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George Harrison - Gone Troppo (Promo-Only Quiex Ii Vinyl, 24-Bit Audio) (Dledin)

Track listing:
  1. Wake Up My Love 3:37
  2. That's The Way It Goes 3:38
  3. I Really Love You 2:57
  4. Greece 4:03
  5. Gone Troppo 4:29
  6. Mystical One 3:46
  7. Unknown Delight 4:18
  8. Baby Don't Run Away 4:05
  9. Dream Away 4:32
  10. Circles 3:49

Notes


Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about this LP:
“Gone Troppo” is an album by George Harrison recorded and released in 1982. It would prove to
be Harrison's last studio album for five years, wherein he would largely take an extended
leave of absence from his recording career, with only the occasional soundtrack recording surfacing.

By 1980, Harrison had been finding the current musical climate alienating. His commercial appeal
had dwindled, with 1981's Somewhere in England failing to go gold (despite featuring the John Lennon
tribute smash hit, "All Those Years Ago"). With one album left on his current recording contract,
Harrison decided to get it over with and recorded Gone Troppo (an Australian slang expression meaning
"gone mad/crazy") and released it without participating in any promotion, so disenchanted he was with
the state of the music industry.

Gone Troppo - with its busy artwork by friend "Legs" Larry Smith (formerly of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) -
was considered by most to be a flop, reaching a #108 in the US and never even touching the UK charts.
It became the worst selling studio album Harrison released.

In 2004, Gone Troppo 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 "Mystical One".