The Beatles' Abbey Road album has returned to the top of the British album charts 50 years after its first release.
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"It's hard to believe that Abbey Road still holds up after all these years. But then again it's a bloody cool album," former Beatle Paul McCartney said in a press release.
Featuring such songs as Something and Come Together, Abbey Road was the second-last album released by the Beatles before their acrimonious split, although most of their final release, Let it Be, was recorded before the Abbey Road sessions.
Its initial 17-week run at number one ended on January 31, 1970, and it returns to the top of the charts after a gap of 49 years and 252 days, a feat certified as a Guinness World Record.
The 50th anniversary of Abbey Road was marked last month by the release of special deluxe edition.
Australian Associated Press