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Somewhere in England
Somewhere in England cover
Studio album by George Harrison
Released 5 June 1981
Recorded sporadically between
30 October 1979 -
23 September 1980 &
November 1980 -
February 1981
Genre Rock
Length 39:43
Label Dark Horse/Warner Bros. Records
Producer George Harrison
and Ray Cooper
Professional reviews
George Harrison chronology
George Harrison
(1979)		 Somewhere in England
(1981)		 Gone Troppo
(1982)

Somewhere in England is an album by George Harrison, released in 1981. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Dark Horse Records is a Record label which was controlled by George Harrison from his creation of it in 1974 until his death Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Ray Cooper (born 19 August 1942 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English Musician. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author George Harrison is the eponymous album release by George Harrison in 1979 Gone Troppo is an Album by George Harrison recorded and released in 1982 An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Recorded as Harrison was becoming increasingly frustrated with the music industry, the album's making was a long one, and witnessed a tragic event in Harrison's life.

Content to move at his own speed, Harrison began recording Somewhere In England in the autumn of 1979 and would continue at a sporadic pace, finally delivering the album to Warner Bros. Records in September 1980. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. However, the powers that be at Warner Bros. rejected it, ordering Harrison to drop four of its songs ("Tears Of The World", "Sat Singing", "Lay His Head" and "Flying Hour") which they somehow found too downbeat. Harrison's original cover art, featuring his profile against a map of Great Britain would also be vetoed by Warner Bros. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands With Harrison already feeling unable to relate to the current post-punk and New Wave musical climate, he acceded to their requests, but knew that when his recording contract came up for renewal after his next album, he wouldn't bother re-signing. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Interestingly, a survey conducted in 2006 of the top 50 most popular 'Harrisongs' on the official George Harrison. com message boards included only one song from Somewhere in England ("Life Itself," #29), yet included three of the four rejected songs ("Flying Hour" at #14, "Lay His Head" at #27, and "Sat Singing" at #41).

Picking up the project again in November, Harrison was joined in his home studio at Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames by none other than Ringo Starr, who arrived specifically to have Harrison produce some songs for him. Recorded were two Harrison originals "Wrack My Brain" and "All Those Years Ago" plus a cover of "You Belong To Me" for Starr's impending album Can't Fight Lightning which was later released as Stop and Smell the Roses. Two songs were finished but "All Those Years Ago" went unadorned. Starr later admitted that the key was too high for him to sing. During this period, Harrison had received word that John Lennon was slightly hurt over his biography I Me Mine, which, in Lennon's estimation, praised every musician Harrison had worked with except him. " I Me Mine " is a Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison. Unfortunately, Harrison was never able to make amends with Lennon; on 8 December 1980, Lennon was gunned down outside the The Dakota apartment building by Mark David Chapman. The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is an Apartment building located on the northwest corner of Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955 in Fort Worth Texas) is the man who murdered English musician and activist John Lennon

After the shock and devastation of Lennon's murder, Harrison decided to utilise the unfinished recording of "All Those Years Ago". He changed the lyrics of the song to reflect the Lennon tragedy. With Starr's pre-recorded drum track in place, Harrison invited Paul and Linda McCartney, and their fellow Wings band-mate Denny Laine, to record backing vocals in early 1981. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Linda Louise McCartney (née Eastman, formerly See, September 24 1941 – April 17 1998 was an American Photographer, Musician and Wings were a rock supergroup formed in August 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter Aside "All Those Years Ago", "Blood From A Clone" (a searing indictment of the current music scene), "Teardrops" and "That Which I Have Lost" were added to replace the four discarded songs, and after a new cover was shot in the Tate Gallery in London, Somewhere In England was resubmitted and accepted.

"All Those Years Ago" was released as the lead-off single that May to, hardly surprisingly, a very strong response. Reaching #13 in the UK and #2 in the US, it was Harrison's biggest hit since "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" in 1973, and Somewhere In England benefited from its placement on the album. Peaking at #13 in the UK and #11 in the US, these chart positions were, superficially, Harrison's best transatlantic album peaks in some time, yet Somewhere In England actually sold less than it would appear, since its chart life - in both countries - was brief, and it became Harrison's first proper studio album to fail to reach gold status in the US. It was generally overlooked by the public, with follow-up single "Teardrops" reaching only #101 in the US.

In 2004, Somewhere In England was remastered and reissued, both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992, on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus track demo version of "Save The World", recorded in 1980. Dark Horse Records is a Record label which was controlled by George Harrison from his creation of it in 1974 until his death The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Specially for this reissue, Harrison's originally rejected artwork was now reinstated.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by George Harrison, except where noted. George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author

  1. "Blood from a Clone" – 4:03
  2. "Unconsciousness Rules" – 3:05
  3. "Life Itself" – 4:25
  4. "All Those Years Ago" – 3:45
  5. "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:57
  6. "Teardrops" – 4:07
  7. "That Which I Have Lost" – 3:47
  8. "Writings on the Wall" – 3:59
  9. "Hong Kong Blues" (Carmichael) – 2:55
  10. "Save the World" – 4:54
    • the track's end features a short excerpt from "Crying", originally released on Harrison's 1968 debut album Wonderwall Music

Somewhere In England was remastered and reissued in 2004 with the bonus track:

  1. "Save the World" (Acoustic Demo Version) – 4:31

The iTunes Music Store offers one of the lost tracks:

  1. "Flying Hour (Bonus Track)" – 4:35

Original (rejected) track listing

  1. "Hong Kong Blues" (Carmichael) - 2:53
  2. "Writings on the Wall" - 3:58
  3. "Flying Hour" (Harrison/Mick Ralphs) - 4:04
  4. "Lay His Head" - 3:43
  5. "Unconsciousness Rules" – 3:36
  6. "Sat Singing" - 4:28
  7. "Life Itself" - 4:24
  8. "Tears of the World" - 4:00
  9. "Baltimore Oriole" (Carmichael) - 3:57
  10. "Save the World" - 4:56

Personnel

Charts

Albums

Country Charts (1981)
Peak position Weeks
Norway 2 9
United States 11 13
United Kingdom 13 4
Sweden 13 3 [1]
Austria 15 4
Japan 31 9
Country Charts (2004 Reissue)
Peak position Weeks
Japan 294 1

Singles

Year Single US NO CH UK SE AT
1981 "All Those Years Ago" 2 2 8 13 13 14
1981 "Teardrops" 101 - - - - -

References

  1. ^ swedishcharts.com - George Harrison - Somewhere In England
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