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Encyclopedia > Let It Be... Naked
Let It Be... Naked
LP by The Beatles
Released November 18, 2003
Recorded Twickenham Film Studios, Savile Row
January 2-31 1969,
January 3-4 1970
Genre Rock and roll
Length 57 min 0 s
(Including Fly on the Wall)
Label Apple, Capitol
CDP 7243 5 95227 2 2
Producer George Martin, The Beatles, Paul Hicks, Guy Massey, Allan Rouse
Professional reviews
  • AMG (3.5/5) link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jd7gjyr46in~T1)
  • Pitchfork (7.0) 11/20/03 (http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/beatles/let-it-be-naked.shtml)
  • Rolling Stone (3/5) RS 937 (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/299660)
The Beatles Chronology
The Beatles 1
(2000)
Let It Be... Naked
(2003)
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
(2004)

Let It Be… Naked, released on November 18, 2003, is a remastered and remixed version of the original session tapes from the 1970 Let It Be album by the Beatles. It is presented in a form which is closer to Paul McCartney's artistic vision of how the album should have sounded, and it has been stripped bare of all orchestral and other such embellishments which were added by the American record producer Phil Spector. McCartney in particular was always dissatisfied with the wall of sound production technique which had been employed on the original version, especially when concerning his song "The Long and Winding Road" which he had considered to be ruined by the process. George Harrison gave his approval to the project before he passed away.


The songs "Maggie Mae" and "Dig It" were both dropped as they were thought to be too weak for inclusion, and Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down" was added in their place. The album has so far received mixed reviews from the music press. A major criticism of the effort was made about the decision to remove the dialog between songs, originally intended to be part of the Get Back album which was eventually renamed Let It Be and included in the original album.


The first copies to be released were shipped with a 21-minute Fly on the Wall bonus disc, consisting of excerpts of songs and dialogues from the countless hours of tapes from the Let It Be sessions.


The running order was also altered from the original album.


Track listing

  • All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except "For You Blue" and "I Me Mine" written by Harrison.
  1. "Get Back" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.001.mp3))
  2. "Dig A Pony" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.002.mp3))
  3. "For You Blue" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.003.mp3))
  4. "The Long And Winding Road" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.004.mp3))
  5. "Two Of Us" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.005.mp3))
  6. "I've Got A Feeling" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.006.mp3))
  7. "One After 909" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.007.mp3))
  8. "Don't Let Me Down" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.008.mp3))
  9. "I Me Mine" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.009.mp3))
  10. "Across The Universe" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.010.mp3))
  11. "Let It Be" (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.01.011.mp3))

Bonus Disc: "Fly on the Wall"

  • Compiled and editted by Kevin Howlett. (MP3 sample from Walmart.com (http://music.walmart.com/m/007/24/35/95/71/32/0072435957132.01.02.001.mp3))
  • All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney, except "Child of Nature," and "John's Piano Piece" written by Lennon, "All Things Must Pass" written by Harrison, "Don't Pass Me By" and "Taking A Trip To Carolina" written by Starkey, and "Maggie Mae" written by Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey.
  • Conversation
  • "Sun King" (0:17)
  • "Don't Let Me Down" (0:35)
  • Conversation
  • "One After 909" (0:09)
  • Conversation
  • "Because I Know You Love Me So" (1:32)
  • Conversation
  • "Don't Pass Me By" (0:03)
  • "Taking A Trip to Carolina" (0:19)
  • "John's Piano Piece" (0:18)
  • Conversation
  • "Child of Nature" (0:24)
  • "Back in the U.S.S.R." (0:09)
  • Conversation
  • "Every Little Thing" (0:09)
  • "Don't Let Me Down" (1:01)
  • Conversation
  • "All Things Must Pass" (0:21)
  • Conversation
  • "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" (0:05)
  • Conversation
  • "Paul's Piano Piece" (1:01)
  • Conversation
  • "Get Back" (0:15)
  • Conversation
  • "Two Of Us" (0:22)
  • "Maggie Mae" (0:22)
  • "Fancy My Chances With You" (0:27)
  • Conversation
  • "Can You Dig It?" (0:31)
  • Conversation
  • "Get Back" (0:32)
  • Conversation
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