After the energetic A Hard Day's Night, the relatively subdued Beatles For Sale is seen as a sign of The Beatles' fatigue caused by the first hectic years of worldwide success. For its fourth album, the group once again has to revert to the cover repertoire of the days when it was a rock & roll band that made the nightclubs of Hamburg unsafe. The work of Carl Perkins in particular is a source
… of inspiration, not only in the cover choice (Honey Don't, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby), but also in the laidback country / rockabilly style that The Beatles now embrace. I'm A Loser is one of the first songs in which Lennon shows that he has developed into a songwriter who draws more and more from his personal life. Although it occupies a somewhat inconspicuous place in the Beatles' oeuvre, Beatles For Sale is a coherent album with some relatively unknown gems (Every Little Thing, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party) towards the end of the CD. (MS)more
