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===Rankings=== ''Please Please Me'' has made appearances on several best-of lists. In 2012, it was voted 39th on ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. It was ranked first among the Beatles' early albums, and sixth of all of the Beatles' albums, with ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'', ''[[Rubber Soul]]'', ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (also known as "The White Album") and ''[[Abbey Road]]'' ranked higher.<ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-beatles-please-please-me-20120524|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The Beatles, 'Please Please Me'|magazine=Rolling Stone|year=2012|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022191705/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-beatles-please-please-me-20120524|url-status=live}}</ref> English writer [[Colin Larkin]] listed ''Please Please Me'' at number 622 in the third edition of his book ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|location=London|date=2006|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=206}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' also placed two songs from the album on its 2004 edition of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]": "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" at number 140, and "Please Please Me" at number 186.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=11 December 2003 |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/elvis-presley-dont-be-cruel-55974/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622142703/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/2 |archive-date=22 June 2008 |access-date=11 April 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Several publications, including ''NME'',<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Greatest Debut Albums |url=http://www.nme.com/list/50-greatest-debut-albums/196597/page/1 |website=NME |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111093040/http://www.nme.com/list/50-greatest-debut-albums/196597/page/1 |archive-date=11 November 2010 |date=11 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> have named ''Please Please Me'' one of the best debut albums of all time, with ''Rolling Stone'' and ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' both ranking it number 17.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Debut Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-143608/please-please-me-2-229322/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319193933/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-143608/please-please-me-2-229322/ |archive-date=19 March 2022 |date=13 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The 100 Greatest Debut Albums |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=August 2006 |issue=111}}</ref> In 2015, ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' ranked it the Beatles' eighth best album and included it in their list of the top 100 rock albums from the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Michael |title=Beatles Albums Ranked Worst to Best |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-albums-ranked/ |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027045523/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-albums-ranked/ |archive-date=27 October 2021 |date=10 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 '60s Rock Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/60s-rock-albums/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306231627/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/60s-rock-albums/ |archive-date=6 March 2022 |date=19 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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