The Beatles
Love

THE REVIEW

While wandering the Internet, I stumbled upon this news: "The new Beatles album is about to be released." I immediately thought, "Did they make Sgt. Pepper's like Lennon wanted?" As a passionate Beatles fan, I looked more into it until I discovered that the new album is the soundtrack of the new Cirque du Soleil show. The album contains remixes of some Fab4 songs made by George Martin's son.

I find the album and decide to listen to it. I'll comment on each track throughout the CD.

1) Because: Nice idea! They removed the guitar and left only the vocals. Too bad the same thing was done by someone else for the "American Beauty" soundtrack. Acceptable

2) Get Back: Masterpiece! It starts with Ringo's drum solo in "The End" and George's lead guitar, then it's the usual "Get Back" by Paul.

3) Glass Onion: Joined with Get Back and also cut, it lost a lot.

4) Eleanor Rigby/Julia: Didn't impress me much.

5) I Am The Walrus: Like the original, always beautiful.

6) I want to hold your hand: It's the live version, just to be modern, more could have been done.

7) Drive my car/ The Word/ What do you doing?: I thought the Beatles didn't plagiarize themselves, but this mix makes me rethink that. Beautiful!

8) Gnik Nus: Sun King in reverse. Satan might be happy; I am not.

9) Something: Beautiful then and still beautiful now.

10) Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite/ I want you/ Helter Skelter: I would have joined only the first two; the third is annoying.

11) Help!: Left as it was originally.

12) Blackbird/Yesterday: What? Only three guitar strums of Blackbird and the whole track of Yesterday?

13) Strawberry Fields Forever: As Lennon wanted it, but I notice it resembles one of the two versions in "Anthology 2".

14) Whitin you without you/ Tomorrow never knows: Wizards! I would never have thought that the drums of the second fit well with the first song.

15) Lucy in the sky with diamond: I'm a fool! I thought the bass at the beginning was added now, but it was there before.

16) Octupus's garden/ Goodnight: Two different and distant planets, a horrible union.

17) Lady Madonna/ Hey Bulldog: Nice start with the choruses and the sax. Good.

18) Here Comes the Sun/ The Innery Light: What do the second percussion have to do with the first?

19) Come Together/ Dear Prudence/ Cry Baby Cry: Acceptable.

20) Revolution: They didn't change it, thankfully!

21) Back in the USSR: They didn't change it, thankfully!

22) While my guitar gently sweep weeps: I bow down! George with the acoustic accompanied by violins, chills!

23) A day in the life: They took the version in "Anthology 2", how skillful!

24) Hey Jude: Cut! At the end, they left the drums and bass to accompany the chorus, but it's still beautiful.

25) Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band: The reprise of the original track for those who didn't know. Good.

26) All you need is love: Same as before, but how would they change it anyway?

In the end, my advice is: "If you are Beatles fans, buy it just for the collection. If you are not true fans and want to know the band better, buy the CDs they made when they were all together."

Yoko will be happy with this album, me a little less so. I preferred "Let it be… Naked" more.