Album: Abbey Road
Artist: The Beatles
Year: 1969
Information: Recorded after, but released before Let it Be, Abbey Road is The Beatles' penultimate album. At this point, all the Beatles realized that this would be their final album, and such realization brought about a happy, breezy quality to this album.
High Points: The two best song on the album are "Something," and "Here Comes the Sun," a remarkable achievement for the overshadowed Harrison. "Something" is the story of a man who is attracted to someone, but the reason is illusive. Asked if he'll ever love her, his answer is always unclear. "Here Comes the Sun" is a folk-y little song that Harrison wrote while sitting in Eric Clapton's garden, watching the sun rise.
Low Points: "Mean Mr. Mustard" isn't such a great song. It's a little awkward and nonsensical and John once described it as "a bit of crap I wrote in India."
Is it Great? It truly is one of The Beatles best efforts and I believe it is worthy of it's ranking.
The other part worth mentioning is the medley. It starts off with "You Never Give Me Your Money" and ends with the hidden track "Her Majesty," which at first belonged in the medley, but was moved to the very end of the album. From there, is was sort of forgotten about until Paul heard its placement and thought it fit quite well.
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On a side note, it's kind of interesting to place "Her Majesty" after "Mean Mr. Mustard" and listen to what that would have sounded like.
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