Gone Troppo
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| Studio album by George Harrison | ||
| Released | 5 November 1982 | |
| Recorded | 5 May - 27 August 1982 Except "Dream Away": recording begun 7 December 1980 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 39:07 | |
| Label | Dark Horse/Warner Bros. Records | |
| Producer(s) | George Harrison, Ray Cooper and Phil McDonald |
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| George Harrison chronology | ||
| Somewhere in England (1981) |
Gone Troppo (1982) |
Cloud Nine (1987) |
Gone Troppo is an album by George Harrison recorded and released in 1982. It would prove to be Harrison's last studio album for five years, wherein he would largely take an extended leave of absence from his recording career, with only the occasional soundtrack recording surfacing.
By 1980, Harrison had been finding the current musical climate alienating. His commercial appeal had dwindled, with 1981's Somewhere in England failing to go gold (despite featuring the John Lennon tribute smash hit, "All Those Years Ago"). With one album left on his current recording contract, Harrison decided to get it over with and recorded Gone Troppo (an Australian slang expression meaning "gone mad/crazy") and released it without participating in any promotion, so disenchanted he was with the state of the music industry.
Gone Troppo - with its outrageously busy artwork by friend "Legs" Larry Smith (formerly of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) - was an unqualified flop, reaching a paltry #108 in the US and never even touching the UK charts. Although Warner Bros. Records were displeased with the album's performance, Harrison himself was hardly bothered. He was now a free agent.
Despite the fact there is some fine music to be found on Gone Troppo, it is clear that Harrison was at odds with the New Wave stylings of the times, and his attempts to add synthesizers to his brand of music (i.e. lead single "Wake Up My Love") is generally considered to sound awkward, as it did on occasion on Somewhere in England. Harrison reasoned that when contemporary music started making sense to him again, he would return. Besides, with his family and greater interest in the film industry, he had plenty to get on with. As he sings in "Mystical One": They say I'm not what I used to be; All the same I'm happier than a willow tree; Shine or rain sitting here by a stream.
In 2004, Gone Troppo was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus track demo version of "Mystical One".
[edit] Track listing
All songs by George Harrison, except where noted.
- Wake Up My Love – 3:34
- "That's The Way It Goes" – 3:34
- "I Really Love You" (Leroy Swearingen) – 2:54
- A cover of a 1961 doo-wop song
- "Greece" – 3:58
- A rare instrumental from Harrison
- "Gone Troppo" – 4:25
- "Mystical One" – 3:42
- "Unknown Delight" – 4:16
- "Baby Don't Run Away" – 4:01
- "Dream Away" – 4:29
- Appeared in the Terry Gilliam film Time Bandits
- "Circles" – 3:46
- A song originally composed in 1968 and demoed as a possible track for the White Album
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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 With Traveling Wilburys: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 • Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 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 Related articles
Discography • The Beatles • Concert for George • Harrisongs • Dark Horse Records • Pattie Boyd • Olivia Trinidad Arias • Dhani Harrison • thenewno2 • Friar Park • The Traveling Wilburys |
