I have conflicted feelings about Abbey Road. Abbey Road represented the technological triumph of the immaculately produced high concept album, over the primative low fidelity production values of garage bands whose primary currency of trade was the the 45 rpm single.
That being said, I'm still in awe of Abbey Road as a musical statement. The complex vocals arrangements on the album are so delicate and ethereal they sounded celestial in origin. It's amazing to think that in the course of five short years, the Beatles had evolved from teen idol "boy band" status to zeitgeists who elevated rock and roll to high art.
My favorite Beatles album is still the white one but that's a completely different discussion.
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There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff.
Townes Van Zandt
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