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This is an album that must be experienced in it's entirety as a single piece of music. An all time fave!
Classic
Music is "subjective," but as far as subjectivity goes, I think a lot of people can agree that The Beatles's "Abbey Road" is the best album of all time. In fact, some people consider "Abbey Road" to be The Beatles's final album. It is certainly the album that yielded the most hit songs, from the tender "Something," to the bright and sunny "Here Comes The Sun," to "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," clocking at 8-minutes-long with arguably the best bass-line in rock 'n' roll history. My personal favourite song(s) in the album is the final triptych: "Golden Slumbers" → "Carry That Weight" → "The End" (I do not consider "Your Majesty" its own track). "And in the end / The love you make / Is equal to the love / You take." What a beautiful ending to the best band in history.
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Nie dosłuchałam całości, ale to co mi się udało to bardzo mi się podobało O Beatlesach słuchal każdy, ale pierwszy raz miałam okazje przesłuchać ich albumu w całości Na pewno wrócę
Another Masterpiece from the Masters. Too bad it had to end shortly thereafter.
Love the Beatles, love Abbey Road. Honestly a masterclass in song writing which stands the test of time
LOVE The Beatles, LOVE this album. It slaps. That's all there is to it!
Surprisingly good
The album with George's best two singles, Ringo's best song, an epic 20 minute medley, and sublime production with the band's first true stereo mix. There's a lot to love, and I understand why this is many people's favourite Beatles' LP (and currently the highest rated album full stop on this site). Unfortunately, it also has much lingering evidence of the Beatles' dysfunction. 'Oh! Darling' is the best Lennon vocal performance that never was, and 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' is three out of the Fab Four giving a half-hearted attempt at playing "Paul's Granny Shit". Legendary, but not quite a 5.
Great album by great musicians, not the best. Good send-off, though. I listened to my parents' copy but had to clean it up prior to doing so as it was just the bare record in the jacket.
Some great songs on here, but it's really a mix of stuff that almost seems to not come together (pun intended). Pretty clear this is a band with each individual doing their own thing at this point. I have to agree with John's thoughts on the closing medley no matter how much I like (most of) it. It really just feels like a bunch of unfinished songs forced together. This album is still a good listen but not their best by far.
I mean there’s no wonder why this is one of if not the most famous album of all time. Not only is it so incredibly influential but also just perfect.
I think the generator has an AI plant on me as I was just listening to this obscure album yesterday. I'm sure at least half the reviews will claim that side 2 is as good as music gets, and they would be correct. Yes side 1 is pretty excellent as well (and absurdly-so if we grade against virtually every other rock album in history) although “I Want You” is probably my least-favourite Beatles song and mostly terrible (only "mostly" because listening to Billy Preston's organ is worth a listen). I’d almost rather listen to “Revolution 9” - John was such a tool; all that "granny music" and a revolutionary sense of melody was the main ingredient in what made this band. I'll almost always hit the kill switch on the turntable after "Octopus' Garden" (which I un-ironically like - I always enjoyed the playful songs interspersed with their creepy late-period songs) and flip to side 2. Collection of some of my favourite little and not-so-little gems: • Ringo's drumming on "Come Together" - the performance and the sound. • Paul's bassline on "Something" - will go to bat saying that's what turns that song from potentially boring to musical genius. • 11/8 time in "Here Comes the Sun" • The piano on "You Never Give Me Your Money" and "Golden Slumber" - always always gives me chills. • The entire medley, holy moly. A perfect send-off from the band. Sum: it's Abbey Road. Take out one song and it's perfection. 9/10 5 stars.
Hard to say this isn't a masterpiece, but I've heard all of the Beatles songs so many times I'm kinda bored of this. Still a 5
Some classics on here, but you can also tell they'd lost the magic. It feels more like everyone just doing their own thing rather than working together.
Great stuffed brought down by some utter crap.
Come Together is, sonically, as good as The Beatles ever got. And Abbey Road was also as good as they ever got too.
Abbey Road is The Beatles at their most polished, playful, and quietly profound—a perfect final statement (even if it wasn’t the last released) that manages to be both a greatest hits package and something entirely new. The production is pristine, the songwriting is sharp, and the band feels united in a way they hadn’t for some time. Tracks like Come Together, Something, and Here Comes the Sun are absolute standouts, each a masterclass in mood, melody, and arrangement. George Harrison, in particular, steps fully into the spotlight here, delivering two of the most beloved songs in the entire Beatles catalog. But what really sets Abbey Road apart is Side B—the legendary medley. It’s an ambitious, seamlessly woven patchwork of song fragments and ideas that somehow fits together into one of the most satisfying musical journeys on record. It’s clever, moving, surreal, and oddly hopeful, ending with the perfect final note: “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” Abbey Road isn’t just a Beatles album—it’s one of the finest examples of a band saying goodbye at the absolute top of their game. 5/5.
Damn, I wanted to be a hater, then every song kicked ass. The 2 George Harrison tracks here, Something and Here Comes the Sun, might be my favourite Beatles songs. There are Beatles albums that I may have lesser opinions of, but not this one. This is the one they should be known and lauded for. 5 Stars. Great album cover.
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Liked the first few songs, but found Octopus's Garden and some other songs very strange. Good background music for work.
I mean this as about as masterpiece-y as albums get for me. I'd probably put this on my top 10 of all time. I think it's the most cohesive statement The Beatles ever made as an album, with themes and motifs running throughout. And the second-half suite starting with "You Never Give Me Your Money" through "The End" is just such a brilliant way for them to go out. My favorite thing they ever did.
it's an okay album, i guess.. ;)
The side-two medley is the last gasp of their greatness, but a lot of side one is a tired sigh. Even in my most Beatle-adoring youth, "I Want You" gave me the ick, and "Oh! Darling" too saccharine. I've always wished they'd worked more, perhaps, collaborated with purpose, on "Come Together" which is a great song with dumb lyrics. "Here Comes the Sun" is perfect and "Octopus" and "Maxwell" are dopey and fun.
The song "Come Together" is like pop cultural canon at this point, with its iconic and inscrutable lyrics ("He got monkey finger / he shoot Coca-Cola"), and then there's the killer medley on side 2 (this is the first album in this project that I listened to as an LP, not streaming). There's even a murder ballad ("Maxwell's Silver Hammer"). I think I'd give it 5 stars except that I feel like "Something" is out of place on this album and sounds more of a piece with the material they'd release later on Let It Be, an album they actually recorded before Abbey Road.
This was the first "good album" I was introduced to growing up, the idea that the whole of a rock album could be good and worth listening to. It's hard to figure this one out.
Ugh. Ok. So here's the thing. Maybe the Beatles are overrated, like, in some absolute sense? But man, look. There is not a song on this record that is not great. Even the silly parts are FUN, and the serious parts LAND. Those boys could write and perform a pretty good song! And what they accomplished in like six years is frankly kinda mind-blowing.
Fine I guess. How do you review this?!
This is the one with "Here Comes The Sun" which is the best Beatles song. Supposedly, the mixing of this song was the very last time all 4 Beatles were in the studio together. They left on a high note.
Damn this album is good, how come they aren’t touring anymore? 4.7 stars
The best swan song of all time from the best band of all time.
I could write a dissertation on how much I love this album. My favorite album from my favorite band!
Perfect. Just perfect. Even down to the last note cutoff.
Classic
SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW
So I already got the highest rated album this early huh. Favorite picks: "Here Comes the Sun", "Octopus Garden"
I’ll never stop claiming that the B-side of Abbey Road is the greatest music ever written. Chisel it on my tombstone. Most important album to me without a doubt!
Changed music forever
This is an all time album. I've probably heard Come Together over a thousand times but had not heard the album in it's entirety until today. I can't give it a 5 but it's a 4.5 for me any day.
Best medley 1969
Listening to this while I work. There are plenty of songs from the Beatles I enjoy. For some reason this album isn't hitting today. Not sure if I need the right mood for it or not. Here comes the sun will always hit though. Same with Octopus' Garden. Golden Slumbers is ethereal. I really liked the Jennifer Hudson cover of this song as well.
This was by far my favorite Beatles album so far (I’ve had 4). Obviously, I am very familiar with many tracks on here; “here comes the sun”, “come together”, “I want you (she’s so heavy)”. Those tracks are classics and shine on the album. But there are a few tracks that don’t do much for me “octopus’s garden” and “maxwell’s silver hammer” for example. Ultimately I feel like it’s a big sound that is well produced and epic in its appeal. Major moments like that of “golden slumbers” and the full throated “she came in through the bathroom window” were my favorites. After this, I may, just maybe, be able to say I like the Beatles.
Alkaa mainiosti, sitten meno muuttuu kovin epämielenkiintoiseksi.
Sönnun að guð sé til
Sturlað albúm. Frábært production og mjög fullkomin plata. Smá filler efni en það er eiginlega bara plús því það er gott. Er persónulega meiri early bítlakall en þetta er óneitanlega fimma eða sexa.
Það eru bara einir Bítlar og líklega er þetta besta platan. Ótrúlegt pródúktion en allir orðnir leiðir á hver öðrum. Bestu lög Harrisson og svo blanda af Paul's granny music og prógressívum lögum frá Lennon. I want you alveg ótrúlegt lag. Medleyið svo ótrúlega skemmtilegt, gítarriffin og trommusóló Ringo í The end alveg geggjað. 5++
I declare The Beatles: good. Golden Slumbers my all time fav song of theirs
There are a few songs on here that I actually quite like! Caught me in a good mood!
I'll always love this album and band... this is to me just what i call 'music' and i'll always think about playing beatles rockband in my basement with adam and going to Australia with just an mp3 player with every beatles song on it when i was 11... this is their best album ...
how could you not give this a 5
I've never considered myself a "Beatles-head," as in I don't sit there sifting through hours of scrapped studio recordings, and I don't know the difference between all the million album remasters they have out nowadays. But if there's one album by them that I've had an obsessive relationship with, it's Abbey Road. It's one of the most important pop albums of all time. A swansong for the group and for the traditional pop-sounds of the '60s that were being phased out by the many alternative movements spearheading the '70s. For as "forward thinking" as this album is often described as, it sure does sound relentlessly '60s - for the most part. But I think that's fine; the Beatles themselves are, after all, ruthlessly '60s. The decade belongs to them, and they belong to that decade. Abbey Road, to me, has always been about execution. How does one execute a pop album? Like this. The first crop of songs I want to talk about are 'Something', 'Oh! Darling', 'Here Comes The Sun', and 'Octopus's Garden', songs that are relatively run-of-the-mill '60s pop - yet there's an edge to them, something exotic that elevates them beyond any of their '60s pop contemporaries. I love the string blushes of George Harrison's 'Something', and that vocal melody in the upbeat switch-up is one of those things that just sticks with you - a gorgeous depiction of one's crushing love for another. 'Oh! Darling' is McCartney's attempt at something similar, and while I don't like it as much, I do love how over-the-top he delivers his lines and just how almost '50s throwback it is. This song shines in its simplicity. And 'Octopus' Garden' is one of the greatest pop songs, period. The group vocals on the chorus, the cozy underwater feel and imagery, and the playful and simplistic bassline - this is by far and away Ringo's best solo track on any Beatles album. And if 'Something' wasn't indication enough, 'Here Comes The Sun' further solidifies Harrison as this album's unsung hero. It's such a perfect tune, with such a subtle approach, but yet with so many layers that so timidly reveal themselves, but then just as easily, go back into hiding throughout this song's 3-minute runtime. But going back to this idea of how to execute a pop album, for the Beatles, it wasn't just about making these conventional tunes (at least not in their later years), but about being able to fuse pop (i.e catchiness and accessibility), with sounds that will challenge your average Beatles listener. Which, at the time of this album's release, was damn near every human-being on the planet. It's far from their most obviously experimental record, that probably goes to the White Album, but there are so many off-kilter moments here that serve to round out the album experience. And these songs are why this thing still stands the test of time. For one, I've never understood what made 'Come Together' so popular. I mean, yeah, the bassline is iconic, but the lyrics are almost non-sensical, and the instrumentation is so barebones and minimal for a good chunk of it, and when that sing-along chorus comes in, it lasts for only two bars. But the song is still by all means incredible, so groovy and slick. And the fact that it's one of the band's most popular hits just proves everything I'm talking about with The Beatles' music's ability to seep poppiness and accessibility into any ambitious idea they choose to muster up, at least on this album. 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', while not as popular, I feel the same about. The unsettling story of the psychotic Maxwell juxtaposed against the golly singing was certainly strange, but again, it's insanely catchy. I love the way the backing vocals get more exaggerated at each iteration of the chorus, and those blaring Moog synths in the first interlude (and the piano in the second) give the entire thing a very theatric feel, it feels like a run crew scurrying to set the scene for the next act during these transitions. 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' starts off sounding like your standard blues-rock track before evolving into this monstrous, almost prog-rock song, with the organ and that distorted, hypnotic guitar lead. By the end of it, you're getting a full-blown King Crimson 'Red' era kind of cut. Getting a bit ahead of myself, but 'The End' of the medley also gives, oh-so subtle, proto-punk vibes with that noisy, distorted guitar. Maybe the most distinguishing feature of this album is the medley that encompasses a good chunk of its second side. And how each part of it sounds so different, employing unique ideas - and yet all the pieces come together so seamlessly by the end of it. 'Golden Slumbers' is my favorite. I love McCartney doing that over-the-top guttural thing again with his voice. I also dig the elegant baroque instrumentation and the way this song leads into the group-vocal chorus of 'Carry That Weight' that's then followed by that triumphant horn section. It's one of the most incredible music moments there is. On top of all that, the remasters of this album are just incredible sounding. It really is an engineering marvel that each sound here comes through so crystal clear. You just know that when you're listening to this album, you're hearing the entire album, every morsel of it. And you should savor it because Abbey Road is one of those perfect pop albums. A masterpiece in being able to pull every sound in popular music from the time into one tight package. An iconic, monstrous piece of art that landmarks music history like very few albums do.
Amazing production, songwriting and performances. This record represents everything that an album is supposed to be. If you haven't listened to it idk what kind of rock have you been living under but just go and do it already.
Soft 5. The tracks that are considered classics are amazing and all front loaded in the first half. The rest are just mid and some end so questionably abruptly. 'Here Comes The Sun' was my fave - it's such a sonic treat. Plenty of good ones to pick from, at least from the first half.
Astonishing to think how much they produced and how far they came in the five years and eight months between the release of Meet the Beatles and Abbey Road.
So many memories started ok
Absolutely great album full of all time classics
8/10 Come together is enough to get this album a 4. 3-21-2025
It’s pretty good, not as earth shatteringly good as I expected but I don’t think the Beatles do a lot for me from what I’ve heard of their catalogue. Hoping my opinion on this will change after a couple of re listens. 3/5
Immaculate album from the music down to the album art. Iconic: 5.0/5.0
not my favorite beatles album but fantastic nonetheless
one of my favorites.
I liked some songs I haven't listened to before. Songs that I've been exposed to already I was a little sick of it.
Pretty good pop rock from the Beatles. I liked this but I didn't love it. Feel like I'm missing something from the Beatles fanboys. Some classic songs, yes, and maybe it was groundbreaking at the time, but it's just pretty good now.
1969 was a weird year for the Beatles. After mucking around with some aimless "back to basics" music-making in the early part of the year (all the 'Get Back' / 'Let It Be' crap), the band got down to business during the spring and summer and managed to make an awesome album in the midst of a break-up. As if conscious of crafting a swansong, The Beatles hold nothing back on Abbey Road: the sizable tracklist features a diverse lot of songs all gorgeously produced with a pristine audio quality. To make matters more interesting, the song structures are experimental and quite literally "suite". Everything flows forth in a grand manner with a final blast to announce 'The End'! And then of course, the little accident of 'Her Majesty' gives the album the designation of harboring a hidden track. Add on the effortless iconic album cover and all of these qualities combine to make Abbey Road undoubtedly amazing.
Great stuff, loved the weird story in the middle about Mr Mustard and Pam. Favourite tracks: Come Together & The End Definitely worth a relisten. 4/5
Already listened to it before, still gave a bit of it a listen, its just great all the way through, 9.45
I liked how this album has a large variety of sounds while still managing to stay cohesive. I was surprised at the switch up at "Sun King" through "The End" where the songs flow into each other instead of having a clear start and end like the first part of the album. The low point of the Abbey Road was "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" because it just drags on for too long without much progression. Favorite Songs: "Octopus's Garden", "Here Comes The Sun", and "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window"
So this is a better album than the White Album, but as you know I don't consider that to be a particularly high bar. The classics on this are better than the ones on TWA. Here Comes The Sun is a standout for me - the only one I would actively seek out. The rest are split between, "OK it's another Beatles song" and, "What is this shite". The best thing is that I listened to Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes after this, which in my opinion is the better album.
Definitely one of the better Beatles albums - more cohesive than the White Album, more interesting than their earlier stuff, but not without its flaws. I do think the first side is by far better than the second, the run of songs that blend into each other and are basically two minute snippets don't really do anything for me, but a lot of the rest of it makes up for that. Plus they didn't put The End at the end, so they can't get five stars for that alone.
I mean, it’s one of the best albums in the history of music, isn’t it? What can you say that hasn’t been said before?
Честно говоря, никогда я не понимал прикола битлов, и этот раз не исключение. Да, это музыка своего времени и она была, наверное, чрезвычайно новаторской тогда, но сейчас по большей части это звучит как весёленькие песенки под гитару. Возможно, это потому, что все с тех пор им подражали и ими вдохновлялись, значит битлы интересны не как самоценное что-то, а как историческое явление. Но я в этом ничего не понимаю. Бесил весь альбом хардпан разных инструментов в одно ухо (особенно барабанов, которые по современным стандартам обычно по центру делают, а тут то слева то справа), прослушивание превращается в "в каком ухе у меня гудит?"
Best of the best.
An amazing album.
Both subjectively and objectively the greatest album ever recorded. Simply put, it has everything. Musicianship, the place it occupied within its historical context, the influence it continues to have half a century later, the fact it is the grand finale from the most famous and influential band of all time, the context in which it got recorded, the production values, the composition values, the singles, the deep cuts, the whole listening experience as an album, each song, the hidden track, the cover, the duration, the diversity of the first half, the medley from the latter half, the way these songs sound when played live, the conspiracy theories, the covers its songs have inspired. Just perfect.
There’s not much I can say about this album that hasn’t already been said. But this was the first Beatles album I properly listened to, after avoiding them for years in my adolescence because I assumed all of their music sounded like Twist and Shout. How wrong I was, and how glad I am that I eventually spun this. Undeniable masterpiece.
One time I was working at my uncle's store and I wanted to take a big dump that could not be hold, so I took a bike and rode home as fast as I could because the shit was already leaving my cervical cavities. During this ride I almost run over two people and a truck almost runs me over, because at the time my town did not have bike lanes and I had to switch between the thin sidewalk and the dangerous car lane. So the thing is, I get to my grandma's house, absolutely destroy her bathroom, and I immediately get back to work. Why am I telling you this? Because I was listening to this album the whole time this was happening. So everytime I hear "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", immediately followed by "Here Comes the Sun", I remember the sheer panic my guts were feeling, and the amount of relief that followed when the fecal matter left my body and George Harrison's sweet voice was singing in my ears.
I was raised to love the beatles, and thus I love the beatles. Every tune here is near perfect (sans Polythene Pam, which has never been great and has aged poorly). By far The Beatles best use of stereo sound. This album sounds so incredibly full while listening on headphones. An album that begs to be listened to loud to catch all the details. Specific favourite moments: the ‘bang bangs’ right before the chorus on Maxwell, the guitar riff on Oh! Darling, the guitar riff on Octopus’s Garden, the guitar riff on I Want You (I’m sensing a theme here), the entire medley, the horns on Golden Slumbers & reusing the You Never Give Me Your Money melody, and Ringo going crazy on the drums on The End.
Good to revisit, still great
A remarkable record, I can't decide what my favourite song is on this album, some of the greatest songs ever written, and I love the medley of short songs towards the end, Golden Slumber into Carry the Weight is beautiful.
Another banger not prob closer to 3.5 starts for me tho
Fav: Something Least Fav: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer No wonder this is always fighting with Rumours for the honour of being the highest rated album on this website, I get it now
My 2nd favorite Beatles album just behind The Beatles Self-Titled “White” Album. Last recorded album (not last released) by the band. Expertly assembled, engineered and produced. Literally every song is killer. The sound stage, engineering and mixing is legendary. Easy 5⭐️. Top 20/25 All-Time in my book.
Once again, I wish you could give half ratings on these. This album is a good 2.5/5 for me. Not my favorite thing ever, not even close, but it has some redeeming qualities. Especially the sequence from "Golden Slumbers" to "Her Majesty." I'm a sucker for strings and these filled every checkbox. "Oh! Darling" satisfies my inner love of doo-wop and fascination with being a teen in the 50s. It sounds like a prom in 1950s California. The harmonies on "Octopus's Garden" are sick, the drums on "The End" are insane. Yeah, I think I still like The White Album more, but that sequence puts up a hard fight.
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pas pire.
La qualité du mix, du son, c'est ce qui m'a marqué dans cette nouvelle écoute de l'album. J'imagine qu'avant Dark Side of the Moon et Thriller, c'était un très bon album pour tester la qualité de son système de son hi-fi et impressionner ses visiteurs, notamment avec la pièce de départ, Come Together. C'est un album incroyable, malgré ce que John Lennon a pu en dire: «Lennon ultimately said that he disliked Abbey Road as a whole and felt that it lacked authenticity, calling McCartney's contributions "[music] for the grannies to dig" and not "real songs", and describing the medley as "junk ... just bits of songs thrown together".» (Source: Wikipedia) Je l'aime autant que j'aime les commentaires de John sur les chansons des Beatles.
Le meilleur dernier album d'un band de toute l'histoire des derniers albums de band. Le meilleur album du band que presque tous ses albums sont son meilleur. Le meilleur album du meilleur band. Le meilleur album. Chacun des membres réussi à se dépasser, le groupe réussi à se dépasser. Et ils n'ont pas encore 30 ans. Le technologie a encore fait un bon, juste à temps pour clore le chapître des Beatles d'une production majestueuse. Y s'est pus jamais rien fait de bon depuis.
4+ Stars (12/15)
When I think of perfect albums this one is what come a to mind first
5/5 album, a classic, there's a reason its number 2 on the global rating across lists. This is a front to back soli album. Bangers everywhere.
i mean it's the classic.
Ahhh a classic and I’m saying that as a totally unbiased person. This album is widely acknowledged as a classic. I don’t even have to listen to it based on the huge acceptance of it. But I will listen, oh yes I will. You know why? Well, I don’t particularly believe that all Beatles albums are classics. Let me take this bull by the horns and scalp it. Shall I? Let’s see…. 6 songs in and silence from me. Well, so far “I Want You” is the weakest song and it’s a 4/5. I must do better to squash this album. Ok we’ve got them!! Sun King….not good. Down half a star. That’s about all I could muster up with my critique. It’s a pretty solid album. 4.5 stars but I’ll round up. The good ones are too good. Choice cut: Here Comes the Sun
There is nothing I can say to add to the history of this record. It's a masterpiece.
Not the best Beatles album tbh
One of the greats.
This is likely the best album of all time in my opinion.
Perfect in every way
Perfection. Like (almost) everything from Beatles.
A quintessential album for the rock genre, and I’ve held off listening to it because I knew it was on here. I wish I could give it a 4.5 but I reserve my 5’s. Amazing regardless
I love the interconnected songs on the B-side of this. Lots of schmaltzy Paul-ness to this, but less so than in Let It Be.
Masters of the dum dum cha movement, anyone who doesn't give this a 5 is a massive fridge. Mid 5.
Here comes the sun and come together are 5 stars. The rest... Overrated
10/13, 77%
Overall: 10/10 One of those albums I never need to hear again, yet I'll always take the opportunity to do so anyway. The songs are so ingrained in my life that I couldn't even tell you where I heard most of these songs for the first time because they've always been here. I'm actually struggling to write about it for that reason. I will, however, write about one of the coolest songs ever written: I Want You (She's So Heavy). I personally consider this song to be the closest thing to metal anyone wrote before Sabbath came along, and it never fails to astound me with it's doomy mood and incredible bass work. Plus, don't even get me started on Ringo's drumming. Anyone who disses Ringo needs to listen to this song cause they'll realize quickly how ignorant they are. He's a beast. Anyway, the last thing I want to point out is I love the suite on side two a lot. It's just hard to listen to the individual tracks on shuffle lol Also, Maxwell's Silver Hammer SUCKS Fav Song: I Want You (She's So Heavy) Least Fav Song: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Highlights: Come Together, Something, Here Comes The Sun, Because. In a nutshell: not a masterpiece, but close. The last hurrah for the Fab Four. At this point in The Beatles career, producer George Martin had much more to balance. The notable ones are (a) George Harrison was (finally!) taken seriously as a songwriter and granted two majestic songs on this album, and (b) Paul got to indulge in his dancehall/vaudeville fixation (much to the chagrin of the rest of the band. I feel ya there fellas!). We don't need to go into the John-Yoko situation. Mostly solid Side A. Come Together (the right choice for an opener), Something (delightful), a confusing turn with Maxwell's Silver Hammer (which sounds like it was made for a child). Oh! Darling reminiscent in a way of early Beatles, the goofy Octopus's Garden and the long (but somehow tolerable) I Want You (She's So Heavy). Great start to Side B, but the road is bumpy after song 10. Going into a medley was an interesting decision. Lyrically, strange. Kinda works. My biggest criticism, apart from Maxwell's Silver Hammer, is the inclusion of Her Majesty as a secret track. The End was perfect. It tied the bow. By adding Her Majesty, Paul untied that ribbon and slapped one of those gaudy red 75¢ adhesive gift bows instead. Even with their creative and personal differences, I get the feeling the band put in their all for Abbey Road. Throughout the album we hear triumphant guitars, organ, the symphonic flourishes and vocals. It's not perfect. It not my favourite Beatles album, but it's close. Overall: 8/10
the best Beatles album?
I remember listening to this album at night when I was a kid. Golden slumbers still gives me goosebumps. Amazing album
boo
Can’t do it. I will be a hater until the day I die.
ei parasta mutra beatlesia kuitenkin
A fantastic album, the instrumentals were truly amazing songwriting is also a very strong suit of this album the only thing i didn't like is how short some of the songs were, felt like it was a lot harder to digest some of the shorter songs, but at the same time the transitions from song to song were brilliant and executed damn near perfectly fav songs: Come Together, Maxwell’s silver hammer, and
The Beatles suck.
I feel like I’ve really never heard Something but I really like that track. Maxwells silver hammer is so so very disturbing but also somehow still palatable. … and I stopped takes notes after that I guess. The album is great I can’t believe I’ve never actually listened through it. It may not be my exact taste in music but I liked it still and I can absolutely see how these are the greats.
Ooh today is gonna be a good day. Honestly didn’t start off as amazing as I was expecting. It obviously began with the great hit Come Together which is of course a great start and a great song but I think I’ve heard that song enough to where it’s kind of lost much of its greatness to me. Something is of course also an amazing follow up and Maxwell’s Silver Hammer did not disappoint either. But then Oh! Darling came on and I was impressed. That song hit. That’s when I knew this album was something special. I don’t think a better song could also have been written about an Octopus’s Garden so I must applaud the band for that. The ceiling for such a song is still pretty low hahaha. But now I’m kinda mad though cuz upon hearing I Want You (She’s So Heavy) I’m honestly wondering where have half of these Beatles songs been my entire life. Like this song is BUS and I frickin grew up on Beatles, like I heard this band a BUTT ton growing up and know all of the hits by heart and you’re telling me I was deprived access to these absolute bangers like Oh! Darling and I Want You (She’s So Heavy). Genuinely upset, but also so glad I get to experience it today now for the very first time. Ahh and then the number one hit of all time, Here Comes The Sun, I hadn’t heard this song in so long when the happy-go-lucky guitar began playing it was like a warm blanket of good times and nostalgia flooded me. Overplayed and overloved as it may be, you cannot deny the amazing song that it is. It is truly a well needed message of hope this world needed and still needs more than ever. Listening to it literally feels like the sun is coming, I feel a warm rush over my body like the sun really bathes my skin and a vision of better times appears. The album then moves onto Because, a sweet song of love with some cute and clever lyrics I enjoyed. Did not expect that fun little switch up in You Never Give Me Your Money, I liked it cuz otherwise I was about to be like lowkey this song is feeling kinda boring. The Beatles got it though, I’m learning they definitely know how to make a song. Sun King is a warm and lovely transition followed by the fun short skit-like song of Mean Mr. Mustard. The nonstop smooth transitioning of short song into short song at this point of the album is really interesting to me. It works really well in the album and provides a really interesting segment. Really fun vocal deliveries in Golden Slumbers from Paul I greatly enjoyed. Things feel like they start to build up into something grandiose with the orchestral and dramatic vibes of Carry That Weight. It’s intense and suspenseful. And it’s all so beautifully resolved in The End. So apropos, I love it. And with great, albeit simple, lyrics to end it all off: “in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.” A great reminder and really drives the point of this album in so many ways. First the basic and blatant one, that we must love. Although a simple reminder, it is a much needed one. Its a reminder that has aged like wine, all the more needed the more and more this world has progressed. If anything, this album is more relevant for this reason today than it was even upon its creation. The other lesson I learned from this album is from its simplicity. The instrumentation, the lyrics, the vocals, all of it, are so incredibly simple and the themes too, they are all so simple, and yet in their simplicity there is so much meaning and beauty. I mean there is a massive stretch in this album of tiny short 2 minute or less songs that just blend into each other so well and form a tight and cohesive and enjoyable part of the album. But the songs are so short and so simple. Nothing is inaccessible and nothing is hard to understand and thats what makes this album so wide reaching, influential, and just profound. A great album and certainly one for the ages. Also bonus points for arguable the greatest album cover art of all time. Incredibly iconic and infinitely influential.
Still one of my all time favorite Beatles’ albums. From top to bottom it has variety of music type, instruments, and some classics by Harrison. They certainly went out on a high note.
Classic hard not to give it a 5
I’ve never been a huge Beatles fan and this doesn’t change my opinion. They were a great band who really pushed rock/pop music forwards but I don’t think you can appreciate that as much looking backwards as you can if you experienced it. I don’t think this is the best album of all time. It has some beautiful songs (“Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight”) and some bangers (“Come Together”, “Oh! Darling”) but a bunch of other mid songs. Also I don’t like “Here Comes the Sun”. It’s a solid album that they sound really good on, but I don’t think it’s one of the best albums ever devised by man.
enjoyed the variety of sounds and tempos. and Ringo's "Octopus Garden" holds a soft spot in my heart (thanks Dad). some great tracks on here-the last several just flow together so well.
already heard ts a million times but its friggin tuff so its fine why has paul got his feet out?
I WANT YOUUUUU
After almost a year of albums I can’t believe I finally got a Beatles album
This was my first time hearing the 2019 mix and it is *fantastic*.
NUMBER 101! IT'S THE BEATLES, MOTHERFUCKER! i am literally crying when i saw the cover i even went to THE zebra crossing to recreate it the first time i went to the UK. so, the beatles literally means extremely much to me... and i love the most of the album i just dont know how to say how i love this album i want to techniclly break it down and build it back and analyse how awesome it is but it's literally hell mode for me so i will just say it over and over: this IS my second favourite beatles album besides the white covered one. imma going to silver hammer everyone that hates this album somehow. 5/5
Well you can’t hate on this album bro, its one of the most iconic of all time. That being said this shit sucked. jk I liked it a lot
"Abbey Road" (1969) markiert das letzte gemeinsame Album der Beatles und ist ein musikalisches Meisterwerk, das Innovation und Perfektion vereint. Die ikonische Medley-Seite B zeigt eine nahtlose Songabfolge, die bis heute einzigartig ist. "Come Together" eröffnet das Album mit einem düsteren Groove, während "Something" eine der schönsten Liebesballaden von George Harrison ist. Das epische Finale mit "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight" und "The End" hinterlässt einen bleibenden Eindruck. Klanglich brilliert das Album mit einer warmen Produktion, und die harmonischen Arrangements sind auf höchstem Niveau. Ein zeitloses Werk, das Generationen inspiriert und einen würdigen Abschluss der Beatles-Ära darstellt.
There best album
Absolutely beautiful.
I was a bit intimidated to tackle on this album... and then, it gave me a big warm hug and a lot of killer songs showcasing how adventurous and diverse the band was for its time and everything was lovely once again.
There really is something so special about the Beatles. You don't realize it until you do a project like this just how amazing and consistent their sound is. 9/10
what a great album to start the week!! there is a reason this album is hailed as one of the greatest in every list imaginable out there. This is what peak last album looks like. iconic! iconic! icooonic!!!!!!
Favorite beatle album. Can listen to it too to bottom
I...just don't love this band.
Octopus' Garden is killer. Come together evokes a feeling not seen very often in me.
GOLLLLLLLDEN SLUMMMMBERS FILL YOUR EYESSSS…SMILLLLEESSSS AWAAAAAKE YOU WHEN YOU RIIISE
What is there to say about this album that hasn’t already been said. It’s Abbey Road, the crowning achievement of The Beatles and my favourite album by them. Probably one of my favourite albums of all time.
Goated
Fantastic
По музыкальной составляющей альбом мне однозначно понравился. Очень теплое и ламповое гитарное звучание с интересными проигрышами. Моментами напоминало звучание Arctic Monkeys, но оно и не удивительно, ведь Алекс Тернер сам говорил, что вдохновлялся The Beatles при написании своей музыки. По вокалу в целом все тоже достаточно приятно, но мне, по крайне мере сейчас, тяжеловато дается музыка другой эпохи, а альбом как никак записан в 1969 году. Я думаю, что я вернулся бы к переслушиванию этого альбома еще раз, а несколько песен сохраню в свой плейлист. В целом альбому я бы поставил оценку 6,5/10
Great album! Not much of a Beatles-fan but I liked this one. I'll definitely listen more to this.
Better than I expected.
Literally The album of all time so much that I kind of forgot this was a real album I would be listening to. I enjoy the sound and atmosphere they make even in slower ones I might not always vibe to. They always go all in thoughtfully on the character they need for each song. But there are a couple of duds... can I say that?? Lmao. And Come Together goes on to long until it's not exciting anymore, which is a shame. Thought about how I would feel hearing this without it being the Beatles but that's kind of an impossible question
Good
Would anyone dare rate this less than a 5?
Five stars. Great album
O truly wonderful album. The b side, almost one entire song, is a beautiful piece of music. (I used to love playing it on Rock Band too!) (17 known/29 new)
I feel like Paul made a back room deal with Ringo to get Maxwell’s Silver Hammer on the record in exchange for Octopus’s Garden
D - deserves all the pludits it gets
i acknowledge their impact on modern music but i’ve never “liked” liked their music. like it’s really good but i’m not gonna revisit this album. i actually think it’s really fucking boring even though i can understand why it’s widely praised
my english teacher back then introduced me to the beatles as she was a huge fan and it quickly became the first album i owned. this was my life back when i was like 11, i still have vivid memories of putting this on and doing my homework listening to it 🥺 time flies
Excellent classic Beatles!
So good on so many levels, plus big nostalgia points.
I mean c'mon. Side b is one of the best tracks ever
The best Beatles album! No doubt. All the songs are good and different from each other. You can really feel that by the end of their career they finally reached a musical maturity.
Didn’t need to listen to it. So fabulous.
The most overrated album in existence. People were sad because their favorite band broke up and they haven’t stopped feeling those feelings for 50 years. Still, I don’t dislike it. Last year I rated it 7/10, this time I’ll give it a soft 4/5. The medley is fun and I love Oh Darling. The rest of the first half, meh. I could live without hearing Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, She’s so Heavy, Come Together, Something, or Here Comes the Sun ever again.
It’s one of my favourite Beatles albums (though not my top, which would be either Rubber Soul, or Revolver), especially for the medley of songs on the B-side. The way ‘Golden Slumbers’ segues into ‘Carry That Weight’ never fails to send shivers up and down my spine. Glorious.
I'm not sure what more needs to be said - It's the Beatles, you love it or you hate it. I love it.
Don't be dumb about it. There's no nuance here.
🫣
A classic and widely regarded as one of the great albums of all time for a reason.
Love the album cover. Some songs could be left out, but otherwise solid
Track listing : 1 - Come Together 10/10 2 - Something 10/10 3 - Maxwells Silver Hammer 7/10 4 - Oh! Darling 10/10 5 - Octopuses Garden 8/10 6 - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 9/10 7- Here Comes The Sun 10/10 8 - Because 8/10 9 - You Never Give Me Your Money 9/10 10 - Sun King 10/10 11 - Mean Mr Mustard 7/10 12 - Polytheme Pam 8/10 13 - SCITTBW 8/10 14 - Golden Slumbers 10/10 15 - Carry That Weight 8/10 16 - The End 10/10 17 - N/A
Sonically brilliant. Lyricslly and themstically very, very silly, pulled up to 4 by the Harrison compositions.
A few duds but overall a bop.
Habe Golden Slumbers kennengelernt
The Beatles will always be groundbreaking and iconic. Not much more to say.
I don't know why, but I don't like this album nearly as much as Let It Be. It's good, but not their best. Here Comes The Sun is fantastic, but the rest of the album doesn't live up to that high.
Fantastic album
Banger album. Favorite tracks: something, octopus's garden, the medley Will is revisit?: already knew the album Current rating: 10/10
I loved this when it first came out and I was 10 years old. By the time I graduated high school it felt overplayed to me. Everyone deserves a chance to experience the anew tho
Great album
More like Sweet Road
First full listen of this one but I've heard most of the songs. It's solid
I mean it’s ok….Here comes the sun is undoubtedly a tune, I also like Something. And I didn’t even realise Golden Slumbers was a Beatles song I recognised it from Sing lol But lots of not great tracks too.
Not again. Come Together - best song. Maxwell's Silver hammer is way too cheery for a murder song. Oh look, a song about being under the sea in an octopus garden. What is this Disney Club stuff... 'I want you so baaaad'....for 7 minutes?! Skip. Here Comes the Sun - fantastic. Mean Mr Mustard - Wombles. Carry that weight - great song The End - I like that one and now I know where the Mastodon's 'The Hunter' lyric comes from 'The love you take is equal to the love you make'
My parents had this album when I was a kid and it lives in my head and serves as the standard all music is compared to.
ubiquitous
Classic genius
The peak of music.
good but not as good as the other one
O que dizer? Perfeito
Few good songs, but not my cup of tea.
Very good, even though the Beatles are not my bag.
Look, pretty good, but all of the gushing is over done. It's not the greatest album ever made. Maybe one of the greatest when it came out, but it's full of holes. Maybe I'm just not a Beatles fan, but if I never heard this again I wouldn't think twice. Three stars.
I've never been much of a Beatles fan so there's no way it could have lived up to the hype for me, but I did vibe with the first six or so tracks
5/5 obviously. Just listened again and yes still a 5.
Absolute classic!
insane innovation and growth in 7 years
Probably the best complete album by the Beatles in my opinion. All four members have songwriting credits on this record and each delivers; most notably George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" and "Someday", as well as Ringo Starr's "Octopus's Garden". Abbey Road has become one of the most iconic albums of all time among critics for both its music and its legendary and oft-parodied album cover and the cultural significance it holds.
I finally reached it, the best album on the list! This is a perfect album and is probably the best Beatles album in terms of quality (although I prefer Rubber Soul personally). The first half features iconic songs back to back with "Something" being the standout for me. Each song feels uniquely different on this half which adds a lot of variety to the album. The second half is a medley which showcases how talented The Beatles truly were. When the best band ever makes their masterpiece, of course it's going to make it on this list. In summary, IT'S WAY BETTER THAN RUMOURS! Favorite Songs: ALL OF THEM! (Maxwell's Silver Hammer is definitely the weakest though)
Yes
Yay, The Beatles! Sit back, relax, and enjoy. I remember when the Beatles were putting out records ... couldn't wait to see what was next for/from them. This is one of the best.
Obviamente es un 5/5 pero en cuanto al ranking se me hace difícil posicionarlo todavía. La etapa tardía es obviamente la mejor.
I grew up listening to all these songs, but I think this is the first time I've heard the entire album, in order. Damn, if this isn't perfection - the songs, the arrangements, the medley, the hidden track, the flow of the songs, the album cover.... Favorite songs: Come Together, Something, Oh! Darling and Here Comes The Sun.
# Album Name: Abbey Road # Artist: The Beatles # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: I mean honestly. Does it get much better? I honestly dont think so. WHAT A FUCKING ALBUM! # Top Tunes: All of it. # Would I listen to it again? Fuck yeah!
8/10
My first time tackling this album. The Beatles have been a massive blind spot in my music listening history. Overall I found myself enjoying this and can easily see why this is considered a classic by so many. For me I found side-one more enthralling, with side-two still being very good, but not as punchy as the first. I'm excited to give this one more listens.
Favorite Track: Here Comes The Sun
Fine. I don't like the Beatles much. Not enough soul for my taste
I know why this is a good album but didn’t do much for me
Turns out I had hated Come Together for so long without realizing it's a Beatles song.
I like the Beatles Abbey Road Very good, very nice
Easily one of the best sounding albums put to tape. God bless George Martin (and Giles Martin for the modern remix) Probably The Beatles most iconic album along with Sgt Peppers, has some of their strongest material, but also has some stuff that falls a lil short from the rest. A lot of people praise the medley on side 2, and while it definitely has some great moments on it, the hard cuts to some songs ruin the flow. It’s a nice send off and a happy ending from The Beatles. 😊 “That’s Paul’s. I hate it. ‘Cuz all I remember is the track – he made us do it a hundred million times. He did everything to make it into a single and it never was and it never could’ve been, but he put guitar licks on it and he had somebody hitting iron pieces and we spent more money on that song than any of them in the whole album. I think.” - John Lennon “Sometimes Paul would make us do these really fruity songs. I mean, my god, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer was so fruity. After a while we did a good job on it, but when Paul got an idea or an arrangement in his head…” - George Harrison “The worst session ever was Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for fucking weeks. I thought it was mad.” - Ringo Starr “They got annoyed because Maxwell’s Silver Hammer took three days to record. Big deal.” - Paul McCartney
Probably a top ten of all time, sunking, something and the bathroom window/golden slumbers part of the medley are just peak Beatles, even maxwells silver hammer sounds alright if you have an open mind
Not a fan
Classic, but a bit played out. I suppose, all classics are.
yup, it's up there for a reason, its good
It has been a long time since I’ve listened to this album. But it is still simply perfect.
I Realised I haven’t put this anywhere else so I might as well now 5 = multiple songs which I like 4 = at least 1 song I like 3 = neutral nothing bad/good 2 = irks me the wrong way 1 = a chore to listen to
The Beatles continue to leave me woefully unimpressed. The music is nice, but "nice" is the highest compliment I can give it. It's enjoyable and has a couple of bangers, but it doesn't stand out. And this album is not something that I'd be particularly excited to relisten. 7/10
Paul is the only one with his right foot forward in the photo. What does this mean? What really happened on the M1 motorway on January 7, 1967?
Man, I love this album!
einer der Meilensteine
a classic!!!! love this album but there’s a few songs on there that are not 5⭐️ in my opinion
I mean it’s the Beatles. Lots of fun, I enjoyed the deeper tracks more than I thought
I am notoriously not a Beatles fan, but I'm not gonna sit here and say this is bad. I do enjoy some of these.
Groovy. Great sound and lyrics
Yeah yeah yeah we get it it's the Beatles it's good whatever
A poignant listen, knowing this is the last material the Beatles recorded. Overall it is up there with their best songs, with the first side particularly strong - Come Together, Something, Maxwell's Silver Hammer. The medley of songs on side two require more listening to, but they do reveal some hidden gems, such as Golden Slumber and the End and maybe offers some clues as to where Paul McCartney, in particular, was heading musically. Special mention too to George Harrison, whose guitar playing was beautiful throughout
Timeless :)
One of my favorite Beatles albums, and an important one as well. A great way to start the day. Thank you!
It's hard to argue against this as the GOAT. Has probably the best opening 1-2 punch of any album ever, amazing guitar work and production throughout, and the side B medley is maybe my favorite multi-track stretch of songs that's ever been made. Oh and the most iconic album cover ever created. Just all-around incredible.
Easy 5
As good as ever
Great album, nothing but classics.
That the first album by The Beatles recommended by the random 1001 Albums to Listen to Before You Die, is one that I never listened to as much as Rubber Soul, Revolver, or Sergeant Pepper. "Come Together" has the most distinctive opening percussion, bass and piano progression and it all seems intended to test production possibilities and stereo technology. The instruments hit you from different proximities that drift across speakers and headphones. The lyrics are Dadaist stream of consciousness jive. "Something" the bass is powerful, the guitars have a strategic strummed and rhythmic minimalism and the organ and string section, this song sounds pieced together but it still accessible pop music. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" Ringo's drums dominate the mix, piano and synth... a goofy pub (granny) song about a medical student murderer. "Oh! Darling" is incredible and passionately gritty, an uncharacteristic intense vocal performance from Paul (evidently John though he should have sung it). "Octopus's Garden" Ringo Starr writing more proto-twee pop with some country western elements, but I kind of love it, a sonic sister to "Yellow Submarine" (a song I never minded). "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" John Lennon singing to Yoko Ono, the repetitive lyrics allow for instrumental complexity, time shifts and experimentation. That intentionally abrupt studio ending, because the tape was going to run out is so jarring. Side Two begins with "Here Comes The Sun" handclaps and vocal harmonies, an acoustic song with layered production and no John Lennon, followed by John Lennon's backwards baroque triple tracked vocal harmonies of "Because" with a Moog synthesizer adding some futuristic noise. "You Never Give Me Your Money" is the first part of the multi song suite is complex, shifting and devoid of choruses "Sun King" only connected by a sample of crickets is beautiful blues with swirling guitars and triple tracked ethereal vocals, Mean Mr. Mustard rocks with tambourines! "Polythene Pam" is an almost low fidelity blues jam dominated by percussion and vocals until it ends with a guitar solo (in this one song I can see the inspiration for Scottish indie pop band The Vaselines), She Came in Through The Bathroom Window is a more cohesive full band pop song "Sunday's on the phone to Monday, Tuesday's on the phone to me." "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" is probably the Beatles song most covered by global jazz singers, it begins as a ballad of intense longing and then transitions to a melodic march that is all chorus before reprising the melody of "You Never Give Me Your Money." The End is Ringo's only drum solo. "Her Majesty" is a goofy folk acoustic McCartney song fragment, it was intended to be part of the song suite/medley between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam but McCartney had it cut because he didn't like the way it sounded incorporated into the medley, so it became a "hidden track." What more could be said about the Beatles? Abbey Road is iconic, probably more for the cover art than its actual music. The influence of interconnected medley/suites in psychedelic pop can be seen in albums from the Elephant 6 collective (Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel).
Great album, a classic. Hard to know if I liked it so much already because of years of familiarity or if it is that great an album. “Oh Darling” is perhaps my favourite Beatle song.
8.5/10 Another excellent Beatles record. A tiny bit inconsistent - some of the more pure rock/hard rock on side 1 isn’t my favourite. But side 2 is just incredible. Best: Golden Slumbers
Is this the best Beatles album? Might be…
Solid
The fact that they made this album as a last hurrah before pretty much going their separate ways musically blows my mind. This and the white album are peak Beatles as individuals with more distinct styles all coming together perfectly on a project with the white album acting almost as a chaotic brainstorming session and abbey road being the finely tuned final project.
I get the influence the beatles had on modern music but it's just not for me.
It's Abbey Road.
Well, yeah, an all-time classic. Very few albums ever made have this many good songs on them. What the Beatles were able to do musically is unlikely ever to be repeated.
If I know all the words to all the songs, it's a 5. 5/5
Favourites: Something, Octopus's Garden, I Want You (She's So Heavy), You Never Give Me Your Money (11/1001, 8th Aug. '25, 2230h.)
All time favorit
For me, this is less an album, and more a collection of songs. That's not a bad thing; it just doesn't feel like a cohesive "one thing" is all. That said, it's one of my favorite albums. "Something" is a tender, beautiful description of love that chokes me up every time I hear it "Oh! Darling" has the neatest "variations on a theme" drum fills "Here comes the sun" also chokes me up every time I hear it. Any time I hear it when I'm by myself, I song along as loud as I can. I love this song. The medley, even though Lennon (the worst Beatle) hated it was a great inclusion on the album. Obviously, there are great bits to songs every artist has that they just can't make a whole thing out of. This, to me, was a great way to record some of those really cool pieces and share some really great bits of music with the world. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight is wonderful, and who knew McCartney had pipes like that? Admittedly, I favor Joe Cocker's version of She Came Into the Bathroom Window, but this is still wonderful. And a fucking Ringo drum solo?!? There are a couple of songs I'm not crazy about on this album, but they have merit and I'm glad they're on it. 4.5
Not sure there’s any Beatles album that wouldn’t get a 5
It’s a great album but my taset
They really abbeyed that road huh. Come Together is like the most overrated Beatles song I swear to god we did a 60’s music assignment and every group but mine played that stupid song holy crap. Tho back to the album, it’s a Beatles album so what more can you say, it’s an album which you can smile to but I’m def listening to it 55 years too late haha Fav song: here comes the Sun
It's the Beatles so like it's not gonna be that bad. Overall I like Revolver better considering this one feels a bit disjointed. The last run with all the songs transitioning into one is pretty cool.
The album's first half is solid, with great tracks like Something, Octopus's Garden, and Here Comes the Sun. However, the second half feels fairly repetitive and wacky. This album is very Beatlescore which appeals to some but not quite for me.
It was pretty good. Several hits, but definitely overstays its welcome
Obviously amazing
Classic, not bad. but not great IMO
Catchy and memorable Continuity is not really there except like twice and it's not like incredible, except for incredibly heterosexual
This is one of the most popular albums of relatively modern time and it has some jams that hold up even to this day, especially the artwork. I would say that there are some songs that are a bit meh but overall everything sounds great, especially when you leave it as a background listen. I did enjoy the few very popular songs.
Beatles Top
It’s Abbey Road. I already know it’s great.
I've never listened to this in its entirety before, the reason being that I'm not a huge Beatles fan. Obviously, I appreciate their importance. After Rubber Soul and this one, oh plus a couple of the solo ones, my overall view is still that George wrote the best songs, John was an intense ball of creativity, and Macca was (and is) quite cheery and a bit twee (goodness knows what Ringo was on by this point.) It's quite a disjointed album; I found myself puzzling over it, and dare I say, it's not hugely surprising that they broke up soon after this. Reading the Wiki description of its recording, afterwards, made total sense. I liked the beginning of the side 2 medley, combining humour with some interesting constructions and progressions, but Macca ended up dominating, which I'm afraid isn't a good thing in my view. Even though I love Here Comes The Sun, with it's super-cute mix of synth and guitar, it wasn't enough to round up to four overall. I preferred Rubber Soul.
- sehr abwechslungsreich (hängt ja sicherlich damit zusammen, dass an verschiedenen Songs sehr verschiedene Konstellationen gearbeitet haben) - dadurch wirds aber auch nicht langweilig / generell einfach sehr gut hörbar - bei "Come Together", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" sind ja richtig fette Riffs dazwischen - aber auch ansonsten hat mich da Vieles angesprochen, werde sicherlich nochmal reinhören - gefällt mir somit auch am Besten von den Alben, die bisher von B dran waren
One of my all time favorites
10/10....seriosly? Hehe
I wonder what would happen if Taylor Swift stopped touring? (I don’t like Taylor Swift, but she’s very good at what she does.) Anyway. This is my favourite Beatles album.
I especially like the 1st half
A classic in so many ways. Beyond anything else, bunch of bangers tbh.
alright finally giving them 5 stars, good job to the greatest band ever! this one was very good
No sorprendo a nadie diciendo esto (ni lo pretendo), pero este es posiblemente uno de los discos más preciosos, completos y absolutamente geniales de principio a fin de la historia. La primera mitad siendo una compilación de canciones prácticamente perfectas, con preciosidades como Oh Darling o, por qué no, Octopus's Garden, culminando en los 7 maravillosos minutos de I Want You. Luego, la segunda parte del disco es cuando deciden hacer lo que les da la gana y hacer 7 canciones que van juntas una con la otra y es todo maravilloso. No puedo decir mucho más original porque, joder, es Abbey Road, pero este es posiblemente uno de mis discos favoritos de toda mi vida a partir de ahora (y, a falta de que me salgan la mayoría, mi Beatles favorito). 5 estrellazas.
It's really hard to give this album anything but a 5. It's long been a favorite album of mine- Ive heard it from start to finish many times, but probably not in a decade. I feel like it really is the magna opus of everything the Beatles came to represent- pop music, influenced by a plethora of music genres, brought together in its highest and mpst consummate form. Even filler songs like Maxwell's Silver Hammer are executed to the highest degree, and the album highs are amazing. I'm also a big fam of the Sun King suite at the end- it really felt like the group came together to create something bigger than in previous albums. Overall- top tier album and one I highly recommend.
Oke of the best beatles albums, what's not to like. This record is surely the most mature album by the band in which they demonstrate some of the their greatest songwriting and production skills. The album has some of the best and most fun beatles songs, like something and here comes the sun, there is something for casual listeners and die-hard fans. The creative feat of the album remains the meddly, ehich has excellent flow and sound all throughout. Overall this is one of the best albums of all time and a favorite of mine. Favorite song: Something. Overall score: 9.4/10
Don’t make me use the O word. It just isn’t among my favorite Beatles records. What I said about the White Album goes double here: the good tracks are excellent, and the rest feel unfinished and less than strong. Despite the hagiography, there’s nothing particularly special about side B. It’s a lot of incomplete tracks stuck together, some of which are fun, some of which totally could’ve been cut. Clearly, given the amount of documentary footage from this era, one can’t help recognizing that this album was made by people that really didn’t want to be working with each other. I can’t help thinking that they should’ve broken up two years previous, the best tracks would all have ended up on solo albums, and nobody would have ever known that the great Abbey Road should have existed, or been any the wiser.
Obvious 5 star, I mean come on
Beatles r boring
The White Album part 2, basically, and that's no faint praise. What value and variety across the songs, the weirdness getting only more wondrous, with the all-time band, operating a very near their peak. The song cycle of the second side is some of Paul's best work and Sgt Peppers-comparable; had they not been breaking up perhaps might have been expanded and blown out for full artistic effect (the gorgeous "Golden Slumbers" should be acres larger, minutes longer). They are nursery rhymes, fairy tales and lullabies for adults (especially those that like to catch a buzz). For context: when a band's third-best songwriter writes "Here Comes the Sun"and the largely disregarded/overlooked drummer contributes "Octopus Garden," the band is definitely worth watching. The record only gets better with age. F-ing masterful and just about as good as pop music can be, and yet is somehow underrated, somehow gets lost in all the richness of the Beatles catalog.
Quite epic, their best
A universally revered album, and rightfully so.
come together sowieso classic something ist schön maxwells silver hammer erste sekunden klingt es so lustig wie der titel. yo was die lyrics gehen crazy oha ich bin invested in die story. yooo was?! der track ist ja insane das ist horrorcore. ich wusste dass der den judge kriegt. und es endet damit oha ok.
10/10 Favorite Tracks: Come Together, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Carry that Weight Least Favorite: Here Comes the Sun--sadly too overplayed, but that doesn't mean it's a bad song.
- classic album! obviously octopuses garden is the best although i have not heard any of the other songs
Well, this is one of my favorite albums of all time, and was released the year I was born. I remember the first time I heard it, about six years old, in a living room listening session with adults. I felt very sophisticated.
Easily could've been 7 songs shorter, far too long imo.
I love this album!
What a joy! The definition of an album. No song would fit another album. No change in track order could be made. The final burst of tracks, creating an enchanting medley, seals the album with a charming red bow.
god, what an insufferable record. i can appreciate that the beatles are expanding their sound palate in this one & sure, i know historically speaking this record was some kind of sound engineering marvel or whatever. it does sound particular & the songwriting isn't entirely boring. however! there is much more interesting music made by their contemporaries. i will also admit this does not sound like it was written in 69 (nice) but like. i've also been saying that about a lot of other records on this list... so maybe i just have a rly warped, ignorant idea of what the 60s sounded like musically! whatever. 3 stars. fuck off.
Just a delight
Pure bliss. Great album
I really don't enjoy the Beatles. They are varied and explore genre effortlessly. That said, there is still that sound that they have. Their signature. It just never really didn't for me. Pretty sizeable catalogue and I maybe really enjoy 7 songs? I think the problem is me. This is a perfect album. I'm just not the perfect audience for it.
03/01/24 Obviously this gets a 5 star rating. Never actually listened to this album before now and not a big fan of the Beatles, but this was better than expected.
Ok I see the hype! That album was magnificent. I can’t explain just one thing that I loved about it but it just felt good to listen to. I had to spin it back again just to get in that good mood again. Incredible project!
I mean come on. It’s a classic for a reason.
Best song: She’s so heavy
Well this was an easy one.
A great album by the Beatles. I liked Come Together, Something, Here Comes the Sun and Because the most.
I meant to give this album 2 stars at most, since I've always thought that the Beatles were overrated. I still think they are, but I must admit this was way better than I expected. 3.77/5
Probably the best album of all time
The most successful band in history, the most influential group of all time, the greatest artist ever - all are things often said about the Beatles - and there is plenty of truth to it. However, this makes it extremely difficult to listen to their music in a way that is not clouded by these opinions. Attempting to listen to their music in absence of any of its contextual significance would be like trying to review Hamlet whilst ignoring the fact that it was written by Shakespeare. It is an album that has become so revered over the decades that it seems to have transcended criticism, and anything less than adoration of it will surely be met with scorn and disbelief ("You don't like the Beatles...?"). So what does one do when listening to Abbey Road for the first time? Do you try to drown out the endless stream of praise that fills every music forum and review? Or do you try to drown it out and listen objectively? The crowning glory of this album is not 'Come Together' or 'Here Comes the Sun,' but is its second half of nearly continuous music that starts with 'You Never Give Me Your Money' and runs through until the penultimate track. Given the complexities involved with analogue recording at the time, this must have been a genuine technological achievement, and musically it is just as impressive - some of their best harmonies are found here, and motifs from previous tracks in the 'medley' spring up sporadically and offer a homogeneity reminiscent of a concept album. Despite this, some tracks do not live up to the reputation that this album has garnered, (e.g. Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Octopus's Garden) and are at times almost laughably formless and cheesy. For the greatest album of all time, I was disappointed. Of course, some would argue it was deliberate and genius - but it has left me wondering whether people would say that if it was released by another band. Their influence, prolificity, and impact can not be understated, but it is all too often that context alters our view on what is actually there. At the end of the day, the music should answer for itself: if, when standing on its own two feet, it falls short of expectations or does not speak to us in a meaningful way, then it is worthy of criticism all the same... Beatles or not. Tracks to look out for include 'Old Darling,' 'Come Together,' 'Golden Slumbers.'
Not my favourite Beatles Album, but I loved the journey it took me on and how it almost felt like two differrent albums - the first and second half... which would make sense in the context of a double sided tape/ vinyl. I am a Beatles apologist and am often of the opinion everything they do is great, mainly because it is and it's the first of its kind. So many classic songs on this album, and I'm very glad I actually listen to it back to front for the first time. The vocals from all members, the way it can go from an experimental psychedelic song to a pop hit with nearly two billion streams on spotify is incredible. Range, creativity, innovation and love for the game of music is so clearly present - not to mention the iconic album cover... I want to give it a five, but I feel it's a high 4. Love x
Love it
Not my favourite album by The Beatles, but what an album! For me, the stand-out tracks are "Come Together", "Something", and "Here Comes the Sun", but let's not forget that this album includes "Octopus's Garden".
This is one of the classics. It may not be one of my all time favorites but it’s close.
What's left to say ?"Abbey Road" stands as a remarkable finale to the Beatles's illustrious career, showcasing both their musical evolution and the enduring brilliance that defined the band. The album opens with a powerful one-two punch: John Lennon's "Come Together" and Paul McCartney's "Something," two iconic tracks that exemplify the songwriters' distinct styles and growth. These openers set a high bar for what's to come. Unfortunately ,the album's momentum falters with "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (Why ? Why this song?) This quirky number, along with the somewhat conventional "Oh! Darling" and Ringo Starr's "Octopus's Garden," creates a momentary lull that might lead the worried listener to fear an industrial accident for the band's ultimate release. Fortunately, doubts are dispelled as the proto-heavy metal, Santana-esque intro of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" kicks in. This track marks a turning point, ushering in a series of musical wonders that carry the album to its conclusion. The crown jewel of "Abbey Road" is undoubtedly its medley, a masterful interweaving of John and Paul's compositions that serves as a fitting epitaph to the band's career. This sequence of interconnected songs showcases The Beatles at their collaborative best, with each member's contributions shining through in a harmonious blend of creativity and musicianship. "Abbey Road" is a testament to The Beatles' enduring legacy. Despite a few "questionable" inclusions ( feel free to replace questionable by the term you'll find more appropriate), the album's strengths far outweigh its weaknesses in my opinion and stands as a great album and a perfect conclusion to the band's journey. 4,5 stars that gets the rounding to 5.
This is my first Beatles album ever and I do absolutely understand why is considered one of the bests records ever. So many interesting ideas, catchy choruses and production
This OMG, THIS I‘m SPEECHLESS. Abbey Road, YES, is a pure masterpiece, GODLIKE, and iconic. I remember hearing this album for the first time, and I was like a deaf person first hears sounds. This is 10/5, unarguably 10/5, 11/5 even, if they put The End to the end. Words can't describe how I love this album and The Beatles. Calling them The Greatest Band is still an underestimate. Every track in this album is flawless; EVERY TRACK is classic. This album has EVERYTHING. "Come Together" is one beautiful opening. "Something" is so satisfying — I adore George very much. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "Octopus's Garden" are quirky and funny. Songs like "Oh! Darlin" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" are wonderful rock ballads. If you are looking for good Psychedelic Rock, tracks like "Sun King" are gracefully done (I still miss John Lennon.jpg). "Because" is so beautiful, and "You Never Give Me Your Money" can be one of my favourites. "Golden Slumbers" Suit is Paul's most remarkable work, I would cry 100 times along with this tune. Don't forget "Here Comes The Sun"; this one literally saved my life. I don't need to say nothing no more. I will love The Beatles til the end of my life. And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. Peace and love. Peace and Love✌😎✌.
Because is one of my favorite Beatles songs; the run from golden slumbers to the end is insane, i never realized how much i love golden slumbers and carry that weight; also finding a new appreciation for she’s so heavy
Come together - 5 (svinbra) Something - 4 (en riktig låt, melodisk och fin) Maxwell´s silver hammer - 2 (låter som intro till ett barnprogram) Oh, Darling - 2 (som en av de sämre låtarna i musikalen Grease) Octopus´s Garden - 2 (detta är trams) I want you - 3 (lite för "ryckig" och lång) Here comes the sun - 5 (magisk) Because - 3 (låter mest som ett långt intro till en låt) You never give me your money - 3 (här börjar tydligen nåt jävla medley - och kommande låtar är korta) Sun King - 4 Mean Mr Mustard - 3 Polythene Pam - 3 She came in through the bathroom window - 3 Golden slumber - 4 (men viktas lägre, pga 1:31) Carry that weight - 4 (samma som innan, trots att släppa dessa demo-versioner) The end - 4 Her Majesty - 1 Snitt 3,2. Så betyg 3. Jaha. Beatles schmeatles.
Lyssnat igenom denna säkert ett 10-tal gånger nu och det går inte att komma ifrån att det är en riktigt bra skiva, den bästa jag hört av Beatles. Tycker inte att andra halvan är tillräckligt bra för att det ska kunna bli högsta betyg, men en stark fyra är det.
Beautiful classic
Banger, hva mer kan jeg si. Kanskje det mest ikoniske album coveret of all time. Ingen dårlige sanger. Annerledes fra all samtidsmusikk. Mest sannsynlig det beste Beatles albumet.