by Michael A. Rinella Albany, NY United States Reviewed on October 20th, 2004
The wonderful thing about this album is that, for the first time since perhaps the Beatles "White Album" Lennon appears to have a sense of humor again, and that certainly led one to anticipate much better things from him in the 1980s and 1990s. Alas we'll never know, since he was assassinated shortly after "Double Fantasy" was released.
Lennon's contributions are so-so. "Just Like Starting Over" isn't particularly interesting. "Watching the Wheels" and "Woman" are solid, if unspectacular, medium tempo pop of the sort that became a Lennon fixture once he left the Beatles. Other songs are about the five year hiatus he took to raise his son Sean, and his life as a "house husband" and not particularly interesting.
The best song on the entire album is easily "I'm Losing You" which recalls Lennon's early 1970s work, but with restored humor; when Lennon says "Well, well, well" it's a pretty clear allusion to the song of the same name on Plastic Ono Band, but while the original was a cry of anguish, here it is sung with a wink and a smile. It's sad that so many "greatest hits" compilations do not include "I'm Losing You" since it's the strongest Lennon track on the recording.
Yoko's contributions are for her fans, and little more. It would have been preferable to for the two of them to put out separate albums as they did in 1970.
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