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Genre: Rock/Pop
Beatles Anthology and Medley
The Beatles: George Harrison (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars,
violin, organ, bass, tambourine, firebell); John Lennon (vocals,
acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, saxophone, piano, organ,
harmonium, bass, 6-string bass, maracas, tambourine, tape loops);
Paul McCartney (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, flute,
flugelhorn, piano, Hammond organ, bass, drums, bongos, timpani,
percussion); Ringo Starr (vocals, piano, drums, bongos, maracas,
castanets, tambourine).
Additional personnel includes: Yoko Ono (vocals); Eric Clapton (electric guitar); Mal Evans (trumpet, tambourine); George Martin (piano, harmonium); Chris Thomas (harpsichord, Mellotron); Maureen Starkey, Patti Harrison (background vocals). Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and Trident Studios, London, England betWeen May and October 1968. THE BEATLES (normally known as "The White Album" because of its cover) was a sprawling two-record set, highlighting the distinct personalities in the group as they matured and moved further away from each other. With the four Beatles playing like session men on each other's songs, the making of the album was fraught with tension. John Lennon's songs included a bitter take on people who read too much into the Beatles' lyrics ("Glass Onion"), reflections on loneliness and alienation ("Yer Blues," "I'm So Tired"), and the avant garde sound collage "Revolution 9." George Harrison's songs offered black humor ("Piggies") and tender sadness ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps," with Eric Clapton on guitar). Paul McCartney provided both light, lyric songs ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "Honey Pie"), and rockers ("Back In The U.S.S.R.," the explosive "Helter Skelter"). Ringo Starr made his solo songwriting debut with the goofy country/ska lilt of "Don't Pass Me By" and sang the album closer "Good Night."
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.90) - Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "500
Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...THE WHITE ALBUM is an
exhilarating sprawl - some of the Beatles' most daring and delicate
work..."
Q (6/00, p.86) - Ranked #7 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...[Out of] boundless enthusiasm and creeping paranoia - comes [their] most peculiar record....Childish, colorful, antiquated and faintly macabre..." Vibe (12/99, p.157) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century NME (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #8 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.' |
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