LOVE - THE BEATLES
For this ambitious soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil’s Fab Four homage, original Beatles producer George Martin and his son Giles used the master tapes to revisit and concoct “new” songs out of old. Ringo Starr’s drumming seamlessly marries “Within You Without You” and “Tomorrow Never Knows,” while Paul McCartney’s guitar handiwork from “Bluebird” is now laced through the evergreen “Yesterday.” A stirring take of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” with added strings, is breathtakingly beautiful, while “Sun King” is heard backward, and snippets from “Yellow Submarine” flit in and out of “Octopus’ Garden.” The feisty “Get Back” even begins with the opening chord from “A Hard Day’s Night.” This mash-up, Beatles style, is cool stuff indeed, but is even more dazzling live onstage at the Mirage Las Vegas. Billboard
