Mind Games

John Lennon - Mind Games

Mind Games

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Artist: John Lennon
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Music Label: Capitol
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LENNON JOHN MIND GAMES

Soundtracks:

Mind Games
Tight As
Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)
One Day (At A Time)
Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple)
Nutopian International Anthem
Intuition
Out Of The Blue
Only People
I Know (I Know)
You Are Here
Meat City
Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (home version)
Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (home version)
Meat City (home version)

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Free Music Review: A Fresh Mind-Look
Hit: 5 Stars

Even though I have idolized John Lennon since he first hit the shores of America, I think that today I appreciate his wisdom and creativity even more, especially since his music has been remastered. This album is a perfect example. It's been years since I listened to the entire work. With this remastered version, I, wiser now myself, feel that I am hearing a new album. The clarity of the sound gives these tracks a vibrant richness that I didn't notice before, and "everything is illuminated".

For me, the tracks fall into 3 categories: serious/meaningful, mid-tempo and solid rock. In the first group are "Mind Games", "Aisumasen", "Out Of The Blue" and "You Are Here". "Mind Games" is Lennon in his solo eclectic prime, incorporating inspired lyrics and a beautiful melody ("Loooove iiis the answer, and you know that for sure" gets me every time), socio-political concerns, and the influence of Yoko's philosophy and conceptual art. "Aisumasen" has Lennon exposing his passion, guilt and love against a traditional blues background, complete with a nicely executed basic blues/rock guitar solo. In "Out Of The Blue", he thanks "the Lord and Lady" (equality, even for gods) for the love he has found. Allied with the cosmic lyrics ("Like a UFO you came to me") are celestial, dream-like back-up voices which comprise one of the stylistic tools of this album. A keyboard interlude, crystal clear from the remastering, adds distinction to the track. "You Are Here" has been dismissed by some as muzak, but to me, the metaphorical global references ("From Liverpool to Tokyo, what a way to go...East is east, and west is west, the twain shall meet") which represent John and Yoko's union, in a gentle melody which floats over smooth "slide" guitar, raise it far above the muzak level. And then there are those ghostly back-up voices.

Of the mid-tempo songs, "One Day At A Time" is the best. It is enlivened by John's falsetto vocal, a bouncy chorus and those eerie back-up singers again. "Intuition", "I Know" and "Only People" are good mid-tempo songs; a little on the light side, but they have their attractions. Actually, "Intuition" has a touch of early Doors, which is definitely a good thing.

The rock tracks, all strong, range from the graphic "Tight A$" ("just as tight as a dope fiend's fix, my friend"), to the politically aggressive "Bring On The Lucie/Freda People" ("Your time is up, you better know it"), to the wild abandon of "Meat City" ("People were dancing like there's no tomorrow").

I consider "Mind Games" to be in the same league with Lennon's best - "Plastic Ono Band" and "Imagine" - all 5-star albums. By the way, the 3 bonus tracks are home versions of "Aisumasen", "Freda People" and "Meat City". They are pretty stripped down, which does not appeal to me; but if you like things acoustic, there they are, with altered lyrics.

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Released in 1973 after the dismal musical detour that was Sometime in New York City, Mind Games showed John Lennon returning to the emotional pop sounds of Plastic Ono Band and Imagine. But while the glorious title track (the album's only hit) was every inch a worthy successor to "Imagine," the rest of the songs were written off by most critics as half-baked experiments. In retrospect, most of them, while not classic stuff, are still better than the bulk of what passed for rock music in the early 1970s. "You Are Here" and "Out of the Blue" are definitely on par with Lennon's best solo work, while "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" couches its political barbs in silly good humor. Even better is "Meat City," a rocker as wild and surreal as the "White Album"'s "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey." The 2002 remastered reissue is fleshed out with three "home version" takes of album tracks. --Dan Epstein

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