All Things Must Pass

Decent tunes but bare long

Undoubtedly some very good songs here, and on the whole it’s much more successful than John Lennon’s dour “Imagine,” which we recently reviewed (I have not heard McCartney’s debut solo album). One gets the sense Harrison emerged from the implosion of The Beatles in relatively good shape mentally — or at least with the most to prove. It’s like a suitcase full of songs his two former bandmates had rejected, and it’s fun to imagine what some of them would’ve sounded like with the full band’s arrangement and backing, not that they don't sound good in George's hands. But it’s also a lot to digest for a debut, and it drags on far too long. Especially cruel is the introduction of these lengthy instrumental blues-rock jams on side 8 or whatever. They feel wholly disconnected from the rest of the album and were probably just the influence of George’s good pal Eric Clapton, who was secretly pining to fuck Harrison’s wife.

Idk that much about George Harrison as a solo artist (or as a beatle honestly) but this was generally enjoyable. I always get nervous in these that im gonna post a 3/5 pretty good! Review and then it’ll turn out to be the greatest album of all time or something but only one way to find out…

sometimes these albums are just too long and it starts to feel like homework. especially a lot of these older classic albums because there’s so many reissues and deluxe editions i have to make sure i’m not listening to a version with too much extra stuff, but the first one i clicked on for this was 70 songs long. Thankfully I’m just doing the 23-song version (still very long!). I was anxious at the start but very into what is life

Mucho respect to George and the contributors to this album, but it's not going in my regular rotation. Too long, and juuust on the other side of what I'm looking for. 3/5

For my last Beatles adjacent album (until i get to the user albums at least), All Things Must Pass certainly helped them go out with a fair bang. I wouldn't say it's amazing but probably the best Beatles adjacent album i have heard. This is probably some of the better psychedelic rock i have heard with it having enough weirdness and energy to it but also being very pleasant to the ears too. The one thing that is probably gonna put people off this album is the length as it does go on for an hour and 46 minutes and a lot of it does feel like filler but it wasn't ever too terrible. I definitely think this album could have benefitted from being shorter but all in all, pretty good album. Best Song: My Sweet Lord Worst Song: Wah-Wah

George is one of my top Beatles and there are some really good songs in here. Beware of Darkness is so good. But why is it 2 hours long. Sometimes editing down is worth it.

Some songs I liked, but the rest faded into the background of my adventure

chill album, not usually my vibe but its cool. Too long for my liking though, way too many records on it. Can't realistically do a front to back listen in a sitting without feeling like I want it to be over quicker

Decent album. Not my usual style at all but easy to listen to from start to finish. 3.5/5

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Ganz gut.

My sweet Lord a 2hr album! ‘All things must pass’ and eventually this album does because 2hrs is just unnecessary. For me an album should never really be surpassing 1hr by much. Overall, it was a pretty decent listen but just quite unforgettable only standout songs ‘Beware of darkness 1st version’, ‘Art of dying’ and of course ‘My sweet lord’. My sweet lord really is a fantastic song, and I expected this album to bring that same sort of calibre for a few more songs. I have noticed that with 1001 they will include an album which has 1 big hit on it rather than the whole album perhaps being worthy of actually being on this list. Giving a mid 3 star as there were a good few nice listens on here but in conclusion it’s just an average album for me. Maybe if it was shortend and better curated it could climb higher.

cok boyle 70-80ler hippie vibe its cute makes me chuckle

did not listen completely, but sounded good

Goes on way too long and too much Hare Krishna but pretty ok tbh. Low 3

Some nice songs, but entirely too long and rather one-note.

Hele goeie dingen wel lang zeg. Daardoor niet perse een album om in zn geheel op te zetten

Not a standout, but still decent.

Average ex Beatle slop

3.4 1x catch up 2/13 would like to listen again sometime

very long and not my genre i fear

not my type, but overall good

It's affy long. Enjoyed what I had time for, but 2 hrs!?!

How am I just learning about this album!? Sweet Lord is a gift.

A huge project that took a few days to get all the way through. A lot of great material here, ranging in styles. Most of it pretty great, just a lot to digest at once.

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison sounds like he got space from the Beatles, the album wander around a bit I’ve never listened to this before, researching a bit about the album, I realised it came out in 1970 (the year I was born), as a triple LP, and was No.1 in the UK for 8 weeks, so was massive. It was pretty progressive for 1970 so I appreciate the sound and creativity of it. Favourite track has to be My Sweet Lord, might predictable but it was is a great single, iconic song, I love it. I don’t love every track. I felt there was honesty and listened to a few of the tracks a couple of times after my initial listen. 3.5 out of 5 for me

Reminds me of being in high school

Simple but beautiful songs.

"Wah-Wah" guitar solo When Harrison said "I love dig" I heard something entirely different... Okay, "Art of Dying" This was okay in my opinion. There were a few songs I gravitated towards, but I wasn't a fan of everything. I also didn't love the mixing on this album, as it was sometimes hard to hear Harrison, though I know that was probably on purpose.

Trevligt men inte så spännande

Some all time hits and some B level songs that run a bit too long. Good album overall

So many Beatleses! I thought I liked George, but a triple album is making me rethink things. All things must pass, including listening to this entire album. I do not like to behold the album cover, although I do like George(?)'s hat. After this my Beatles solo album ranking is like, John > Paul > George, which in retrospect might just be a length ranking. Ah well. It was still fine. I do hope Ringo has one too. I bet it'd be a crisp 35 min. Highlight: 'Awaiting on You All'

I got listening fatigue I can’t lie. The end of the album got very loud which wasn’t my taste, but there’s a few songs I really enjoyed. It’s a good album but just a little single faceted for me.

Very long album. Guitar playing way ahead of Lennon and the melodies were far more catchy. I could have lived without some of the long guitar solos.

Bland

some great songs, but not a strong overall album

поки харашо але уе тіко перша пісня на 4 іде лорд...май лорд ме боже якщо б не повна пісня про Ісуса то я може шось і додала собі незнаю капец

3/5

country

George Harrison has absolutely shaped my love and passion for music into what it is today. I have been able to engage in eclectic sounds and embrace all genres that I stumble upon. All things must pass is a generational record, constantly played and cherished.

No hate to George, just not a fan

George

It's a good album but way, way too long

Ambiental, I love that. Es super largo el disco igual. My sweet lord, a classic, and I get why

I was waiting for the album to be over. The only question I have is “why?”. It’s not great, and not horrible either, I’m just sad about time spent listening it. It’s really sad that it’s just ok

A bit to much hippyness. But impressive.

Worse as it goes on

I do believe that George Harrison may be my favourite Beatle idk. I don't really know anything about the other ones but still. I like this vibe it's very groovy I can see how he's kinda the hippie one. Is he? I don't know anything about the Beatles. But this is a vibe. Inspired by my people as well. Over 2 hours is crazy though. This guitar work is devious. Why are they all so long how much does this guy have to say. Now I'm sure they're very interesting but I just don't care enough to listen to the alternate versions of the same songs. Super long albums like this tend to drag on a little imo. I feel like there are a lot of British references I'm not picking up on here tbh. I'm happy I'm not though fuck the Brits. Favourite: Behind That Locked Door Least favourite: It's Johnny's Birthday

O único álbum solo verdadeiramente bom do George. Um ou outro até conseguem ser legaizinhos, mas chamar de bom seria forçar a barra. É preciso separar a arte do artista, George era um Beatle bem legal, mas seu tempo no grupo não dá carta livre para ele lançar qualquer coisa na carreira solo. Verdadeiramente não entendo quem o tem como o melhor Beatle, seu output na banda foi satisfatório, com ótimas partes na guitarra e algumas canções incríveis como Something e While My Guitar Gently Weeps, mas o seu âmbito artístico nunca atingiu nem uma fração do que Paul e John fizeram na mesma quantidade de tempo, e isso é refletido também nas carreiras solos dos três. George era um ótimo artista, mas compará-lo a Paul ou John é um caso de bebê tossindo versus bomba de hidrogênio. Enfim, só queria deixar isso esclarecido antes de começar com a review propriamente dita, o disco All Things Must Pass. Há nesse álbum ótimas canções, especialmente no primeiro disco, faixas que melhorariam qualquer álbum dos Beatles. O maior problema desse álbum é evidente antes mesmo de se iniciar a sua escuta, ele é um álbum triplo, com mais de duas horas de duração. Seu terceiro disco sendo dedicado à um jam totalmente desnecessário e francamente inconsequente. Uma escolha verdadeiramente estranha que dilui demais a experiência da obra. Quando o álbum funciona, ele funciona de maneira brilhante. Há nas canções aqui pitadas de Country, licks do slide guitar sensacional de Harrison e composições lindas e emotivas que mostram que Here Comes The Sun não foi apenas relâmpago na garrafa. Mas eu digo e já fui crucificado por dizer que sem as mãos de McCartney o potencial de Harrison nunca pôde ser realizado. Sem a curadoria do restante da banda, sem a guia e a ajuda de seus compatriotas, é difícil George produzir um disco verdadeiramente 5 estrelas. Há momentos que a escuta fica tediosa, maçante e laboriosa. Canções que se estendem muito além da razão, e inevitavelmente causam exaustão e fadiga. Toda vez que me sento pra ouvir esse álbum inteiro é inevitável que eu caia numa leve soneca, fazendo com que eu precise rebobinar pra onde parei. George realmente era acima de tudo o Beatle sonolento. Eu adoro o conto de fadas do George ser esse grande gênio não reconhecido e destratado por seus contemporâneos. Mas essa linha de pensamento leva a decisões esdrúxulas como lançar um disco triplo de 2 horas, com canções instrumentais de 11 minutos e faixas (praticamente) repetidas. Com uma curadoria decente você poderia pegar as melhores canções aqui e fazer um disco único, e um álbum que verdadeiramente bateria de frente com o Paul e o John. E me desculpe por ficar toda hora batendo nessa mesma tecla, mas o que você esperava? Claramente boa parte desse álbum veio de um lugar de desdém do artista por seus ex-colegas. Não vamos praticar revisionismo histórico aqui, e nem pintar George como um anjinho delicado é impecável. Indulgente e entediante, com alguns momentos curtos de genialidade. Esse disco justifica claramente porque George era tratado daquele modo pelo John e Paul. 3.5/5

Good vibes, like the sound - way too overstuffed

incredibly well produced however there are only a few albums that are 2 hours long that don’t make it feel 2 hours long this is not an example of that.

TL;DR: A few songs I recognize, a few hidden gems, a few forgettable ones.

EXTREMEMENT LONG J'AI JAMAIS FINI DSL

solid with edits it would b a 4 3/5

There were a lot of good tracks, with strong, often uplifting lyrics, but I felt there was too much filler with the two disc format. Having only been familiar with his time with the Beatles and My Sweet Lord, I enjoyed a lot of the Disc 1 tracks. However, the instrumental jam band style songs that finished out Disc 2 seemed to drag on and were not my style.

love his guitar the rocky stratocaster or whatever

A couple of bangers, but way too long and a bit pompous

Gute Highlights und gerade "My Sweet Lord" sticht heraus (ewig nicht gehört...). In Summe aber einfach zu lang und eintönig für mehr als eine durchschnittliche Bewertung.

Auch endlich mal abgehakt. Per se ist das hier kein schlechtes Album. Es ist nur einfach viel zu lang und abgesehen von "My Sweet Lord" fehlen etwas die Standout-Songs, zu denen man häufiger zurückkehren möchte (kommt vielleicht mit häufigerem Hören). Für die Jams am Ende gibt es Punktabzug. Eingebettet in einen Song kann das für mich funktionieren, so losgelöst und dann auch noch 4x hintereinander ist das nur noch überflüssig.

Macht schon Laune und es ist unfassbar beeindruckend wie der Mann so viel rausholen kann. Aber am Ende reicht mir persönlich dann doch ein Äquivalent von Rod in „Sohn der Leere“, das danach von Bela mit „der George Harrison seiner Zeit“ quittiert wird.

Apple Music had a 23-track double-album! Listened on the plane. Really enjoyable music, given that I don’t love The Beatles’ sound that much. George Harrison definitely did a great job creating a reminiscent-but-unique sound for himself.

Alltså jag har inte lyssnat klart på detta för det tar alldeles för lång tid. Det jag hört hittills är det inget fel på, bättre än The White Album faktiskt men jösses allt smälter bara ihop till en mishmash och jag har svårt att välja favoritlåtar. Typ 2,5 rundat upp.

Hari kisna

At first I thought this sounded too much like the 70s music I hate (like the Carpenters), but it wasn't exactly that and I did like some of the tracks. Still could have used a little more energy though.

It showcases George Harrison as a musical talent in his own right, he was always in the shadows of Lennon and McCarthy, yes the album is over long, the talent is unmistakable and really worth listening to, maybe not 2 hours worth.

10:31 listen 7/10 can imagine studying to this she’s cute !

Couldnt be bothered to finish. It was fine.

1970 post beatles single contributor album. Randomly had eric clapton on it? Some good songs, very of its time to me.

This channeling of new wave and pop punk was a great breath of fresh air when it arrived in ‘94. Ear candy and really well made, but not best album calibre imo.

It was catchy and chill vibes, a bit Beatles effect. I like it.

i liked this albummmmm i thought the production was beautiful on many tracks. my only complaint would be that some of the songs in the first half blended into each other but i thought the experimentation on the second half was very interesting. the instrumental tracks weren’t my favorite tho, specifically I Remember Jeep and Out of the Blue.

I liked it

I often had a thought throughout the album that this basically sounded like the Beatles but with slightly less sauce (that’ll happen without Paul and John). There are a lot of good songs in here, most of which are on disc 1. And I’m glad I trudged through disc 2, which was mostly blaaahhhhh, because the jams at the end were actually pretty cool. But I can’t support putting out a whole ass 2-hour long album. A good bit of it could have been cut easily. Respect my time plz

Long album with some very high points but still imo too long. I definitely understand why he did it, because parts 1 and 2 were literally all material Paul and John didn't like and this was his big fuck you to them. I just don't think there is quite enough variety for this to make my regular rotation.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mid review for a mid album

Good album. Some songs I had heard before. Felt a bit same-y after a while though.

Wow, Imagine by John Lennon yesterday and All Things Must Pass by George Harrison today! Sometimes I wonder how random this generator really is especially when I found out last week that a friend of mine ended up with the exact same record as me on the same day. Because of the unusual changeover time for this generator I sometimes have barely enough time to squeeze in a complete listen of the album of the day so what a shock it was to learn that this release was a triple album! Thankfully it’s the weekend so I think I’m gonna have just enough time to get this one in tonight. I’m really enjoying listening to this album. There’s a nice and warm sound to a lot of these songs with a bit of bombastic rock here and there. Definitely enjoying the mix of different kinds of songs and finding the sequencing to be spot on. He’s really proving here how under-used he was in The Beatles but if that weren’t the case then we wouldn’t have this fantastic album to listen to. Even though the jams on the 3rd LP are not really a must listen (except for the one with the weird Moog stuff!), I definitely gotta check out his other albums.

3.5

There's a lot on this album. I'd have enjoyed a more focused version.

Almost a 4 but too rambly

This was too long for me to really judge fairly. It's pretty diverse and impressive for a solo artist in the 60s/70s.

Je l’ai écouté en travaillant et c’était sympa, mais je ne reviendrais pas dessus.

It was pretty fine

They don’t mind throwing you in the deep end with some of these! 28 songs and over 2 hours of music?!? Let’s hope it’s good (or atleast tolerable…) Almost a third of the way through and it’s fine, but more background music for me. I did recognise “My Sweet Lord” though. So far so non-offensive. The album was perfectly fine. I’d only really heard some of his 80’s solo material as it was in the charts as a teen. You can tell the styles are still fairly similar even though they were about 15 years apart. Not one I’ll be putting on any playlists, but didn’t mind listening to it.

I love the Beatles but never really enjoyed any of their solo stuff. This album is okay, there are a few decent songs but nothing that I find super exciting. It's decent but a bit boring. I only got about halfway through the whole album.

Too long. Enjoyed several songs especially Out of the Blue

Jest dobry, ma dobre piosenki, ale za długi jest dlatego 3

I like George Harrison's vibe even when I don't always love his music. This album was better than expected. But triple album?? C'mon, that's just silly. I'll pick some since from this in the future but I'll never listen to the while thing again

I probably should enjoy it more and I felt bad for thinking of giving it a 2 and therefore bumped it simply due to the number of hits. It's just way too long and repetitive. You could cut out 2/3 out of it and it would be a great album. It's just going on and on in the same exact direction for 2 hours.

Solid solo Beatle album, didn’t realize how much George was into slide guitar until this album, and made me realize I’m more a fan of George/Paul then John/Paul

1970, je venais tout juste de naître, braillant mes premiers sons pendant que les Beatles, eux, poussaient leur dernier soupir. Le rêve était fini, comme disait l’autre à lunettes rondes, et il était temps de passer à la caisse pour les soldes de liquidation. Et dans ce grand déballage de linge sale et d’ego surdimensionnés, c’est George Harrison, le "Quiet One", celui qu'on imaginait toujours en retrait en train de fumer des clopes en grattant timidement sa Gretsch, qui a décidé de poser la plus grosse pêche sur la table. "All Things Must Pass", rien que le titre, ça sent l'encens, la résignation spirituelle et le thé chai tiède. C’est le premier triple album d'un artiste solo. Triple, t'imagines le concept ? En 1970, le vinyle, ça coûte un bras, et Georgie, il se dit : "Tiens, et si je leur vendais trois disques dans une boîte en carton pour le prix d'un rein ?". C'est le genre de mégalomanie qui passe crème quand tu sors d'un groupe qui a littéralement changé la face du monde, mais avec le recul, on a le droit de se demander si c'était bien nécessaire. Alors, je te vois venir avec ton regard de puriste. "C'est un chef-d'œuvre !", "C'est la libération créative de George !", "Phil Spector est un génie !". Ouais, ouais. Calme-toi, on va en parler. Mon avis (ce bon vieux 3/5 qui fait grincer les dents des fans hardcore), c'est que ce disque est l'exemple typique de l'artiste qui a été constipé créativement pendant dix ans à cause de deux tyrans nommés Lennon et McCartney, et qui, d'un coup, a une diarrhée verbale et musicale incontrôlable. C'est la vidange, il avait des stocks de chansons refusées par les Fab Four plein les tiroirs, et au lieu de faire le tri, de polir, d'éditer, il a tout balancé. "Tenez, bouffez, c'est pour moi, c'est cadeau (enfin, payant)." Maintenant que c'est dit, parlons un peu de la production. Phil Spector, le mec qui a inventé le "Wall of Sound", ou comme j'aime l'appeler quand je suis de mauvaise humeur : la "choucroute auditive". Cette espèce de réverbération constante, une église remplie de musiciens qui jouent tous en même temps sans qu'on sache vraiment qui fait quoi. Il y a trois batteries, cinq guitares, un piano, un orgue, et probablement un mec qui tape sur une enclume au fond, et tout ça est noyé dans un écho qui ferait passer la cathédrale de Chartres pour un studio insonorisé. C'est "riche", diront les fans. C'est "bordélique et daté", je réponds. Parlons enfin du manque totale de cohérence. C'est un fourre-tout, on passe de la balade folk dépressive au gospel surchargé, du rockabilly sous tranquillisants à la pop symphonique dégoulinante. On sent que George voulait tout prouver et tout de suite. "Regardez, je sais faire du Dylan mieux que Dylan ! Je sais faire du rock ! Je sais prier Krishna !". Mon dieu que c'est touchant cette envie de reconnaissance, mais sur la longueur d'un triple album, ça devient épuisant. Attention, je ne suis pas un monstre, il y a des titres là-dedans qui sont indiscutablement bons. "My Sweet Lord", même si c'est un plagiat éhonté des Chiffons ("He's So Fine", si tu ne connais pas l'histoire, va écouter, c'est flagrant, c'est le même morceau), ça reste une scie d'une efficacité redoutable. C'est le genre de truc que tu te surprends à fredonner sous la douche même si tu détestes les sectes. "What Is Life", c'est un tube, point barre. Le riff est accrocheur, l'énergie est là, c'est positif sans être niais (enfin, pas trop). "Wah-Wah", malgré la production specterienne qui te donne l'impression d'écouter le disque la tête dans un seau d'eau, a une rage intéressante, c'est le son d'un mec qui en a plein le cul de Paul McCartney, et ça, on peut tous s'y identifier à un moment ou un autre. Mais bordel, le remplissage... Il y a des longueurs interminables. "Isn't It A Pity", c'est joli, mais est-ce qu'on avait besoin de deux versions ? Vraiment ? Et puis il y a le troisième disque, l'infâme "Apple Jam". Soyons sérieux deux minutes, qui en son âme et conscience, se lève le matin, se fait un café, et se dit : "Tiens, je vais m'écouter la face 5 et 6 de "All Things Must Pass", ces improvisations blues-rock génériques où Eric Clapton et ses potes se masturbent le manche pendant vingt minutes" ? Personne. C'est le néant absolu, c'est l'ego trip ultime. C'est le genre de truc qu'on devrait laisser sur les bandes de studio et ne jamais faire subir au grand public. C'est l'équivalent musical de regarder les photos de vacances d'un mec que tu connais à peine. "Là c'est nous devant la tente, là c'est nous qui mangeons des saucisses..." On s'en fout ! Jouez des chansons ! C'est du remplissage pur et simple pour justifier le format triple et le prix élevé. C'est du vol qualifié et rien que pour ce troisième disque, la note ne peut pas dépasser la moyenne. Ça dilue tout l'impact des bons morceaux. Il y a aussi ce côté "Hare Krishna" qui finit par me gratter. J'aime le mysticisme quand il est sombre, quand il sent le soufre, j'aime quand la spiritualité côtoie l'abîme. Chez Harrison, c'est une spiritualité de jardinier milliardaire. C'est "tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil si on chante le nom du Seigneur". C'est un peu trop "Peace & Love" pour mon âme noircie. C'est de la musique pour s'asseoir en tailleur sur un tapis persan en buvant une tisane, pas pour affronter la grisaille du quotidien. Pourtant, je ne peux pas le détester totalement, ce disque. Il a ce charme suranné des grosses productions des années 70. Il a cette mélancolie sous-jacente d'un type qui vient de perdre ses trois meilleurs amis (enfin, ses collègues de bureau, disons) et qui se retrouve tout seul avec sa guitare et ses doutes. Il y a une fragilité touchante chez Harrison, une humanité qui manquait parfois au cynisme de Lennon ou à la facilité mélodique de McCartney. Mais est-ce un album essentiel qu'on doit écouter "avant de mourir" ? Si tu dois mourir demain, franchement, ne perds pas ton temps avec le disque 3. Écoute les tubes, zappe les jams, ignore la production baveuse, et tu passeras un moment correct. Mais on est loin, très loin, de la claque monumentale que certains historiens du rock veulent nous vendre. C'est un bon album de 45 minutes étiré sur une heure et demie. C'est un gâteau avec trop de crème, trop de sucre, et pas assez de biscuit. Alors oui, 3 sur 5, c'est généreux pour le talent de compositeur, c'est sévère pour le manque d'édition, mais c'est juste. C'est la note d'un disque qu'on respecte pour ce qu'il représente historiquement, mais qu'on sort rarement de l'étagère parce qu'on sait qu'on va s'emmerder sur la moitié des pistes. Morceaux choisis : "My Sweet Lord", "What Is Life", "All Things Must Pass". À éviter : Tout le disque "Apple Jam", sauf si vous êtes un guitariste frustré ou sous sédatifs lourds. Note : Je décline toute responsabilité si vous vous endormez avant la fin de la face 6.

Very pleasant

I enjoyed it and it was great background music for some monotonous tasks, but it all just kind of blended together and stayed in the background while occasionally popping out.

Fine album, but again I couldn't get into it.

George! Delighted to hear.

The ex Beatle surprised us all by sounding way less Beatleish than John or Paul. There's a lot of good guitar work on here but also a general sound that I find unappealing. And it's there on every song - too much orchestration, too little variety and nuance. And long - way too long. It was a disappointment to me then, and again today.

Quite long

Always frustrating if you have to check Wikipedia to see which tracks on the reissued/remastered/anniversary edition that's on the streaming services actually make up the original album. Took me about 5 minutes here (also because there seems to have been a bonus disc with the original release). Once it gets going it's, well, quite pleasant. It sounds rather seventies to me. It is hard to imagine we're only 6-ish years after I Want To Hold Your Hand. It sounds so much more grown up. It is a very long album - even without the bonus disc and the archive material and alternative versions - with long songs. Not sure if there quite enough ideas to warrant all that time. I like the longer songs if they've got a bit of a gospel feel (the Hey Jude fade-out is fun) but a lot of the songs are just the same chord progression and melody going around and around. Still, overall quite pleasant.

There's a lot that I like, and there's a lot that I don't.

It definitely sounds like a George Harrison album. It was average at best with a couple decent songs sprinkled in there. I don't think I would ever buy the album for this

Decent

Isn't it a Pity - really cool to have the Hey Jude bits element at the end. If Not For You - just cannot feel sad when this is on. It's all going to be O K A Y when this is on. Beware of Darkness - love the hopeful chord at the occasional and unexpected key change (for e.g. after 'weeping at the cedars'). Apple Scruff - love the weirdness of this. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll) - first of all; great name. Love the woodland sounds from each speaker. Act of Dying - really cool dangerous sound to this one - the harmonies remind me of the Beatles I WONDER WHY THAT IS. It's Johnny's Birthday - love the record slowing/speeding up effect at the start. LOVE that it ends on great instrumental songs after that.

Decent album, a couple of crackers 5/10

I’d like it so much more if they'd cut out 60% of it.

hippie dippie

Listenable, with a few standouts that make me wonder if this is where Yoko Kanno drew some inspiration for Cowboy Bebop.

This is a pretty good double album of 70s pop/rock. Most of it is consistently good, and some of it is great. Lyrics are fairly standard fare, but the album sounds good musically. It could stand to lose some of the songs(did Isn't It A Pity? really need a reprise in the second half?) The jam sessions at the back of the album go on forever and go absolutely nowhere. If they were a separate LP, they would be nowhere near this list.

WHY IS THIS TWO HOURS LONG

Meh. It's alright. 3 stars. What is life is the best song on this one.

It's all very nice and that, but I got bored - maybe because I forgot to just listen to the original version and not the collector's remastered bonus bla bla bla...

It’s good, but it’s way too long.

decent music but way too long

It's fine. It's certainly far too long, not only in overall length, but the length of certain songs, too. There's a better album in there, but it's a bit watered down and there's nothing strong enough to make up for that.

Disco que hoy no era el día para escuchar porque suena a nostalgia tristona folksy británica. Como de fondo para un café o escuchar para la reflexión.

Good album, lots of hits here. I don't think I'll add any of them to my playlist, but I can definitely appreciate what's here.

It has its moments but on the whole just average

Chill album

Chill one~

Hätte das Albumcover im Garten von meinem Grosi nachschooten können, nichts desto trotz: nices album mit guter Varianz, das optimalerweise auf Vinyl und mit Raucherstäbchen gehört wird :) PS It's Johnny's Birthday ein Fiebertraum.

hare krishna hare hare…

Not bad

Another lost review. This thing was too long. The most boring person you know’s favourite album. Also, can we stop changing track orders on classic albums for expanded editions? I don’t even know if I got every song. Good music, but a bloated release keep this from classic territory in my mind.

Belongs on this list. A clear evolution of what Harrison brought to the Beatles and an awesome technical feat for first solo album. Well orchestrated/composed. But I just don’t like it much. Really torn on rating this a 2 or a 4, so I guess 3

Some songs I really liked, some I thought were quite good, then some I didn’t like. Feels like there’s a really good album in here if it was just edited down. Wouldn’t listen to the full album again but I’d definitely relisten to the good songs from it. I did actually quite enjoy some of the instrumental tracks at the end, but thought it was odd to have an alt take of My Sweet Lord - feels like that should be on a deluxe version - unless the remastered version has more tracks? (I know there’s a deluxe version too) Fav song: My Sweet Lord Least fav: It’s Johnny’s Birthday

Really liked it to start! And then it just kept going and going and going. After I’d sat through the last three songs I’d forgotten how much I liked the start. Favourite song: My Sweet Lord Least: Out of the Blue

This album is very inconsistent because of its length. I really like half of the songs here, but the other half is very typical and unremarkable pop/folk rock. This album would've been, like, a 9 to me if it only included the best 10 songs or so. As it is, it's 100 minutes long and a bit hit-or-miss. Some songs are very fun and catchy and utilize the Wall of Sound production style incredibly well. They sound busy despite still being pretty calm lyrically, which I like. The jam band tracks at the end are also pretty cool, I guess. But the others are just whatever. 7/10

Hyper emballé par le début de l'album je sais pas finalement l'excitation a dégonflé Ca s'écoute et je garde quelque chansons pour réécoute mais sans plus

Remove a few songs and it would be a 4

If we ignore the 'ex-Beatle George Harrison' thing, where does that leave us? It is an album with a 'cast of thousands', that is too long and with over-blown Phil Spector 'wall of sound' production which also blighted 'Let It Be' by George's former band (oh no, I mentioned the Beatles again). It is drowning under a swamp of reverb. With all that, it is a miracle and testament to Harrison's song writing that some gems still sparkle. I'd love to hear a more pared-back version of this album, it would probably be really, really good. Listen to 'Beware of Darkness' for what could have been... I wished I could give this flawed gem more than 3/5, but I can't.

It’s fine.

Was ok

Was the second My Sweet Lord really necessary?

A bit unnecessary in places but some moments of genius

There were some brillant songs on here but also some absoulte stinkers.

It was alright, little bits of good stuff but too much going on.

It's good but I've never been able to get into it as much as I hoped I would

Some really good tracks on here. Think this album is one that deserves revisiting

Cool that he covers that Galaxies 500 song.

Like it, but it is too long 3/5

6/10 - very beatlesey which isnt a surprise, if you like that sound you will like this

This album is pleasant enough and the jams are on point, but I found it to be really long. The last four tracks could have been a blues rock jam album of its own. The religious themes are a bit of a turnoff for me, as someone allergic to organized religion.

George Harrison's Beatles stuff was hit-and-miss for me. Some great (Here Comes the Sun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps) and some pretty bad (You Like Me Too Much and The Inner Light). Here, he gets to show off what he can do outside of the Beatles' restraints, and maybe he shows off a bit too much, turning what could have been a very solid single or even double album and turns out three discs with a lot of bloat. I figured he'd still be doing some Indian-inspired stuff on this, but I don't remember hearing any. There's a lot of rock 'n' roll, slide guitar, and country-ish stuff. Good: Wah-Wah, What Is Life, All Things Must Pass, Art of Dying. The Apple Jam stuff was fine I guess; it just seemed unnecessary.

Meh. It sounds pretty but does nothing for me.

Pretty good 3/5

3.5

Goes without saying, a great songwriter and songs. ‘My Sweet Lord’ and ‘Isn’t It A Pity’ particularly stand out from CD 1 and just a pleasant, accomplished and varied enough listen. Now onto CD 2… Maybe I just prefer a shorter album. All the songs are quality but just a feeling of getting my fill after an hour. ‘Art of Dying’ stood out big time on CD2 - banger and ‘Hear Me Lord’’. And prefer version 1 of ‘Isn’t it a pity’ (3.5)

Probably one of the only post-Beatles solo records I enjoyed aside from a few select songs by McCartney

Banger

I read about this album before listening to it, so I was able to strategically skip the >10-minute instrumental songs and just listen to the popular songs from the album. I guess that means that I didn't get the full experience of the album, but I'm perfectly fine with that. As a collection of rejected Beatles songs, this album isn't bad, but it does not hit like the Beatles albums do. I should get high one day and listen to this album from front to back to see if that makes me like it any better. 3/5

Not a fan of double albums, I find them exhausting to get through most of the time. In saying that, I did enjoy quite a few songs but just wish it wasn’t so long. This album is very clearly made up of songs rejected by Paul and John during the Beatles era.

Pretty good album with a couple of incredible songs.

Honestly I didn’t finish it, it was very long but of what I did hear I enjoyed pretty well.

Some good songwriting throughout this record. The problem is having to wade through the plethora of shallow, uninspiring fluff. This record is too long—it’s unfocused and indulgent. Pacing was all over the place, making it difficult to digest, even after spitting it up into multiple listening sessions. There’s a reason movies aren’t 4 hours long (at least not very many good ones). The production was puzzling on this one. Some songs sounded very nice, but others had a dated sound that was hard for me to get into. I want the production to pull me in, so I can just focus on the music; unfortunately, the production often got in the way. Front-loaded record with moments of greatness, but it got lost in a mess of mediocre. 5.5-6/10 Standouts: I’d Have You Anytime Isn’t it a Pity

of the four fat sluts, they say george harrison was the fattest. i appreciate 1001 giving me the zenith of the beatles' solo-stuff so i can anticipate everything going downhill from here. i guess i had higher expectations than this - or at least wanted to feel something about the music as i was listening to it. i really liked parts here and there, but the rest passed me by without much fanfare. willing to do a little more investigation on the matter to have a more definitive judgement (like i said: REALLY liked certain parts), but for now: meh!! highlights - my sweet lord, wah-wah, i live for you

Listen, it’s a great album and all, but no album on Earth needs to be over 2 hours long. That’s maybe a tad much. To rephrase what someone else has already said, there’s a 4 star album in here somewhere, but it’s lost in a sea of bloat. This is the third Beatles related album I’ve reviewed, following Band on the Run and Revolver, and despite being the weakest of the 3, is still something I’m very glad I was able to listen to. When it’s good, it’s really good. Most of the time it just makes for good background noise, especially the entire back third of the album which is just an added instrumental. It doesn’t bother me, just adds to the already very bloated album even more. Being as long as it is, I’m extremely back and forth on my favorite song. The one everyone knows, “My Sweet Lord” is my bronze medal, but my favorites have to be between “Art of Dying” and “Hear Me Lord”. I believe Disc 2 is actually, as a whole, my favorite part of this album. It seems to be the half I keep coming back to hear again more often than not. I also believe out of all 4 Beatles, I’d say that I probably know the least about George Harrison other than the fact that he was clearly very fond of writing music, so I’m glad I was able to listen to what he came up with here. I for sure didn’t regret any of it, album length included.

This was solid. Mysticism and a search for meaning translated through a slide guitar. Everybody knows My Sweet Lord, but What Is Life and the title track are also very good. I know it's a double album, but it got really long, especially with the last four tracks, which are just instrumental jam sessions.

Musically very on point for that era's pop sound. Unfortunately to me that sounds is repetitive and boring.

Bueno

Not bad but it was too long.

Very nice - likely won’t revisit

Obviously first album he released after the demise of the Beatles. Pleasing but for me it shows the power of the band and Lennon and McCartney. Hopefully his other band which is terrific -with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty…sort of proves the point…

Very long album was nice - some CLASSICS on there.

Lowkey overrated.

A couple of decent tracks and then lots of wishy washy.

Very long album. A little too long for my first attempt at listening outside of my perfected genres. Will not finish as it’s three hours of my life and I’m not in love after 7 songs. But it is a nice sounding album. Good feelings. Just long if it’s not your thing.

Ну битлс, ну да гитарист, ну да норм. 6/10

An epic triple LP that assured Harrison's solo rep and talent as a musician. Great riffs and lyrics abound in this album. From "My Sweet Lord", "Isn't it a Pity" and "What is Life" this album is an easy listen and easy to get lost in.

I thought it was going to be better

102/1001. Six sides of Harrisongs is a bit much. The anniversary and extended versions, which seem to be the only ones in Spotify add some more. But most of the stuff remain interesting, there are some surprises here and there, and some classics. Some of my favourite Beatles tunes are by Harrison, so I am more or less sold. But don't see myself listening through this whole in a while.

True, and this is a horrifying thought.

Overall chill album, I liked it.

Decent album. A couple of really great songs. Some not so great. I seemed to have not really enjoyed any of the solo stuff from any of the Beatles members. 3/5

beatles sounding ahhh

I'd probably give this a lower score, 2.5 perhaps, if I'm being honest but I'd be remiss to give it too low of a score. I'm just sadly very uninterested in the Beatles music 😔

This...album...was...too...long. This will be brightest memory of the album which is probably a shame as the individual songs themselves were for the most part really good listens individually, but it will be overshadowed by this pretty much combining three albums into one, with the final third being all instrumental, which again by itself could be a groovy listen called upon at the right moment for great effect but quite unnecessary here. This will be one of those albums in which instead of a few bright spots helping it gain higher rating points, it instead starts at quite a favorable spot and will be marked down for the length. It will receive a 3.5/5 but on the lower end so not bumping up to a 4 but instead a 3.

Langsam und gmüetlich aber au vergesslich das album. Na smooth am ne lockere background oldies abig aber au unspektakulär und biz altgebacken. Situationsbedingt vibig demfall. Und e klare fall vo 3 puntitos

This was good but nothing really grabbed me… and it went on far too long, with the last 5 or so tracks just instrumentals.

Apesar de seu notório reconhecimento, é um disco que nunca me cativou, especialmente por me soar abusivamente norte-americano (harmônicas e aquele som de "guitarra de Honolulu" por todo o disco); sua exagerada duração, que torna a audição cansativa e a opção por uma mixagem que deixou o som confuso, sem brilho, a ponto de comprometer o desfrute de canções belíssimas como "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp"; "All Things Must Pass"; e "Hear Me Lord"; além da jam "Out of the Blue".

Good album

In the movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" plays as the protagonists arrive on the Edenic planet of Ego, a god-like Celestial inhabiting the image of Kurt Russell. Later in the movie Ego reveals his villainous plan to rapidly and violently terraform countless inhabited planets into extensions of himself. On All Things Must Pass, George Harrison commits what could be viewed as a similar sin: greatly overestimating the amount of himself that should be dumped out into the universe in one go. In doing so, George spoils what would otherwise be a pretty good album.

Some good classics and a solid vibe. Many of the songs are only for me in a certain mood.

I will desconsider the Apple Jam, although it's part of the record as a whole. Even desconsidering it, remains in the 3 star field. Kind of a 6,8/10 album. The vocal harmonies are there, some moments of sheer brilliance, typical of a beatle and etc. But the album is too flat for its duration. Lots of half time ballads, slow bpm, very George Harrison stuff, of course. And EXACTLY for this reason that, in a Beatles album, two or three songs of him would make the cut, balancing the trippy Lennon songs and the fun upbeat McCartney songs. It is a bad album? No, far from that, we have some easy listen quality stuff here, but tiring. Take the strongest cuts and make a single album and All Things Must Past probably would be 4 stars and the best solo album by a beatle. The way it is, kind of comes close, but doesn't overcome Band on the Run (okay, it is a Wings album, but you get the point)

Some good songs but honestly I didn't finish this as 28 songs could easily have been 16 songs. I get there are a number of versions of songs but they really weren't all that different.

If I had to pick a favorite Beatle, it would be George Harrison. I was never a super fan of the Beatles; their music is ok, here and there, but I've come to learn that I'm one of the weirdos that finds them a little overrated. I think Paul is a fine songwriter, John Lennon seemed like an ass, and Ringo is probably a better drummer than the world ever really gave him credit for being. But George is alright. He doesn't knock them all out of the park (track 1 on this record being the case in point), but when he gets it right, he gets it really right...at least in my pretty limited experience. This record kind of showcases that. The first track sucks, but the rest of this record is really solid musically. His lyrics I could often take or leave, and I don't subscribe to his worldview, but the songs are really listenable and catchy. 3.8/5

It's decent, but wow, it’s a marathon! It feels like George really wanted to make sure we got our money’s worth with this one. While there are some great moments, it definitely tests your patience.

If all the album would have been like the last 20 minutes, it would've been a 5. None of the other songs did anything for me.

I know he had too many songs because the Beatles wasted him, but god is this long

carino ma non il mio genere, heee haw

This was quite nice, i enjoyed some of the song names

Very long - need to listen again

I love it when double - or even triple - albums are a glorious mess. Al Things is a prime example of this. The ambition overweighs the delivery. The album is all the better for this. From the A List of big hitters playing on the album, through to the Spector production - this is a two hour scrambled collection of songs. But ultimately it's the songs that make it work. The Dark Horse done good.

I had never bothered listening to this album, I’m glad I finally made the effort. Nothing life-changing here for me, but it was quite pleasant, with some surprising moments (like Art of Dying, that I really loved). Sounds like what The Beatles could have become if they had been to Woodstock. Maybe I’m just a hippie at heart, but I was totally cool with the psychedelic / spiritual vibe (some tracks almost have a Pink Floyd-ish vibe, like the second version of Isn’t It A Pity). I’m not planning to let Krishna into my life any time soon, but it’s nice to listen to positive, wholesome music once in a while. It is indeed really long, but the songs are varied enough so it doesn’t get too boring. However, the best tracks tend to get diluted into the whole, and it’s hard to stay attentive through 23 songs. I didn’t find the final jam session annoying, as some people apparently did ; I followed the original tracklist order, and it was quite all right, sometimes even more interesting than the first two discs. There are some excellent blues moments in there, it's totally worth it. I almost added one star for "Out Of The Blue". A good 3* going on 3,5*.

It's really good. In the context of this great list of really interesting recordings though I'm not sure if it does enough to stand out for me though? Isn't it a pitty is an absolutely incredible song. Who could pick between this and the perfect nina simone version. My sweet lord is great too. There are some other tracks that have some beautiful textures, but across 3 lps I think I want more to grab me.

There are some classics on here but overall I felt like it kind of lacked focus as a project. This could probably probably be pared down to a five star album

Great first 1/3 and then it gets experimental

I get it, George Harrison was the 'quiet Beatle' and really their tender heart, and this record was his blossoming chrysalis of a debut album... So how could I be such a heel and not stamp it with an automatic 5 stars? I mean, it's a really nice record, George sounds like he's really pleased and at peace with his with his life, fully present in 'amor fati'. I hear a parade of 'silly love songs' (I know that's a Paul song, but it fits) and spiritual rapture and stylistic flashbacks from Traveling Wilburys - just so contently vanilla. So it's nice, but it actually makes me feel grouchy and I could not endure listening through again. But still, George, your guitar makes me gently weep =]

Nice album, maybe needs to grow.

good music but 2 hours is really hard to go through

-1 star because of how insanely long it is

Good album , although I prefer him with the Beatles.

Some songs very nice, some rather grating

Listenable but not that adventurous

I think music journalists like saying this is the best Beatles solo album because they aren't really journalists in most cases, they are writers, and they like a story. The story of George, the poor put upon Beatle finally getting to shine is a good one and not wholly false. However, I think this album has its flaws much as it has its moments of genius. The production has the two problems of Spector being on the wane and George being too influenced by him and inexperienced as a producer, especially on his own stuff which is sometimes harder than working one someone else's stuff. I usually love big mushy reverberant productions but it gets a bit wearing here. I like the idea of a bonus instrumental album a lot but always get disappointed by most of it being Clapton infected blues snoozefests. Having said all that most of the tracks up to and including Apple Scruffs are good to great with Isn't A Pity being the real standout and worthy of its double appearance.

Ah, George Harrison. Hare Krishna! Another Beatle's album, sort of. And its a double album. Let's start with the bad. Beware Of Darkness and I Dig Love were meh. And the last few instrumental tracks really drag out the album, especially one this long already. But for the most part, the songs were pretty good, I had fun. My Sweet Lord, is the only one I've heard before, and absolutely love that one. As an Iskcon member myself, I love the Sanskrit verses. Wah-Wah, both versions of Isn't It A Pity, and Let It Down had some great guitar work. The piano in Hear Me Lord was wonderful. Overall, this could easily be split and trimmed into one or two 4 star albums, but as it is, I have to give it a 3. Best song: My Sweet Lord

Early 70’s Harrison. Long album but some recognizable songs

Some good hits, I didn't get to listen all the way through (idk when I'll have time for that, it seems longer than it needs to be), but it was nice.

pretty good generic radio sounding stuff

5-i-1-album. Mye for pengene, men kunne med fordel vært porsjonert ut litt.

Oh beautiful George I know they must. Could you put the spliff down for a moment though mate you seem to have lost all sense of time. George lad you're still recording. There's some lovely songs on here and I'm a George girl but like. I'm never gonna adore a big padded album like this.. obv they have their place but I'd like a one disc editor's cut. There's definitely room to shed some bulk. Can't deny him an eight minute jam dedicated to his dog tho we've all been there.

nice enough

I did not make it through this whole album. There are some songs I know and love on it but it felt like a slog to get through. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood today.

It’s ok. I don’t really like the Beatles, but I don’t hate them either, I just don’t really connect to their “genius.” I’d say I feel the same about this album. It’s inoffensive, I suppose, and a little boring, and altogether too damned long, but it’s ok.

Is George Harrison history’s most talented other bloke on the stage? Judging by this record – which is several shades more nuanced and textured than anything Dave Grohl, for example, has managed – the answer would be “yeah, just about”. This is a lovely record; a little over-generous in its articulation, perhaps, but who can begrudge a creatively constipated man his musical Metamucil? (“All things must pass”, indeed.) What you get from this record – and, to be fair, what you get from Lennon and McCartney’s solo efforts too – is a real sense of George’s singular personality. A fabulous songwriter, a fondly regarded character, and a happy-clappy-sappy chap. And for all that, there’s no Beatle I’d rather sit beside at the local pond.

I would rate this higher but it was to long.

For no reason at all, this music reminds me of the Hare Krishnas at the airport.

A good album with some exceptional artistry in there, though a long one. It takes a mind like Harrison’s to throw so much music at the listener and say enjoy

6/10 Top 3 tracks: 1. I Live For You 2. ⁠Let It Down 3. ⁠Isn’t It A Pity

Several of my favorite Beatles songs are George Harrison compositions, and I like "My Sweet Lord", so I went in to this album expecting it to be a fairly pleasant experience. For the most part it was, but it is way too goddamn long. A triple album? Six sides? C'mon. It's a pretty cool collection of songs and it's interesting to hear what was bouncing around in George's head as the Beatles were falling apart. There's clearly a lot of influence from his time in India and adoption of Hindu beliefs, but there's also a lot of fairly conventional pop, folk, rock, and blues all blended together in a way that will sound pretty familiar to anyone well-acquainted with the Beatles discography. But it's just too long. By the time I got to "Apple Scruffs" and onward I was over it.

Listens: 1.5 Standout tracks: My Sweet Lord, Beware of Darkness, Thanks for the Pepperoni This album being a triple album, meant I really didn't get the opportunity to dive into the tracks and really appreciate any particular track. The album was decent. Glad I listened. I think each of the individual members of the Beatles music will always be overshadowed by their music _as The Beatles_ though. That's probably an unfortunate reality of the situation.

Nice, don't know why it's 2 hours, can't focus on an album that long so it all blended into one

Ok

Much of the music is pleasing - George’s guitar-playing sounds great; “O Sweet Lord” is a classic; and a couple of other tracks impressed me. However, a lot sounds samey-samey: melancholy, light on lyricism, dependent on textured instrumentals to carry you through. Of course, it’s impossible to overlook that this is a double album with “extra” third album. It took me a number of listens to get through. And when I realized I accidentally listened to the five extra tracks Spotify inexplicably tacked on to album one, I gave myself a pass to skip the “bonus” album. It could be slimmed down to a four-star record, but as it stands…

Flere gode låter som fenger fint, men noen innimellom er så innmari tamme

easy listening

I need to get a kazoo.

I liked this album and even enjoyed the “Apple Jam” instrumentals. Stand out tracks: “My Sweet Lord, Hear Me Lord, Out of the Blue, & Plug Me In” 1001 album worthy: yes - 95/173

Generic beatles

Double albums are always a tough sell--this is no exception.

Kommer inte orka lyssna på hela, men en del bra låtar!

Nice album with a couple classics

When it's good, it's very good. My least favourite beatles songs were the music hall ones, so George's use of a wider range of chords and ideas is great. However, when it's bad, it's pretty rubbish, and my god it's SO LONG. As usual, most people would be able to pick a 5* single LP from the tracklisting, but most people would probably choose different tracks. Clearly the album was a huge influence on the britpop scene. There are individual tracks I'd listen to again, but the whole 3LP album? Nah, I'm good.

Perfectly fine album. Although anything sounds better after Tommy

ngl lowk enjoyed this didnt expect to but lasted ages i could only rly enjoy for a couple songs at a time tho gotta take breaks yk coz allat rock makes a man go crazy i would say 3.5 coz cant rly listen all at once would lowk make me go insane

It's 2.5 HOURS LONGG

Wish you could give have stars cause this is better than McCartney

Decent

I think this might be the best solo Beatle album. Probably is. Likely makes Harrison the best solo Beatle.

George writes a lot of songs and songs them

Nice album, I like "My Sweet Lord" most. Second disc is a bit repetitive.

A bit bloated but some great hits.

a 2 hour mellow jamming album with many instrumental tracks and remixes of itself on side B … ok George let’s make it hard It did take me couple of days to get through but ultimately it did grew on me, can’t deny there’s lots of good music here. Type of album I can play and just read or work for hours

decently vibey but had me googling “did george harrison convert to hinduism”

3.5/5 Adorable lyrics and overall fun sound. Too long and disorganized to qualify a four for me

THE rebound album Really put an 11 min song at the end 💀💀

3.4

The remastered/rereleased version of this record is a mess. There are so many repeats (different versions) of songs and extended versions and every song is in a different order than the original pressing. I love how modern tech can gives us the ability to hear all of these albums without having to go and get the physical copy someway, but I wish I could hear this in its original form. This album could be cut back by at least 40% and still be really good, but the length is a bit much, particularly since there are like 4 songs that have 2 versions. I really like early George stuff, and shows that he was more than just a really good guitarist, he can write some strong lyrical content too. 7.0/10 #55/1001

Went back to listen. It should have been four stars. It cemented my opinion that he's my favourite songwriter from the Beatles. I side with those reviewers who describe these songs as having been overlooked by Lennon & Macca, for whatever reason, rather than being less good than theirs. They're good songs. But yes, it needed a really good edit. It's understandable that he spewed it all out in one go but it stopped it from being an objectively good album.

Some good tracks and some truly terrible ones. I think if he’d cut the rubbish he’d have had a good album that wasn’t too long to endure

If this album were half as long I would have liked it more. It felt very one note and dragged on a bit.

If you only listen to the original tracks (the track list is on the Wikipedia page) it makes it much less of a pain in the arse to listen to Some songs I quite enjoyed, like the title track and both parts to Isn't It a Pity (and that last three track run is amazing), but others were just average. It wasn't consistent enough for me. Some of these average ones should be cut out for the sake of easiness

There are flashes of brilliance on this album, but there is too much bloat. Some songs are absolutely in 5 territory, while others are more 2-3. The jams are fun but not really conducive to an album. 3.5, I round down 1=Crap that shouldn't be here 2=I didn't like it but get why it's here 3=I thought it was ok or even like it, get why it's here, but won't revisit 4=I like it, will revisit 5=This is some of the best music I've ever heard and will continue listening to it

classic

Why do I keep getting triple albums on the days I've got the least time to actually listen to them? Anyway, George Harrison looks like a gnome on this, which makes it disappointing that it's really not all that whimsical. Plus, Nina Simone makes the versions of "My Sweet Lord" and "Isn't It a Pity" on this completely and totally obsolete with her unsung classic Emergency Ward! Probably like a 2.5, but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt because the aforementioned Nina Simone album is so good it justifies all this excess.

By all accounts a well loved classic album, but the main descriptive word I'd personally use is long. This album is very, very long and thanks to the various reissues, remasters and remixes its almost impossible to find the shorter original version (only 104 minutes!) in the original order. Side A and B are very solid with Harrison outlining his vision, a good mix of hits and more thoughtful folk rock, but the further down the road the rarer the quality cuts become. You can have too much of a good thing.

yeah it's fine but it goes on a bit, and don't think we need alternate takes and instrumental versions of songs.

Great songs, but too long and too much noodling

Ниче так даже прикольно

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would, but it loses a star for the unnecessary “jam” tracks at the end.

I was expecting not to like it, on the basis that the only song I don't like on Sgt Pepper is the one Harrison wrote, but I actually enjoyed most of it a lot. I've had My Sweet Lord stuck in my head all day and liked Wah-Wah, though I can't see me ever revisiting the jam tracks at the end - I fundamentally don't see the attraction in listening to a recording of a jam session. 3/5 (3.5 if I was allowed half stars)

Some good songs on here but the whole thing is just too dang long. If some of these were left out of the album it might've been a 4.

Nice album, didn’t wow me though

Nice and easy album although the re-issued version had a number of songs which isn't bad when they are new but I do not need to hear various iterations of the same songs.

This is the Beatles going supernova. A triple album of Harrison's work developed through the late 60s. Its got Clapton. Its got Spector and Dylan and its got a Who's Who of 60s session musicians (Ginger Baker hiding out a jam number even!). After this explosion there wasn't more than elemental gases dispersed throughout the galaxy to be sucked up by shitty 70s bands. I'd Have You Anytime starts quite fusiony before reverting to a bit more of a late Beatles structure. My Sweet Lord is a really moving moving chord progressions and lyrics which do a great job of maintaining western pop credibility despite being a krishna chant. Hearing Isn't it a Pity for the first time tells me that Pink Floyd have a lot of explaining to do about where their influences for Dark Side of the Moon came from. What is Life has an amazing northern soul drum track from Jim Gordon. If Not for You should have probably stayed in Dylan's hands, Spector's maximalist production doesn't do it justice. Harrison doing country in Behind that Locked Door is surprisingly good, there's some really satisfying slide guitar and more than enough pop sensibility to stop it from getting too boring. Let it Down is again proto-Dark Side and much less wanky (still kind of wanky). Its amazing how many of these tracks have quite complex time signatures, struggling to even count out Run of the Mill. At this point we are one third of the way through and my ears are getting a little fatigued. I don't think it helps that there are a lot of slow songs like Beware of Darkness, again a spacey Dark Side number. Apple Scruffs is Smiley Smiles level deranged which is cool I suppose. There's some fun mouth organ. The rest of the second disc is great. If I'd listened to it first I would have written a paragraph about it instead of the second disc but also I'm kind of struggling to say anything new. Its George Harrison releasing a huge backlog of stuff that was suppressed by Lennon and McCartney. Its really good but its Beatles cutting room floor and Pink Floyd inspo and that's what it sounds like and I'm not sure you need to say much more. There are occasionally some more interesting notes. Art of Dying would have made a great Bond film but also some almost Mr. Bungle esque pastiche with mexican horns. Last disc is blues jams. I love instrumentals and jam tracks and these are perfectly fine. As mentioned above this is like a great tribute to the session players that made the 60s possible. This is a great monument, but that's all it is. Its for visiting and paying respects, not for daily driving.

Wasn't bad.

Fühlt sich sehr nach Beatles an, ziemlich lang aber bleibt konstant. 3 1/2.

Others may not agree with me, but the Beatles are one of those groups that are more than the sum of their parts. I like this fine, but when I want to hear a Beatle I'm just going to listen to the Beatles.

Solid album, although not my go-to when it comes to the Beatles or solo albums since.

TRIPLE? A triple album? Brah... There's some truly great stuff in here, and with the proper editing I could have easily justified giving it a 5, but the bloat drags it down. Way down. This could and should have been 1/3 5-Star Album, 1/3 Deep Cuts Album, 1/3 unrecorded scrap (i.e. Apple Jam).

The guitar work on this record is truly top notch. The slide playing in particular is peak Harrison. The Spector production is possibly his best as well. It has a lot of his usual elements of sound but feels even more complete. Yes, it’s one of the songs I was most familiar with coming in, but What is Life definitely stands out as my favorite track. The album is definitely a LONG one, somewhere between 24 and 28 tracks depending on which version and clocking in around 2 hours, so it does drag on a bit and I mentally checked out somewhere around song 13 or 14, which is its reason for 3 stars instead of the higher score it could have earned based on taking the 10-12 best songs from the sessions. Lyrically, my man was GOING THROUGH IT. Between the ending of the Beatles and a failing marriage? Good god there are some sad ones in there. Men will literally release a triple album with Phil Spector instead of going to therapy.

Not my taste. Some short passages are quite charasteristic and the general vibe is very Beatles-like, but it lacks the energy and rebelness of the full band.

I’m sorry, this probably deserves higher but it’s soooo long.

Weren’t bad just seemed to go on forever

Heel rustige muziek. Prima te luisteren, maar niet mijn favoriete muziek. Zit ook weinig pakkende melodie in.

What's not to like from George Harrison?

Pretty good.

nice discovery

Kind of cozy, kind of boring.

Nice and chill

The first third of this album is amazing. The random other versions are unnecessary. They’re not terrible, but it feels like so much bloat weighing it down-like I can’t even finish it. But the first third is so good, so I round up to a three. (I thought this album would be higher until I realized I had to listen to all this other stuff.)

Great album! I love a few songs on here. Not something I'd listen to too often.

All Things Must Pass is wildly considered the best of The Beatles solo albums and probably deservedly so. George has so much music built up that had to be released this turned into a TRIPLE album. As everyone knows, double albums are the worst invention in human history so this is way too much. But it really is beautiful. Just too long 6.3/10

Great album all around. Definitely one of the best, if not the best, solo Beatles albums

One hell of an album, that's for sure. Harrison is certainly prolific, but its length is also its biggest detriment - after a while you start hankering for something else.

Ganz schön laaaaang. Kann man mal aber mal so hören.

кто придумал делать альбомы по 2 часа? 3/5, довольно неплохо, но затянуто слишком, что пиздец

Just good

1970s rock

Soft rock. Good listen. Artist is one of the members of the Beatles

I mean, sure. But at the end if the day it's very preachy, very quarter-Beatles

Fine. Better than I expected.

da sempre il mio scarafaggio prefe 🥰

Would be a 4 but it’s crazy bloated

Why so long? Not a question I get asked often.

Really liked it to start! And then it just kept going and going and going. Favourite song: My Sweet Lord Least: Out of the Blue

If you release a triple album you didn’t release 1

Really suffers from its length. It has some interesting songs, but I'm on my fifth attempt to go through it and I haven't managed to complete it.

More of the same

OK, couple of familiar tunes. Very Beatles feel

Of course I didn't use a private session on Spotify for this one. I like a lot of the songs on this album. Whenever I listen to a double album I think "Wow. this would be an excellent album if it didn't have half of these songs." This double album was no exception, I would start with cutting those meandering jams songs at the end. I get Harrison had something to prove after having some of his song writing stifled while in the Beatles,