Sunday, June 6, 2010

"Mind Games" by John Lennon – ***

First released: 1973

I have to admit that it took a long time for me to warm up to this album. There was even a time when I liked "Some Time in New York City" more than this album. Mainly, this is due to how subdued this album is in comparison to Lennon’s other material. Time has allowed me to develop an appreciation for the material with highlights for me being "Intuition", "I Know (I Know)" and the title track. When this CD was remastered and reissued in 2002, demo versions of "Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)", "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" and "Meat City" were added. Some of the remastering actually perks up the album that was originally kind of lackluster.

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