Advantages: Has stood the test of time Disadvantages: Two or three weaker tracks
In 1973, all four former Beatles were competing with each other to prove they could deliver the goods – and consistently – without each other, if only to silence punters who still wanted them to get back together again and were almost sure they would. George Harrison had been the only one to top the UK singles charts (with ‘My Sweet Lord’), and had followed it up with the musically sublime Bangla Desh benefit concert, the Live Aid of 1971. Less than ... ...UK charts on release at No. 2, and topped the US album chart. But overall expectations had been too high, and it was a major disappointment to some – not least the critics. Three decades later, it’s re-evaluation time. Fact. Only one track is co-produced by Phil Spector, who had been responsible for the massive wall of sound on George’s 1970 triple album (and many years later double CD), ‘All Things Must Pass’. The rest, George’s own production, ...
JOHNV 07.10.2004
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