The Beatles - Abbey Road [Vinyl]
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Free Music Review: This is a great album
Hit: 5 Stars
I just got done reading some of the reviews of this album. Wow, I couldn't believe that some people rated this album a three star or lower. One guy even had the guts to say something like "why would you buy this album when you can buy "Pink"" or something like that???? Let's face it. This album came out a long time ago. A lot of water, music, etc has passed under the bridge since that time. I probably don't have the same love for this album that I did in 1973. That being said, I still think this is one of the best albums of all time. Yeh, there are a couple of corny songs (my favorite song as about nine year old was Octopus' Garden). But look at all of the great songs--Come Together, Something, Oh Darling, Here Comes the Sun, and my personal favorite--You Never Give Me Your Money. Plus there was all that intrigue as to whether Paul was dead or not. This is a great album. Free Music Review: Let's not forget Ringo...
Hit: 5 Stars
Abbey Road is, of course, one of the best albums of all time. It places alongside any of the great ones, from any genre. Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" comes to mind as a similar groundbreaking and note-perfect album. But I would like to use this forum to say a few words about Ringo Starr, probably the most underrated (if rated at all) drummer of all time. Now I know that Ringo is a Beatle, and so needs no further defense than that. However, because I have of late heard so many music listeners misjudge him, I feel the need to offer a defense.
This album is a perfect example of Starr's impeccable melodic drumming. I think there is a reason that so many people misjudge him. His genius is not in his songwriting or singing, which are the most obvious places to make a good impression; likewise, it is not in his beats-per-measure or in the fact that he can play in a 13/9 time signature (the marks of many "progressive" drummers.) No, Ringo's genius lies elsewhere: His drums are nothing less than another expressive voice in this embarrassingly-well voiced band. Like McCartney's melodic bass lines, Harrison's economic guitar solos (another one who never makes the list of "Best Guitarists" because he doesn't use fireworks), Lennon's biting rhythm guitar, and both Paul's and John's expressive singing, Starr's drumming is a distinctive voice, an extension of him as a person. You can recognize this voice in one measure, and from a mile away. This type of musical "voice" can only be cultivated with years of practice and mountains of talent.
Just listen to the melody of the drums on the opener "Come Together." Listen to the seamlessness of the bass and drums. They make a song all by themselves. Hear Ringo's kit sing on the ballad "Something"--could you add or subtract even one hit without upsetting that performance? I do not think I need to go any further to entice you to listen again to this entire album, or to any of their albums. I guarantee, in fact, that listening to them with an ear to the drums will be like hearing them again for the first time.
Among all the things that Abbey Road is, and to so very many people, let it be a testament to this great musician. (N.B. Because someone is destined to bring this up, let me also address the fact that Ringo did not play on the original recording of "Love Me Do." The fact is that Pete Best, the original drummer, couldn't play the song correctly on the first try. When the band went back into the studio to re-record it, they had already replaced Best with Starr. However, The producer George Martin did not want to take a chance again, and so paid a studio musician to lay down the track. This had nothing to do with Starr's technical ability.)
Free Music Review: Individual Beatles' last hurrah.
Hit: 4 Stars
Big fans of The Beatles can automatically bump my fours stars up to five. As for the rest of us (I consider myself a 'Classic Rock Fan'), I'm going to approach this review by rating "Abbey Road" against the numerous past works of The Beatles. And, because I have lived through the entire era of Beatlemania, and bought each of their ablums as they emerged on the market, I have a good Woodstocker's handle on the 'then and now' perspective of this music and all their other yield as well.
Here we have 'the [1969] Good-bye album'. The Fab Four were pretty much sick of one another at this point (and can we blame them?) and at least three of the four (Paul, John, and George) were clearly all for going their own ways -- this album is a clear reflection of those aggregate paradigms.
The music on "Abbey Road" is quite good; however, as a complete work it's a sort of mix-match of incongruent compositions (both long and short songs), and varying styles. We get a taste of The Beatles from all three of their musical periods (but mostly from the final period) and it would have been nice had the final album been a reflection of 'fluid maturity tenoned with a culmination of brilliance'. But this is the real world and we have to take what we can get, or perhaps endure it.
I call this one 'the last [The] Beatles album' but, to be technically correct, "Abbey Road" was the last album commenced by The Beatles prior to their disbandment. It's way far from being their best work (if you want that, grab "Revolver," "Sgt. Pepper," "Magical Mystery Tour," and "The Beatles" [The White Album], the first from the tail-end of their 'early period' and the latter three from their psychedelic 'middle period').... but "Abbey Road" is nice, very nice.
On "Abbey Road" each of The Beatles hazarded 'a stab' at composition and at singing leads, even Ringo with his "Octopus's Garden." The top cuts are clearly "Come Together" (Lennon) and "Something" (Harrison). THE Beatle, Paul McCartney, contributed a mediocre "Oh! Darling!" and could not seem to emerge from his middle-period mindset. In fact, "Abbey Road" might well represent The Beatles step-child composer, George Harrison's, Magnum opus because his gum-drop rock "Here Comes the Sun" also received a LOT of radio play when this album first hit the streets and I still hear it occasionally on classic rock stations.
And, of course, the album's cover conveys one of the huge 'Paul Is Dead' trivia entries, all the way from Paul's bare feet to the cigarette in his right hand to the license plate on the Volkswagon Beetle. There are more (supposed) clues but such minutia are mostly of interest to only the more rabid, drooling Beatlemaniacs. By the way, if you acquire the CD you'll need a really good magnifying glass to check all this out! *.*
I should note for the record that by early Fall, 1969 when "Abbey Road" was released, not only were The Beatles sick of one another, but hippies in general were sick of one another too. This was two summers beyond the so-called 'Summer of Love' [1967] and the euphoria of those great days was quickly wearing off. The enthisiasm for certain types of rock music was changing quickly and radically and I really believe that The Beatles had pretty much drunk their well dry anyway.
So to summarize, as art, this album/CD has its notable flaws. As music of The Beatles, not even the most casual fan could hardly pass this one by (no pun intended).
Free Music Review: Groovy then and still groovy now
Hit: 5 Stars
I used to listen to Abbey Road Free Music Review: genius work
Hit: 5 Stars
aw, this is the first cd i got into by the beatles. needless to say this really changed my life.
this whole cd is genius. the songs all relate with each other in some way or another, and they all flow into each other, and it's just amazing. one of my favorite cds of all time.
please get your hands on this album immediately if you haven't already heard it