The Beatles' last days as a band were as productive as any major pop phenomenon that was about to split. After recording the ragged-but-right Let It Be, the group held on for this ambitious effort, an album that was to become their best-selling. Though all four contribute to the first side's writing, John Lennon's hard-rocking, "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" make the strongest impression. A series of song fragments edited together in suite form dominates side two; its portentous, touching, official close ("Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End") is nicely undercut, in typical Beatles fashion, by Paul McCartney's cheeky "Her Majesty," which follows. --Rickey Wright
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What a great lp It tops most of there lps . What a swan song for the Boys, Just if they stayed together for a few more years wow.
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5.00/5
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Posted:May 06, 2008Type:User Review
Fantastic
An incredible work of music. Simply a masterpiece, and in my opinion has to be the best rocknroll/pop album of all time.
and if you'd like a laugh, read the the 1-star reviews.
What's not to get? Yes, Maxwell, and Octopus are a bit silly! If you know their histort and you know where they were during this particular period, you'd understand that they needed a bit of silliness!
John was busy being '....Heavy" w/...
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5.00/5
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Posted:Apr 18, 2008Type:User Review
Are you kidding me?
"The greatest album of all time" is a matter of taste but anyone that does not have this on the top 10 list is an idiot. The (very few) people who gave this less than 5 stars must be tone deaf morons!
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5.00/5
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Posted:Apr 05, 2008Type:User Review
Great music, but the CD cries out for remastering
I've listened to Abbey Road dozens of times. Tonight as I listened to the CD, I was motivated to write about the sound quality. It sounds like a poor transfer. I have the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs vinyl, and though it has been a long time since I...
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