Flash Harry (album)

Flash Harry

Studio album by Harry Nilsson

Released

1980

Recorded

1979

Genre

Pop

Length

36:06

Harry Nilsson chronology

Early Tymes
(1977)

Flash Harry
(1980)

Popeye (soundtrack)
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Essential Rock Discography	4/10^[2]
Goldmine	C^[3]

Flash Harry is the sixteenth and final album by Harry Nilsson. Originally released only in the U.K. and Japan, it was not issued in the United States until August 2013. Upon release it received little promotion from Mercury, with no proper single from the album.

The album features Nilsson's own recording of "Old Dirt Road", co-written and performed with John Lennon on Lennon's album Walls and Bridges (1974), Lennon's last album of original songs before his six-year hiatus.

Shortly after the release of this album, Nilsson retired from recording. Though he would subsequently reverse his decision and record various songs for film soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s, he never issued another full album. (Literally hours before his 1994 death, Nilsson finished recording the final vocal tracks for a planned 'comeback' album, but it has yet to be released.)

Track listing

"Harry" (Eric Idle) – 2:22 (this track produced by Eric Idle, Trevor Jones, and Andre Jacquemin and sung by Eric Idle and Charlie Dore)
"Cheek to Cheek" (Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks, Martin Fydor Kibbee) – 2:30
"Best Move" (Nilsson, Parks, Michael Hazlewood) – 4:04
"Old Dirt Road" (Nilsson, John Lennon) – 4:26
"I Don't Need You" (Rick L. Christian) – 3:49
"Rain" (Nilsson) – 3:51
"I've Got It!" (Nilsson, Perry Botkin, Jr.) – 3:42
"It's So Easy" (Nilsson, Paul Stallworth) – 4:43
"How Long Can Disco On" (Nilsson, Ringo Starr) – 2:54
"Bright Side of Life" (Idle) – 4:12

Personnel

Ben Benay, Daniel Kortchman, Fred Tackett, Keith Allison, Lowell George – guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn, Klaus Voormann, Paul Stallworth, Scott Edwards – bass
Bill Payne, John Jarvis, Van Dyke Parks – keyboards
Malcolm Rebennack – piano
Fred Staehle, Jim Keltner, Rick Shlosser, Ringo Starr – drums
Arthur Gerst – harp
Bobby Keys, Jerome Jumonville, Jimmy Roberts, Wilton Felder – saxophone

References

↑ Flash Harry (album) at AllMusic
↑ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 759. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
↑ Borack, John (April 14, 2014). "Some things old, some things new aka a ton of CD reviews". Goldmine. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

Harry Nilsson

Studio albums	Spotlight on Nilsson Pandemonium Shadow Show Aerial Ballet Harry Nilsson Sings Newman The Point! Nilsson Schmilsson Son of Schmilsson A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night Pussy Cats Duit on Mon Dei Sandman ...That's the Way It Is Knnillssonn Flash Harry

Soundtracks	Skidoo The Point! Son of Dracula Popeye

Remixes	Aerial Pandemonium Ballet

Compilations	Early Tymes A Touch More Schmilsson in the Night Nilsson '62: The Debut Sessions Hollywood Dreamer The RCA Albums Collection

Singles	"All for the Beatles" "Sixteen Tons" "You Can't Do That" "River Deep – Mountain High" "One" "Everybody's Talkin'" "Me and My Arrow" "Without You" "Coconut" "As Time Goes By" "Subterranean Homesick Blues" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Many Rivers to Cross" "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Sail Away" "Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours (medley)"

Songs	"This Could Be the Night" "Ten Little Indians" "The Puppy Song" "Old Dirt Road"

Collaborations	John Lennon Pussy Cats Every Man Has a Woman Ringo Starr Ringo Son of Dracula Goodnight Vienna Ringo's Rotogravure Stop and Smell the Roses Keith Moon Two Sides of the Moon Hal Willner Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films

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