Album · 1967
Magical Mystery Tour
by The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour is a 1967 rock album by The Beatles. It runs 11 tracks across 37 minutes on EMI. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 20 ratings.
Rock · Psychedelic Pop · Psychedelic Rock
Your rating
- 4.0 /5
- 20 ratings
- 87 /100
- 10 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 37 min
- Runtime
- 103 bpm
- Tempo
- C major
- Key
Ratings
20 ratings · avg 4.0
Reviews
1 review
- 4.5
The contractual cash-in that accidentally became canon: Magical Mystery Tour staples a chaotic TV-film EP to the year's stray singles — which happen to include "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane" and "All You Need Is Love." Psychedelia's best jukebox. The film flopped; the songs were never the problem.
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Critics
10 publications
- AllMusic5/5
- Blender5/5
- Consequence of SoundA+
- Pitchfork10/10
- Paste94/100
- Sputnikmusic4.5/5
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- The Daily Telegraph4/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5
- MusicHound Rock3/5
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Magical Mystery Tour album cover
The Magical Mystery Tour cover was photographed by John Kelly.
- Photography
- John Kelly
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 37 min
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Magical Mystery Tour is an LP and a double EP by the English rock group The Beatles, produced by George Martin, both including the six-song soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name. The material was released in the United Kingdom on 8 December 1967 as a six-track double EP on the Parlophone label; in the United States the record, released on 27 November 1967, was an eleven-track LP created by Capitol Records, adding the band's 1967 single releases. The EP was also released in Germany, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Australia and Japan. The US LP was later adopted as the official version of the record when The Beatles' catalogue was updated for the 1980s digital Compact Disc releases. It did not see an official 11 track LP release in the United Kingdom until 1976. The album was remastered 9 September 2009 for the first time since its CD release. The soundtrack was a critical and commercial success, a #1 album in the US and Grammy-nominated, despite the relative critical and commercial failure of the Magical Mystery Tour film.
In brief
- Is Magical Mystery Tour good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Magical Mystery Tour 4.0/5 from 20 ratings.
- When was Magical Mystery Tour released?
- Magical Mystery Tour was released in 1967 on EMI.
- How many tracks are on Magical Mystery Tour?
- Magical Mystery Tour has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 37 minutes.
- What genre is Magical Mystery Tour?
- Magical Mystery Tour is catalogued under Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock.
- What BPM is Magical Mystery Tour?
- Magical Mystery Tour runs at a median tempo of 103 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Magical Mystery Tour?
- Listeners of Magical Mystery Tour also rate The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, The Doors by The Doors, Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones.
- Who produced Magical Mystery Tour?
- Magical Mystery Tour was produced by George Martin and Dave Harries. George Martin produced all of them.
Credits
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Keith Grant- Played by
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David MasonMal EvansSidney SaxAndrew McGeeBert CourtleyBram MartinChristopher TaylorDennis WaltonDerek SimpsonDerek WatkinsDick MorganDon HoneywillDuncan CampbellEddie KramerEldon FoxElgar HowarthEric BowieEvan WatkinsFrank ClarkeFreddy ClaytonGordon LewinGreg BowenHarold SpainJack ElloryJack EmblowJack GreeneJack RichardsJack RothsteinJohn HallJohn JezzardJohn WilbrahamKen EssexLeo BirnbaumLeon CalvertLionel RossLouis StevensManny WintersMike WinfieldMorris MillerNeil AspinallNeill SandersNorman JonesPatrick HallingPeter WillisonPhil GoodyRalph ElmanRay SwinfieldRex MorrisRichard TaylorRoy CopestakeStan RoderickStanley WoodsTerence WeilTony FisherTony Tunstall- Vocals by
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