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Abbey Road

by The Beatles

Abbey Road is a 1969 rock album by The Beatles. It runs 18 tracks across 51 minutes on EMI. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.3/5 from 229 ratings.

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4.3 /5
229 ratings
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8 critics
18
Tracks
51 min
Runtime
143 bpm
Tempo
C major
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229 ratings · avg 4.3

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  • 5.0

    The Beatles went out with a bang. Knowing the story behind this album, it’s hard not to feel like they covered their entire palette here, giving every member a place to shine both in writing and performance. It sounds like four masters finding the overlapping part in their craft. The transition from I Want You (She's So Heavy) into Here Comes the Sun is one of my favorite moments. It feels like refinding motivation after a really trying night. And the entire second-half medley is perfectly paced. This is especially true for the vinyl since to get to Here Comes the Sun the vinyl needs to physically be flipped to the B-side. Everything blends together while each song still manages to feel individually unique. Just listening to this album leaves me exhilarated. It feels like they couldn't have made another album after this. They had said everything they needed to say at this point in time.

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  • 4.5

    Side one has the songs people hum. Side two has the record. Lennon called the medley junk and pieces with no thread between them, and he was right that the join marks show. That is exactly why it works. Eight fragments run into sixteen minutes that feel like a band emptying its pockets on the way out the door, and "Golden Slumbers" into "The End" is still the best exit anyone has made. The weak spot is Maxwell's Silver Hammer, a novelty song they spent too long on. Take the half star off for that. The 23 seconds of "Her Majesty" only survived because an engineer wasn't allowed to throw tape away, and the album is better with the accident left in.

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  • Jack Malik · Yesterday (2019)

    I played these songs to a room of people who had never heard them and watched their faces do something I'll never get to see again.

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Tracklist

18 tracks · 51 min

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  • Abbey Road (Super Deluxe Edition)Deluxe edition · 2019 · 25 tracks
    1. 1Come Together (2019 Mix)
    2. 2Something (2019 Mix)
    3. 3Maxwell's Silver Hammer (2019 Mix)
    4. 4Oh! Darling (2019 Mix)
    5. 5Octopus's Garden (2019 Mix)
    6. 6I Want You (She's So Heavy) (2019 Mix)
    7. 7Here Comes The Sun (2019 Mix)
    8. 8Because (2019 Mix)
    9. 9You Never Give Me Your Money (2019 Mix)
    10. 10Sun King (2019 Mix)
    11. 11Mean Mr Mustard (2019 Mix)
    12. 12Polythene Pam (2019 Mix)
    13. 13She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (2019 Mix)
    14. 14Golden Slumbers (2019 Mix)
    15. 15Carry That Weight (2019 Mix)
    16. 16The End (2019 Mix)
    17. 17Her Majesty (2019 Mix)
    18. 18I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
    19. 19Goodbye (Home Demo)
    20. 20Something (Studio Demo)
    21. 21The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
    22. 22Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
    23. 23Oh! Darling (Take 4)
    24. 24Octopus's Garden (Take 9)
    25. 25You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
  • Abbey Road (2019 Mix)Remaster · 1969 · 17 tracks
    1. 1Come Together (2019 Mix)
    2. 2Something (2019 Mix)
    3. 3Maxwell's Silver Hammer (2019 Mix)
    4. 4Oh! Darling (2019 Mix)
    5. 5Octopus's Garden (2019 Mix)
    6. 6I Want You (She's So Heavy) [2019 Mix]
    7. 7Here Comes the Sun (2019 Mix)
    8. 8Because (2019 Mix)
    9. 9You Never Give Me Your Money (2019 Mix)
    10. 10Sun King (2019 Mix)
    11. 11Mean Mr. Mustard (2019 Mix)
    12. 12Polythene Pam (2019 Mix)
    13. 13She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (2019 Mix)
    14. 14Golden Slumbers (2019 Mix)
    15. 15Carry That Weight (2019 Mix)
    16. 16The End (2019 Mix)
    17. 17Her Majesty (2019 Mix)
  • Abbey Road (Super Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remix & Remaster]Deluxe edition · 1969 · 40 tracks
    1. 1I Want You (She's So Heavy) [Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix]
    2. 1Come Together (2019 Mix)
    3. 2Goodbye (Home Demo)
    4. 3Maxwell's Silver Hammer (2019 Mix)
    5. 3Come and Get It (Studio Demo)
    6. 4Oh! Darling (2019 Mix)
    7. 6Oh! Darling (Take 4)
    8. 6I Want You (She's So Heavy) [2019 Mix]
    9. 7Octopus's Garden (Take 9)
    10. 10Something (Take 39 / Instrumental / Strings Only)
    11. 10Sun King (2019 Mix)
    12. 11Here Comes the Sun (Take 9)
    13. 11Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight (Take 17 / Instrumental / Strings & Brass Only)
    14. 11Mean Mr. Mustard (2019 Mix)
    15. 12Polythene Pam (2019 Mix)
    16. 12Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Take 12)
    17. 14Golden Slumbers (2019 Mix)
    18. 17Her Majesty (2019 Mix)

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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Abbey Road is Something — rated 4.3/5 by 35 listeners.

  1. 1Something4.335 ratings
  2. 2I Want You (She's So Heavy)4.316 ratings
  3. 3Come Together4.332 ratings
  4. 4Carry That Weight4.51 rating
  5. 5Here Comes the Sun3.83 ratings

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About

Abbey Road is the 11th studio album released by the English rock band The Beatles. It is their last recorded album, although Let It Be was the last album released before the band's dissolution in 1970. Work on Abbey Road began in April 1969, and the album was released on 26 September 1969 in the United Kingdom, and 1 October 1969 in the United States. Abbey Road is widely regarded as one of The Beatles' most tightly constructed albums, although the band was barely operating as a functioning unit at the time. In 2012, Abbey Road was voted 14th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2009, readers of the magazine also named Abbey Road the greatest Beatles album

In brief

Is Abbey Road good?
Riffiter listeners rate Abbey Road 4.3/5 from 229 ratings.
What is the highest-rated track on Abbey Road?
Something, rated 4.3/5 by 35 listeners on Riffiter.
When was Abbey Road released?
Abbey Road was released in 1969 on EMI.
How many tracks are on Abbey Road?
Abbey Road has 18 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.
What genre is Abbey Road?
Abbey Road is catalogued under Rock, Pop Rock, Pop.
What BPM is Abbey Road?
Abbey Road runs at a median tempo of 143 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Abbey Road?
Listeners of Abbey Road also rate Imagine by John Lennon, Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones, All Things Must Pass by George Harrison.
Who produced Abbey Road?
Abbey Road was produced by George Martin, Chris Thomas and Glyn Johns. George Martin produced 17 of them.
Who wrote the songs on Abbey Road?
Abbey Road was written by John Lennon, Lennon–McCartney, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. John Lennon wrote 2 of them.

Abbey Road at a glance

Label
Apple Records
Recorded at
Abbey Road Studios, Trident Studios, Olympic Studios

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