It is never a good sign when an artist releases an album to fulfill a contractual obligation to a label. So it was with George Harrison and Extra Texture,<\/i> released October 3, 1975. It was his final release for the Apple label and one of the last for the label overall. Harrison had already established his own Dark Horse imprint, having pictured an apple core (instead of an apple) on the original vinyl release, which certainly sent a message. He would later say the album was one of his worst.<\/p>\n
Harrison\u2019s personal criticism aside, Extra Texture<\/i> isn\u2019t a terrible album. His voice is in better shape than the gruff sounds presented on his previous one, Dark<\/i> Horse<\/i>. The music is also a little more energetic and polished in comparison. Still, it was an average release for Harrison. If you own this album, how many times have you actually listened to it during the past five or ten years years?<\/p>\n
It sold well, if not spectacularly, reaching number eight on the American album charts and receiving a gold record award for sales, but it did not attain platinum status.<\/p>\n
Harrison\u2019s usual cadre of friends was on hand for this disc. Drummer Jim Keltner, pianist Leon Russell, bassists Klaus Voorman and Carl Radle, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston, and Gary Wright all continued their musical association with the former Beatle.<\/p>\n
The top twenty single, \u201cYou,\u201d was written during 1971 and originally intended for Ronnie Spector. Harrison put his voice onto the track, and while the range may have been a little beyond his comfort zone, he still did a credible job.<\/p>\n
There are some other competent performances here. \u201cOoh Baby,\u201d which includes an excellent and soulful vocal, was a nice tribute to Motown star Smokey Robinson. \u201cThis Guitar (Can\u2019t Help From Crying)\u201d is a sequel to \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps.\u201d \u201cHis Name Is Legs\u201d allows the usually serious Harrison to present a little humor. The best track, however, is \u201cTired Of Midnight Blue.\u201d One of the lost gems in Harrison\u2019s catalogue, its lyrics may be somewhat dark yet the song contains some memorable hooks and excellent piano work by Leon Russell.<\/p>\n
Extra Texture<\/i> adds up to a solid if not spectacular album. It sounds a little dated today, but if you are in the right mood you may find something of interest here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5913],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-42457","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-george-harrison","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42457"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42457"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}