The Beatles - Abbey Road

Format: LP, Album, RE, RM, Rem

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    Canada  
Released:  2021
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Pop Rock

Comments:
Factory sealed brand spanking new

Where Sgt. Pepper pioneered such mind-bending aural techniques, Abbey Road truly seized the possibilities of the studio and, in doing so, pointed the way forward to the album rock era of the 1970s. Many of the studio tricks arrive during that brilliant suite of songs, a sequence that lasts nearly a full side of an album. Here, McCartney's playful eccentricity juts against John Lennon's curdled cynicism, while the band thrills in sudden changes of mood and plays plenty of guitar, culminating in McCartney, Lennon, and George Harrison trading solos on "The End." The depth of sonic detail within "You Never Give Me Your Money" and "She Came in Through the Window" provided ideas for entire subgenres of pop in the '70s, but Abbey Road also contains a handful of the most enduring Beatles songs, each adding a new emotional maturity to their catalog. The subdued boogie of Lennon's "Come Together" contains a sensuality previously unheard in the Beatles -- it's matched by "Because," which may be the best showcase for the group's harmonies -- Harrison's "Something" is a love ballad of unusual sensitivity, and his "Here Comes the Sun" is incandescent, perhaps his purest expression of joy. As good as these individual moments are, what makes Abbey Road transcendent is how the album is so much greater than the sum of its parts. While a single song or segment can be dazzling, having a succession of marvelous, occasionally intertwined moments is not only a marvel but indeed a summation of everything that made the Beatles great. (AMG)

Playlist

Notes:

New mix by Giles Martin and Sam OKell. "Made in Canada" sticker on bottom right corner (on shrink wrap)

A1. Come Together 4:21
A2. Something 3:03
A3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer 3:27
A4. Oh! Darling 3:27
A5. Octopus's Garden 2:51
A6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 7:47
B1. Here Comes The Sun 3:05
B2. Because 2:46
B3. You Never Give Me Your Money 4:02
B4. Sun King 2:27
B5. Mean Mr. Mustard 1:06
B6. Polythene Pam 1:13
B7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 1:57
B8. Golden Slumbers 1:32
B9. Carry That Weight 1:37
B10. The End 2:20
B11. Her Majesty 0:23

Remastered At Abbey Road Studios
Lacquer Cut At Abbey Road Studios
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