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* WhatTheHellHero: John's bass playing on "The Long and Winding Road" is terrible, and the fact that he not only let it stay in the finished track but also hired Phil Spector to dub strings and a choir over the top in the hope that it would [[DistractedByTheShiny distract attention]] from its terribleness, together invoke this trope.
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* WhatTheHellHero: John's bass playing on "The Long and And Winding Road" is terrible, and the fact that he not only let it stay in the finished track but also hired Phil Spector to dub strings and a choir over the top in the hope that it would [[DistractedByTheShiny distract attention]] from its terribleness, together invoke this trope.
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* CoverVersion: "Maggie Mae". This was an old PublicDomain traditional song that Julia Lennon taught her teenaged son John as she was teaching him how to play banjo.
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* [[SixthRanger TheFifthBeatle]]: Billy Preston was nicknamed this after he joined the band for this album.
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* RecordProducer: Creator/PhilSpector. This was the only Beatles album which wasn't produced by George Martin.
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* RevisitingTheRoots: The album was originally going to be called ''Get Back'' because this was precisely the idea (and that of course is also the reason the song was called "Get Back"). This was an attempt to return to the sort of spontaneous, energetic rock and roll they'd played at the beginning of their career - as opposed to the sophisticated and intricately produced music they'd moved on to. This is also why they recorded "One After 909", a song that sounds like the early Beatles sound because it ''was'' the early Beatles sound, having been written and first recorded in 1963 but then shelved. The recording sessions were a disaster, and they largely abandoned the "back to basics" approach for their last recorded album, ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
* RooftopConcert: "Dig A Pony", "One After 909", and "I've Got a Feeling" were recorded on the roof top of the Abbey Road Studios. This also makes them the TropeNamer.
* RooftopConcert: "Dig A Pony", "One After 909", and "I've Got a Feeling" were recorded on the roof top of the Abbey Road Studios. This also makes them the TropeNamer.
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* RevisitingTheRoots: The album was originally going to be called ''Get Back'' because this was precisely the idea (and that of course is also the reason the song was called "Get Back"). This was an attempt to return to the sort of spontaneous, energetic rock and roll they'd played at the beginning of their career - career, as opposed to the sophisticated and intricately produced music they'd moved on to. This is also why they recorded "One After 909", a song that sounds like the early Beatles sound because it ''was'' the early Beatles sound, having been written and first recorded in 1963 but then shelved. The recording sessions were a disaster, and they largely abandoned the "back to basics" approach for their last recorded album, ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
* RooftopConcert: "Dig A Pony", "One After 909", and "I've Got a Feeling" were recorded on the roof top of the Abbey RoadStudios.Studios, January 30, 1969. This also makes them the TropeNamer.
* SixthRanger: Or Fifth Beatle, in the case of Billy Preston after he joined the band for this album. The piano solo in "Get Back" was composed by Preston.
* RooftopConcert: "Dig A Pony", "One After 909", and "I've Got a Feeling" were recorded on the roof top of the Abbey Road
* SixthRanger: Or Fifth Beatle, in the case of Billy Preston after he joined the band for this album. The piano solo in "Get Back" was composed by Preston.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James Elmore James ain't got nothing on this, baby!]]
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* StudioChatter: Bits of nonsensical babbling from Lennon between several tracks, as well as the outro which features cheering and clapping, Paul's "Thanks Mo" (directed at Ringo's wife Maureen), and Lennon's famous "I hope we passed the audition" bit of snark.
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* StudioChatter: Bits of nonsensical babbling from Lennon between several tracks, as well as the outro which features cheering and clapping, Paul's "Thanks Mo" (directed at Ringo's wife Maureen), and Lennon's famous "I hope we passed the audition" bit of snark. That Studio Chatter was actually recorded at the end of the RooftopConcert (the actual track on the album was recorded in the studio three days earlier, on 27 January).
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** The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. "One After 909" at least is the 1969 version, recorded live during the famous RooftopConcert. "Across the Universe" is actually the same 1968 track, just slowed down and re-mixed.
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** The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. "One After 909" at least is the 1969 version, recorded live during the famous RooftopConcert. The band ran through several rehearsals of "Across the Universe" Universe", but never managed to record a releaseable track. Consequently, the album version is actually the same original 1968 track, just slowed down and re-mixed.
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* AndStarring: Billy Preston on piano. The "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" single was attributed to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". This was the only time the band shared billing with another artist.
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* AndStarring: Billy Preston on piano. The "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" single was attributed to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". This was the only time the band shared billing with another artist. Preston played keyboards and piano for all ten days of recording after the band reconvened at Abbey Road studios, and can be seen in ''Let It Be'' film.
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* WhatTheHellHero: John's bass playing on "The Long and Winding Road" is terrible, and the fact that he not only let it stay in the finished track but also hired Phil Spector to dub strings and a choir over the top in the hope that it would [[DistractedByTheShiny distract attention]] from its terribleness, together invoke this trope.
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* CultSoundtrack: Subverted. The film ''Film/LetItBe'' was actually intended to be a companion piece to the album. However, seeing that the movie has rarely been seen on TV ever since and is not available on DVD yet, this may be one example where the CD is better known than the movie.
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''Let It Be'' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector. For a long time this was seen as the least good Beatles album, mostly because of Spector adding rather schmaltzy choirs to several of the songs and because a lot of the material were ThrowItIn songs, all recorded when the unity in the band was basically gone. The CriticalBacklash and passing of time have actually [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] the album as being not that bad after all, even perfectly able to stand next to the other Beatles albums.
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* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" on ''Let It Be'' couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. "Dig It" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even dropped from the track list.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Let It Be"
--> ''Let it be... let it be... let it be... whisper words of wisdom, let it be''
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Let It Be"
--> ''Let it be... let it be... let it be... whisper words of wisdom, let it be''
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* AlbumFiller: AlbumFiller:
** The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909"on ''Let It Be'' couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They "One After 909" at least is the 1969 version, recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. live during the famous RooftopConcert. "Across the Universe" is actually the same 1968 track, just slowed down and re-mixed.
** "DigIt" It" and "Maggie Mae" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even both were dropped from the track list.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Let It Be"
--> ''Let it be... let it be... let it be... whisper words of wisdom, let it be''list, replace by Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down".
** The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909"
** "Dig
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** ''Music/TheRutles'': The Rutles released an album called ''Let It Rut'' and perform a rooftop concert and a song named "Get Up And Go".
** The album cover of Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s ''Music/DemonDays'' references the one of ''Let It Be''.
** The film ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'' lends its title from the Beatles song of the same name.
** The album cover of Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s ''Music/DemonDays'' references the one of ''Let It Be''.
** The film ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'' lends its title from the Beatles song of the same name.
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--> ''Let it be... let it be... let it be... whisper words of wisdom, let it be''
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'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector. For a long time this was seen as the least good Beatles album, mostly because of Spector adding rather schmalzy choirs to several of the songs and because a lot of the material were ThrowItIn songs, all recorded when the unity in the band was basically gone. The CriticalBacklash and passing of time have actually [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] the album as being not that bad after all, even perfectly able to stand next to the other Beatles albums.
Still Music/PaulMcCartney always hated what Spector did to their final album. On ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology'' (1995/1996)he let the audience hear some of the unaltered tracks, which have a more simple and raw sound. Later, in 2002, a total new version of the album was released, named ''Let It Be... Naked'', where Paul's original vision could finally be heard. All the material on this album was devoid of Spector's production and showcased a simple rock sound. As a bonus CD a LeaveTheCameraRunning recording from the Beatles in their studio was released too, which is more chatting and clowning about than actual recording.
Still Music/PaulMcCartney always hated what Spector did to their final album. On ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology'' (1995/1996)he let the audience hear some of the unaltered tracks, which have a more simple and raw sound. Later, in 2002, a total new version of the album was released, named ''Let It Be... Naked'', where Paul's original vision could finally be heard. All the material on this album was devoid of Spector's production and showcased a simple rock sound. As a bonus CD a LeaveTheCameraRunning recording from the Beatles in their studio was released too, which is more chatting and clowning about than actual recording.
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'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector. For a long time this was seen as the least good Beatles album, mostly because of Spector adding rather schmalzy choirs to several of the songs and because a lot of the material were ThrowItIn songs, all recorded when the unity in the band was basically gone. The CriticalBacklash and passing of time have actually [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] the album as being not that bad after all, even perfectly able to stand next to the other Beatles albums.
Still Music/PaulMcCartney always hated what Spector did to their final album. OnMusic/TheBeatlesAnthology he ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology'' (1995/1996)he let the audience hear some of the unaltered tracks, which have a more simple and raw sound. Later, in 2002, a total new version of the album was released, named ''Let It Be... Naked'', where Paul's original vision could finally be heard. All the material on this album was devoid of Spector's production and showcased a simple rock sound. As a bonus CD a LeaveTheCameraRunning recording from the Beatles in their studio was released too, which is more chatting and clowning about than actual recording.
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# "Two Of Us"
# "Dig A Pony"
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# "I've Got A Feeling"
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# "Get Back"
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# "I Me Mine"
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Universe" (3:48)
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Mine" (2:26)
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!! Let It Trope:
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!! Let It Trope:
The Long And Troping Road:
** "I '''M'''e '''M'''ine"
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Let It Be"
--> ''Let it be... let it be... let it be... whisper words of wisdom, let it be''
--> ''Let it be... let it be... let it be... whisper words of wisdom, let it be''
* InHarmonyWithNature: "Across The Universe" where the protagonist is in harmony with the universe, despite it never changing, but accepts it for what it is.
--> ''All I can hear''
--> ''I Me Mine''
--> ''I Me Mine''
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* MusicIsPolitics: "Get Back" was written in reaction to the anti-immigration laws in the UK.
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* ProtestSong: "Get Back".
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* PepTalkSong: "Let It Be"
--> ''And when the broken hearted people''
--> ''Living in the world agree''
--> ''There will be answer, let it be''
--> ''For though, they may be parted''
--> ''There is still a chance that they will see''
--> ''There will be an answer, let it be''
* ProtestSong: "GetBack".Back" was written in reaction to the anti-immigration laws in the UK.
--> ''And when the broken hearted people''
--> ''Living in the world agree''
--> ''There will be answer, let it be''
--> ''For though, they may be parted''
--> ''There is still a chance that they will see''
--> ''There will be an answer, let it be''
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--> ''Railman says you've got the the wrong location''
--> ''I got my bag, run right home''
--> ''Then I find I've got the number wrong''
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'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector. For a long time this was seen as the least good Beatles album, mostly because of Spector adding rather schmalzy choirs to several of the songs and because a lot of the material were ThrowItIn songs, all recorded when the unity in the band was basically gone. The CriticalBacklash and passing of time have actually [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] the album as being not that bad after all, even perfectly able to stand next to the other Beatles albums. Still Music/PaulMcCartney always hated what Spector did to their final album. On Music/TheBeatlesAnthology he let the audience hear some of the unaltered tracks, which have a more simple and raw sound. Later, in 2002, a total new version of the album was released, named ''Let It Be... Naked'', where Paul's original vision could finally be heard. All the material on this album was devoid of Spector's production and showcased a simple rock sound. As a bonus CD a LeaveTheCameraRunning recording from the Beatles in their studio was released too, which more chatting and clowning about than actual recording.
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'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector. For a long time this was seen as the least good Beatles album, mostly because of Spector adding rather schmalzy choirs to several of the songs and because a lot of the material were ThrowItIn songs, all recorded when the unity in the band was basically gone. The CriticalBacklash and passing of time have actually [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] the album as being not that bad after all, even perfectly able to stand next to the other Beatles albums. Still Music/PaulMcCartney always hated what Spector did to their final album. On Music/TheBeatlesAnthology he let the audience hear some of the unaltered tracks, which have a more simple and raw sound. Later, in 2002, a total new version of the album was released, named ''Let It Be... Naked'', where Paul's original vision could finally be heard. All the material on this album was devoid of Spector's production and showcased a simple rock sound. As a bonus CD a LeaveTheCameraRunning recording from the Beatles in their studio was released too, which is more chatting and clowning about than actual recording.
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* CriticalBacklash: For decades this album was considered to be the least ''good'' Beatles album. However, with the passing of time it has been VindicatedByHistory as not as bad as some people make it out to be.
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'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector. For a long time this was seen as the least good Beatles album, mostly because of Spector adding rather schmalzy choirs to several of the songs and because a lot of the material were ThrowItIn songs, all recorded when the unity in the band was basically gone. The CriticalBacklash and passing of time have actually [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] the album as being not that bad after all, even perfectly able to stand next to the other Beatles albums. Still Music/PaulMcCartney always hated what Spector did to their final album. On Music/TheBeatlesAnthology he let the audience hear some of the unaltered tracks, which have a more simple and raw sound. Later, in 2002, a total new version of the album was released, named ''Let It Be... Naked'', where Paul's original vision could finally be heard. All the material on this album was devoid of Spector's production and showcased a simple rock sound. As a bonus CD a LeaveTheCameraRunning recording from the Beatles in their studio was released too, which more chatting and clowning about than actual recording.
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** "Maggie Mae".
** "Mother Mary" and "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be...".
* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" on Let It Be couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. "Dig It" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even dropped from the track list.
** "Mother Mary" and "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be...".
* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" on Let It Be couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. "Dig It" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even dropped from the track list.
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** "Maggie Mae".
"'''M'''aggie '''M'''ae".
**"Mother Mary" "'''M'''other '''M'''ary" and "Whisper words "'''W'''hisper '''w'''ords of wisdom, '''w'''isdom, let it be...".
* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" onLet ''Let It Be Be'' couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. "Dig It" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even dropped from the track list.
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* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" on
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* BookEnds: The original ''Get Back'' album was supposed to have a 1969 photo of the Beatles in the exact same pose that they used for their breakout 1963 ''Please Please Me'' album. This idea was abandoned when the ''Get Back'' album was reworked into ''Let It Be'', but the photo was eventually used for the cover of the 1967-1970 compilation album.
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* BookEnds: The original ''Get Back'' album was supposed to have a 1969 photo of the Beatles in the exact same pose that they used for their breakout 1963 ''Please Please Me'' ''Music/PleasePleaseMe'' album. This idea was abandoned when the ''Get Back'' album was reworked into ''Let It Be'', but the photo was eventually used for the cover of the 1967-1970 compilation album.
* CriticalBacklash: For decades this album was considered to be the least ''good'' Beatles album. However, with the passing of time it has been VindicatedByHistory as not as bad as some people make it out to be.
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* GriefSong: It's difficult to listen to "The Long And Winding Road", without thinking of it as a goodbye song to the individual Beatles and each one of them parting to go their own way.
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* GriefSong: It's difficult to listen to "The Long And Winding Road", without thinking of interpreting it as a goodbye song to the individual Beatles and each one of them parting to go their own way.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: Music/TheRollingStones album ''Music/LetItBleed'' was released in 1969, so their title was not a pun on ''Let It Be''. Theirs appeared first.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: Music/TheRollingStones album ''Music/LetItBleed'' was released in 1969, so their title was not a pun PunBasedTitle on ''Let It Be''. Theirs appeared first.
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** The album cover of Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s ''Demon Days'' references the one on ''Let It Be''.
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The making of the album was documented in a film, also titled ''Film/LetItBe'', also released in 1970.
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* StudioChatter: Bits of nonsensical babbling from Lennon between several tracks, as well as the outro which features cheering and clapping, Paul's "Thanks Mo" (directed at Ringo's wife Maureen), and Lennon's famous "I hope we passed the audition" bit of snark.
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* RevisitingTheRoots: The album was originally going to be called ''Get Back'' because this was precisely the idea (and that of course is also the reason the song was called "Get Back"). This was an attempt to return to the sort of spontaneous, energetic rock and roll they'd played at the beginning of their career - as opposed to the sophisticated and intricately produced music they'd moved on to. The recording sessions were a disaster, and they largely abandoned the "back to basics" approach for their last recorded album, ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
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* RevisitingTheRoots: The album was originally going to be called ''Get Back'' because this was precisely the idea (and that of course is also the reason the song was called "Get Back"). This was an attempt to return to the sort of spontaneous, energetic rock and roll they'd played at the beginning of their career - as opposed to the sophisticated and intricately produced music they'd moved on to. This is also why they recorded "One After 909", a song that sounds like the early Beatles sound because it ''was'' the early Beatles sound, having been written and first recorded in 1963 but then shelved. The recording sessions were a disaster, and they largely abandoned the "back to basics" approach for their last recorded album, ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
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Getting Crap Past The Radar only applies when you have to be sneaky
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "I've Got A Feeling" informs us that everybody "had a wet dream".
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* TheFifthBeatle: Billy Preston was nicknamed this after he joined the band for this album.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Let It Be''.]]
'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before Music/AbbeyRoad, which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector.
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!! Tracklist:
# "Two Of Us"
# "Dig A Pony"
# "Across The Universe"
# "I Me Mine"
# "Dig It"
# "Let It Be"
# "Maggie Mae"
# "I've Got A Feeling"
# "One After 909"
# "The Long And Winding Road"
# "For Your Blue"
# "Get Back"
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!!Principal Members:
* Music/GeorgeHarrison - guitar, backing and lead vocals, tambura
* Music/JohnLennon - lead vocals, guitar, bass
* Music/PaulMcCartney - lead vocals, bass, guitar, piano, organ, keyboard, maracas
* Music/RingoStarr - drums, percussion, maracas
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!! Let It Trope:
* Added Alliterative Appeal:
** "Maggie Mae".
** "Mother Mary" and "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be...".
* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" on Let It Be couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. "Dig It" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even dropped from the track list.
* AndStarring: Billy Preston on piano. The "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" single was attributed to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". This was the only time the band shared billing with another artist.
* BookEnds: The original ''Get Back'' album was supposed to have a 1969 photo of the Beatles in the exact same pose that they used for their breakout 1963 ''Please Please Me'' album. This idea was abandoned when the ''Get Back'' album was reworked into ''Let It Be'', but the photo was eventually used for the cover of the 1967-1970 compilation album.
* BrokenRecord: The word "everybody" in "I've Got A Feeling".
* CoverVersion: "Maggie Mae".
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: "Let It Be" was inspired by a dream Paul had about his mother, who passed away when he was young.
* TheFifthBeatle: Billy Preston was nicknamed this after he joined the band for this album.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "I've Got A Feeling" informs us that everybody "had a wet dream".
* GriefSong: It's difficult to listen to "The Long And Winding Road", without thinking of it as a goodbye song to the individual Beatles and each one of them parting to go their own way.
* ItsAllAboutMe: "I Me Mine".
* LiveAlbum: ''Let It Be'' was supposed to be this, with the band rehearsing and recording their new songs live. The sniping and tension within the band (as well as the creative funk John Lennon was mired in at this time) led to several songs being dubbed or altered in the studio, most infamously Paul's "The Long And Winding Road". However, despite all the band's problems seven tracks were still laid down live: "I've Got A Feeling", "One After 909" and "I Dig A Pony" from the Apple rooftop performance, and "Get Back", "Two Of Us", "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" from studio performances. ("Don't Let Me Down", left off the album after being released as the B-side of the "Get Back" single, was also recorded live).
* LyricalColdOpen: "The Long And Winding Road".
* NewSoundAlbum: In a way. It's certainly not like any other Beatles album.
* NumerologicalMotif: "One After 909", a reference to the fact that Lennon considered ''nine'' his lucky number.
* OneWomanSong: "Maggie Mae".
* ProtestSong: "Get Back".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Get Back" was written as a Take That against the then recent anti-immigration laws in the UK.
* RecordProducer: Creator/PhilSpector.
* RefrainFromAssuming: Music/TheRollingStones album ''Music/LetItBleed'' was released in 1969, so their title was not a pun on ''Let It Be''. Theirs appeared first.
* RevisitingTheRoots: The album was originally going to be called ''Get Back'' because this was precisely the idea (and that of course is also the reason the song was called "Get Back"). This was an attempt to return to the sort of spontaneous, energetic rock and roll they'd played at the beginning of their career - as opposed to the sophisticated and intricately produced music they'd moved on to. The recording sessions were a disaster, and they largely abandoned the "back to basics" approach for their last recorded album, ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
* ShoutOut:
** Lennon namedrops Music/BobDylan's "Like A Rolling Stone", the FBI, the CIA, the BBC, BB King, Doris Day and Scottish soccer player Matt Busby during ''Dig It''.
** "Across The Universe" uses the Sanskrit phrase "Jai Guru Deva". The Sanskrit phrase is a sentence fragment whose words could have many meanings. Literally it approximates as "glory to the shining remover of darkness," and can be paraphrased as "Victory to God divine", "Hail to the divine guru", or the phrase commonly invoked by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in referring to his spiritual teacher "All Glory to Guru Dev".
** ''Music/TheRutles'': The Rutles released an album called ''Let It Rut'' and perform a rooftop concert and a song named "Get Up And Go".
** The album cover of Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s ''Demon Days'' references the one on ''Let It Be''.
** The film ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'' lends its title from the Beatles song of the same name.
* SomethingBlues: "For You Blue" was originally titled "George's Blues (Because You're Sweet And Lovely)".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: George Harrison sings lead on "I Me Mine" and "For Your Blue". It is one of the few Beatles albums not to have Ringo Starr on any vocals.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The album was intended as a ''back to basics'' to their original, simpler sound.
* TrainSong: "One After 909".
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: "Get Back".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Let It Be''.]]
'''''Let It Be''''' is the thirteenth and final studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1970. However, it was mostly recorded before Music/AbbeyRoad, which got a release in 1969. It is also the only Beatles album not produced by George Martin, instead being produced by Creator/PhilSpector.
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!! Tracklist:
# "Two Of Us"
# "Dig A Pony"
# "Across The Universe"
# "I Me Mine"
# "Dig It"
# "Let It Be"
# "Maggie Mae"
# "I've Got A Feeling"
# "One After 909"
# "The Long And Winding Road"
# "For Your Blue"
# "Get Back"
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!!Principal Members:
* Music/GeorgeHarrison - guitar, backing and lead vocals, tambura
* Music/JohnLennon - lead vocals, guitar, bass
* Music/PaulMcCartney - lead vocals, bass, guitar, piano, organ, keyboard, maracas
* Music/RingoStarr - drums, percussion, maracas
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!! Let It Trope:
* Added Alliterative Appeal:
** "Maggie Mae".
** "Mother Mary" and "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be...".
* AlbumFiller: The inclusion of "Across The Universe" and "One After 909" on Let It Be couldn't be anything but filler. The former was recorded in early 1968, long before ''Let It Be'' was released, and the latter was one of the first songs Lennon and [=McCartney=] had ever written; they recorded a version of it in 1963, which was never included on an album because they were never satisfied with it. They recorded a new version of it for ''Let It Be''. "Dig It" too. When the album was remixed as ''Let It Be... Naked'' in 2002, it was even dropped from the track list.
* AndStarring: Billy Preston on piano. The "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" single was attributed to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". This was the only time the band shared billing with another artist.
* BookEnds: The original ''Get Back'' album was supposed to have a 1969 photo of the Beatles in the exact same pose that they used for their breakout 1963 ''Please Please Me'' album. This idea was abandoned when the ''Get Back'' album was reworked into ''Let It Be'', but the photo was eventually used for the cover of the 1967-1970 compilation album.
* BrokenRecord: The word "everybody" in "I've Got A Feeling".
* CoverVersion: "Maggie Mae".
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: "Let It Be" was inspired by a dream Paul had about his mother, who passed away when he was young.
* TheFifthBeatle: Billy Preston was nicknamed this after he joined the band for this album.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "I've Got A Feeling" informs us that everybody "had a wet dream".
* GriefSong: It's difficult to listen to "The Long And Winding Road", without thinking of it as a goodbye song to the individual Beatles and each one of them parting to go their own way.
* ItsAllAboutMe: "I Me Mine".
* LiveAlbum: ''Let It Be'' was supposed to be this, with the band rehearsing and recording their new songs live. The sniping and tension within the band (as well as the creative funk John Lennon was mired in at this time) led to several songs being dubbed or altered in the studio, most infamously Paul's "The Long And Winding Road". However, despite all the band's problems seven tracks were still laid down live: "I've Got A Feeling", "One After 909" and "I Dig A Pony" from the Apple rooftop performance, and "Get Back", "Two Of Us", "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" from studio performances. ("Don't Let Me Down", left off the album after being released as the B-side of the "Get Back" single, was also recorded live).
* LyricalColdOpen: "The Long And Winding Road".
* NewSoundAlbum: In a way. It's certainly not like any other Beatles album.
* NumerologicalMotif: "One After 909", a reference to the fact that Lennon considered ''nine'' his lucky number.
* OneWomanSong: "Maggie Mae".
* ProtestSong: "Get Back".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Get Back" was written as a Take That against the then recent anti-immigration laws in the UK.
* RecordProducer: Creator/PhilSpector.
* RefrainFromAssuming: Music/TheRollingStones album ''Music/LetItBleed'' was released in 1969, so their title was not a pun on ''Let It Be''. Theirs appeared first.
* RevisitingTheRoots: The album was originally going to be called ''Get Back'' because this was precisely the idea (and that of course is also the reason the song was called "Get Back"). This was an attempt to return to the sort of spontaneous, energetic rock and roll they'd played at the beginning of their career - as opposed to the sophisticated and intricately produced music they'd moved on to. The recording sessions were a disaster, and they largely abandoned the "back to basics" approach for their last recorded album, ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
* ShoutOut:
** Lennon namedrops Music/BobDylan's "Like A Rolling Stone", the FBI, the CIA, the BBC, BB King, Doris Day and Scottish soccer player Matt Busby during ''Dig It''.
** "Across The Universe" uses the Sanskrit phrase "Jai Guru Deva". The Sanskrit phrase is a sentence fragment whose words could have many meanings. Literally it approximates as "glory to the shining remover of darkness," and can be paraphrased as "Victory to God divine", "Hail to the divine guru", or the phrase commonly invoked by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in referring to his spiritual teacher "All Glory to Guru Dev".
** ''Music/TheRutles'': The Rutles released an album called ''Let It Rut'' and perform a rooftop concert and a song named "Get Up And Go".
** The album cover of Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s ''Demon Days'' references the one on ''Let It Be''.
** The film ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'' lends its title from the Beatles song of the same name.
* SomethingBlues: "For You Blue" was originally titled "George's Blues (Because You're Sweet And Lovely)".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: George Harrison sings lead on "I Me Mine" and "For Your Blue". It is one of the few Beatles albums not to have Ringo Starr on any vocals.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The album was intended as a ''back to basics'' to their original, simpler sound.
* TrainSong: "One After 909".
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: "Get Back".
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