Almost a Double Fantasy (Double Fantasy - John Lennon)

Member Name: james75

Product:	Double Fantasy - John Lennon
Date:	01/10/00 (65 review reads)
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Advantages: The Lennon Tracks

Disadvantages: The Yoko Tracks

The last album, poignant of course, with the recent news that there is going to be the release of 'Help me to Help Myself', this is meant to be the final track Lennon recorded on the day he was shot, it brings sharply into focus 'Double Fantasy'

The album was a return for Lennon and session out takes show a happy and eager Lennon laying down track after track, many of which went on to form 'Milk and Honey', but this is where for me the album falls down, the demos are great raw and full of that ttwist of Lennon, yet the finished version often sounds over produced and weak.

yoko Onno does not dothe album any favours she had no real musical talent to speak of, in fact the only musical talent she had was the one she was married to.

the album does contain some great Lennon tracks though. 'Just Like Starting Over', complete with bells at the start to match 'Mother' from 1970, it's a brilliant track based around a typical simple Lennon riff, 'Losing You', powerful and emotional.


All in all an excellent album for the Lennon tracks alone, worth buying and having in your musical collection.

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