Living In The Material World
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Be Here Now
Review date: 2008-05-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is a very beautiful album. More chilled and relaxed than All Things Must Pass, an album truly full of passion.
I just love it
A great introduction to George
Review date: 2006-10-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
What a great little album this is. Coming three years after All Things Must Pass, it is a slimmer affair, with a different style of arrangement entirely.
What the remastering has done is to bring the warmth back to the record and seperate the instruments much more clearly - a much needed fix! The drumming of Andy Keltner in particular is now much more audible.
The stand out tracks are the ballads - especially 'That is All' and 'Be Here Now' as well as the more radio-friendly 'Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (Which I personally love) and 'Give me love..'. It was much derided for its spiritual content at the time, but thats what is cool about it I think in retrospect. It perfectly captures a moment in time when he was consumed in a passion - and the music is all the richer for it.
I would rank this as George's second best album (after ATMP).
finally!!
Review date: 2006-09-28 Rating: 10 out of 10
A year or so I wrote a review of this cd, ending with my frustration at Apple and EMI not remastering this classic and not releasing a couple of great B sides ("deep blue" an angry upbeat paen to the death of his mother. and "Miss O'Dell" a light-hearted free for all which puts to rest the myth that George didn't have a sense of humour)
Now here we are, and here is the album with B sides added and sound upgraded for our ageing ears. Worth the price of admission for one of Georges' best love songs - "love is all"
One last quibble, how are we supposed to get hold of Georges' original single of "Bangla Desh" (it is on "the best of george harrison but the whole cd sounds awful) I thought for sure that it would have been included on the dvd of the concert released last year, but no. I can only assume that Apple are planning some ultimate compilation of Georges' work on the label in the not too distant future.
Low Key but Very Enjoyable
Review date: 2006-06-13 Rating: 8 out of 10
A disappointing album for some, coming after the excellent All Things Must Pass and Concert for Bangladesh sets. They were always going to be hard acts to follow.
This is a more overtly `religious' album than All Things Must Pass, and copped some critical stick for that, at the time. However, I find the lyrics much more digestible than Some Time in New York City, which John and Yoko put out at around the same time and is basically a set of naïve political slogans. Or, compare it with Red Rose Speedway, with its printed lyrics "wo wo wo wo", need I go on?
Living in the Material World has some pretty good songs, such as Give Me Love, Sue Me, Sue You Blues, Don't Let Me Wait Too Long and the title track. It's by far a better and more enjoyable album than Dark Horse or Extra Texture, which followed it. George's guitar playing is marvellous, as usual.
The CD reissue does little to polish up the rather dull sound of this album, but it is an improvement.
Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
George Harrison
Recording label: Apple
Manufacturer: Apple
EAN: 0094636689920
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks,
Release date: 2006-09-25
Universal product code (UPC): 094636689920
Number of discs: 1
Disc 1 Tracks:
1. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
2. Sue Me Sue You Blues
3. Light That Has Lighted The World
4. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long
5. Who Can See It
6. Living In The Material World
7. Lord Loves The One (That Loves The Lord)
8. Be Here Now
9. Try Some Buy Some
10. Day The World Gets 'Round
11. That Is All
12. Deep Blue
13. Miss O'Dell
Publishers: Apple
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