Eleanor Rigby (a cappella, King's Singers)

Title: Eleanor Rigby
Album: The Beatles Collection (1988)
Performer: The King's Singers (UK)
Original: Beatles

[@TheNinmatt]

2:23 to 2:39 is such an eargasm.

[@BrettHansenPuppeteer]

The King's Singers are my favourite a cappella group. Just amazing.

[@MickeyMallone.]

I can't say that I'm crazy for this version, but it is artfully arranged and executed, so I can't complain. The counter-tenors are insane: as a first soprano myself, I envy their vocal talents.

[@MrSportsnut100]

remember listening to these guys some yrs back

[@jakeharvey3582]

Wow. We're singing this version in my high school chamber choir so I have a lot of respect for these guys... Especially considering they have crazy good falsettos. -_- And that low bass at the end... Holy poop. Coolest thing ever?

[@RodrigoBelmontMusic]

unos verdaderos reyes cantores!!!

[@charoleawood]

I think that all of the Kings Singers' Beatles numbers are better than the originals. This is my favorite, but the original was already good. Hard Day's Night, in particular, is vastly improved by the King's Singers. You really feel as though it HAS been a hard day's night when they sing it. The Beatles, in contrast, make the night in question sound like a cocaine filled evening that has only just started...

[@aloisiotamura7511]

Amazing.... Perfect pitch Congratulations

[@hourlynewscaster]

I think most people don't realize how much work it takes to sound that good. So, here's a comment.

[@NoahClose]

Incredible.

[@JR-ye3yu]

Perfect!

[@maugarlo]

Awesome!

[@lachieevertbelfield1502]

the Beatles did it too

[@gabrieldykema1474]

sometimes these songs are weird

[@charleswinterton9066]

Voices are drowned by that ? instrument.

[@Baritone45]

Their voices are the only instruments. They are always a capella.

[@septima_de_dominante]

100% A Capella.

[@prince.mushroom]

100% digitally edited for maximum hiss

[@claudiomonteverdi1]

I have seen the performing this live directly in front of me in a church... no digital effects. They are awesome @@prince.mushroom

[@prince.mushroom]

​@@claudiomonteverdi1I saw them live too in the early 2000s and it was absolutely stunning. That's why it seems such a pity to me that nearly all of their studio recordings are hissy whooshy autotuned robotracks like this one.