Add Date: November 16
Artist: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Album: Double Fantasy/Stripped Down
Label: Capitol
Genre: Rock, pop
Comments: Please, hold your fire (and judgment) when I say that I've never been a huge Beatles fan. I appreciate their revolutionary style (for the time) and the impact they made and continue to make on the world and music business, but I don't exactly consider myself a fan, especially in comparison to the leagues of live-and-breathe-I-built-an-altar-to-Lennon and McCartney fans. I, as well as any other potential fans of the Beatles or any individual member thereof, should be extremely thankful that Yoko Ono decided to release a double-album of Double Fantasy, including the original version and the Stripped Down version. Being aptly named, Stripped Down takes a majority of the background noise and doubling off Lennon's voice to produce tracks focused on Lennon's and Ono's talents. The clarity, while giving a welcome and surprisingly enjoyable addition to the original, also brings an intimacy with it. Stripped Down transforms the album from a proclamation of love to the world to an extremely personal set of love songs that Lennon and Ono have graciously let us listen in on.
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