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Gone Troppo is an album by George Harrison recorded and released in 1982. It would prove to be Harrison's last studio album for five years, wherein he would largely take an extended leave of absence from his recording career, with only the occasional soundtrack recording surfacing.

History [link]

By 1980, Harrison had been finding the current musical climate alienating. His commercial appeal had dwindled, with 1981's Somewhere in England failing to go gold (despite featuring the John Lennon tribute hit, "All Those Years Ago"). With one album left on his current recording contract, Harrison decided to get it over with and recorded Gone Troppo (an Australian slang expression meaning "gone mad/crazy") and released it without participating in any promotion, disenchanted as he was with the state of the music industry.

Gone Troppo - with its busy artwork by friend "Legs" Larry Smith (formerly of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) - was considered by most to be a flop, reaching a #108 in the United States and never even touching the United Kingdom charts. It became the worst selling studio album Harrison released.

Later release [link]

Three of the songs from Gone Troppo were included on Harrison's Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 album: "Wake Up My Love," "That's the Way It Goes," with the title track also appearing on the compact disc version. None were included on the 2009 compilation Let It Roll.

In 2004, Gone Troppo was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus track demo version of "Mystical One".

Track listing [link]

All songs by George Harrison, except where noted.

Side one [link]

1. "Wake Up My Love" – 3:34
2. "That's the Way It Goes" – 3:34
   • performed by Joe Brown on Concert for George as one of few later period Harrison songs
3. "I Really Love You" (Leroy Swearingen) – 2:54
   • A cover of a 1961 U.S. top-40 hit song originally recorded by The Stereos
4. "Greece" – 3:58
5. "Gone Troppo" – 4:25

Side two [link]

6. "Mystical One" – 3:42
7. "Unknown Delight" – 4:16
8. "Baby Don't Run Away" – 4:01
9. "Dream Away" – 4:29
   • Appeared in the Terry Gilliam film Time Bandits
10. "Circles" – 3:46
    • A song originally composed in 1968 and demoed as a possible track for the White Album

Bonus track [link]

Gone Troppo was remastered and reissued in 2004 with the bonus track:

11. "Mystical One" (Demo Version) – 6:02

Personnel [link]

• Dave Mattacks – Drums
• Mike Moran – Synthesizer, Keyboards, Synthesizer Bass, Piano
• Sarah Ricor – Background vocals
• Radina Sloan – Background vocals
• Legs Larry Smith – Art Direction, Design
• Henry Spinetti – Drums
• Willie Weeks – Bass
• Pico Pena – Background vocals
• Gary Brooker – Synthesizer
• Herbie Flowers – Bass
• Jon Lord – Synthesizer
• Jim Keltner – Percussion, Drums
• Vicki Brown – Background vocals
• Ray Cooper – Percussion, Fender Rhodes, Effects, Producer, Marimba, Glockenspiel
• William "Bill" Greene – Bass vocals, Background vocals
• Alan Jones – Bass
• Neil Larsen – Piano
• Joe Brown – Background vocals
• George Harrison – Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Marimba, Background vocals, Jaltarang, Producer
• Bobby King – Background vocals
• Billy Preston – Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Background vocals, Synthesizer
• Syreeta – Background vocals

Chart positions [link]

References [link]

1. ^ Allmusic review
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4. ^ "allmusic ((( Cloud Nine > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r8999/charts-awards. Retrieved October 2, 2009. 
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