ABBEY ROAD

This crown jewel is in my TOP 3 Beatles albums and no doubt a favourite one among many classic rock fans. Sounding as a cliche for the Fab Four but they all have reached an astonishing amount of maturity and proved they were still able to be in the leading pack though not being the leader any longer. Lennon did, despite his diminishing interest in the band, provide two passionate numbers - the hard-rocking "Come together" and the jam-like "She's so heavy". The chord sequence in the latter one is powerful. The addition of hammond organ adds a bit of jazzy atmosphere.

McCartney has the strongest and most dominant presence. "Maxwell's silver hammer" is far from the strongest cuts on the album, yet it features moog and a likeable guitar solo. "Oh darling" was underrated by me as I found it a pastiche but later I started the appreciate the incredibly powerful and wide-ranged McCartney's vocal that even Lennon must have been jealous of. McCartney's first two contributions are rather conventional but he compensates it later on the second album's side which is more adventurous, a nice studio work and slightly interesting instrumental coda.

Harrison is an equal contributor with two legendary "Something" and "Here comes the sun", with the first one being one of the best late 60's ballads. Let's highlight Harrison's guitar work be it heavier guitar on "Come together", "She's so heavy" or the wonderful solo on "Something".

"Because" has great vocal harmonies, Beatles still proving they had some top vocals despite cutting down on the number of harmonies after 1966.

Starr is showing improved and updated drumming with a great feeling, hear "Something", "Come together" or "She's so heavy". He come with a number that I consider most mature during his time with the band "Octopus's garden" with the heavy band support.

Abbey Road album has not been matched by any of the solo Beatle output and remains a fascinating legacy of classic rock.