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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Compilation Of The Highest Order, 17 May 2006
The Blue album is a wonderful album, full of quality songs from Sgt Pepper, The Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be. The Beatles had come a long way musically and spiritually in such a short space of time. I am 21 years old and have been listening to The Beatles now for 10 years, this was the first Beatles album I listened to and straight away I was hooked. Everytime I listen to it, like every Beatles album it sounds so original. In my opinion this would be the ideal album to buy if you have just discovered the Beatles for the first time. Side 1 of this album contains songs from Sgt Pepper and The Magical Mystery Tour plus a single and a B side that do not feature on any studio album. Two of John Lennon's greatest songs Strawberry Fields Forever and I am The Walrus appear here along with the classic's All You Need Is Love, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and Revolution whilst Paul Mccartney continues to shine with songs Penny Lane, Sgt Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band,Hello Goodbye, The Fool on The Hill, Lady Madonna and the monster classic Hey Jude. Lennon and Mccartney also collaberate musically for the first time in a few years on the songs With A Little Help From My Friends and possibly the greatest concept song of all time A Day In The Life. Side 2 of this album feature songs from all 4 of The Beatles.Songs are taken from The White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be plus 2 singles and B sides that do not feature on any studio albums.Lennon is in great form with the songs Don't Let Me Down,The Ballad Of John and Yoko, Come Together and Across The Universe. Paul Mccartney is also inspiring with the songs Back in The USSR, Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da,Get Back, Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road. The 4 best George Harrison songs that he recorded as a Beatle also appear here, While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Eric Clapton playing lead guitar, Old Brown Shoe, Here Comes The Sun and Something. These 4 songs are up there with anything Lennon/Mccartney were writing at the time. Ringo only wrote 2 songs with the Beatles, 1 of them is here, Octopus's Garden. It's a nice song, great for the kiddies. Listening to this album along with The Red album will make you want to go out and buy the albums these songs came from, untill you do you are missing out on something very special indeed.
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-have...along with the Red Album of course!, 2 Jul 2000
By A Customer
This CD, along with its' companion (The Beatles 1962-1966), represent the only currently available "Best Of" Beatles anthologies available on CD and were originally released as two double LP sets back in the early 1970s. Most commonly referred to as the Red and Blue albums (the scheme supposedly requested by the ex-Beatles themselves to represent the colours of Liverpool's two soccer clubs), together these double albums collect together all the Beatles UK hits, along with selected album tracks. I am not a huge fan of compilation CDs myself but these two double CDs are vital for any serious music fan and are as valid a part of any decent CD collection as the Beatles' original studio albums. Like many second generation Beatles fans, I grew up listening to these albums and whilst these compilation CDs really capture the essence of the Beatles' music they are by no means totally representative. All the hits of the Beatles post-touring career are here, along with some choice album tracks, although I've never understood why Old Brown Shoe and Octopus's Garden have been included here - I would rather have seen a couple of additional tracks from the White Album chosen instead. Still, the song selection is overall very good and - as I've stated in my review of the accompanying Red Album - these digitally remastered CDs offer vastly superior sound quality to the 1987 CD album releases. It's high time EMI did some justice to the Beatles (as they've done with other artists, eg David Bowie, Pink Floyd, etc) and properly remaster the Beatles entire back catalogue.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb collection of songs., 7 Feb 2003
This is by far my favorite Beatles album (and I own all of them).
It has material from their most creative period and effectivly abandons the "#1 hits" format that Beatles CD's have gotten locked into and not acknowledged other good songs like "I Am the Walrus" or "A Day In the Life". It also includes material from the "White Album", which as good as it is, is always ignored on Beatles hits discs.Furthermore all four members are given recognition not just John and Paul; "Octapus's Garden" by Ringo and such songs as "Here Comes the Sun" and others by George are included, whereas the new compilation "1" only features one George song: "Something", which is a superb song, but not a sufficent tribute to the Dark Horse in itself. Also included are full lyrics to all of the songs. This is especially appreciated for songs like "Come Together" on which one can easily forget the words. There are also photographs in the 24-page booklet,which is quite a lot, considering most of the Beatles albums are completly devoid of any notes at all. Overall a five star disc because not only does it include hits, it has B-sides like "Don't Let Me Down" and "Revolution", full lyrics to all songs, and it acknowleges all four members. Easily ten stars!
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