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[Mrrusty1]

fab was a good track obviously harking back to the sound of the beatles about 1967 the summer of love lol great stuff

GEORGE HARRISON "cloud nine" cd,1987.

probably my favourite overall album by George.
guest appearances by Clapton,Ringo,Elton,Jeff Lynne and Gary Wright....co-produced with Lynne also.
originally meant to be title "fab" or "spot the loony"...but he decided on an album track instead.
the Travelling Willbury's spawned from this album, the record company wanted a b-side, Jeff Lynne said to George..."Roy and Tom are in the studio next door, how about we ask them to come in", they did and then it was decided that "lets ask Bob"(he was touring the UK at that time)....and the rest is history...
lots of peace/love type songs here, that one would expect of George, obviously a man content with his life.
the huge hit here was a cover of an old obscure track called "got my mind set on you" which peaked at #1 here and in the US...it failed in the UK only reaching #2, its actually the biggest selling single of his career(yes, and that includes selling more than 'my sweet lord')
also, a bit of a retrospective look back on The Beatles here also in 'when we was fab'(quirky video for this one)
two of the tracks,"someplace else" and "breath away from heaven" were originally written for Madonna's movie 'shanghai surprise', George re-recorded them for this project, and they fit in well with the album.
also around this time Macca released "press to play"...this is lightyears ahead of that one in quality, showing that 'the forgotten beatle' was as good as, if not better at times, than the two principle songwriters of that group.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: cloud nine
best track: devil's radio

tracks:

1. cloud nine **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFponF9A86c live
2. that's what it takes **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHJcW5wpP0 audio
3. fish on the sand **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2grHLTGQA audio
4. just for today ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jrhPCtk144 audio
5. this is love **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS5UdS84mjQ audio
6. when we were fab **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfY3TcyQk3I video
7. devil's radio ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X3z9iZ4l0M audio
8. someplace else ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pdWG3mlk50 video
9. wreck of the hesperus ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PtXeQOyZeM audio
10.breath away from heaven **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6C_7h0NYTg audio
11.got my mind set on you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipt1_N-6cl4 video

3s=5
2s=6
1s=0

rating: 2.5