Let It Be by Original Soundtrack/The Beatles

Pros: Some songs are still great despite Spector's meddling
Cons: Spector's production, "Dig It," "Maggie Mae"

In 1969, the Beatles began work on a new project, tentatively titled Get Back. The plan was to both film and record the Beatles in the studio as they worked on a new album and finally performed in concert, which would show them "getting back" to ...

Pros: Sounds like The Beatles, fine bluesy numbers, a couple of major ballads
Cons: Suffered a little from group disharmony and foreign hands on final production

Let It Be (1970) Although 1969’s Abbey Road might have seemed like the perfect sign off for The Beatles – a second half medley that jammed with energy and enthusiasm and closing song called The End – there was still room, ...

Pros: Almost all of the songs are good. Seriously.
Cons: Production is a little over the top, and some obvious filler.

People are cruel to Let It Be. I don't really understand it, to be honest with you. I have heard Let It Be called the worst album of the Beatles career, and even once that it was the worst album of the era. Needless to say, it ...

Pros: It's the Beatles, about five really fine tracks, good concept
Cons: Phil Spector, George Martin's absence

Let It Be, released on May 8, 1970, is somewhat of a Beatles anomaly. The project had an original working title of Get Back, and was planned as a sort of film and record documentary of their work in the studio, and musically they hoped to capture the...

Pros: A few Beatles classics.
Cons: A few throwaways too, the Spector production needs to go.

As I was composing my entry for the Music Mayhem write-off earlier I found myself reflecting that it's a sad thing seeing good bands flame out. Examples of this are too numerous to name, yet one that will doubtlessly be remembered until the end of time...

Pros: The greatest Rock N'Roll swindle
Cons: Paul McCartney disagrees

It is quite hard to find a better fitting title for a record other than Let It Be - the "it" being THE BEATLES shambolic split-up circa 1969. Putting aside fanaticism, this is simply the sound of a band brought to its smithereens, ...

Pros: The songs, duh!
Cons: "I Dig a Pony" isn't that great, sad to say.

(Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...

Pros: Classics such as "Let it Be" and "Get Back;" hell, it's a Beatles album, man!
Cons: Phil Spector. Phil Spector. Phil Spector.

This album, of course, contains stuff that was recorded while the Beatles were laying down tracks for the movie, Let it Be, and the emphasis was put on live recordings. At the end of those sessions, history tells us that hundreds of hours of tape...

Pros: The Beatles
Cons: some filler

If there is one Beatle album that you could say has been very, very over analyzed, it is Let It Be. Born from the idea of the group getting back to recording the way that they did in the beginning, this album became more of a statement of the trials and...

Pros: Some awesome songs, "Let It Be", vocals, a different feel compared to other Beatle albums
Cons: Short, "Dig It", "Maggie Mae", some songs not up to par, bad flow

The Beatles, after conquering absolutely everything that modern music had to offer, set out to do something that they had never done before with the Let It Be project. The Fab Four attempted to, in their own words, capture "the warmth and freshness of a...

Pros: Another Beatles masterpiece that just may be their most enjoyable album of them all.
Cons: Some ignorable filler and questionable production hurt the album slightly.

With the release of a new “un-Spectorised” version of Let It Be coming out in November, I figure now is as good a time as any to revisit the original album. If there ever was a Beatles album –especially late period Beatles album- that to this day remains ...

Pros: A few gems like "Two of Us" and "Across the Universe"
Cons: The lack of effort (and Phil Spector post-production) is more than obvious

Time has erased and overlooked the original gimmick behind Let it Be – the world was going to be let in on the creation, rehearsal and performance of a Beatles album via documentary cameras that would leave a theatrical movie and live recording as...

Pros: Several excellent songs
Cons: A few incomplete songs, unnecessary instrumentation in places

Let It Be was the Beatles final studio release in 1970. Tensions had reached a breaking point within the group. Members were composing songs by themselves, each in a different part of the studio. This was intended to be a back to basics album...

Pros: Great songs, amazing musicianship
Cons: Terrible production, a few tracks are not worthy of inclusion

When giants fall, they fall hard. By the time The Beatles released "Let It Be," they were disintegrating into four individuals, instead of the cohesive unit they once were. "Let It Be" has some amazing songs on it, and the Beatles...

Pros: Has some hidden jewels on it.It's not as bad as they say.
Cons: Some of it's either half-done or overdone.

This is probably the most depressing Beatles album. From the opening of 'Two of Us' you can almost feel the life sucked out of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Then George Harrison re-emphasizes it on 'I Me Mine.'For once, I found myself almost wishing...