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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Get Back (Naked Version) | |||
| 2. Dig A Pony (Naked Version) | |||
| 3. For You Blue (Naked Version) | |||
| 4. The Long And Winding Road (Naked Version) | |||
| 5. Two Of Us (Naked Version) | |||
| 6. I've Got A Feeling (Naked Version) | |||
| 7. One After 909 (Naked Version) | |||
| 8. Don't Let Me Down (Naked Version) | |||
| 9. I Me Mine (Naked Version) | |||
| 10. Across The Universe (Naked Version) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Fly On The Wall (Interview - Let it Be...Naked) (Medley) | |||
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How much better, you could be forgiven for wondering, could Let It Be be? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is "a bit". Let It Be, while obviously better than almost everything ever recorded by anyone else, was compromised by the fact that the Beatles were disintegrating as a unit during the recording sessions, the rancour most famously illustrated by John Lennon calling in Phil Spector behind Paul McCartney's back to rework "The Long and Winding Road". Let It Be... Naked, then, is the album as the Beatles would have heard it while they were making it.
The tracklisting on this version of Let It Be differs slightly from the original--there's no "Maggie Mae" or "Dig It", while "Don't Let Me Down" has been added. The rest of the songs, shorn of Spector's decorative flourishes, confirm that although the Beatles were having occasional difficulty speaking to each other during these sessions, there was no problem about playing together. The only two minor quibbles are that "The Long and Winding Road" is still McCartney at his most saccharine, and that any Beatles version of "Across the Universe" is never going to hold a candle to that by Laibach. --Andrew Mueller
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Stunning and Refreshing - A Hidden Glory Restored!!!,
By Callum Doone (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Let It Be... Naked (Audio CD)
I cannot stress how sceptical and reticent I was when this was released. I thought "Why bother?" In my opinion, "Let it Be" was always something of a B-grade Beatles album, a mish-mash of doodles with some faulted gems within the Phil Spectorised structure and production. Having heard "Cum Back" and various other bootlegs too, I could only think that this was Paul McCartney tinkering with something that to all intents and purposes should be left alone, let go of.
How wrong can a person be? I have to admit that this is an amazing piece of work, not only in terms of the albums track order and restoration, but it is the quality of the writing, the stripped-down,unadorned beauty that this release has in spades. I am quite amazed at how for the first time in thirty odd years I can listen to these songs and hear how great they really are. make no mistake, we've all heard "Winding Road" and "Let it Be " to death but not like this. mcCartney's vocals are so surprising in that they are quite perfect and magnificent, something I'd never quite heard before. The fact that these are as recorded in the studio, untampered with and without overdubbing simply confirms that this is nothing short of a near masterpiece. If you are a fan, I urge you to buy it and you will not be disappointed. It's like hearing a whole new thing, like a veil of mush and clutter has been lifted away from something so beautiful that it is shocking to realise what a butcher job Phil Spector did on this in 1969/70.If you are not a fan I am sure you will be after this. Oh, and by the way, "Across the Universe" is breathtaking and moving. Buy it today!
47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Bold Move By Beatle Paul !!!,
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This review is from: Let It Be... Naked (Audio CD)
Whether you love or hate the original "Let It Be" ...personally I found it a good album but by no means one of their best...this release is a product of McCartney's determination to set the record straight on how the album should have sounded. Whilst he was absolutely right to remove the 2 Lennon abherrations ("Dig It" and "Maggie Mae")replacing them with the vastly superior Lennon song "Don't Let Me Down" listeners will not necessarily prefer the simpler versions of the other songs. Ultimately its a matter of taste - the orchestrated original v the McCartney alternative is for you to choose. For myself I'm a Beatles fan so I'll take both as they are both good & serve a purpose!!! *The extra CD of the Beatles rehearsing is great by the way!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Getting back to basics...,
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This review is from: Let It Be... Naked (Audio CD)
Well, this is what Paul McCartney wanted - the Let it Be album devoid of the Phil Spector production... and it certainly sounds great.
The tracks have all been remastered - and sound fantastic with all the hiss removed. However, after so many years of hearing the original 'Let it Be' (with the studio chit-chat between the tracks), you do kind of miss it a little bit when the songs fade down into silence... strangely enough! 'Don't Let me Down' is at last added to its proper setting, formerly being the b-side of 'Get Back', and is only one of many excellent songs. 'I Me Mine' (the last song ever recorded by the Beatles - well, 3 of them anyway), still sounds powerful, and it's intersting to see that Phil Spector's elongated version was retained for this CD. 'The Long and Winding Road' is presented in all its original glory, and one can't help harking back to Paul singing at the piano in the movie (when WILL they ever release it on DVD?). One minor criticism is the (mostly gray) cover artwork, which seems a little uninspired considering the importance of this album - maybe something a little more colorful and original would have been better? Also, maybe a reprint of the booklet that accompanied the original album on its release in 1970 would have been a nice touch too. The extra CD of studio chat and song snippets is fascinating, and makes you wonder why they didn't make it run a little longer and add even more from the hours of extra material available. All in all a superb album, and well worth buying, even if you do already own the 'original'...
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