The most remarkable thing about this week's #1 album is that it featured the first new Beatles song in 25 years, Free as a Bird. The rest of the album are outtakes, live versions, and short spoken interview quotes by people in and associated with the band.
Like the last Beatles album I reviewed this is not for casual listening and clocks in at over two hours long. You would not want this to be your introduction to The Beatles. In fact, I would urge anyone to listen to the entirety of their catalog before listening to any of the Anthology albums. It's important to have the context of what these songs ultimately sounded like when The Beatles perfected them.
This is not an album that needs to be listened to often and repeatedly. There's a reason why The Beatles worked as hard as they did to perfect their songs, and the polished versions are the what you'll want to hear again and again. In the end, because it's the freakin' Beatles, it is worth checking out when you're in the right mood and have the time.