Gone Troppo

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Gone Troppo
George Harrison studio album

Publication
(s)

November 5, 1982 ( UK ) ,
November 8, 1982 ( US )

Label (s) Dark Horse Records, Warner Brothers , EMI Group

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD , download

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

10 / republication: 11

running time

39 min 7 s / 45 min 9 s

occupation
  • William "Bill" Greene - vocals, backing vocals
  • Alan Jones - electric bass
  • Neil Larsen - piano
  • Bobby King - backing vocals
  • Pico Pena - backing vocals
  • Sarah Ricor - backing vocals
  • Radina Sloan - backing vocals

production

  • George Harrison,
  • Ray Cooper,
  • Phil McDonald

Studio (s)

Friars Park Studio, Henley-on-Thames (FPSHOT), Oxfordshire

chronology
Somewhere in England
1981 		Gone Troppo Cloud Nine
1987

Gone Troppo ( english be [accordingly], Stupid ') is the eighth solo studio album of George Harrison after the separation of the Beatles . At the same time, including the two instrumental albums from the 1960s, the studio albums, the compilation album and the live album, it is Harrison's twelfth album. It was released on November 5, 1982 in the UK and on November 8, 1982 in the US .

History of origin

George Harrison published the following year after his last album Somewhere in England with Gone Troppo be commercially erfolglosestes studio album. Neither Harrison nor his record company Warner Brothers were willing to do promotion work for the album, which was certainly one of the reasons for the album's poor sales.

The album title Gone Troppo is a colloquial Australian language and means "go crazy". In addition to Ray Cooper, who was on the last album, Phil McDonald, a former sound engineer for the Beatles, was there as a co-producer . The dates of the recordings are not documented and are dated to 1982. According to a source, the recordings were made between May 5 and August 27, 1982, only the songs Circles and Dream Away were recorded beforehand.

Only That's the Way It Goes, Magical One and Circles reflect the interpreter's philosophical views. The latter title is an unreleased Beatles song that Harrison re-recorded. The original version was recorded in the house of George Harrison (Kinfauns) in May 1968 while preparing for the album The Beatles . As on the albums Thirty Three & 1/3 and Somewhere in England , George Harrison recorded a cover version of I Really Love You , the original was released by the stereos in 1961. Greece is a predominantly instrumental song that describes the way to Greece in the lyrics . The song Gone Troppo deals with the convenience of staying in the Caribbean .

Dream Away is a song from the soundtrack to the feature film Time Bandits , produced by George Harrison's company HandMade Films . A soundtrack album was not released. The remaining titles Wake Up My Love and Unknown Delight are love songs for God (Krishna). Baby Don't Run Away , on the other hand, is a love story on a worldly level.

Cover design

The cover was designed by "Legs" Larry Smith ( Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band ) and does not reveal the artist or the title of the album at first glance. On the inner cover of the record cover or on the fold-out CD booklet, there is a detailed description of how cement is made. The photos are from Terry O'Neill .

Track list

All titles were written by George Harrison unless otherwise noted.

Page one
  1. Wake Up My Love - 3:34
  2. That's the Way It Goes - 3:34
  3. I Really Love You (Leroy Swearingen) - 2:54
  4. Greece - 3:58
  5. Gone Troppo - 4:25
Side two
  1. Mystical One - 3:42
  2. Unknown Delight - 4:16
  3. Baby Don't Run Away - 4:01
  4. Dream Away - 4:29
  5. Circles - 3:46
  • Bonus Title (2004)
Mystical One (Demo Version) - 6:02

Re-releases

  • It was first published in CD format in June 1991 without any bonus tracks. The CD comes with a triple hinged illustrated sheet that contains information about the songs and the lyrics.
  • In March 2004 the album was released in a remastered version as a CD on EMI with the bonus title Mystical One (demo version) . The remastering was done by Simon Heyworth and John Etchells at Super Audio Mastering Studios in Devon . The CD album has a plastic cover with an illustrated accompanying sheet that can be opened up three times and contains information about the songs and the lyrics. The design is by Drew Lorimer.
  • Since October 2007, the George Harrison album has also been available as a download from iTunes .

Single releases

Wake Up My Love

The first single Wake Up My Love / Greece was released on October 29, 1982 in Great Britain and on November 1, 1982 in the USA.

The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: the mono version is on the A-side and the stereo version of the A-side of the purchase single is on the B-side ; a 12 ″ vinyl promotional single was also released.

I Really Love You

The second single I Really Love You / Circles was released on February 7, 1983 in the USA and Germany / Netherlands, in Great Britain it was not released.

The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: on the A side is the mono version and on the B side the stereo version of the A side of the purchase single.

Dream Away

In February 1983, Dream Away / Unknown Delight was released in Japan as a second single .

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE UK US
1982 Gone Troppo - - 108
year Single release Chart placements
DE UK US
1982 Wake Up My Love - - 53
1983 I Really Love You - - -

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 (pp. 462-464).
  • Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907-08092-8 .
  • CD booklet for re-publication in 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-UP 1970-2001 , ISBN 0-7119-8307-0 , p. 300
  2. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Wake Up My Love
  3. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Wake Up My Love
  4. ↑ Promotion 12 ″ vinyl single: Wake Up My Love
  5. ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: I Really Love You
  6. ↑ German 7 ″ vinyl single: I Really Love You
  7. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: I Really Love You
  8. ↑ Japanese 7 "vinyl single: Dream Away