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Remix. Released 20 November 2006. Discography information comes from (External) MusicBrainz . You can add or edit information about (External) Love at musicbrainz.org .

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This album is a clever and heartfelt tribute to the most influential and best loved...

Peter Marsh 2006-11-22

While there are those who probably feel that remixing the Fab Four is an act of desecration comparable to sticking a moustache on the Mona Lisa, it's fair to say that this album has become one of the most anticipated releases of the year. It's taken two years to produce, and it shows; this is less a remix album than a very sophisticated mash-up.

George Martin's approach to the recording studio was always an experimental one, and neither age or working with Celine Dion seem to have mellowed him. Together with his son Giles, he's taken full advantage of digital technology to create something genuinely challenging and often very moving.

Bits of songs are cleverly grafted together; the opening of "Get Back" features the briefest of snippets from "A Hard Day's Night"; "Strawberry Fields Forever" is built from a combination of demo versions and the finished full recording. "Sun King" is played backwards. The most diehard Beatles obsessive will be kept happy for hours working out how it was all put together.

For the rest of us, this album is a clever and heartfelt tribute to the most influential and best loved band of them all.

A labour of Love indeed.

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Tracks

  1. 1 Because
  2. 2 Get Back
  3. 3 Glass Onion
  4. 4 Eleanor Rigby / Julia (transition)
  5. 5 I Am the Walrus
  6. 6 I Want to Hold Your Hand
  7. 7 Drive My Car / The Word / What You're Doing
  8. 8 Gnik Nus
  9. 9 Something / Blue Jay Way (transition)
  10. 10 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! / I Want You (She's So Heavy) / Helter Skelter
  11. 11 Help!
  12. 12 Blackbird / Yesterday
  13. 13 Strawberry Fields Forever
  14. 14 Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows
  15. 15 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
  16. 16 Octopus's Garden
  17. 17 Lady Madonna
  18. 18 Here Comes the Sun / The Inner Light (transition)
  19. 19 Come Together / Dear Prudence / Cry Baby Cry (transition)
  20. 20 Revolution
  21. 21 Back in the U.S.S.R.
  22. 22 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  23. 23 A Day in the Life
  24. 24 Hey Jude
  25. 25 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
  26. 26 All You Need Is Love

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