures their friend [[Astrid Kirchherr]] had taken [[The Beatles in Hamburg|in Hamburg]] between 1960 and 1962, featuring the band members in half-shadow and not smiling.<ref>{{cite book |last=Carlin |first=Peter Ames |title=Paul McCartney: A Life |year=2009 |publisher=Touchstone |isbn=978-1-4165-6209-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8R4LS2LYxYC |page=91|access-date=31 July 2016|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413223557/https://books.google.com/books?id=W8R4LS2LYxYC|url-status=live}}</ref> To achieve this result, on 22 August 1963, Freeman photographed them in a dark corridor of the Palace Court Hotel in [[Bournemouth]], where the band were playing a summer residency at the local Gaumont Cinema.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=104}} To fit the square format of the cover, he put Starr in the bottom right corner, "since he was the last to join the group. He was also the shortest".<ref>{{cite book |first=Mark |last=Lewisohn |title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle |year=1996 |publisher=Chancellor Press |isbn=0-7607-0327-2}}</ref> McCartney described the result as "very moody", adding: "people think he must have worked at [it] forever and ever. But it was an hour. He sat down, took a couple of rolls, and he had it."{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=104}} 

The original concept was to paint the picture from edge to edge, with no bleeding, title or artist credit – a concept that went against music industry practice and was immediately vetoed by EMI. The first album to carry an edge-to-edge cover was the Rolling Stones' [[The Rolling Stones (album)|self-titled debut]], released five months later.<ref name="Harris/Mojo" /> EMI also objected to the fact that the Beatles were not smiling; it was only after George Martin intervened, as head of Parlophone, that the cover portrait was approved.<ref name="Harris/Mojo" /> Freeman was paid £75 for his work, which was three times the fee first offered by EMI.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=104}}

Music critic [[John Harris (critic)|John Harris]] finds the cover most reminiscent of the photos Kirchherr took in Hamburg of Lennon, Harrison and [[Stuart Sutcliffe]] using the "half-lit technique" and says that, together with songs such as "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Money (That's What I Want)", ''With the Beatles'' thereby represents "a canny repackaging of their early '60s incarnation: Hamburg shorn of [[Preludin|Prellies]] and leather, and sold to their public as a mixture of accomplished rock 'n' roll and art-house cool". Harris also sees the LP cover as a "watershed" design that encouraged other acts to eschew "the more cartoonish aspects of pop photography" and continued to exert an influence in the 1970s on covers such as those for [[Lou Reed]]'s ''[[Transformer (Lou Reed album)|Transformer]]'' (1972), [[Patti Smith]]'s ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'' (1975) and various [[punk rock]] albums.<ref name="Harris/Mojo">{{cite book |first=John |last=Harris |chapter=Snapper's Delight |title=[[Mojo (magazine)#Special editions|Mojo Special Limited Edition]]: 1000 Days of Beatlemania (The Early Years – April 1, 1962 to December 31, 1964) |year=2002 |publisher=Emap |location=London |page=59}}</ref>

EMI Australia did not receive the cover art (there were union restrictions on importing negatives for printing<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rowboatsyndicate.com/2015/05/cover-art-down-under.html|title=Cover Art Down Under|first1=The|last1=Doc|first2=the|last2=Guv}}</ref>) and used different shots of the band in a similar style to the black-and-white photograph on other releases. The Beatles were unaware of this until fans showed them the cover during their only Australian tour, and informed the EMI publicity staff that they were not pleased with the substitution.{{sfn|Baker|Dilernia|1985}}

The same photo with a blue tint was used for the cover of the US release ''Meet The Beatles!''

==Release and reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |author1-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=''With the Beatles'' – The Beatles |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/with-the-beatles-mw0000192941 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427221646/https://www.allmusic.com/album/with-the-beatles-mw0000192941 |archive-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2Score = A<ref name="Klosterman">{{cite news |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Klosterman |date=8 September 2009 |url=https://www.avclub.com/chuck-klosterman-repeats-the-beatles-1798217828 |title=Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |location=Chicago|access-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154556/http://www.avclub.com/articles/chuck-klosterman-repeats-the-beatles%2C32560/|archive-date=22 May 2013|url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Du Noyer |first1=Paul |title=''The Guide'': The Beatles – ''With the Beatles'' |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2955 |website=Blender |publisher=[[Dennis Digital]]|access-date=25 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504144553/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2955|archive-date=4 May 2006}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |year=2006 |publisher=[[Muze]] |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |volume=1 |pages=487–489 |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4}}</ref>
| rev5      = [[MusicHound]]
| rev5Score = 3/5<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |edition=2nd |publisher=Visible Ink Press |location=Farmington Hills, MI |year=1999 |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/88 88] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/88}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6Score = 8.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ewing |first=Tom |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13421-with-the-beatles |title=Album Reviews: The Beatles: ''With the Beatles'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=8 September 2009 |access-date=13 August 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131006025732/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13421-with-the-beatles/ | archive-date = 6 October 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''
| rev7Score = 87/100<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/the-beatles-the-long-and-winding-repertoire.html |title=The Beatles: The Long and Winding Repertiore |journal=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |date=5 August 2009|access-date=5 January 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065059/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/the-beatles-the-long-and-winding-repertoire.html | archive-date = 23 October 2013| url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=McCann |first=Ian |url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/with-the-beatles |date=December 2013 |work=[[Record Collector]] |title=The Beatles – With the Beatles|access-date=25 March 2015|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810105944/http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/with-the-beatles|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pond |first=Steve |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeatles/albums/album/314324/review/5940443/with_the_beatles |title=The Beatles: ''With The Beatles'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=16 July 1987 |access-date=20 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308125721/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeatles/albums/album/314324/review/5940443/with_the_beatles |archive-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=''Rolling Stone'' Artists: The Beatles |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/albumguide |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920032458/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/albumguide|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref>
}}

[[Parlophone]] issued ''With the Beatles'' on 22 November 1963, eight months to the day after ''Please Please Me'', with the catalogue number PMC 1206.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=37}} The album became the first Beatles album released in North America when it was released in Canada on 25 November 1963 under the augmented title ''Beatlemania! With the Beatles'', with additional text on the album cover, and issued only in mono at the time, catalogue number T 6051 (a stereo Canadian release would come in 1968, catalogue number ST 6051). For the United States release, the original running order of ''With the Beatles'' was unevenly split over the group's first two Capitol albums: nine tracks were issued on ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'' (the eight original compositions plus "Till There Was You"), while the remaining five songs, all cover versions, were placed on ''[[The Beatles' Second Album]]''.

The LP had advance orders of a half million and sold another half million by September 1965, making it the second album to sell a million copies in the United Kingdom, after [[South Pacific (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] to the 1958 film ''[[South Pacific (1958 film)|South Pacific]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widescreenmovies.org/WSM11/spos.htm |title=Wide Screen Movies Magazine |publisher=Widescreenmovies.org |access-date=13 August 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606064125/http://www.widescreenmovies.org/WSM11/spos.htm | archive-date = 6 June 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> ''With the Beatles'' remained at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing ''Please Please Me'', so that the Beatles occupied the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks. It even reached number 11 in the "singles charts" (because at the time UK charts counted all records sold, regardless of format). No other group or singer has achieved 51 consecutive weeks at number 1 in the album charts. However, the soundtrack for ''South Pacific'' did achieve 70 consecutive weeks at number one in the album charts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/albums-with-the-most-weeks-at-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__23234/ |title=Albums with the most weeks at Number 1 |website=[[OfficialCharts.com]] |access-date=16 June 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615052720/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/albums-with-the-most-weeks-at-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__23234/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing the album on release for ''[[Record Mirror]]'', Peter Jones hailed ''With the Beatles'' as an improvement over ''Please Please Me'', praising the covers and originals, particularly Harrison's "Don't Bother Me".<ref name="RM Jones">{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Peter |title=The Beatles: ''With The Beatles'' (Parlophone) |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-beatles-iwith-the-beatlesi-parlophone |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=9 November 1963 |access-date=1 May 2022 |via=Rock's Backpages {{subscription required}}}}</ref>

On 26 February 1987, ''With the Beatles'' was officially released on compact disc (in mono only, catalogue number CDP 7 46436 2). Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the album was also issued domestically in the US on LP and cassette on 21 July 1987. Along with the rest of the Beatles' canon, it was re-released on CD in newly re-mastered [[The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)|stereo]] and [[The Beatles in Mono|mono]] versions on 9 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/remastered-beatles-albums-confirmed-for-9-september-202578 |title=Remastered Beatles Albums Confirmed for 9 September |date=7 April 2009|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>

The album was ranked number 420 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2007 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6626801/420_with_the_beatles| access-date=19 November 2007| archive-date=18 November 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118160459/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6626801/420_with_the_beatles| url-status=dead}}</ref> and was included in Robert Dimery's ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition''. Universe. {{ISBN|978-0-7893-2074-2}}.</ref>  It was voted number 275 in the third edition of English writer [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] |editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=2000 |edition=3rd |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |page=119}}</ref> It was rated the 29th greatest album in the book ''Paul Gambaccini Presents the Top 100 Albums''. This book "canvassed a panel of experts in seven countries" to determine the greatest albums.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/world_critics_lists.htm |title=Rocklist.net...Steve Parker...World Critic Lists |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=5 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505150910/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/world_critics_lists.htm |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline        = Side one
| all_writing     = [[Lennon–McCartney]], except where noted
| extra_column    = Lead vocals
| title1          = [[It Won't Be Long]]
| extra1          = Lennon
| length1         = 2:13

| title2          = [[All I've Got to Do]]
| extra2          = Lennon
| length2         = 2:02
| title3          = [[All My Loving]]
| extra3          = McCartney
| length3         = 2:07

| title4          = [[Don't Bother Me]]
| extra4          = Harrison
| note4           = [[George Harrison]]
| length4         = 2:28

| title5          = [[Little Child]]
| extra5          = Lennon with McCartney
| length5         = 1:46

| title6          = [[Till There Was You#The Beatles version|Till There Was You]]
| note6           = [[Meredith Willson]]
| extra6          = McCartney
| length6         = 2:14

| title7          = [[Please Mr. Postman#The Beatles version|Please Mr. Postman]]
| note7           = [[Georgia Dobbins]], William Garrett, [[Freddie Gorman]], [[Brian Holland]], [[Robert Bateman (songwriter)|Robert Bateman]]
| extra7          = Lennon
| length7         = 2:34
| total_length    = 15:24
}}
{{tracklist
| headline        = Side two
| extra_column    = Lead vocals
| title1          = [[Roll Over Beethoven#The Beatles|Roll Over Beethoven]]
| note1           = [[Chuck Berry]]
| extra1          = Harrison
| length1         = 2:45

| title2          = [[Hold Me Tight]]
| extra2          = McCartney
| length2         = 2:32

| title3         = [[You've Really Got a Hold on Me#The Beatles version|You Really Got a Hold on Me]]
| note3          = [[Smokey Robinson]]
| extra3         = Lennon with Harrison
| length3        = 3:01

| title4         = [[I Wanna Be Your Man#The Beatles version|I Wanna Be Your Man]]
| extra4         = Starr
| length4        = 1:59

| title5         = [[Devil in His Heart#The Beatles' version|Devil in Her Heart]]
| note5          = Richard Drapkin
| extra5         = Harrison
| length5        = 2:28

| title6       = [[Not a Second Time]]
| extra6       = Lennon
| length6      = 2:07

| title7         = [[Money (That's What I Want)#The Beatles version|Money (That's What I Want)]]
| note7          = [[Janie Bradford]], [[Berry Gordy]]
| extra7         = Lennon
| length7        = 2:49
| total_length    = 17:43
}}

==Personnel==
According to [[Mark Lewisohn]]:{{Sfn|Lewisohn|1988}}

'''The Beatles'''
* [[John Lennon]]&nbsp;– lead, harmony and backing vocals; acoustic and electric rhythm guitars; [[clapping|handclaps]]; harmonica on "Little Child"; [[classical guitar|nylon-string acoustic]] rhythm guitar on "Till There Was You"; tambourine on "Don't Bother Me"
* [[Paul McCartney]]&nbsp;– lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar; handclaps; piano on "Little Child", [[claves]] on "Don't Bother Me"
* [[George Harrison]]&nbsp;– lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead and acoustic guitars; handclaps; nylon-string acoustic lead guitar on "Till There Was You"
* [[Ringo Starr]]&nbsp;– drums, tambourine, [[maracas]], handclaps; lead vocals on "I Wanna Be Your Man", Arabian loose-skin [[Bongo drum|bongo]] on "Till There Was You" and "Don't Bother Me"

'''Production'''
* [[Robert Freeman (photographer)|Robert Freeman]]&nbsp;– cover photograph
* [[George Martin]]&nbsp;– arrangement, production and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]; piano on "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "Not a Second Time" and "Money"; organ on "I Wanna Be Your Man"
* [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]] and mixing

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''With the Beatles''
! style="width:20em;"|Chart (1963–65)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Canada ([[CHUM Chart]] Top Albums)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chumtribute.com/chumtribute-albums.html | title=The CHUM Tribute Site: #1 Albums }}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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{{album chart|Germany|1|id=6621|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name=Finland>{{cite book |first=Jake |last=Nyman |year=2005 |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |edition=1st |publisher=Tammi |location=Helsinki |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |language=fi}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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|align="left"|UK [[UK Albums Chart|''Record Retailer'' LPs Chart]]<ref name="UK chart">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10363/beatles/|title=Beatles" > "Albums|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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! style="width:20em;"|Chart (1987)
!Peak<br />position
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|{{album chart|Netherlands|25|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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! style="width:20em;"|Chart (2009)
!Peak<br />position
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|{{album chart|Flanders|83|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Wallonia|88|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Finland|31|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Italy|82|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Spain|70|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Sweden|34|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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|{{album chart|Switzerland|73|artist=The Beatles|album=With the Beatles|access-date=12 June 2016}}
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! style="width:20em;"|Chart (2010)
!Peak<br />position
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| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/tlp/ |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2 December 2021 |title=The Beatles Chart History (Billboard 200) |language=en |date=2 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2010-12-04 |title=Billboard 200, Week of December 4, 2010 |date=2 January 2013 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|179
|}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''With the Beatles''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=With the Beatles|artist=The  Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1963|certyear=1990|certref=<ref name=capif>{{cite web |url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date= 6 July 2011 |title=Discos de oro y platino |access-date=30 September 2019 |publisher=[[Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]] |language=es |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=With The Beatles|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|certyear=2009|access-date=15 September 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=With The Beatles|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1963|access-date=15 September 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=With The Beatles|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1963|access-date=15 September 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=With the Beatles|artist=Beatles|type=album| nocert=true|relyear=1978|salesamount=1,000,000|note=Original release|salesref=<ref name="sales">{{cite book |title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL120558W/Million_selling_records_from_the_1900s_to_the_1980s |first=Joseph |last=Murrells |date=26 March 1985 |publisher=Arco Pub. |quote=By the end of 1964 the tally was 980,000, with the million reached in 1965. This was an all-time high for a British album ... Capitol's release in the U.S.A. was even more astonishin. This sold 750,000 in its first week of release, soon passing the million mark. By mid-February 1964 it had sold 1,600,000, by early March 2,800,000 and 3,650,000 by mid-March with an estimated five million by December 1966. |isbn=0668064595 |page=172}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=With The Beatles|artist=The Beatles|award= Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2013|note=2009 release|id=9390-1786-2|access-date=15 September 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=With the Beatles|artist=Beatles|type=album| nocert=true|salesamount=1,000,000|note=Original release|salesref=<ref name="sales" />}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=With The Beatles|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1987|certyear=1997|note=1987 release|access-date=15 September 2013}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|title=With the Beatles|artist=Beatles|type=album| nocert=true|salesamount=5,000,000|note=Original release|salesref=<ref name="sales" />}}
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{{small|{{sup|{{Dagger}}}} BPI certification awarded only for sales since 1994.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23927271 |title=Beatles albums finally go platinum |work=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |publisher=[[BBC News Online|BBC News]] |date=2 September 2013|access-date=4 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410171041/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23927271|archive-date=10 April 2014|url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Outline of the Beatles]]
* [[The Beatles timeline]]
* [[The Beatles albums discography]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Glenn A. |year=1985 |last2=Dilernia |first2=Roger |title=The Beatles Down Under: The 1964 Australia & New Zealand Tour |url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesdownunder0000bake| url-access=registration |publisher=Pierian Press |location=Ann Arbor, MC |isbn=978-0-87650-186-3}}
* {{cite book |author=The Beatles|author-link=The Beatles |year=2000 |title=The Beatles Anthology |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, CA |isbn=978-0-8118-2684-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWuQu8EMDKcC|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222111441/https://books.google.com/books?id=HWuQu8EMDKcC|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |year=1988| author-link=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Beatles Recording Sessions |publisher=[[Harmony Books]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-517-57066-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle |year=1992 |publisher=Harmony Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-517-58100-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry|author-link=Barry Miles |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years |year=2001 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London |isbn=0-7119-8308-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |year=2007 |title=Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955–2006 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=978-0-89820-172-7}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
 {{Wikiquote}}
*{{Discogs master|type=album|45729|name=With the Beatles}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822011632/http://www.norwegianwood.org/beatles/disko/uklp/with.htm Recording data and notes on mono/stereo mixes and remixes]

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