Acoustic

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Acoustic
Compilation album by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

November 1, 2004 ( UK ) ,
November 2, 2004 ( US )

Label (s) EMI Group

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

16

running time

44 min 0 s

occupation
  • various musicians

Sound engineers :

  • Rob Stevens,
  • Jason Inloes

production

Yoko Ono

Studio (s)

various

chronology
Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits
2001 		Acoustic Peace, Love & Truth
2005

Acoustic is the title of a compilation album with seven unreleased songs by John Lennon and it is the 13th posthumously released album after Lennon's death in 1980. At the same time it is including eight solo studio albums, three avant -albums with his wife Yoko Ono , of the two live albums , the two interview albums and the compilation albums , John Lennon's 25th album. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the UK and November 2, 2004 in the US .

History of origin

The album, released in November 2004 by EMI , contains 13 demos and three live recordings. The acoustic guitar, played by John Lennon, is in the foreground of all songs. The following seven titles were first published in the included version: Well Well Well , God , My Mummy's Dead , Cold Turkey , What You Got , Dear Yoko and Real Love . The other nine titles appeared in November 1998 in the John Lennon Anthology CD box . The CD comes with a 20-page illustrated booklet that contains information about the album and the lyrics to the song.

There was no publication in LP format.

Cover

The cover design was done by Robert Young and Karla Merrifield. The cover picture is from David Spindel.

Track list

  1. Working Class Hero - 3:58
    from the 8-track sessions to the album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) - first release of this version on John Lennon Anthology
  2. Love - 2:30
    from the 8-track sessions to the album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) - first release of this version on John Lennon Anthology
  3. Well Well Well - 1:14
    Home demo (1970)
  4. Look at Me - 2:49
    from the 8-track sessions to the album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) - first release of this version on John Lennon Anthology
  5. God - 2:38
    Home demo (1970)
  6. My Mummy's Dead - 1:13
    Homedemo (1970), second recording
  7. Cold Turkey - 3:26
    Home demo (1969)
  8. The Luck of the Irish (John Lennon / Yoko Ono ) - 3:41
    Performed live at the John Sinclair Benefit Concert in Ann Arbor , December 10, 1971 - First published on John Lennon Anthology
  9. John Sinclair - 3:22
    Performed live at the John Sinclair Benefit Concert in Ann Arbor, December 10, 1971 - First published on John Lennon Anthology
  10. Woman Is the Nigger of the World (John Lennon / Yoko Ono) - 0:39
    Homedemo (1972) - This version was first published on the John Lennon Anthology
  11. What You Got - 2:24
    Home demo (1974)
  12. Watching the Wheels - 3:04
    Homedemo (1980) - This version was first published on the John Lennon Anthology
  13. Dear Yoko - 4:05
    Home demo (1980)
  14. Real Love - 4:00
    Homedemo (1979) - one minute longer than the version on Imagine: John Lennon (Music from the Motion Picture)
  15. Imagine - 3:08
    Performed live At the Apollo , December 17, 1971 - First published on John Lennon Anthology
  16. It's Real - 1:04
    Homedemo (1979) - First published on John Lennon Anthology

Republication

The CD has not yet been remastered .

Promotion publication

On the occasion of the release, the nine title promotional compilation album Two Sides of Lennon for the albums Acoustic and Rock 'n' Roll with comments by Yoko Ono was released.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 31 (8 weeks) 8th

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USA promotion CD: Two Sides Of Lennon
  2. ↑ Chart sources: US