The album was critically acclaimed and, with long stays at number 1 in both the US and the UK, commercially successful. It was certified 6x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2001.

Even amid the bounty of Beatles releases that emerged in the months after their split, “All Things Must Pass” topped charts across the globe and spawned two hit singles —“My Sweet Lord” and “What Is Life”— as well as a precedent-setting plagiarism lawsuit, also for “My Sweet Lord,” which ruled that Harrison had unintentionally borrowed from the Chiffons’ 1963 hit “He’s So Fine” (unperturbed, he later said he’d been aiming for “Oh Happy Day”). Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium, 44.1 Productions (Chesterfield, MO, 2000; ISBN 0-615-11724-4). a b "All Things Must Pass" > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums, AllMusic (archived version retrieved 16 November 2020). a b Mike Duquette, "All Things Come to Pass", theseconddisc.com, 19 October 2010 (retrieved 16 November 2014).Dale C. Allison Jr., The Love There That's Sleeping: The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison, Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; ISBN 978-0-8264-1917-0). Following Harrison's death on 29 November 2001, All Things Must Pass returned to the US charts, climbing to number 6 and number 7, respectively, on the Top Pop Catalog and Internet Album Sales charts. [340] With the release on iTunes of much of the Harrison catalogue, in October 2007, [341] the album re-entered the US Top Pop Catalog chart, peaking at number 3. [342] 2010 [ edit ]

All that preparation and pent-up inspiration came to fruition on this remarkable album, which was originally released as two vinyl LPs, along with a bonus disc of blazing instrumental jams by the murderers’ row of musicians Harrison assembled: In addition to Clapton, Starr and Preston were guitarists Dave Mason and Peter Frampton, bassist Klaus Voorman, keyboardists Gary Wright and Gary Brooker, drummer Alan White, all of Badfinger, and the three musicians who would join Clapton in Derek and the Dominos and would record their own masterpiece, “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,” a few weeks after working on this album. The whole shebang was produced by Harrison with “Wall of Sound” maestro Phil Spector (eerily, that murderers’ row included two future convicted murderers: Spector and drummer Jim Gordon). Clapton's feelings for Boyd inspired many of his songs on Derek and the Dominos' only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). [145] After Boyd rejected him in November 1970, Clapton descended into full-blown heroin addiction, [206] which led to the break-up of the band in early 1971 and the sidelining of his career until 1974. [207]Roy Carr & Tony Tyler, The Beatles: An Illustrated Record, Trewin Copplestone Publishing (London, 1978; ISBN 0-450-04170-0). Some folks on here are saying it's muddy, while many others are saying it's one of the best All Things Must Pass pressings ever. All Things Must Pass was number 1 on the UK's official albums chart for eight weeks, although until 2006, chart records incorrectly stated that it had peaked at number 4. [256] [nb 23] On Melody Maker 's national chart, the album was also number 1 for eight weeks, from 6 February to 27 March, six of which coincided with "My Sweet Lord" topping the magazine's singles chart. [257] In America, All Things Must Pass spent seven weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Top LP's chart, from 2 January until 20 February, and a similarly long period atop the listings compiled by Cash Box and Record World; [258] for three of those weeks, "My Sweet Lord" held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. [259] In Canada the album hit number 1 on just its 3rd week, was number 1 for 9 weeks, and was on the charts for 31 weeks, ending July 17, 1971. [260] Chris Ingham, The Rough Guide to the Beatles, Rough Guides/Penguin (London, 2006; 2nd edn; ISBN 978-1-84836-525-4).

a b George Harrison's liner notes, booklet accompanying All Things Must Pass reissue (Gnome Records, 2001; produced by George Harrison & Phil Spector). The Editors of Rolling Stone, Harrison, Rolling Stone Press/Simon & Schuster (New York, NY, 2002; ISBN 0-7432-3581-9). Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Workman Publishing (New York, NY, 2008; ISBN 978-0-7611-5385-6).Part of this original poster was a painting of a bathing scene featuring naked women (one of whom was blonde, representing Pattie Boyd) and a "mischievous" Lord Krishna, who had hidden the bathers' clothing in the branches of a nearby tree. [91] Aside from the seventeen songs issued on discs one and two of the original album, [99] Harrison recorded at least twenty other songs – either in demo form for Spector's benefit, just before recording got officially under way in late May, or as outtakes from the sessions. [100] [101] In a 1992 interview, Harrison commented on the volume of material: "I didn't have many tunes on Beatles records, so doing an album like All Things Must Pass was like going to the bathroom and letting it out." [102] [nb 6] Dan Matovina, Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger, Frances Glover Books (2000; ISBN 0-9657122-2-2). All published by Harrisongs Essex Int. except A1 Harrisongs Feldman, B2 Feldman, E2 Peter Maurice, World Music a b c "Number one for Harrison at last", Liverpool Echo, 31 July 2006 (retrieved 24 December 2016).

Will Hodgkinson, "Home Entertainment: Phil Collins", The Guardian, 14 November 2002 (retrieved 5 November 2020). American album certifications – George Harrison – All Things Must Pass". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 26 January 2022. Apple included a poster with the album, showing Harrison in a darkened corridor of his home, standing in front of an iron-framed window. [238] Wilkes had designed a more adventurous poster, but according to Beatles author Bruce Spizer, Harrison was uncomfortable with the imagery. [239] [nb 21] Some of the Feinstein photographs that Wilkes had incorporated into this original poster design appeared instead on the picture sleeves for the "My Sweet Lord" single and its follow-up, "What Is Life". [91] Release [ edit ] Impact [ edit ]

Gary Tillery, Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison, Quest Books (Wheaton, IL, 2011; ISBN 978-0-8356-0900-5). Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West, Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; ISBN 0-8264-2819-3). Barry Miles, The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years, Omnibus Press (London, 2001; ISBN 0-7119-8308-9).