| Abbey Road was the last studio album The Beatles | | | | white noise buildup trick which blows my mind every |
| recorded. There's some confusion over this bit of trivia | | | | time I hear it. |
| because Let It Be was released in 1970 and Abbey | | | | It really features some of The Beatles most interesting |
| Road was released in 1969. But Let It Be had actually | | | | innovative work musically. |
| already been recorded, it had just been shelved due to | | | | 7. "Here Comes The Sun" |
| the band being unhappy with it. It wasn't until Abbey | | | | This is another George Harrison classic which is the |
| Road had already been recorded and released that | | | | perfect follow up to "I Want You" in the CD/iTunes |
| the band hired Phil Specter to "salvage" Let It Be with | | | | iPod format and the perfect opener to side two in the |
| his production work. | | | | old vinyl LP format. The song, like "Maxwell's Silver |
| Abbey Road was a huge critical & commercial | | | | Hammer" features the Moog synthesizer. |
| success. It remains one of The Beatles most popular | | | | 8. "Because" |
| albums to this day. | | | | This stunning song features some of The Beatles |
| Abbey Road has also been critically acclaimed. For | | | | most beautiful harmonies. Lennon, McCartney, & |
| example it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone | | | | Harrison's vocals were triple tracked to make them |
| magazine's list of the top 500 albums of all time. And | | | | sound like 9 voices. |
| it's currently ranked as the 2nd best album of all time | | | | The chords of the song were inspired by Ludwig van |
| by the users of the Rate Your Music website. | | | | Beethoven's classic piano piece "Moonlight Sonata." |
| Track By Track: | | | | The song also features the Moog synthesizer. |
| #1 "Come Together" | | | | #9 "You Never Give Me Your Money" |
| This is one of the most well known songs on the | | | | This was the first song of side two's medley. Some of |
| album. Complete with John Lennon's signature vocal | | | | the melodies heard in this song were echoed later in |
| and weird lyrics, George Harrison's great lead guitar | | | | track 15 "Carry That Weight." |
| licks, and Paul McCartney's swampy bass part that | | | | While the song is just the beginning of side two's |
| really puts the song over the edge. | | | | medley, it's really a medley in and of itself as it contains |
| It's one of The Beatles coolest sounding songs, but | | | | a few very different sounding sections that sound |
| strangely enough - it's also one of their songs that's | | | | stitched together. |
| been ruined the most in cover versions. In fact I've | | | | #10 "Sun King" |
| never heard a cover version of "Come Together" that | | | | This beautiful slow motion song features more |
| wasn't awful. | | | | beautiful harmonies from Lennon, McCartney, & |
| A disturbing bit of trivia about "Come Together" is that | | | | Harrison. The song's lyrics include words from different |
| John Lennon is actually saying "shoot me" during the | | | | languages, both real and imagined. |
| little musical breaks between the chorus and the | | | | #11 "Mean Mr. Mustard" |
| verses. That lyric always gets to me a little bit | | | | This short Lennon ditty leads directly into the next |
| considering Lennon's fate in 1980. | | | | "Polythene Pam" and mentions "his sister Pam" in the |
| 2. "Something" | | | | lyrics. |
| "Something" is another one of the best known songs | | | | #12 "Polythene Pam" |
| on the album. It was written and sung by George | | | | "So good looking but she looks like a man." This is a |
| Harrison and is one of his signature songs. | | | | great rock n roll track that clocks in barely over a |
| Frank Sinatra once famously commented that | | | | minute long. |
| "Something" was his favorite Lennon-McCartney song. | | | | #13 "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" |
| I'm not sure if that was an insult aimed at | | | | "Polythene Pam" segues smoothly into this song which |
| Lennon-McCartney or if Sinatra really didn't know the | | | | starts off with it's title as the first lyric. It's one of my |
| song was written by George Harrison & not Lennon & | | | | favorite songs on the album. |
| McCartney. | | | | #14 "Golden Slumbers" |
| 3. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | | | | The lyrics to this song were actually taken from a 17th |
| A somewhat disturbingly childlike tale of a serial killer, | | | | century poem by Thomas Dekker. But the music was |
| "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is one of The Beatles | | | | composed by Paul McCartney. |
| songs has both it's detractors and it's supporters. | | | | #15 "Carry That Weight" |
| Among it's detractors was apparently John Lennon | | | | The chorus of this song features all four Beatles. One |
| who is said to have despised the song (which was | | | | part of the song references the melody/lyrics from |
| written & sung by Paul McCartney.) | | | | "You Never Give Me Your Money." |
| The song is one of the first to feature the Moog | | | | #16 "The End" |
| synthesizer. | | | | Features a drum solo by Ringo Starr (the only drum |
| 4. "Oh! Darling" | | | | solo on any Beatles song) and short lead guitar solos |
| While Lennon hated McCartney's "Maxwell Silver's | | | | by McCartney, Harrison, and Lennon - one after the |
| Hammer," he loved his "Oh! Darling." In fact he was so | | | | other, in that order. They go through that sequence |
| enamored with the song that he wanted to sing lead | | | | twice before the final "And in the end the love you |
| on it. | | | | take is equal to the love you make." |
| 5. "Octopus's Garden" | | | | #17 "Her Majesty" |
| Ringo sings lead on this one. He also wrote the song | | | | This 23 second acoustic guitar ditty by Paul |
| (with some help from George Harrison although Ringo | | | | McCartney was originally intended to go between |
| Starr is credited as the only songwriter.) It's basically a | | | | "Mean Mr. Mustard" & "Polythene Pam" but they had |
| rewrite of "Yellow Submarine" which The Beatles had | | | | decided to leave it off the album. It was actually |
| recorded 3 years earlier. | | | | tacked on to the album at the end by sound engineer |
| 6. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" | | | | by mistake, but The Beatles decided they liked the |
| This epic, mostly instrumental, track finishes off side | | | | mistake and left it on the album. |
| one of Abbey Road in grand fashion with it's amazing | | | | |