Love (The Beatles album)

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Love
Compilation album (Mashup) by The Beatles
Released	2006-11-20 (UK) 2006-11-21 (U.S.)
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios; 1963 – 1969, 2004 – 2006
Genre	Rock
Length	78:37 (CD) 80:34 (DVD-Audio)
Label	Apple, Capitol, EMI
Producer(s)	George and Giles Martin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Blender link The Guardian link The Observer link Q (#245, Dec. 2006, p133) Rolling Stone (#1014, 30 Nov. 2006, p112) UNCUT link Entertainment Weekly (A) link Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) link NME (8/10) link PopMatters (6/10) link
The Beatles chronology
The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 (2006)	Love (2006)

Love is a soundtrack compilation album by The Beatles released in November 2006. It features music compiled and remixed for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The album was produced by George Martin and his son Giles, with the latter commenting that "What people will be hearing on the album is a new experience, a way of re-living the whole Beatles musical lifespan in a very condensed period."^[1] It should also be noted that this is the first CD release of I Am The Walrus in true stereo, as all other releases eventually panned into fake stereo.

Contents 1 Release history 2 Release details 3 Track listing 4 Track elements 5 Chart performance 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Release history

George Martin and his son Giles began work on Love after getting permission from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Olivia Harrison (the latter two representing John Lennon and George Harrison, respectively).^[1] In discussing the project, Giles Martin noted that elements were utilized from recordings in The Beatles catalogue, "the original four tracks, eight tracks and two tracks and used this palette of sounds and music to create a soundbed."^[1]

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving members of The Beatles, have responded very positively to the album. McCartney noted that "This album puts The Beatles back together again, because suddenly there's John and George with me and Ringo". Starr commended George and Giles Martin for the album and said that the album is "really powerful for me and I even heard things I'd forgotten we'd recorded."^[2][3]

The album was first played publicly on Virgin Radio's The Geoff Show. Virgin Radio DJ Geoff Lloyd, a self-proclaimed fan of The Beatles, chose to play the entire album uninterrupted to allow younger fans to experience an album premiere.^[4]

Love placed at #3 in the UK Albums Chart during its first week of release, trailing Westlife's The Love Album and Oasis' Stop the Clocks compilation.^[5] It was also successful in the United States, debuting at #4 in the Billboard 200, where it was certified Platinum in late 2006.^[6]

[edit] Release details

The album was released in two versions — a standard CD version and a two-disc CD and DVD-Audio package. The DVD-Audio disc contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (96 kHz 24-bit MLP), downmixable to 2-channel. For backwards compatibility it also contains separate audio-only DVD-Video content with 2-channel stereo (48 kHz 16-bit PCM) and 5.1-channel surround (448 kbps Dolby Digital and 754 kbps DTS).

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan	2006-11-15	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP-70200
			CD / DVD-Audio	TOCP-70201
United Kingdom	2006-11-20	Apple Records, EMI
			CD	3798082 / 0946 3 79808 2 8
			CD / DVD-Audio	3798102 / 0946 3 79810 2 3
United States	2006-11-21	Apple, Capitol Records, EMI	CD	0946 3 79808 2 8
			CD / DVD-Audio	0946 3 79810 2 3

[edit] Track listing

The DVD has longer versions of "Revolution" and "Back in the USSR", increasing the total running time by nearly two minutes. The track listing for both discs is as follows:

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted (see also: Lennon/McCartney).

1. "Because" – 2:44
2. "Get Back" – 2:05
3. "Glass Onion" – 1:20
4. "Eleanor Rigby"
   "Julia (transition)" – 3:05
5. "I Am the Walrus" – 4:28
6. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 1:26
7. "Drive My Car / The Word / What You're Doing" – 1:54
8. "Gnik Nus" – 0:55
9. "Something" (George Harrison)
   "Blue Jay Way (transition)" – 3:29
10. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! / I Want You (She's So Heavy) / Helter Skelter" – 3:22
11. "Help!" – 2:18
12. "Blackbird / Yesterday" – 2:31
13. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:31
14. "Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows" (Harrison, Lennon/McCartney) – 3:07
15. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 4:10
16. "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey) – 3:18
17. "Lady Madonna" – 2:56
18. "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison)
    "The Inner Light (transition)" – 4:18
19. "Come Together / Dear Prudence"
    "Cry Baby Cry (transition)" – 4:45
20. "Revolution" – 2:14 (CD version) / 3:23 (DVD version)
21. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 1:54 (CD version) / 2:34 (DVD version)
22. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 3:46
23. "A Day in the Life" – 5:08
24. "Hey Jude" – 3:58
25. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 1:22
26. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:38

[edit] Track elements

Love contains elements from 130 individual recordings of The Beatles.^[7] While a complete list has not been disclosed, highlights of how the elements were mixed have been noted by the press.

• "Because" – An interview in Entertainment Weekly revealed that the opening track includes the bird sounds used in the World Wildlife Fund version of "Across the Universe".^[8] In addition, a new recording of a Wood Pigeon was implemented "to make it more British," as George Martin stated.^[8]
• "Get Back" – As reported, the track utilizes the opening guitar from "A Hard Day's Night", the drum and guitar solos from "The End", percussion from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", and the orchestral swell from "A Day in the Life".^[9][10]
• "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – An interview with George and Giles Martin stated that elements from both the studio recording and the Hollywood Bowl live performance were mixed to create this version.^[8]
• "Drive My Car / The Word / What You're Doing" – As reported, the medley features the guitar solo from "Taxman" and the horns section from "Savoy Truffle".^[11]
• "Gnik Nus" – As suggested in its title, the track contains the vocal arrangement of "Sun King" played in reverse.^[11]
• "Something / Blue Jay Way (transition)" – The track contains vocal elements from "Nowhere Man".^[12]
• "Strawberry Fields Forever" – A review of the album noted that this version builds from an acoustic demo.^[13] It includes the orchestral section from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the solo piano from "In My Life", the brass included in "Penny Lane", the cello and harpsicord arrangement from "Piggies" and the coda of "Hello, Goodbye".^[11]
• "Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows" – This track is noted as providing the most effective form of mashup in the album.^[11] It combines the vocals from "Within You Without You" with the bass and drums from "Tomorrow Never Knows."^[10]
• "Octopus's Garden" – According to USA Today and PopMatters, this track contains the string arrangement from "Good Night", sound effects used in "Yellow Submarine" and elements from "Lovely Rita" and "Helter Skelter".^[11][10]
• "Lady Madonna" – As noted by the Miami Herald, the track includes the guitar riff from "Hey Bulldog".^[9]
• "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" – A BBC article reported that George Martin chose to use an early version of the recording for the album and wrote a new orchestral backing for the track. This was also stated in the fifth chapter of The Beatles 'LOVE' Podcast.^[13][14]

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Providers	Peak position	Certification	Sales
Argentina	CAPIF	1	Gold (2x)	40,000[1]
United World Chart	Media Traffic	1(6) [2]	2x Platinum	4,037,000
United World Chart	+7,5%, which's not covered by Mediatraffic	1 [3]	2x Platinum	4,340,000
Billboard 200	Billboard	4 [4]	Platinum	1,349,986[citation needed]
Billboard Comprehensive Albums	Billboard	4 [5]
Billboard Top Internet Albums	Billboard	1 [6]
Euro Album Chart	IFPI	1 (7)[7]	2x Platinum[8]	2,000,000+
Canada Album Chart	Nielsen Soundscan	1 [9]
France Album Chart	SNEP/IFOP	1 [10]	Platinum	211.200 [11]
Greek International Album Chart	IFPI	1 [12]
Poland Album Chart	ZPAV	2[13]	Platinum	20,000+
Australian Album Chart	ARIA	2 [14]	2x Platinum	140,000+
New Zealand Album Chart	RIANZ	2 [15]	Platinum	15,000+
German Album Chart	Media Control	2[16]	3x Gold	300,000+
Sweden Album Chart	GLF	2[17]	Gold
UK Album Chart	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	3 [18]		754,657 (to 10 March 2007)
Japanese Album Chart	Oricon	3[19]	Platinum	127,564
Swiss Album Chart	Media Control Europe	3 [20]
Belgium Album Chart	Ultratop / Nielsen	3[21]	Gold	15,000+
Austria Album Chart	Media Control Europe	3[22]
Netherlands Album Chart	Megacharts	4[23]	Gold	35,000
Czech Republic Albums Chart	IFPI	4[24]
Portugal Album Chart	Promusicae/Media Control	5 [25]	Gold	10,000+
Finland Album Chart	GLF	5 [26]
Brazil Album Chart	Hot100Brasil	7 [27]
Italy Album Chart	FIMI/Nielsen	7 [28]
Spain Album Chart	Promusicae/Media Control	9 [29]
Estonia Album Chart	Media Control Europe	17 [30]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Beatles - official site.
• The Beatles on MySpace.
• Love at Discogs
• The Beatles: Love (2006): Reviews at Metacritic.

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