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"Unknown Delight" is a song is English musician George Harrison from his 1982 album Gone Troppo
| "Unknown Delight" | |
|---|---|
| Song by George Harrison | |
| from the album Gone Troppo | |
| Released | 5 November 1982 |
| Genre | Slow rock |
| Length | 4:16 |
| Label | Dark Horse |
| Songwriter(s) | George Harrison |
| Producer(s) | George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil McDonald |
| Gone Troppo track listing | |
10 tracks
| |
Background
[edit]According to Harrison: "I’m quite happy, yeah. But you can’t say, you know. It’s all… this is our lives, you know? This is the only life I can remember, and I’m happy enough doing it, being up and down, and good and bad, and in the end, I think all of us have come out of it reasonably sane and… quite happy."[1]
Recording
[edit]The song was recorded primarily with an "American band".[2]
Reception
[edit]Author Dale C. Allison Jr. stated that Harrison "returns thanks to God for the gift of his son, Dhani."[3] In a review for The Dark Horse Years on The Music Box, music critic John Metzger states that "That’s the Way It Goes" and "Unknown Delight" "might have worked better if given different arrangements".[4] Author and singer Alan Clayson states that the song, along with "Mystical One" are "serenely unpredictable and of a world more free of pain than could be imagined"[5] Ultimate Classic Rock called it the best song on Gone Troppo.[6]
Personnel
[edit]According to author Simon Leng:[7]
- George Harrison – vocal, guitar, synthesizer
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Willie Weeks – bass
- Neil Larsen – piano
- Ray Cooper – percussion
- Gary Brooker – synthesizer
- Willie Greene – backing vocal
- Bobby King – backing vocal
- Pico Pena – backing vocal
References
[edit]- ^ RobsOldVideos (2017-05-10). Aspel - George Harrison and Ringo Starr (1988). Retrieved 2025-02-14 – via YouTube.
- ^ Leng, p. 229.
- ^ Allison, p. 11.
- ^ John Metzger, "George Harrison The Dark Horse Years (Part Four: Gone Troppo)" Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Music Box, vol. 11 (5), May 2004 (retrieved 14 August 2014).
- ^ Clayson, p. 392.
- ^ DeRiso, Nick DeRisoNick (2019-01-26). "The Best Song From Every George Harrison Album". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ^ Leng, p. 234.
Sources
[edit]- Dale C. Allison Jr., The Love There That's Sleeping: The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison, Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; ISBN 978-0-8264-1917-0).
- Alan Clayson, George Harrison, Sanctuary (London, 2003; ISBN 1-86074-489-3).
- Simon Leng, While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison, Hal Leonard (Milwaukee, WI, 2006; ISBN 1-4234-0609-5).