Welcome to Prime Factors: Music, hosted by Abram, where we discuss the history of key bands and albums in the history of music starting with the Beatles. Each episode, we will examine a band or album, discuss the history of certain tracks, and rate it.
Abram and Joe discuss the Beatles's fourth album, "Beatles for Sale". It was truth in advertising: exhausted from touring and filming, the Beatles produced an album that cynically stated on the cover exactly how they felt about the situation. Can an album by a weary foursome stack up the their best? We'll be the judge.
18 Jun 2026
"Long Tall Sally" by the Beatles
"Long Tall Sally" is possibly the least-well known of the Beatles catalog that we will cover. An EP released just prior to "A Hard Day's Night", "Long Tall Sally" contained all new recordings that had not been on previous UK albums or singles. It is an important-- but short and easy to overlook-- member of the Beatles discography. We look at its four songs.
Released in honor of Paul McCartney's 84th birthday. Happy birthday!
8 Jun 2026
"A Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles
Abram and Joe discuss the Beatles's third album (and first film!), "A Hard Day's Night". Beatlemania is in full swing and we'll see how the band adjusts to their new found multi-media fame.
26 May 2026
"With the Beatles" by the Beatles
Abram and Joe discuss The Beatles's second album, "With the Beatles", the most difficult one to search for. You can't even call it "The Second Album" because that refers to a different US-only release. We have fun reviewing the tracks and not talking about Motown, despite Joe's repeated attempts.
3 May 2026
"Please Please Me" by The Beatles
Our first real episode! Abram and Joe discuss The Beatles's very first album, "Please Please Me" and rate its tracks.
26 Apr 2026
Pilot Episode - A Short History of the Beatles (from Prime Factors)
They might not have been bigger than Jesus, but they certainly were bigger than Robert Walpole, William Pitt, or Harold Wilson: they were "The Beatles". In this very special episode, Abram takes the microphone and whisks us into a magical mystery tour of Beatles history from their start as the Quarrymen to a very special rooftop concert, and all of the multi-colored aquatic conveyances in between.This is the original pilot for Prime Factors: Music, as published on our Prime Factors: Ranking UK Prime Ministers feed.
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