Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison
| Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by George Harrison | ||||
| Released | 16 June 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 1970–2001 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 77:26 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Dark Horse/Parlophone/Apple | |||
| Producer | Ray Cooper, Dave Edmunds, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Phil Spector, Russ Titelman | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| BBC | (favourable) |
| Contactmusic | 9/10 |
| PopMatters |   |
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| Uncut | |
Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is the third compilation of George Harrison's music, and the first to span his entire solo career after the Beatles era. The collection was announced on 14 April 2009, the same day that Harrison received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was released 16 June 2009, on both CD and in digital format.
The album features songs originally released on the Beatles' EMI-affiliated Apple Records and Harrison's Dark Horse label. All the tracks are presented in digitally remastered form, and the collection includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos together with an essay by music historian Warren Zanes.
The album includes all of Harrison's songs that reached number 1 on America's Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, including "My Sweet Lord", "Isn't It a Pity", "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" and "Got My Mind Set on You", as well as other international number 1 singles such as "What Is Life" and "All Those Years Ago".
The track list was selected by George's widow, Olivia Harrison, with some assistance from close friends and family.
iTunes exclusively offers the digital album with a previously unreleased bonus track, Harrison's earliest demo version of "Isn't It a Pity".
Despite being marketed as Harrison's first career-spanning hits compilation, four of his ten studio albums were not represented at all: Dark Horse (1974), Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975), Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976) and Gone Troppo (1982). In addition, several of his hit singles were also absent from the track listing – songs such as "Bangla Desh", "Dark Horse", "You", "This Song" and "Crackerbox Palace".
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