First the record label demanded several tracks be cut on account of them being “too sad” and then John Lennon was shot dead. Sessions for this overlooked little gem where long and hellish, and beset by a load of problems. And yes, this is where Oasis got the name from. While it’s somewhat scattershot nature (brought on by the fact it’s a soundtrack and not a fully realised album) and somewhat undercooked feel do detract from the experience, There’s a lot to love, or at least appreciate in this collection of mini ragas, acid rock and odds and sods.
GEORGE HARRISON ALBUMS BEST MOVIE
The first solo album by a Beatle, released while George was still a member of the band, ‘Wonderwall Music’ soundtracked a movie that no one saw.
GEORGE HARRISON ALBUMS BEST PLUS
Plus it’s the first electronic album released by a major artist. Sure, it’s basically 45 minutes of total bullshit noise and chaos, but if you’ve got a like for that sort of stuff, this is some wild and creative listening. Have fun! While John and Yoko’s dance with avant garde insanity was fired up with deafening shrieks, feedback and tape loops, George’s sole avant garde release is all electronic (in case you couldn’t tell by the title).
GEORGE HARRISON ALBUMS BEST FULL
A full album of lengthy compositions based entirely around improvised Moog noodling. Widely maligned by basically everyone ever, ‘Electronic Sound’ is a hard sell to even the most hardcore of Beatles fans. Sure the title track is a good piece of folk pop and ‘Far East Man’ is actually extremely good, but they’re batting against some truly bad tracks here, as well as some incredibly harsh vocals. While things start off well with the one-two punch of ‘Simply Shady’ and ‘So Sad’ (and the opening instrumental ‘Hari’s On Tour (Express)’), things quickly nosedive into mediocrity with the awful, aimless rewrite of ‘Bye Bye Love’, the maddening holiday song ‘Ding Dong Ding Dong’ and the putrid ‘It Is “He”’.
His voice ravaged with Laryngitis and his marriage in tatters, ‘Dark Horse’ finds George struggling to even keep a tune, never mind producing a quality record. ‘Dark Horse’ was nothing of an unmitigated disaster for Harrison, being rushed out the door to coincide with his equally disastrous ‘74 tour. It’s not entirely horrific, sure, and stuff like ‘Tired of Midnight Blue’ and ‘The Answer’s at the End’ are solid hidden gems, but it was hardly the career resurrection George needed at the time.įor some, an underrated gem. Absolute brain rotters like ‘Ooh Baby’ and ‘Can’t Stop Thinking About You’ stink up the tracklist to near comical degrees and bury what’s salvageable here. While the lyrically banal but soaringly catchy ‘You’ was a good sign of things to come, the rest of the album sees George dealing with a complete lack of drive or ideas, with incredibly basic or mopey lyrics and some songs swiftly blending into one another. Crawling limply back into the studio, and now with a fully healed voice, George churned out this pretty dire release, chock full of miserable ballads full of self pity and loathing. The ‘Dark Horse’ debacle had suddenly turned the world’s favourite Beatle into a punching bag of the music press. George clearly didn’t give a shit, so why should we? A contract filler in every sense of the term. There’s little heart and soul here, and the songs with a modicum of energy are bared down by shoddy production and poor hooks. There’s few serviceable songs here, mainly the utterly surreal ‘I Really Love You’, and the ‘White Album’ leftover ‘Circles’ but the rest is just too forgettable or tossed off to really take to heart. While the cover and title suggest a laid back, smooth record full of seaside ready tunes, ‘Gone Troppo’ is instead a confusing mishmash of dated synths, weird stabs at Doo-Wop and lite new wave and throwaway filler.
Dissatisfied with the music industry and wishing a break from recording, George shat out ‘Gone Troppo’ and called it a day, not bothering to promote it. George’s most eclectic release, and also one of his most bizarre. A look at the quiet Beatle’s much celebrated solo work
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