Abbey Road

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Abbey Road · After the tense sessions for Get Back, Paul McCartney suggested to producer George Martin that they make an album like the old days. Martin agreed, on condition that the group stuck to discipline. Recording ran mainly in April, July and August 1969. The mood was better than a year earlier with the White Album, but there were still conflicts, over Maxwell's Silver Hammer among other things, and John Lennon was absent for some songs. It was the last album the band recorded.

The sound mixes rock, pop, blues and progressive rock, with striking use of the Moog and of guitar through a Leslie speaker. On the second side a long medley of short songs runs together. George Harrison wrote Something and Here Comes the Sun, two of his best songs for the group. The first reviews were mixed, but later the album grew into one of the best of all time.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Come Together (Remastered 2009)4:20Apple Music ↗
2. 2Something (Remastered 2009)3:02Apple Music ↗
3. 3Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Remastered 2009)3:28Apple Music ↗
4. 4Oh! Darling (Remastered 2009)3:27Apple Music ↗
5. 5Octopus's Garden (Remastered 2009)2:51Apple Music ↗
6. 6I Want You (She's So Heavy) [Remastered 2009]7:47Apple Music ↗
7. 7Here Comes The Sun (Remastered 2009)3:06Apple Music ↗
8. 8Because (Remastered 2009)2:46Apple Music ↗
9. 9You Never Give Me Your Money (Remastered 2009)4:03Apple Music ↗
10. 10Sun King (Remastered 2009)2:26Apple Music ↗
11. 11Mean Mr Mustard (Remastered 2009)1:07Apple Music ↗
12. 12Polythene Pam (Remastered 2009)1:13Apple Music ↗
13. 13She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Remastered 2009)1:59Apple Music ↗
14. 14Golden Slumbers (Remastered 2009)1:32Apple Music ↗
15. 15Carry That Weight (Remastered 2009)1:36Apple Music ↗
16. 16The End (Remastered 2009)2:22Apple Music ↗
17. 17Her Majesty (Remastered 2009)0:26Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

See also

• The Beatles