Track Listing

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. End, The
17. Her Majesty

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5058 in Music
• Released on: 1988-11-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Beatles' last days as a band were as productive as any major pop phenomenon that was about to split. After recording the ragged-but-right Let It Be, the group held on for this ambitious effort, an album that was to become their best-selling. Though all four contribute to the first side's writing, John Lennon's hard-rocking, "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" make the strongest impression. A series of song fragments edited together in suite form dominates side two; its portentous, touching, official close ("Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight" / "The End") is nicely undercut, in typical Beatles fashion, by Paul McCartney's cheeky "Her Majesty", which follows. --Rickey Wright

CD Description
After the laborious disorganisation and infighting that characterised early 1969's LET IT BE sessions (as famously captured on film), the fractious four were willing to let GeorgeMartin take the reins and to work with him as a cohesive unit for the much more succinct production of their (and the decade's) swan song, ABBEY ROAD. The superb performances makethe album an artistic high point for all members of the group. Paul McCartney inspired the suite of songs that begins with "You Never Give Me Your Money". Often thought of as two long medleys, the songs that fill most of the second half ofABBEY ROAD segue seamlessly into one another, but are programmed as separate CD tracks. George Harrison had his first A-side on a Beatles' single ("Something"); John Lennon contributed a pair of heavy rockers ("Come Together" and "I Want You"); and Ringo Starr's "Octopus's Garden" was a favourite with children.

Customer Reviews

Remastering opinion
This is a simple review from someone with a fairly good CD system that didn't cost the earth (£1500 bought over a number of years) Arcam, B&W, Yamaha, QED cable.

I don't know the fancy words and high brow tech talk for describing the way things sound but thought I'd give my honest opinion of what I heard.
I waited a few days for this arrive after much anticipation, hearing all sorts of hype, opinions and so called reviews. I've owned the 1987 CD for approx 10 years, like how it sounded, and know it as well as the next man..... most of the words, air guitar solo's etc etc (lol, yes I'm 28 years old :-)

The long and the short of it is there is a definite difference in the quality of sound on the 2009 CD. Don't expect a completely different sound because you're essentially listening to the same source material on the same format (CD) but there is a difference I guarantee you. What you get is a cleaner sound, very much like thin layer of dirt has been removed from the source. They have boosted the overall recording level slightly (I always found the 1987 disc a bit quiet anyway) but not massively so. I don't believe they've altered the mix very much (if at all), you're likely to find that due to the cleaner sound, you can just hear instruments that are less prominant with better definition.

Whether you notice the definite difference with this version will all depend on two things.

1) The quality of your equipment = the better it is, the greater the difference (don't bother if you listen using an Ghetto blaster from Tandy for example), I'd say a £300 system upwards (you'd need better ears for £300 though).
2) How you listen to your music = whether music is just for background ambience........ or for eyes closed, comfy sofa, sunday afternoon music appreciation

If you still can't hear the difference after meeting both the above criteria then I can't help you ha ha

Finally, I don't know a lot about audio compression and frequency limiting and frankly it bores me when I read reviews with that kind of info in, all I know is what I hear.

Hope this helps you make a decision guys



PS. I like how it sounds, I think they did a good job

Album Road - A True Masterpiece
I was delivering newspapers 7 early mornings and 6 evenings per week in 1969 when the album was released. I'd always had to rely on my elder Beatle-fanatic cousin when listening to Beatles LP's (as the vinyl was endearingly called), as I could only afford to buy singles. My first ever single was She Loves You in '63 (which I still have), but my first proper album purchase was the last that the Beatles recorded as a foursome. When I look at the surface of that record now I'm surprised that it's in such good nick considering the number of plays it's had.

Today the CD gets played regularly, and with good reason. It's 30-odd minutes of sheer delight - the Beatles at their musical and lyrical best. It's interesting that popular music was going though a metamporhosis; the split into either bubblegum or heavy rock was becoming clear, and went in favour of the latter. In 1970 the Beatles had already become deeply uncool to many 16-year-olds, who were by now into Pink Floyd or Tyrannosaurus Rex, Traffic and Hendrix. But not me. Though I was into the other stuff, I loved the Beatles dearly - and Abbey Road was a great way for such a hugely influential bunch of guys to bow out.

Producer George Martin has referred to Abbey Road as a "happy album" whose recording brought "the boys" back together one more time. I'm glad it did.

My favourite film of all time is "A Hard Day's Night", for all sorts of sentimental reasons, and my favourite album of all time is without a doubt Abbey Road. Wow.

the musical legacy continues,..
As a (young) 52 year-old who grew up with the fab 4 I think it's great, just great, that reading the reviews here about Abbey Road (and the other Beatles albums) that their musical legacy is obviously appreciated by young music fans who weren't even born when the band split. Abbey Road has it all, great classic tracks and superb production from George Martin (the 5th Beatle!)Buy it, listen and enjoy. It will still sound innovative and fresh in another 37 years. My one gripe: when will we get a new re-mastered issue?..this release dates from 1987.Happy listening everyone.