SKAD13's Full Review: Thirty Three & 1/3 [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster] by Ge...
Surpassed only by George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, Harrison's Thirty-Three and a Third surely ranks as one of the best post-Beatles albums ever. The title comes from Harrison's age when he recorded the album, but in the seven years that preceded its release, Harrison had some growing-up to do (anyone for Dark Horse?). This album shows the full flowering of Harrison's mental and musical maturity.
The highlight of the album is "Dear One," a song presumably devoted to Harrison's Lord Krishna, but so universal that it could apply to anyone's first love. The instrumental bridge is as soaring as one could hope for and really puts the song across.
But the entire album is hardly lacking. It amply displays Harrison's dry wit (as in "This Song," a parody of Harrison's then-current legal problems, complete with a guest appearance from Monty Python's Eric Idle), his more earthly idols ("Dear Smokey," a perfect tribute to Smokey Robinson), and his sense of past (a charming cover of Cole Porter's "True Love").
Harrison leans toward light jazz here, but what the album really reveals is his sense of fun after years of legal and personal hassles. It's the flip side of All Things Must Pass, minus all the early-'70s pretentiousness. What a joy!
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