The Beatles - Abbey Road

Date of release (UK): 26 September 1969
Chart position (UK): 1 (17 weeks)

Date of release (US): 1 October 1969
Chart position (US): 1 (11 weeks)

It's not just the sheer quality of each and every song that makes Abbey Road so special - it's also the way it's been put together. This was the Beatles' last recording, and some will argue that it's their best. The second part of the album, originally side B of the record, is almost like a rock opera, where the songs just flow into one another. It's difficult to pick highlights from an album where every song is a winner, but the wonderful and harmonic Because just sums up the whole album; It's sharply written, brilliantly performed and well produced. George Harrison is peaking as a song writer and on Abbey Road he delivers his two arguably finest songs ever. The tender ballad Something earned him his first A-side on a Beatles single, and he sings brilliantly on the pretty and uplifting Here Comes The Sun. Only The Beatles could make an album as good as Abbey Road, it really deserves all the praise it has received. It's an album that will continue to inspire generations in years to come. Great music.

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Track Listings

Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King/Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty