Harrison had begun the decade with plenty of momentum, reaching No. 2 with “All Those Years Ago” from 1981’s Somewhere in England. But then 1982’s Gone Troppo underperformed, and Harrison ...

Harrison had begun the decade with plenty of momentum, reaching No. 2 with "All Those Years Ago" from 1981's Somewhere in England. But then 1982's Gone Troppo underperformed, and Harrison downshifted.

As my editor Jon Dolan has so brilliant put it, it got "wrongly reverse-engineered into Gone Troppo." The Harrison estate never seemed over-eager to acknowledge it. But its time has finally come.

George Harrison began the ’70s with a multi-platinum smash and ended the ’80s with a pair of them. ... Gone Troppo was clearly meant to follow that pattern in 1982 with its too-synthy opener.

And then there was a five-year gap between Gone Troppo in 1982 and Cloud Nine in 1987. ... With Cloud Nine the album, George Harrison went all-in again on playing the pop-star game.

George Harrison – Gone Troppo (1982) “ The say I’m not what I used to be / All the same I’m happier than a willow tree ,” Harrison sings on Mystical One .

As my editor Jon Dolan has so brilliant put it, it got “wrongly reverse-engineered into Gone Troppo.” The Harrison estate never seemed over-eager to acknowledge it. But its time has finally come.