'With the Beatles'

As good as The Beatles were on "With the Beatles" they weren't nearly where they could be nor where they would get in their next album ("A Hard Day's Night") or even two years later ("Help!" and "Rubber Soul").

In two short years, between touring and being The Beatles, the group would to totally transform rock music, the music industry and their own career arc.

"With the Beatles" was the final R&B album, the last album before they started playing real rock and roll music full time and writing all of their own songs.

Instead of actually playing the songs of their black heroes, they'd soon be writing songs in homage to their black heroes.

With that said, it makes "With the Beatles" a very American record. It was known as the British Invasion, but in actuality all they wanted to be was The Miracles, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.