Maxwell's Silver Hammer (track)
by The Beatles

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Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles
Year: 1969
From the album Abbey Road (track #3)
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81/100 (from 1,031 votes)
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,031 votes)
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 		02/15/2026 11:47 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  9,02765/100
 
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95/100
From 06/26/2022 08:17 | #286674
A marmite song and I'm in the love it camp, catchy and fun imo rather than silly and annoying as the haters say
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100/100
From 03/21/2021 23:59 | #267616
Is this song really so bad ?. Worse than the lazy cant be arsed to do proper lyrics Sun King. I dont think so. By the way I like BOTH songs. For all their faults, they fit into the album well. The sum of its parts etc etc n all that!!!
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75/100
From 06/16/2020 20:24 | #253677
Maxwell's Silver Hammer is a fun song with some pretty catchy hooks. I do have one pretty major problem with it though, what is with the bass tone? It sounds like Paul McCartney is playing a toy bass through a toy amp recorded with a toy microphone. It sounds so dinky and stupid. The rest of the album has McCartney's usual nice big powerful tone, but I can't stand the bass on this song.
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65/100
From 08/06/2019 12:26 | #240817
Might have fitted better on the white album than Abbey Road.
Wouldn't have made the cut on that if they had slimmed it to a single album though.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/22/2019 10:46 | #240120
Not the greatest song ever, but works with the album. It's little songs like this that make The Beatles what they are.
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From 09/12/2018 00:25 | #220936
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90/100
From 02/23/2018 16:43 | #209329
Lovely morbid little ditty
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85/100
From 02/01/2018 17:57 | #206960
Fun song. A good one.
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35/100
From 12/18/2017 23:10 | #203497
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From 09/10/2017 21:53 | #197732
The only unnecessary song on an otherwise perfect album
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