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"George Harrison暌违两年发行全新精选大碟.How does an instant multimillion-selling album become underrated? George Harrison's follow-up to

All Things Must Pass was necessarily a letdown for fans and critics, appearing after a two-and-a-half-year interval without the earlier album's backlog of excellent songs from which to draw. And it does seem like Harrison narrowed his sights and his vision for this record, which has neither the bold expansiveness nor the overwhelming confidence of its predecessor. And some of the most serious songs here, such as ""The Light That Has Lighted the World,"" seem dirge-like. What Living in the Material World shows off far better than the earlier record, however, is Harrison's guitar work -- he's the only axeman on Material World, and it does represent his solo playing and songwriting at something of a peak. Most notable are his blues stylings and slide playing, glimpsed on some of the later"