george_harrison album fifth studio album english musician george_harrison released december follow living material world anticipated release associated controversial north american tour harrison staged november december year tour member beatles public nostalgia band harrison contracting rehearsals choosing feature heavily program resulted scathing concert reviews influential music critics dark horse album written recorded extended period harrison personal life dedicated energies business issues setting author refers album musical soap opera rock life antics marital strife lost friendships self doubt focus harrison split wife temporary withdrawal spiritual previous work album features array guest musicians including produced hit singles dark horse showed harrison moving funk soul musical genres album received majority critics time certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america days release harrison solo album chart britain cover designed consists school photograph harrison time superimposed landscape album reissued remastered form september apple years harrison box set background content george_harrison studio album beatles break came end bad domestic year describes autobiography middle marriage harrison immersed work particularly developing acts eventually sign new record label hitherto unknown group called splinter business issues related beatles company coming head harrison john_lennon launched legal proceedings manager ally paul_mccartney served original lawsuit december seeking dissolve band partnership simultaneous winding left number music film projects jeopardy resulted harrison having regular trips los_angeles order find distributor album recorded california april splinter debut place love venture affected movie project harrison executive producer working seal distribution deal europe pressure harrison refer naughty period drinking heavily returned drug taking ways 1960s harrison biographers suggest abandoning semi path espoused album living material world harrison reaction media particularly britain pious content album reflection harrison failure marriage issues informed lyrics new harrison song dark horse friend described time obvious step harrison spiritual journey later write period insane park lives alcohol cocaine came sphere george cocaine excessively think changed harrison addressed behaviour simply laid feelings couple inevitable split sad wounded harrison frequent left july having previously affair husband guitar playing friends faces receive attention dark horse album harrison musical biographer described musical soap opera rock life antics marital strife lost friendships self doubt rewrite bye bye love harrison declared goes lady know hope happy old liner notes listed guest musicians ron let harrison taken wife soon reported romantically involved model girlfriend wife faces guitar player shortly release harrison dodge reporters questions private life suggestion people wait new album saying like adultery subject matter harrison non album period don musical association led song far east man composition recorded wood debut solo album got album released marked foray soul music harrison solo work profound consequence inspiration hindu krishna trip india january february harrison forged plan longtime mentor sponsor indian classical music concert tour later year featuring eighteen musicians unprecedented west range traditional indian instruments album recorded harrison home studio park music festival india long held dream dedication splinter place love project impact quality album harrison agreed distribution terms able formally launch remain contracted apple solo artist like beatles january announcing staging music festival india september harrison confirmed planned tour north_america ensemble november december despite stated performing live harrison band mates undertake tour hungry america expectations created role hands record company boss meant pressure harrison immense production november backing tracks recording dark horse began november midway extended sessions place love harrison track home studio short park studios thames living material world harrison produced sessions served recording engineer line musicians alternating keyboards harrison taped basic tracks hoped christmas new year classic early version dark horse sad harrison originally given song near neighbour record august session harrison lee wood subsequently added lead guitar parts harrison attempts build song layers instrumentation create collaborator celebrated wall sound session took place harrison return india early march judging pre overdubbed version harrison included tape shortly leaving sad similarly receive significant creating encounter harrison stated great despair end relationship april observes harrison work ethic home recording base discipline working schedule flew ornate windows writes usual approach recording catching concert london april harrison impressed jazz rock backing band led invited park following day ensemble harrison scott guitar keyboards bass drums recorded instrumental track later opening number harrison tour tour express simply harrison written bombay taped later day having formed harrison worked year scott stayed park overdubbed horn parts new tracks scott later told journalist western musician harrison approached join upcoming tour harrison dedicated months matters relating band business affairs film tied beatles divorce director later said entered berlin film festival june won silver bear award august harrison spain returning england end month publicity work splinter august september park harrison resumed recording album late august working early september musicians signed upcoming tour old friend keyboards scott serve band leader tour rhythm section harrison met working album july harrison taped love far east man krishna american group musicians recorded song called legs harrison decided hold extra texture album time arrived london orchestra indian classical musicians outstanding group writes author included according later rehearsals music festival india concerts recording eponymous studio album took place simultaneously park period weeks harrison producer september harrison introduced stage london royal albert hall indian orchestra debut performance accompanying short tour europe point harrison bulk album complete rehearsals tour begin los_angeles early october harrison arrived apparently music business tour new album promote complete recording rehearsals october los_angeles studios hollywood base weeks sound stage tour band weeks included guitarist harrison concert bangladesh horn players jazz harrison drummer choice participated join tour late november aside harrison material selections preston scott rehearsed spots bangladesh benefits harrison keen artists moment centre stage fusion musical cultures harrison scott richards rehearsed orchestra indian music pieces musicians western indian came tracks missing outside daytime rehearsals harrison finished songs hastily recorded england mixed album horn overdubbed richards board arms hold authors suggest vocals taped point situation resulted harrison blowing voice middle tour rehearsals diagnosed according recorded bye bye love night adding variety instruments acoustic guitar track including synthesizer drums electric electric guitar parts don solo track likely recorded los_angeles intended finish version dark horse taped park harrison decided record song tour band live sound stage session took place october engineer writes performance dark horse wondering harrison voice sounded like dark horse tour need look track cut days date vancouver band sounded good voice later harrison admit time arrived los_angeles having simply taken previous year claimed business manager force studio ensure caught plane opening tour november album artwork tom designed cover features high school photograph presented inside lotus flower dream like landscape extends horizon sits observers seen pointed similarities beatles iconic sgt cover image harrison choice artwork reflected enduring admiration animation photo thirteen year old harrison pictured centre row face blue school teachers appear dressed long sleeve tops bearing superimposed record company logo symbol harrison disagreed size image designer apparently disliked wanted reduce size inside cover edges photo harrison comedian walking park lake text asks garden ways refrain casting stones thou found reason garden fair pleasure speech balloon photograph contains words leo park line taken movie producers favourite sellers harrison cover harrison pictured sitting garden bench apparently carved album similar harrison attire outdoor scenes video clip refers appearance resembling character photo given orange inside european picture dark horse singles time inner sleeve notes work harrison written plane start tour harrison album credit familiar dedication purple pen records jokes listing contributing musicians confusing inclusion names leading assumption actually contributed track song title bye bye love words hello los appear reference harrison new lover future wife secretary included title track musician credits contribution trinidad aside appearance ron let guitar original owner sir credited providing spirit face photo taken tour photographer appeared record face label corresponding picture harrison appeared release introducing harrison audience new jazz funk sound released thirds way tour alienated rock music influential critics notably rolling_stone_magazine radio piece broadcast america early tour cemented given view according harrison tour failure majority critics axes grind author writes reviewed concerts favourably band members scott weeks horn richards identified dark horse tour career commentators note groundbreaking nature music precursor world music genre negative press harrison received stemmed decision feature indian music heavily concert program fact forced sing voice reduced refusal beatles legacy 1960s classics guitar gently life performed tour lyrics altered fit harrison personal spiritual transformation failed marriage case guitarist famous beatles era tune following release dark horse lead single mid november album issued december united_states britain single delayed december apple catalogue number release coincided final tour madison square garden new_york came day harrison paul_mccartney signed legal papers beatles partnership plaza hotel sold america initially earning gold disc advance orders climbing number billboard chart stay relatively brief seventeen weeks canada peaked number start february quickly falling rpm failed place albums_chart poor result similarly charted dramatic turnaround harrison commercial fortunes previous solo releases including concert bangladesh live album number britain reissue released january album remastered reissued september harrison box set apple years bonus tracks reissue includes previously unreleased demo dark horse long unavailable don author supplied liner note essay booklet dvd exclusive box set contains harrison promotional video capitol television album critical reception contemporary reviews received negative reviews release point worst harrison career released amid surrounding refusal play george tour words harrison committed acts having new work judged merits open season harrison biographer written late heading disastrous album match disastrous tour piece work according miller musicians merely competent studio harrison guitar playing rudimentary contrast praise publication year rolling_stone reviewer described chronicle performer element working deadline talents rush deliver new product stated plain point fact george_harrison great artist question competent entertainer nme derided harrison songwriting production vocals particularly tracks dealing troubled personal life simply sad concluded find dark horse product complete tree universe confined guru repeat album totally stuff nonsense writing village_voice january robert_christgau album particularly derided lyrics love window window brain mean pain brain knows number positive reviews billboard magazine deeming spotlight release reviewer described album excellent compared favourably harrison acclaimed triple set things pass credited harrison establishing new category music country eastern lauded slide guitar playing tremendous singing found tracks declared produced good combined feature tour questioned accuracy negative reports harrison concerts described matching things pass quality surpassing times thanks new album clarity production lovely songs gross highlighted sad luxurious track described dark horse far east man simply good songs taken metaphor album plea tolerance inside sleeve garden ways ridiculed time critics edition book beatles illustrated record termed lines verse self slab sub described album cover tyler conceded playing opined harrison lyrics repetitive self satisfied album wishes come writing book beatles forever found justification reviewers performance message singled bye bye love praised title track harrison guitar work tour express sad making listening like number beatles authors biographers found album tour deserved level abuse received sections press george turn reflected inflicted poison pen treatment critics earlier accorded paul john knocking idols makes excellent copy retrospective reviews legacy having previously championed harrison work rolling_stone change unfavourable verdict ensuing decades harrison completely magazine treatment received period writing book harrison shortly death greg_kot approved backdrops compared opined harrison voice turned album unintentionally comic exercise publication identified harrison fascinating works record change loss similarly writes interest factor uncertain transition album artistic faux describes krishna wonderful startling allmusic highlights dark horse exquisite harrison wood composition far east man author write purely harrison career standing musical celebrity considers remarkably revealing album writes wanted know intimate details personal life didn need buy needed hear disc state harrison voice sonic nature set notes sad far east man received positively released albums respectively difference winter continues indian music segments tour duties america harrison committed cardinal sin rejected rock roll reviewing apple years reissue uncut magazine dismisses album devoted love second disc describes harrison work date containing stellar moments comments album world similarly finds lot rewarding listening bye bye love far east man dark horse highlights popmatters makes unique aside things pass dark horse sounds feels like harrison playing music like lose world gain review apple years box set magazine writes surprise set albums tune packed beautiful small scale moments identifying simply title track adds allmusic editor stephen_thomas_erlewine describes mess fascinating track listing songs george_harrison noted tour express simply sad bye bye love harrison love dark horse far east man harrison krishna reissue bonus tracks don early personnel george_harrison vocals electric acoustic guitars synthesizer organ bass percussion drums backing vocals flute horn arrangements organ electric piano organ piano bass drums percussion drums electric guitar acoustic guitar flute flute richards percussion drums bass piano piano piano organ bass drums electric guitar electric guitar acoustic guitar backing vocals backing vocals chart positions shipments sales
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