All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary - Deluxe)

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As well as embracing the Vaishnavist branch of Hinduism, Harrison produced two hit singles during 1969–70 by the UK-based devotees, credited as Radha Krishna Temple (London). Writing for Pitchfork in 2016, Jayson Greene said that Harrison was the only former Beatle who "changed the terms of what an album could be" since, although All Things Must Pass was not the first rock triple LP, "in the cultural imagination, it is the first triple album, the first one released as a pointed statement. Spector recorded most of the backing tracks live, [164] in some cases featuring multiple drummers and keyboard players, and as many as five rhythm guitarists. Due to the album's big sound and the many participants on the sessions, commentators have traditionally referred to the grand, orchestral nature of this line-up.

Another Rolling Stone critic, James Hunter, commented in 2001 on how All Things Must Pass "helped define the decade it ushered in", in that "the cast, the length, the long hair falling on suede-covered shoulders . Aside from the seventeen songs issued on discs one and two of the original album, [99] Harrison recorded at least twenty other songs – either in demo form for Spector's benefit, just before recording got officially under way in late May, or as outtakes from the sessions. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, having bemoaned in 1971 that it was characterised by "overblown fatuity" and uninteresting music, [295] wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) of the album's "featurelessness", "right down to the anonymity of the multitracked vocals".There is a surprising Clarity to the original recordings and there seems to be a "richer" overall sound quality.

Although uncredited for his contributions, Frampton also played acoustic guitar on the country tracks featuring Drake; [134] he and Harrison later overdubbed further rhythm parts on several songs. Authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter cite this as the probable date for Harrison's run-through of songs for Spector. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. In his liner notes accompanying the 2001 reissue of All Things Must Pass, however, Harrison gives the date for the run-through as 27 May. Early in July, work on All Things Must Pass was temporarily brought to a halt as Harrison headed north to see his dying mother for the last time.It was ranked 433rd on Rolling Stone 's list of the " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2012 [315] and 368th on the 2020 updated list. Bergstrom credits the album with heavily influencing bands such as ELO, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear, as well as helping bring about the dream pop phenomenon. Mick Brown, writing in The Daily Telegraph, also considers it the best of all the Beatles' solo albums.

The new treatment feels more airy and open with George's guitar and vocal sitting slightly more on top of the mix resulting in this being a more emotional feeling representation of the songs within.

According to Scott, he and Harrison worked alone for "weeks and months" on the overdubs, as Harrison recorded the backing vocals and lead guitar parts. In 1999, All Things Must Pass appeared at number 9 on The Guardian 's "Alternative Top 100 Albums" list, where the editor described it as the "best, mellowest and most sophisticated" of all the Beatles' solo efforts. After Boyd rejected him in November 1970, Clapton descended into full-blown heroin addiction, [206] which led to the break-up of the band in early 1971 and the sidelining of his career until 1974. During the playback, Harrison was shocked at the amount of echo Spector had added, since the performance had sounded relatively dry through the musicians' headphones. All Things Must Pass was George Harrison's first release following the acrimonious falling apart of the Beatles.

According to Whitlock, Harrison played the couple some of his new music and Lennon "got his socks blown off", much to Harrison's satisfaction. All Things Must Pass was released on 27 November 1970 in the United States, and on 30 November in Britain, [237] with the rare distinction of having the same Apple catalogue number (STCH 639) in both countries. In music journalist David Cavanagh's description, once abandoned by his co-producer midway through the summer, Harrison had "proceeded to out-Spector Spector" through the addition of further echo and multiple overdubs. These stripped back demos and early takes are exceptional leaving me hoping this album gets the Giles Martin treatment at sometime in the future and also that I had gone for the superdeluxe edition for yet more of these cuts.Several commentators interpret Barry Feinstein's album cover photo, showing Harrison surrounded by four garden gnomes, as a statement on his independence from the Beatles.