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| Artist: The Beatles
Label: Capitol
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 094637980828
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Publication Date: November 21, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Because | | • | Get Back | | • | Glass Onion | | • | Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transition) | | • | I Am The Walrus | | • | I Want To Hold Your Hand | | • | Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing | | • | Gnik Nus | | • | Something/Blue Jay Way (Transition) | | • | Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter | | • | Help! | | • | Blackbird/Yesterday | | • | Strawberry Fields Forever | | • | Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows | | • | Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds | | • | Octopus's Garden | | • | Lady Madonna | | • | Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Transition) | | • | Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Transition) | | • | Revolution | | • | Back In The U.S.S.R. | | • | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | | • | A Day In The Life | | • | Hey Jude | | • | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | | • | All You Need Is Love |
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Release Date: 21-NOV-2006
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It begins with a twittering of birdsong lifted from "Across the Universe." And once the triple-tracked a capella harmonies of "Because" enter, followed by snatches from "A Hard Day's Night" and "The End," leading into a fired-up "Get Back," it becomes obvious that this is far more than just another Beatles compilation. This is Love, conceived by the Fabs' former producer George Martin and son Giles as a stageshow soundtrack to Cirque de Soleil's Las Vegas spectacular of the same name, but appears to have taken on a life of its own. Whereas the Beatles' last release, 1, delivered the (over?) familiar hits in a nice, simple package, Love is a mélange of the familiar and obscure, all literally mixed together in one 78-minute audio collage which succeeds in reminding the listener just why the Beatles truly are, as Lennon put it, "toppermost of the poppermost." There's no new Beatles material per se, but the songs are all approached differently--some are cut together in a flawlessly mixed medley (check out "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You/Helter Skelter"), some reassemble different backing tracks and vocal performances to create new spins on old classics; but all the songs are revitalized considerably. Even in its weakest moments (which probably work better in the context of the show itself), Love is still a formidable prospect, and one has to admire Martin's willingness to go out on a limb with such a project. While purists may complain that the cut 'n' paste nature of the project is simply tampering with perfection, at the very least it'll make them reach for the originals and enjoy them all over again. For newcomers and everyone else, it makes a fine listen, both in its sonic clarity (the actual tracks are the best they've sounded on CD) and audacious nature. --Thom Allott More from the Fab Four
The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 | 
Revolver | 
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 
Anthology 1 | 
Anthology 2 | 
Anthology 3 |
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 A GREAT RELEASE to that will please all generations of BEATLES FANS! November 21, 2006
Paulo Leite (Lisbon, Portugal)
206 out of 252 found this review helpful
In the Music Industry, few releases generate the controversy among fans as the release of a new Beatles album. There are those who welcome it and those who, for some justifiable reason, reject it. This is my take: The Beatles have an extensive catalogue of great songs (perhaps the greatest catalogue in Music History...) anyway, we all know that half of them are dead and we will never hear a new recording from them ever again. They are gone. Deffinately gone.
And yet, we fans never get tired of them. We always listem to their songs as if they were here. For us, they are not a band with half their members dead. They are very real and living. And deep inside I believe we never really think we'll never hear from them again.
LOVE is an album where several of the Fab Four's greatest songs were remixed, remade and adapted for a great show put on stage by Le Cirque du Soleil. Wisely, this soundtrack was made by George Martin himself... with Paul, George, Ringo and Yoko's blessing. I am sure that, like in everything regarding The Beatles' releases, all the people involved with this are hard working and serious people commited to give us nothing but the best treatment of the greatest material ever composed in pop music.
So, for me, this is a great thing and we'll never have anything better than this. People (like myself) may prefer the original songs... it's ok. But we must also understand that this new album is not meant to replace the older, original recordings. They are a just the soundtrack for a stage show... made by the best people we could think of... and made with the blessing of those could bless it. I was lucky evough to get a copy of this today... and after listening to it back to back... I was very very pleased to hear the great work they made.
All the songs sound beautiful with lots of new insights and several propositions that must work very well on the stage. This album gives a new view at these classic songs. For example... joining ELEANOR RIGBY (my favorite Beatles song) with a transitional use of JULIA is a very interesting proposition that the Beatles never thought of doing, obviously. Or the putting together of BLACKBIRD and YESTERDAY is another example of the experimentations made here.
The treatment of WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS is, I am sure, the thing that would end up happening with the song if the Beatles (in the end) did not go for the well know "heavier" approach we listen to on The White Album... and I'm glad George Martin did it here... because, since the Anthology, I'm sure we all thought of that.
This album is the closest thing we'll ever get to a new Beatles album... and it will certainly bring new fans into our club. I am very happy with it... and I am thankful that more than 35 years after these recordings were all made, people are still fiding in them new sources of inspiration. This album should NOT be mistaken for those hundreds of lousy cover/homage albums made by third rate people (The Beatles Salsa... or the Beatles go Reagge... etc)... or those bootleg albums whose sound quality leaves a lot to be desired.
Like the great Anthology series, the Capitol box sets, the "one" album, and the "Naked" album, Love is an obvious labour of passion, care, taste and love. It is a great celebration of the music we all love... from four musicians who are eternal.
Re-master the albums already November 23, 2006
PAC MAN (NEW YORK)
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
Re-master the albums already. The sound is great, but this is a tease.
Review From A Long-Time Fan November 22, 2006
C. Clemons (Amarillo, TX United States)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I've been a fan since I first saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, and I've stuck around their music long enough to place it on a godlike pedestal. I don't care much for anyone messing around with their music, and I definitely didn't care for "Revolution" getting used in a commercial for athletic shoes. So I can say that I'm not really open to reinterpretations of the Beatles, their music, and what they brought into world.
Having said all of that, let me tell you that this project turned out a lot better than I expected. I was intrigued to learn about the Las Vegas show, and now I will definitely go to see it in the coming months. What excited me the most were the possibilities for new musical directions because of the mash-ups, and I felt confident that George Martin, Paul and Ringo would make it all sound fresh and alive while keeping it reasonable, tasteful, and respectful. And in my opinion they have succeeded.
"Love" impresses me for two reasons: (1) on almost every song the underlying beats and rhythms are very prominent - let's face it, a lot of us fell in love with their music because it was great, r'n'b-influenced, joyous rock'n'roll that could get you moving; and (2) the inward-focused, dreamlike direction (found in "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Within You Without You" and "Tomorrow Never Knows") is also emphasized a lot in some of these new interpretations (what always knocks me out is when Lennon shouts "nothing is real" in the new version of "Glass Onion" - at first it was startling for me to hear, but now it's exciting and comforting to me at the same time). I'm also impressed that George Martin and his son Giles were able to fit all that different source material into fairly cohesive new songs. I guess that says a lot for having fairly good taste, a talent for digital music editing, and Pro Tools software.
I know that there are millions of people who'll be upset that the music has been "tampered with" - I was concerned about that, too. The only criticism I have is that a couple of the songs seem too abrupt ("I Want To Hold Your Hand" comes to mind), but I'm guessing that has more to do with the limitations of an 80 minute CD for a Las Vegas show. Still, I can enjoy this CD knowing that Ringo and Paul gave their approval, and I'm sure that the widows of Lennon and Harrison kept a watchful eye on the integrity of the project, too. I can't help but believe that John and George would have gone along with this, if for no other reason than to prevent their music from collecting dust as preserved museum pieces (how much dancing goes on in a museum anyway?).
Let's be honest: we who have been Beatles fans for forty-odd years (if we're still among the living) aren't getting any younger, and we can't go back to the 60's, no matter how much we might want to. Everything changes. To me, music is a nice little semi-perfect replica of the universe at large, and it's going to keep moving forward and expanding into lots of new directions, with or without me. Really good music can get me lost within a bigger experience far beyond what my stupid, inadequate words try to express, and in that regard I have no problems with this album. The music of the Beatles has always made me feel blessed, glad to be alive and a part of something magical and uplifting, and this new chapter in their musical legacy doesn't disappoint me at all.
Best Stereo Soundscapes Ever Created November 23, 2006
B. Gourley (Los Angeles)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
My first two listens where of he 5.1 mix and the sound was great. The vocals are emphasized in this mix but at times I thought the instrumentation was too buried. Maybe it is the fault of my set-up. I then put on the phones and listened to the stereo mix. These are the best stereo soundscape I have ever heard and I've been listening to recordings before stereo was released. The stereo sound is so clean, well balanced with each sound being distinct and perfectly placed. Start with I am the Walrus to see what I mean.
I classify the songs on this album into three categories: Bascially intact (usually only minor changes to entrances and exits), Slightly re-invented, or Re-invented. Here's the breakdown by song:
Basically intact
Eleanor Rigby
I Am the Walrus (best stereo remix ever)
Something
Help!
Yesterday
Come Together
Revolution
A Day in the Life
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (least effective stereo remix)
All You Need is Love
Slightly re-invented
Get Back
I Want to Hold Your Hand (shortened, background screams)
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Hey Jude (vocals and base freed up in the shortened ending course, beautiful base line)
Re-invented
Glass Onion
Drive My Car (great driving beat and blending with What You're Doing and The Word)
Sun King (Knik Nus) (suprisingly effective)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (most experimental, one song where the 5.1 mix is better)
Strawberry Fields Forever
Within You and Without You (most effectve combination)
Octopus's Garden (real fun and entertaining)
Lady Madonna (a better version than the original)
Here Come's the Sun (not better than the original but a masterpiece on its own)
Back in the USSR (different vocals, more casual fun)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (undescribably beautiful, another masterpiece reinvention)
Lastly, many of the transitions are remarkably, inventive and some will blow your mind. Starting with Because to Get Back will lift you out of your seat. Glass Onion to Eleanor Rigby, Something/Inner Light to Being for the Benefit Mr. Kite, Within You and Without You to Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (the most subtle and best), Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds to Octobus's Garden, Lady Madonna to Here Comes the Sun, Revolution to Back to the USSR (so smooth and flawless), Hey Jude to Sgt. Pepper's Club Band.
George is 80 years old and not likely going to have time to do much more re-invention (and he is probably the only that should be allowed) but let's hope they immediately put him on cleaning up the sound and creating the stereo soundscapes on the rest of the catalog.
The Beatles' Kaleidoscopic Masterpiece November 26, 2006
EveningOcean CD The Attraction (NYC USA)
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
For a band where all 4 members played their last collective note decades ago, the Beatles' "Love" is a pure masterpiece. It belongs right up there with Sgt. Pepper as a work of exploratory genius. While no track is held as sacred in the mix, every note is a diamond. Love is a beautiful hallucination that you will remember and cherish.
The Beatles were known for experimenting with sound. Some of the modern day effects processors such as the "flanger" used today were invented specifically for a Beatles record. Whether it was a string section or a sitar player flown in from halfway around the world, the Beatles had every thing they asked for to make great music. It was George Martin who brought it all together and made it work.
Years after their break up, their recorded work began to be weighed down with nostalgia, marketers stripping their legacy for spare parts, gutting their vital work for greatest hits CD's and sneaker commercials.
George Martin was reduced to spend his remaining years rehashing the same stories over and over for countless books and dvds like a forgotten museum curator or a bored librarian.
Love changes all of that.
George and Giles Martin break into the Beatles museum, perform a musical séance and resurrect a rock band to change the music world one last time. They open the cage doors wide and let the songs run wild, thawing every note that's been frozen in our minds. The Martins turn our old Beatles upside down and set them (and us) free in the process.
Nothing is where it "should" be; shooting us through the rabbit hole before we have a chance to change our minds.
Welcome to the Beatles' Fun House.
Just when there's a lull, mischievous Beatles leap from behind corners to scream "Help". Relax too much, and John Lennon jumps out screaming to start Revolution. Unpredictable, reckless, dangerous- how's that for a Beatles record?
Martin keeps you off balance the way a great record should. You're not falling asleep to this record. One minute later, the floor will drop. There's no sentimental fluff here.
Don't skip tracks. Listen to it in one setting. Don't bother previewing snippets. It's a waste of time. Telling you what happens in all 26 songs is like spoiling the cliffhanger of a movie. Every song has a purpose to the CD. There is perfect pacing.
Have you heard rare Beatles tracks before? Memorized all the Mark Lewisohn studio diaries that tracked every recording they made? Then little new material will surprise you. But you will hear the Beatles in a way you never have.
To call it a "mash up" is to cheapen it. Mash ups usually include more than one band and from different genres.
It's not a remix. It's a reconstruction from the person who helped build it in the first place.
The sound quality is ridiculously good. Every note sounds new. This is a living and breathing CD. It's not a greatest hits; but you will be sorry when it's over.
We are meeting the Beatles in a new way. George Harrison sounds beautiful in a way I might not have known. John Lennon's voice is a revelation. Paul McCartney's bass is perfect. Ringo Starr's drums sound incredible.
Every sound you hear is a high point flashing by in seconds.
Some highlights:
John Lennon shares parts of Tomorrow Never Knows with George Harrison's Within You Without You.
The Martins mix the hard edge of I Want You with Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.
George Martin may have lost some of his hearing but that didn't stop him from writing a nice string section for George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Gnik Nus (sun king played backward) is a gorgeous acapella vocal that segues perfectly into Something. You can play the Beatles backward, forward or all at once and it will still be beautiful.
Stare at your watch and you'll miss it. In fact, you'll want to listen to it many times to capture all the treasures on this CD.
Some of the best parts of the CD are the drop dead gorgeous intros. But you have to hear the ending of the previous song to appreciate it. So if you skip tracks you'll never hear them. Hidden in the ending of Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows, the intro to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is slowed down to a dramatic ambient crawl, the kick drum echoes like a heartbeat before the song is sped up to normal like a music box and the Beatles come to life again.
Here Comes the Sun is rethought to begin with vocal harmonies at the beginning over a raga beat, and as the guitar begins playing the melody we remember, a sitar plays on the right channel to heartbreakingly beautiful effect.
When you hear the drums stop in the middle of Hey Jude and just hear their voices, you will be blown away. As Hey Jude fades, the horns keep playing. It is right at home as Sgt. Pepper reprise begins. You have 2 endings at the same time. One for an incredible song (Hey Jude) and one for a landmark album (Sgt Pepper).
The album ends with John and the Beatles in a playful mood, saying good night.
This isn't some producer who the Beatles never met hacking away at their legacy. George Martin looked John Lennon in the eye when he recorded almost every song as a Beatle. He wrote the string arrangement for Paul McCartney's Eleanor Rigby. Without George Martin, Sgt Pepper's orchestral arrangements might just be a wish. He is considered the "fifth Beatle" for a reason. This wasn't made in some back room against the wishes of the Beatles.
George Harrison had become good friends with Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté and wanted this project to happen. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and George Harrison's wife Olivia all heard mixes and gave feedback, suggestions and encouragement.
To be fair, without C D S, this CD would not have happened. The good news is it is great on its own merit. You don't need the show to appreciate it.
Credit should also be given to Giles Martin, who obviously helped the project a great deal. He was also trained by the one person who the Beatles trusted with their music: his father.
This may be the last Beatles project George Martin works on.
As the master tapes are put back in their boxes and the vault door closes, George Martin can rest knowing he made something very special with "Love", if only for one last time. Thank you, George Martin.
Highly Recommended. -EveningOcean CD "The Attraction" Evening Ocean com
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