 Abbey Road
The Beatles'' last days as a band were as productive as any major pop phenomenon that was about to split. After recording the ragged-but-right Let It Be, the group held on for this ambitious effort, an album that was to become their best-selling. Though all four contribute to the first side''s writing, John Lennon''s hard-rocking, "Come Together" and "I Want You (She''s So Heavy)" make the strongest impression. A series of song fragments edited together in suite form dominates side two; its portentous, touching, official close ("Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End") is nicely undercut, in typical Beatles fashion, by Paul McCartney''s cheeky "Her Majesty," which follows. --Rickey Wright |