Living in the material world

"How does an instant multimillion-selling album become an underrated minor masterpiece? George Harrison's follow-up to the triple-disc All Things Must Pass (which had been comprised of an immense backlog of great songs that he'd built up across the last years of his time with the Beatles), Living in the Material World was necessarily a letdown for fans and critics, appearing as it did two-and-a-half-years after its predecessor without that earlier album's outsized songbag from which to draw. And it does seem like Harrison narrowed his sights and his vision for this record, which has neither the bold musical expansiveness nor the overwhelming confidence of its predecessor. And while there are still some beautiful and delightfully lyrical, charming moments throughout, few of the melodies are as instantly memorable and compelling as those of most of the songs on the earlier record ...".

"Karrieremæssigt var George Harrison helt på toppen, da Living in the Material World udkom i sommeren 1973 ... Når 50 året nu fejres (...) er det såre fortjent. For nåede albummet ikke All Things Must Pass' højder, hører det til i kategorien lige under - som et usædvanligt og dybt personligt udspil, som tidens tand ikke har gjort dårligere".

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