abstract
| - %22Handle with Care%22 is the first track from the Traveling Wilburys 1988 album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, and the group's most successful single. Writing credits are shared by all five band members, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan.The single reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, #2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #21 on the UK singles chart and #3 on the ARIA Chart.The song received a highly positive retrospective review from Allmusic journalist Matthew Greenwald, who described the song as %22one of the most memorable records of the 1980s.%22 Greenwald wrote: %22Musically, the song is built around a descending, folk-rock chord pattern and some fine major-key chorus movements. George Harrison handles the verses, and there are also two excellent bridges featuring Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan. Orbison's section capitalizes on his awesome, operatic vocal pipes, and the effect is wonderful.%22The opening chords are reminiscent of Jeff Lynne's %2210538 Overture%22, the ELO single from 1972 and Paul Weller's, %22The Changing Man%22.
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