George Harrison (album)

George Harrison
Studio album by
George Harrison
Released14 February 1979 (1979-02-14)
RecordedApril–October 1978
Studio
GenrePop rock,[1] folk pop,[2] soft rock
Length39:58
LabelDark Horse
Producer
George Harrison chronology
Thirty Three & ⅓
(1976) 		George Harrison
(1979) 		Somewhere in England
(1981)
Singles from George Harrison
  1. "Blow Away"
    Released: 14 February 1979
  2. "Love Comes to Everyone"
    Released: 20 April 1979
  3. "Faster"
    Released: 13 July 1979[3]

George Harrison is the eighth studio album by the English rock musician George Harrison, released in February 1979. It was written and recorded through much of 1978, a period of domestic contentment for Harrison, during which he married Olivia Arias and became a father for the first time, to son Dhani. Harrison wrote several of the songs in Hawaii, while the track "Faster" reflected his year away from music-making, when he and Arias attended many of the races in the 1977 Formula 1 World Championship. The album also includes the hit single "Blow Away" and "Not Guilty", a song that Harrison originally recorded with the Beatles in 1968.

Harrison co-produced the album with Russ Titelman. The contributing musicians include Steve Winwood, Neil Larsen, Willie Weeks and Andy Newmark, with Eric Clapton and Gary Wright making guest appearances. The recording sessions took place at Harrison's FPSHOT studio in Oxfordshire.

Issued on Dark Horse Records, George Harrison was well-received by music critics on release. Commentators regularly cite it among the artist's best works after his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. The album was remastered in 2004 as part of Harrison's Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 reissues.

  1. ^ Inglis, p. 71.
  2. ^ John Metzger, "George Harrison The Dark Horse Years (Part Two: George Harrison)" Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Music Box, vol. 11 (5), May 2004 (retrieved 5 November 2016).
  3. ^ Madinger & Easter, p. 632.