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'''''Abbey Road''''' is the eleventh [[studio album]] by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Beatles]], released on 26 September 1969, by [[Apple Records]]. It is the last album the group recorded,{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=300}} although ''[[Let It Be (Beatles album)|Let It Be]]'' (1970) was the last album completed before the band's [[Break-up of the Beatles|break-up]] in April 1970.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=322}} It was mostly recorded in April, July, and August 1969, and topped the record charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. A [[double A-side]] single from the album, "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" / "[[Come Together]]", was released in October, which also topped the charts in the US.

''Abbey Road'' incorporates styles such as [[rock music|rock]], [[pop music|pop]], [[blues]], and [[progressive rock]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations |author=Perone, James E. |page=215}}</ref> and makes prominent use of the [[Moog synthesizersynthesiser]] and guitar played through a [[Leslie speaker]] unit. It is also notable for having a long [[medley (music)|medley]] of songs on side two that have subsequently been covered as one suite by other notable artists. The album was recorded in a more collegial atmosphere than the ''Get Back'' / ''Let It Be'' sessions earlier in the year, but there were still significant confrontations within the band, particularly over [[Paul McCartney]]'s song "[[Maxwell's Silver Hammer]]", and [[John Lennon]] did not perform on several tracks. By the time the album was released, Lennon had left the group, though this was not publicly announced until McCartney also quit the following year.

Although ''Abbey Road'' was an instant commercial success, it received mixed reviews upon release. Some critics found its music inauthentic and criticised the production's artificial effects. By contrast, critics today view the album as one of the Beatles' best ventures and it is considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of all time. [[George Harrison]]'s two songs on the album, "Something" and "[[Here Comes the Sun]]", haveare been regarded asconsidered among the best he wrote for the group. The album's cover, featuring the Beatles walking across the [[zebra crossing]] outside of [[Abbey Road Studios]] (then officially named EMI Studios), has becomeis one of the most famous and imitated in the history of recordedall musictime.

After the recording sessions for the proposed ''[[Let It Be (Beatles album)|Get Back]]'' album, [[Paul McCartney]] suggested to the producer [[George Martin]] that the group get together and make an album "the way we used to do it",{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=76}} free of the conflict that had begun during sessions for ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (also known as the "White Album"). Martin agreed, but on the strict condition that all the group—particularly John Lennon—allow him to produce the record in the same manner as earlier albums and that discipline would be adhered to.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=552}} No one was entirely sure that the work was going towould be the group's last, though [[George Harrison]] later recalled that "it felt as if we were reaching the end of the line".<ref name="rs20110919">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/abbey-road-medley-19691231 |title=100 Greatest Beatles Songs – Abbey Road Medley |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=19 September 2011|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122184759/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/abbey-road-medley-19691231|archive-date=22 January 2014}}</ref>

''Abbey Road'' was recorded on [[Multitrack recording|eight-track]] [[reel-to-reel]] tape machines{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=321}} rather than the four-track machines that were used for earlier Beatles albums such as ''Sgt Pepper'', and was the first Beatles album not to be issued in mono anywhere in the world.<ref name="sos">{{cite journal |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct09/articles/beatlesremasters.htm |title=Remastering The Beatles |first=Sam |last=Inglis |journal=Sound on Sound |date=October 2009|access-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401191528/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct09/articles/beatlesremasters.htm|archive-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> The album makes prominent use of guitar played through a [[Leslie speaker]], and of the [[Moog synthesizersynthesiser]]. The Moog is not merely used as a background effect but sometimes plays a central role, as in "Because", where it is used for the [[Thirty-two-bar form#Middle eight|middle eight]]. It is also prominent on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "Here Comes the Sun". The synthesizersynthesiser was introduced to the band by Harrison, who acquired one in November 1968 and used it to create his album ''[[Electronic Sound]]''.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=321}} Starr made more prominent use of the [[Tom-tom drum|tom-toms]] on ''Abbey Road'', later saying the album was "tom-tom madness ... I went nuts on the toms."{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=245}}

[[Alan Parsons]] worked as an assistant engineer on the album. He later went on to engineer [[Pink Floyd]]'s landmark album ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' and produce many popular albums himself with [[the Alan Parsons Project]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/alan_parsons_working_with_the_beatles_was_an_amazing_experience.html |title=Alan Parsons: 'Working with the Beatles Was An Amazing Experience |publisher=Ultimate Guitar |date=3 August 2011|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051828/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/alan_parsons_working_with_the_beatles_was_an_amazing_experience.html|archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref> John Kurlander also assisted on many of the sessions, and went on to become a successful engineer and producer, most noteworthy for his success on the scores for the ''[[Music of The Lord of the Rings film series|Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/johnkurlander.htm |title=Producer Profile : John Kurlander |publisher=studioexpresso|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201132528/http://www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/johnkurlander.htm|archive-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>

"Come Together" was an expansion of "Let's Get It Together", a song Lennon originally wrote for [[Timothy Leary]]'s [[governor of California|California gubernatorial]] campaign against [[Ronald Reagan]].{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=314}} A rough version of the lyrics for "Come Together" was written at Lennon's and Ono's second [[bed-in]] event in Montreal.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-beatles-come-together-lyrics-uncovered/ |title=The Beatles 'Come Together' Lyrics Uncovered |journal=Classic Rock Magazine |first=Matt |last=Wardlaw |date=10 May 2011|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304200420/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-beatles-come-together-lyrics-uncovered/|archive-date=4 March 2014}}</ref>

"Come Together" was later released as a [[double A-side]] single with "Something".{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|p=57}} In the liner notes to the compilation album ''[[Love (Beatles album)|Love]]'', Martin described the track as "a simple song but it stands out because of the sheer brilliance of the performers".<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Love |others=The Beatles |first=George |last=Martin|author-link=George Martin |publisher=Parlophone |id=0946-3-79808-2-8}}</ref>

"Something" was Lennon's favourite song on the album, and McCartney considered it the best song Harrison had written.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|pp=305–306}} Though the song was written by Harrison, [[Frank Sinatra]] once commented that it was his favourite [[Lennon–McCartney]] composition<ref>{{cite news |url=http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2006/12/sinatra_elvis_a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217022025/http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2006/12/sinatra_elvis_a.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2006 |title=Sinatra, Elvis and The Beatles |work=Los Angeles Times |date=13 December 2006 |first=Richard |last=Abowitz}}</ref> and "the greatest love song ever written".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1432634.stm |title=George Harrison: The Quiet Beatle |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=30 November 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303201645/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1432634.stm |archive-date=3 March 2008 }}</ref> Lennon contributed piano to the recording and while most of the part was removed, traces of it remain in the final cut, notably on the [[middle eight]], before Harrison's guitar solo.{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=249}}

The song was issued as a double A-side single with "Come Together" in October 1969 and topped the US charts for one week, becoming the Beatles' first number-one single that was not a Lennon–McCartney composition.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=412}} It was also the first Beatles single from an album already released in the UK.{{refn|In the 1960s, UK record industry protocol was that singles did not normally appear on albums.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=201}}|group="nb"|}} Apple's [[Neil Aspinall]] filmed a promotional video, which combined separate footage of the Beatles and their wives.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/arts/music/24cnd-aspinall.html?pagewanted=all |title=Neil Aspinall, Beatles Aide, Dies at 66 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 2008 |access-date=15 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406221729/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/arts/music/24cnd-aspinall.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=6 April 2014 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

The recording was fraught with tension between band members, as McCartney annoyed others by insisting on a perfect performance. The track was the first Lennon was invited to work on following his car accident, but he hated it and declined to do so.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=313}} According to engineer [[Geoff Emerick]], Lennon said it was "more of Paul's granny music" and left the session.{{sfn|Emerick|Massey|2006|p=281}} He spent the next two weeks with Ono and did not return to the studio until the backing track for "Come Together" was laid down on 21 July.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=314}} Harrison was also tired of the song, saying "we had to play it over and over again until Paul liked it. It was a real drag". Starr was more sympathetic to the song. "It was granny music", he admitted, "but we needed stuff like that on our album so other people would listen to it".{{sfn|Emerick|Massey|2006|p=281}} Longtime roadie [[Mal Evans]] played the [[anvil]] sound in the chorus.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=179}} This track also makes use of Harrison's [[Moog synthesizersynthesiser]], played by McCartney.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=313}}

"Oh! Darling" was written by McCartney in a [[doo-wop]] style, like contemporary work by [[Frank Zappa]].{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=307}} It was tried at the ''Get Back'' sessions, and a version appears on ''[[Anthology 3]]''.{{refn|In the version released on ''Anthology 3'', Lennon can be heard singing the lead on an ad-libbed verse regarding the news that Yoko Ono's divorce from her previous husband [[Anthony Cox (producer)|Anthony Cox]] had been finalised.<ref>{{cite AV media |work=Anthology 3 |people=[[John Lennon]] |title=Disc 2, track 9 |time=3:28 |medium=CD |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |id=7423-8-34451-2-7 |quote="Just heard that Yoko's divorce has gone through"}}</ref>|group="nb"|}} It was subsequently re-recorded in April, with overdubs in July and August.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=307}}

[[File:Moog Modular 55 img2.jpg|thumb|[[John Lennon]] played the [[Moog synthesizersynthesiser]]'s [[white noise]] generator to create the "wind" sounds at the end of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".]]

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" was written by Lennon about his relationship with Ono,{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=300}} and he made a deliberate choice to keep the lyrics simple and concise.{{sfn|Wenner|Lennon|2001|p=83}} Author Tom Maginnis writes that the song had a [[progressive rock]] influence, with its unusual length and structure, repeating guitar riff, and [[white noise]] effects, though he noted the "I Want You" section has a straightforward blues structure.<ref name="maginnis">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-want-you-shes-so-heavy-mt0010100296 |title=I Want You (She's So Heavy) song review |first=Tom |last=Maginnis |website=AllMusic|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907003637/http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-want-you-shes-so-heavy-mt0010100296|archive-date=7 September 2013}}</ref>{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=301}}

The finished song is a combination of two different recording attempts. The first attempt occurred in February 1969, almost immediately after the ''Get Back'' / ''Let It Be'' sessions with [[Billy Preston]]. This was subsequently combined with a second version made during the ''Abbey Road'' sessions proper in April. The two sections together ran to nearly eight minutes, making it the Beatles' second-longest released track.{{refn|At 8:22, "[[Revolution 9]]" is the longest track to appear on a Beatles album.|group="nb"}} Lennon used Harrison's Moog synthesizersynthesiser with a white noise setting to create a "wind" effect that was overdubbed on the second half of the track.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=300}} During the final edit, Lennon told Emerick to "cut it right there" at 7&nbsp;minutes and 44&nbsp;seconds, creating a sudden, jarring silence that concludes the first side of ''Abbey Road'' (the recording tape would have run out within 20&nbsp;seconds as it was).{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=178}} The final mixing and editing of the track occurred on 20 August 1969, the last day on which all four Beatles were together in the studio.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gaar |first=Gillian |title=100 Things Beatles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die |publisher=Triumph Books |year=2013 |page=77 |isbn=978-1-62368-202-6}}</ref>

"Here Comes the Sun" was written by Harrison in [[Eric Clapton]]'s garden in Surrey during a break from stressful band business meetings.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=312}} The basic track was recorded on 7 July 1969. Harrison sang lead and played acoustic guitar, McCartney provided backing vocals and played bass, and Starr played the drums.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=178}} Lennon was still recovering from his car accident and did not perform on the track. Martin provided an orchestral arrangement in collaboration with Harrison, who overdubbed a Moog synthesizersynthesiser part on 19 August, immediately before the final mix.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=312}}

Though not released as a single, the song attracted attention and critical praise, and was included on the compilation ''[[1967–1970]]''. It has been featured several times on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', having been chosen by [[Sandie Shaw]], [[Jerry Springer]], [[Boris Johnson]] and [[Elaine Paige]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Desert Island Discs – Beatles – Here Comes The Sun |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway/search/beatles%2Bhere%2Bcomes%2Bthe%2Bsun |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424094950/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway/search/beatles%2Bhere%2Bcomes%2Bthe%2Bsun|archive-date=24 April 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Martin Chilton said it was "almost impossible not to sing along to".<ref>{{cite news |last=Chilton |first=Martin |date=18 July 2013 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10187297/20-songs-for-a-heatwave.html |title=20 songs for a heatwave |work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520011728/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10187297/20-songs-for-a-heatwave.html |archive-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> Since digital downloads have become eligible to chart, it reached number 56 in 2010 after the Beatles' back catalogue was released on [[iTunes Store|iTunes]].<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-24/beatles-rank-among-top-itunes-sellers-week-after-going-on-sale.html |title='Here Comes the Sun' Is No. 1 Beatles Song After a Week of Sales on ITunes |work=Bloomberg |date=24 November 2010|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222150937/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-24/beatles-rank-among-top-itunes-sellers-week-after-going-on-sale.html|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>

Harrison recorded a guitar solo for this track that did not appear in the final mix. It was rediscovered in 2012, and footage of Martin and Harrison's son [[Dhani Harrison|Dhani]] listening to it in the studio was released on the DVD of ''[[George Harrison: Living in the Material World|Living in the Material World]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/28/new-george-harrison-guitar-solo |title=New George Harrison guitar solo uncovered |first=Sean |last=Michaels |date=28 March 2012 |work=The Guardian|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223005157/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/28/new-george-harrison-guitar-solo|archive-date=23 February 2014}}</ref>

"Because" was inspired by Lennon listening to Ono playing [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s "[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]" on the piano. He recalled he was "lying on the sofa in our house, listening to Yoko play&nbsp;... Suddenly, I said, 'Can you play those chords backward?' She did, and I wrote 'Because' around them."{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=191}} The track features three-part harmonies by Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, which were then triple-tracked to give nine voices in the final mix. The group considered the vocals to be some of the hardest and most complex they attempted. Harrison played the Moog synthesizersynthesiser, and Martin played the [[harpsichord]] that opens the track.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=320}}

Original US and UK pressings of ''Abbey Road'' do not list "Her Majesty" on the album's cover nor on the record label,<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Abbey Road |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |id=PCS 7088 |year=1969}}</ref> making it a [[hidden track]]. The song title appears on the inlay card and disc of the 1987 remastered CD reissue, as track 17.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Abbey Road (CD remaster) |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |id=CDP 7 46446 2 |year=1987}}</ref> It also appears on the sleeve, booklet and disc of the 2009 remastered CD reissue,<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Abbey Road |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |id=94638-24682 |year=2009 |url=http://goodrob13.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/abbey-road-remaster-10.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304150433/http://goodrob13.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/abbey-road-remaster-10.jpg|archive-date=4 March 2014}}</ref> but not on the cover or record label of the 2012 vinyl reissue or the 2019 remix of the album.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Abbey Road |publisher=[[Apple Records]] |id=EAS-80560 |year=2012 |url=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yL9MBv_nSM4/UXBvOJHXtiI/AAAAAAAACYQ/YXUFj7rgLXs/s1600/002.JPG |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328085325/http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yL9MBv_nSM4/UXBvOJHXtiI/AAAAAAAACYQ/YXUFj7rgLXs/s1600/002.JPG |archive-date=28 March 2014}}</ref>

The original backing track to "Something", featuring a piano-led coda,{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=249}} and "You Never Give Me Your Money", which leads into a fast rock-n-roll [[jam session]],{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=310}} have appeared on [[The Beatles bootleg recordings|bootlegs]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-bootleg-albums/ |title=Top 10 Beatles Bootleg Albums |first=Michael |last=Gallucci |journal=Classic Rock Magazine |date=16 February 2013 |access-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408064817/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-bootleg-albums/|archive-date=8 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A beginner's guide to Beatles bootlegs |url=http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/faqs/rare.html |publisher=rec.music.beatles |first1=Doug |last1=Sulpy |first2=Ed |last2=Chen |date=1990–1994|access-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073237/http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/faqs/rare.html|archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>

[[Apple Records]] creative director [[Kosh (art director)|Kosh]] designed the album cover. It is the only original UK Beatles album sleeve to show neither the artist name nor the album title on its front cover, which was Kosh's idea, despite EMI saying the record would not sell without this information. He later explained that "we didn't need to write the band's name on the cover [...] They were the most famous band in the world".<ref name="BBCCover" /> The front cover was a photograph of the group walking on a zebra crossing, based on ideas that McCartney sketched,{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=559}}{{refn|A working title of the album was ''Everest'', after a brand of cigarettes favoured by Emerick, but the band were reluctant to travel to the Himalayas for a photo session.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=321}}|group="nb"|}} and taken on 8 August 1969 outside [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios]] on [[Abbey Road, London|Abbey Road]]. At 11:35 that morning, photographer [[Iain Macmillan]] was given only ten minutes to take the photo while he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up traffic behind the camera. Macmillan took six photographs, which McCartney examined with a magnifying glass before deciding which would be used on the album sleeve.<ref name="BBCCover" />{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|pp=328–329}}

In the image selected by McCartney, the group walk across the street in single file from left to right, with Lennon leading, followed by Starr, McCartney and Harrison. McCartney is barefoot and out of step with the others. Except for Harrison, the group are wearing suits designed by [[Tommy Nutter]].<ref name="IndObit">{{cite news |last=Etherington-Smith |first=Meredith |title=Obituary: Tommy Nutter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tommy-nutter-1541027.html |work=The Independent |location=London |date=18 August 1992 |access-date=23 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314011513/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tommy-nutter-1541027.html |archive-date=14 March 2014}}</ref> A white [[Volkswagen Beetle]] is to the left of the picture, parked next to the zebra crossing, which belonged to one of the people living in the block of flats across from the recording studio. After the album was released, the number plate (LMW 281F) was repeatedly stolen from the car.{{refn|group=nb|In 1986, the car was sold at auction for £2,530<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/thebeatles/story/0,11212,606515,00.html |title=Eyewitness: The long and winding road to an icon |first=Tom |last=McNichol |date=9 August 1989 |work=The Guardian |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112020328/http://www.guardian.co.uk/thebeatles/story/0%2C11212%2C606515%2C00.html |archive-date=12 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2001 was on display in a museum in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livedesignonline.com/news/show_business_online_exclusive_volkswagen/ |title=Online Exclusive: Volkswagen Autostadt |first=Judith |last=Rubin |work=Live Design |date=16 March 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111002904/http://livedesignonline.com/news/show_business_online_exclusive_volkswagen |archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>}} In 2004, news sources published a claim made by retired American salesman Paul Cole that he was the man standing on the pavement to the right of the picture.<ref name="tcpalm">{{cite web |last=DeYoung |first=Bill |date=7 June 2016 |title=Paul Cole, man on Beatles' 'Abbey Road' cover, dies |url=http://www.tcpalm.com/entertainment/paul-cole-man-on-beatles-abbey-road-cover-dies-ep-404324971-332216652.html |work=TCPalm |title=Paul Cole, man on Beatles' 'Abbey Road' cover, dies |last=DeYoung |first=Bill |date=7 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014033019484920151107215146/http://www.tcpalm.com/newsentertainment/2008/feb/15/30gtpaulpaul-cole-man-on-beatles-abbey-road-cover/-dies-ep-404324971-332216652.html |archive-date=307 MarchNovember 20142015 |work=TCPalm}}</ref>

The Beatles did little promotion of ''Abbey Road'' directly, and no public announcement was made of the band's split until McCartney announced he was [[Break-up of the Beatles|leaving the group]] in April 1970.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=574}} By this time, the ''Get Back'' project (by now retitled ''[[Let It Be (Beatles album)|Let It Be]]'') had been re-examined, with overdubs and mixing sessions continuing into 1970. Therefore, ''Let It Be'' became the last album to be finished and released by the Beatles, although its recording had begun before ''Abbey Road''.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=322}}

''Abbey Road'' sold four million copies in its first two months of release.{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=271}} In the UK, the album debuted at number one, where it remained for 11 weeks before being displaced for one week by [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Let It Bleed]]''. The following week (which was Christmas), ''Abbey Road'' returned to the top for another six weeks (completing a total of 17 weeks) before being replaced by ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1969/ |title=1969 The Number One Albums |publisher=Official Chart Company |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005133552/http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1969/ |archive-date=5 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1970/ |title=1970 The Number One Albums |publisher=Official Chart Company |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222043302/http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1970/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Altogether, it spent 81 weeks on the UK albums chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/sep/09/beatles-albums-singles-music-rock-band |title=The Beatles: every album and single, with its chart position |newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 September 2009|access-date=7 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527110359/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/sep/09/beatles-albums-singles-music-rock-band |archive-date=27 May 2014}}</ref> Reaction overseas was similar. In the US, the album spent 11 weeks at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=[https://archive.org/details/beatlesforever00scha/page/216 216]}} It was the [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers]] (NARM) best-selling album of 1969.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=NARM Awards |magazine=Billboard |date=6 March 1971 |page=N27}}</ref> In Japan, it was one of the longest-charting albums to date, remaining in the top 100 for 298 weeks during the 1970s.<ref name="Jachart1">{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 |publisher=Oricon Entertainment |location=Roppongi, Tokyo |year=2006 |isbn=978-4-87131-077-2}}</ref>

''Abbey Road'' initially received mixed reviews from [[music journalism|music critics]],{{sfn|Gould|2008|p=593}} who criticised the production's artificial sounds and viewed its music as inauthentic.{{sfn|Stark|2005|p=262}} [[William Mann (critic)|William Mann]] of ''[[The Times]]'' said that the album will "be called gimmicky by people who want a record to sound exactly like a live performance",{{sfn|Stark|2005|p=262}} although he considered it to be "teem[ing] with musical invention" and added: "Nice as 'Come Together' and Harrison's 'Something' are – they are minor pleasures in the context of the whole disc ... Side Two is marvellous ..."<ref name="Fricke/Mojo" /> [[Ed Ward (writer)|Ed Ward]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the album "complicated instead of complex" and felt that the Moog synthesizersynthesiser "disembodies and artificializes" the band's sound, adding that they "create a sound that could not possibly exist outside the studio".{{sfn|Stark|2005|p=262}} While he found the medley on side two to be their "most impressive music" since ''[[Rubber Soul]]'', [[Nik Cohn]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that, "individually", the album's songs are "nothing special".<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohn |first=Nik|author-link=Nik Cohn |date=5 October 1969 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/10/05/archives/the-beatles-for-15-minutes-tremendous.html |title=The Beatles: For 15&nbsp;Minutes, Tremendous |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |at=Hi Fi and Recordings section, p. HF13|access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421052907/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E1EFA3454127B93C7A9178BD95F4D8685F9 |archive-date=21 April 2014 |url-access=limited}}</ref> [[Albert Goldman]] of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine wrote that ''Abbey Road'' "is not one of the Beatles' great albums" and, despite some "lovely" [[phrase (music)|phrases]] and "stirring" [[segue (music)|segues]], side two's suite "seems symbolic of the Beatles' latest phase, which might be described as the round-the-clock production of disposable music effects".<ref name="Goldman">{{cite magazine| |last =Goldman Goldman| first = Albert| author-link = Albert Goldman | title = Beatles: Nostalgia, Irony| |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1VAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22| access-date = 25 February 2013 | date = 21 November 1969 | location =Chicago Chicago| page =22 22| magazine = [[Life (magazine)|Life]]| archive-date = 9 June 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130609152834/http://books.google.com/books?id=1VAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22| url-status = live}}</ref> John Gabree of the magazine ''[[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]]'' wrote, of the album, "what's to say? If you like the Beatles, you'll like the record. If you have your doubts, this will do nothing to allay them. Of course, as someone just said, they do have 'something.'"<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity-IDX/IDX/70s/High-Fidelity-1970-01-IDX-142.pdf In Brief], ''High-Fidelity'', January 1970, p. 142.</ref>

Conversely, [[Chris Welch]] wrote in ''[[Melody Maker]]'': "the truth is, their latest LP is just a natural born gas, entirely free of pretension, deep meanings or symbolism ... While production is simple compared to past intricacies, it is still extremely sophisticated and inventive."<ref>{{cite news |last=Welch |first=Chris |title=The Beatles: ''Abbey Road'' (Apple) |work=[[Melody Maker]] |date=27 September 1969}} Available at [http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-beatles-abbey-road-apple Rock's Backpages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225011507/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-beatles-abbey-road-apple |date=25 February 2021 }} (subscription required).</ref> [[Derek Jewell]] of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' found the album "refreshingly terse and unpretentious", and although he lamented the band's "cod-1920s jokes (Maxwell's Silver Hammer) and ... Ringo's obligatory nursery arias (Octopus's Garden)", he considered that ''Abbey Road'' "touches higher peaks than did their last album".<ref name="Fricke/Mojo">Fricke, David (2003). "Road to Nowhere". In ''Mojo: The Beatles' Final Years Special Edition''. London: Emap. p. 112.</ref> [[John Mendelsohn (musician)|John Mendelsohn]], writing for ''Rolling Stone'', called it "breathtakingly recorded" and praised side two especially, equating it to "the whole of ''Sgt. Pepper''" and stating, "That the Beatles can unify seemingly countless musical fragments and lyrical doodlings into a uniformly wonderful suite&nbsp;... seems potent testimony that no, they've far from lost it, and no, they haven't stopped trying."<ref name="Mendelsohn">{{cite magazine |last=Mendelsohn |first=John |author-link=John Mendelsohn (musician) |date=15 November 1969 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/abbey-road-19691115 |title=Abbey Road |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421055432/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/abbey-road-19691115 |archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref> Don Heckman of ''[[Stereo Review]]'' named the album one of the "Best Recordings of the Month" of January 1970, remarking that it was "better than '[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]' or '[[Magical Mystery Tour]],' and probably the equal of '[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt. Pepper]]'", adding, "I suppose I haven't really come up with any new compliments for the Beatles-not that they need them. But I hope I have at least persuaded you to hear 'Abbey Road.' You'll find it a happy experience."<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/70s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1970-01.pdf#page=85 Best of the Month: Stereo Review's Selection of Recordings of Special Merit], ''Stereo Review'', January 1970.</ref>

While covering [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969|the Rolling Stones' 1969 American tour]] for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] reported from a meeting with [[Greil Marcus]] in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] that "opinion has shifted against the Beatles. Everyone is putting down ''Abbey Road''." Shortly afterwards, in Los Angeles, he wrote that his colleague [[Ellen Willis]] had grown to love the record, adding: "Damned if she isn't right – flawed but fine. Because the world is round it turns her on. [[Charlie Watts]] tells us he likes it too."<ref>{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau |date=December 1969|access-date=19 October 2018 |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/dcfive.php |title=In Memory of the Dave Clark Five |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011502/https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/dcfive.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="am">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/abbey-road-r1700348 |title=Abbey Road&nbsp;– The Beatles |publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |first1=Stephen Thomas |last1=Erlweine |author-link1=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |first2=Richie |last2=Unterberger |author-link2=Richie Unterberger|access-date=18 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132022/http://www.allmusic.com/album/abbey-road-r1700348 |archive-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| rev3Score = A+<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2009/09/album-review-the-beatles-abbey-road-remastered/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421055300/http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/album-review-the-beatles-abbey-road-remastered/|url-status=live |title=Album Review: The Beatles - Abbey Road [Remastered] |date=26 September 2009|archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>

| rev4Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="McCormick">{{cite news| |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6138860/The-Beatles-Abbey-Road-review.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Neil | last=McCormick | title=The Beatles – Abbey Road, review | date=8 September 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106122053/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6138860/The-Beatles-Abbey-Road-review.html | archive-date=6 November 2012 }}</ref>

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |publisher=Visible Ink Press |location=Farmington Hills, MI |year=1999 |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/87 87–88] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/87}}</ref>

| rev7score = 100/100<ref name="Kemp">{{cite journal |last=Kemp |first=Mark|author-link=Mark Kemp |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/the-beatles-the-long-and-winding-repertoire.html |title=The Beatles: The Long and Winding Repertoire |journal=Paste |date=8 September 2009|access-date=6 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065059/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/the-beatles-the-long-and-winding-repertoire.html|archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>

| rev8Score = 10/10<ref name="Richardson">{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Mark |date=10 September 2009 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13431-abbey-road/ |title=The Beatles: Abbey Road |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502231141/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13431-abbey-road/|archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref>

| rev9Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/albumguide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194100/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/albumguide |title=The Beatles {{pipe}} Album Guide {{pipe}} Rolling Stone Music|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="N/A">{{cite web |last=N/A |first=N/A |date=27 February 2012 |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/47/The-Beatles-Abbey-Road.aspx |title=Abbey Road |publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>

Many critics have since cited ''Abbey Road'' as the Beatles' greatest album.{{sfn|Roberts|2011|p=80}} In a retrospective review, Nicole Pensiero of ''[[PopMatters]]'' called it "an amazingly cohesive piece of music, innovative and timeless".<ref name="Pensiero">{{cite magazine |last=Pensiero |first=Nicole |date=23 March 2004 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/beatles-abbeyroadmft/ |title=The Beatles: Abbey Road |magazine=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-date=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803185955/http://www.popmatters.com/review/beatles-abbeyroadmft/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mark Kemp]] of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' viewed the album as being "among the Beatles' finest works, even if it foreshadows the cigarette-lighter-waving [[arena rock]] that technically skilled but critically maligned artists from [[Journey (band)|Journey]] to [[Meat Loaf|Meatloaf]] would belabor throughout the '70s and '80s".<ref name="Kemp" /> Neil McCormick of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' dubbed it the Beatles' "last love letter to the world" and praised its "big, modern sound", calling it "lush, rich, smooth, epic, emotional and utterly gorgeous".<ref name="McCormick" />

''Abbey Road'' received high rankings in several "best albums in history" polls by critics and publications.<ref name="RS1234" /><ref name="timepieces.nl">{{cite web |url=http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100's/2001VH1MusicRadio.html |title=2001 VH1 Cable Music Channel All Time Album Top 100 |work=[[VH1]] |access-date=19 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025162343/http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100%27s/2001VH1MusicRadio.html |archive-date=25 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#100%20Greatest%20British%20Albums |title=The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |access-date=20 November 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071126065024/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html| archive-date= 26 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> It was voted number 8 in the third edition of [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s book ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=2000 |edition=3rd |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |page=36}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' included it in their 2006 list of the All-Time 100 Albums.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html |title=The All-Time 100 Albums |magazine=Time |access-date=20 November 2007 |date=2 November 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071109195005/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html| archive-date= 9 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> In 2009, readers of ''Rolling Stone'' named ''Abbey Road'' the greatest Beatles album.<ref name="RS1234">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/daily-blog/blogs/rsstaffblogpost_2011/45525/39509 | title=Celebrating 40 Years of The Beatles' "Abbey Road" |access-date=11 October 2010 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320234319/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/celebrating-40-years-of-the-beatles-abbey-road-20090925 |archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597647/14_abbey_road |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |access-date=19 November 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071113095528/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597647/14_abbey_road| archive-date= 13 November 2007 | url-status= dead}}</ref> In 2020, the magazine ranked the album at number 5 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", the highest Beatles record on the list;<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=22 September 2020 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=25 September 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|url-status=live}}</ref> a previous version of the list from 2012 had ranked it at number 14.<ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-beatles-abbey-road-19691231 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The Beatles, 'Abbey Road' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=31 May 2009 |access-date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718000825/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-beatles-abbey-road-19691231 |archive-date=18 July 2012 }}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dimery |first1=Robert |last2=Lydon |first2=Michael |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |edition=Revised and Updated |date=7 February 2006 |publisher=Universe |isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref>

The image of the Beatles on the Abbey Road crossing has become one of the most famous and imitated in recording history.<ref name="BBCCover">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8188475.stm |title=Revisiting Abbey Road 40 years on |publisher=BBC News |first=Lawrence |last=Pollard |date=7 August 2009|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020204726/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8188475.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The crossing is a popular destination for Beatles fans,<ref name="BBCCover" /> and a webcam has operated there since 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/live-feed-view-famed-abbey-road-crossing-article-1.1927962 |first=Joel |last=Landau |title=SEE IT: Live feed gives continuous view of Abbey Road crossing made famous by the Beatles |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=4 September 2014|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026122045/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/live-feed-view-famed-abbey-road-crossing-article-1.1927962|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2010, the crossing was given [[Listed building#Grade II|grade II listed]] status for its "cultural and historical importance"; the Abbey Road studios themselves had been given similar status earlier in the year.<ref name="BBCListed">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12059385 |title=Beatles' Abbey Road zebra crossing given listed status |date=22 December 2010 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720174732/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12059385|archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref>

Shortly after the album's release, the cover became part of the "[[Paul is dead]]" theory that was spreading across college campuses in the US. According to followers of the rumour, the cover depicted the Beatles walking out of a cemetery in a funeral procession. The procession was led by Lennon dressed in white as a religious figure; Starr was dressed in black as the undertaker; McCartney, out of step with the others, was a barefoot corpse; and Harrison dressed in denim was the gravedigger. The left-handed McCartney is holding a cigarette in his right hand, indicating that he is an impostor, and part of the number plate on the Volkswagen parked on the street is 281F (misread as 28IF), meaning that McCartney would have been 28 if he had lived – despite the fact that he was only 27 at the time of the photo and subsequent release of the record.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=273}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Jane |date=24 October 1969 |title=Paul's death 'exaggerated' |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio }}</ref> The escalation of the "Paul is dead" rumour became the subject of intense analysis on mainstream radio and contributed to ''Abbey Road''{{'}}s commercial success in the US.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|pp=127–28}} Lennon was interviewed in London by New York's [[WMCA (AM)|WMCA]], and he ridiculed the rumour but conceded that it was invaluable publicity for the album.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=333}}

The cover image has been parodied on several occasions, including by [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] ''[[McLemore Avenue]]'' (1970), [[Kanye West]]'s ''[[Late Orchestration]]'' (2006) and by McCartney on his 1993 live album ''[[Paul Is Live]]''.{{sfn|Womack|2019|p=236}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/every-parody-tells-a-story |title=Every Parody Tells A Story |first=Caroline |last=Cooney |publisher=grammy.com |date=6 April 2012|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221182540/http://www.grammy.com/news/every-parody-tells-a-story|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> On the cover of its October 1977 issue, the satirical magazine ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' depicted the four Beatles flattened along the zebra crossing, with a [[road roller]] driving away up the street.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2010|p=339}} The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' ''[[The Abbey Road E.P.]]'' parodies the cover, with the band walking near-naked across a similar zebra crossing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-abbey-road-ep-mw0000201264 |title=The Abbey Road EP |website=AllMusic|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828164846/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-abbey-road-ep-mw0000201264|archive-date=28 August 2013}}</ref> In 2003, several US poster companies airbrushed McCartney's cigarette out of the image without permission from Apple or McCartney.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2681219.stm |title=Beatles Abbey Road cigarette airbrushed |publisher=BBC News |date=21 January 2003|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903083809/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2681219.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, [[Kolkata Police]] launched a traffic safety awareness advertisement against [[jaywalking]], using the cover and a caption that read: "If they can, why can't you?"<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-02-19 |title=Beatles' Abbey Road cover in Calcutta traffic campaign |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-21502047 |access-date=2022-06-26}}</ref>

The songs on ''Abbey Road'' have been [[cover version|covered]] many times and the album itself has been covered in its entirety. One month after ''Abbey Road''{{'}}s release, [[George Benson]] recorded a cover version of the album called ''[[The Other Side of Abbey Road]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-other-side-of-abbey-road-mw0000187718 |title=The Other Side of Abbey Road |website=AllMusic|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103100843/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-other-side-of-abbey-road-mw0000187718|archive-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> Later in 1969 [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] recorded ''[[McLemore Avenue]]'' (the location in Memphis of [[Stax Records]]) which covered the ''Abbey Road'' songs and had a similar cover photo.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |pure_url=yes |class=album |id=r2307}} |title=McLemore Avenue |website=AllMusic|access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref>

While matching albums such as ''Sgt. Pepper'' in terms of popularity, ''Abbey Road'' failed to repeat the Beatles' earlier achievements in galvanising their rivals to imitate them.{{sfn|Stark|2005|p=262}} In author [[Peter Doggett]]'s description, "Too contrived for the rock underground to copy, too complex for the bubblegum pop brigade to copy, the album influenced no one –&nbsp;except [Paul McCartney]", who spent years trying to emulate its scope in his solo career.{{sfn|Stark|2005|p=262}} Writing for ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' in 2014, [[Jon Anderson]] of the progressive rock band [[Yes (band)|Yes]] said his group were constantly influenced by the Beatles from ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'' onwards, but it was the feeling that side two was "one complete idea" that inspired him to create long-form pieces of music.<ref name="Anderson/CR">{{cite magazine |first=Jon |last=Anderson |title='They were the leaders of everything, and everybody else slowly followed': Jon Anderson on why the Beatles were the original progressive rock band |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=October 2014 |page=37}}</ref>{{refn|Anderson added: "[The Beatles] showed us that you can do anything ... That if you can do it with love, heart and honesty, it'll work."<ref name="Anderson/CR" />|group="nb"|}}

Several artists have covered some or all of the side-two medley, including [[Phil Collins]] (for the Martin/Beatles [[tribute album]] ''[[In My Life (George Martin album)|In My Life]]''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-my-life-mw0000037930 |title=In My Life – George Martin |website=AllMusic|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714134116/http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-my-life-mw0000037930|archive-date=14 July 2013}}</ref> [[The String Cheese Incident]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20010504&id=L9BHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4924,810743 |title=Jam band draws thousands |work=The Victoria Advocate |date=4 May 2001|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822192505/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20010504&id=L9BHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4924,810743|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Transatlantic (band)|Transatlantic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-europe-mw0000320583 |title=Transatlantic – Live in Europe |website=AllMusic|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819051020/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-europe-mw0000320583|archive-date=19 August 2013}}</ref> and [[Tenacious D]] (who performed the medley with [[Phish]] keyboardist [[Page McConnell]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/watch-page-mcconnell-team-up-with-tenacious-d-on-flash-wonderboy-and-beatles-abbey-road-medley/ |title=Watch Page McConnell Team Up With Tenacious D on Flash, Wonderboy and Beatles Abbey Road Medley |magazine=Glide Magazine |date=11 October 2012|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421055252/http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/watch-page-mcconnell-team-up-with-tenacious-d-on-flash-wonderboy-and-beatles-abbey-road-medley/|archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref> [[Furthur (band)|Furthur]], a [[jam band]] including former [[Grateful Dead]] members [[Bob Weir]] and [[Phil Lesh]], played the entire ''Abbey Road'' album during its Spring Tour 2011. It began with a "Come Together" opener at Boston on 4 March and ended with the entire medley in New York City on 15 March, including "Her Majesty" as an encore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/furthur-celebrates-phils-birthday-w-abbey-road-b-side-medley-and-cupcakes/ |title=Furthur Celebrates Phil's Birthday w/ Abbey Road B-Side Medley and Cupcakes |magazine=Glide Magazine |date=16 March 2011|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421054714/http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/furthur-celebrates-phils-birthday-w-abbey-road-b-side-medley-and-cupcakes/|archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>

In June 1970, Allen Klein reported that ''Abbey Road'' was the Beatles' best-selling album in the US with sales of about five million.<ref>{{cite magazine | last =Dove Dove| first =Ian Ian| title = Beatlemania Returns As 'Let It Be' Clicks | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1| access-date = 6 February 2014 | date = 6 June 1970 | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | page =1 1| magazine = Billboard| archive-date = 22 August 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210822192506/https://books.google.com/books?id=dCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1| url-status = live}}</ref> By 1992, ''Abbey Road'' had sold nine million copies.{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=271}} The album became the ninth-most downloaded on the [[iTunes Store]] a week after it was released there on 16 November 2010.<ref name="bloomberg" /> A CNN report stated it was the best-selling vinyl album of 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/30/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/beatles-ed-sullivan-50-years-anniversary/ |title=Beatles + Sullivan = Revolution: Why Beatlemania could never happen today |first=Todd |last=Leopold |work=CNN |date=31 January 2014|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222072645/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/30/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/beatles-ed-sullivan-50-years-anniversary/|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> It is the first album from the 1960s to sell over five million albums since 1991 when [[Nielsen SoundScan]] began tracking sales.<ref name="US sales">{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-taylor-swift-4-4-million-210041545.html |title=Chart Watch: Taylor Swift Is 4 For 4 (Million) |publisher=Yahoo Music |access-date=19 February 2014 |first=Paul |last=Grein |date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304042130/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-taylor-swift-4-4-million-210041545.html |archive-date=4 March 2014}}</ref> In the US, the album had sold 7,177,797 copies by the end of the 1970s.<ref name="How many records did the Beatles actually sell?">{{cite web |url=http://deconstructingpopculture.com/2009/04/how-many-records-did-the-beatles-actually-sell |title=How Many Records did the Beatles actually sell? |publisher=Deconstructing Pop Culture by David Kronemyer |date=29 April 2009 |access-date=11 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306054326/http://deconstructingpopculture.com/2009/04/how-many-records-did-the-beatles-actually-sell/ |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{asof|2011}}, the album had sold over 31 million copies worldwide and is one of the band's best-selling albums.<ref name="euronews">{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2011/09/26/back-in-the-day-abbey-road-hits-the-shelves/ |title=Back in the Day: Abbey Road hits the shelves |publisher=[[Euronews]] |date=26 September 2011|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=3 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103001031/http://www.euronews.com/2011/09/26/back-in-the-day-abbey-road-hits-the-shelves/|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2019, ''Abbey Road'' re-entered the UK charts, again hitting number one.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49931789 |title=The Beatles' Abbey Road returns to number one 50 years on |first=Paul |last=Glynn |publisher=BBC News |date=4 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=4 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004164202/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49931789|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Abbey Road'' has remained in print since its first release in 1969. The original album was released on 26 September in the UK{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=410}} and 1 October in the US on Apple Records.{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|p=411}} It was reissued as a limited edition picture disc on vinyl in the US by Capitol on 27 December 1978,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/abbey-road-mr0001156811 |title=Abbey Road (1978 LP) |website=AllMusic |date=17 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408073240/http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/abbey-road-mr0001156811|archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> while a CD reissue of the album was released in 1987, with a remastered version appearing in 2009.<ref name="am_releases">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/abbey-road-mw0000192938/releases |title=Abbey Road – releases |website=AllMusic|access-date=17 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511175512/http://www.allmusic.com/album/abbey-road-mw0000192938/releases|archive-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> The remaster included additional photographs with additional liner notes and the first, limited edition, run also included a short documentary about the making of the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/abbey-road-2009-remaster-mr0001030694 |title=Abbey Road [2009 Remaster] |website=AllMusic|access-date=17 February 2014|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921052447/http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/abbey-road-2009-remaster-mr0001030694|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2001, ''Abbey Road'' was certified 12× platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=2001&resultpage=16&id=33A3B118-7574-587E-A0E0-6E777DE6E1BF |title=Gold & Platinum News |publisher=RIAA |date=February 2001|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203114/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=2001&resultpage=16&id=33A3B118-7574-587E-A0E0-6E777DE6E1BF|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> The album continues to be reissued on vinyl. It was included as part of the Beatles' ''Collector's Crate'' series in September 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/abbey-road-collectors-crate-black-mr0001047758 |title=Abbey Road (Collector's Crate Black) |website=AllMusic|access-date=17 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307031354/http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/abbey-road-collectors-crate-black-mr0001047758|archive-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> and saw a remastered LP release on 180-gram vinyl in 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-beatles-vinyl-album-remasters-20121112 |title=Inside the Beatles' vinyl album remasters |first=Steve |last=Knopper |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=12 November 2012|access-date=17 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411052535/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-beatles-vinyl-album-remasters-20121112|archive-date=11 April 2014}}</ref>

As of October 2019, ''Abbey Road'' has sold 2,240,608 pure sales in United Kingdom and overall all consumed sales stand at 2,327,230 units. Post 1994 sales stand at 827,329.<ref name="musicweek">{{cite web |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/MISC/Music%20Week%2010072019-IDX-77.pdf |publisher=[[Music Week]] |title=Golden oldie: Abbey Road returns to the summit 50 years on |author=Alan Jones |page=77 |date=7 October 2019 |accessdate=4 December 2021}}</ref>

* Some cassette tape versions in the UK and US had "Come Together" and "Here Comes the Sun" swapped to even out the playing time of each side.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Abbey Road |format=cassette |publisher=EMI |id=TC-PCS 7088 |url=http://6tffxa.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYZHq0H5QYC1WtjJcrCJgzVQghA29aDSf2oTGZx9zoWg2Oytj7-pXIlfF2zOzJ-AMvSDgvJ3nBZ9psn57U29HpPscFEEPBkNR/1969AbbeyRoad_tape.JPG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113135253/http://6tffxa.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYZHq0H5QYC1WtjJcrCJgzVQghA29aDSf2oTGZx9zoWg2Oytj7-pXIlfF2zOzJ-AMvSDgvJ3nBZ9psn57U29HpPscFEEPBkNR/1969AbbeyRoad_tape.JPG|archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>

According to [[Mark Lewisohn]],{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988}} [[Ian MacDonald]],{{sfn|MacDonald|1997|pp=300–321}} [[Barry Miles]],{{sfn|Miles|1997}} Kevin Howlett,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Abbey Road (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Version) (book). |last=Howlett |first=Kevin |publisher=The Beatles. Apple Records. |year=2019}}</ref> and [[Geoff Emerick]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bosso |first1=Joe |title="For the first time, John and Paul knew that George had risen to their level" – Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick track-by-track interview on Abbey Road |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/beatles-geoff-emerick-abbey-road-interview |website=musicradar |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>

* [[George Harrison]]&nbsp;– harmony and background vocals; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars; bass on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Oh Darling" and "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight"; [[Pump organ|harmonium]] and Moog synthesiser; handclaps and percussion; lead vocals (on "Something" and, "Here Comes the Sun", and "Because"{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=365}})

!Chart (1969–71)

|align="left"|Australian [[Kent Music Report]]<ref name="auchart">{{cite book | last =Kent Kent| first = David| author-link = David Kent (historian) | title = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]| |year =1993 1993| publisher = Australian Chart Book | location = [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] | isbn = 978-0-646-11917-5 }}</ref>

|align="left"|Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' LP Chart<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8263&volume=12&issue=11&issue_dt=November%2001%201969&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |title=RPM – Library and Archives Canada |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=13 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513170601/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8263&volume=12&issue=11&issue_dt=November%2001%201969&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3|archive-date=13 May 2014}}</ref>

|align="left"|Dutch [[MegaCharts|MegaChart Albums]]<ref name="nlchart">{{cite web |title=dutchcharts.nl The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |publisher=[[MegaCharts]] |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |language=nl |work=Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl |access-date=13 October 2012 |format=ASP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224174851/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name=Finland>{{cite book |first=Jake |last=Nyman |year=2005 |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |edition=1st |publisher=Tammi |location=Helsinki |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |language=fi}}</ref>

|align="left"|Italian ''[[Musica e dischi]]'' Chart<ref>{{cite magazine |date=31 January 1970 |title=Hits of the World |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/BB-1970-01-31-i.pdf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=70 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307142033/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/BB-1970-01-31-i.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2021 |access-date= 9 June 2021 |via=World Radio History }}</ref>

|align="left"|Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Albums Chart<ref name="norchart">{{cite web |title=norwegiancharts.com The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |access-date=13 October 2012 |format=ASP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421053659/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|Swedish [[Sverigetopplistan|Kvällstoppen Chart]]<ref name="swechart">{{cite web | url=http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts%200969-0872.pdf| |title=Swedish Charts 1969–1972| |publisher=Hitsallertijden |language=sv|access-date=13 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014071535/http://hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts%200969-0872.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2012}}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite book | last =Salaverri Salaverri| first =Fernando Fernando| title = Sólo éxitos año a año, 1959–2002 | edition =1st 1st| date = September 2005 | publisher = Fundación Autor-SGAE | location =Spain Spain| isbn = 978-84-8048-639-2 }}</ref>

|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKchart1">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10363/beatles/ |title=The Beatles – Full official Chart History |work=[[Official Charts]] |date=17 October 1962 |access-date=13 May 2016|archive-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512024604/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10363/beatles/|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]]<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/383540/beatles/chart |title=The Beatles – Chart history |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=13 May 2016|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230161620/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-beatles|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|West German [[Media Control]] Albums Chart<ref name="dechart">{{cite web |url = http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=The+Beatles&title=Abbey+Road&cat=a&country=de|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140707101611/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=The+Beatles&title=Abbey+Road&cat=a&country=de|url-status = dead|archive-date = 7 July 2014 |title = Album Search: The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |language =de de|publisher = Media Control| access-date =13 October 2012 |format=ASP}}</ref>

|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKchart2">{{cite web| |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Abbey%20Road%20%281987%20Version%29| |title= The Official Charts Company – The Beatles – Abbey Road (1987 version) |work=[[UK Albums Chart]]| access-date=12 October 2012}}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart1">{{cite web |title=australian-charts.com The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |format=ASP |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214090955/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref name="atchart">{{cite web |title=austriancharts.at The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |work=Hung Medien |language=de |format=ASP |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421055952/http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref name="beVlchart">{{cite web |title=ultratop.be The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/173c/The-Beatles-Abbey-Road |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |work=Hung Medien |format=ASP |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025102945/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)]]<ref name="bewachart">{{cite web |title=ultratop.be The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/173c/The-Beatles-Abbey-Road |language=nl |work=Hung Medien |format=ASP |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113233308/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|align="left"|Danish Albums Chart<ref name="dkchart">{{cite web |title=danishcharts.dk The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |work=danishcharts.dk |url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |format=ASP |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210544/https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |url-status=live }}</ref>

|align="left"|German Albums Chart<ref name="dechart2">{{cite web |publisher=hitparade.ch |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Starr,Ringo/24271/?type=longplay |title=musicline.de chartverfolgung |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321043924/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Starr%2CRingo/24271/?type=longplay |archive-date=21 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Italian Albums Chart]]<ref name="itachart">{{cite web |title=italiancharts.com The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |work=Hung Medien |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]] |url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |format=ASP |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305083609/http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="Jachart2">{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/69149/full/ | title= All of the Beatles' "Remastered" Albums Enter the Top 100: Grossing 2,310 Million Yen in One Week| |language=ja |work=oricon.co.jp| |publisher=[[Oricon]] Style| access-date=14 October 2012| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130309122433/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/69149/full/| archive-date = 9 March 2013| url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Mexican Albums Chart]]<ref name="mxchart">{{cite web |title=mexicancharts.com The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |publisher=mexicancharts.com |url=http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a|access-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928062458/http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a|archive-date=28 September 2010}}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|Portuguese Albums Chart]]<ref name="porchart">{{cite web |title=portuguesecharts.com The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |work=Hung Medien |format=ASP |url=http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304124829/http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=4 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|Spanish Albums Chart<ref name="spanishchart">{{cite web |title=The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |work=spanishcharts.com |url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |format=ASP |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051127/http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref name="sechart">{{cite web |title=swedishcharts.com The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |format=ASP |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |language=sv |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225042327/http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=25 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref name="chchart">{{cite web |title=The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' – hitparade.ch |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |language=de |work=Hung Medien |format=ASP |publisher=Swiss Music Charts |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615170551/http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |archive-date=15 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align="left"|[[RIANZ|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref name="NZchart">{{cite web |title=charts.nz The Beatles – ''Abbey Road'' |work=Hung Medien |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]] |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |format=ASP |access-date=12 October 2012 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106213534/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Abbey+Road&cat=a |url-status=live }}</ref>

|align="left"|US [[Billboard Comprehensive Albums|''Billboard'' Comprehensive Albums]]<ref name="BillboardBIZ">{{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i54adc2f71aebbaa47ef735ff09a4e96e |title= Beatles and Jay-Z Dominate Charts |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |work=Billboard.biz|access-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417234017/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i54adc2f71aebbaa47ef735ff09a4e96e|archive-date=17 April 2012}}</ref>

|align="left"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart |title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |date=7 October 2019|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128180212/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|[[Canadian Albums Chart|Canadian Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/10/06/beatles-chart-post-malone-world |title=The Beatles Chart In A Post Malone World |website=FYIMusicNews |date=6 October 2019|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007150906/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/10/06/beatles-chart-post-malone-world|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Greece Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/gra/ |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=10 December 2021 |title=The Beatles Chart History (Greece Albums) |language=en |date=10 December 2021}}</ref>

|align="left"|Irish Albums ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albumas |title=IRMA – Irish Charts |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216013230/http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albumas|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Italian Albums ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2019/40 |title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 40 (dal 27.09.2019 al 03.10.2019) |publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]] |language=it|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318054616/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2019/40|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Mexican Albums ([[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|AMPROFON]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/rankings/top-album.php |title=Top Album – Semanal (del 27 de septiembre al 3 de octubre de 2019)|access-date=2 October 2019 |language=es |publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021175948/http://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/rankings/top-album.php|archive-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>

|align="left"|New Zealand Albums ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4757 |title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |date=7 October 2019|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006095720/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4757|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Norwegian Albums ([[VG-lista]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-40-album-2019-40/ |title=VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 40, 2019 |publisher=[[VG-lista]]|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=11 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011152918/https://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-40-album-2019-40/|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4190-%C3%81lbumes-semana-40-2019 |title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 40: del 27.9.2019 al 3.10.2019 |publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]] |language=es|access-date=9 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008223650/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4190-%C3%81lbumes-semana-40-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2019&dspp=40 |title=Veckolista Album, vecka 40 |publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020204809/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2019&dspp=40|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532280/dababy-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-kirk |title=DaBaby Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Kirk' |magazine=Billboard |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=6 October 2019|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227173841/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532280/dababy-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-kirk|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKYE69">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020421/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1969.php |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1969.php |title=The Official UK Charts Company : ALBUM CHART HISTORY|archive-date=17 December 2007 |access-date=17 December 2007}}</ref>

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|align="left"|US [[Billboard Year-End|''Billboard'' Pop Albums]]<ref name="USYearend70">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855911?imw=Y |title=Billboard.BIZ – TOP POP ALBUMS OF 1970|access-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008070045/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855911?imw=Y|archive-date=8 October 2012}}</ref>

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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134659/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|align="left"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2019/albums-chart |title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123012120/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2019/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|align="left"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/albums-chart |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=15 January 2021|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114210516/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 2020 |publisher=Ultratop|access-date=18 December 2020|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222205127/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>

|align="left"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2020&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2020 |publisher=MegaCharts |language=nl|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119090142/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2020&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201203195348/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>

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