The supergroup constellation "Traveling Wilburys" was launched in 1987 as incidental and by-product of the cooperation of George Harrison and Jeff Lynne around Georges beautiful "Cloud Nine" album and resulted in a first round 2-week transatlantic "stag party" in a relaxed, appreciative atmosphere , emerged from the one of the highest quality and gutgelauntesten rock albums of the 80s. You have to time bear in mind that here indeed the gathered elite of rock heyday of the 60s / 70s, in a slightly advanced age, was getting up to this cooperation completely spontaneous and uncomplicated; only in this spontaneity and thanks to the friendship between the parties, which had its nucleus and common anchor point in George Harrison, such a project could work. But not the prominence of participants in itself makes this album, but the magic of the moment; it seems to be one of those cases where the overall constellation in a moment so super fit, that simply was magic in the air. And so conjured up the best rock guitarist (Harrison), the best rock producer (Lynne), the best rock lyricists (Dylan), the best rock singers (Orbison), and also the former man of the hour, and Benjamin the group , Tom Petty, in the shortest time an album full of mostly cheerful optimistic or slyly ironic-slippery songs that investigated in this qualitative density equal. No wonder the strengths of the various individual composers were still super bundled as was the pressure for any individual to have to get together very much material. The most productive and strongest contributors in terms of songwriting are then ultimately Harrison with the beautiful "Handle with Care", "Heading for the Light" and "End of the Line" (man, the man was on top form in the late 80) and Dylan with the dirty "Dirty World", the biting "Congratulations" and the inimitable-dylanesken outlaw ballad "Tweeter and the Monkey Man". Petty delivers the exhilarating "Last Night" and näselt with its Highway-coolness by so many other chorus or B section, Orbison brings his Gesangsgrandeur a successful everywhere and Lynne controls with "Not Alone Anymore" a Orbison on his body spelled heartbreak anthem a, and with "Rattled" a song in the rock and roll tradition of the late '50s, in which he proves once again that he might not be the most innovative songwriter, arranger and producer but, with his studio skills not only can imitate any sound in the world, but transform into a whole new sound experience. Overall, the disc is the perfect companion for a carefree weekend activities because they simply makes good mood and inviting you to sing along and -wippen without lack the musical depth, for the guarantee of course the big names of the band members. One can almost be melancholy when one considers that, of these were 5 who were then in the middle of their lives rich and famous and so wonderful herumschäkerten, as it is known by its own men weekends, some already dead today or very old are and their memories of those days in sunny California in 1987 are fading slowly for them. So one then makes such a cheerful production thoughtfully.
