▁work . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁where ▁the ▁main stream ▁press ▁had ▁long ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁Beat le mania ▁phenomen on ▁and ▁had ▁der ided ▁the ▁group ' s ▁music , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll ▁generally , ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁examples ▁of ▁art istic ▁recognition ▁for ▁the ▁Beat les ▁from ▁the ▁country ' s ▁cultural ▁main stream . ▁Among ▁these ▁end ors ements , ▁Richard ▁Fre ed ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁li ken ed ▁the ▁band ' s ▁songs ▁to ▁works ▁from ▁the ▁European ▁art ▁music ▁tradition . ▁Adding ▁to ▁what ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁Beat les ' ▁impact ▁on ▁" ser ious ▁music ", ▁Fre ed ▁c ited ▁music olog ists ▁and ▁compos ers ▁such ▁as ▁Leonard ▁Bern stein ▁and ▁Abr am ▁Ch as ins ▁as ▁adm ir ers ▁of ▁the ▁group ' s ▁work . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁several ▁nomin ations ▁for ▁" Y esterday ", ▁Help ! ▁was ▁nominated ▁in ▁the ▁category ▁of ▁Album ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁Gr amm ys ▁Awards . ▁The ▁nom ination ▁marked ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁a ▁rock ▁band ▁had ▁been ▁recogn ised ▁in ▁this ▁category . ▁ ▁Ret ros pective ▁assess ments ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁Beat les ' ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁CD ▁releases , ▁for ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁magazine , ▁Steve ▁P ond ▁remarked ▁on ▁the ▁" unst opp able ▁momentum " ▁evident ▁in ▁the ▁band