It's amazing how much damage Maxwell's Silver Hammer does to what people think of this album given how much work Paul put into getting it "just right". It does break their stride, though...
Abbey Road is my third favorite Beatles album, after Sgt. Pepper and Revolver. It just has such a fresh production to pretty much the entire thing and it really stands out. Even when they are mucking about in Octopus's Garden and with Maxwell, it always sounds nice at the very least. I'll admit, though, that there are times when I listen to Come Together/Something, then flip the record over and just listen to the second side instead.
I Want You (She's So Heavy) is awesome. It ends the first side on a perfect note and just really just brings that part of the album all together. I find it almost hypnotic and times flies when I listen to it.
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