ABBEY ROAD

My personal favorite album of any genre, Abbey Road is the definitive record. It's a Beatles record, it's got a medley, and it's quite proggy. And, it is 100x better than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Come Together (10/10): Excellent opener to an excellent album. Hard bass riff, strange lyrics, and a shuffling groove make this one of the Beatles' best album openers.

Something (10+/10): Maybe the greatest song ever written, Something also has a sweeping Baroque-style instrumentation with an excellent string background. Excellently produced, very well-written track.

Maxwell's Silver Hammer (8/10): This is a very good song with a happy melody but sad lyrics. Just not one of my favorites.

Oh! Darling (9.5/10): Excellent passionate song by Paul McCartney, and good, bluesy time signature. Just thought that the vocals were a bit over the top.

Octopus's Garden (9/10): Undoubtedly, Ringo's best work! Amazing guitar from Harrison, and seaside background vocals make this a classic Beatles song! But, it just isn't one of my favorites.

I Want You (She's So Heavy) (10+/10): This is a prog website, and this is a prog song. From the opening, slow guitar riff, to the long instrumental passage at the end with amazing keyboards from Mr. Billy Preston, this is the proggiest thing the Beatles ever recorded! And it's an underrated gem!

Here Comes the Sun (10+/10): My second favorite George Harrison song, Here Comes the Sun, like Something, is an excellent ballad with some Baroque instrumentation in the background. And this song is also a fine folksy break after the "Heavy" song

Because (10/10); Hauntingly beautiful, with a keyboard riff reminiscent of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

You Never Give Me Your Money/Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (10+/10): Excellent first part of the ever-so-famous ending medley of Abbey Road. Every part of it is seamless with the other, so I couldn't review them separately. These, together, make up the heart of the album.

Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/ The End (10+/10): Wow! What an epic way to end a career! The (almost) closing medley is my very favorite song by the Beatles. An excellent way to cap off a career. But wait......

Her Majesty (9/10): I give it a 9 only for being so short! God why didn't they make this longer! I love this song!

With barely anything below a 10, though this may not be thought of as a prog album, it is a must-have for music fans, and even non-music fans! You can not deny Beatlemania!