EW's GRADE
C+

Details Release Date: Feb 26, 2002; Lead Performance: The Persuasions

Imagine there's no instrumentation; it's easy if you try listening to this veteran a cappella quartet's strictly vocal take on the Fab catalog. It's interesting hearing which tunes best translate into doo-wop (''Oh! Darling''). But the ones that are more of a stretch (''The Ballad of John and Yoko''?) start to grate, rendering this an okay novelty most Beatlemaniacs will quickly put on the shelf alongside the barking-dogs album.

Originally posted Mar 15, 2002 Published in issue #644 Mar 15, 2002 Order article reprints

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