Rolling Stone (1/7/71, p.46) - "..an intensely personal statement and a grandiose gesture, a triumph...an album of striking honesty and force.."
Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.94) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...An album that is simultaneously modest and bold...[it] has stood up well to the passing of time....a bracing air of creative liberation..."
Entertainment Weekly (1/26/01, p.103) - "...Brighter, remastered sonics....Harrison and Phil Spector's Wall of Krishna Sound is still majestically congested, and the songs are so strong that Harrison would never top them. Even the jams feel refreshing in their looseness..." - Rating: A-
Q (3/01, pp.122-3) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Rock and religion have rarely, if ever, been so happily conjoined....it remains the single most satisfying collection of any solo Beatle, maybe sounding even fresher for being sidelined so long..."
Alternative Press (5/01, p.96) - "...His best and most accomplished work..."
Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.69) - Included in Mojo's "Best Reissues of 2001".
Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, pp.86-7) - "...This remains the best Beatles solo album....oozing both the goggle-eyed joy of creative emancipation and the sense of someone pushing himself to the limit..."
Personnel: George Harrison (vocals, guitar); Sam Brown (vocals); Badfinger (guitar, percussion); Dave Mason, Eric Clapton (guitar); Pete Drake (pedal steel guitar); Bobby Keys (tenor saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet); Dhani Harrison (Fender Rhodes piano, background vocals); Gary Brooker, Gary Wright, Billy Preston, Bobby Whitlock (keyboards); Klaus Voormann, Carl Radle (bass instrument); Jim Gordon, Alan White, Ringo Starr (drums, percussion); Mal Evans, Ray Cooper (tambourine).
Harrison's grand statement, ALL THINGS MUST PASS proved that "the quiet Beatle" had a lot to say. Weaving his interest in Indian religion together with a strong set of tunes, the 3-LP set proved to be more than an "all-star" album; it was a set of songs that ranged from gentle ("Beware Of Darkness" and the contemplative title track) to stirring (the world-wide hits "My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life?"). He also payed tribute to the fans who waited outside Abbey Road studios for a glimpse of the Beatles ("Apple Scruffs").