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The first six songs on MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR were the soundtrack to the Beatles' TV movie of the same name. The film was an experimental mess, but the experimental pop of the album included some of their most memorable productions. The soundtrack side was dominated by Paul McCartney pop tunes, including the bittersweet piano ballad "Fool On The Hill" and "Your Mother Should Know," an impossibly catchy bit of Vaudevillian pop. But it also featured George Harrison's mystical "Blue Jay Way" (about his house in Hollywood) and John Lennon's "I Am The Walrus," which wedded a stream-of-consciousness lyric to a fierce drum beat, layers of strings, odd voices and some dialogue from Shakespeare's "King Lear."

McCartney's "Hello Goodbye," which led off the assorted singles, featured some neatly arranged contrapuntal vocals, and may well have been about the dissolving partnerships (songwriting and otherwise) between McCartney and Lennon. Lennon's strangely arranged "Strawberry Fields Forever," whose two halves blend different takes of the same song, one slowed down to match the pitch of the other, was a trippy reverie; its bridges, orchestrated with horns, cellos, and backward cymbals, are sheer brilliance. "Penny Lane," a wistful fantasy featuring a beautiful trumpet solo, was McCartney at his melodic best, the AM foil to Lennon's FM headiness.

Additional personnel includes: Dave Mason (piccolo, trumpet); Philip Jones (trumpet); George Martin (piano); Mal Evans (tambourine); Mick Jagger, Gary Leeds, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Asher, Patti Harrison, Keith Moon, Graham Nash (background vocals).

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Olympic Sound Studios, De Lane Lea and Chappell Recording Studios, London, England between November 24, 1966 and November 7, 1967.

The Beatles: John Lennon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, organ, clavioline, Mellotron, maracas, tambourine, tape loops); George Harrison (vocals, guitar, violin, harmonica, Hammond organ, timpani, congas, firebell, tambourine, tabla); Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, flute, recorder, piano, acoustic & electric basses, bongos, congas); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums, maracas, tambourine, finger cymbals, tape loops).

Q (8/89) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time" issue.
Q (8/99, p.138) - "...the weirdest beast in the entire Beatles catalogue....As good an indicator as any that all the madness was about to end. It had to."
Paste (magazine) (p.60) - "With much better material and no forced concept to weigh down the proceedings, Martin's production work shines, particularly on the Lennon tracks."
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Category Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Psychedelic, British
Label Capitol / EMI
Orig Year 1967
All Time Sales Rank   221    Top 500
CD Universe Part number 1108580
Catalog number 48062
Discs 1
Release Date Sep 28, 1987
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer George Martin
Engineer Geoff Emerick
Recording Time 36 minutes
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1.Magical Mystery Tour
2.Fool on the Hill, The
3.Flying
4.Blue Jay Way
5.Your Mother Should Know
6.I Am the Walrus
7.Hello Goodbye
8.Strawberry Fields Forever
9.Penny Lane
10.Baby You're a Rich Man
11.All You Need Is Love
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5 stars The KEYSTONE of a complete psychedelic collection.
Proving that in the sixties, you could never take too many drugs- the more trippier, the better the music. Not the case in the seventies, eighties or nineties, eh Ossie Osbourne (see review below). This is a brain spinning, genuine psychedelic delight. Although WALRUS was originally a single, it fits on here nicely. Was a more disturbed, scary piece of sonic beauty ever released? BLUE JAY WAY is beamed down from PLANET MANDRAX, and the title track is simply, barking madness- with brass! Any pretender to rock knowledge should have this in their collection.
Submitted by David Martin (Mt. Martha, Australia.)
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5 stars classic
I think it's one of the top 5 "british-invasion" albums, along with The White Album, The Rolling Stones' "Beggers Banquet," The Who's "The Who Sells Out" and The Stones' "Out of our Heads." Fantastic! These songs are timeless!
Submitted by Ozzy Osbourne (Beverly Hills, CA, United States)
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5 stars Uh...YEAH!
Is this their best album? I'm still trying to decide. This album is quintessential Beatles - - that's for sure-- but what about Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, or even Help!-- going way further back. Anyway, like that Australian guy said, the more drugs these guys did, the "trippier" their music got. It's far out, man. This album rocks. There was ALOT of good music from the 1970s, incidentally (refering to that Australian dude) including Paul McCartney and Wigs. However, even though all the Wings and John Lennon solo stuff was great, it can't compare with the Beatles.Am I starting to ramble?
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5 stars BEATLES
VARY VARY GOOD
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5 stars It' the Beatles, how can you lose?
Mostly winners, it's hard to beat this CD. sam
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