Let It Be (Laibach album)

Let It Be is a cover album by the Slovenian avant-garde group Laibach. It was released in 1988 and is a cover of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be. It was recorded in Laibach style with military rhythms and choirs, although a few tracks deviate from this formula, most notably "Across the Universe" featuring Anja Rupel of Videosex. The title track is omitted and "Maggie Mae" is replaced by the German folk song "Auf der Lüneburger Heide" in combination with "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden". "For You Blue" begins with Moondog's "Crescent Moon March", which is subsequently used as a counter-melody. "One After 909" includes a small portion of "Smoke on the Water", originally written and recorded by the band Deep Purple. Produce Bertrand Burgalat tells about the song Dig a Pony: “I composed the music for ‘Dig a Pony’ entirely from the lyrics without having listened to the original. Even today I’m not sure if I know the original. When I started listening to rock music back when I was 10, The Beatles were too obvious.”^[2]

Let It Be
Studio album by Laibach
Released	24 October 1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	Martial industrial
Length	42:31
Label	Mute
Producer	Laibach
Laibach chronology
Krst pod Triglavom - Baptism (1987) Let It Be (1988) Macbeth (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

1. "Get Back"  – 4:25
2. "Two of Us"  – 4:04
3. "Dig a Pony"  – 4:40
4. "I Me Mine" (George Harrison)  – 4:41
5. "Across the Universe"  – 4:15
6. "Dig It" (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Richard Starkey)  – 1:32
7. "I've Got a Feeling"  – 4:34
8. "The Long and Winding Road"  – 1:49
9. "One After 909"  – 3:20
10. "For You Blue" (Harrison, Hardin)  – 5:10
11. "Maggie Mae" ("Auf der Lüneburger Heide" & "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden") (composed by Ludwig Rahlfs with lyrics based on a poem by Hermann Löns)  – 3:41

"Across the Universe" and "I Me Mine" are incorrectly listed on the CD packaging — their order is swapped.

Legacy

In 2015 Let It Be album cover was ranked 16th on the list of 100 Greatest Album Covers of Yugoslav Rock published by web magazine Balkanrock.^[3]

References

1. "Let It Be - Laibach". AllMusic.
2. Jeremy Allen: Laibach November 19, 2020
3. "100 najboljih omota YU rocka", Balkanrock.com