Brainwashed by George Harrison

Brainwashed, George Harrison's twelfth and final studio album, arrived on Dark Horse on 19 November 2002, nearly a year after his death at 58 and 15 years on from Cloud Nine. He had started recording it more than a decade earlier, but the sessions kept stalling, and it fell to his son Dhani, his old friend and collaborator Jeff Lynne and session drummer Jim Keltner to finish the overdubs and bring it home.

They handled it with care. It sounds like Harrison at ease, that signature slide guitar gliding over warm, unhurried arrangements, the quiet Beatle sounding wry and clear-eyed. "Stuck Inside a Cloud" and "Any Road" were the singles, the reviews were mostly kind, and the album made the top 20 in the US. The instrumental "Marwa Blues" went on to win the 2004 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, while "Any Road" picked up a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

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