Living in the Material World

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Living in the Material World
Living in the Material World cover
Studio album by George Harrison
Released 22 June 1973
Recorded October 1972 -
January 1973
except "Try Some Buy Some"'s backing track: February 1971
Genre Rock
Length 43:55
Label Apple/EMI
Producer(s) George Harrison
"Try Some Buy Some" co-produced with Phil Spector
Professional reviews
George Harrison chronology
The Concert for Bangla Desh
(1971)		 Living in the Material World
(1973)		 Dark Horse
(1974)


Living in the Material World is an album by George Harrison and was released in 1973. As a follow-up to 1970's greatly-received All Things Must Pass and his mammoth charity project, The Concert for Bangladesh, Living in the Material World was among the most highly anticipated releases of 1973.

Due to the enormity of the Bangla Desh experience (one that left Harrison exhausted and frustrated), he was not able to record a new album until the latter part of 1972, which he undertook alone – without Phil Spector – at The Beatles' Apple Recording Studios in London. Once again, Harrison engaged the aid of his musician friends, including Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Nicky Hopkins, Gary Wright and Klaus Voormann. The backing track for "Try Some Buy Some" had been recorded with Phil Spector back in 1971 in Harrison's efforts to give Ronnie Spector a hit single. Liking the track, he decided to use the same music track for his own rendition.

Preceded by the uplifting acoustic number "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" – Harrison's second US #1 hit, Living in the Material World appeared in June 1973 to brisk initial sales, reaching #2 in the UK and spending five weeks atop the US charts (having knocked off Paul McCartney & Wings' Red Rose Speedway in the process). But the critical reaction was less euphoric than what had greeted All Things Must Pass. More somber in tone, Living in the Material World was distinguished by Harrison's philosophical and religious ruminations - making it clear he was in distress with the state of the world and where it was headed. Subsequently, sales soon fell off, and the feeling was that Harrison had suddenly lost much of the enormous momentum he had going for him since The Beatles' 1970 break-up. In hindsight, most contemporary reviewers now consider Living in the Material World to be a very worthwhile Harrison album with many fine moments.

On September 26, 2006, Living in the Material World was reissued on CD and in a deluxe CD/DVD package via Capitol/EMI. The remastered album features two additional tracks, the 1971 B-side "Deep Blue" and "Miss O'Dell," the B-side for "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)."

The DVD rounds up rare performance footage of "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" from Harrison's 1991 Japanese tour with Eric Clapton, behind-the-scenes film clips shot during the 1973 sessions for "Living in the Material World" and previously unreleased versions of "Miss O'Dell" and "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" set to archival film clips.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by George Harrison.

  1. "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" – 3:36
  2. "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" – 4:48
    • A wry commentary by Harrison on the court case involving The Beatles' dissolution
  3. "The Light That Has Lighted The World" – 3:31
  4. "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" – 2:57
  5. "Who Can See It" – 3:52
  6. "Living In The Material World" – 5:31
  7. "The Lord Loves The One (That Loves The Lord)" – 4:34
  8. "Be Here Now" – 4:09
  9. "Try Some, Buy Some" – 4:08
  10. "The Day The World Gets 'Round" – 2:53
  11. "That Is All" – 3:43

Bonus tracks

13. "Deep Blue" (b-side to "Bangla Desh")

14. "Miss O'Dell" (b-side to "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)")


[edit] Bonus DVD

  1. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (Recorded at Tokyo Dome December 15th 1991)

Audio:

  • PCM Stereo
  • Dolby Digital 5.1
  • DTS 5.1
  1. Miss O'Dell (Alternative Version)
  2. Sue Me, Sue You Blues (Acoustic Demo Version)
  3. Living In The Material World
  4. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (rough instrumental take)

[edit] Notes & references

  1. ^ "Billboard Bits: George Harrison, Family Values, Antony", Billboard.com, 21 June 2006 (link)

[edit] External links


George Harrison
Studio Albums
All Things Must Pass | Living in the Material World | Dark Horse | Extra Texture (Read All About It)
Thirty Three & 1/3 | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | Gone Troppo | Cloud Nine | Brainwashed
Live Albums
The Concert for Bangla Desh | Live in Japan
Compilations
The Best of George Harrison | Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989
Soundtracks
Wonderwall Music | Concert for George
Experimental Albums
Electronic Sound
Box Sets
The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
With Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
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