ARTIST: John Lennon
TITLE: Walls And Bridges
LABEL: Capitol
GENRE: Pop
BITRATE: 200kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 59min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-11-22
RIP DATE: 2005-11-09
Track List
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01. Going Down On Love 3:56
02. Whatever Gets You Thru The 3:27
Night
03. Old Dirt Road 4:11
04. What You Got 3:10
05. Bless You 4:37
06. Scared 4:37
07. #9 Dream 4:47
08. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird 2:56
Of Paradox)
09. Steel And Glass 4:35
10. Beef Jerky 3:27
11. Nobody Loves You (When You're 5:08
Down And Out)
12. Ya Ya 1:11
13. Whatever Gets You Thru The 4:23
Night (Live With The Elton
John Band)
14. Nobody Loves You (When You're 5:07
Down And Out) (Alternative
Version)
15. John Interview (By Bob Mercer) 3:49
Release Notes:
Walls and Bridges was recorded during John Lennon's infamous "lost weekend," as
he exiled himself in California during a separation from Yoko Ono. Lennon's
personal life was scattered, so it isn't surprising that Walls and Bridges is a
mess itself, containing equal amounts of brilliance and nonsense. Falling
between the two extremes was the bouncy Elton John duet "Whatever Gets You Thru
the Night," which was Lennon's first solo number one hit. Its bright, sunny
surface was replicated throughout the record, particularly on middling rockers
like "What You Got" but also on enjoyable pop songs like "Old Dirt Road."
However, the best moments on Walls and Bridges come when Lennon is more open
with his emotions, like on "Going Down on Love," "Steel and Glass," and the
beautiful, soaring "#9 Dream." Even with such fine moments, the album is
decidedly uneven, containing too much mediocre material like "Beef Jerky" and
"Ya Ya," which are weighed down by weak melodies and heavy over-production. It
wasn't a particularly graceful way to enter retirement.