John Lennon

Double Fantasy

John Lennon Can Sing...... Yoko Ono Can't

Review Score:

(6/10)
I'm sure I'll piss off many of the readers and reviewers here... but I need to continue to be honest about the music I listen to. There are 16 songs here, split right down the middle by John and Yoko with 8 each. The John Lennon songs are amazing - with 3 solid "comeback" hits in "Watching The Wheels", "(Just Like) Starting Over", and "Woman". And, Yoko Ono's stuff is complete trash. Ono's 8 songs are extremely uneven, very patchy, and down-right painful to listen to... and anyone who says they can listen with admiration to her vocals must be on heroin. Listen to some of Ono's songs (specifically "Kiss Kiss Kiss", "Beautiful Boys" or "Give Me Something") and see if you don't want to blame her for the break up of the Beatles. I admire the relationship between Lennon and Ono, but it absolutely did not translate into music for Ono. As for Lennon's songs... they are brilliant, passionate, political and personal. If this album was purely Lennon material it'd be an easy 5-star review, but Yokohama's material lowered the score. While this is no "Imagine" or "Walls & Bridges", this "Double Fantasy" still ranks up there with some of Lennon's best post-Beatle material. Only other thing wrong with this album is the cover... it's way to similar to "Milk & Honey". John Lennon was so creative - I know he could have come up with something else (maybe "I am The Walrus - Part 2"). "Double Fantasy" was John's last studio album (1980).... he will be missed. R.I.P.

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