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{{About|the album|the album's title song|All Things Must Pass (song)|other uses|All Things Must Pass (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = All Things Must Pass
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[George Harrison]]
| cover        = All Things Must Pass 1970 cover.jpg
| alt          = a black and white photo of George Harrison sitting on a stool surrounded by garden gnomes.
| released     = {{start date|1970|11|27|df=yes}}
| recorded     = May–October 1970
| studio       = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]], [[Trident Studios|Trident]] and [[Apple Studios (recording studio)|Apple]] (London)
| genre        = [[Rock music|Rock]],<ref>Moon, p. 346.</ref> [[folk rock]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=106|s=00}}
| label        = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
| producer     = * [[George Harrison]]
* [[Phil Spector]]
| prev_title   = [[Electronic Sound]]
| prev_year    = 1969
| next_title   = [[The Concert for Bangladesh (album)|The Concert for Bangladesh]]
| next_year    = 1971
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = All Things Must Pass
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[My Sweet Lord]]" / "[[Isn't It a Pity]]
 | single1date = 23 November 1970 (US)
 | single2     = My Sweet Lord
 | single2date = 15 January 1971 (UK)
 | single3     = [[What Is Life]] 
 | single3date = 15 February 1971 (US)
}}
{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = All Things Must Pass (2001) - Album_Artwork.jpg
 | border  = yes
 | alt     = a colorized version of the original album cover.
 | caption = Cover of the 2001 reissue
}}
}}

'''''All Things Must Pass''''' is the third studio album by  [[George Harrison]]. Released as a [[triple album]] in November 1970, it was Harrison's first solo work after [[Break-up of the Beatles|the break-up of the Beatles]] in April that year. It includes the hit singles "[[My Sweet Lord]]" and "[[What Is Life]]", as well as songs such as "[[Isn't It a Pity]]" and [[All Things Must Pass (song)|the title track]] that had been overlooked for inclusion on releases by [[the Beatles]]. The album reflects the influence of Harrison's musical activities with artists such as [[Bob Dylan]], [[the Band]], [[Delaney & Bonnie and Friends]] and [[Billy Preston]] during 1968–70, and his growth as an artist beyond his supporting role to former bandmates [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]. ''All Things Must Pass'' introduced Harrison's signature [[slide guitar]] sound and the spiritual themes present throughout his subsequent solo work. The original vinyl release consisted of two [[LP record|LPs]] of songs and a third disc of informal jams titled ''[[Apple Jam]]''. Several commentators interpret [[Barry Feinstein]]'s album cover photo, showing Harrison surrounded by four garden gnomes, as a statement on his independence from the Beatles.

Production began at London's [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios]] in May 1970, with extensive overdubbing and mixing continuing through October. Among the large cast of backing musicians were [[Eric Clapton]] and members of Delaney & Bonnie's Friends band – three of whom formed [[Derek and the Dominos]] with Clapton during the recording – as well as [[Ringo Starr]], [[Gary Wright]], Billy Preston, [[Klaus Voormann]], [[John Barham]], [[Badfinger]] and [[Pete Drake]]. The sessions produced a double album's worth of extra material, most of which remains unissued.

''All Things Must Pass'' was critically and commercially successful on release, with long stays at number one on charts worldwide. Co-producer [[Phil Spector]] employed his [[Wall of Sound]] production technique to notable effect; Ben Gerson of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' described the sound as "[[Richard Wagner|Wagnerian]], [[Anton Bruckner|Brucknerian]], the music of mountain tops and vast horizons".<ref name=RS1971>Ben Gerson, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/all-things-must-pass-19710121 "George Harrison ''All Things Must Pass''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428064752/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/all-things-must-pass-19710121 |date=28 April 2013 }}, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', 21 January 1971, p. 46 (retrieved 5 June 2013).</ref> Reflecting the widespread surprise at the assuredness of Harrison's post-Beatles debut, ''[[Melody Maker]]''{{'}}s [[Richard Williams (journalist)|Richard Williams]] likened the album to [[Greta Garbo]]'s first role in a [[talking picture]] and declared: "Garbo talks! – Harrison is free!"<ref name="Schaffner, p. 140"/> According to [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]], writing in the 2011 edition of his ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'', ''All Things Must Pass'' is "generally rated" as the best of all the former Beatles' solo albums.<ref>Larkin, p. 2635.</ref>

During the final year of his life, Harrison oversaw a successful reissue campaign to mark the 30th anniversary of the album's release. After this reissue, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] certified the album six-times platinum. It has since been certified seven-times platinum, with at least 7 million albums sold. Among its appearances on critics' best-album lists, ''All Things Must Pass'' was ranked 79th on ''[[The Times]]''{{'}} "The 100 Best Albums of All Time" in 1993, while ''Rolling Stone'' placed it 368th on the magazine's 2023 update of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]". In 2014, ''All Things Must Pass'' was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].