The Best of George Harrison
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| Compilation album by George Harrison | |||||
| Released | 19 November 1976 | ||||
| Recorded | October 1965 - July 1975 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 45:04 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone/EMI | ||||
| Producer | George Martin, George Harrison and Phil Spector |
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The Best of George Harrison is the first compilation album of George Harrison's music and was released in 1976, following the expiration of his EMI contract. It was also released the same day as his Dark Horse label debut Thirty Three & 1/3.
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[edit] Tracks
Songs that Harrison wrote for The Beatles, including songs from Rubber Soul, Revolver, The Beatles, Abbey Road and Let It Be - all produced by George Martin, except For You Blue by Phil Spector - are joined with highlights from All Things Must Pass, Living in the Material World, Dark Horse and Extra Texture (Read All About It), with the only rarity being Harrison's single-only "Bangla Desh" release in 1971.
[edit] Cover versions
American and British versions of the album were released with different covers: the American version has small black-and-white pictures of Harrison against an image of the cosmos while the British version has a mid-1976 colour photo of Harrison in front of an antique car. The international CD release of the album used the British cover. The MFP reissue had Harrison's 1968 White Album PR shot on the cover.
[edit] Response
Upon release, The Best of George Harrison failed to chart in the UK, but reached #31 in the US, going gold.
The album was compiled without Harrison's input, and as such drew criticism from Harrison (as well as critics and fans) over the inclusion of his Beatles-era songs which take up half of the album's length, diminishing the significance of his solo years.[citation needed] Harrison had offered EMI a tracklisting and album title for the release, but these were ignored.[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
All songs by George Harrison.
- "Something" – 3:01
- "If I Needed Someone" – 2:22
- "Here Comes the Sun" – 3:05
- "Taxman" – 2:37
- "Think for Yourself" – 2:18
- "For You Blue" – 2:31
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" – 4:45
- Tracks 1 - 7 are performed by The Beatles
- "My Sweet Lord" – 4:38
- "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" – 3:35
- "You" – 3:41
- "Bangla Desh" – 3:57
- The only album release of this 1971 single which relates Ravi Shankar's plea to Harrison to help the people of Bangladesh
- "Dark Horse" – 3:53
- "What Is Life" – 4:17
- Tracks 8 - 13 are performed by George Harrison
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