Son Of Schmilsson

Performer: Harry Nilsson
Artist: George Harrison; Ringo Starr; Peter Frampton; Chris Spedding; Klaus Voormann; Nicky Hopkins; John Uribe
Engineer: Robin Geoffrey Cable; Joe Lopes
Producer: Richard Perry; Chick Crumpacker
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Harry Nilsson; Chris Spedding, Klaus Voormann, Nicky Hopkins, Peter Frampton. Recording information: 1973. SON OF SCHMILSSON was the follow-up to Harry Nilsson's most commercially successful album, NILSSON SCHMILSSON. Again produced by Richard Perry, it's a well-balanced set of semi-loopy rockers ("Take 54," "You're Breaking My Heart") and ballads, both lushly orchestrated ("Remember Christmas") and spare ("Turn On Your Radio"). The album includes the hit "Spaceman" and closes with one of the only pop songs to include the sound of gargling, "The Most Beautiful World in the World." As its predecessor does, this album enjoys a spirited sense of band interplay, which perfectly matches the material at hand. Musicians on board include the scantily pseudonym-shrouded George Harrison (George Harrysong) and Ringo Starr (Richie Snare).

Q (9/00, p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hairier and madder, and at his commercial peak. But he didn't know that." NME (Magazine) (9/23/00, p.35) - 7 out of 10 - "...This was where the choirboy with the subversive streak quit sweet-talking..."

Though he's best known for his versions of other people's songs (Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," Badfinger's "Without You," an entire album of Randy Newman songs), Nilsson was a skilled composer, and is recognized as a pop craftsman of the first order. As a songwriter, he placed tunes with the Monkees, the Yardbirds and others. As a singer he managed to wring greatly expressive range from his uniquely flexible voice, and is recognized as a pop craftsman of the first order.

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