George Harrison - All Things Must Pass [BOXED EDITION]
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Free Music Review: George Harrison for the Millenium!
Hit: 5 Stars
Not only does the re-issue sound great, but Harrison has added some extra treats to it as well- a new packaging with a timely ecological message...i prefer the original album artwork, but we have that already on the previous CD release and on those records for those of us that were around in the days of vinyl...also added are 5 bonus tracks, which are really nice..."i live for you" is a true gem, a surprisingly exquisite bonus track, which Harrison has completed with his son...then there is a unplugged versions of "beware od darkness" and "Let it down"...the latter with beautiful finishing touches..the most dismissable is the "what is Life" backing track...the new version of "My sweet Lord" has brought about many mixed feelings, but I like it, but I didn't expect much from the start as it was only a bonus track...the opening sitar , and then some new guitar solos sound great...it's nice to hear Harrison again, and I like how he ends it with applause and a brief comeback...however, I'm sure there are many more unreleased tracks from these sessions...maybe he's saving those for a george harrison anthology one day (let's hope so)...as for the album itself, it would be impossible to comment on all the songs here...my favorites are "Isn't It a Pity", which is haunting Harrison melody among his best, "Art of Dying" which really rocks along with a great heavy sound, and "run of the Mill"..great melody, great lyrics....but I can say that almost of all the other songs on the album except perhaps "I Dig Love" and the Apple Jam...the other minor complaint is that I wish they would have had the inner sleeves of the the original vinyl with poster and all, but that is a minor complaint...the music sounds great and from the look of things we might have a new Harrison album by the end of the year with more re-issues along with bonus tracks, and for me...it couldn't get any better than that..Free Music Review: George's finest
Hit: 5 Stars
ATMP is unquestionably George's crowning achievement and serves as an excellent album to introduce his work to anyone wanting to know more about his solo work. The reissue has substantially improved the sound from the previous cd version; however, the sequencing of the tracks seems rather inappropriate. Although the bonus tracks are worthy additions to the collection, they disrupt the continuity of the album. A better idea would have been to fill the first cd with the songs from the first two records and relegate the bonus tracks to the second cd with the instrumental tracks.ATMP was originally a three record set, so large because of the significant backlog of songs George wrote during the last years of the Beatles and was unable to record. ATMP boasts the big reverb sound that is typical of all Phil Spector productions. Almost every song is a classic (with the exception of the instumentals at the end of the album which are completely unlistenable), but highlights include "All Things Must Pass," "My Sweet Lord," "Art of Dying," "Behind that Locked Door," and "I'd Have You any Time." ATMP also introduces his trademark slide guitar sound that is utilized on all his subsequent releases.
Although George's solo albums are criticized for their preachy lyrics (sometimes rightly so), there is no denying that these songs have the hooks required to back them up. It is a credit to his songwriting that he could pull off a song about religious chants ("Awaiting on You All") or reincarnation ("Art of Dying") and still make it a successful catchy pop song.
Overall, this is a must-own classic album, better than any other solo Beatle album (with the possible exception of John's Plastic Ono Band) and is an excellent opportunity for any Beatle fan to branch into the solo Beatle years.
Free Music Review: A stunning achievement in 1970 and still a marvel in 2001!
Hit: 5 Stars
Many of us 40-something Beatlemaniacs thought little of George Harrison. It was not that we did not like him - we did. It was not that he did not have talent - he did. But he always seemed to suffer by comparison with his more glib and publicity friendly mates. Let's face it--Lennon and McCartney were pretty stiff competition. What did we know?? Songs like "Something", "Within You Without You", and "Blue Jay Way" should have tipped us off that there was genius there - and only in a band with talents like Lennon and McCartney would it be overlooked.
With that as a backdrop, the release of "All Things Must Pass" stunned the critics and the public. The two studio LPs (the third was a collection of jams)contained one geat song after another. From the fun of the megahit "My Sweet Lord," to the quiet contemplation of "Isn't It A Pity," to the astonishing beauty of the little known (and my personal favorite) "The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)", this album just bowls the listener over with evidence of talent and genius. Harrison even holds his own with Bob Dylan in cowriting a song!
The remastering here only improves the album's sound, which was beautifully engineered in 1970.
Once again, the re-release of an album from the golden era of rock - and (one of ) the Beatles - shows the sorry state of what passes for popular music today. Sure, it's more fun to look at Britney's belly button and speculate on the origins of her cleavage than it is to gaze upon the cover photo of the dour, unsmiling Harrison here, but does anyone seriously believe that her albums (or those of N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, Eminem, Destiny's Child, TLC, Christina Aguilera, etc.)will be reissued 31 years from now??
This is real music from a real talent. It is great to have it back.
Free Music Review: THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a great album. I feel the need to bow down to its greatness. The reason it's so great (of course) is its abormally huge concentration of GREAT songs. The greatest of the great on this album consist of 4 songs. The first, "All Things Must Pass," also the obvious title track of this album is one of the greatest songs of all time and the best of the best. No other solo Beatle wrote a song nearly as great as this one song. Then it maintains its greatness with the gorgeous masterpiece "Isn't it a Pity." The sheer heartache in that one is enough to bring a tear to your eye. The upbeat "Apple Scruffs" is a great song, perhaps the most catchy on the album (along with the two excellent hit songs from this album, the beautiful "My Sweet Lord" and the triumphant horn-influenced "What is Life"). It's (apple scruffs, that is) is a very folky song, with an acoustic guitar and harmonica that remind me of a certain Bob Dylan. To top off the masterpieces is the heavenly song "Beware of Darkness" with one of the sweetest guitar solos on the album and some of the best lyrics that you'll find in an ex-Beatle. Whew. But then again there is also the rockin' tune (reminiscent of "I've Got A Feeling" from the Beatle days) called Wah-Wah. That song SCREAMS White Album era and is yet another fantastic song. More great guitar work comes in "Art of Dying," a unique song with a unique subject matter that is also quite a rockin' tune that I absolutely love. "I'd Have You Anytime" is an exquisite piece of music that reminds me of Harrison's other classic ballad, "Something" from the Beatle days. Throw in "I Live For You" and the sweet, melancholy "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (let it roll)" and you've got the greatest Beatle solo album and at least one of the top five albums of all time, hands down. No argument. This is the holy grail.Free Music Review: Harrison's Masterpiece Remastered
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember the first time I came into contact with this album. A friend of mine in high school had purchased it on LP (I'm dating myself here), and all I could imagine was three records worth of sitar music, ala Within You/Without You. My friend assured me it was not so.I finally bought a copy when it first came out on CD, probably around `93 or '94, and realized that ATMP ranked up there in quality with any of the Beatles' records, and is probably the greatest solo album by any of the Beatles (yes, even better than Imagine or Band On the Run). George Harrison poured all of his creative frustration into an unprecedented six album sides that holds up as more coherent (and less schizophrenic) than the White Album.
All Things Must Pass has a beautiful acoustic quality to most of the songs, with a gentle lyric that proves Harrison to be the most introspective of the Fab Four. Yes, there are a lot of songs about God here, but the same can be said for any U2 album.
A great deal of griping has been devoted by other reviewers to the new packaging and artwork. Does the colorization of the front cover really detract from the quality of the music inside? I don't think so. It's actually kind of nice to get a CD with some creative packaging, and I have never damaged a disc that came in a cardboard sleeve. People still have this tendency to think that CDs are indestructible. They need to take better care so that they don't get damaged.
The bonus tracks neither add nor detract from the new format. The original acoustic demos are nice, and did not need extra treatment. The new version of My Sweet Lord could have been left off.
Thirty years later, All Things Must Pass holds up as a brilliant album. It's a shame that Harrison was unable to produce another brilliant album since.