"[26], Also appearing on Mind Games are songs that indulged Lennon's affinity for pure rock 'n' roll, such as "Tight A$", the title of which was a pun on the expressions "tight as" and "tight ass". While noting the singer's attempts to re-create "the lyricism and melodic inventiveness" of Imagine, Carr and Tyler continued: "The reason the total album is not more effective can be laid at the door of Lennon's personal situation, and on his tendency to react to events, instead of initiating them. referencing Mind Games, LP, Album, 1C 062-05 491. Mind Games ‎ (LP, Album, RE) Music For Pleasure: 046-005.491: Spain: Unknown: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Add Review [r788025] Release. There is a missing ingredient in Mind Games. There's a problem loading this menu right now. It is a reissue and It has all the same verbiage as this release. Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2007. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. As Ono was completing her fourth album, Feeling the Space, Lennon decided he also wanted to record a new album, and liked the studio musicians that their assistant and production coordinator May Pang had assembled for Ono's album. [4] Wanting to produce an album that would be more accepted than his previous politically charged commercial flop Some Time in New York City, Lennon began writing and demoing a few songs for Mind Games in his Greenwich Village apartment. John Lennon, was a genius when it came to music, this is just one of his albums... he accomplished so much in his short life time, imagine what he could have accomplished if he had not been killed. Mind Games was the first of three superb albums that would improve on the previous one exponentially. That cover says more than the record to me. [26] Lennon later said that it failed as a song, however; in an interview with Playboy Magazine, he remarked: "It was a good lick, but I couldn't get the words to make sense. [25] While demoing the song on piano in early 1973, with the lyrics still incomplete, he added a few lines from two previously released tracks – "How? The album's inner sleeve featured a "Declaration of Nutopia", in which people could become a citizen of Nutopia if they spoke about Nutopia. Please try again. It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York in summer 1973. The album was released in the US on 29 October 1973 and in the UK on 16 November 1973. John Lennon's fourth studio album released in 1973, recorded at The Record Plant in New York City between 4 July and August 1973. Mind Games was the first of three superb albums that would improve on the previous one exponentially. 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