This is an oddball greatest hits album released by Capitol Records that includes seven Harrisongs from his tenure with The Beatles and six of his biggest solo successes. Although it might have been interesting to chart George's compositional development throughout his career, the fact that this "Best Of" only tells part of the story either way renders it hopelessly inadequate. That's not to say the record isn't worth hearing (with songs like "Something", "Taxman", "Here Comes The Sun", "For You Blue', "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "My Sweet Lord", "Dark Horse", "Give My Love", and the firery rocker "What Is Life" how could it not be?), its just that it doesn't do him any justice as an artist. I myself enjoy almost all of these songs (although the minor, Number 23 hit "Bangla Desh" hasn't aged well and, despite its beauty, as a Christian I can't really recommend Hari Krishna-ing along to "My Sweet Lord"), but wish to goodness that someone somewhere would compile an anthology worthy of Harrison's immense talent and output over the years. HIGHEST POP ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 31.

I can't believe the people giving this a bad review because half of the songs on here are Beatles tracks. I like the mixture of Solo work with his group efforts. There isn't a bad song on this album! How can it be any less then 5 stars. It should get 5 stars for "Something" alone!

I couldn't agree more with reviewers who believe that this album (here on CD, obviously) is simply too heavy on George's work as a member of The Beatles. Where is more of his solo work? Where is some great B side tunes? They're simply not here and it would be a great time to release a more affordable version of George's best since "Dark Horse" is wonderfully extensive but too expensive for many people. This 1976 album is truly overdue for an update!

On the other hand, there are some real plusses to this CD. First, it is a great introduction to George Harrison's work. He did not get enough attention as a member of The Beatles. The CD starts out strong with a perpetual favorite, "Something." There are several songs which demonstrate his work with The Beatles: "Taxman" and the hauntingly beautiful "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" are included. There is the beautiful "Give Me Love," an incredible song that resonates the desire for love and total harmony--something we can all relate to. The album then ends with "Dark Horse" and "What is Life." And, after all, it is affordable, which is never bad!

Although there are no lyrics provided, the song credits are there along with some nice black and white photos of Harrison. The cover photo of George with the yellow car is great! The sound quality is excellent, too.

I would recommend this for people getting to know George. It also has "Bangla Desh." I also hope that there can be an affordable and complete anthology of this great man's work in the very near future.

This is simply a song-for-song re-issue of the 1976 lp. It contains some of his Beatles songs and some of his pre-1976 solo works. He had several hits post-1976, so an update of this or an all new complete greatest hits package is long overdue. That's not to say that this isn't a good cd, it is, but it is woefully incomplete. I'll wait and hope they come out with a truly comprehensive greatest hits collection in the near future (as has been done for John Lennon and Paul McCartney & Wings).

i didnt become a beatles fan until i grewup and understood what they were about how they grewup before americas eyes from a boyband to a real rockband with meaningful beautiful songs during a tough time in america when rock n roll was still relatively new being a guitarist george harrison is naturally my fav beatle but he was much more than a guitar player his cheerful beautiful songs like here come the sun and the inspirational my sweet lord are playing almost 30 years after they released and will play another 30 years cause its beautiful happy music this cd is the only 1 i found that seems to have most of his early hits on it it has great sound quality too buy today