The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
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Free Music Review: Great box of multi-color songs
Hit: 5 Stars
Maybe the most fun of any of the Beatles albums, as they are having a wonderful time playing with their new sounds, from India, artificial visions and inspired by the uninspired film. As with "Pepper", "Rubber", "Revolver" and the "White" album, the mono versions are superior as the Beatles made the artistic choices, then exhausted left the stereo mixes to George Martin, who made choices that changed the songs (apparently unknown to the 'boys', who never listened to them - George was reportedly shocked to hear the stereo "Pepper" years later). We need to create pressure for at least a limited edition of the mono versions, though on most of the albums there is room for both together on one CD ("Pepper" is just over). It's difficult to describe the differences, but listen if you can get your ears on the alternate material. Besides the alternate details, some major, the mixes are also cleaner, sharper. Sorry, George, the boys knew what they were doing, more than you knew.Free Music Review: This isn't really a Beatle's album but it's a nice collection of psychedelic rock
Hit: 5 Stars
I love Magical Mystery Tour
but I don't really consider it an album just because of the fact that it has a bunch of their singles on it ... That being said,
this is a great collection of later Beatles....
I'd buy it even if you allready have Penny Lane, I am The Walrus, Strawberry Fields, and All You Need Is Love because the other tracks (i.e. Blue Jay Way, Your Mother Should Know...etc...) are way more than filler
Free Music Review: Great Album from t one of the Greatest!
Hit: 5 Stars
Magical Mystery Tour is one of the greatest forgotten Beatles albums. Songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" are unbelieve songs that could speak to an entire generation. John Lennon is a lyrical master with the composition "I am the Walrus", and "All you need is Love" made it to number one on the charts. Bottom line this is a fantastic album. Free Music Review: Beatles Most Experimental Work.
Hit: 5 Stars
While Sgt Pepper had at least some basic pop elements in all its songs ( major exception being, "A Day In The Life" ) some of the songs on this album are clearly not from this world. John Lennon and Paul McCartney are definitely not on the same planet together as far as their song writing goes. Lennon takes a far more progressive approach to his work using experimental and sometimes Avant-Garde influences. McCartney uses a more conventional but no less impressive pop and whimsical flavor to his songwriting.
While some tracks like the title track stick to the usual pop formula, others like, "I Am The Walrus", make it seem as though the album title, "Magical Mystery Tour", is an understatement. The latter track is a extremely bizarre experiment that has Lennon shouting nonsense lines over strange overdubs and sections of unidentified noise. Lennon's other show piece on the album, "Strawberry Fields Forever", has become a psychedelic standard. Based on an actual place near the Beatles' home this track uses everything from mellotrons to backwards drums and distorted guitars. McCartney is far more conventional in his approach with psychedelic pop tunes such as, "Hello Goodbye", and, "Penny Lane", the latter which has become another pop standard. His, "Fool On A Hill", number remains one of the Beatles' most whimsical and easy going songs they made.
Tracks three through five mark nearly the only time album tracks have been included on a Beatles record. "Flying", is one of the very few instrumentals the boys ever did. "Blue Jay", and, "Your Mother Should Know", are also here, the former by Harrison being another one of his Indian songs and the latter being yet another McCartney pop tune. The only part of the album that somewhat has a unified concept is the last two tracks. "Baby Your A Rich Man", states the success and beauty of the sixties generation and, "All You Need Is Love", explores that theme even more so by telling that generation that they need more love for each other, not just romance but love for mankind as well.
This album is another example of how much the fab four have evolved from the early days of, "Please Please Me". The fact that Lennon and McCartney are no longer writing similar material creates a contrasted assortment of different elements that make the record that much more memorable. This is without a doubt an essential edition to your Beatles collection.
Free Music Review: A Diamond in the Rough
Hit: 5 Stars
The Magical Mystery Tour doesn't get all the attention it deserves, and it surely didn't get it during the magical days of 1967. It was released after the spell binding "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band". A TV Movie was also released, and the songs on The Magical Mystery Tours accompanied that movie. However, from the start of the whole concept, things went wrong. The TV producers didn't show the movie in colour, and therefore sacrificed the soul of the album.
The soul, a mix of "Pepper" and "Revolver" is what drives this beautifully crafted piece of work. It is solid, and definitely a collectable, with tracks like "Strawberry Fields Forever', "Penny Lane", "All You Need is Love" and "I am the Walrus". What more can you want from an album?
The Beatles took their creative talents and tangled thoughts about societies webbed culture into high gear, as they continued to get "weirder", experimenting with sounds and chords never performed before.
Other than the hits, there are other tunes that deserve to be mentioned. Paul McCartney shows his love for "English Tea Music", with "Your Mother Should Know", a well crafted track with a melody that will soe a broken heart.
In fact, a Paul fanatic would really appreciate this album. His tracks are scattered like star dust across the album. Along with "Your Mother Should Know", he leads "Magical Mystery Tour", "The Fool on the Hill" and "Hello Goodbye". Of course, the sparkling "Penny Lane" is here, which speaks volumes for one of Paul's most creative works.
Not to be outdone, John is also present in this album. Some critics argue that this album was the last sigh that John breathed into any work the Beatles breathed. But that sleepy eye doesn't show as he swings by the thoughtful and ever so real "Strawberry Fields Forever". His trademark voice and gripping tone is also very real in "Baby You're A Rich Man". But the most provoking song, one that really shows John's frustrations and intermingles with the world, is "All You Need is Love", a simple, almost childlike look at 1967 society.
And then of course, they're George, who surprised more than his share of individuals, as his talents begin to show up, both in his lyrics and delivery. He stars in "Blue Jay Way", and shows that Paul isn't the only one who can mend you with melodies.
Is Magical Mystery Tour the Beatles greatest album? Well, that's anyone guess. However, it is their most creative, both as individuals and a group. The songs on this album are a shun carpet towards "The Beatles: (The White Album)". And, honestly, who can argue with that?