Having worked through a backlog of Beatles-era songs for All Things Must Pass, Living in the Material World offered a spate of brand-new songs, many reflecting Harrison's spiritual focus at the time.

"AIl Things Must Pass might be better, but those songs [on Living In The Material World) are incredible... You can hear from the LP what his aim was; he definitely had a message he wanted to get ...

To me, Living in the Material World is definitely a "songs album." I don't think it's really a rock album. To me, it's George on acoustic and then a small lineup of band members. Of course ...