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MojoThe cleaning up, editing and resequencing has brought out a warmth and depth of colour we've not heard before and allows the album to stand up to scrutiny next to modern records that aim for this kind of down-homeness and simplicity. [Dec 2003, p.134]
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Hearing the bare-bones "Across the Universe" or a de-orchestrated "The Long and Winding Road" is revelatory.
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Entertainment WeeklyBoth eye-opening and questionable. [21 Nov 2003, p.81]
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UncutIt's not exactly transformed into a classic... but the new Let It Be is punchy, full of presence and powerfully involving. [Dec 2003, p.136]
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BlenderLet It Be... Naked offers an experience its predecessor never could. [Dec 2003, p.154]
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Let It Be includes some of The Beatles' best songs, but in any form, it will never sound like the band's best album.
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Ultimately, Naked is not essential. Unlike scattered moments in the Anthology series, this music (though immaculately presented) doesn't really expand on either the music of Let It Be, or The Beatles' legacy.
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Fanfare aside, even though the naked version is an improvement, Let It Be remains the Beatles worst album.
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The casual fan could do just as well building his own sequence from the 1970 original, Naked and the third Anthology disc.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 74 out of 90
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Mixed: 8 out of 90
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Negative: 8 out of 90
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Jul 8, 2017
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Feb 1, 2016
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Nov 28, 2013