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Let It Be Beatles CD
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  • Artist: Beatles
  • UPC: 077774644723
  • Item Number: CAP64472
  • Release date: 10/20/1987
  • 1. Two Of Us
  • 2. Dig A Pony
  • 3. Across The Universe
  • 4. I Me Mine
  • 5. Dig It
  • 6. Let It Be
  • 7. Maggie Mae
  • 8. I've Got A Feeling
  • 9. One After 909
  • 10. The Long And Winding Road
  • 11. For You Blue
  • 12. Get Back
  • 13. Let It Be Mini-Documentary [Multimedia]
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Let It Be by Beatles on CD


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 post-production 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 gospel-ish "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 heavy-handed 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
  • Artist: Beatles
  • UPC: 077774644723
  • Item Number: CAP64472
  • Release date: 10/20/1987
  • Label: Reyes

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Let It Be Beatles CD

Editorial Reviews

By 1969, the four Beatles had pretty much gone their own way. They were still recording as The Beatles, of course, but each songwriter basically used the other three members as his backing band. Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary, Let It Be, is most famous for documenting this division. The tension among the four becomes palpable a few times in the film, but what really lifts this documentary above the voyeuristic is the Apple rooftop concert at the end. It was the Beatles' last public performance as a group, and it serves not only as a testament to their ability as a live act but also as a reminder that the music is what brought them together in the first place. Initially intended to be a TV special, Let It Be was released as a documentary film in the middle of 1970, just a month after the band's break-up became official. Strangely, it was largely ignored at the time, though The Beatles did win an Oscar for Best Original Song Score. Let It Be was the fifth and last movie in which the Fab Four "starred" while they were a group. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide