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Abbey Road
: John and Paul were clearly divided by this time, but still seem to be able to put it together. A wonderful variety of pop and rock songs the Fab Four use their obvious strenghs to make it work. The classic white side blends so perfectly song to song. an album like this only the Beatles can make.
 This album recorded on 8 tracks in the late 60's early 1970 still sounds current. There is no need to explain the sound since it sounds(engineeringwise) exactly as clean and clear and polished as any Rock lp out today. The music of course is way better! Moreover,this is the beatles album where geoge writes the two best songs "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" on the album out doing the Mcartney /Lennon combine that held him down "all those years ago". Mind you, "Come Together" and "Because" are pretty good and so is" O darling". "Golden Slumbers" is great except that is a fragment as is "You Never Give me your Money". As it is, make the second side(as the vinyl spins) pretty good but i wouldve like to hear the songs finished. All in All it one of the Beatles top 3 full lengths.(i am not a big "Pepper" lover tough its OK)
THERE IS HARDLY A CD THAT CAN COMPARE WITH THIS! Abosuletly senational...a must for any human...!
'Abbey road' is my second favorite Beatles album, (behind only the masterpiece 'Sgt Pepper's lonley hearts club band').
The entire album is wonderful, starting off with the one-two punch of "Come together" and "Something", both of which were number one hits, and following up with corny but somewhat cool "Maxwell's siver hammer" and then the awsome "Oh! Darling".
"Octopus's garden" is one of Ringo Starr's shining moments on all of the Beatles albums, having composed this track all by his-self. Side-A ends with "I want you (She's so heavy)" which has a kinda jazzy feel to it.
Side-B begins with George Harrison's "Here comes the sun" which is probably the album's stand-out track, and is followed by "Because" which has John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Harrison doing what they do best, three-part harmony.
"Sun king" has a very late 60's feel to it, and it's wonderful, the organ in the song adds a great touch to it.
The medley more or less begins with "She came in through the bathroom window" and flows until "The end", a song which, features all four Beatles taking turns at solos, begining with Starr's only recorded drum solo as a Beatle, then McCartney, Harrison and Lennon taking turns at guitar solos, in that order.
All in all, this is a fitting fairwell to the fab four, and is a must have for any Beatles fan, or any fan of classic rock music.
George Harrison's compositions stand out as the best work on this album. "Something" and "Here comes the sun" are commonly referred to by critics and fans alike as this albums best songs, and I agree.
While "Let It Be," arguably one of their worst albums, was released later, "Abbey Road" was the last Beatles' album. While over their brief recording career many individual cuts stand out, the over-all concept and execution of this album is really unsurpassed. From outstanding individual songs like "Come Together," "Something" and "Oh, Darling," to the suite-like collage of side two, this album rocks, cries and then majestically leaves us both satisfied and wanting more. No other band that finished their career with the same personnel they began with, left a greater legacy or a more dignified exit. "Abbey Road" is required listening for anyone wanting a culminating work that both broke new ground and nostalgically glanced back on an entire decade - in 45 minutes.
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