Many little known songs that are brilliant. (Mind Games - John Lennon)

Member Name: eyedo6789

Product:	Mind Games - John Lennon
Date:	04/03/09 (38 review reads)
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Advantages: Songs in a unique style.

Disadvantages: May not have universal appeal.

This is John Lennon's very best album in my opinion and has a very reflective introspective feel to it.

I find it interesting that there are some astonishing songs on this album that rarely if ever get any radio airplay nowadays.

The title track "Mind Games" is a real blockbuster of a track that has the familiar vocal echo sound all through it. This does get airplay unlike all of the others on the album.

There are three or four tracks on here that if you analyze them don't really have much instrumentation in them, or at least if Lennon had sang them without musical accompaniment they would sound nearly as good. These include "Out The Blue" and "Only People". I guess this just indicates what a great natural song writer Lennon was, that he could be melodic even without any music.

My personal favourite is "One Day" (At A Time) which again is a very simple lyric and song, yet brilliant.

Songs from this album should get far more exposure as many are very catchy indeed and have some good messages behind them too.

As a real bonus this album comes with a 32 page inlay book that has many of Lennon's pencil drawings (some a but racy) and full lyrics of all of the songs and some other interesting bita and pieces.

Full track listings:

1. Mind Games
2. Tight A$
3. Aisamusen (I'm Sorry)
4. One Day (At A Time)
5. Bring On The Lucie
6. Nutopian International Anthem
7. Intuition
8. Out The Blue
9. Only People
10. I Know (I Know)
11. You Are Here
12. Meat City

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Summary: Unusual songs that will very quickly grow on you.