THE BEATLES

Apple Corps Ltd. / Capitol / UMe (5 CD, 1 Blu-ray)

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Did The Beatles’ albums need to be remixed? It’s a question that’s been debated with increasing frequency since the 2017 Sgt. Pepper remix, and has continued through the release of the remixed The Beatles and Abbey Road. But even remix naysayers might agree that Let It Be is the album that really benefits from the process.

It was, after all, the album. “‘This is what we’re like with our trousers off. So would you please end the game now?’” Paul McCartney’s dislike of Phil Spector’s work on the final album is well known, but even Lennon’s observations about it indicate that he too was underwhelmed: “It wasn’t fantastic, but I heard it; I didn’t puke.”