Around and Around’s “Reviled!” series continues with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. There were several to choose from, but if we dismiss the “Unfinished Music” series, it has to be SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY (link to review). Rarely have the critics dipped their pens in so much vitriol. Mostly it was justified. John and Yoko. 1972. This double album was reviled for its trite and banal political lyrics. Recorded with a third rate band, Elephant’s Memory too. Then they decided to add a free live double album that most would have filed inthe wastebin. But … I do find some virtues.(And Yoko’s remastered 2010 CD sounds better than the original vinyl album).
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