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- #1
- Posted: 09/01/2021 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#3909): Abbey Road by The Beatles
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Today's album of the day
Abbey Road by The Beatles (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1969.
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Overall rank: 3
Average rating: 92/100 (from 4202 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus's Garden
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr. Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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gregthealien
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- Posted: 09/01/2021 20:55
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Would anyone else be open to just removing "Maxwell Silver Hammer"?
But darn when that's the last album your band puts out. there will not be a single day where fans won't build alternative histories about what would've happened if you had stayed together.
Personally I still prefer Sgt peppers but it's hard to defend it against this masterpiece
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an-outlaw
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- #3
- Posted: 09/01/2021 20:56
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I wonder if the cover photo represents the music so well or is now iconic from the music with which it is viewed. When first out people will have been looking at it on a huge record cover while listening to the album for first time.
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Villain
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Age: 28
Location: Canaduh
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- Posted: 09/01/2021 22:53
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I still adore this album and I never tire of it. I had a family member discover it for the first time lately which resulted in me rotating it heavily in the past few months. Even the songs that are considered lesser on the album like Octopus' Garden and Maxwell's Silver Hammer are among my favorites. Harrison's two songs are probably the album's strongest and McCartney gets a defining moment with some great songs in the famous medley. Abbey Road will probably always be near the top of my favorite Beatles records.
I would've loved to hear a George song in the medley. His playing is incredible during it, but it would've been neat to hear him sing one song on the back half. It could've been even more interesting if it ended up being a track that eventually landed on All Things Must Pass. We obviously wouldn't have known the alternative, but I found myself imagining that when listening to the album recently.
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DommeDamian
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indieshins
Age: 25
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- Posted: 09/02/2021 07:02
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Some days my favourite Beatles album (though usually it's the White Album). I often will listen to the medley on its own, such a breathtaking piece of music. And of course the A-side is no slouch either. I think this has the least amount of middling tracks on it of all their albums - Maxwell's Silver Hammer is probably the only one and I still really like it. This was the lads flexing hard and going out on top, and it's still arguably the greatest swansong in rock history (let's pretend it came out after Let It Be rather than before).
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lylecatcliffe
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Age: 35
Location: The Home Counties
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- #7
- Posted: 09/02/2021 07:58
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I’ve often planned on waking up and going on the daily commute and letting the BEA album of the day soundtrack the journey… I finally started yesterday with Death Cab for Cutie’s Plans, one I haven’t given the choice to listen to in years, and couldn’t help but chuckle when Abbey Road was day number two… a very familiar album, more than likely my favourite Beatles LP.
Well, anyway…! What a great listen. I should listen to “the classics” more. What an incredible release to close your career on. Absolute masters, every single one. Shout out to George, but Paul remains the GOAT here.
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RoundTheBend
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- Posted: 09/04/2021 03:02
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer is part of the Beatles silly and surreal aesthetic. It is key to this album, even if it's not "cool".
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