John Lennon - Mind Games (The Raw Studio Mixes) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

So sings John Lennon in the refrain of the title track (which actually had been titled “Make Love, Not War”) to the album and this box set…and he’s not wrong there. We’d heard it ad nauseum from him on his past three albums, and although it’s still his credo, Mind Games is a much tamer album than its predecessors.

For the most part, gone are the acerbic, caustic attacks which were all over Imagine and Sometime In New York City, and in their place are more playful tunes like “Tight A$” and “Intuition,” and more odes to his love, Yoko, like “One Day (At A Time)” and “Out The Blue,” and lilting ballads like “You Are Here,” making the album an easier listen. The reason, however, to shell out big bucks for this box is the five discs of different mixes, taking the listener through each stage of life of every track on the album.

Disc 1 is the “Ultimate Mix,” and it’s without doubt the best CD mix this album has ever had, due to the efforts of Sean Lennon, Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon. The songs breathe a lot easier and with much less clutter than previous mixes.

TRACKLIST

1. John Lennon - Mind Games (Raw Studio Mix)
2. John Lennon - Tight A$ (Raw Studio Mix)
3. John Lennon - Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Raw Studio Mix)
4. John Lennon - One Day (At A Time) (Raw Studio Mix)
5. John Lennon - Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (Raw Studio Mix)
6. John Lennon - Nutopian International Anthem (Raw Studio Mix)
7. John Lennon - Intuition (Raw Studio Mix)
8. John Lennon - Out The Blue (Raw Studio Mix)
9. John Lennon - Only People (Raw Studio Mix)
10. John Lennon - I Know (I Know) (Raw Studio Mix)
11. John Lennon - You Are Here (Raw Studio Mix)
12. John Lennon - Meat City (Raw Studio Mix)
13. John Lennon - Matchbox / That’s All Right / Heartbreak Hotel



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