Tracks
- 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
Note: When Abbey Road was first released, Her Majesty, the last song on the album, was not included on the track list. Later printings have listed it.
Abbey Road is mind-blowing album. This is the Beatles at their zenith. Compare this album to their first album and it's simply amazing how they keep re-inventing both themselves and rock and roll. While other bands and musicians have been incredibly creative and inventive, the Beatles are on a completely other plane of existence. I've probably said it before, but I'll say it again: whenever the Beatles come up on the 1001 Albums list I'm amazed by how different their music is from everything else being created during that time. I've alway liked the Beatles because their music is good, but after going through most of their catalog chronologically, I can see that they are gods among mortals. But, could they have sustained their creativity indefinitely had they not broken up? Probably not. Breaking up was probably a natural consequence of reaching their creative peak together.
Abbey Road was the first music album that I listened to regularly. The first time I listened to it, I was seven or eight years old and it was Christmas Eve. I listened to it over and over while I tried to stay up all night to see Santa. Alas, I fell asleep before Santa arrived, but I during those couple hours trying to stay awake I fell in love with the second side of the album. Carry That Weight will always be one of my favorite songs.
At first, I was surprised and disappointed that Abbey Road isn't the highest rated Beatles album, but I can understand the reasons why Revolver or Sgt. Pepper's would be considered better if better means more influential, more experimental or greatest amount of creative development. Abbey Road, however, is the point of convergence of all their talent, creativity and experimentation. It is a flawless album. It's inexcusable for any serious music collector not to have this album.
★★★★★★★★★★
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