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The Best of George Harrison
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Track Listings
1 | Something |
2 | If I Needed Someone |
3 | Here Comes the Sun |
4 | Taxman |
5 | Think for Yourself |
6 | For You Blue |
7 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
8 | My Sweet Lord |
9 | Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) |
10 | You |
11 | Bangladesh |
12 | Dark Horse |
13 | What Is Life |
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 28-MAR-1988
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As the Beatles' perpetual dark horse, Harrison rarely got the chance to write and sing more than one or two songs per album. But once the band split up, the former "quiet one" was quick out of the gate with a series of memorable hit singles that seamlessly merged his budding spirituality and an epic, Phil Spector-inspired pop sensibility. This collection, originally released in 1976, combines seven of Harrison's best-known Beatles numbers, including "Something," "If I Needed Someone," "Here Comes the Sun," and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with a half-dozen early solo hits including "My Sweet Lord," "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)," "You," and "What Is Life." As such, it's a good entry-level Harrison primer. --Scott Schinder
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.8 x 5.59 x 0.51 inches; 3.32 ounces
- Manufacturer : Universal Import
- Item model number : 2017405
- Original Release Date : 1990
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : Universal Import
- ASIN : B000002UCN
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #45,497 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #275 in Rock Singer-Songwriters
- #567 in Classic Psychedelic Rock
- #1,402 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
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Remember, first of all, that the album was originally released in 1976, and closed out Harrison's contract with EMI. For that reason, it may help to think of "The Best of George Harrison" as George Harrison's Contractual Obligation Album.
It also helps to remember that "The Best of George Harrison" was basically a singles collection (most of the Beatles tracks notwithstanding), and Harrison's success as a solo artist was rather spotty. His attempts to forge his own identity as a solo artist in the face of his audience's expectations that he also remain a Beatle are well documented (see Rolling Stone's coverage of his 1974 tour). His albums received mixed reviews - many of the reviews of "Dark Horse" were downright scathing, for example - and in the six years between the official breakup of the Beatles and the realese of this collection, he did not enjoy the same success on the singles charts as John, Paul, or even Ringo.
As a result, there were fewer solo tracks to include on this collection. (Record companies did not go out of their way to exploit b-sides at the time, so, of course, it is no surprise that none of Harrison's non-LP b-sides were included.) But, EMI couldn't very well release a singles collection with only six songs on it so...
As it turned out, there was something of a resurgence in Beatlemania taking place in 1976. "Rock 'n' Roll Music" [sic], the first in a series of new Beatles compilations ("Live at the Hollywood Bowl", "Love Songs", "Reel Music", and "20 Greatest Hits" would follow over the next four or five years) was released, and "Got to get you into my life" and "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da" were released as singles - and were hits. So...
Problem solved. EMI adds a handful of Harrison-penned Beatles tracks, and "The Best of George Harrison", circa 1976, is complete.
At first glance, this would seem like an obvious, contrived marketing ploy - which it is. BUT, it's also an opportunity to remind people (Hello, Frank Sinatra!) that Lennon & McCartney were not the only songwriters in the Beatles. Including some of Harrison's key Beatles songs on this compilation does that. As Paul McCartney wrote (albeit in reference to silly love songs), what's wrong with that?
Finally, one must remember that everything Harrison released after 1976 was recorded for other labels. Without some sort of licensing agreement (such as the ones Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney apparently worked out with EMI), a comprehensive overview of Harrison's post-Beatles career is unlikely to appear. Sometimes, you just have to take what you can get.
To start off with is "Something", one of his two contributions from Abbey Road and his first #1 with the Beatles. The first half of this disc is Beatles-era George. His two songs from Rubber Soul "If I Needed Someone" and "Think For Yourself" are featured here as well as one of three Revolver tracks-"Taxman". My main favorite song of his from the White Album "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is included complete with Eric Clapton's guitar work. The other Abbey Road classic featured is "Here Comes The Sun". Let's not forget "For You Blue" from Let It Be.
What better way to start the solo portion is with "My Sweet Lord" from All Things Must Pass which was his first #1 as a solo artist. His other chart-topper featured is "Give Me Love(Give Me Peace On Earth) from Living In The Material World. His single only track "Bangla Desh" from 1971 is featured here, which originally tied in with the all-star charity event of that year and was the show's encore number. "You" from Extra Texture is included not to mention a Phil Spector production besides like George's 1970/1971 recordings which brings to the disc's conclusion "What Is Life"[Another item from ATMP]. Unless they rerelease The Best Of Dark Horse !976-!989 soon, I suggest you pick up this George compile in the meantime because it's better than no George compile at all .Even if there are a few Beatles cuts here you won't go wrong this one. Really.
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Ce n'était pas un des Beatles pour rien. Un régal.