The Beatles - Abbey Road
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Free Music Review: If I could be anywhere in time...
Hit: 5 Stars
...I think I would choose to be in Abbey Road studios during the recording of this album, watching and hearing these great tracks laid down. The Beatles proved that you don't need kazillion-track recording machines and high-tech gadgets to create what is arguably the best album of all time.
Every song is a pure joy to listen to and as a whole, they cover an amazingly wide variety of styles. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" by John Lennon is one of the hardest, most guitar-driven smokers out there with a riff that just cuts through the sky, and have you ever heard anyone belt out a vocal like Paul McCartney does on his R&B number "Oh! Darling"?
George Harrison's uplifting "Here Comes The Sun" can't but help one feel optimistic even during the bleakest of moods and his "Something" is one of the most romantic songs ever written. Ringo gets a fun one in too on the almost country/western-sounding "Octopus' Garden" with some great guitar flavor from George.
There are the sublime "Because", the hilariously macabre sing-along "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", the fascinating lyrics Lennon was so famous for on the album opener "Come Together" with that innovative groove and it all culminates with just perfectly composed back-to-back medleys that range from the most touching sentiment to funky to all-out rock 'n roll that build toward a very simple message of love.
There's a great book called "Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles" by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey that describes the moment when John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison walked down into the studio and recorded that climactic guitar jam in one take, squaring off "like three gunslingers" with their guitars over their shoulders, firing away at one another.
What I would have given to be in the studios that day...
Free Music Review: It's the Beatles!
Hit: 5 Stars
Who needs to review the Beatles - they are timeliess and wonderful. My children who are teens and early 20's love them as much as I do, and this album has a zillion wonderful songs on it!Free Music Review: Crescendo!
Hit: 5 Stars
Great singles at the beginning but the best part is the string of songs from You Never Give Me Your Money to The End. Her Majesty is a cute little song but out of place after The End.
I had a burned copy of this album for years but had to get the original so I could hear side two with any breaks. Great album.
Free Music Review: Fantastic Album!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I was a little scared about buying this cd because i didnt know if i was going to like it or not. But, after listening to it i found that it ranks among my favorite cds in my collection. I especially like Ringo's Octopus' Garden. Its a very up beat and happy song. The Fab Four are very much in sync with each other on this album. Now, there are a few songs on the album that i believe are not up to par with the rest of the songs...but its just my opinion. If found this album to be very enjoyable and i believe you will too.Free Music Review: A strong but sad finish.
Hit: 5 Stars
After listening thru all of this disc for the first time in many, many years two things came to mind: I could hear the Beatles coming apart, and Paul McCartney was in control. The songcraft for nearly all these fabulous tracks is remarkable, as each member of the band displayed their deep talents, and the joy of making music. But many of the songs can clearly be tagged as a 'John Lennon' song, or a 'George Harrison', and especially a 'Paul' song. His sound and touch and are all over this recording.
So listening to Abbey Road, for me at least, is both a joyous and sad experience. The band was history.