Love (Beatles album)
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Love is a soundtrack remix album of music recorded by The Beatles, released in November 2006. It features music compiled and remixed as a mashup for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The album was produced by George Martin and his son Giles Martin, who said, "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]
Release history
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Blender | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
NME | 8/10[6] |
The Observer | [7] |
Okayplayer | [8] |
Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10[9] |
PopMatters | 6/10[10] |
Q | [11] |
Rolling Stone | [12] |
Slant | [13] |
Uncut | [14] |
George Martin and his son Giles began work on Love after getting permission from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison (the latter two representing the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison, respectively).[1] In discussing the project, Giles Martin noted that elements were used 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]
Giles Martin said in an interview that he was afraid they would not get the green light to do the project, so he started by making digital back-ups of the original multi-track recordings just to get started on the project. He also said that he and his father mixed more music than was eventually released, including "She's Leaving Home" and a version of "Girl" that he was particularly fond of which was eventually released in 2011 as a bonus track on the album on iTunes.[15]
McCartney and Starr, the surviving members of The Beatles, 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."[16][17]
The album was first played publicly on Virgin Radio's The Geoff Show. Virgin Radio DJ Geoff Lloyd, a Beatles fan, chose to play the entire album uninterrupted to allow younger fans to experience an album premiere.[18]
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.[19] It was also successful in the United States, debuting at #4 in the Billboard 200, where it was certified Platinum in late 2006.[20] At the 50th annual Grammy awards on 10 February 2008, the album won Grammys in two categories—Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Surround Sound Album.
Love was released as a digital download in the iTunes Store on 8 February 2011. It includes two exclusive bonus tracks.[21]
Release details
The album was released as a standard Compact Disc version, a two-disc CD and DVD-Audio package, a two-disc vinyl package, and as a digital download. The DVD-Audio disc contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (96 kHz 24-bit MLP), downmixable to two-channel. For backwards compatibility it also contains separate audio-only DVD-Video content with two-channel stereo (48 kHz 16-bit PCM) and 5.1-channel surround (448 kbit/s Dolby Digital and 754 kbit/s DTS).
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Japan | 15 November 2006 | Toshiba-EMI | CD | TOCP-70200 |
CD/DVD-Audio | TOCP-70201 | |||
United Kingdom | 20 November 2006 | Apple, EMI | ||
CD | 3798082 / 0946 3 79808 2 8 | |||
CD/DVD-Audio | 3798102 / 0946 3 79810 2 3 | |||
United States | 21 November 2006 | Apple, Capitol, EMI | CD | 0946 3 79808 2 8 |
CD/DVD-Audio | 0946 3 79810 2 3 | |||
United Kingdom | 30 April 2007 | Apple, EMI | ||
Vinyl | 0946 379 808 11 |
Track listing
The DVD-Audio and iTunes release have longer versions of "Revolution" and "Back in the U.S.S.R.", increasing the total running time by about 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).
- "Because" – 2:44
- "Get Back" – 2:05
- "Glass Onion" – 1:20
- "Eleanor Rigby" (with "Julia" transition) – 3:05
- "I Am the Walrus" – 4:28
- "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 1:22
- "Drive My Car"/"The Word"/"What You're Doing" – 1:54
- "Gnik Nus" – 0:55
- "Something" (with "Blue Jay Way" transition) (George Harrison) – 3:29
- "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"/"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"/"Helter Skelter" – 3:22
- "Help!" – 2:18
- "Blackbird"/"Yesterday" – 2:31
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:31
- "Within You Without You"/"Tomorrow Never Knows" (Harrison, Lennon–McCartney) – 3:07
- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 4:10
- "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey) (with "Sun King" transition) – 3:18
- "Lady Madonna" – 2:56
- "Here Comes the Sun" (with "The Inner Light" transition) (Harrison) – 4:18
- "Come Together"/"Dear Prudence" (with "Cry Baby Cry" transition) – 4:45
- "Revolution" – 2:14 (CD version) / 3:23 (DVD and iTunes version)
- "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 1:53 (CD version) / 2:34 (DVD and iTunes version)
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 3:46
- "A Day in the Life" – 5:08
- "Hey Jude" – 3:58
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 1:22
- "All You Need Is Love" – 3:39
- iTunes bonus tracks
- "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:30
- "Girl" – 2:43
Track elements
Love contains elements from 130 individual commercially released and demo recordings of The Beatles,[22] and is a complex remix and polymix of multiple songs known as a mashup.[23] 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".[24] In addition, a new recording of a wood pigeon was implemented "to make it more British," according to George Martin.[24]
- "Get Back" – As reported, the track utilises 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".[25][26]
- "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.[24]
- "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".[27]
- "Gnik Nus" – As suggested in its title, the track contains the vocal arrangement of "Sun King" played in reverse.[27]
- "Something" (with "Blue Jay Way" transition) – The track contains vocal elements from "Nowhere Man".[23]
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" – A review of the album noted that this version builds from an acoustic demo.[28] It includes the orchestral section from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the piano solo from "In My Life", the brass included in "Penny Lane", the cello and harpsichord arrangement from "Piggies" and the coda of "Hello, Goodbye".[27]
- "Within You Without You"/"Tomorrow Never Knows" – This track combines the vocals and the sitar from "Within You Without You" with the bass and drums from "Tomorrow Never Knows."[26]
- "Octopus's Garden" – According to USA Today and PopMatters, this track contains the string arrangement from "Good Night", sound effects and vocal elements from "Yellow Submarine" and elements from "Lovely Rita" and "Helter Skelter".[26][27]
- "Lady Madonna" – The song includes the percussion intro from "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?", the guitar riff from "Hey Bulldog", Eric Clapton's guitar solo from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and Billy Preston's organ solo from "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".[29][30]
- "Here Comes the Sun" (with "The Inner Light" transition) – As mentioned by Giles Martin, the track includes backing vocals from "Oh! Darling" and a bass line from "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".[31]
- "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; the demo version used is found on Anthology 3. This was also stated in the fifth chapter of The Beatles 'LOVE' Podcast.[28][32]
- "The Fool On The Hill" – This track includes sitar from "Sea of Holes", piano from "Dear Prudence" and vocals and horns from "Mother Nature's Son".
- "Girl" – This track includes sitar from "Within You Without You", guitar from "And I Love Her" and drums from "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!".
Chart performance
Chart (2007) | Providers | Peak position |
Certification | Sales |
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Argentina Album Chart | CAPIF | 1 | 2× Gold | 40,000[33] |
US Billboard 200 | Billboard | 4[34] | 2× Platinum [35] | 2,000,000+ [35] |
Billboard Comprehensive Albums | 4 | |||
Billboard Top Internet Albums | 1[36] | |||
Euro Album Chart | IFPI | 1[citation needed] | 2× Platinum[37] | 2,000,000+ |
Canada Album Chart | Nielsen Soundscan | 1[38] | 2× Platinum[39] | 200,000+ |
France Album Chart | SNEP/IFOP | 1[40] | Platinum | 211,200[41] |
Greek International Album Chart | IFPI | 1[42] | Gold | 20,000 |
Ireland Album Chart | IRMA | 1 | 3× Platinum | 45,000 |
Australian Album Chart | ARIA | 2[43] | 2× Platinum | 140,000+ |
New Zealand Album Chart | RIANZ | 2[44] | Platinum | 15,000+ |
German Album Chart | Media Control | 2[45] | 3× Gold | 300,000+ |
Sweden Album Chart | GLF | 2[46] | Gold | 20,000+ |
UK Albums Chart | BPI/The Official UK Charts Company | 3[47] | 2× Platinum | 769,000 (to 8 June 2007) |
Japanese Album Chart | Oricon | 3[48] | Platinum | 242,822 |
Swiss Album Chart | Media Control Europe | 3[49] | ||
Belgium Album Chart | Ultratop / Nielsen | 3[50] | Gold | 15,000+ |
Austria Album Chart | Media Control Europe | 3[51] | ||
Netherlands Album Chart | Megacharts | 4[52] | Gold | 47,130 |
Czech Republic Albums Chart | IFPI | 4[53] | ||
Portugal Album Chart | Promusicae/Media Control | 5[54] | Gold | 10,000+ |
Finland Album Chart | GLF | 5[55] | ||
Italy Album Chart | FIMI/Nielsen | 7[45] | Platinum | 150,000 |
Spain Album Chart | Promusicae/Media Control | 9[56] | ||
Estonia Album Chart | Media Control Europe | 17[citation needed] |
See also
- All Together Now, a documentary following the creation of the Cirque du Soleil show and its soundtrack
- Cirque du Soleil discography, a complete list of Cirque du Soleil's music releases with track listings
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- ^ Love at AllMusic
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- ^ "The Beatles: Love | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Lundy, Zeth (15 November 2006). "The Beatles: Love". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Q magazine #245, Dec. 2006, p133
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External links
- Love at Discogs
- Love at Metacritic
- DVD-Audio specific review at HFR
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