Something I Like

It didn't take me that long to figure out who my favorite Beatle was. before i got heavily into them i already knew it was George. but it's taken me a lot longer to figure out what my favorite Beatles album is. i've pretty much gotten engrossed in every single one at different points in my life, because each record has something that the other ones don't. they each have a different mysticism about them and when you're really listening you find yourself surrounded by everything that encompasses that group of songs. more so than other bands, The Beatles have a different fantasy on each record that's pretty apparent and more than anything you find yourself with a current favorite Beatles era. so, this is all pretty general but i guess what i'm getting at is that my favorite Beatles record is Abbey Road. it's also the first Beatles record i ever heard.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this album by any means. everything about the cover is brilliant: the composition, the coloring, all of them are pretty much looking their best, there's a few people down the street turning around, the conspiricy (priest, funeral director, corpse and gravedigger) and there's no text. even if the album was bad, it would more than likely still be my favorite cover. but obviously the album is not bad. there are so many features of this record as a whole that hold it so highly for me. for instance: the way I Want You cuts out unexpectedly, the use of the Moog in any song that it's used in, the medly is one of the best ideas ever, in The End every member plays a solo (Ringo got his first solo ever, and Paul, George and John all play guitar solos respectively right before the final piano part of the song), John didn't like Maxwell's Silver Hammer, didn't play on it and mooned Paul while he was recording vocals, the fact that Her Majesty was intended to be between Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam but was cut out and then later added to the end of the final mix by one of the engineers, et cetera. i feel like the songs are just more intelligently written, more sophisticatedly formed and the mixing and production brings everything into one sound more so than any other Beatles album.
October 1st is going to be the 40th anniversary, so do it right.