John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Sometime in New York City
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Artist: John Lennon, Yoko OnoBrand: LENNON,JOHN
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-11-22
Music Label: Capitol
Product features:
- LENNON JOHN & YOKO ONO SOMETIME IN NEW YORK
- Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
- Sisters, O Sisters
- Attica State
- Born In A Prison
- New York City
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Luck Of The Irish
- John Sinclair
- Angela
- We're All Water
- Cold Turkey (Live Jam)
- Don't Worry Kyoko (Live Jam)
- Well Baby Please Don't Go (Live Jam)
- Listen The Snow Is Falling
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Free Music Notes for Sometime in New York City
Free Music Review: severely underrated
Hit: 5 Stars
First of all, I am NOT giving Some Time in New York City 5 stars because I think it's on the same level as the rest of John Lennon's classic albums. Yes, Some Time in New York City has some flaws, but to be completely honest, I was expecting a LOT worse. I actually enjoy quite a lot of the album. I believe in giving it 5 stars I'm helping to boost the overall rating a notch or two.
Alright, let's get to the flaws. Yes, you know what I'm going to say because it's IMPOSSIBLE to ignore- Yoko Ono's contributions. Thankfully, she doesn't dominate the album nearly as much as I once feared (explaining why I didn't bother giving this album a chance until now- I feared her singing voice dominated the album to the point of being a major distraction to me personally, but now I see that's not the case).
She actually has some enjoyable songs on here, such as "Sisters O Sisters" with its upbeat catchy vocal style, and the final track "We're All Water" with background instruments such as the inclusion of the electric guitar and saxophone to help Yoko's singing style move along. She's actually singing a pretty good melody on this track. Overall, at 7 minutes, you're probably thinking it's pure torture, but it's actually not. I'm surprised.
Lennon's contributions are JUST as awesome as the stuff he did on the Imagine and Mind Games albums (and let's not forget the stuff he did on Double Fantasy too). "John Sinclair" and the rockabilly style of "New York City" are EXCELLENT songs.
As for the tracks where Lennon and Yoko are singing at the same time, or singing back to back, these are pretty good as well, because the songwriting is luckily pretty strong. In fact, on "Sabbath Bloody... er, Sunday Bloody Sunday", Yoko's incredibly dark singing tone during the chorus is extremely effective, and John's lyrics on the verse melody are quite meaningful as well (and remind me of "Come Together" a little bit).
"Attica State" is short and very melodic, "The Luck of the Irish" has excellent back and forth vocals from John and Yoko, and "Angela" is a gorgeous song overall.
I can't really pick a favorite probably because I'm still shocked how much quality is in the songwriting. It's a really good album I highly recommend. You shouldn't be afraid to give it a chance.
Sometime in New York City Poster
2005 reissue with 'Listen the Snow Is Falling' and 'Happy Xmas' replacing the last jam on the CD. Capitol. 2005.Agitprop political sensibilities have seldom made for great rock music, even in the hands of a genius like John Lennon. Or perhaps we should say especially in the hands of 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
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