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[CRAZY-HORSE]

GEORGE HARRISON "somewhere in england" 1981, vinyl. #17 AU, #13 UK, #11 US.

this album was my introduction to George as a solo performer, at the time i thought this was a great album so i started looking back and bought several other solo albums.
the real mark this album makes is that it was the first album released by an ex-Beatle since the murder of John Lennon and contains the first real tribute song for John in "all those years ago", on which Paul and Ringo made a guest appearance, lyrically that song is quite good and honest but the music seems a touch dated compared to the other tracks. "teardrops" still sounds quite fresh today and is the best track here and even though George was yet to form a working partnership with Jeff Lynne of ELO, this one has shades of ELO through the music."save the world" is a nice environmental song and "blood from a clone" shows George's hatred for the music business 'suits'. all up this one is very underrated and IMO is a good starting point for GH's music.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: writing's on the wall
best track: teardrops

tracks:

1. blood from a clone**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2K7RKatJRM audio
2. unconsciousness rules**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBgWAxSYH_8 audio
3. life itself**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZF9lJaWVtk audio
4. all those years ago** #9 AU, #13 UK, #2 US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA video
5. baltimore oriole**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02jEuT8gkyQ audio
6. teardrops*** #51 US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f52CGqohNX0 audio
7. that which i have lost***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwUUO1XsMbw audio
8. writing's on the wall**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG4bhVFznp8 audio
9. hong kong blues**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEmIQRh8VGs audio
10.save the world**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRQq0vvpxmw audio

3s=2
2s=8
1s=0

rating: 2.2