Abbey Road
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album (though counted as the twelfth official album) recorded by The Beatles. It was released in September 1969. Side one consisted of hits, while side two consisted of short songs to make up a story.
| Abbey Road | ||||
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| Released | 26 September 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 22 February 1969 – 20 August 1969, at Abbey Road Studios, Olympic Studios, and Trident Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:23 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Apple/Parlophone, Capitol, and EMI | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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| Singles from Abbey Road | ||||
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Album songs
All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted.
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Come Together" | Lennon | 4:20 | ||||||
| 2. | "Something" (George Harrison) | Harrison | 3:03 | ||||||
| 3. | "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | McCartney | 3:27 | ||||||
| 4. | "Oh! Darling" | McCartney | 3:26 | ||||||
| 5. | "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey) | Starr | 2:51 | ||||||
| 6. | "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" | Lennon | 7:47 | ||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) | Harrison | 3:05 | ||||||
| 2. | "Because" | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | 2:45 | ||||||
| 3. | "You Never Give Me Your Money" | McCartney | 4:02 | ||||||
| 4. | "Sun King" | Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison | 2:26 | ||||||
| 5. | "Mean Mr. Mustard" | Lennon | 1:06 | ||||||
| 6. | "Polythene Pam" | Lennon | 1:12 | ||||||
| 7. | "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" | McCartney | 1:57 | ||||||
| 8. | "Golden Slumbers" | McCartney | 1:31 | ||||||
| 9. | "Carry That Weight" | McCartney with Lennon, Harrison and Starr | 1:36 | ||||||
| 10. | "The End" | McCartney | 2:05 | ||||||
| 11. | "Her Majesty" | McCartney | 0:23 | ||||||
- Notes
- "Her Majesty" is a hidden track. Between "The End" and "Her Majesty" is 14 seconds of silence. Later releases of the album included the song on the track listing.
- One cassette tape version in the US had "Come Together" and "Here Comes the Sun" swapped so that Harrison's song starts the album. All other versions (including the CD) have restored the track listing to its original order.
- Tracks 9 through 13 are sometimes noted as one song (medley) called "The Abbey Road Medley".
- Tracks 14 through 16 are sometimes noted as one song called "The Golden Slumbers Medley".
All songs written by Lennon/McCartney unless credited differently.
Abbey Road Media
An EMI TG mixing desk, similar to this one, was used in the production of Abbey Road.
John Lennon played the Moog synthesizer's white noise generator to create the "wind" sounds at the end of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
The medley of songs on side two finished with "The End"
Imitating the cover of Abbey Road has become popular with fans.
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