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Title: Patchy, still decent
Review: "Let It Be" combines the simple with the sophisticated, and because of the former, and its patchwork nature, has been unfairly denigrated. The Beatles do the simple well, altho here the simple songs are admittedly sparse. Still, there is enough in total to make a decent album.The best songs are the lovely "Across the Universe" (John), the title cut (Paul), and the rocker "Get Back" (Paul). Altho Paul has said the instrumental and vocal excesses of "The Long and Winding Road" annoyed him, this is still a great song, very evocative. George ships in with "For You Blue" and "I Me Mine." Not his best work, but acceptable. Filler are "Maggie Mae" and Dig It," but they are not to be taken seriously (literally; they are more attempts at humor, like "Why Don't We Do It on the Road"). "Two of Us" and "I Dig a Pony" are simple, but pretty and fun, respectively. "One After 909," written ten years previously, shows a lack of sophistication, but is OK.
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