Review: Beatles – Love

Have I not talked about how amazing this album is yet? I ended up downloading this when it came out with fears that if I purchased it outright, I may receive another copy for Christmas. That never happened, so I picked the actual physical incarnation a week ago, but have been listening to the mp3s about month now.

What can I say? Let’s start at my musical tastes. I enjoy remixes. I enjoy mash-ups. I enjoy anything that twists a song around and breathes new life into it. That is what ‘Love’ is. George and Giles Martin went back to the master tapes of the Beatles and constructed new tracks from within. For example, you may have the drums of one track blending into the song of another. Or just the vocal track for a song (like ‘Because’). It’s a beautiful piece of work. I am tempted to go to Las Vegas to take a look at the Cirque du Soleil performance for which this soundtrack was created for.

I recommend you pick this album up. Don’t even tell me you don’t like the Beatles…just pick it up. But if you breaks your heart to hear a song deconstructed and built into a Frankenstein-like monster, then don’t bother.

What really piques my interest is the fact that there are various rumours flying around that the entire Beatles discography has been digitally remastered. Considering they were already knee-deep in the master tapes, I don’t see why this can’t be true. It’s to gear up for the release to the digital realm, which there is a rumour that Apple Inc. will win the rights to sell them on their iTunes store. I don’t own many Beatles albums for this sole reason. I have been waiting for the digitally remastered versions. For those who don’t really know what the difference is, do yourself a favour and pick up Ride The Lightning both the original and the remastered copy. It’s amazing what difference it can make.

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