John Lennon - Double Fantasy (1980) [Full Album] 2000 reissue + bonus tracks

Double Fantasy is the fifth studio album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and the final one to feature Lennon before his death. Released in November 1980 on Geffen Records, the album marked Lennon's return to recording music full-time, following his five-year hiatus to raise his son Sean. Recording sessions took place at the Hit Factory in New York City between August and October 1980. The final album features songs from both Lennon and Ono, largely alternating between the two in its track listing. Other tracks recorded by Lennon from the sessions were compiled by Ono for release on Milk and Honey in 1984.

Upon its release, the album stalled on music charts and received largely negative reviews from music critics, with many focusing on the album's idealisation of Lennon and Ono's marriage. However, following Lennon's murder three weeks after its release, it became a worldwide commercial success and went on to win the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In subsequent decades, the album has been viewed favourably, with Lennon's songs in particular garnering praise as some of his finest.

Tracklist:
00:00 (Just Like) Starting Over (Lennon)
03:56 Kiss Kiss Kiss
06:37 Cleanup Time (Lennon)
09:36 Give Me Something
11:11 I'm Losing You (Lennon)
15:08 I'm Moving On
17:28 Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (Lennon)
Side Two
21:32 Watching The Wheels (Lennon)
25:32 Yes I'm Your Angel
28:41 Woman (Lennon)
32:13 Beautiful Boys
35:09 Dear Yoko (Lennon)
37:43 Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him

2000 reissue bonus tracks
41:45 Hard Times Are Over
45:07 Help Me To Help Myself
47:45 Walking On Thin Ice
53:46 Central Park Stroll (Dialogue)

Audio: 320 kbps 48.000 kHz

Musicians
John Lennon – lead vocals, guitar
Yoko Ono – lead vocals
Earl Slick – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Tony Levin – bass guitar
George Small – keyboards
Andy Newmark – drums
Arthur Jenkins, Jr. – percussion
Ed Walsh – Oberheim synthesiser
Randy Stein – English concertina
Robert Greenidge – steel drum on "Beautiful Boy"
Matthew Cunningham – hammer dulcimer on "Watching the Wheels"
Howard Johnson, Grant Hungerford, John Parran, Seldon Powell, George "Young" Opalisky, Roger Rosenberg, David Tofani, Ronald Tooley – horns
Cas Mijac (Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks) – background vocals
Eric Troyer – background vocals
Benny Cummings Singers – background vocals
The Kings Temple Choir – background vocals

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