Let It Be (song) over single notes in the left hand. In his review of the single, for the "NME", Derek Johnson admired McCartney's performance and the lyrics' "pseudo-religious" qualities. Although he considered that the melody paled beside some of the band's previous singles, Johnson added: "As ever with The Beatles, this is a record to stop you dead in your tracks and compel you to listen attentively." John Gabree of "High Fidelity" magazine found the lyrics "dangerous politically", but viewed the song as possibly "the best thing musically that McCartney has done". In 2010, "Rolling Stone" magazine placed "Let It Be" at number
Sounds Like Chicken EP, "Slowly Going the Way of the Chicken". Sounds Like Chicken toured interstate for the first time under this lineup in September 2001, playing in Sydney and Canberra and also at the Black Stump Music Festival. In 2002, Tom Dowding departed from Sounds like Chicken to be replaced by Joshua Diemar on bass. It was in this year that Sounds Like Chicken released their first studio EP, "I Am Gibbon, Hear Me Roar", produced by David Carr (Antiskeptic, Taxiride). The EP gave the band airplay on community radio, Christian radio, and Triple J. In early 2004, the band were signed