Reaction
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.3/10) |
| Q | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
The band, which in the previous year had grown weary of performing for screaming audiences, followed the contemporary standard industry practice of including covers in order to maintain an expected level of productivity. Q found the album title to hold a "hint of cynicism" in depicting The Beatles as a "product" to be sold. Erlewine said, "the weariness of Beatles for Sale comes as something of a shock."
However, even in a somewhat weakened state The Beatles created an album some critics, such as Allmusic, found to be a stepping stone "from Merseybeat to the sophisticated pop/rock they developed in mid-career."
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