Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Some of these songs don't know when to be over, and I could do without the God/Jesus content. But I like the general sound -- definitely shades of the Beatles in there combined with his own cool 1970s thing.
Feels like I’ve heard these songs a lot, must be through the company I keep that they come on often
Some really strong singles and then some twangy filler.
No single Beatle is better than all the Beatles, and that includes George. Some of my favorite Beatles songs are written by Harrison, but his solo work on this album is pretty generic late 60’s jam psychedelic. There is some awesome guitar work on this record, and some really great country-inspired slide work, but other songs are pretty basic blues progressions that lack the musicality of previous Harrison melodies. Also, two hours is way too long; there’s a solid album in here somewhere that could’ve benefited from some discerning curation.
Sone much songs and guitar playing. whole album too long
Easy listening, My Sweet Lord was my favorite song.
George is great, but this was a good not great album
Also ich han nöd ziit gha zums durelose wel isch chli lang. Finds mega schwierig. Het scho gueti songs debii aber es packt mi eifach nöd. Klar isch denebed gsi vom paul und em yon lenon dases so wenig lieder vom jor harison uf d beatles albe loh hend aber uf dem album hets echli z viel songs vo ihm.
Hallelujah! Hare Krishna!
Great solo album.
I really liked the album but deep down I just wish it was a little shorter and more refined .
A bit long
Poppig, ohne große Ecken und Kanten.
There are lot of incredible things about this album. Some of the songs are truly truly great - My Sweet Lord being the obvious choice but also I’d Have You Any Time, Awaiting On You All, Art of Dying. There are also a lot of songs that are just… fine. And if there were just one or two it would be easier to overlook, but there are a LOT of songs on this thing. Apple Jam, the third LP that’s basically just blues instrumentals, goes pretty hard but does it need to go on for 30 minutes? This is always heralded as a triple album but it’s really a solid-if-a-little-inconsistent double album with some needless vamping slapped on at the end. The very last track doesn’t even sound like it’s been mixed! Isn’t It a Pity is a beautiful song and a highlight of the album… but do we need it in full twice? Do we need a single second of the song Apple Scruffs? It really is a pity because if this was more reined in and only focused on the highlights it would be on par with the best Beatles records but, as it is, it’s a fucking chore
Muutama leiskautus ja muuten kovin tasapaksua, mutta jokseenkin viihdyttävää menoa. Niukasti kolmonen.
I didn't know what to expect, but this was a pleasant album to listen to. Very relaxed. I'm not sure if it's something I'd intentionally seek out, but I would have no problem listening to it again.
Decent album but very long
Pretty good, very Beatles-esque, tad too long though.
Not bad at all. 3.5 stars.
A big range of songs. Some well known like "My Sweet Lord", some average ones and some great instrumental pieces at the end of the second cd (I listened to the 2014 Remaster version.
Too long without enough variation. I would've enjoyed a better curated experience.
Many overly long songs on this album.
With a couple notable exceptions, snooze.
Had like one banger. Generally too slow for my liking
Amazing songs from time to time. There's a lot of bloat on the album, makes it tough as a single listen
I Found sound not very clean. At moments even it slightly irritating
I like some of the songs, but most are forgettable.
fun albummmmmmmmm 7/10
Makes for nice background music. My Sweet Lord is obviously a stand out track and some great instrumental throughout the album but 2 hours is a long stretch of time to listen to an entire album front to back...
I was pleasantly surprised. Sometimes people with something to prove do manage to prove it. That said, it wasn't all gold and could have used a hard edit, so minus a star for bloat.
I was always curious about this album. The hit My Sweet Lord is memorable. The rest is a solid album. But, not the Beatles. I would not buy this on vinyl
I really enjoyed what would have been the first disc of this album. But the long bluesy jams from "Out of the Blue" to the end of the second disc are all samey. Decent, but samey and not overly interesting. Unexpected banger: Let It Down.
I enjoyed the instrumental pieces more than the lyrical ones. Very bluesy!
Lots of great ideas but they are mostly too long, too unfocused, and marred by gross production to really shine. There is also an excessive amount of filler even if you ignore the disc of bonus jams. With some tight editing and better production it could have been a masterpiece.
None
Don’t love the remastered versions. They felt to homogenous. His voice is more interesting and satisfying in the originals.
Classic 70s. Really long album. the songs all sounded really similar. Not offended.
had this playing at work and didnt realize the album ended. i think there are some good songs i think. so sorry george harrison i think youre a good musician.
Long, but pleasurable. It's great background rock.
Although I listened to the album at work in the background, and didn’t get the chance to dig deep into the songs, or which are which, I definitely vibed with the album and will listen again! Listen again: yes Purchase for my collection: maybe Favourite Song:
Only 2 good songs
I liked the songs and vibe but not much stood out apart from My Sweet Lord
Overlong and overrated, but still a must for any decent record collection.
Seems I should have liked this album, but I did not. Feels off, can't explain why
I went into All Things Must Pass anticipating a 4 or perhaps even the coveted 5 star rating, but I was disappointed it didn’t give me those kind of feels. It’s more a reluctant 3 in my opinion. The singles are phenomenal but the remaining tracks, most of which I was unfamiliar with, didn’t have the same pulling power.
I have a deep and abiding love for George Harrison, the man, and the artist. His years of being the money behind Monty Python has given us important and enduring art. His work with the Beatles was foundational within modern musical culture. His work as a public human being and humanitarian set the mold for many many musicians with a cause to come after. I would have liked to meet the man and simply tell him thank you for all that he has done. All that said, as a musician, he's a better ensemble man than lead. It's a crying shame he got sued over My Sweet Lord. What is Life is as good as any song as he's written. The wall of sound approach on Let It Down is delightfully impressive. Apple Scruffs is charming. (I think it's about a dog, perhaps?) He's one of the best guitarists of his generation, and one of the best of all time. So much of this album is merely okay, and that's unfortunate. Listening to track after track of indulgent b-side material, I get that he wanted to express himself as a serious musician post-Beatles, and I admire that. This is one of those examples of recording work that could have used some editorial input. You take the best tracks on this double album, and you have a solid 4. His need to write all the things and record them after being held back by the Beatles' working relationship is absolutely understandable. The 11-minute instrumental Out of the Blue is a great example of what I'm talking about. I'm not remotely opposed to instrumentals, but this track is a meandering, untethered jam session. It's not a composition that says much of anything about Harrison's artistic viewpoint. As a cohesive artistic expression, these extras and curiosities bring this album down. His best post-Beatles work was to come with the Traveling Wilburys. At least, that's my favorite. (Can be argued to be better than his Beatles work with one or two exceptions.)
I expected more from a Beatle.
It’s a testament to how good some of the songs are that I’m giving this a 3, because on the whole this album is TOO F***ING LONG
3.5 it grew on me as the day went on. I'm sure at the time it was made it was revolutionary but it just didn't really hit hard for me.
I already knew a lot of songs off this album but have never listened to it all the way through! Really great, especially the remastered versions.
okay laganica
This album is way too long. Folk tinged rock. A few good songs but I got bored by the style before th album was half done.
Decent solo offering from George. This is Life is great
There's some good stuff here, but it's lost in a sprawling sea. I don't hear this as an "album", it just goes on and on.
It's a little soft for me, fun to hear his 'voice' and extrapolate what he brought to the beatles
Rock. Folk
Ok
1970s Rock again, am familiar with the artist name but never listened. Nice sound right away. Nice vibe but nothing special so far - 3/5.
whoa 2hrs! okay...Oh shit My Sweet Lord I know this one. Didn't know it was him. I've heard What Is Life. I always thought it was the Beatles. It was good, a little long and all too similar. Got halfway through the second disc. 3 stars.
Listened to the first two albums, felt like it was acceptable to skip the 'jam' album. George can feel hard done by that he wasn't allowed to include any of this in the Beatles as it was significantly better than most the album tracks, without having anything that matched the big singles. Generally more interesting and cool than the average Beatles song. Therer was an annoying number of reprises for an album this long, clearly wasn't interested in trimming it down. I enjoyed it more than the average Beatles album but I don't really like the average Beatles album, it was okay.
J'avais de grandes attentes et j'ai été un peu déçue. Plusieurs belles chansons, mais j'ai l'impression que c'est l'œuvre d'un artiste qui a voulu être fidèle à lui-même et qui demande d'être apprivoisée
Repetitively George Harrison sounding. But good
- entspannt, sehr gut im Hintergrund zum Coden - "My Sweet Lord" kannte ich bereits (aus Guardians of the Galaxy meine ich), der Rest ist komplett neu - meist unaufregend, wenig überraschend, aber trotzdem gut - Bonuspunkt für das Cover - 3,5/5
Some songs on here are definitely a 4 or a 5 but analysing the album as a whole it's around a 3.5.
Enjoyed George Harrisons solo style from the Beatles but not as much as Paul
I haven't listened to any of Harrison's solo stuff, but I imagine it's not going to be too far off from the normal Beatles sound. I imagine a bit slower and more melancholy. It's what I expected but I am liking it more than I thought I would, very easy calm listening. Putting me in a relaxed mood. Reminds me a bit of Young of course. Oh wow, 'Run of the Mill' is a Harrison original..... surprising I've never heard this before. The band Deer Tick covers it and I thought it was one they wrote. Great song. This album was crazy long, had a hard time focusing near the end. overall decent.
A bit lengthy and that really hurts it. This could have been an absolutely cracking 40 minute album.
Même remarque que pour l'album précédent, ça démarrait bien mais c'est vite devenu insupportable. George Castorrison.
Un titre d'album extrêmement bien choisi de la part de George Harrison, qui nous rapelle que peu importe la qualité du barrage, on finit toujours par venir à bout d'un album de castor.
very mac demarco core "if not for you" sounds like im a believer from the shrek soundtrack did not finish :(
Goeie nummers! Niet helemaal mijn ding, maar bijv. My Sweet Lord staat op dit album.
Fun fact - the newest Beatle’s track is released today. I like a bit of George Harrison once I’m listening to it, but never relish the thought. Soz George.
I enjoyed this despite not being a Beatles super fan. There were some really good melodies and the song that stuck out to me was I Dig Love, which was fun. Overall a mellow album for a quiet day.
Weirdly long album, lots of krishna
I liked the first half, wasn’t a fan of the instrumentals
What can I say about this seminal album except that it really needed a better editor? Always a fan of George Harrison and discovered this epic album early in my musical journey, so it holds a lot of meaning for me, but upon listening again after a long stretch, I now realize I mostly love the first half or so. Lots of beautiful, heartfelt, stunning tracks, but lots of filler tracks that I find myself wanting to skip. This album is not, as Sum 41 put it, all killer, no filler. Favorite track: I Live For You Least favorite track: Out of the Blue
I'd Have You Anytime - 8/10 My Sweet Lord - 10/10 Wah-Wah - 8/10 Isn't It a Pity - 7/10 What Is Life - 10/10 If Not for You - 7/10 Behind That Locked Door - 7/10 Let It Down - 7/10 Run of the Mill - 7/10 I Live for You - 7/10 Beware Of Darkness - 7/10 Let It Down - 7/10 What Is Life - 7/10 My Sweet Lord - 10/10 Beware of Darkness - 7/10 Apple Scruffs - 7/10 Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - 7/10 Awaiting on You All - 7/10 All Things Must Pass - 10/10 I Dig Love - 7/10 Art of Dying - 7/10 Isn't It a Pity (version two) - 7/10 Hear Me Lord - 7/10 It's Johnny's Birthday - 7/10 Plug Me In - 7/10 I Remember Jeep - 7/10 Thanks for the Pepperoni - 7/10 Out of the Blue - 7/10 TOTAL - 210/280
All Things Must Pass, some take longer to do so than others.
Easy to listen to, some good songs, a bit calm for my tastes.
Instrumentals are nice but can’t hack most of the vocal tunes
This man had to record 2 hour long country/psycho/ballad rock album just to show to the people that he is as talented as his 3 colleagues. I respect it. 3.5/5.
Fun time hanging out with the hippies. He got a bad deal on the My Sweet Lord case.
Best Beatle
Ok hippy music
Some old classics
vieeel zu lang und paar nervige lieder dabei
Just solid music. Lacks the spirit of the beatles but the musical talent is shown through out. Could listen whenever but I wouldnt put it on myself
I don't know what it was with me but I just couldn't focus on it all too well. Some songs are bangers while others were just too long and just seemed filler. My Sweet Lord is the only song I already knew and its pretty good but besides that idk. I did like the overall vibes but *it's just too long*
This was my first time listening to this album in full and it definitely meanders a lot, especially with some instrumental breaks that feel a little too long for my tastes. It all ends up dispersing the impact of the album somewhat. There are some very high highs in here, however, and lots of great soundscapes. I prefer the heavier tracks overall; that distortion is so crunchy and satisfying. Favourite track: Art of Dying
Have listened before.. great album, but a bit too long. Like I know you had all these songs piling up, George, but still you could have saved some for later albums. Anyway probably the third or fourth best solo Beatle album, but I'll revisit that once I'm done listening.
sounds like beatles + dylan. some actually good songs, but not my speed. slide guitar hit tho
Quite sweet
It is a lovely album, in it's single disc form, or a bloated excess featuring racist child murderer Eric Clapton in it's three disc form. Choose the former for two of the best singles ever on a lovely, cosy album.
Wah -Wah. Legit.
3.5 Wonderful melodic tunes. The pent up creativity can be felt. Unleashed in a colorful, tuneful slide guitar lines and well-micced acoustics. Still, most songs hew pretty closely to pop structures and I would have liked to hear more experimentation, although the three disc album does get there at times, notably with Out of the Blue. But yeah, overall a great album. However whe you put two versions of the same song on an album… well, come on now. Love the descending chord moves that the Beatles loved so dearly in their later years ala While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and they are all over this one. Close to a four, but I don’t know if I’ll be adding it to my library
I am not a Beatles fan, or a Harrison fan. I love my sweet lord, but nothing else connected with me. I'm giving this a 3 because I recognize that the greater world loves the Beatles.
The album sounds like my perception of George Harrison. Musically very solid, but no unique selling point. Back and forth between "Does not bother me" an "Seems to be close to greatness, but that certain something is missing". Admittedly, rather the former than the latter.
Mot quite my tempo
Too long and haven't listened to all of it yet. Many good songs, just split it into two separate albums. Not for you cover was nice
Has "My Sweet Lord" so that's automatically a 3 at least but having seen some of the other reviews, it's hard not to agree and conclude that this is a loooooooooooooooooooong album. Probably unnecessarily so.
Great for late night blog writing! Good, upbeat but chilled vibes
Meh. Not for me.
2.5/5
Some important and lovely songs, but (especially considering I was presented with an extended edition) mostly not all that.
Decent album with a few good songs
Really good songs on this album, just too lengthy
6/10 Top 3: My sweet lord What is life Let it down
easy listening. pretty long album. i like the sound of the album.
Best Song: My Sweet Lord. The catchiest, most clear and resonant chorus. Glad the best song was the second track in a 2 hour long album. Worst Song: Behind That Locked Door. Just not interested in this plodding honkytonk. Overall: Albums this long annoy me. Were all of these songs good enough to make it onto the album? This listener says "No". Sure there are a few decent tracks littered throughout, but it mostly just sounds the same as one continuous note, and it betrays a disdain for editing that I don't like. If you're going to put out a project this large, make it cohesive and grandiose. Try to do something really difficult with it. Don't just bulk upload to increase quantity.
It was nice, easy listening. It wasn’t something that I would choose to listen to, but it was okay.
Yeah, it's okay
3/5. Bigger doesn’t mean better. This 2 hour anthology has a few good tracks especially towards the end. My favorite was Behind that Locked Door
очень длинно, очень фолк и неплохо спится!
A couple good songs.
Some good songs but the album could have been cut in half
Some great songs and some okay songs.
Fine but, for me it’s no the classic others seem to claim
a long boy! first track is good but feels like its missing Something my sweet lord is cool i like the hindu switch up songs are fun but feel way too jammy like write the song and have it have a structure i wish these songs didn’t try to be so long i can tell this is good music. i just dislike things being long and jammy i will have to listen to this again when i am more on the mood for long and jammy music
Caught me at the perfect time, I’ve been on a big Beatles kick after finally finishing the Get Back Series. I had realized I’m largely unfamiliar with the solo outings of each member. This album is really good and allows George to shine in his own light. Only complaint is the versions on Spotify have tons of bonus songs and I’m unsure where the actual album ends
George, what’s higher? The number of songs or the number of people to get thru the album. I get it, but release it as 4 albums for and easy 4 top selling albums.
Saw a review that I think nailed it: there is probably a 5 star album in here but it is just buried within the 2 hour length.
boring
This is about what I expected from a Beatles member solo project. Some nice, catchy tunes with variety, but wow this definitely did not need to be two discs. Just having all the good tracks on one disc would've been excellent, and honestly the entire second disc felt pretty unnecessary. Otherwise it felt like Beatles but also a little closer to American classic rock.
Way too long, but a few good songs
Triple album alert! Goes on way too long. Would have made a much tighter double. (Especuslly when tracks are repeated) There some good tracks but there are fillers too. Muddy production too.
A top four Beatle
ok. some nice tunes
Solid
Came in expecting to give this album 5 stars. It is good but it is just so long that it was kind of challenging to get entirely through.
Nice album and not without its highlights. I kept hoping I'd uncover some Harrison tune that I'd never heard that I would absolutely fall in love with, but that wasn't meant to be. Lots of solid little rock tracks in there. I thought Johnny's Birthday or whatever was the low point and I didn't finish that track. Kind of a no for me. Songs like Out of the Blue, My Sweet Lord are already old favorites.
What is Life is sooo good. Never knew that was a GH song. Wah Wah, also good but maybe a little too long...? Lotsa slide guitar and slow songs on this. All in all, GH may remain my fave Beetle, but after listening to this I can't exactly remember why. Process of elimination I suppose.
"All Things Must Pass." Some of them just take a long time to pass. Like gallstones. Or kids who skip class. Or this 23-track album. George Harrison might be a legend, but it's pretty rare in my experience that a double- or triple-album really needs to be that long. Inevitably there are plenty of filler songs that would have been better off cut. "My Sweet Lord" and "What is Life" are classics on par with Harrison's best Beatles' tunes, but there is not much else here that captures the magic.
I listened to this album twice today. The first time it was on in the background as I did stuff around the house. None of it really registered or caught my ear. The second time I listened closely. I had only heard “My Sweet Lord” and “All Things Must Pass” before. There’s a lot of great stuff on the album, and also things I think could be great. I realized I just don’t like Phil Spector producing the Beatles. The bombast and cacophony of his wall of sound that works so well in most cases, here obscures a lot of Harrison’s creativity. The same thing is what prevents me from really loving Let It Be. The Beatles (and here, Harrison) have always been so unique, but when Spector produces them it sounds like they’re singing on a Phil Spector song, as opposed to Spector maximizing the genius of their own points of view. I’d give this a 3.5, but since half-stars arent allowed i have to round down instead of up for some of the excess and my own dislike of the Harrison/Phil Spector combination.
Very good. 3.5/5 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity What Is Life Standouts: My Sweet Lord, Isn't it a Pity, What is Life, If Not For You, Others: I'd Have You Anytime, Behind That Locked Door, All Things Must Pass, I Dig Love, It's Johnny's Birthday. It is just a bit too long.
prima
This is so long that you kind of get lost in it and nothing really stands out. Guitar is good though.
It was alright. Too long in my opinion.
couple really good songs on here. Isn’t it a pity cover by galaxie 509 is the true meta
Waaaaay too long but what a cool recording legend. And a lot of the tunes were very good. They just needed a trim.
Too long
Good stuff probably needs a second listen
Greit nok, litt for langt
For some reason, I've never allowed myself to explore the solo catalogs of the Beatles. I'm glad that this has prompted me to break from that pointless self-imposed rule.
Long but excellent. Standouts: Isn't it a Pity (Both versions), What is Love, My Sweet Lord, If Not For You, Others: I'd Have You Anytime, Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll), All Things Must Pass, Rating: 3.5
I recognized the cover of All Things Must Pass, but I was only familiar with a couple of the tracks on this album. I liked the album for the most part. I really like a lot of what George did with the Beatles, but there is music from his solo career that does not resonate with me. There are tracks that I would come back to ("Awaiting on You All", "All Things Must Pass", "What Is Life", "If Not for You", "Behind That Locked Door", "Out of the Blue"), but there were tracks on the album that I'd be tempted to skip on a re-listen. Some of the country-tinged songs and the instrumental held more of my attention. I could hear a connection between this album and Harrion's recordings with the Traveling Wilburys. It was also fun to hear Harrion linking his music back to the 50s sound of Rock and Roll (Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard) in "Thanks for the Pepperoni". The album is long and I'm not rounding up to 4 stars. If I cut out a few of the tracks I didn't enjoy, there would still be a full album's worth of music that I could give 4 stars to.
Bit long...
As obliged, I bought and smoked a whole packet of cigs while listening to this album. Actually, if anything, I think this album may be a little underrated because it's not a Beatles album. Despite that, I think that this actually has a lot of very cool harmonies/chord progressions as well as great guitar work. Sadly I feel like the production leaves a little to be desired, especially after the most recent Beatles remaster on Revolver, but oh well, it's still listenable and pretty good for being the worst(?) part of the experience - maybe this goes to the runtime... Especially with the track Let it Down, I feel like the production is so messy it takes away quite a lot from the track - why is the hi-hat so loud? Why can I bearly hear the orchestra at the start? What's with the organ being kinda muddy? I will give credit that the bass guitar sounds decent. I can't believe the absolute BOP of My Sweet Lord has to end on a fade out and a croud cheering :( I was so enjoying it too The StarWars noises on I remember jeep are a bit of a strange direction but I can forgive it I suppose I wish again I could do decimals because this is a perfect 3.5 to me... I may have to round down sorry Mr. H.
It's the kind of music you find playing over a highlights reel of Scott Kelly's Noncing World Cup 2023.
Niet zo heel speciaal
Post Beatles work from Harrison. It's worth a listen.
Not bad, not great. Didn't realize it but I knew two songs coming into it... Those ended up being my least favorite, lol. The rest was decent, but nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to. Pretty generic classic rock one might hear on any classic rock station. Nothing added. 5.5/10
It's very easy to see how this album had a huge influence on music in the future, this music very much sounds like what would eventually become music by bands like Pink Floyd.
2 hours and 5 minutes? Who does this guy think he is? I did not listen to the whole thing, but I did enjoy The Art Of Dying and I’d have you anytime. I don’t hate it by any means, but I am a fan of more concise albums. Extra star for having the word Pepperoni in the title of a song.
good
I think the best term to describe this album is summertime garden vibes. I wouldnt mind listening to this if it came on while I was outside with my friends having a BBQ in my garden etc Real rating 3.5/5
Classic!
Quando acerta é boa mas muito musica pra enche linguiça no album
Really enjoying this, and didn't think I would. Very chilled vibes on a Friday. Not listening to the lyrics, just enjoying the music.
Bit bloody long
You can hear the beatles vibes, I have to admit I didn't know My Sweet Lord was on this and was pleasantly surprised. In parts definitely a 4/5
Too long. Sounds like Beatles offcuts, because it is.
Wow this is a lot of George Harrison. Evidence of how pent up he must have been in the Beatles, going off and releasing 2 hrs of music. Of course he is a legend, a fantastic guitarist, but I don't get excited about many of these songs. I hate to say it but they are kind of pop rock snoozers. Some of my favorites were actually the Apple Jams. Could be a much tighter, and therefore more interesting, album.
Some good songs with others just being "okay" to me. I'm definitely a believer in that the Beatles are best when all are present, and their individual projects never gel enough with me. Definitely prefer George over others though.
It passed, like all things
Mostly a pass from me
Nice. Far too nice.
Given it's a triple album, probably best enjoyed in three sittings, (far too much to take in a single sitting). ...and given all the material, I felt it could have been condensed and refined down to a stellar single album. "My Sweet Lord" is still the standout track for me. 3.5
It didn't really move me
Yes, an amazing album full of things he'd written for The Beatles but John and Paul wouldn't let him record and put on a Beatles album. It's a landmark but a little too long for me.
3-4
There are enough great songs on this double album to make a one very good album. Enjoyable but bloated.
70s folk. Several classics. Still some Beatlesesque moments.
Been a while since anything Beatles related, thought maybe I'd FINALLY exhausted it all.... nope. Did Ringo have a solo career? Guess I'll have to brace for that as well. I recognised "my sweet lord". I had no idea I knew it, or that it was Harrison. Lots of it sounded like Beatles b-sides, which Wikipedia says it basically was. Full of familiar-sounding licks, even though I'd never heard them before. It went far too long (no chance I'll listen to all the bonus tracks) and wasn't honestly that interesting - it was pretty samey - but it didn't absolutely torture. 3/5.
Really good stuff here, just longgggggg. Love the Beatles, love the individual members, but probably wouldn’t return to this album.
I guess George deserve a little bit of freedom but this just seems rambling and unfocused - like the worst parts of the White Album. I think Paul and John were doing important work keeping him reined in. No reason for this album to go over 100mins (other than self-indulgence).
OK, a bit dated Probably as good as the beatles so-so stuff
I've been meaning to listen to this for 53 years! Finally had a go, it's not bad.
Estilo Beatle con canciones rítmicas y con estilo. Más de un tema fácilmente identificable. En ocasiones más guitarrero y más instrumental
i liked it pretty well, i would’ve loved it if i was alive when it came o it
Enjoy the tunes with horns and the ones with a country tinge.
Bores me, like the rest of the fab fours output. i never got it, whatever 'it' was, and now it's gone so far behind me 'it' will never be got
Overly long with way too many songs and some that go on for too long without really getting anywhere. At least what is here is pleasant but it could be a much better record at 1/3rd of the runtime.
I liked a lot of songs, but when it’s 2 hours long I have already forgotten most of it… maybe refine a big George?
Some good songs but too much clutter
My favourite post Beatles album, but still falls short of greatness
This 2 hour long triple LP has a five star album in here, but is surrounded in a thick layer of 4 star songs, enclosed by a 2 star jam session.
1970 - first solo album after beatles broke up. a triple album! "My Sweet Lord" – recognize it woot. "i really wanna see you" to impatience "it takes too long". Kinda interesting crossover b/w christianity and hindu. "what is my life" another jammer I recognize. Had no idea this was solo George. Ultimately not my cup of tea but can respect the craft.
good music for the background
Some good songs mixed in with some not so good ones
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So. Even ignoring dic 3 (original iteration) this is still too long and too ramble. But the good bits are very good indeed. Probably a 4, but because I can't magic away the extraneous material...
classic George
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The first batch of songs start with eclectic guitar intros, acoustic electric and slide. It's certainly an album for guitar lovers with both Harrison and Clapton sharing duties. My Sweet Lord is a colossal hit with it's recognizable silky slide guitar and spiritual theme. It brings back fond memories of the days when such a song could get high rotation on the radio. I know he lost the plagiarism lawsuit to Bobby Mack but that was because him being a Beatle made it a circus.
Surprisingly engagnig
All things must pass, but some take a bloody long time to.
like kidney stones
This is very easy to listen to. It makes me think and I can feel it in my heart. It isn't something I would typically listen to, but I like it and I'm glad I listened. I haven't listened to much of the Beatles' work, but this makes me interested in listening to more. The last few tracks are very long.
Unusually long album. Generally great songs with some misses in the mix
Seems a bit ironic, that Harrison's first album after The Beatles seems to harken back to some of the earliest and least interesting work of The Beatles. This is not a bad album. It's just very far from being an interesting album.
my sweet lord is completely overrated, there are songs that are far better on this album. best song “isn’t it a pity”, worst is “my sweet lord”.
My sweet lord, lidt langt album, men sangskrivningen og guitaren fejler intet
Pretty middle of the road for me, buoyed by the genre diversity on display.
Should have been a double album. I dropped a star for all the songs that could have been left at Demo stage (I'm looking at you, "It's Johnny's Birthday").
Outside of having an all-timer of a single this is very fillerish. The charm of Harrison’s fab five days isn’t there. The new direction of this doesn’t hit quite as well as it should. Overall a very meh entry in the post-Beatles catalogue of one of its members.
-S Tier- ***n/a*** -A Tier- My Sweet Lord What Is Life Let It Down -B Tier- Behind That Locked Door Run of the Mill I Dig Love -C Tier- I’d Have You Anytime Wah-Wah Isn’t It a Pity If Not For You I Live for You -D Tier- Beware of Darkness Apple Scruffs Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp -F Tier- Awaiting on You All AVG SCORE: DNF - - - Come on, George. Two fucking hours? Not on your life, Buddy. A few solid songs on this as far as I could tell. I bailed about 2/3rds through it. George was always the Boring Beatle, and this album is appropriately sedate. Still, not a miserable listen. I could easily queue this up on a car ride and let it accompany me for a 2hr trip. I wouldn’t notice it very often, to be fair.
Some killer, a lot of filler, especially sides 5 and 6 which are largely superfluous to needs and not overly memorable. So, we end up with a decent triple album, that could’ve been an excellent double album instead.
Best lekker om even te luisteren. Ik heb het album wel niet helemaal gered...
Prachtig, maar er komt geen einde aan, beetje jammer voor met een voorkeur voor 30 minuten albums zoals ik.
If someone put this on, I wouldn't turn it off.
George Harrison of the Beatles. Nice "My sweet lord".
Some mildly good stuff on here. The instrumental was way too long, though.
Good
I can appreciate it for what it is, none of the songs are bad or irritating, but nothing is really standing out to me as especially interesting either (Wah-Wah came close). It sounds like the music that you'd hear playing playing quietly in the background on an old radio in the garage/shop of a 60+ year old man who's going bald but still has a pony tail, and he's wearing a vest, but not ironically. It might also be playing in the background at a quirky antique shop.
man. how can you follow up a timeless song like My Sweet Lord with the song Wah-Wah? & this is album is 2 hours long? The late 60s/early 70s were a crazy time. Overall this album is very easy to listen to even with the long run time with some great songs mixed in with solid others. I really enjoyed the whole thing.
09/16/2022 So…..I loved this abmlbun amas as a teenager and Im also drjnk…..awarding on your all is iconic
Some really good songs but way too fucking long
There's some great stuff in here. Could do with some editing for a fantastic album. I give it a 3 with an easy 4 or 5 with some editing.
For some reason, there's a new video for My Sweet Lord. Don't really know why, but it does seem cool, 20 years after he passed away. The album is nice and mellow. The aforementioned song is beautiful.
Certainly better than average pop songs, but they are good not great. My Sweet Lord is the best, and i was surprised by If Not For You, which i only knew as an ONJ song. Surprised to find it came from here. Good.
Not bad
Certaines chansons sont très cool, l'ambiance générale est bien mais c'est BEAUCOUP trop long !!!
3/5
Ei pitäisi joutua perjantaina kuuntelemaan tällaista. Pääosin tylsää. Parissa kappaleessa oli semmonen kiva meno paikoitellen, mutta näin pitkässä albumissa se ei paljoa auttanut.
I get it: he was a Beatle, everyone loved him, etc. But it's an excessively long snooze fest with a few good songs and lots of filler. The desire to turn it off after the first half was song, but I stuck it out. Still - ugh.
It's a shame this is a triple album. I struggled to listen to more than the first two sides of plodding samey music.
Enpä tiiä. Läppä. Kamalan mittanen ja aivan kauhea urakka jonka jaoin jollekki viidelle päivälle. Silti ei silleen aivan armoton vitutus. Oletan että tiedätte että tukholma-syndrooma on keksitty juttu naisten hiljentämiseksi mutta ehkä se oikeesti tarkottaa sitä kyn george harrison soi kaksi tuntia ja loppua kohden oot jo sujut asian kanssa.
Very underwhelming. Competent but seems very derivative. Well produced, maybe had a good write up because of the perfomer’s status rather than any real merit. 2CDs too. 1.8CDs too long
Better than some of the Beatles albums but still VERY far from good.
You would think out of a triple album I would know more than one song. Not impressed.
I don't think these songs warranted a double album. It's a bit much
not for me at all, but reminds me of fleetwood mac if they tried to be more like the beatles
The first song scared me a bit not gonna lie I wasn't fully enjoying it, I guess this is George Harrison goes country. My big pet peeve is when they do re-editions of albums or 50th anniversary things and now the album ends up being 28 song long and lasts for two hours with different recordings of same songs...it's frustrating to struggle to find the original. In the end it all started sounding a bit repetitive to me because of it and I struggled to get through it - 2 hours is too long!
Honestly this is fine but I can’t stand albums this long. Long album tax, overstayed its welcome!
very good but quite slow for my liking.
A pint of mild...or mild shandy, nah just a nice cuppa camomile.
Ignoring the excessive instrumentals at the end which I think are part of the bonus album…. This is still too long….
Meh, synes det er lidt kedeligt til gengæld er det alt for langt og til sidst glemmer han helt at synge Highlights: - Run of the Mill 2.4
Mwa
bissle wirr, manche songs holen mich gar nicht ab, mir fehlt bisschen die klarheit. Die songs sind auch einfach teilweise zu lang, bro.
Yea he's a legend and all, and there are some good songs, but come on really? I'm always skeptical of double albums. This is a TRIPLE album. I found myself wanting this to end most of the way through the first two discs, even during the songs I liked? Out of the Blue was kinda tight low key fuckin banging but then the rest of the third disc washed over me, much like the majority of this overrated behemoth.
First of all, The Apple Jam section of the album was unnecessary. It went on for way too long and it should have been cut to reduce the running time. I don’t think I can listen to this album all the way through anymore. There are five or six songs that are really good and everything else as subpar.
Wow. Talk about leaving your old band behind and not looking back.
Man o man, this is dull as balls and far too long It didn't pain me to get through, so I don't think I can give it a 1, but I was glad when it finished
From the Vault #17 (March 16, 2026) Hey, George Harrison. I was surprised to learn that he had an album on here - I was expecting the book to only include the solo careers of McCartney and Lennon. Guess that makes poor Ringo the ugly duckling. I know that George Harrison is a common pick for favourite Beatle among those who really know their Beatles, though I don't actually know which songs he wrote for the band off the top of my head. I'm pretty sure he was responsible for the Indian influence which permeated throughout the latter half of their career, which I can't say I'm all that into. If this album is more of that, then I'm not expecting much. I'm going to hedge my bets on a folk album, however. The album cover has much of that feel to it. Here goes. Folk rock. I was half-correct, at least. I'm assembling this pre-written review for the exact reason that this album is long as shit, but man. This album is long as shit. I already have conniptions and blow gaskets over double albums, so having two albums and a bonus disc of the band dicking around is fucked up. There are some good moments in here that even I can acknowledge, but this music is ultimately beyond the pale what I traditionally like. Not a folker, what can I say? That genre is among the more tepid that I've listened to. Still, there are some nice moments in here. The piano is generally pretty good, and there's some good chord progressions in the guitars as well. I didn't like the more conventional rock songs in here - they're much too busy and blown out for my liking, but the softer songs were pretty alright. George Harrison also has a nice voice, though I won't lie - I have a nasty habit of mistaking it with Lennon's. Overall, this album does not command its runtime and it's outside my typical sphere of interest, but part of me is tempted to give it a second chance. Book time. "...by the time [The Beatles] imploded, [George Harrison] had a treasure trove of songs saved up for presentation on All Things Must Pass, which ranks among the two or three best albums released by a former Beatle." Produced by Phil Spector, who the book says "...continued down the Abbey Road path" with his infamous wall of sound approach. Uhhhh, hello? He produced Let It Be. Absolute rookie hour here in the thousandty-one albums book. Has a few collaborators - notably much of the lineup that would later become Derek and the Dominos. It "...only sounds better with time." I mean, yeah. Like I said earlier, I've known for a while that George Harrison has been classed by many as their favourite Beatle, so I think he earns this spot on the list. I cosign this inclusion.
Something so mid and meandering should never be 2 fucking hours long. And the whole god spiel is so annoying and preachy.
so tedious and so long
It’s a no from me dawg
lotta strikes against this album. it's a triple album. a third of it is another entry in the I'm Glad They're Having Fun Playing Their Instruments But I Don't Need To Be Here For It jam band annals. it's overtly religious. Worst of all it's another Beatles entry on this album generator that's just here because oh my gosh you guys The Beatles! even more irritating that this would be an easy three if it had been edited down to the good songs. Harrison at his best was more interesting than the other Beatles and you can see glimpses of that here. Maybe I'd be throwing less of a fit if this was on the list *instead* of one of the Beatles albums rather than having it *and* everything else they ever released *and* everything Lennon/McCartney touched. (Not even the music nerds putting this book together could pretend Ringo's solo work needed a listen and we can be thankful for that small mercy.) better than Wings though! I'd rather sit through three hours of the jam band portion of this record before listening to Wings again
Another 2.5
no me gusto mucho, es un poco largo asi que no lo pude escuchar todo y me parece que las letras en casi todas las canciones son repetitivas
It took 2 hours for this backed up colon of an album to "pass" but it did eventually so George got the title right at least.
Wasn't for me. Really liked a couple but kept zoning out.
George, what the fuck are you going releasing a near two hour long album? You need to take a look at yourself. Favourite track: My Sweet Lord
three records, 2+ hours, i get what you're doing but come on man
His guitar doesn’t gently weep here, it whines, almost as much as his voice on this forgettable collection of songs.
Bloated album size. Bit samey and not his best work
3/10 Me canso, muy largo al pedo. Tiene muchísimos temas donde es solo instrumental. Bastante aburrido
I have already listened to this album. This album is okay. It is historical, however w hours feels too long, and the recording is rough. 2.5/5
I get it. But man. Dont really care
2 hours, George!?
Ovaj album nikako da prođe. Šta li je dovelo do toga da su ljudi opsjednuti ovom dosadnom gomilom ničega?
nahh
Disappointing
#379 / 1089 Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ❌ I was about to say it feels like Beatles leftovers before I read that from this albums Qobuz review. I remember listening to this once before, after a friend praised it and I was flabbergasted at how that came to be. Later it turned out his taste in music turned inward and backward, no longer interested in what is about to happen and looking backwards to "more of the same". It's well produced, playing is fine, instrumentation is varied albeit filled with hippie cliches (which I'm sure was not a huge thing in the mainstream, dunno), but the music is not interesting to me. Even tho I don't usually listen to lyrics, they got pretty effin annoying quite fast, "hare hare my lord" FFS. Really pressing myself to care enough to rate this, let alone writing this and this is pumping me into rage. Goddamn 2/5 and I'm pissed I can't justify a single star to myself.
Too long and pretty boring
Not great but I mean people like it
All things must pass. I had to keep telling myself this after the first ½dozen tracks. In fairness it was ok, it just kept going waaayyy tttooooo llooooonngg. Vocally he's more in the Lennon camp than the McCartney one. Going to put it down as a
Good for you George
Meh
No es lo mio, siguiente
My Sweet Lord is one of the few nice songs on this double album.
bueno si
could have been worse.
Not my jam
0/28 bekannt 5/10 Beste Songs: my sweet lord, wah-wah, what is life?
Kind mid
Allt lät typ som My sweet lord. Inte riktigt i min smak men väldigt Harrison-esque. Sista instrumentala låtarna var ändå kul.
This album is a bloated mess. There's a couple of good songs in here. But I don't want to listen to this enough to decide which songs to cut and which to keep.
Never heard it. I’ve heard it’s a pisser of an album. I’d have you anytime: 8/10 Really cool song. My Sweet Lord: 10/10 Biblical. Wah-wah: 8.5/10 High energy and catchy. Isn’t it a pity: 6.5/10 Pretty long song. Not bad What is life: 6.5/10 Groovy track. If not for you: 5.5/10 Behind that locked door: 5/10 A bit boring. Let it down: 6/10 Run of the mill: 5/10 Beware of darkness: 5.5/10 Apple scruffs: 4/10 Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (let it roll): 5/10 Awaiting on you all: 5/10 All things must pass: 5/10 I dig love: 4.5/10 Art of dying: 4.5/10 Isn’t it a pity- Version two: 5/10 Hear me lord: 5/10
Has a lot of potential. I very much enjoy the heart throbby aspects to the album, BUT I do, indeed, think that it is too long. I think the instrumentals are SUCH a vibe, especially for the time period, but I do think it's difficult to compose an album with such lengthy instrumentals that does NOT get a little bit repetitive/dull. Overall still nice for a vibey, chill time but felt half hearted.
Oh George. This one never hooked me.
Meh, niet echt een Beatles fan. Wist eerst niet eens dat dit een Beatle was hahahaha, maar vond de muziek erg familiar klinken. Zei tegen iemand "Beatles-ass music" en ze reageerde met "uh, yeah, that would be the Beatle who made it"
Dnf
Much too busy to listen to a 2 hour long album today, but what I did hear was just fine. Definitely heard more tedious music than this from the early 70s!
I didn’t care for this album at all. I was surprised because I enjoyed the Beatles. There is not one song is ever have to hear again!
I think that the only reason it is here is because it is ex-beatle album. This album is too boring to be that long.
i didn’t know anything about George Harrison before (including that he was a part of The Beatles) so while i was listening to the second or third song on the album i was like huh it sounds like beatles. and then there came the same instrumentals with the same lyrics. got bored in the middle of the album. ima gen z
Ei mene ymmärrykseen, mikä tässä on niin hienoa. Aivan totaalisen ylipitkä ensinnäkin. Varmaan sellaista kuin esituotanto ei olla tohdittu beatlelle edes ehdottaa. Kuinka kauan on instrumentaaleja, käytännössä Blues-kaava -jamittelua? Riittääkö puoli tuntia? Jämäbiisejö, jotka eivät mahtuneet Beatles-albumeille? Kenties. Voisi olla 3-4/5 kun tästä otetaan 9-14 parasta biisiä eli puolet pois. Huono levy vaikka miten on Beatles-mies. 2/5
Ok'ish
Ei anna tämä minulle mitään, ei aivo reagoi millään tavalla.
All things must pass, including our obsession with Beatles(and The Beatles for that matter). Favorite Track: "My Sweet Lord".
ACTUAL RATING: 2.5 This could’ve had a loooooot less songs on here.
Итак, слушаю, не открывая комментарии. 28 треков на 2 часа, что ж... Поначалу слушалось легко, но, зная, сколько предстоит впереди, мне становилось скучно. Не каждому исполнителю я прощаю композиции длиннее пяти минут, а тут их несколько. Последняя и вовсе целых 11! Самое хорошее, что есть в этом альбоме - это песня, которая закончилась за 50 секунд и рок-н-ролл вайб в предпоследнем треке. Моя оценка могла быть выше, будь этот альбом вчетверо короче. Низко оценить не поднимается рука, на мой взгляд - это не плохая музыка. Просто нудная и однообразная. Я считаю, что виртуозность музыканта или исполнителя в том, чтобы разжечь искру, чтобы я захотел снова и снова переслушивать моменты в песне, а не 11 минут играть одно и то же, словно я на уроке игры на гитаре. Я с первого раза понял, что ты можешь, заканчивай, надоел. Последний трек дослушан. Это было намного дольше, чем хотелось бы. Покойся с миром.
There are good songs in this album, however it is just way too long and repetitive at one point. Would rate it higher if it was shorter. 2/5
It was fine.
Albums longer than 2 hours should not be allowed Very seventies Okey, but boring after a while
Kule bangers, men mye æ kunne vært foruten. Highlights: What is Life og Wah-wah
I just don't have a spare two hours and five minutes. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ❌️ Revisit ❌️ Can't be arsed - default★★☆☆☆ (4/10) Total reviewed : 232 Already owned : 53 Purchased : 12 To buy list : 2 Nope : 165