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George Harrison |  | Artist: George Harrison
Label: Dark Horse
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 3482
Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 94087
UPC: 724359408729
EAN: 0724359408729
ASIN: B00014TJ6Q
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Love Comes To Everyone | | • | Not Guilty | | • | Here Comes The Moon | | • | Soft Hearted Hana | | • | Blow Away | | • | Faster | | • | Dark Sweet Lady | | • | Your Love Is Forever | | • | Soft Touch | | • | If You Believe | | • | Here Comes The Moon |
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 Happiness personified October 28, 2004
John Heaton (Budapest, Hungary)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Well I must say this album gets to me in so many ways it's hard to know where to start..the ten songs here are all of the highest quality...I agree with Bob Woffinden's comment that had this album come out at the beginning of the 1970s instead of the end it would have been a MASSIVE seller...Your Love Is Forever is possibly the most perfect ballad he ever wrote, Blow Away the catchiest....and that's a COMPLIMENT....Soft Hearted Hana is hilarious...Not Guilty is a White Album reject and we won't go into why Revolution 9 was prefered....NO COMMENT....Faster is gorgeous, Dark Sweet Lady was the second dance at my wedding (after Wings' Warm Beautiful!), Soft Touch is incredibly heart-warming and such a great melody (even if half nicked from 1970's Run Of The Mill, the last track If You Believe a melodic and uplifting song about self belief and the abilty of ourselves to shape our own happiness!!! And as an album it flows like no other George album, so much so that it remains my favourite 25 years on, even surpassing the monumental All Things Must Pass in its ability to generate alsolute happiness....and that must be what music is primarily about when it's good. Horses for courses maybe but this is the album for me.
George Harrison March 18, 2004
G. M. Dobbs (wales, uk)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
An unashamed treat - this mostly acoustic album from Harrison's mid period sounds superb in this remastered form. The standout track is Here Comes The Moon which actually sounds off key upon first listen but after a few spins it gets under your skin and affects a smile. Surely the hallmark of great music.pGod bless you George, we miss you all.
What a fantastic album March 11, 2004
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Probably the best of George's solo albums. Every song is witness to his great songwriting skill and beautiful guitar playing. As Clapton noted on several occasions, George Harrison is among the top slide guitar players - not so much for technique but for melody and emotion. 'Your Love is Forever' is my absolute favourite. What a song, what a fantastic guitar!
Easy does it February 17, 2008
MORTEN AASTAD (Oslo Norway)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Compared to his former co-band members in the Beatles, George Harrisons solo output may be considered the most uniform. Not one to wildly diverge as far as styles and soundscapes go, his albums were written either because he felt like writing or because he had to write. As much as we love George to this day, the fact of the matter is, that this was a solo career headed for the dumps. A few prolonged projects in the mid 70's ate away his recording time, and when he returned, the record buying public were looking elsewhere. George was less impressed with the workings and demands of record companies, and even less impressed with the musical tastes of the late 70's. After delivering a fine album (33 1/3) to his new record company, he would go on to watch sales drop, the record company moan and the World losing interest. So, George did other things that interested him. Started paying more attention to downtime, racing, movies, producing movies and so on.
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br /But then, after a couple of years had passed, he returned with this self titled album. And what a return it was. Regardless of the record buying publics reaction to this album, it's a real gem. George sounds so at ease, and in such a pleasant mood here, it radiates positivity through the speakers. Here is a man who has found love, and who seems to have enjoyed himself these past years. He is telling us that we will all receive love (Love Comes to Everyone), he tells us how splendid the moon looked when he was on vacation in Hawaii (Here Comes The Moon) and he lets us in on how much he enjoys Grand Prix racing (Faster).
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br /This is in a way the last of the post-Beatles George Harrison albums. Somewhere in England was recorded mostly before the death of John Lennon, but will forever be remembered as a post Lennon album. By the time of Gone Troppo, George had lost interest in such a degree, it ruined any hope the listener had of hearing a great George Harrison album again. Of course, he would return in a commanding way with 9th Cloud, but in 1979, these events could not be guessed. As it is, George Harrison, the album, bookends a decade that began in such a splendid manner, on the ruins of the Beatles, with the monumental 'All Things Must Pass', and it bookends it splendidly.
 'George Harrison' - now available again, at last. January 19, 2004
Chris Wyatt (Llanelli, Wales.)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Released in the spring of 1979, George Harrison's self titled sixth solo effort is an accoustically led, optomistic affair.brAvailable again and digitally remastered, the album contains the ten original tracks and a bonus demo of 'Here Comes The Moon'. pHere Harrison sounds content, both as an artist and a newly married man, he has regained his voice, and has toned down the direct religious references evident on albums such as 'Dark Horse'. brThe majority of the album still sounds fresh today- his relaxed state of mind after the stresses of the 'My Sweet Lord' plagerism court case, his recent marriage to Olivia and the birth of his Son Dhani and the fact much of the album was written in Hawaii are evident in the laid back style of the album.br brThe mellowness and positiveness of the album are highlighted on the fantastic 'Blow Away'. One of three singles lifted from the album, 'Blow Away' is probably the best known. The song was written during a rainstorm in a shed in the grounds of Friar Park. With rain falling outside Harrison composed the number that basically says no matter how bad things appear, think positive and things will improve. Complete with a lovely distinctive guitar intro the song was released as a single and sums up the person Harrison was at the end of the 'seventies content both domestically and spiritually. brThe other two singles are the opener 'Love Comes To Everyone' and 'Faster'. p'Love Comes To Everyone' which contains guest appearances from Eric Clapton who provides the introduction, and Steve Winwood who provides the song with its distinctive moog sound, is an effective opening flavour of the album to come. 'Faster' is a song inspired by and written for the Formula One drivers Harrison hung out with whilst enjoying his passison for Motor Racing. Taken from the title of his friend Jackie Stewart's book, and complete with the catchy "faster than a bullet from a gun chorus", 'Faster' now sounds slightly dated thanks to the added sound effects but is enjoyable all the same.pNotable tracks on the album include the lovely 'Your Love Is Forever' complete with distinctive George Harrison guitar intro and 'Dark Sweet Lady' which contains melodic harp and was written about his wife Olivia. Both songs are accoustic, with a light and dreamy feel evocative of his time in Hawaii. Also with a dreamy feel, 'Here Comes The Moon' illustrates Harrison's contentment on holiday, he would spend a great day on the beach, with the sea breeze and the palm trees swaying, enjoy an incredible sunset and then to top it all off, at night would come the moon. pThe album also contains the song 'Not Guilty' which was originally written and demoed for the Beatles 'white album' in 1968. Re-recorded and with a lighter more accoustic feel than the original the song is by no means a classic but is still worth hearing. p'Soft Touch' is notable in that its melody was inspired by the closing horn part from 'Run Of The Mill' off 'All Things Must Pass', and the tongue in cheek lyrics on the jaunty 'Soft Hearted Hana' (written after experiencing some dubious mushrooms in Hawaii) are entertaining. pThe closing track on the original and now the penultimate one before the bonus demo of 'Here Comes The Moon', 'If You Believe' was co-written with Gary Wright who also played on 'All Things Must Pass' and 'Cloud Nine'. Written on new years day 1978 the optimism of a new year, new start is evident in the track. pFrom a generally overlooked back catalogue is this well recommended album. 'George Harrison' contains examples of the qualities that Harrison had, his ability to write great melodies matched with thought provoking lyrics and an eternal optimism that was with him til the end.
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