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| Artist: The Beatles
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  551 reviews
Sales Rank: 185
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 79808
UPC: 094637980828
EAN: 0094637980828
ASIN: B000JK8OYU
Release Date: November 21, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Because | | • | Get Back | | • | Glass Onion | | • | Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transition) | | • | I Am The Walrus | | • | I Want To Hold Your Hand | | • | Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing | | • | Gnik Nus | | • | Something/Blue Jay Way (Transition) | | • | Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter | | • | Help! | | • | Blackbird/Yesterday | | • | Strawberry Fields Forever | | • | Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows | | • | Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds | | • | Octopus's Garden | | • | Lady Madonna | | • | Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Transition) | | • | Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Transition) | | • | Revolution | | • | Back In The U.S.S.R. | | • | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | | • | A Day In The Life | | • | Hey Jude | | • | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | | • | All You Need Is Love |
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From Amazon.co.uk
It begins with a twittering of birdsong lifted from "Across the Universe." And once the triple-tracked a capella harmonies of "Because" enter, followed by snatches from "A Hard Day's Night" and "The End," leading into a fired-up "Get Back," it becomes obvious that this is far more than just another Beatles compilation. This is Love, conceived by the Fabs' former producer George Martin and son Giles as a stageshow soundtrack to Cirque de Soleil's Las Vegas spectacular of the same name, but appears to have taken on a life of its own. Whereas the Beatles' last release, 1, delivered the (over?) familiar hits in a nice, simple package, Love is a melange of the familiar and obscure, all literally mixed together in one 78-minute audio collage which succeeds in reminding the listener just why the Beatles truly are, as Lennon put it, "toppermost of the poppermost." There's no new Beatles material per se, but the songs are all approached differently--some are cut together in a flawlessly mixed medley (check out "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You/Helter Skelter"), some reassemble different backing tracks and vocal performances to create new spins on old classics; but all the songs are revitalized considerably. Even in its weakest moments (which probably work better in the context of the show itself), Love is still a formidable prospect, and one has to admire Martin's willingness to go out on a limb with such a project. While purists may complain that the cut 'n' paste nature of the project is simply tampering with perfection, at the very least it'll make them reach for the originals and enjoy them all over again. For newcomers and everyone else, it makes a fine listen, both in its sonic clarity (the actual tracks are the best they've sounded on CD) and audacious nature. --Thom Allott More from the Fab Four
The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 | 
Revolver | 
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 
Anthology 1 | 
Anthology 2 | 
Anthology 3 |
Album Description
Japanese pressing of the standard version of the album. Apple. 2006.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 546 more reviews...
 WARNING! Beatles' purists do not buy this CD. August 18, 2008
Material Explorer
I had to give this CD 1 star because the Amazon rating system would not accept a zero star rating. By looking at the album cover I thought I was buying a new release of Beatles music like the "One" CD. This CD is some pretentious idiots' idea of art, to mess up the Beatle's music. In fact the insert contains boastings of these self proclaimed artists. Don't waste your money.
 Great remix of Beatles music. July 3, 2008
Anonymous (Boston, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a huge Beatles fan (as my screen name suggests!), and I refused to listen to this CD until now. I'm a purist when it comes to the Beatles -- no covers, no remixes, no muzak arrangements, no alt-rock interpretations, thankyouverymuch. Just the originals. But my curiosity finally got the best of me, so I ordered a copy (truth be told, I just wanted to bring my order amount up to the free shipping minimum), and now I regret I didn't buy this sooner. George and Giles Martin have done a fantastic job remixing these Beatles classics. There are some really interesting pairings -- pieces of "Drive My Car" coupled with "The Word?" And it works -- beautifully. It will never take the place of the originals for me -- I don't think George Martin intended it to -- but for me, it was almost like hearing the music again -- for the first time. I love this CD.
"This is Johnny Rhythm saying goodnight and God bless ya!" June 11, 2008
take403
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When this first came out, it got a similar reaction to Let It Be... Naked. Many "purists" condemned it while some fans loved it. I don't consider this so much a "new Beatles album" as much as a tribute and for a tribute, it's an enjoyable one.
The main disappointment was that the DVD was only another audio version. The 2nd one is that "Blackbird" was only the introduction, where the entire song would've been both appropriate and appreciated. I probably wouldn't have been disappointed if another reviwer hadn't pointed that out. The version of "Because" is not too different from that on Anthology 3, except that there's more of a pause between each line.
Ok, that takes care of what I didn't like or thought was so-so. Now I'll share with you what I did like. The version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" features sections of the different takes on Anthology 2, starting with the original demo and the earlier takes seguing into the more familiar version, with George Martin's sped up piano solo from "In My Life." "Lady Madonna" features some interesting percussion, not unlike the "...Do It In The Road" introduction. "Gnik Nus" sounds like a mantra. Actually, it's really an a capella excerpt from "Sun King." "A Day In The Life" mixes versions of the Sgt Pepper original release and the outtake on Anthology 2. The medley of "Mr. Kite/ I Want You/ Helter Skelter" is pretty interesting and I was amazed at how well "Drive My Car" and "What You're Doing" blended, considering they're in the same beat (listen for the "Taxman" guitar riff. One of the highlights is George Martin's orchestral inclusion on George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Martin took creative liberties and they worked!). The orchestral intro of "Good Night" also works well on Ringo Starr's "Octopus' Garden." Tabla drums from "The Inner Light" are featured on George's "Here Comes The Sun." "Tomorrow Never Knows" blends well with "Within You Without You." Hearing Paul McCartney sing "Can you take me back?" from the closing of "Cry Baby Cry" nearly brought chills when added to "Dear Prudence." John Lennon's guitar work blends well with "Eleanor Rigby" (you'll have to hear it for yourself to believe it). "All You Need Is Love" is a great finale to Love, with a snippet from one of the Beatles' Christmas records- "This is Johnny Rhythm saying goodnight and God bless ya!"
 Doesn't have all songs from the show. June 9, 2008
R. Jaco (Bay Area, CA)
I mainly bought this album because I saw the live show and loved the version of the Blackbird song they played in FULL during the show. However, the CD only contains a few brief seconds of this song. All the other songs are great (different from the originals), but I really bought the album for the Blackbird song and felt a bit cheated.
A cool reinvention of some classics May 21, 2008
John M. Thomas (Danville, Kentucky United States)
The thought of anyone monkeying around with the Beatles catalog should start the warning lights flashing, but the effort of George and Giles Martin (George the Dad was the Beatles' producer) have produced a most interesting re-examination and reformation of some classic works. The Indian percussion added to the opening of Here Comes the Sun gives it a new perspective, and the mixing of rhythmically and sonically diverse elements (all from Beatle songs to Beatle songs) reawakens one's ears to the innovations as you attempt to identify which elements were combined for new effect. Weak moments are the cheer-enhanced Wanna Hold Your Hand, and the slowed down Octopus' Garden (using the orchestral arrangement for Good Night) sounds a tad forced. That said, there are oodles of sonic surprises and meshings that make this a worthwhile investment for hard core Beatle fans as well as the novice.
The concept traces back to an inspiration of George Harrison while watching the Cirque du Soleil, and it carries the blessings of the surviving Fabs and their families. A potential follow-up would be to releace a Cirque performance synched to the tunes - a cursory vieewing of some of the clips on youTube hold the promise that this could be a terrific multimedia experience with the sight and sound combined for those not going to Vegas any time soon - enjoy!
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