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Let It Be

The Beatles

About “Let It Be”

Let It Be is an album released in 1970 by English rock band The Beatles. It is their 12th and final album even though production started before the Abbey Road sessions.

Let It Be was an attempt to breathe new life into The Beatles by having them perform together live in the studio rather than record complex arrangements separately and put them together via overdubs. In essence, Paul McCartney wanted them to go back to their roots. Unfortunately, this attempt has only led to the continuation of the clashing and infighting that had been going on since the production of 1968’s White Album, which in turn led to long, troubled recording sessions that ultimately formed the final nail on the coffin for The Beatles as a group. Much of this turmoil was covered in the documentary film of the album of the same name.

The album was released on May 8th of that year, just a month after The Beatles broke up. Despite its commercial success (topping the charts in both America and Britain), it ended up getting mixed reviews across the board, with many critics saying that Abbey Road was a better and more fitting closer for their career than Let It Be ever was. Much criticism was also made towards producer Phil Spector’s infamous “Wall of Sound” production techniques that were often done behind The Beatles' backs, to the point that Paul McCartney put out Let It Be…Naked in 2003, a remixed and remastered version of the album that removed Spector’s overdubs and replaced a couple tracks with a new one.

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