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When The Beatles finally came to an end, George Harrison<\/a> wasn\u2019t about to spend the rest of his life moping. <\/p>\n The whole reason why he wanted out was to break free from the shackles of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and when listening to what he had cooked up on albums like All Things Must Pass, he had turned into the kind of songwriter that could easily rival anything that his fellow bandmates were putting out. Letting tracks like these fall by the wayside would have been a tragedy, but Harrison also never wanted the baggage that came with being a solo artist, either. <\/p>\n As much as people love the idea of fame when they are starting out, Harrison fell out of love with being one of the biggest celebrities in the world pretty quickly. Even before the Fab Four split, he was trying to downplay his ego as much as possible, and yet when he put on the Concert for Bangladesh, he was the one sitting at the lip of the stage in a white suit, telling everyone what to do and what to play.<\/p>\n It was a role that suited him fine, but Harrison was never comfortable being the person out front. He always wanted to be a team player from the moment he started, which probably explains why he had the most fun working with people like the Traveling Wilburys<\/a> later on. But when you have a solo career that\u2019s that successful, the label is going to come calling for the next major smash.<\/p>\n That said, it\u2019s not like Harrison couldn\u2019t come up with the goods when he wanted to. While his records did have an ebb and flow in terms of quality, he seemed to be content with making music with his friends during the late 1970s. He got all the excesses out of his system, and tunes like \u2018Blow Away\u2019 or \u2018Crackerbox Palace\u2019 made him sound like he finally found peace in his solo years.<\/p>\n So with everything going that well, that only means one thing: the label\u2019s about to mess it up. Making any record was a massive effort for Harrison, but whereas 33 and \u2153 and his 1979 self-titled record were great musical departures, Somewhere in England is the kind of record that sticks out like a sore thumb. \u2018The Quiet One\u2019 seemed to be on autopilot throughout most of the record, and when listening to him talk about it, that\u2019s not exactly an unfair assessment when looking at what was happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n