Gone Troppo

Artist: George Harrison
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992661522
EAN: 0075992661522
ASIN: B000002LPJ

Release Date: 1991-06-11

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Tracks:

Wake up My Love
That's the Way It Goes
I Really Love You
Greece
Gone Troppo
Mystical One
Unknown Delight
Baby Don't Run Away
Dream Away
Circles

Customer Reviews:

Not his best work, but solid nonetheless.......2004-06-03

Gone Troppo (1982.) George Harrison's eighth solo album.

George Harrison's seventies recording career ended on a positive note with the release of his excellent, 1979 self-titled solo album, but the eighties started off rough for him. His first album of the new decade, 1981's Somewhere In England, had to be drastically altered against Harrison's will before it was released. That travesty aside, Harrison would record again. The following year, Gone Troppo, one of Harrison's most underrated recordings, was released. How does this album measure up? Read on for my review.

Of all of George Harrison's solo albums, this is probably the most "pop-sounding" one of all. And accordingly, it isn't one of his best albums. I'm NOT saying it's a bad album though; it's actually quite good. As the title may have implied, many of the songs featured here take on somewhat of a "tropical" sound. And, two fairly big hits emerged from this album - the title track, which is an extremely catchy little pop number, as well as That's The Way It Goes, which is the best song featured on this entire album (in my opinion anyway.) And, like with any Harrison album, the non-hits are also excellent. For instance, Wake Up My Love is the song that truly signifies Harrison's entry into the eighties. It's highly underrated! And then, of course, we have Harrison looking back into the past with the fifties, doo-wop styled I Really Love You. George even serves up an instrumental track entitled Greece. Another track worth mentioning is Dream Away, a track from Time Bandits. Although several songs on this recording fall below the high standard that some fans hold for Harrison, there isn't a single "weak" track featured here. In the end you are left with a good album that is severely underrated - enough said.

The "Dark Horse Years" albums released by George Harrison (those studio/live albums released from 1976-1992) have been rereleased, remastered, and in some cases, given bonus tracks. However, I feel that the choices of bonus tracks was very poor in some cases. For example, the bonus track featured on this album is a demo version of Mystical One. Don't get me wrong, this is an excellent demo, but there is a HUGE omission - I Don't Want To Do It, which Harrison recorded for the Porky's Revenge soundtrack. This was one of his finest solo recordings, and the company blew the opportunity to finally put it on a George Harrison album! This means that if fans want that song, they now only have two options - to hunt down that out of print soundtrack for a sake on a single song, or to get it via illegal means (downloading, on a bootleg, etc.) That bites.

What more can I say. Gone Troppo is more of the underrated pop genius that only an early eighties incarnation of George Harrison could shell out. It's not one his strongest works, and not recommended for Harrison newbies, but if you're a fan, don't hesitate to add this one to your collection.

Blessed to find this disc before the store closed down!.......2003-03-15

Had this on vinyl and loved every second of it. Contains the "hits" Wake Up My Love and The Stereos' 1962 doo wop classic I Really Love You. These are good, but on side two one great song followed the other. As if this wasn't enough, Dream Away (from the Time Bandits film), was included. Already out of print for quite awhile, I found this at a "Wherehouse" store in Palmdale before the store closed in the mid-nineties. Guest artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright lend their talented vocals to such tracks as Baby Don't Run Away and Dream Away. A classic in every sense.

4 1/2 stars, but still..........2003-02-16

As far as I'm concered, this CD is just as good as many other George CD's. Sure, it will never live up to "All Things Must Pass," or the album that came after this, "Cloud Nine," but it is still good. Many people say it isn't good because George was just trying to keep up with the times and it sounds too poppy. Even if he was, and even if he was the only Beatle to do this, it makes no difference. Many songs are great, like Wake Up My Love, That's The Way It Goes, Greece, and the title track. The only song that isn't really good is I Really Love You. Some people think he had to go pretty low to play bass, but I don't think this at all. This is a good CD to buy and I recommend it to anyone who likes other Harrison music or The Beatles.

Totally underrated! Nice grooves, great production, songs.......1998-05-13

Hari fan here! Okay, the man is lazy and admittedly needs Macca to produce him (and play bass) rather than that disgusting Electric Lynn Orchestra character (as in more recent releases). Anyhoo, this album rates in my mind as one of George's better efforts, probably as good as '33 1/3', and more uptempo than 'GH'. 'Wake up...', 'That's the Way It Goes', 'Circles', are all great songs. There's a bit of annoying synth and one oddity ('I Really Love You') but overall worth your entertainment dollar if you need that George fix.

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