Audio CD review:
John Lennon - Walls and Bridges

John Lennon - Walls and Bridges

Band: John Lennon Title: Walls and Bridges Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Going Down on Love 2: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night 3: Old Dirt Road 4: What You Got 5: Bless You 6: Scared 7: #9 Dream 8: Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) 9: Steel and Glass 10: Beef Jerky 11: Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) 12: Ya Ya

Editoral Review Indeed, his five-year retirement/househusband phase may have been one of the shrewdest career moves he ever made. The careful burnishing of John Lennon's daunting legend usually obscures one telling fact: the former Beatle endured a long and troubling artistic slump in the mid-'70s. Cut in Los Angeles during his prolonged "lost weekend" estrangement from Yoko Ono, Walls and Bridges too often sacrifices the sublime for the ridiculous--that is, when it's not being altogether superfluous. Still, "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," Lennon's boisterous collaboration with Elton John, scored him his first No. 1 record as a solo artist, and compelling tracks like "Steel and Glass," "Going Down on Love," and "#9 Dream" belie the artistic genius Lennon was literally drowning in copious rounds of Brandy Alexanders during the period. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all John Lennon discography, or go back to the John Lennon tabs