The Beatles Album - Love

2008-01-08T08:50:00.000-08:00

1	Revolution

2	Back In The U.S.S.R.

3	While My Guitar Gently Weeps

4	A Day In The Life

5	Hey Jude

6	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

7	All You Need Is Love

8	Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

9	Octopus's Garden

10	Lady Madonna

11	Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Transition)

12	Help!

13	Blackbird/Yesterday

14	Strawberry Fields Forever

15	Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows

16	Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transition)

17	I Am The Walrus

18	I Want To Hold Your Hand

19	Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing

20	Gnik Nus

21	Because

22	Get Back

23	Glass Onion

24	Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Transition)

25	Something/Blue Jay Way (Transition)

26	Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter

Album Review:

With half of the Fab Four having moved on across the universe, one working with a Hudson Brother, and one tied up in court and therapy, the public now more than ever could use a re-creation of the old Beatles magic. Love, the official soundtrack/souvenir of the hit Vegas show of the same name by Cirque du Soleil, both is and isn't that recreation. And certainly not in the way the creators had in mind.

Sir George Martin's son, Giles, was given the original Beatles master tapes to take apart and reassemble however he pleased, but the end result seems calculated to annoy absolutely everyone: any teenage Beatles fan who grew up on the 'net has already heard much more inventive "mash-ups" (that is, pieces of different songs laid over each other) than these, and older Beatles fans who don't know Pro Tools from propane are likely to be offended at the very idea of tinkering with the classics.

Remixes that reveal something about the nature of the band and its songwriting would have solved both problems, but those are rare on Love; the more-cowbell monster created on "Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing" is a thrilling study of mid-period Beatles groove, but for every track like that there's one like "Gnik Nus," which is just "Sun King" backward, a mere medley like "Being for the the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter," or a slightly re-processed "Eleanor Rigby" that adds a layer of creepiness but doesn't shed any new light on the original.

And some of the ideas are simply bad and/or lazy. Just because the intro to "Good Night" fits over "Octopus's Garden" doesn't mean it works there, and the mash-up of "Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows" only proves what we already know, which is that both are drones in the key of C.

And yet Love, almost despite itself, remains a fascinating work that any Beatles fan should own. Part of this has to do with the bedrock integrity of the songs themselves -- forty years on, these landmarks not only still sound fresh, they still sound musically subversive. But the most compelling reason to pick this one up, even if you haven't seen the stage show, is the sound: the remastering makes the songs leap forth with even more clarity than they did on Beatles 1, which is an achivement in itself, and the "special edition" audio-only DVD marks the first time anything in the Fabs' repertoire has been remixed in Dolby 5.1. Whether you call it a gimmick or a breath of fresh air, most of Love only goes to prove something else we all already knew: that the entire Beatles back catalog needs to be completely remastered using the latest technology. And right this very minute.

Oh man! I just got the new Beatles cd and my heart is fluttering with joy. The songs sound so perfect and put together well. I can just close my eyes and it feels like I'm right there in the studio with them.

I ran right to my computer after getting it and put it right on my iPod so I can take it with me and let all my friends listen to it.

I'd recommend anyone that loves the Beatles to buy this cd and add it to their collection, I swear it will blow all your other Beatles albums out of the water.

Oh yeah! I was so excited that I almost forgot, Merry Christmas to all of you Moggers!

The Beatles Bio

2008-01-08T08:45:00.000-08:00

The Beatles Biography
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are among the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed popular music bands in history, and their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s. The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time. In the United Kingdom, they released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries The Beatles led the mid-1960s musical 'British Invasion' into the United States. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll, the group explored a great variety of genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, hairstyles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.

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