The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

Upon reading this, just to be difficult, I tried to think of an album from last year that outranked Abbey Road. I tried really hard. I didn't succeed. Sigh.


I was almost going to say Hissing Fauna, but then I just burst out laughing at the sheer absurdity.
 
6th favourite album for me behind Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Rubber Soul, The White Album and Magical Mystery Tour.

It being The Beatles, most of the songs are brilliant, but I still think it's a bit overrated. It shows off George's best sides though.
 
I like to skip through Octopus's Garden but I enjoy the rest of this album all the way through.

Something is my favorite followed by I Want You (She's So Heavy).
 
Yeah She's So Heavy would be my favourite too along with the short tracks at the end. Abbey Road's probably 3rd favourite for me behind Revolver and Sgt Peppers.
 
Honestly I think this is an amazing album all together. MY favorite is Octupus Garden because I think that it difines the beatles and Ringo Star finally shows off his voice. Great album that will go down in history.

9/10
 
Nice review, and nice avatar too. :D

I have to say that I Want You (She's So Heavy) is possibly my fav Beatles track ever... it's so incredibly dark and brooding. Great bassline too (I had to learn it!).

I like Octopus' Garden too - even having to sing that at primary school didn't ruin it for me (unlike Yellow Submarine).
 
This is my favorite album aside from Revolver and I was pumped because this year for Christmas my fiance got me a huge framed poster of the Abbey Road album cover.
 
Definitely a monumental album. A great way for the Fab 4 to exit the world's stage as The Beatles. They knew it was going to be their last combined effort and actually jammed and recorded much of the album together, which they were not doing the past few years. Eclectic and full of contrast. Timeless...

Gopal (The Musical Mad Scientist)
 
I have to admit to not listening to any Beatles albums in many a long year. Not because I do not like them but because as I fast approach my dotage I seem to have a need to not go over (overplayed) old ground of my youth. Having said that when reading the review of each song individually I was nodding my head in agreement and thinking "yes good/great song". IMO this was a fine way for the great Beatles to end it all. It was almost an album that was an (unthinking?) tribute to a wondrous career.
 
Regardless of the exact amount, it is still extremely impressive. I think what amazes me most is how much George Martin was truly responsible for the cohesiveness of Abbey Road. Remember, the Beatles were hardly even speaking to one another when the album was being recorded.
 
Enjoyable enough to listen to once or twice a year. I much prefer the disjointedness of the White Album and the jangly guitars of Rubber Soul/Revolver. Any of you check out Coroner's version of "I Want You"? It would make Lennon proud.
 
Cool fact to remember. I always thought it reminded me of angels singing with the larger-than-life effect achieved by the vocal layering. Thanks for posting that Wiki fact. :-) Makes perfect sense now why it still gives me chills sometimes upon listening...like you were listening it to the very first time again and you were being mesmerized as the song can do to almost any listener.
 
I have conflicted feelings about Abbey Road. Abbey Road represented the technological triumph of the immaculately produced high concept album, over the primative low fidelity production values of garage banRAB whose primary currency of trade was the the 45 rpm single.

That being said, I'm still in awe of Abbey Road as a musical statement. The complex vocals arrangements on the album are so delicate and ethereal they sounded celestial in origin. It's amazing to think that in the course of five short years, the Beatles had evolved from teen idol "boy band" status to zeitgeists who elevated rock and roll to high art.

My favorite Beatles album is still the white one but that's a completely different discussion.
 
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