The Beatles - Let It Be
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Artist: The BeatlesEdition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Two Of Us
- Dig A Pony
- Across The Universe
- I Me Mine
- Dig It
- Let It Be
- Maggie Mae
- I've Got A Feeling
- One After 909
- The Long And Winding Road
- For You Blue
- Get Back
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Free Music Review: "The Beatles Farewell"
Hit: 3 Stars
"Let It Be" is final Beatles album released even if it was in fact recorded before Abbey Road during the sessions of January 22 1969 to Jan 31 at Apple Headquaters,their company instead of the Abbey Road studio.There`s no hidding it,at this point of their career,there was a lot of tension and that affected Let It Be.By that time Ringo and George has already left once,tought they would come back soon after things were never the same.It was indeed a job at that point for The Beatles,once a dream it had now severly taken a beating,it wasn`t fun to be in the band anymore.Paul wanted the band to play live again for his own reasons,probably so they could work more as a unit,who knows?I don`t think what he wanted worked very well as the band instead was disfonctional and sadly the material on here suffered from it.
The band eventually split in 1970 after Let It Be`s release as Paul announced he quit the band and no one was comfortable staying in a band like this when things were going bad.Its still a little surprising that even if Let It be was recorded before Abbey Road,on Abbey Road they were better and each musician focused on the music and they putted thier differents aside in order to make a great rock album,wich they did.On Let It Be as it can be seen in the movie it was chaos(Paul told George exactly what to be,leaving no place for his creativity you should have seen poor George...),the session wasn`t that good but still someone decided to release it and that might not have been expected.That`s not to say its awfull and its not listenable but its not the greatest Beatles albums,in fact its pretty much at the bottom if you want to know the thruth.Every fan with sense can tell you that.
The songs are a mixed bag really,there are some good songs such as "I Me Mine" that stand out while there are other short meaningless songs such as "Maggie May"(like the song but its too short to go anywhere)and "Dig It".A few songs can be considered good and all but its not up to what The Beatles could really do.I do like so songs as stated above,like "Get Back" and "Across The Universe",tought I must say this really does feel as if it was the band`s last album.You can`t compare Let It Be to say Revolver or Abbey Road,it doesn`t have the quality either of those two have and its too different.Those 12 songs are definatly not up to other albums in The Beatles catalogue,and there is nothing to hide that its the soundtrack of the film Let It be wich should already make it less of a great album.And this should interest you,the band didn`t give their approval to make of the sessions an album until nearly a year after,even The Beatles themselves don`t really like it that much I guess im not the only one...
Since the original Let It Be album there has been an alternate version "Let It Be...Naked" wich most Beatles fan consider to be better as it has a few differences with this particular versions.That is another interresting story but its another story.Some other reviewers make the comparisons but i won`t.Anyway this is one of the few ocassions where The Beatles did misteps.Its also to note that most tracks if not all of them are live on Let It Be.It was definatly a bad thing to bring Phil Spector in as he mostly messed up the album while there are really few exceptions to that rule.Despite all there is still some good in it and its worth owning as any other Beatles albums,be advised its one of their worst tought there are some good songs and all.It was never intended to be released but it did anyway,its still nice to hear that stuff.Being objective I give it 3 stars,not the best that is five,but neither the worst that is 1 star,its in between.
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Sloppy in conception, and even sometimes in the playing, Let It Be often gets a bad rap. Unfairly, as it's often as charming, well written, and (oh yeah) rocking as the Beatles' "better" albums; it's also more outright fun than Abbey Road, the masterpiece it followed into the stores. With Lennon and McCartney working together on the perfect "I've Got a Feeling," "Two of Us," and "Dig a Pony," it's hard to believe these guys were about to implode. --Rickey WrightPop Music CDs
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