Editing Help! (section)

===Contemporary reviews===
''Help!'' was another worldwide critical success for the Beatles.<ref name="Halpin/LTW">{{cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/rubber-soul-50th-anniversary-beatles-classic-album/|first=Michael|last=Halpin|title=Rubber Soul – 50th Anniversary of The Beatles Classic Album|website=[[Louder Than War (website)|Louder Than War]]|date=3 December 2015|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026222045/http://louderthanwar.com/rubber-soul-50th-anniversary-beatles-classic-album/|url-status=live}}</ref> Derek Johnson of the ''[[NME]]'' said that the LP "maintains the Beatles' usual high standards" and was a "gay, infectious romp which doesn't let up in pace or sparkle from start to finish – with the exception of one slow track".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Derek|last=Johnson|title=Beatles New LP|magazine=[[NME]]|date=23 July 1965|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Sutherland|editor-first=Steve|title=[[NME Originals]]: Lennon|year=2003|publisher=IPC Ignite!|location=London|page=32}}</ref> Despite the band's introduction of new instrumentation into their sound, particularly a string quartet on "Yesterday", the reviewer also wrote of the album: "It's typical Beatles material, and offers very few surprises. But then, who wants surprises from the Beatles?" While typical of the light and snappy pop music reviews at the time, according to music journalist Michael Halpin, these comments angered McCartney, who, like his bandmates, believed that artists should constantly develop through their work.<ref name="Halpin/LTW" />

In the United States, where the mainstream press had long focused on the [[Beatlemania]] phenomenon and had derided the group's music, as well as rock 'n' roll generally, the summer of 1965 coincided with the first examples of artistic recognition for the Beatles from the country's cultural mainstream.{{sfn|Gendron|2002|p=170}} Among these endorsements, [[Richard Freed]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' likened the band's songs to works from the [[European art music]] tradition. Adding to what he described as the Beatles' impact on "serious music", Freed cited musicologists and composers such as [[Leonard Bernstein]] and [[Abram Chasins]] as admirers of the group's work.{{sfn|Gendron|2002|pp=171–72, 174}} Along with several nominations for "Yesterday",{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=226}} ''Help!'' was nominated in the category of [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] at the [[8th Annual Grammy Awards|1966 Grammys Awards]]. The nomination marked the first time that a rock band had been recognised in this category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/grammy-awards-album-year-winners-steely-dan-426569|first=Zach|last=Schonfeld|title=The Most Ridiculous 'Album of the Year' Winners in Grammy History|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=15 February 2016|access-date=24 January 2019|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065752/https://www.newsweek.com/grammy-awards-album-year-winners-steely-dan-426569|url-status=live}}</ref>