John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy

"Double Fantasy was supposed to be a love album — instead, it became a death album. John Lennon was murdered within days of its release, and these songs became part of the world's mourning process. The achievement of this remastered version is that it lets you hear the music as it was meant to be: a celebration rather than a farewell. Lennon's voice sounds incredibly robust — check out the doo-wop exuberance of '(Just Like) Starting Over.' He and Yoko Ono take turns singing lead; after he snarls 'I'm Losing You,' Ono responds with 'I'm Moving On.' But the overall effect is two musicians sharing an emotional journey, culminating in the gorgeous 'Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy).' This edition adds a second disc with an Ono-supervised Stripped Down remix, which puts even more focus on the vocals. ... Five years after becoming a househusband, Lennon had fallen back in love with rock & roll" (Rob Sheffield, "John and Yoko's Last Labor of Love, Revisited," Rolling Stone, 10/14/10, p. 101).
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