Love (The Beatles album)

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Soundtrack album / Remix album by
the Beatles
Released20 November 2006 (2006-11-20)
Recorded1963–1969
Studio EMI, Trident, Olympic and Apple studios, London,
EMI Studios, Bombay and Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles; mixed 2004–2006 at Abbey Road Studios
Genre Rock
Length78:38 (CD)
80:28 (DVD-Audio)
86:41 (iTunes)
Label Apple/Capitol/Parlophone
Producer George Martin, Giles Martin
CompilerGeorge Martin
The Beatles chronology
The Capitol Albums, Volume 2
(2006)		Love
(2006)		 The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
(2009)

Love is a soundtrack remix album of music recorded by the Beatles, released in November 2006. It features music compiled and remixed as a mashup for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The album was produced by George Martin and his son Giles Martin, who said, "What people will be hearing on the album is a new experience, a way of re-living the whole Beatles musical lifespan in a very condensed period." [1]

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artists' earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time was Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).

The Beatles English rock band

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the most influential band of all time. The group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. Their sound, rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. They also pioneered recording techniques and explored music styles ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As they continued to draw influences from a variety of cultural sources, their musical and lyrical sophistication grew, and they came to be seen as embodying the era's socio-cultural movements.

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The album was also George Martin's final album as a producer before his death in 2016.

Background

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Okayplayer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork Media 8.5/10 [10]
PopMatters 6/10 [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [14]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]

George Martin and his son Giles began work on Love after obtaining permission from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison (the latter two representing the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison, respectively). [1] The idea for using the Beatles' music in a Cirque du Soleil production had originally come from Harrison, who died in November 2001, [16] [17] through his friendship with the company's founder, Guy Laliberté. [15]

Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer, bass guitarist of The Beatles

Sir James Paul McCartney is an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and record and film producer who gained worldwide fame as bass player for the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.

Ringo Starr British musician, drummer of the Beatles

Sir Richard Starkey, known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", "Good Night", and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote and sang the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including "What Goes On" and "Flying".

Yoko Ono Japanese artist, author, and peace activist

Yoko Ono is a Japanese-American multimedia artist, singer, songwriter and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art, which she performs in both English and Japanese and filmmaking. She is known for being the wife of English singer-songwriter John Lennon of the Beatles from 1969 until his murder in 1980.

Speaking to Mojo editor Jim Irvin in December 2006, Giles Martin said that he first created a demo combining "Within You Without You" with "Tomorrow Never Knows", which he then nervously presented to McCartney and Starr for their approval. In Martin's recollection, "they loved it", with McCartney saying: "This is what we should be doing, more of this." [18]

<i>Mojo</i> (magazine) magazine

Mojo is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title that would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music. Mojo was first published on 15 October 1993; in keeping with its classic rock aesthetic, the first issue had Bob Dylan and John Lennon as its first cover stars. Noted for its in-depth coverage of both popular and cult acts, it acted as the inspiration for Blender and Uncut. Many noted music critics have written for it, including Charles Shaar Murray, Greil Marcus, Nick Kent and Jon Savage. The launch editor of Mojo was Paul Du Noyer and his successors have included Mat Snow, Paul Trynka and Pat Gilbert.

Within You Without You original song written and composed by George Harrison

"Within You Without You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by lead guitarist George Harrison, it was Harrison's second composition in the Indian classical style, after "Love You To", and was inspired by his stay in India in late 1966 with his mentor and sitar teacher, Ravi Shankar. Recorded in London without the other Beatles, the song features Indian instrumentation such as sitar, dilruba and tabla, and was performed by Harrison and members of the Asian Music Circle. The recording marked a significant departure from the Beatles' previous work; musically, it evokes the Indian devotional tradition, while the overtly spiritual quality of the lyrics reflects Harrison's absorption in Hindu philosophy and the teachings of the Vedas.

Tomorrow Never Knows original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in August 1966 as the final track on their album Revolver, although it was the first song recorded for the LP. Credited as a Lennon–McCartney song, it was written primarily by John Lennon. The song marked a radical departure for the Beatles, as the band fully embraced the potential of the recording studio without any consideration for being able to reproduce the results in concert.

In discussing the project, Giles Martin noted that elements were used from recordings in the Beatles catalogue, "the original four tracks, eight tracks and two tracks and used this palette of sounds and music to create a soundbed". [1] Because he was concerned that they might not get the green light to proceed with Love, he began by making digital back-ups of the original multi-track recordings, just to get started on the project. He also said that he and his father mixed more music than was eventually released, including "She's Leaving Home" and a version of "Girl" that he was particularly fond of, which was eventually released in 2011 as a bonus track on the album on iTunes. [19]

Shes Leaving Home original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney

"She's Leaving Home" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and released on their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Paul McCartney wrote and sang the verse and John Lennon wrote the chorus, which they sang together. Neither George Harrison nor Ringo Starr was involved in the recording. The song's instrumental background was performed entirely by a small string orchestra arranged by Mike Leander, and was one of only a handful of Beatles songs in which the members did not play any instruments on the recording.

Girl (Beatles song) original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney

"Girl" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. "Girl" was the last complete song recorded for that album. "Girl" is one of the most melancholic and complex of the Beatles' earlier love songs.

iTunes media player and library software

iTunes is a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple Inc. It was announced on January 9, 2001. It is used to play, download, and organize digital multimedia files, including music and video, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems. Content must be purchased through the iTunes Store, whereas iTunes is the software letting users manage their purchases.

McCartney and Starr both responded very positively to the completed album. McCartney said that it "puts The Beatles back together again, because suddenly there's John and George with me and Ringo". Starr commended the Martins for their work, adding that Love was "really powerful for me and I even heard things I'd forgotten we'd recorded". [20] [21]

Love was first played publicly on Virgin Radio's The Geoff Show . DJ Geoff Lloyd, the show's host, chose to play the entire work uninterrupted, to allow younger fans to experience an album premiere. [22]

Virgin Radio Radio broadcasting brand

Virgin Radio is a brand owned by the Virgin Group. Virgin Radio International was established in 2001 to develop the brand and has since built one of the world's most popular music radio franchises, broadcasting in multiple languages and music based formats in North America, Europe and Asia – including the Middle East – with over 25 million listeners worldwide. Virgin Radio stations in each country are owned independently of the Virgin Group and of each other.

The Geoff Show was a humorous radio program, broadcast on Absolute Radio from 3 January 2006 to 25 September 2008.

Disc jockey Person who plays recorded music for an audience

A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience. Most common types of DJs include radio DJ, club DJ who performs at a nightclub or music festival and turntablist who uses record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records. Originally, the disc in disc jockey referred to gramophone records, but now DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to describe someone who mixes recorded music from any source, including cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ or laptop. The title 'DJ' is commonly used by DJs in front of their real names or adopted pseudonyms or stage names. In recent years it has become common for DJs to be featured as the credited artist on tracks they produced despite having a guest vocalist that performs the entire song: like for example Uptown Funk.

Love placed at number 3 in the UK Albums Chart during its first week of release, trailing Westlife's The Love Album and Oasis' Stop the Clocks compilation. [23] It was also successful in the United States, debuting at number 4 on the Billboard 200, where it was certified Platinum in late 2006. [24] At the 50th annual Grammy Awards on 10 February 2008, the album won Grammys in two categories – Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Surround Sound Album.

Release details

The album was released as a standard Compact Disc version, a two-disc CD and DVD-Audio package, a two-disc vinyl package, and as a digital download. The DVD-Audio disc contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (96 kHz 24-bit MLP), downmixable to two-channel. For backwards compatibility it also contains separate audio-only DVD-Video content with two-channel stereo (48 kHz 16-bit PCM) and 5.1-channel surround (448 kbit/s Dolby Digital and 754 kbit/s DTS).

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Japan15 November 2006 Toshiba-EMI CDTOCP-70200
CD/DVD-AudioTOCP-70201
United Kingdom20 November 2006 Apple, EMI
CD3798082 / 0946 3 79808 2 8
CD/DVD-Audio3798102 / 0946 3 79810 2 3
United States21 November 2006Apple, Capitol, EMICD0946 3 79808 2 8
CD/DVD-Audio0946 3 79810 2 3
United Kingdom30 April 2007Apple, EMI
Vinyl 0946 379 808 11

Track listing

George Martin assembled over 100 clips from Beatles songs; he is seen here at a performance of the Love stage show George Martin - backstage at LOVE.jpg
George Martin assembled over 100 clips from Beatles songs; he is seen here at a performance of the Love stage show

The DVD-Audio and iTunes releases contain longer versions of "Revolution" and "Back in the U.S.S.R.", increasing the total running time by about two minutes. All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

  1. "Because" – 2:44
  2. "Get Back" – 2:05
  3. "Glass Onion" – 1:20
  4. "Eleanor Rigby" (with "Julia" transition) – 3:05
  5. "I Am the Walrus" – 4:28
  6. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 1:22
  7. "Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing" – 1:54
  8. "Gnik Nus" – 0:55
  9. "Something" (with "Blue Jay Way" transition) (George Harrison) – 3:29
  10. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter" – 3:22
  11. "Help!" – 2:18
  12. "Blackbird/Yesterday" – 2:31
  13. "Strawberry Fields Forever"  – 4:31
  14. "Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows" (Harrison/Lennon–McCartney) – 3:07
  15. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 4:10
  16. "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey)  – 3:18
  17. "Lady Madonna"  – 2:56
  18. "Here Comes the Sun" (with "The Inner Light" transition) (Harrison) – 4:18
  19. "Come Together/Dear Prudence" (with "Cry Baby Cry" transition) – 4:45
  20. "Revolution" – 2:14 (CD version) / 3:23 (DVD and iTunes version)
  21. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 1:53 (CD version) / 2:34 (DVD and iTunes version)
  22. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 3:46
  23. "A Day in the Life" – 5:08
  24. "Hey Jude" – 3:58
  25. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 1:22
  26. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:39

Digital bonus tracks

  1. "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:30
  2. "Girl" – 2:43

Track elements

The elder Martin was assisted by his son Giles in the studio, compiling and remixing the various fragments Giles Martin.jpg
The elder Martin was assisted by his son Giles in the studio, compiling and remixing the various fragments

Love contains elements from 130 individual commercially released and demo recordings of the Beatles, [25] and is a complex remix and polymix of multiple songs known as a mashup. [26] While a complete list has not been disclosed, highlights of how the elements were mixed have been noted by the press.

Charts and certifications

See also

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