LP

ARTIST: BEATLES

 

TITLE: ABBEY ROAD

 

LABEL + YEAR:  APPLE PCS7088; UK 1st PRESS 1969 NO HER MAJESTY CREDIT TO LABEL

 

CONDITION VINYL: VG TO VG+ PLEASE NOTE, ALL PLAYS VERY CLOSE TO EX

 

MATRIX SIDE 1: YEX 749-2   STAMPERS 6  WL

 

MATRIX SIDE 2: YEX 750-1   STAMPERS 1  OL

 

CONDITION SLEEVE: VG+ MISALIGNED APPLE LOGO TO SIDE 1 TRACK LISTING ON REAR OF SLEEVE ALSO NO HER MAJESY CREDIT ON LABEL + BLACK DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE

 

DESCRIPTION: All Music Review by Richie Unterberger

 

The last Beatles album to be recorded (although Let It Be was the last to be released), Abbey Road was a fitting swan song for the group, echoing some of the faux-conceptual forms of Sgt. Pepper, but featuring stronger compositions and more rock-oriented ensemble work.

 

The group was still pushing forward in all facets of its art, whether devising some of the greatest harmonies to be heard on any rock record (especially on "Because"), constructing a medley of songs/vignettes that covered much of side two, adding subtle touches of Moog synthesizer, or crafting furious guitar-heavy rock ("The End," "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "Come Together"). George Harrison also blossomed into a major songwriter, contributing the buoyant "Here Comes the Sun" and the supremely melodic ballad "Something," the latter of which became the first Harrison-penned Beatles hit.

 

Whether Abbey Road is the Beatles' best work is debatable, but it's certainly the most immaculately produced (with the possible exception of Sgt. Pepper) and most tightly constructed.

 

Side 1:

COME TOGETHER

SOMETHING

MAXWELL’S SILVER HAMMER

OH! DARLING

OCTOPUS’S GARDEN

I WANT YOU (SHE’S SO HEAVY)

Side 2:

HERE COMES THE SUN

BECAUSE

YOU NEVER GIVE ME YOUR MONEY

SUN KING

MEAN MR MUSTARD

POLYTHENE PAM

SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW

GOLDEN SLUMBERS

CARY THAT WEIGHT

 

 

 

 

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