 More recently , AllMusic critic Lindsay Planer has described " Living in the Material World " as " one of the more profound observations to be made about the somewhat schizophrenic struggle between universal existence and monetary @-@ driven survival " . Planer praises the recording as " a testament to the artist 's ability to deliver the goods [ as a guitarist ] , with searing albeit brief interaction with saxophonist Jim Horn " and similarly compliments the playing of Starr and Hopkins . While opining that Material World " suffers from a more anonymous tract " next to All Things Must Pass , Zeth Lundy of PopMatters pairs " Living in the Material World " with " The Lord Loves the One ( That Loves the Lord ) " as the album 's " most uptempo rock songs " , which " fare much better [ than some of the ballads ] as eager bids for secession from this life , or at least from the clutches of its material concerns " . 
