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Track Listings
| 1. Woman Don't You Cry For Me |
| 2. Dear One |
| 3. Beautiful Girl |
| 4. This Song |
| 5. See Yourself |
| 6. It's What You Value |
| 7. True Love |
| 8. Pure Smokey |
| 9. Crackerbox Palace |
| 10. Learning How To Love You |
| 11. Tears Of The World (Bonus track) |
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Classic Harrison Stays With You
Aug 7 2005
Format:Audio CD
I've just recently come back to this album on CD after *many* years. After 33 1/3 was released on vinyl in 1976 (the title's now a bit silly), I virtually played the grooves off it, finding that tunes like "It's What You Value", "Crackerbox Palace", "This Song", and even the meditational "Dear One" had smart hooks that stuck in my head like crazy. I was then -- and am now -- convinced that this album is a really fine example of Harrison's tunesmithing and production sense. As a working musician, coming back now brings new value. The players here are 1st rank: friends Gary Wright (Procol Harum) and Billy Preston on keyboards along with the late lamented Richard Tee on piano and even the now-legendary David Foster. Willie Weeks lays down great, funk-inspired bass lines (see "Woman Don't You Cry For Me", and Alvin Taylor (Eric Burdon, Frank Zappa, Elton John, etc.) has great rock sense. There are times when the Tom Scott (sax)/Richard Tee duo sound recalls the Saturday Night band sound or Paul Simon's "One Trick Pony" days. This is strong material, beautifully produced, and expertly played. There's also some very interesting Harrison guitar work (e.g. the solo in "Pure Smokey"), as every understated and tasty. Beyond "All Things Must Pass" this is my favourite George Harrison album. Well worth looking at.
Correction -- for the editor
Aug 8 2005
Format:Audio CD
Hi there: Stupidly wrote in my review that Gary Wright was from Procol Harum -- duhhh, he was from "Spooky Tooth". Please correct. Thanks.
CLASSIC HARRISON -- 'TURN IT UP!'
Jun 1 2004
Format:Audio CD
This late 1976 release was generally well-received at the time, with a renewed Harrison doing plenty of promotion (Saturday Night Live) and having songs such as "This Song" and "Crackerbox Palace" all-but-saturating the airwaves.
I remember the funky "Woman Don't You Cry For Me" playing over the PA at Kroger, where I worked back then. The assistant manager (who was in his 50s or 60s) boogied in the backroom to this tune! And recently, with the remastered CD in the car stereo, the opening bass line played as I entered a parking garage. The attendant said "Turn it up, I like that!" Of course, he probably had no idea who he was hearing...
It's too bad many just don't give solo George Harrison music a fair airing, and that includes the music press.
THIRTY THREE & 1/3 always was one of my favorite George albums, despite a production that gets cluttered with horns and keyboards.
Can you imagine how this Top 11, Gold album with two Top 30 singles would have fared had George toured in spring 1977, which had been rumored?
Even still, it is worth picking up now, in remastered form, with new liner notes and photos. The bonus track is the fine "Tears of the World," which should have been added to Somewhere in England instead of this one... It would have been nice to hear a 1970 demo of the excellent "Beautiful Girl" instead.
It falls behind ATMP on the pecking order of Harrison's career output, but it is right up there with Cloud Nine, the No. 1 Living in the Material World and the underrated 1979 album, George Harrison.
If you don't shell out for the highly recommended "Dark Horse Years 1976-1992," Harrison and Beatles fans alike should buy this one! You won't be disappointed!!!
I remember the funky "Woman Don't You Cry For Me" playing over the PA at Kroger, where I worked back then. The assistant manager (who was in his 50s or 60s) boogied in the backroom to this tune! And recently, with the remastered CD in the car stereo, the opening bass line played as I entered a parking garage. The attendant said "Turn it up, I like that!" Of course, he probably had no idea who he was hearing...
It's too bad many just don't give solo George Harrison music a fair airing, and that includes the music press.
THIRTY THREE & 1/3 always was one of my favorite George albums, despite a production that gets cluttered with horns and keyboards.
Can you imagine how this Top 11, Gold album with two Top 30 singles would have fared had George toured in spring 1977, which had been rumored?
Even still, it is worth picking up now, in remastered form, with new liner notes and photos. The bonus track is the fine "Tears of the World," which should have been added to Somewhere in England instead of this one... It would have been nice to hear a 1970 demo of the excellent "Beautiful Girl" instead.
It falls behind ATMP on the pecking order of Harrison's career output, but it is right up there with Cloud Nine, the No. 1 Living in the Material World and the underrated 1979 album, George Harrison.
If you don't shell out for the highly recommended "Dark Horse Years 1976-1992," Harrison and Beatles fans alike should buy this one! You won't be disappointed!!!
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Melodic and varied
This piece ranks among my favorite of George's albums. The feel of the album is very upbeat and positive, particularly as compared to the dark and unpleasant previous... Read more
Published on May 31 2004 by David Robinson
A new beginning... sort of
Thirty-Three And A Third (1976.) George Harrison's fifth solo album.
Following the release of his 1975 solo album, Extra Texture, George Harrison formed his own record label -... Read more
Published on May 18 2004 by Taylor X
Obviously not underappreciated
My favorite of George's canon. The youngest Beatle had, by 1976, become the most mature songwriter of the bunch (especially as John was in self-imposed exile by the time George... Read more
Published on May 17 2004
Unending Melody
George Harrison's 33 & 1/3 is the most melodic solo Beatles album. Even more so than Band on The Run, Ram, Imagine or Mind Games, Thirty-three and a Third is pure melody. Read more
Published on Mar 21 2004 by Joseph Kimsey
A Great One ...
This is a great album of George's and was probably the first one he released after the Beatle's breakup where George comes off as a full human being. Read more
Published on Mar 17 2004 by HondaV65
"Sounds More Like Rescue Me!"
Released on his thirty-three and a third birthday!( Well originally,thus the title.)
This is my FAVOURITE George solo album.( So pardon my biased review ). Why? Read more
This is my FAVOURITE George solo album.( So pardon my biased review ). Why? Read more
Published on Mar 12 2004 by Harvey J.Satan
Vital Fix for Georgeheads
I bought a cassette of this great album in 1978, wore it out, and couldn't afford to replace it. In 2001, I spent about $25 on a vinyl LP. Read more
Published on Mar 10 2004
George Harrison- "33 1/3" 1976
After making two extremely sub-par albums and one average album, George Harrison got a new start on his career when he left Capital, started his own label and joined Warner Bros. Read more
Published on Mar 8 2004 by Joel Sprague
God does exist !!!!
Thanks God his Dark Horse era discs are back in town. I consider this disc specifically one of his greates work ever. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2004 by Dondo
This Disc...Has Nothing CD About It...
I hope you pardon the punning lift from "This Song" which constitutes the title of this review; however, that genuinely reflects the spirit, dry humor and playfulness... Read more
Published on Mar 2 2004 by Vincent J. Mulvihill
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