Editing 1 (Beatles album) (section)

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" />
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Melody Maker]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>''Melody Maker''. 21 November 2000. p. 60: "Irresistible ... 27 Number One singles ... This is as much pop culture education on one CD as any music fan needs."</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4Score = 9/10<ref>''NME''. 11 November 2000. p. 33: "Undeniable, this is the whole experience of pop unfolding before our very ears ..."</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Q magazine|Q]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>''Q''. December 2000. pp. 140–41: "It's salutary to hear how people once made music that looked to the future ..."</ref>
}}

''1'' received universal acclaim. [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] gave the album five stars out of five. He stated that there is "no question that this is all great music", although to him "there's really no reason for anyone who owns all the records to get this too".<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r504898|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review: ''1'' by The Beatles |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |location=United States |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>