Abbey Road [Limited Edition] [2009 Remaster] [Digipak]

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Album: Abbey Road [Limited Edition] [2009 Remaster] [Digipak]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Come Together	More Info...
2)	Something	More Info...
3)	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	More Info...
4)	Oh! Darling	More Info...
5)	Octopus's Garden	More Info...
6)	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	More Info...
7)	Here Comes The Sun	More Info...
8)	Because	More Info...
9)	You Never Give Me Your Money	More Info...
10)	Sun King	More Info...
11)	Mean Mr. Mustard	More Info...
12)	Polythene Pam	More Info...
13)	She Came In Through The Bathroom Window	More Info...
14)	Golden Slumbers	More Info...
15)	Carry That Weight	More Info...
16)	The End	More Info...
17)	Her Majesty	More Info...
18)	Abbey Road Documentary	More Info...
2)	Something	More Info...	0:03
3)	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	More Info...	0:03
4)	Oh! Darling	More Info...	0:03
5)	Octopus's Garden	More Info...	0:03
6)	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	More Info...	0:07
7)	Here Comes the Sun	More Info...	0:03
8)	Because	More Info...	0:02
9)	You Never Give Me Your Money	More Info...	0:04
10)	Sun King	More Info...	0:02
11)	Mean Mr. Mustard	More Info...	0:01
12)	Polythene Pam	More Info...	0:01
13)	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	More Info...	0:02
14)	Golden Slumbers	More Info...	0:01
15)	Carry That Weight	More Info...	0:01
16)	The End	More Info...	0:02
17)	Her Majesty	More Info...

Album: Abbey Road [Limited Edition] [2009 Remaster] [Digipak]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Come Together	More Info...
2)	Something	More Info...
3)	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	More Info...
4)	Oh! Darling	More Info...
5)	Octopus's Garden	More Info...
6)	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	More Info...
7)	Here Comes The Sun	More Info...
8)	Because	More Info...
9)	You Never Give Me Your Money	More Info...
10)	Sun King	More Info...
11)	Mean Mr. Mustard	More Info...
12)	Polythene Pam	More Info...
13)	She Came In Through The Bathroom Window	More Info...
14)	Golden Slumbers	More Info...
15)	Carry That Weight	More Info...
16)	The End	More Info...
17)	Her Majesty	More Info...
18)	Abbey Road Documentary	More Info...
2)	Something	More Info...	0:03
3)	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	More Info...	0:03
4)	Oh! Darling	More Info...	0:03
5)	Octopus's Garden	More Info...	0:03
6)	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	More Info...	0:07
7)	Here Comes the Sun	More Info...	0:03
8)	Because	More Info...	0:02
9)	You Never Give Me Your Money	More Info...	0:04
10)	Sun King	More Info...	0:02
11)	Mean Mr. Mustard	More Info...	0:01
12)	Polythene Pam	More Info...	0:01
13)	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	More Info...	0:02
14)	Golden Slumbers	More Info...	0:01
15)	Carry That Weight	More Info...	0:01
16)	The End	More Info...	0:02
17)	Her Majesty	More Info...

Performer Notes

ABBEY ROAD, recorded in the summer of 1969, was the last album recorded by the Beatles (LET IT BE was released in 1970, but recorded in early '69).
The Beatles: Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); John Lennon (vocals, guitar, keyboards); George Harrison (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums, percussion).
This reissue of ABBEY ROAD has been digitally re-mastered. It comes packaged with replicated original U.K. album art, an expanded booklet containing original and newly written liner notes, and rare photos. Limited quantities of the CD are embedded with a brief documentary film about the album.
Audio Remasterers: Sean Magee; Sam O'Kell; Steve Rooke; Guy Massey; Paul Hicks.
Liner Note Authors: Mike Heatley; Kevin Howlett.
Recording information: 02/22/1969-08/20/1969.
Photographer: Iain Macmillan.
After the laborious disorganization and infighting that characterized early 1969's LET IT BE sessions (as famously captured on film), the fractious four were willing to let George Martin take the reins and to work with him as a cohesive unit for the much more succinct production of their (and the decade's) swan song, ABBEY ROAD. The superb performances make the album an artistic high point for all members of the group. Paul McCartney inspired the suite of songs that begins with "You Never Give Me Your Money." Often thought of as two long medleys, the songs that fill most of the second half of ABBEY ROAD segue seamlessly into one another, but are programmed as separate CD tracks. George Harrison had his first A-side on a Beatles' single ("Something"); John Lennon contributed a pair of heavy rockers ("Come Together" and "I Want You"); and Ringo Starr's "Octopus's Garden" was a favorite with children.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.94) - Ranked #14 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Superb songs cut with an attention to refined detail, then segued together with conceptual force..."

Q (6/00, p.78) - Ranked #17 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "The last Beatles LP to be recorded...it [has] extremely well-drilled and elaborate song structures....the quick-fire 8 track medley starting with 'You Never Give Me Your Money' and ending with 'The End' is unprecedented in rock..."

Down Beat (1/22/70) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...What is it that makes the Beatles so likeable? Maybe it's that they never seem to strain for effects yet are meticulous craftsman; that their humor, even when rather gruesome ...is never offensive; that their satire is never malicious; their lyricism never maudlin, but their work still has punch and conviction...genuine musicality and poetic imagination..."

Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "[T]he album is brilliant. From Lennon's slinky 'Come Together' to McCartney's passionate '50s-style rocker 'Oh! Darling'..."