The Beatles - Let It Be
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Track List: Let It Be
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Album Details: Let It Be
- Release Date:
- 10/17/1990
- Label:
- Toshiba Emi Japan
- UPC:
- 4988006740068
User Reviews: Let It Be
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, May 7, 2004Reviewer: Hippie - See all Hippie's reviews -
'I Me Mine' is Fantastic!
, July 29, 2003Reviewer: dkazimierow - See all dkazimierow's reviewsTo be perfectly honest, If I were to start a Beatles collection (again), this album would be among the last I would buy. Sure, 'Let it Be', 'Across the Universe' and 'The Long and Winding Road' are great, but these songs aren't the albums saving grace. That accolade goes to George Harrison's 'I Me Mine', a complete masterstroke of songwriting which is unfairly dismissed as filler next to some of the albums more pretentious offerings.
I'll say it again, 'I Me Mine' is Fantastic!
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Pro Reviews: Let It Be
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews, there are few other rock records as controversial as Let It Be. First off, several facts need to be explained: although released in May 1970, this was not their final album, but largely recorded in early 1969, way before Abbey Road. Phil Spector was enlisted in early 1970 to do some postproduction mixing and overdubs, but he did not work with the band as a unit. And, although his use of strings has generated much criticism, by and large he left the original performances to stand as is: only "The Long and Winding Road" and (to a lesser degree) "Across the Universe" and "I Me Mine" get the Wall of Sound treatment. The main problem was that the material wasn't uniformly strong, and that the Beatles themselves were in fairly lousy moods due to intergroup tension. All that said, the album is on the whole underrated, even discounting the fact that a substandard Beatles record is better than almost any other group's best work. McCartney in particular offers several gems: the gospelish "Let It Be," which has some of his best lyrics; "Get Back," one of his hardest rockers; and the melodic "The Long and Winding Road," ruined by Spector's heavyhanded overdubs. The folky "Two of Us," with John and Paul harmonizing together, was also a highlight. Most of the rest of the material, by contrast, was going through the motions to some degree, although there are some good moments of straight hard rock in "I've Got a Feeling" and "Dig a Pony." As flawed and bumpy as it is, it's an album well worth having, as when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever. [In November 2003, the Beatles released an alternate version of Let It Be called Let It Be... Naked, which mixed out Spector's contributions and deleted snippets of conversation scattered throughout the album. "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" were cut from the record in favor of "Don't Let Me Down," which was placed in the middle of an album that now had a considerably different sequencing than the originally released version of Let It Be.] - Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide |
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Pros: everything
Cons: there aren't enough songs on it!
I really like/love the Beatles... they've gotta be my all-time favorite band, so of course I will love this album. All the songs are great and creative, especially if you like random songs that really have no meaning or theme. But this album also has some really great, great songs, like George's "I Me Mine" which has such deep meaning. But everything's great, and I think anyone would like it!