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Review - - Beatles - - Love CD

The soundtrack to the hit Cirque du Soleil show - - and much more!

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By Robert Fontenot, About.com

And some of the ideas are simply bad and/or lazy. Just because the intro to "Good Night" fits over "Octopus's Garden" doesn't mean it works there, and the mash-up of "Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows" only proves what we already know, which is that both are drones in the key of C.

And yet Love, almost despite itself, remains a fascinating work that any Beatles fan should own. Part of this has to do with the bedrock integrity of the songs themselves -- forty years on, these landmarks not only still sound fresh, they still sound musically subversive. But the most compelling reason to pick this one up, even if you haven't seen the stage show, is the sound: the remastering makes the songs leap forth with even more clarity than they did on Beatles 1, which is an achivement in itself, and the "special edition" audio-only DVD marks the first time anything in the Fabs' repertoire has been remixed in Dolby 5.1. Whether you call it a gimmick or a breath of fresh air, most of Love only goes to prove something else we all already knew: that the entire Beatles back catalog needs to be completely remastered using the latest technology. And right this very minute.

Tracklisting

The Beatles' "Love" CD

The Beatles' "Love" CD

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  1. Because
  2. Get Back
  3. Glass Onion
  4. Eleanor Rigby/Julia
  5. I Am the Walrus
  6. I Want to Hold Your Hand
  7. Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing
  8. Gnik Nus
  9. Something/Blue Jay Way
  10. Being for the the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter
  11. Help!
  12. Blackbird/Yesterday
  13. Strawberry Fields Forever
  14. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
  15. Octopus's Garden
  16. Lady Madonna
  17. Here Comes the Sun/The Inner Light
  18. Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry
  19. Revolution
  20. Back in the U.S.S.R.
  21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  22. A Day in the Life
  23. Hey Jude
  24. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  25. All You Need Is Love
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