Audio CD review:
John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Some Time in New York City/Live Jam

John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Some Time in New York City/Live Jam

Band: John Lennon, Yoko Ono Title: Some Time in New York City/Live Jam Rating: Release Date: 16 March, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Woman Is the Nigger of the World 2: Sisters, O Sisters 3: Attica State 4: Born in a Prison 5: New York City 6: Sunday Bloody Sunday - Elephant's Memory, Invisible Strings, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band, Plastic Ono Band 7: Luck of the Irish 8: John Sinclair 9: Angela 10: We're All Water 11: Cold Turkey [Live] - John Lennon, Mothers of Invention, Mothers of Invention, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band 12: Don't Worry Kyoko [Live] - John Lennon, Mothers of Invention, Mothers of Invention, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band 13: Well (Baby Please Don't Go) [Live] - John Lennon, Mothers of Invention, Mothers of Invention, 14: Jamrag [Live] - John Lennon, Mothers of Invention, Mothers of Invention, 15: Scumbag [Live] - John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Mothers of Invention, Mothers of Invention, Plastic Ono Band, 16: Aü [Live] - John Lennon, Mothers of Invention, Mothers of Invention,

Editoral Review Or perhaps we should say especially in the hands of Lennon. Agitprop political sensibilities have seldom made for great rock music, even in the hands of a genius like John Lennon. Coming as it did on the heels of Imagine, arguably his most balanced and artistically accomplished solo record, this album-length harangue (with a "bonus" live disc that felt more like a booby prize) takes on all the de rigueur victims and causes of the day, from feminist hardships ("Woman Is the Nigger of the World") to American injustice ("John Sinclair," "Born in a Prison," "Attica") and the Irish Troubles ("Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Luck of the Irish") and comes off as tedious as it is ham-fisted. Though it features many of Lennon's stellar Plastic Ono Band sidemen (Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voorman, Eric Clapton, Jim Keltner) and the presence of legendary producer Phil Spector at the helm, none were brave or wise enough to yank the soapbox from beneath Lennon just once during the sessions. A telling chapter in any Lennon character study, though more an exercise in caricature than an album. -Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all John Lennon, Yoko Ono discography, or go back to the John Lennon, Yoko Ono tabs