Abbey Road (studio album) by The Beatles

This album contains some of the best, Come Together & I Want You, and some of the worst, octopus’ garden and maxwells silver hammer, of the Beatles.

Rather a mixed bag and not the Beatles best album I’m afraid. Decent enough listen though

Abbey Road is the best album from the best best band of all time. The Beatles will always remain the greatest creators of the album as art (especially since that art has mostly disappeared). The reason that I rank Abbey Road above their other work is because they really were peaking as musicians. This album is just better produced than almost anything that came before it (specifically it's a quantum leap from the white album). I'm one of those who find the connected side two to be the best pop music ever created by the fab four. But even beyond that there are just elegant moments that you didn't find before these sessions (the interplay between George's guitar and Paul's bass in Something). And as with all Beatles albums the ideas of four splendid imaginations always take you to unexpected little islands of pop scribbling. Just an outstanding album adventure that is mostly unequaled no matter where you look. And what better moment to end a career like this than "the end" (it's unfortunate the Her Majesty is placed where it is but you can't have everything).

From Squonk007 05/27/2024 21:54

Not my favourite Beatles album but there are some great moments on here. I much prefer Revolver as I think the songs as a whole are stronger.

This was my first REAL album experience. I remember sitting down after school one day to work on homework and though, “well, I don’t want to do playlist today. I know a lot of songs off of Abbey Road, Let’s do that one.” I’m still trying to come to terms with my first listen over 3 years ago. Not a dull track, except maybe Oh! Darling, but it’s still good enough. Something was my favorite song go a while, and I Want You (She’s So Heavy) still takes me back to the summer I played this on vinyl on repeat for 2 months. the medley is so genius and Beatle-ish that it could probably define their whole career along with Hey Jude. It’s not a perfect album, but how it’s that close makes it the best album of all time. Thank you John, Paul, George, and Ringo, for giving me, and all of us, something so beautiful.

Album Rating: 81.56
(1,305/16)

26.09.1969

The Beatles (UK): Abbey Road

1.Come Together 88
2.Something 98
3.Maxwell's Silver Hammer 65
4.Oh! Darling 92
5.Octopus's Garden 73
6.I Want You (She's So Heavy) 97
7.Here Comes The Sun 89
8.Because 67
9.You Never Give Me Your Money 94
10.Sun King 42
11.Mean Mr. Mustard 69
12.Polythene Pam 83
13.She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 94
14.Golden Slumbers 97
15.Carry That Weight 89
16.The End 68
17.Her Majesty n/a

In order:
The Beatles (AR) - Something 98
The Beatles (AR) - I Want You (She's So Heavy) 97
The Beatles (AR) - Golden Slumbers 97
The Beatles (AR) - You Never Give Me Your Money 94
The Beatles (AR) - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 94
The Beatles (AR) - Oh! Darling 92
The Beatles (AR) - Here Comes The Sun 89
The Beatles (AR) - Carry That Weight 89
The Beatles (AR) - Come Together 88
The Beatles (AR) - Polythene Pam 83
The Beatles (AR) - Octopus's Garden 73
The Beatles (AR) - Mean Mr. Mustard 69
The Beatles (AR) - The End 68
The Beatles (AR) - Because 67
The Beatles (AR) - Sun King 42
The Beatles (AR) - Maxwell's Silver Hammer 65
The Beatles (AR) - Her Majesty n/a

A historic album

A masterpiece is an understatement when describing this album. An emotional rollercoaster, and the peak of songwriting. Perhaps the greatest album ever crafted.

Even better than Revolver, for my taste.

This is a tale of two completely different halves with side 1 being more about individuals and side 2 being the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In a result of this we get two fantastic halves of music which are totally brilliant for unique reasons. The flow of the second half is simply phenomenal with each track seamlessly blending into one making this side probably the most cohesive run of music the Beatles ever created which is ironic because of the state the group were in at the time. With the Beatles never breaking stride on this side it is so easy to get completely engrossed in the music and lost in the phenomenal atmosphere they create. I am blown away every time I get to experience the beauty of this side and it deserves all the praise it receives. Now onto side 1 which is in my opinion the weaker half as the quality does go up and down a little bit. Despite this, when the quality is there it is it simply astonishing with songs like Come Together, Something and Oh! Darling quickly establishing themselves as some of the Beatles best work. The song that steals the show for me is the beautiful Here Comes The Sun which is completely timeless and is right up there with my favourite ever Beatles songs. However, the two songs which drag this side and the record down is Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Octopus's Garden. Both are on the sillier side of their music and don't have the same instrumental qualities as the outstanding tracks on here. Neither song are bad but are just decent and when they are surrounded by the colossal songs around them they do stand out as weak. Overall, this is another masterpiece from The Beatles which is thoroughly deserving of the praise it gets as the group once again break boundaries and create something that is a true classic in the history of music.

Although this has some incredible tracks it's let down slightly by octopus garden and Maxwell's hammer , for this reason I'd never buy it on vinyl cos I'd wanna skip those tracks , Its still a brilliant record but for me revolver is better