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George Harrison "Best of Dark Horse" 1989
Fantastic "Best Of" album that spans the career of George Harrison's Dark Horse label, and his relationship with Warner Bros. The album contains two new songs, "Cockamamie Business," which is a sort of autobiographical take on George's career, and "Cheer Down,' which was co-written with Tom Petty and if I am not mistaken was used for a Lethal Weapon movie's credits, and "Poor Little Girl." Much better than Capital's "Best Of," this album, "BODH" gives you an album that conveys continuity over a span of 13 years. Like "Cloud 9," there used to be a day when you could find this album used and in great condition for less than $10. Now, since it and all the other George Harrison Warner Bros. Records are out of print you will have to play treasure hunter until they are released again.

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Harrison's 2nd Best Of Collection Cheers!
This is actually George Harrison's second "best of" collection. Culling his best from 1976 through to 1989, this represents a far more upbeat and varied series of songs than the former Beatle used to write. Harrison breaks away form the Beatles sound and even his early seventies Phil Spector period.

There are the usual big hits like, "Blow Away" and "Got My Mind Set On You", but there were plenty of other songs that were just more than quaint; these being "Crackerbox Palace", a lovely ditty and "Here Comes The Moon". Another big plus is the formerly unattainable "Cheer Down"; a great song previously only available on a soundtrack. The most endearing songs are the two lamentable, but joyous recollections of the Beatles days. "When We Was Fab" is almost like listening to a photo album of images and "All Those Years Ago" is a bouncy number with a great keyboard and guitar solo. As poignant as these are, George seemed to only look back in wonder and joy on those days.

This is a rare set and although there are sure to be future "best of" collections of George Harrison's work, many of these cuts will probably not make it. If you can find it, grab it.

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An excellent compilation for an excellent musician
Without question, George Harrison is one of the most talented musicians of all time. Unfortunately, his greatest hits album, entitled The Best Of George Harrison, only covered from 1966-1976, and deprived us of many of his later solo hits. Fortunately, a solution has arrived - The Best Of Dark Horse.

This compilation picks up where the old one left off, so it covers from 1976-1989. Note however, this only covers George Harrison solo tracks, so you won't find any Traveling Wilburys material here, or any songs he made a guest appearance on (such as Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down.)

What the compilation DOES offer you is pure excellence. Got My Mind Set On You, arguably George's biggest post-Beatles hit, can be found here. He also pays homage to the past with two of the cuts here - All Those Years Ago is a tribute to the late John Lennon, and When We Was Fab is a tribute to his days in the Beatles. There are other excellent tracks as well, such as Gone Troppo, Blow Away and Crackerbox Palace. But what's the best thing about this compilation? You get Cheer Down, which was previously only available on the Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack! This track is an underrated masterpiece.

My only complaints with this compilation are that songs aren't in original release order, and that it's only sixty minutes long (eighty minutes can fit on a CD.) But the major problem isn't a flaw with the CD itself, but rather that the record company is NO LONGER PRODUCING IT! Accordingly, if you want to find this CD, expect to spend a lot of time searching the internet and your local used CD stores.

This is a GREAT compilation, if you can find it. No George Harrison fan should be without this. Rest in peace, George.