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- Record Label: BMG Rights Management
- Release Date: Feb 26, 2016
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- Record Label: BMG Rights Management
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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May 27, 2016While this faithful tribute doesn’t lessen the sadness, it does remind us that genius is timeless and that the memories of those triumphs will linger long enough to inspire us forever. The fact that these performances serve to remind us of that fact is reason enough to rejoice.
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Feb 26, 2016Some performers are more impressive on CD where their on-stage antics aren’t visible (we’re talking to you “Weird Al”) but the dedication to, and love for, Harrison’s music is infused in every track. That makes this a fitting testament to his music, a thoroughly enjoyable experience (in either its video or audio forms), and a splendid, at times superior, companion piece to its well-regarded predecessor.
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MojoFeb 24, 2016Multi-artist tributes are typically patchy by nature, but George Fest really works. [Apr 2016, p.86]
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Feb 24, 2016As an act of low-impact celebration, George Fest is a fine affair.
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Feb 29, 2016Everybody plays the songs they love in the way they learned them, so the highlights fall along the spectrum of sensitivity to enthusiasm.
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Feb 24, 2016The results are never bad, exactly, but they do fall somewhere between tribute and karaoke--call it Now That’s What I Call George.
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Mar 18, 2016With a lineup this eclectic and a songbook as undervalued as Harrison's, a little more adventurousness would have gone a long way.