Spanning two discs, Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology is a comprehensive overview of Nilsson's varied career, including all of the hits and many significant album...
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Realizing that he had nothing left to lose when he got to the end of his RCA contract, Nilsson wound up recording his best, most distinctive record since Pussy Cats, maybe...
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Aerial Ballet 1/1/1968, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
One of the finest albums of the '60s, this contains song after song of pure pop magic; among the best known are "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song," "One," "Good Old Desk," and...
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As "Daddy's Song" opens Aerial Ballet with a cheeky saunter, it's clear that Harry Nilsson decided to pick up where he left off with his debut, offering another round of...
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Nilsson's RCA debut is in some ways astonishingly perfect pop; that this album doesn't rank as his finest is solely because the singer--one of pop's most accomplished...
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Harry Nilsson's debut album Pandemonium Shadow Show was notoriously loved by the Beatles, and it's easy to see why. This is the only record of its time that feels akin to...
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"Standards" albums by rock-based pop singers were few and far between in the early '70s, and this heavily orchestrated affair, featuring "Makin' Whoopee" and "It Had To Be...
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Nilsson was nearly a decade ahead of Linda Ronstadt and other nouveau crooners in hiring a conductor/arranger of the pre-rock era (in this case Gordon Jenkins) and recording...
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Nilsson's albums tended to hang together well, but that didn't keep him from throwing off singles, at least in the late '60s and early '70s. This collection contains all ten...
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Nilsson makes the transformation from amazing pop tunesmith to bold belter of cosmic proportions--particularly on the hot, thumping track "Jump Into The Fire." His biggest...
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As brilliant a songwriter as Randy Newman may be, his vocals simply don't hold a candle to Nilsson's--and as a result, this is one of the most satisfying Randy Newman albums...
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Named Stereo Review's album of the year (and, really, can you ask for a better endorsement than that?) upon its release and generally regarded as the album that introduced...
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Despite the presence of Nilsson's pal John Lennon here, it's sad to report that there isn't much of anything outstanding about Pussy Cats, except perhaps for the...
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The relationship between Harry Nilsson and John Lennon is legendary. They were notorious booze hounds and carousers, getting kicked out of clubs for misbehavior and...
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Arriving, naturally, soon after its predecessor Nilsson Schmilsson hit it big, this is essentially more of the same. Among the highlights are "Spaceman" and "You're Breaking...
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Emboldened by a huge hit and hanging with Lennon and Ringo, Harry Nilsson was ready to let it all go when it came time to record a follow-up to Nilsson Schmilsson. The very...
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What is hubris? It is Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, a folly Harry Nilsson crafted after winning a Grammy for "Everybody's Talkin'." Riding upon the goodwill generated by the...
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BMG Special Products' Everybody's Talkin': The Encore Collection is a fine budget-priced collection that concentrates on Harry Nilsson's soft-rock recordings, such as...
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Harry Nilsson does indeed sing on these 21 tracks, recorded at one fell swoop during a 1962 demo session. But it could not be considered either a proper Nilsson album or a...
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The Point! is the soundtrack to a cartoon feature originally aired on ABC TV in 1971. Especially at this stage of his career, Harry Nilsson was uniquely suited for writing...
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Nilsson had a hit, a Grammy, and critical success, yet he still didn't have a genuine blockbuster to his name when it came time to finally deliver a full-fledged follow-up...
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Nilsson was nearly a decade ahead of Linda Ronstadt and other nouveau crooners in hiring a conductor/arranger of the pre-rock era (in this case Gordon Jenkins) and recording...
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