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THE BEATLES "Abbey Road"

Label: Apple Records ‎– 0602577915123,  Universal Music Group International ‎– 0602577915123,  Apple Records ‎– 7791512
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180g Country: Europe Released: 27  Sep 2019 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock
Tracklist:
A1Come Together4:21 A2Something3:03 A3Maxwell's Silver Hammer3:27 A4Oh! Darling3:27 A5Octopus's Garden2:51 A6I Want You (She's So Heavy)7:47
B1Here Comes The Sun3:05 B2Because2:46 B3You Never Give Me Your Money4:02 B4Sun King2:27 B5Mean Mr. Mustard1:06 B6Polythene Pam1:13 B7She Came In Through The Bathroom Window1:57 B8Golden Slumbers1:32 B9Carry That Weight1:37 B10The End2:20 B11Her Majesty0:23
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. Named after the location of EMI Studios in London, the cover features the group walking across the street's zebra crossing, an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music. The album's initially mixed reviews were contrasted by its immediate commercial success, topping record charts in the UK and US. The lead single "Something" / "Come Together" was released in October and topped the US charts.
The album incorporates genres such as blues, rock and pop, and makes prominent use of Moog synthesizer, sounds filtered through a Leslie speaker, and tom-tom drums. It is the Beatles' only album recorded exclusively through a solid-state transistor mixing desk, which afforded a clearer and brighter sound than the group's previous records. Side two contains a medley of shorter song fragments. The sessions also produced a non-album single, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" backed with "Old Brown Shoe".
Producer George Martin returned on the condition that the Beatles adhere to the discipline of their earlier records. They found the album's recording more enjoyable than the preceding Get Back sessions, but personal issues still permeated the band. Production lasted from February to August 1969, and the closing track "The End" marked the final occasion that all four members recorded together. John Lennon privately left the group six days before the album's release; Paul McCartney publicly declared the band's break-up the following April.
Upon release, detractors found Abbey Road to be inauthentic and bemoaned the production's artificial effects. Since then, many critics have hailed the album as the Beatles' finest; in particular, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" are considered among the best songs George Harrison wrote for the group. The album has also been ranked as one of the Beatles' best-selling, including a multi-platinum certification by the RIAA. Shortly after its release, the cover was scrutinised in connection with widespread rumours of McCartney's purported death. EMI Studios was also renamed Abbey Road Studios in honour of the album. In 2020, it was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of the greatest albums of all time.