The Beatles: John Needs Your Help

John Needs Your Help
Album by The Beatles
Released Date	April 5th, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Psychedelia rock
Length	9:09
Record label	MPL Communications
Producers	George Martin
Professional reviews
Oscar Wilde review	5/5 - "I donated $1,000,000,000 to John after this!"
The Rolling Stones review	3/5 - "Didn't quite persuade me to help John, but did for George and Ringo."
Brian Epstein review	1/5 - "Doesn't make sense of why John would be crucified, Paul"
Beatle Albums
Tragical Mystery Tour (and a few others after that) (1967)	The Beatles: John Needs Your Help (1996)	9 (2009)

Backstory

In the Late 1990s, John Lennon's corpse was brought back to life. Unfortunately, he needed help. Thus, a solution was found. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the "Lennon Corpse" reunited to record a new LP. While most songs are covers of old Beatles songs before Ringo was the drummer, there were new songs written for the album such as "I'm a Cow" written by Ringo Starr and "The Nerd on the Hill" by Paul McCartney. George Harrison also contributed to the album with "I Me Lennon" and other songs which really helped the other three beatles. The song was very controversial due to the line "Will You Do It on the Road" as kids by now knew what that meant. According to Lennon, the working title for the album was "I Me You" but Harrison thought that sounded too sexual. There were also some bootleg Beatles recordings that got stuck in.

Tracklist

All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

Original release

Side One

1. "Lennon and Me" (Richard Starkey) - 2:43
2. "The Nerd on the Hill" - 3:56
3. "Some Yoke" - 2:18
4. "Jojo Simba" - 3:08
5. "I Me Lennon" (George Harrison) - 2:25
6. "The Inner Madonna Guy" - 3:03

Side Two

1. "Turn Off" - 2:58
2. "The White Shake" - 2:47
3. "I'm a Cow" (Richard Starkey) - 0:31
4. "My Little Lennon" - Number 0:09
5. "I'm a Granger" - 4:20
6. "They're Gonna Crusify Me" - 2:58

2009 Re-release

The 2009 version contains unreleased material and remixes of old Beatles songs. It is especially notable on Side Two.

Side One

1. "Lennon and Me" (Richard Starkey) - 2:43
2. "The Nerd on the Hill" - 3:56
3. "Some Yoke" - 2:18
4. "Jojo Simba" - 3:08
5. "I Me Lennon" (George Harrison) - 2:25
6. "The Inner Madonna Guy" - 3:03
7. "Turn Off" - 2:58
8. "The White Shake" - 2:47
9. "I'm a Cow" (Richard Starkey) - 0:31
10. "My Little Lennon" - Number 0:09
11. "I'm a Granger" - 4:20
12. "Even Though I'm Gay" (Brian Epstein) - 3:45
13. "I Should Look Through" - 2:13

Side Two

1. "An Ocean Child" - 5:03
2. "That's Like" - 12:16
3. "Being a Weirdo" - 0:16
4. "The Ballad of John and No-One Else" - 50:12
5. "Wouldn't Hey Bulldog Be Nice" (Remix by Paul McCartney)
6. "Yes It Would Be" - 4:31
7. "Why Wouldn't It Be?" (Richard Starkey) - 0:03
8. "So Play It When" - 5:30
9. "They're Gonna Crusify Me" - 2:58
10. "Goose-Step Papa" (Richard Starkey) - 1:45
11. "Number Two" - 0:59
12. "Isn't You" (Richard Starkey along with George Harrison and John Lennon) - 2:10
13. "I'm Not Dead Yet" - 0:04
14. "How Should I Know" - 4:19