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The Best of George Harrison,George Harrison

- The Best of George Harrison
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George Harrison
Released 1976

Here Comes the Sun
03:07
9,790 plays

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
03:36
9,065 plays

Something
03:03
7,182 plays

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- 1
- Something
- 03:03
- 7,182 plays

- 2
- If I Needed Someone
- 02:23
- 5,286 plays

- 3
- Here Comes the Sun
- 03:07
- 9,790 plays

- 4
- Taxman
- 02:38
- 13,481 plays

- 5
- Think for Yourself
- 02:21
- 3,844 plays

- 6
- For You Blue
- 02:32
- 4,803 plays

- 7
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- 04:47
- 21,693 plays

- 8
- My Sweet Lord
- 04:39
- 17,096 plays

- 9
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
- 03:36
- 9,065 plays

- 10
- You
- 03:42
- 4,629 plays

- 11
- Bangla Desh
- 03:59
- 4,718 plays

- 12
- Dark Horse
- 03:54
- 4,618 plays

- 13
- What Is Life
- 04:20
- 17,551 plays

album review

Released just after George left Apple for his own Dark Horse label (and appearing in stores just in time for the Christmas season of 1976), The Best of George Harrison neatly splits into a side of Harrison solo hits and a side of his Beatles tunes. This is the only solo Beatles hits compilation to rely so heavily upon Fab Four recordings, which is a good indication of how George didn't rack up as many charting singles as John, Paul, or Ringo, but having the Beatles tunes here does paint a fuller portrait of Harrison's work as a singer/songwriter, even if it makes the collection somewhat less useful -- after all, most listeners would want a George Harrison compilation to focus on his solo recordings, not the Beatles' hits they already have. But all this is down to a matter of timing and circumstance: Harrison needed to have a hits collection out in 1976, he didn't have enough big hits to fill out 13 tracks (even if he certainly had enough great album tracks to do so), and so the Fabs were brought in to fill in the cracks. The result might be a little underwhelming in retrospect, but it's undeniably entertaining. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide