Tell Me Why: The Beatles: Album By Album, Song By Song, The Sixties And After by Tim RileyPremium Off White Cream Pages Stitched Binding Matte Cover Local Premium Copy Language English Dimensions 5. 5 x 8. 26 inches Pages Amount 435 Summary Originally published in 1988 as Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary, Tim Rileys book is considered one of the first serious academic and musical analyses of The Beatles' entire discography. Riley, a classically trained pianist and NPR critic, focuses strictly on the music itself rather than the "tell all"