Abbey Road was the 11th studio album released by
the English rock
band The Beatles. It
is their last recorded album, although Let It Be was the last
album released before the band's dissolution in 1970. Work on Abbey Road began
in April 1969, and the album was released on 26 September 1969 in the United
Kingdom, and 1 October 1969 in the United States.
Despite being released in the US
on the 1st October, the album debuted at number 178, before moving to number 4
and on the 1st November 1969 to number 1, spending 11 non-consecutive weeks at
the top. Abbey Road spent a total of 129 weeks in the Billboard 200
The front cover design, features a
photograph of the group traversing a zebra crossing, which was
based on sketched ideas by McCartney and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. At
around 11:30 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given
only ten minutes to take the photo whilst he stood on a step-ladder and a
policeman held up the traffic.
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Research courtesy of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road
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