Yellow Submarine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK]

The Beatles

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: November 13, 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UB0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (119 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,374 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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The most dashed-off of the Beatles' records, Yellow Submarine doesn't have much to it: the goofy title track and "All You Need Is Love" are reprised from earlier discs, George Martin's trifle of a score to the animated Submarine feature takes up the second half, and that leaves just four relatively insubstantial new tracks. The Beatles' throwaways are anyone else's classics, though: "Hey Bulldog," the last song Lennon and McCartney wrote in full collaboration, has the instinctive urgency of their best work, Paul's singalong "All Together Now" is awfully cute, and more than one band has dedicated its career to trying to replicate what George's guitars are doing on his dazed, pulsing "It's All Too Much." --Douglas Wolk

Product Description
Japanese exclusive reissue of 1969 album. This Toshiba/EMI pressing features an OBI strip (different from the last Japanese pressings issued in 1990) & an insert with Japanese text & lyrics in Japanese & English. Manufactured & pressed in Japan. This album has been direct metal mastered from a digitally remastered original tape to give the best possible sound quality. Originally released in 1969, features 13 tracks including the 7-track George Martin score. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a soundtrack... to the greatest cartoon ever!, December 19, 2005

By	James C. Darling (Burbank, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Makes me laugh when I read bad reviews about any Beatles album.

Although the original Soundtrack to "Yellow Submarine" may not rank at the top of my fave Beatles albums list, it is more representative of the original movie than the more recent re-release that came out with the DVD release.

True, the title track and "All You Need Is Love" WERE previously available on other albums. But the four new tracks were fantastic additions to The Beatles' catalog.... with the exception of MAYBE Paul's silly "Altogether Now". But, as the official review stated, "Beatles throw-aways are any other band's greatest hits!" (paraphrased).

George gets to shine on the Yellow Sub soundtrack. "Only A Northern Song" has a similar melody line and structure as his song from two years prior, "If I Needed Someone", but with a much more psychadelic flavor. "It's All Too Much" is one of Harrison's best tracks ever - with The Beatles or solo. On this track, you can detect the influence his buddy Eric Clapton was having on him by 1968.

John's "Hey, Bulldog" is another one of those Lennon masterpieces that somehow got over-looked, much like "Across The Universe" has always been. It contains one of the most recognizable and iconic guitar/piano/bass licks ever recorded. It also features some of Paul McCartney's best bass work.

"Altogether Now" is a fun song. Not the best Beatles track, but one that is such a part of the whole "Yellow Sub" vibe that it's shortfalls are more than forgiven. As a some-time songwriter myself, I'd have been proud to be able to say that I wrote it!

The instrumentals are just that - instrumentals used as background music for the movie. They are classic George Martin and, just as he worked so well with The Beatles, they work well along side The Beatles' songs.

No Beatles record collection is complete without "Yellow Submarine".

28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars their best cd bravo bravissimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!, December 6, 2006

A Kid's Review

this one has always been the pinackle off their rechording carrier, such fine and no-bull songs all one after thee other,

bravo bravissimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cefry

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why did they change the tracklisting for the re-release?, September 20, 2002

By	"skfl" (Troy, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

I can think of few people that really stick up for this album, but I would definitely stick my neck out for it. True, "Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need is Love" can be found elsewhere, but does it really hurt to hear these songs again? They rank 2 of my favorites. The instrumental score also totally get ripped on, which is beyond me. George Martin again shows what a genius he is with some very beautiful pieces, which are both nice to listen to but also show a great sense of humor on his part (oblique references to other songs, odd sounds not usually found in classical music, etc.). And the four originals are great. Depriving yrself of "Hey Bulldog" is almost criminal - very few Beatles songs sound this rocking and raw. "Hey Bulldog" is one of my top five favorite Beatles songs ever, and given their vast incredible catalog, that is quite the distinction.

The main point - get the record that The Beatles and George Martin made, flaws and all, as opposed to the reissue, which was cooked up by some suit in a cubicle somewhere.