Living In The Material World
by George Harrison
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George Harrison bestography
Living In The Material World is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by George Harrison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by George Harrison is All Things Must Pass which is ranked number 98 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,800.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Living In The Material World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Living In The Material World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0001-0100* | 2/66 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 68 Music Albums of 1973 | 40/68 | 2 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1970s | 61/89 | 7 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 47 Music Albums of 1973 | 20/47 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 28 Music Albums of 1973 | 20/28 | 2 |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 32/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 74/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 153 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 362 | |||
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Living In The Material World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/13/2026 14:48 |  AwaitingAndrew | 2,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 11:41 |  Liedzeit | 2,524 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 13:55 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Living In The Material World forum mentions
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George Harrison's third best behind All Things Must Pass and Brainwashed.
This album has some great balladry, excellent melodies and just shows what Harrison was all about.
A brilliant mellower complement to the bombastic All Things Must Pass.
I like this better than "All things...". I'm not saying it's actually better, just that I enjoy this one more.
The sound is better -no wall of sound here- and I find the general peaceful mood very appealing. It's a relaxing record.
Very good. (Edited)
Another one of the good albums Harrison put out in the 70s. This one has some good songs on It.
sszwalbenest 08/06/2013 11:26 | #83219 | TOP COMMENT
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Decent album but nowhere neat "All Things...". My favorite tracks were "Give Me Love" and the title track.
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