Audio CD review:
John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy

John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy

Band: John Lennon, Yoko Ono Title: Double Fantasy Rating: Release Date: 10 October, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: (Just Like) Starting Over 2: Kiss, Kiss, Kiss 3: Cleanup Time 4: Give Me Something 5: I'm Losing You 6: I'm Moving On 7: Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) 8: Watching the Wheels 9: Yes, I'm Your Angel 10: Woman 11: Beautiful Boys 12: Dear Yoko 13: Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him 14: Hard Times Are Over 15: Help Me to Help Myself 16: Walking on Thin Ice 17: Central Park Stroll (Dialogue)

Editoral Review The studio-pro arrangements are a little too slick, but Lennon rarely sounded happier. Strange as it seems now, the last album John Lennon released in his lifetime was intended as a comeback, or rather as a parting wave at retirement: "Watching the Wheels" and "Beautiful Boy" celebrate the joys he found outside the star system, and "(Just Like) Starting Over" is a slightly awkward rocker about rejoining the domestic world that's also sort of about rejoining the pop world. Ono, whose songs alternate with his in a series of thematic diptychs, was taking a stab at channeling her artier impulses into pop and is generally less successful--her voice works in a context of art-weirdness, but not as well in conventional tunes. This 2000 remastered reissue is fleshed out with a demo of "Help Me to Help Myself" and Ono's solo version of "Walking on Thin Ice," which was recorded on the same day her husband was shot to death. --Douglas Wolk .. You can see a complete list of all John Lennon, Yoko Ono discography, or go back to the John Lennon, Yoko Ono tabs