Beatles Album of the Week

I'm going to switch it up a little this week with the release of LOVE, the soundtrack to the Cirque Du Soleil show of the same name. It is a brilliant mash up of sorts, as George Martin, the Beatles producer, went back to the original master tapes and recreated every song from the ground up. Take the drum intro from this song, the vocal harmony from that song, add a hint of a guitar riff from another song and you have a whole new feel to these long beloved songs.

The majic of this album is that an experiment like this could have gone horribly wrong. Taking music that is so familiar and loved by so many people and tweaking it in this way could have been reduced to nothing more than a cheesy gimmick, but the album just sounds so fresh and alive. If you haven't seen the show you there is no substitution for hearing this music through the amazing custom built theater and sound system at the Mirage but if you can't make it too Vegas, this album is the next best thing.