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Rating: We are in 1969, the last year of life for the historic band The Beatles.
"Abbey Road" was released between "Yellow Submarine" and the final "Let it Be" and it is, in my opinion, one of the best works of this band. The album cover is undoubtedly one of the most famous in rock history and contains a hidden message that seems to say Paul McCartney died in a car accident.
The rock of the 70s was born from this album and from innovative tracks like "Come Together", a piece that is decidedly perfect in all its parts with Lennon showcasing all his musical talents.
There are also tracks from the other two members of the BAND (uppercase for the greatness this band has had in history).
George Harrison writes two pieces, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun", two tracks decisively less experimental than those on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The first song is a beautiful ballad that warms the heart, the second is also a ballad, but faster and less "sad" than "Something".
Ringo Starr writes "Octopus's Garden" (is he obsessed with the sea?) a song very similar to "Yellow Submarine", somewhat simplistic, but with a nice electric guitar. McCartney sings in the first half of the album "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", a very British song, reminiscent of "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "You Never Give Me Your Money", a beautiful ballad in a “McCartney style” (he's made hundreds of songs like this in his career) with the addition of a John Lennon interlude that speeds up the rhythm and turns the song into a rock piece with a brilliant electric guitar.
John also sings "Oh! Darling", a very 50s rock song in the BB King style (it reminds me of "Stand By Me") and the innovative "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" which, with its hammering repetition, can perhaps be considered the first true Alternative-Rock song.
"Because" is a very strange track where everything is absurd, the voices, the distorted "harpsichord" and the lyrics (completely delirious and nonsensical) are still noteworthy for their daring experimentation, as they were the first to try this type of song. The album continues with a single long song divided into 7 magnificent pieces:
"Sun King", a slow piece where Lennon sings in Spanish; "Mean Mr. Mustard", a somewhat strange song that didn’t particularly stand out to me; &em>Polythene Pam", a great piece that manages to mix early rock with something innovative (perhaps due to the electric guitar?), continuing with "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window", a track similar to the previous one, only slower and with a change of voice (first Lennon and then McCartney).
"Golden Slumbers" is the beginning of the end, a magnificently slow piece where the voices of the two singers blend together, but it is certainly McCartney who creates the greatest effect at the beginning and end of the track with that beautiful vocal melody.
"Carry That Weight" merges with the end of "Golden Slumbers", but doesn’t convince much due to its repetitiveness, as it reprises "You Never Give Me Your Money", only changing the lyrics. We have reached the song that I believe represents one of the milestones of world music "The End", a wonderful piece that presents us with the punk rock for the first time, yes exactly the kind of Green Day. They were the first to invent punk, but they still didn’t realize it. The track is of astonishing beauty because it mixes a sort of primitive punk, rock, and a beautiful slow bit at the end. Absolute masterpiece. "Her Majesty" is a very brief country piece, very strange, that could have been easily avoided.
In conclusion, "Abbey Road" is the true masterpiece of rock music, it is certainly the album that has influenced rock music the most. Masterpiece.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Come Together (04:21)
Here come old flat top
He come groovin' up slowly
He got ju-ju eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He got toe jam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca Cola
He say I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is
You got to be free
Come together, right now
Over me
He bag production
He got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knees
Hold you in his arms yeah
You can feel his disease
Come together, right now
Over me
He roller coaster
He got early warning
He got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say one and one and one is three
Got to be good looking
'Cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now
Over me
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
02 Something (03:03)
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around and it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
04 Oh! Darling (03:27)
Oh, darling
Please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Oh, darling
If you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
Don't ever leave me alone
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and cried
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and died
Oh, darling
If you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me, darling
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and cried
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and died
Oh, darling
Please believe me
I'll never let you down
Oh, believe me, darling
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
06 I Want You (She's So Heavy) (07:47)
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
She's so heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
You know I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
Yeah, she's so heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
You know I want you so bad, babe
I want you
You know I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
Yeah
She's so
12 Polythene Pam (01:13)
Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good looking but she looks like a man
Well you should see her in drag
Dressed in a polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt
She's killer-diller when she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl
That makes the "News of the World"
Yes you could say she was attractively built
Yeah, yeah, yeah
14 Golden Slumbers (01:32)
Once there was a way, to get back homeward
Once there was a way, to get back home
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden Slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Once there was a way, to get back homeward
Once there was a way, to get back home
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
15 Carry That Weight (01:37)
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitation
And in the middle of the celebrations, I break down
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
16 The End (02:20)
Oh yeah
Alright
Are you gonna be in my dreams
Tonight
Love you
Love you
Love you
Love you
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to
The love you make
17 Her Majesty (00:23)
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a belly full of wine
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm gonna make her mine
Oh yeah, someday I'm gonna make her mine
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By rob
Paul is the only one differing from the other FAB 4, walking barefoot with the right foot leading—clues to his alleged death.
Abbey Road is dominated by Paul’s particular state of grace, especially in the final majestic medley that builds a sober but flashy mosaic.
By pinkoSpallino
This album is mainly famous for its cover, which portrays the 4 boys from Liverpool as they were heading towards their futures.
In short, a great album that demonstrates how this group created unforgettable things.
By Braindamaged
Abbey Road was released, the last (but not last) of the 12 albums published by the Beatles.
Come Together has become a generational anthem and is electrifyingly beautiful.
By enbar77
"Abbey Road, despite everything, is a work of overwhelming charm, rich with exceptional pieces of pure rock."
"In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make."
By whereismymind
Between this record and any other, there is a chasm not to be found in the individual songs but in the magic and surreal balance of the whole.
With side B of Abbey Road, music reaches the top and from that moment on, it can only descend.
