Studio Album · No. 9
Abbey Road Songwriting Credits by The Beatles
Produced by George Martin · Engineered by Geoff Emerick (recording, mixing), Phil McDonald (recording), Alan Parsons (assistant engineer)
Holds writing credit on 16 of 16 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 16 / 16 documented
Scored across the 16 tracks with documented writers, by whether The Beatles carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 16 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
George Harrison's finest contribution to any Beatles album, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" are two of the most beloved songs on the record, with "Something" described by Sinatra as "the greatest love song of the past fifty years." The side-two medley was McCartney's concept, stitching unfinished song fragments into a continuous suite. Recorded February-August 1969 at EMI, Olympic, and Trident Studios, Abbey Road was George Martin's final production with the band. Engineers Emerick and McDonald won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical) at the 12th Grammy Awards.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by The Beatles, recorded in the summer of 1969 at EMI Studios under producer George Martin and released on Apple Records in September 1969, widely regarded as the band's finest final studio statement and one of the greatest rock albums ever made. Harrison's two contributions, 'Something' (which Paul McCartney has called the greatest love song ever written, and Frank Sinatra's most performed cover in his final decades) and 'Here Comes the Sun', are widely considered among the album's strongest tracks, representing the fullest flowering of Harrison's songwriting ability within the context of the Beatles catalog. The second side's celebrated medley, a suite of song fragments stitched into a continuous movement by McCartney and Martin, represents the most collaborative large-scale compositional effort in the Beatles' catalog, with fragments by Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison woven together by McCartney's production. Lennon's 'Come Together' opens the album; 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' closes the first side with seven minutes of unresolved tension. Abbey Road was the last album the Beatles completed as a group, Let It Be was recorded earlier but released later, and it remains the most fully realized expression of their collective studio craftsmanship.