10 Great Albums That Came Out After The Band Split Up

It’s hard for us to imagine today just how astronomically famous The Beatles were at their prime, because no one in the present day has been remotely close to emulating it. Like so many other stories of musical success though, The Beatles were around for a good time, not a long time.

Forming in 1960, The Beatles’ prime success came from 1963 through until 1966, an era which is commonly referred to as ‘Beatlemania’ to this day. In the space of just four years, The Beatles played in excess of 1,400 concerts across the world and the constant strain of such fame started to take its toll. The band found they were unable to play live in most venues as the volume of the crowd completely drowned out their instruments. In August 1966, The Beatles played their last ever live show and became a studio exclusive entity for their final years.

Naturally, the band’s pace with recording albums increased drastically once they gave up touring, allowing them to release six albums in just three years. These records included ‘Sgt. Pepper’, ‘Yellow Submarine’, ‘Abbey Road’, and the record in question here, ‘Let It Be’. The band’s finances and personal battles had brought the group to breaking point by 1970. Lennon was struggling with a crippling drug addiction, which led Harrison to writing more songs only to have McCartney reject most of them. Harrison accused McCartney of being too controlling, while McCartney accused Lennon of dropping the ball. Harrison soon quit the band, with Ringo Starr saying it was caused by MCartney’s overbearing approach to ‘Let It Be’. The album finally came out in May 1970, by which time McCartney, Harrison and Lennon had all left the band.