Albums

The Beatles

Let It Be

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The Fab’s most contentious album receives its puff of fairy dust

For many people, Let It Be is the runt of The Beatles’ otherwise brilliant litter. Little more than a failed experiment to write and record a new studio album in a month –January 1969, to be precise – under the unforgiving eye of a camera crew. The resulting film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, made matters considerably worse by documenting a band on the verge of breaking up with John, Paul, George and Ringo filmed arguing in the studio and an air of general dissent prevailing throughout.