Abbey Road (50th Anniversary) Deluxe

I can't pretend to be impartial about Abbey Road. It remains my favourite album of all time, even though a convincing case can be made that, from an objective point of view, there are indeed better albums.Nevertheless, it's a widely held view (which I share) that Abbey Road is the best album by the greatest band in the history of popular music. As such, it deserves a place in any music collection, even if only for its historic significance.Musically, I firmly believe that it stands up today every bit as strongly as it ever did, not least because it introduced George Harrison's classic ballad, "Something", a song which has been covered innumerable times, including by artists as diverse as James Brown, Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Joe Cocker, Smokey Robinson, and Frank Sinatra (twice!)Then there's "Here Comes The Sun", again by George, which apparently is the Beatles song which gets streamed more than any other.John Lennon's "Because" is a lesser known masterpiece which displays the stunning beauty of the Beatles' harmony vocals at their very best. "Come Together" is a magnificent example of inspired, imaginatively arranged, immaculately executed ensemble playing.And yet, all of these triumphs are merely the prologue to the legendary "Long One", a superb medley of various song fragments which somehow feel like a unified, cohesive composition of almost symphonic proportions, climaxing with brief solo features by all four Fabs before resolving with the Beatles' very own karmic epitaph - "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."I feel that no band ever ended their album career on a higher note. Abbey Road was a glorious way for The Beatles to bow out while they were still at the very top. It deserves six stars out of five!

My favorite thing about Abbey Road has always been its sound--I've never considered the album one of the Beatles' very best, but have always considered it their "sonic masterpiece".I've listened a few times now, and the single most impressive remastered track to my ears is "Here Comes the Sun": the Moog is fascinating. The clarity of the Moog allows the details of its sounds to gives it a presence that I don't think could ever have been appreciated before. Rather than just being a backing instrument, the thoughtful deliberation in how the Moog was played and its sounds were crafted give it a centrality to "Abbey Road"'s sound. The Beatles didn't rely on the Moog to be trendy or as spectacle as most not bands had the tendency to do. Not only does the Moog make this contribution to "Here Comes the Sun", but it becomes a sort of leitmotif that continues through the following tracks. The backing vocals on "Here Comes the Sun" and across the album are among the Beatles' best and the clarity is incredible. I have always considered Ringo one of the best rock drummers, and the remasters similarly provide clarity to the drums that makes Ringo's precision and creativity more pronounced than ever.I wonder if McCartney provided some direction to the remastering? The bass sounds too heavy on the tracks published on YouTube; on the disc itself, the sound is much more balanced. The remaster has a nice little flourish on "Her Majesty", as the vocals slowly pan from right to left. I could well be wrong, but I can't imagine Giles Martin could take liberties that wide (pun intended!) without approval from McCartney.Bonus tracks are worth listening to, but maybe not as exciting as those from the "White Album" session; definitely not as much as the best outtakes from the "Let It Be" sessions that were leading up to "Abbey Road". I'm already looking forward to hearing what Apple will do with the "Let It Be" album and sessions.I dig it!

Fantastic album

My fav Beatles cd.Great songs love them all .A must have recommended.

Saving the best to the end. The very best from the fab 4