As recommended by USA Today and excerpted on Rolling Stone.com!More than forty years after breaking up; The Beatles remain the biggest-selling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs; craving more; while thousands of cover versions of their songs have been recorded and performed. Band biographies; pop music histories; song books; and academic titles on the Fab Four clutter shelves. But never has there been a definitive guide to the finest songs of The Beatles after they called it quits.Still the Greatest is a love song to the songwriting and recording achievements of Paul; John; George; and Ringo after each struck out on his own. In this creative history; Jackson selects the best songs in each solo career and organizes them into fantasy albums they might have formed had the legendary group stayed together. This romp through the postndash;Beatles history of each artist delves into the circumstances behind the composition; recording; and reception of each work; offering a refreshing take on how spectacular much of The Beatlesrsquo; second act truly is.Jackson assesses the more than seventy albums and nine hundred songs the four collectively released; selecting the cregrave;me de la cregrave;me of their output. Still the Greatest brims with facts (release dates; writing and performing credits; and information about production techniques) and insightful analyses of the music and lyrics. In telling the stories behind the songs; Jackson recounts the remarkable influence the Post Fab Four continued to have long after the big split. Both a handy reference and an engrossing cover-to-cover read; Still the Greatest is an invaluable companion for those who thought it all ended with the 1970 album Let It Be.
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