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"The Twelfth Album" is an alternative history short story by Stephen Baxter, first published in ''Interzone'' in April 1998. It is about an imaginary twelfth album recorded by The Beatles, called ''God''. The album features songs that were written and recorded as solo projects by the group's members in reality, but in a parallel universe where The Beatles did not split up following the release of ''Let It Be'', resulting in these songs being recorded by the group. In the universe where it was recorded, the Earth was apparently destroyed by a hail of comets, which shocks the two middle-aged men who find the album in their deceased workmate's room on board the docked Titanic Hotel in Liverpool.〔Interzone no. 130, April 1998〕 In reality, The Beatles did release twelve albums; the story ignores one of them, ''Yellow Submarine'', because it is considered by the author more a George Martin score than a Beatles' album. Webcomic ''Subnormality'' alluded to the concept, though its version of the album was titled ''Imagine a Photograph of a Passing Jet.'' ==Track listing== ;Side 1 # "Give Me Some Truth", actually released on John Lennon's ''Imagine'' album. # "It Don't Come Easy", from Ringo Starr's album ''Ringo's Best'' (Apple, 1971) # "Every Night", from Paul McCartney's album ''McCartney'' # "All Things Must Pass", from George Harrison's album ''All Things Must Pass''. # "Child of Nature", a Lennon song auditioned for ''The White Album'' that later had its lyrics rewritten to become "Jealous Guy" from ''Imagine''. # "Back Seat of My Car", a McCartney duet with Linda McCartney from their album ''Ram''. On the ''God'' album, the song is a traditional Beatles three part harmony. ;Side 2 # "Instant Karma!", the famous Lennon single. # "Isn't It a Pity", a Harrison song, auditioned during the ''Get Back''/''Let It Be'' sessions, later two versions were recorded and released on ''All Things Must Pass''. # "Junk", a McCartney song auditioned during the ''Get Back/Let It Be'' sessions, later recorded for ''McCartney''. # "Wah-Wah", a Harrison solo song released on ''All Things Must Pass''. # "God", a Lennon song from ''Plastic Ono Band''. # "Maybe I'm Amazed", a McCartney song from ''McCartney''. This version, in the story, is a full Beatles recording, with Lennon providing vocals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Twelfth Album」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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