Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Consequence of Sound | |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.1/10) |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| The Rolling Stone Record Guide | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
Although Let It Be would earn the top spot on both the American and British record charts, with the "Let It Be" single and "The Long and Winding Road" also reaching number one in the US, the album was met with mixed reviews at the time of its release. The NME critic Alan Smith wrote "If the new Beatles' soundtrack is to be their last then it will stand as a cheapskate epitaph, a cardboard tombstone, a sad and tatty end to a musical fusion which wiped clean and drew again the face of pop." Rolling Stone magazine was also critical of the album, citing Spector's production embellishments as a sore point: "Musically, boys, you passed the audition. In terms of having the judgment to avoid either over-producing yourselves or casting the fate of your get-back statement to the most notorious of all over-producers, you didn't."
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