Magical Mystery Tour | 
| Artist: The Beatles
Label: EMI
Category: Music
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 983
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 094638246527
EAN: 0094638246527
ASIN: B0025KVLTW
Release Date: September 9, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Magical Mystery Tour | | • | Fool On The Hill, The | | • | Flying | | • | Blue Jay Way | | • | Your Mother Should Know | | • | I Am The Walrus | | • | Hello Goodbye | | • | Strawberry Fields Forever | | • | Penny Lane | | • | Baby You're A Rich Man | | • | All You Need Is Love | | • | Magical Mystery Tour Documentary |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
The album feels even more like a collection of singles (instead of an actual movie soundtrack) than Help! or A Hard Day's Night, but maybe that's because every song sounds like it could have been a hit single--with the natural exception of the goofy/weird instrumental "Flying". Even George's "Blue Jay Way" paints a vivid sound-portrait in fascinating detail. And although the goofy TV movie may have been mostly Paul's baby, this album features the two 45 rpm masterpieces that sum up the quintessential best of Lennon and McCartney at this stage of their development: Paul's "Penny Lane" and John's "I Am the Walrus". --Jim Emerson
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 Another 'patchy' piece of overblown nonsense July 6, 2010
Daniel Margrain (London)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The sickly-sweet self-indulgence of the anthemic 'All You Need Is Love' is the counterpoint to the imaginative 'I Am The Walrus' which provides the backbone to this otherwise flimsy spine of a record that was as dated on its release as it is now.
As usual, the Beatles were playing 'catch-up' with genuinely pioneering artists of the calibre of the likes of Frank Zappa and Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).
The MMT is resplendent with trumpets and jazz piano that are underscored by changes in tempo, and a circus huckster-style presentation.
'Your Mother Should Know' is yet ANOTHER exercise in Vaudeville.
'Hello Goodbye' is an admittedly catchy melody that has been distorted by psychedelic effects, whilst the era that spawned 'Lady Madonna' is little more than a simple Fats Domino-inspired boogie.
The truth is, the Beatles still belonged to the era of pop music. Whilst the Beatles were still churning out catchy Vaudeville-inspired tunes for the masses, bands like 'Cream' and 'The Grateful Dead' were pulling off complex solos.
Moreover, unlike an artist of the calibre of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles continued to strum their guitars in a manner that was essentially akin to the stuff they had done before the magic of George Martin really came to the fore.
Whilst Pink Floyd were dissecting harmony, the Beatles continued along the well worn harmony path.
Is it any wonder that the Beatles did not dare to play live during this period?
If they had of done, they simply would have been left for dead by all of the artists I previously mentioned.
The reality is the Beatles were not just retro, they simply belonged elsewhere in some kind of a parallel universe.
 Brilliant album April 2, 2010
Ben Nicholson (Landrake, Saltash, Cornwall, UK)
A brilliant album with magical Mystery Tour I am the Walrus, Hello Goodbye, Strawberry fields Forever, Penny Lane and all you need is love. It's a amazing album. The fool on the hill and Baby your a rich man are also ok but a bit dissapinted with the rest. Still good album I think there best but don't mark me down for that. For those songs I don't like mark it down half a point which makes 4 and half byt I know this is harsh but I round down. Still a brillant album Buy it
Great accompliment to Sgt Pepper March 26, 2010
Mr. Jonathan Robin Oxley (Northampton, England)
You can't really go wrong with this album.....as well as the 6 original songs from the EP you also get the singles and b-sides released either side of Sgt Pepper. If anything, this collection is a lot more consistent than Sgt Pepper.....all 6 tracks from the original EP are of a high standard, especially I Am The Walrus and the title track. There is also the chilled-out instrumental Flying, the atmospheric George Harrison song Blue Jay Way and the Macca standards Fool On The Hill and Your Mother Should Know. The singles speak for themselves - Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane and All You Need Is Love were classics in 1967 and still hold up as classics today. Hello Goodbye was never a favourite of mine but Baby You're A Rich Man is a great Lennon b-side. Well worth buying.
2009 CD: Poor remastering. February 19, 2010
1972, male, civil servant, married, 2 kids (Brussels, Belgium)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
2009 CD: Poor remastering.
The CD may reveal new details on portable devices or in a car; however, it is a rather frustrating experience on a decent kit. Dynamic range apparently is severely compressed; as a result the sound is subjectively unpleasant - loud and tedious.
This release does not do the justice to the album.
 fab November 30, 2009
Philip Cowley (portsmouth england)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
been a beatles fan and collector for 40 odd years and i've been replacing all my cds with the remastered versions, nice sleeve and great new copy, just great.
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