Somewhere in England by George Harrison

Somewhere in England, George Harrison's ninth studio album, came out on his own Dark Horse Records on 1 June 1981, and it arrived bruised. Harrison was growing more and more fed up with the music business, the record took a long, hard road to the shops, and he spent much of that road at loggerheads with Warner Bros. Records. Ray Cooper is credited as producer.

It was also the first album he released after the murder of John Lennon, his old bandmate in the Beatles, and that loss hangs over the lead single. "All Those Years Ago" is Harrison's tribute to Lennon, a bright, bouncing pop song with a lump in its throat, and it's the track that keeps this record on the countdowns. Around it, the quiet Beatle sounds like a man keeping his head down and his guitar close.

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