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tunes as well. I literally love ALL of Abbey Road, every song, and Paul is responsible for many of them ... well, Ringo's tune ain't my favorite but its still catchy. I adore Oh! Darling & Golden Slumbers. Awesome vocals. You Never Give Me Your Money is pretty great too. Silver Hammer is a fun track ... THat's just one album.
But yeah, my LEAST favorite are almost all Paul songs for sure, and they're the sappy ones just like you 
The dirty version of Revolution is definitely top 20 for me, as are And Your Bird Can Sing, Across the Universe, I am the Walrus, Dear Prudence, Don't Let Me Down, and Ballad of John and Yoko, Dig A Pony ... to name a few ...
When it was released, I wore it out. It is still one of my single favorite, listen to any time albums of any genre.
And Your Bird Can Sing....killer riff (and it is two guitarists - George and Paul - though many have tried to play it using all harmony doubled notes!)....and everything else you said!
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Also ... allow me to add a lot of the early songs, ESP. the rockers songs like Day Tripper, Paperback Writer ... and even some of the ones you'd THINK would be better in Stereo like Rain ... are actually FAR better in their Mono mixes ... I have all the 2009 remasters in both versions ... it really wasn't 'til Revolver that ANY of the songs are truly superior in Stereo ... and even after that it's hit and miss (until LiB and AR at least) depending on the song and mix. It almost is like listening to 2 completely different songs, esp. on headphones, in many cases.
IMHO, it was Magical Mystery Tour (1967) that for the first time, most of the songs are clearly better in stereo ... I Am The Walrus RULES in Stereo, as does Baby You're A Rich Man. Penny Lane is very slightly better in Stereo but really sounds QUITE close to Mono mix. Hello Goodbye & the Title Track I slightly prefer the Mono ...
And Strawberry Fields & All You Need Is Love are interesting because my opinion varies seemingly 'depending on the day' ... Bottom line, I think both versions of each definitely have their charms ... Stereo's better if you're baked though, no question. These two songs are STRIKINGLY different in their versions, though
TTBOMK Let It Be and Abbey Road were the only 100% 'meant to be heard in stereo' records in their catalog, i.e. recorded with the express intent of being 'stereo recordings' and hence ttbomk are only available stereo. You can TELL, too.
You probably know the title track it was pretty popular at the time ... but this was a top to bottom brilliant record that is SOOOOO beautifully Beatles influenced ... Matthew with flawless songcraft (along with ALL vocals save a little help on one song, rhythm guitar, bass and some drums too) ... and NYC guitar ROYALTY (Richard Lloyd of Television, Robert Quine from Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Greg Leisz a steel guitar MASTER) peeling the paint off the walls behind him ... Guest spots by Indigo Girls and Lloyd Cole complete the awesomeness.
Put on your headphones ... crank it up and take a 50 min break ... you can thank me later
Oh, and by all means ... smoke 'em if you got 'em
Trust me, you will sit there and go ... is there going to be just ONE song that isn't fcking awesome here? Naawww. There's really not.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7EAEFC7C79F42204
I had a cover band I sang and played guitar in circa 1994 and we opened every set with the album opener from this album ...
...all their tracks. They really had a high quality... even the ones people say they don't like were, at least, interesting to hear on an album - they tried different stuff and grew, instead of just doing 10 inferior versions of their latest hit and selling it as an album.
