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Love  Performed by The Beatles Rated 4.0/5.0, based on 552 reviews. Buy from Amazon:
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Reviews A LOVE JOURNEY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE BEATLES.
Rating: 5/5
Even though I haven't been a beatlemaniac in the 60's and 70's, through the years, I have learned to appreciate THE BEATLES work as the greatest composers of rock-pop music from the last century.
LOVE is a wonderful compilation edited for a show, with a choice of such beautiful BEATLES masterpieces (how could the songs not be beautiful as all they work is wonderful?). By all means, the choice of the songs and the edition of them, with almost no interruption between one song and the following, makes of LOVE, a smooth delightful trip through love-music as wonderful as you could desire in a dream, as chosen by yourself.
You won't regret having this album in your collection, it couldn't bore you ever. I don't feel, as many times as I listen to it, as I'm listening to the score of a show, and there is no distortion of the original songs or their original arrangements, just violins in WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS, but, it doesn't change the beauty of George Harrison's original interpretation.
The beginning of the album with the gorgeous BECAUSE, a capella, is wonderful, is a great song, not sung as often as some BEATLES songs by other vocalists; it makes of LOVE a grateful original and pleasant beginning.
Listen to LOVE over and over, alone or in a reunion, and you will have a SCORE for the moment you're living. LOVE is a WONDERFUL ALBUM, thanks to THE BEATLES and to GEORGE MARTIN for it. WARNING! Beatles' purists do not buy this CD.
Rating: 1/5
I had to give this CD 1 star because the Amazon rating system would not accept a zero star rating. By looking at the album cover I thought I was buying a new release of Beatles music like the "One" CD. This CD is some pretentious idiots' idea of art, to mess up the Beatle's music. In fact the insert contains boastings of these self proclaimed artists. Don't waste your money. Great remix of Beatles music.
Rating: 5/5
I'm a huge Beatles fan (as my screen name suggests!), and I refused to listen to this CD until now. I'm a purist when it comes to the Beatles -- no covers, no remixes, no muzak arrangements, no alt-rock interpretations, thankyouverymuch. Just the originals. But my curiosity finally got the best of me, so I ordered a copy (truth be told, I just wanted to bring my order amount up to the free shipping minimum), and now I regret I didn't buy this sooner. George and Giles Martin have done a fantastic job remixing these Beatles classics. There are some really interesting pairings -- pieces of "Drive My Car" coupled with "The Word?" And it works -- beautifully. It will never take the place of the originals for me -- I don't think George Martin intended it to -- but for me, it was almost like hearing the music again -- for the first time. I love this CD. "This is Johnny Rhythm saying goodnight and God bless ya!"
Rating: 4/5
When this first came out, it got a similar reaction to Let It Be... Naked. Many "purists" condemned it while some fans loved it. I don't consider this so much a "new Beatles album" as much as a tribute and for a tribute, it's an enjoyable one.
The main disappointment was that the DVD was only another audio version. The 2nd one is that "Blackbird" was only the introduction, where the entire song would've been both appropriate and appreciated. I probably wouldn't have been disappointed if another reviwer hadn't pointed that out. The version of "Because" is not too different from that on Anthology 3, except that there's more of a pause between each line.
Ok, that takes care of what I didn't like or thought was so-so. Now I'll share with you what I did like. The version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" features sections of the different takes on Anthology 2, starting with the original demo and the earlier takes seguing into the more familiar version, with George Martin's sped up piano solo from "In My Life." "Lady Madonna" features some interesting percussion, not unlike the "...Do It In The Road" introduction. "Gnik Nus" sounds like a mantra. Actually, it's really an a capella excerpt from "Sun King." "A Day In The Life" mixes versions of the Sgt Pepper original release and the outtake on Anthology 2. The medley of "Mr. Kite/ I Want You/ Helter Skelter" is pretty interesting and I was amazed at how well "Drive My Car" and "What You're Doing" blended, considering they're in the same beat (listen for the "Taxman" guitar riff. One of the highlights is George Martin's orchestral inclusion on George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Martin took creative liberties and they worked!). The orchestral intro of "Good Night" also works well on Ringo Starr's "Octopus' Garden." Tabla drums from "The Inner Light" are featured on George's "Here Comes The Sun." "Tomorrow Never Knows" blends well with "Within You Without You." Hearing Paul McCartney sing "Can you take me back?" from the closing of "Cry Baby Cry" nearly brought chills when added to "Dear Prudence." John Lennon's guitar work blends well with "Eleanor Rigby" (you'll have to hear it for yourself to believe it). "All You Need Is Love" is a great finale to Love, with a snippet from one of the Beatles' Christmas records- "This is Johnny Rhythm saying goodnight and God bless ya!" Doesn't have all songs from the show.
Rating: 3/5
I mainly bought this album because I saw the live show and loved the version of the Blackbird song they played in FULL during the show. However, the CD only contains a few brief seconds of this song. All the other songs are great (different from the originals), but I really bought the album for the Blackbird song and felt a bit cheated. |
