Mr. Jordan
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1989 |
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10 |
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47:03 |
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Johnny Yuma Recording, Los Angeles |
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Mr. Jordan is the third music album by the singer Julian Lennon . It was released in March 1989 by Atlantic Records in the USA and Canada and by Virgin Records worldwide. It was Lennon's first album that was not produced by Phil Ramone .
Emergence
After his debut album Valotte and the following album The Secret Value of Daydreaming , as well as two tours and publicly known alcohol and drug excesses, Lennon decided to make a new musical start: “I was no longer satisfied with what I was doing and the direction I was headed I was moving, so I made up my mind to get my affairs in order, get myself in order, and do what I wanted to do. Be creative. ”, Lennon said in an interview in 1989. He ended his collaboration with the producer of his first two albums, Phil Ramone, and retired to Switzerland , mainly for tax reasons , where he spent a year working on titles for his new album Album worked. He moved from New York City to Santa Monica and had his new album produced by Patrick "Pat" Leonard, who had previously worked with Madonna , among others . Also due to poor marketing by Atlantic Records , the album received little public attention. Lennon used individual tracks as the B-side of singles on his 1991 album Help Yourself .
The title of the album Mr. Jordan goes back to two sources. A friend of Lennon's was working on a drawing that showed an angel. Although it flew into the sky, it tore its wings off to sink back to earth. Lennon interpreted the picture as "a second chance". Lennon also inspired the film Here Comes Mr. Jordan , in which Mr. Jordan helps a deceased man return to earth. Since the album is about death, faith and love and Lennon saw the album as a new beginning, he named the album after the film character Mr. Jordan .
The black and white cover photo shows Lennon in profile, his head resting on his right hand. Like that of the previous album, the photo is from Timothy White .
title
- Now You're In Heaven - 3:39
- You're The One - 5:52
- I Get Up - 4:38
- Mother Mary - 4:56
- Angillette - 4:23
- Open Your Eyes - 4:22
- Make It Up To You - 4:46
- Sunday Morning - 3:27 am
- Second Time - 5:14
- I Want You To Know - 5:45
Julian Lennon also played keyboard and backing vocals on the album. He wrote Mother Mary , Open Your Eyes, and Sunday Morning alone while collaborating with John McCurry on Now You're In Heaven , You're The One , I Get Up , Angillette, and I Want You To Know . Make It Up To You was born from a collaboration with Pat Leonard and Second Time , Lennon wrote with his former school friend and long-time bandmate Justin Clayton. Individual titles refer to titles by the Beatles , so Mother Mary recalls the line of song "Mother Mary comes to me" from the title Let It Be , while I Want You To Know uses the collage technique from I Am the Walrus .
On some singles artists can be heard in guest appearances. The guitar accompaniment on Second Time is by Peter Frampton , that on You're the One by Dean Huff and the guitar on Open Your Eyes by David Williams . The acoustic guitar recording of the album was performed by Bruce Gaitsch , while Warren Ham played harmonica on I Get Up .
Chart successes
Mr. Jordan reached number 87 on the US Billboard charts and remained on the charts for a total of 15 weeks. As the only single, Now You're In Heaven reached the US Hot 100 and was ranked 93rd in May 1989. In Great Britain Now You're In Heaven came to number 59 on the charts. In the Australian charts, Mr. Jordan reached number 18. Now You're in Heaven reached number 5 in the charts in Australia.
The second single, You're the One , couldn't make it into the charts.
criticism
Musikexpress saidthat Mr. Jordan was “so broad that you get the impression that you [JL] were going to say, 'Fuck it, I'll do what I want'.” Youth magazine Bravo felt particularly about the single Now You 're in Heaven that “nothing[reminds] ofthe style of the Beatles boss . A wild, energetic rocker. You canonly heara Bowie influence. "
Rolling Stone emphasized that,in contrast to the two previous albums, Mr. Jordan showed Lennon's willingness to experiment. Especially his vocals, which are much deeper than on the previous albums, make the resemblance to John Lennon's voice disappear and remind you more of David Bowie's voice in Heroes' times.
Web links
- Mr. Jordan at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sylvie Simmons: Interview Julian Lennon . In: Musikexpress, May 1989, p. 36.
- ↑ a b c Sylvie Simmons: Interview Julian Lennon . In: Musikexpress, May 1989, p. 38.
- ↑ See billboard.com
- ↑ See billboard.com
- ↑ See australian-charts.com
- ↑ Julian Lennon: Now You're in Heaven . In: Bravo, March 16, 1989.
- ↑ See Mr Jordan . In: Rolling Stone , May 31, 1989, online ( July 25, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive ).