LET IT BE

[Niels (Mod)]

Let It Be is the 12th and final studio album by the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's break-up. Like most of the band's previous releases, it was a number one album in many countries, including both the US and the UK, and was released in tandem with the motion picture of the same name.The album was conceived as Get Back, a return to the Beatles' earlier, less complicated approach to music. It was recorded and projected for release before their album Abbey Road (1969). For this reason, some critics and fans, such as me, argue that Abbey Road should be considered the group's final album and Let It Be the penultimate. The recording sessions began at Twickenham Film Studios in January 1969 as part of a planned documentary showing the Beatles preparing to return to live performance. A project instigated by Paul McCartney (who really was the brain behind The Beatles the last 2-3 years, and the reason for the band to release such a big amount of music), the filmed rehearsals were marked by ill-feeling within the band, leading to George Harrison's temporary departure from the group. As a condition of his return, the Beatles reconvened at their own Apple Studio, where they completed the recordings with the help of guest musician Billy Preston.

Personally I don't really consider this a real Beatles-album, and I definitely consider Abbey Road to be the last Beatles-album. This is a soundtrack to the movie "Let It Be", which I remember seeing on TV in the mid-70's, and I was SO dissapointed. I had heard, that The Beatles was soooo great, and most of the music in the movie was absolute crap to my 10 year old ears. Well, most of "the album" IS crap, and the good songs are over-produced by Phil spector (Lennon's idea, not including McCartney on that plan). The best thing about this album is that it feature maybe my absolute favorite Beatles-song of them all: Lennon's Accross The Universe. The bad thing is, that it's nearly ruined by Phil Spector. The best version of that song appeared years later on "Let It Be Naked". Lennon wrote the song 2 years ahead of the release of "Let It Be", not in India as many believe, I've just read. "Let It Be" the song is imo the very last REALLY great song from McCartney (as "Imagine" would be for Lennon a year later on), meaning the last songs from Lennon and McCartney being way better than anybody else's songs. The magic slowly dissapeared when The Beatles was no more. Could they had made 1 or 2 more great albums in 1971/1972? I think so, yes. To end with the recording of Abbey Road on the absolute top makes The Beatles my favorite band of all time. How about you? The single "Let It Be/You Know My Name" was released 30 May 1970. I have a clear memory of seeing an add in a Donald Duck-comicbook from 1970 for "Let It Be", thinking "What are these old bearded dudes doing in my comic-book?" My very first awareness of The Beatles when it was finally over.

Album Ranking:

1. Abbey Road

2. Revolver

3. The White album

4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

5. Rubber Soul

6. A Hard Days Night

7. Help 8. Please Please Me

9. Beatles For Sale

10. Let It Be

11. With The Beatles

12. Magical Mystery Tour

Niels' Ultimate Beatles Playlist:

1. I Saw Her Standing

2. Love Me Do

3. Please Please Me

4. She Loves You

5. All My Loving

6. I Want To Hold You Hand

7. A Hard Days Night

8. I Should Had Known Better

9. If I Fell

10. And I Love Her

11. Can't Buy Me Love

12. Anytime At All

13. Things We Said Today

14. I Feel Fine

15. Eight Days A Week

16. She's A Woman

17. Every Little Thing She Does

18. Help

19. The Night Before

20. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

21. You're Gonna Loose That Girl

22. Ticket To Ride

23. I've Just Seen A Face

24. Yesterday

25.We Can Work It Out

26. Day Tripper

27. Drive My Car

28.Norwegian Wood

29.Michelle

30.Girl

31.I'm Looking Through You

32. In My Life

33. Paperback Writer

34. Taxman

35. Eleanor Rigby

36. Here, There And Everywhere

37. Yellow Submarine

38. For No One

39. Got To Get You Into My Life

40. Strawberry Fields Forever

41. Penny Lane

42. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

43. With A Little Help From My Friends

44. Fixing A Hole

45. She's Leaving Home

46. A Day In The Life

47. All You Need Is Love

48. Fool On The Hill

49. I Am The Walrus

50. Hello, Goodbye

51. Hey Jude

52. Lady Madonna

53. Back In The USSR

54. Dear Prudence

55. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La Dah

56. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

57. Martha My Dear

58. Blackbird

59. Get Back

60. Don't Let Me Down

61. The Ballad Of John And Yoko

62. Come Together

63. Something

64. Oh Darling

65. I Want You (She's So Heavy)

66. Here comes The Sun

67. Because

68. You Never give Me Your Money

69. She came in to the bathroom window/Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End

70. Accross The Universe

71. Let It Be

72. The Long And Winding Road

[RJhog (Admin)]

I get so confused regarding the non-album singles from this band.  My copy of Let It Be has Get Back on it, so I'll adjust my playlist that I augmented after the last album.  I think this is an okay album, but certainly nowhere near the level of Abbey Road or Rubber Soul.  I'll pick the same three songs as you Niels, but I'll add Get Back.  

Fantastic job Niels, I enjoyed your tour of the Beatles catalog!

Running Album Ranking:

1. Abbey Road

2. Rubber Soul

3. Revolver

4. Help!

5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

6. The White Album

7. A Hard Days Night

8. Please Please Me

9. Let It Be

10. Magical Mystery Tour

11. Beatles For Sale

12. With The Beatles

RJ's Ultimate Beatles Playlist:

1. I Saw Her Standing There

2. Please Please Me

3. Love Me Do

4. Do You Want To Know A Secret

5. A Taste Of Honey

6. From Me To You

7. She Loves You

8. I Want To Hold Your Hand

9. All My Loving

10. A Hard Day's Night

11. I Should Have Known Better

12. If I Fell

13. And I Love Her

14. Can't Buy Me Love

15. Things We Said Today

16. You Can't Do That

17. I Feel Fine

18. She's A Woman

19. I'll Follow The Sun

20. Eight Days A Week

21. Help!

22. The Night Before

23. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

24. Ticket To Ride

25. Act Naturally

26. You Like Me Too Much

27. I've Just Seen A Face

28. Yesterday

29. We Can Work It Out

30. Day Tripper

31. Drive My Car

32. Norwegian Wood

33. You Won't See Me

34. Nowhere Man

35. The Word

36. What Goes On

37. I'm Looking Through You

38. In My Life

39. If I Needed Someone

40. Taxman

41. Eleanor Rigby

42. Good Day Sunshine

43. Got To Get You Into My Life

44. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

45. With A Little Help From My Friends

46. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

47. She's Leaving Home

48. A Day In The Life

49. The Fool On The Hill

50. Strawberry Fields Forever

51. Penny Lane

52. All You Need Is Love

53. Back In The USSR

54. Dear Prudence

55. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

56. Martha My Dear

57. I'm So Tired

58. Blackbird

59. Lady Madonna

60. Hey Jude

61. Come Together

62. Something

63. Oh! Darling

64. I Want You (She's So Heavy)

65. Here Comes The Sun

66. Because

67. You Never Give Me Your Money

68. She Came In Through The Bathroom

69. Golden Summers

70. Carry That Weight

71. The End

72. The Ballad Of John And Yoko

73. Across The Universe

74. Let It Be

75. The Long And Winding Road

76. Get Back