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Despite trepidations by die hard Beatles fans, George and Giles Martin took a risk by “tweaking” several of The Beatles best known and loved songs.

Originally, the newly remixed songs would be featured in the newest Cirque Du Soleil show “The Beatles: Love”, which is currently being run at the Mirage in Las Vegas. However, it was decided that the newly reworked songs should be put in album form.

The album consists of 26 tracks, and all together the elements of 36 songs. Most of the songs have been left alone, apart from making the sound fuller and richer, making the instruments (especially any backing instruments) stronger and more prominent. The remaining songs are combined into smaller snippets, to form “new” songs.

Overall, the album is good. With a band such as The Beatles, it’s difficult to embrace something new such as this album. The Beatles were such a pivotal band in their day and it’s rare to find someone who does not like at least one of their songs, let alone not know who The Beatles were. So, because of the love people have for this band, the album might have been a total flop. But it seems that this album is being embraced.

There needs only one word to sum up this album, and that word is Love.

Tracklisting

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

You can listen to the entire album, as well as interviews, what videos, etc at http://www.thebeatles.com/hub/love/site/