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Tracklist
Side A
- Yesterday (2:02)
- Norwegian Wood (2:01)
- Do You Want To Know A Secret (1:55)
- For No One (1:57)
- Michelle (2:40)
- Nowhere Man (2:41)
- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (2:06)
- Across The Universe (3:43)
- All My Loving (2:05)
- Hey Jude (7:05)
Side B
- Something (2:59)
- The Fool On The Hill (2:55)
- Till There Was You (2:11)
- The Long And Winding Road (3:35)
- Here Comes The Sun (3:03)
- Blackbird (2:19)
- And I Love Her (2:28)
- She's Leaving Home (3:35)
- Here, There And Everywhere (2:21)
- Let It Be (3:47)
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Historical context & other notes
From the main release
The compilation album The Beatles Ballads was released in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The cover artwork was by John Byrne, a Scottish playwright, artist, and designer. There is a rumor that this illustration was (briefly) intended for use on The Beatles (“The White Album”) but apparently it is not true.
The album was a big success, spending seven weeks at number one. It reached number 17 in the UK.
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is the 1977 mix first used on the Love Songs compilation. The rest of the songs appear in their original stereo mixes, although four of these - "Yesterday", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", "She's Leaving Home" and "Here, There and Everywhere" - had the left and right channels reversed, as on Love Songs. In South Korea, "Norwegian Wood" was censored until 1993, so it was replaced with "Girl".
Other releases
This album's releases in other countries, or special editions within the same market. Full per-country chronology lives in each country's hub page.
