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The Rutles [Soundtrack]

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Audio CD (14 Feb 2003)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Rhino
ASIN: B00000348L
Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,189 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)
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1. Goose-Step Mama 2:17 �0.69

2. Number One 2:49 �0.69

3. Baby Let Me Be 1:54 �0.69

4. Hold My Hand 2:08 �0.69

5. Blue Suede Schubert 2:11 �0.69

6. I Must Be In Love 2:04 �0.69

7. With A Girl Like You 1:50 �0.69

8. Between Us 2:00 �0.69

9. Living In Hope 2:36 �0.69

10. Ouch! 1:49 �0.69

11. It's Looking Good 1:59 �0.69

12. Doubleback Alley 2:53 �0.69

13. Good Times Roll 3:01 �0.69

14. Nevertheless 1:25 �0.69

15. Love Life 2:48 �0.69

16. Piggy In The Middle 4:06 �0.69

17. Another Day 2:10 �0.69

18. Cheese And Onions 2:38 �0.69

19. Get Up And Go 3:15 �0.69

20. Let's Be Natural 3:23 �0.69

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Uncut - September 2007
"..highly faithful (re)arrangements of Fab Four
landmarks...very funny.." 4/5

Album Description
Released for the first time on CD in the UK, The Rutles album
was the soundtrack to the original TV spoof documentary film All You Need
Is Cash. The brainchild of Neil Innes and Eric Idle, this expanded CD adds
six tracks to the 14 track vinyl version first released in 1978 and comes
in a vinyl replica digi-pack.

One of rock's most enduring and insightful parodies, brilliantly mirroring
The Beatles' career, it even featured a cameo from George Harrison. The
Rutles themselves were Neil Innes as Ron Nasty (Lennon), Eric Idle as Dirk
McQuickly (McCartney), ex-Beach Boy Rikki Fataar as Stig O'Hara (Harrison)
and Patto's John Halsey as Barry Wom (Ringo). The fifth Rutle, for
recording purposes, was Patto's mercurial guitarist Ollie Halsall.

Innes' songs wonderfully re-created each phase of the Beatles' recorded
history from the straight Merseybeat of "I Must Be In Love" and "Number
One", through "Ouch" ("Help", of course) to the psychedelic experimentation
of "Piggy In The Middle" and "Cheese And Onions" and the rooftop finale of
"Get Up And Go".

Brilliantly observed, the film featured cameo appearances by Mick Jagger
and Paul Simon, and thinly disguised portraits of Derek Taylor and Alan
Klein by Michael Palin and a fearsome John Belushi. The managerial figure
of Brian Epstein was parodied as Leggy Mountbaton for whom the Rutles'
success could be attributed to just one factor: "I think it was the
trousers."

Alongside Spinal Tap, the most effective rock `n' roll lampooning ever and,
remarkably, the music both holds up today and stands apart from the film
itself. It's virtually a history lesson in the evolution of sixties pop and
probably the best album the Beatles never made.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously Funny Spoof of The Beatles, 20 Jun 2003

By	Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I love The Rutles! The songs are superb imitations of The Beatles songs, yet they are more than that, as they are mostly great songs in their own write [whoops!] Neil Innes has created some very clever parodies, which often take a swipe at several Beatles songs at once. The lyrics are great fun. My favourite line is from Goosestep Mama, which is meant to be from The Rutles days in Hamburg:

"You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier!" [It may help if you say it out loud, but then again, maybe not!]

The parody on Roll Over Beethoven features a lyric about Blue Suede Schubert, the King of the Bop, and backing vocals "Bop Schubert, bop bop, Schubert" which make me crack a smile every time.

Some of my other favourite tracks are:
Doubleback Alley, parodying lyrics, melody and instrumentation of Penny Lane
Get Up and Go, which is lampooning Get Back
Living in Hope which will remind you of Ringo's masterpiece, Don't Pass Me By
With a Girl Like You effectively imitates If I Fell, and is also a pretty song
Ouch!, which is a very close imitation of Help!
Another Day could be serious if it weren't so close to Martha, My Dear's instrumentation and style

The original gramophone record featured a fantastic 18 page booklet, satirising the Magical Mystery Tour LP packaging. If you can find one in a second-hand shop, I am sure you will be rewarded, as it has much more material than the CD packaging [but the CD has 6 more songs].

I also recommend Archeology, which is an inventive poke in the eye at The Beatles' Anthology.

Highly recommended

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A totally unbiased revue, 24 April 2001

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Dirk,Nasty,Stig & Barry at their musical best! Follow their roller-coaster career from beginning to middle. This album is a must have album, in fact I must have had it at least twice before and lost them both. Simply the best thing to have come out of Rutland weekend television, this is a masterpiece! From the Hamburg inspired "Goose Step Mama" to the final track "Let's be natural", they have fitted another eighteen songs onto one shiny disc. Includes the mysterious song "Blue Suede Schubert", believed to be a cryptic message of Nasty's, complaining that they were not paid enough for television appearances (Heed U- BBC use Rutles). If you don't buy any more CD's this year, then you probably wont buy this one either. However if you do buy it, I am sure that you will agree that it was money spent.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rutlemania is still happening!, 7 April 2001

By	shazzamatazz26@hotmail.com (Lincolnshire, UK) - See all my reviews

I fell in the with the unique style of Stig, Nasty, Dirk and Barry when I first saw them on the TV many years ago. I followed their story through their beginnings in the Ratkeller to their sad break up after their meeting with Arthur Sultan. I wept with them when Leggy Mountbatten went to Australia, I shared their joy, their pain, their music.

This album is a compilation of their greatest hits and includes such favourites as 'Cheese and Onions' - obviously influenced by their dabblings with tea drinking, 'Piggy in the Middle', 'Ouch!' and my all time favourite 'I Must be in Love'.

Sometime ago I heard an album by a band who were calling themselves 'The Beatles', they were attempting to emulate the sound of the Rutles but were a very poor imitation. Long live the Prefab four!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Re-visiting the Rutles
Great to hear the songs again. Good recording, mimics the tone of the era, developing a richer sound through to final tracks. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Mr. Paul J. Reneaux

4.0 out of 5 stars NEIL INNES TURNS PASTICHE INTO AN ART FORM
The Rutles were the brain child of Monty Python Eric Idle and born out of a sketch on his Rutland weekend television show. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Mr. Christopher J. Welch

5.0 out of 5 stars Rhino reissue of soundtrack to All You Need is Cash
'Limited Vinyl Replica Edition' (not that this title is on the sleeve anywhere!) features the songs recorded for the Rutland TV episode that became 'All You Need is Cash' and... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Jason Parkes

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as the Beatles
Neil Innes is a fantastic song writer, and this parody of the Beatles sees him at his very best, with catchy lyrical numbers that are as memorable as the Beatles - after a few... Read more

Published 22 months ago by Scroff The Bad

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy two Beatles CDs, make this your second purchase ...
... Your first purchase should, of course, be 'ONE', which is remastered, has excellent sleeve notes, and is an outstanding portfolio by Britain's foremost singles band... Read more

Published 22 months ago by Gavin Wilson

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
The 'soundtrack' to the mockumentary All You Need is Cash (buy the DVD, it's great) this is a most enjoyable album in its own right. Read more

Published on 25 Jun 2007 by Geoffrey Millar

5.0 out of 5 stars The tragical mystory tour is cooming to take you away
Now that the Fab Foursome has sadly been halved, and Ouch! the "waarld" is in risk of Beatle bums falling apart, ladies and gents "rutle" your jewelry to Blue Suede Shoeberts and... Read more

Published on 29 Jul 2003 by chris-spriet

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for fans of Niel Innes.
This is typical Innes, but also typical Beatles. Perhaps a dissappointment for those who may expect humourous songs. The humour and light pastiche is too subtle for that. Read more

Published on 17 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A splendid time is guaranteed for all...
Beatle freaks, Bonzo fans and Pythonites will already know this album which parodies the Beatles from 1962-1978. Read more

Published on 31 Oct 1999 by Mr. Alan J. Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantabulous Beatleseque pasticherie!!!!
The songs which came out of Eric Idle and Neil Innes' Beatles pastiche, originally on BBC TV and then in a feature film (also excellent). Read more

Published on 29 Oct 1999 by Dr. M. Mckergow

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