The Beatles Live from Abbey Road is the last album recorded and the second-to-last album released by The Beatles. Abbey Road was recorded as part of their attempt to get back to basics and eliminate over-dubbings.http://www.thebeatles.com/#/albums/Abbey_Road

The Beatles went into the project knowing that it would be their last, and they agreed to set aside their differences to make the best album possible.http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597647/14_abbey_road1

Rolling Stone magazine listed Abbey Road as the fourteenth greatest album of all time, and had this to say about the album: That the Beatles can unify seemingly countless musical fragments and lyrical doodlings into a uniformly wonderful suite, as they've done on side two, seems potent testimony that no, they've far from lost it, and no, they haven't stopped trying. No, on the contrary, they've achieved here the closest thing yet to Beatles freeform, fusing more diverse intriguing musical and lyrical ideas into a piece that amounts to far more than the sum of those ideas.http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597647/14_abbey_road2

• 'Come Together (Lennon/McCartney)

• Something (Harrison)

• Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Lennon/McCartney)

• Oh! Darling (Lennon/McCartney)

• Octopus's Garden (Starkey)

• I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Lennon/McCartney)

• Here Comes the Sun (Harrison)

• Because (Lennon/McCartney)

• You Never Give Me Your Money (Lennon/McCartney)

• Sun King (Lennon/McCartney)

• Mean Mr. Mustard (Lennon/McCartney)

• Polythene Pam (Lennon/McCartney)

• She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Lennon/McCartney)

• Golden Slumbers (Lennon/McCartney)

• Carry That Weight (Lennon/McCartney)

• The End (Lennon/McCartney)

• Her Majesty (Lennon/McCartney)

• John Lennon on rhythm guitar, lead guitar and vocals

• Paul McCartney on piano, bass guitar and vocals

• George Harrison on rhythm guitar, lead guitar and vocals

• Ringo Starr on drums and vocals

• Billy Preston on keyboards

The Beatles had been through hard times in the two years leading up to this album: the death of their manager, numerous drug busts, and creative differences. McCartney and Harrison were unhappy about John Lennon bringing Yoko Ono into the studio during recording, and, in turn, Lennon was unhappy that they didn't welcome Ono as gladly as he thought they should.

Meanwhile, Ringo Starr felt neglected and unappreciated as a budding songwriter, while on the other end of the spectrum, George Harrison had written dozens of songs, but was still only being given two songs per album. Tensions had been high during the Get Back sessions a year earlier with Lennon, Harrison and Starr all threatening to leave the group at some point. For Abbey Road the Beatles put aside their conflicts to produce an excellent album. Studio out-takes from this era provide a glimpse into what must have been a relaxed, calm and peaceful atmosphere that would go on to help create Abbey Road.

The album cover of Abbey Road played a significant part in the Paul is dead rumor. Conspiracists note that Paul McCartney is the only one who is walking with his right foot in front of his left. He is also walking barefoot; in Italian culture, the dead are buried barefoot. Some have also said that the other three Beatles are symbolically playing a part in the [[funeral[[ procession. John, dressed all in white, is the priest. Ringo, dressed in black, is the executor. George, dressed in denim, is the grave digger.