 "SWEET!!!!!!!!" | 2008-03-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANWZ9UJZ71CL7 |
| Sweet and sad at the same time. Just think how good it would a been if he lived. |
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| "Still Sounds Great After All These Years" | 2007-10-10 |
| - Reviewed By w2mch |
Today would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday. In honor of his birthday, I took a second look at his last album with Yoko Ono, 1983's MILK AND HONEY. Although the songs may sound unfinished and not overly produced, they are as raw and powerful as its predecessor, DOUBLE FANTASY. All the songs are upbeat, and have elements of John and Yoko's eclectic musical tastes.
The album includes 12 initial tracks. As with Double Fantasy, John and Yoko's songs alternate with one following the other, and they compliment each other quite well. One of the singles off the album, "I'm Stepping Out" opens the record, and then is followed by Yoko's "Sleepless Night." "I Don't Wanna Face It" provides the edge and rock and roll to the album. "Don't Be Scared" has unique lyrics, "If your hearts are lit, Drop your survival kit, Then you never have to Run or split." While John's "Nobody Told Me," plays on gibberish as well, "Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move..." Yoko is quite artful and succinct with her song,"O' Sanity." Undoubtedly, John and Yoko were influenced by the sounds of the islands as well as what they heard on the radio because they may be heard on the very reggae flavored "Borrowed Time, the new age-like "Your Hands," and "(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess," which almost sounds like Roxy Music. The two concluding tracks are the most poetic songs on the album, "Let Me Count the Ways," Yoko's piano accompanied ode to beauty, which is followed by the unfinished/demo of "Grow Old With Me"; a song inspired by the prose of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. And the album ends with Yoko's "You're The One," a very 1980s dance track.
After listening to all the songs on MILK AND HONEY two things come to mind, the album may signify his last recordings, but it also shows how he continued to be innovative and versatile when creating his music alone and with Yoko. Regardless of how many years have passed, the songs sound fresh and lively as they did 24 years ago. This is an album that is highly recommended for any John Lennon record collection.
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 "Not a great album? Please......" | 2007-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3DNDP5U6D8MWD |
| I've always loved this album since I got it on vinyl years back. If your a true lennon fan this is a must have. I like Yoko too, so bite me. |
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| "Lennon's swan song delightfully delivers!" | 2007-01-23 |
| - Reviewed By britts5 |
| These songs, the remainder from 1980's "Double Fantasy" sessions deliver a sharp and delightful musical punch. While they aren't as "slick" as "Double Fanatasy" (John had planned to double track his vocals after Christmas, 1980), tracks such as "Nobody Told Me" , "I Don't Want to Face It" and "Steppin Out" are John at his rock and roll best. Songs such as the reggae-influenced "Borrowed Time" and the tropical island-drenched "Forgive Me" are wonderful and offer a glmpse of the great music that was to come..... In addition, Yoko's "You're The One" is a classic "Walking On Thin Ice" esqe recording---and this remastered edition features John's "lead" vocal on Yoko's "Every Man Has a Woman" (as a bonus track). I highly recommend this CD. |
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 ""peak master" is not enough" | 2005-09-10 |
| - Reviewed By nebojsan |
As I like to say; Many, many "moons" ago I have bought this CD, expecting to enjoy listening to it digitally remastered... But...
Like I said in the title, it is not enough to use "peak master". You have to know how to use it. In case of this particular item somebody gained the track and cut the level with something like peak master on 0 dB. Personally I think that some kind of a low quality limiter was used in this case.
Dear messers (whoever is the one responsible for this), thanks to your unqualified usage of equipment or software, we have the honor of listening to another TECHNICALLY INCORRECT CD.
Epilog:
1. John's voice, as well as some instruments is clipping from time to time (you can hear light distortions).
2. On the third track "I Don't Wanna Face It", from approx. 2:42 you can hear one continuous crackling sound, which comes as a side effect of gaining the sound and then cutting it with limiter.
The same thing happened with Double Fantasy, which is not the case with Imagine and Rock 'n' Roll. Naturally I'm talking about Remastered items. It is sad, however to destroy such a wonderful music. Pay attention next time Mr. or Mrs. So and So.
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 "I Don't Want To Face It, no no no no" | 2005-01-28 |
| - Reviewed By risrosen |
| Have I ever listened to this all the way through? I suppose I have, once or twice. "Nobody Told Me" knocked me out when I first heard it. But the final creative outpouring of the Lennons ("diarhea of creativity", John called it in his final interview) doesn't hold much attraction for me anymore--and not because of Yoko, either (not in particular, anyway). It's too much personal myth-making, too self-centered. I hope to someday understand this period of their lives better than I do now. Meantime, anyone want to buy my copy of the record? Near-mint condition! |
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| "How do you judge a posthumous album?" | 2004-07-23 |
| - Reviewed By markofcain |
This seems to be one of those records that you either love or hate. It's sad, because the songs on here could have been so much better and so much more polished had John still been around to rerecord them, scrap certain songs altogether, or add new songs on to the album. Many of these songs sound more like unfinished music or demos (and admittedly "Grow Old with Me" was the last surviving demo John made of that song); John sounds like he was having a lot of fun recording some of these numbers, since he didn't realise they would be the final album cuts. Like the predecessor DF, this is also billed as a heartplay, with John and Yoko alternating songs (and John has the first song on both side one and side two), though since John was gone when this album was made and released, it's not a true heartplay like DF was. There you get a real sense of husband and wife singing and responding to one another's songs, and here most of the songs don't really sound like responses to anything. I also like Yoko's songs on DF better than on M&H, though on both albums her songs are very mainstream; no tape loops, screaming, breathing, constantly repeating one word over and over again, or long moments of silence.
My favourite songs on here are "Nobody Told Me" (which was a posthumous hit), "Borrowed Time" (very poignantly ironic), "Your Hands" (I love the fact that half of this song is in Japanese), "Let Me Count the Ways," "Grow Old with Me," and "You're the One." "Flower Princess" is the throwaway, but it's a fun throwaway at least. The other John songs, "I Don't Wanna Face It" and "I'm Stepping Out," could have been more polished and developed if he'd still been around to work them to perfection in the studio; "I'm Stepping Out," the opening track, comes close to the spirit of DF's opening track "Starting Over," but doesn't do the job as well. Yoko's other songs aren't my personal cup of tea; I prefer Concept Art as visual and not musical art. Still, considering this is a posthumous album, it's rather good. |
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| "Great Lennon songs...a worthy release" | 2003-05-07 |
| - Reviewed By sjohnson999 |
| There are some great Lennon compositions on this release. I think the editorial review was a little over harsh. Given Lennon's worth as a songwriter and the fact that he died so prematurely I think that there's plenty of merit in the act of releasing and enjoying these songs. Yoko's cuts have less broad appeal and will probably not be your cup of tea, unless you're a fan of contemporary Japanese "noise music" (Melt Banana, Merzbow, Boredoms) and/or early 80s dance music. However it's worth mentioning that she's cited as an important influence on some specialized contemporary genres AND Lennon himself was very supportive of her efforts (how clever of the reviewer below to make fun of Yoko Ono's name...gee, I wonder why someone named "Eugene Dobson" would need to stoop that low?). Keep that in mind and then go ahead and enjoy this release! |
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 "Milking Her Honey" | 2002-12-10 |
| - Reviewed By eux |
Piggybacking her own songs on to her late husbands mostly incomplete work, Yo-yo NoNo showed her true colors with this grave digging exercise in bad taste. Had it been released as a record of Lennon only songs and sold as a collection of unfinished work rather than presented as it is, I wouldn't have any disdain for it. Attaching her own songs to this record was clearly just So-Low Ohno's attempt to use this advantage to shove her own dreaded work down the throats of his fans.
I am aware that it was expected that they would record a follow up to Double Fantasy called Milk and Honey had John lived to finish his songs, but as he didn't finish most of them and that not all of these songs were intended to be part of that project, as some were written for Ringo, it should have never have been presented to the public as if this was John's vision of how that album would have turned out. Considering how poorly her own solo records sell and who it is I'm talking about here it's not surprising, but it is still disgusting. |
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| "A decent swan-album from Lennon.." | 2002-02-18 |
| - Reviewed By pdburgin |
| 'Milk and Honey' was in pre production and John was already making demo tapes for the album when he was assasinated on Dec 8th 1980. Yoko Ono wisely waited a few years afterwards and used five songs of John's from the 'Double Fantasy' sessions (some of which may well have been used for the album anyway)plus one of the demos ('Grow Old With Me') alongside new songgs by her, for the album which came out at the start of 1984 and which has recently been digitally remastered alongside some new tracks. It's a good album in parts, and 'I'm Stepping Out' and 'Nobody Told Me' are songs that by their quality are begging to be released, 'Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him' (which was originally an Ono track on 'Double Fantasy') which has been put on the album for the remastered version with Lennon's vocals is also good, but there are parts which have an unfinished quality (note 'Forgive Me My Little Flower Princess')and the demo 'Grow Old With Me' has an almost complete hymnal style which is almost what John wanted, but he also discerned that it needed Orchestral background, which George Martin has provided for the Lennon Anthology.
Primarily though Lennon is doing what is was best at, natural Rock and Roll and R n Band, because it was not fully produced, lacks a slickness which might well have stifled it. |
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