All Music Guide
The only Beatles album that could really be classified as inessential, mostly because it wasn't really a proper album at all, but a soundtrack that only utilized four new Beatles songs. (The rest of the album was filled out with "Yellow Submarine," "All You Need Is Love," and a George Martin score that held little appeal to rock listeners.) What's more, the four new tracks were little more than pleasant throwaways that had been recorded during 1967 and early 1968. These aren't all that bad; "All Together Now" is a kiddieish singalong, "Hey Bulldog" has some mild Lennon nastiness, and Harrison's "It's All Too Much" is highlighted by some tidal waves of feedback guitar. It would have been far better value if it had been released as a four-song EP (an idea the Beatles even considered at one point, with the addition of a bonus track in "Across the Universe," but ultimately discarded). — Richie Unterberger
Released: January 13, 1969 Label: Apple Numbers: SW-153 (stereo only)
Total Time: 39:19 UK Chart Info Entry Date: 1st February 1969
Highest Position: 3
Weeks in Chart: 10 +1 week - 5th September 1987 (CD release, reached No.60)
Yellow Submarine Recorded: May 26, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with special effects overdubbed June 1, 1966
