Milk & Honey

If this album had been combined with the previous Double Fantasy and they then dropped all the Yoko Ono tracks then it would have been a John Lennon classic to rival Imagine. It's not that Yoko's songs are bad, it's just that they are average, especially when alternating with John Lennon's songs. It gets four stars for the fact that half the songs (the Lennon one's) are excellent. Grow Old With Me was a potential classic in its own right but is included on the album in its demo version as, of course, Lennon died before ever recording it in the studio. What might have been. Well worth it for those, like me, who are Lennon fans and can tune out during Ono's inoffensive but plain contributions.

This is the album John Lennon was working on when he was shot [on the night in question he was actually working on a Yoko track 'Walking On Thin Ice']. Like Double Fantasy this album is split between John tracks and Yoko tracks it is supposed to be a conversation in music, but it is a bit of a one sided conversation as Lennon is by far the stronger songwriter. My favourite tracks include the single 'Nobody Told Me', 'I'm Stepping Out' and 'I Don't Want To Face It'. Most of the Yoko tracks are listenable but nothing special, also although Paul McCartney is often accused of being the sentimental one of the Lennon and McCartney partnership tracks on this album and Double Fantasy show that Lennon was equally susceptible to sentimentality with songs such as '[forgive me] My Little Flower Princess' and to be honest Lennon is not as convincing as McCartney on these tracks he tends to sound cloying. What I like most about this album and why I prefer it to the original version of Double Fantasy [the re-issue of which contains the original mix and a much better remix] is that it is not blighted by Jack Douglas's production sheen it sounds more intimate although of course there is an unfinished quality to the sound particularly on the track 'Grow Old With Me'. So this is the last John Lennon album it shows Lennon regaining his confidence, unfortunately we would never find out where this new found confidence would take him, but as a flawed final statement it is a good one.

Great addition to our vinyl collection, love the images captured and also the words to every track, a must for any John Lennon fan. Be aware if you order through Rarewaves their delivery takes longer due to Covid but worth the wait

A very deep and emotional strong CD, representing some of the best songs by mr. John Lennon ever.If You like Lennons music You have to buy this piece of art!

Great condition, quality. I am delighted at aged over 70 , Thankyou