mind games john_lennon album mind games fourth studio album john_lennon recorded new_york summer album released october november album self produced recording help like previous album politically somewhat time new_york_city mind games poorly received music critics release reached number number certified gold album recorded having difficulties immigration beginning month separation title track released single time album album later reissued times 1970s 1980s background start john_lennon began political social issues embraced previous months time wife going marital problems completing fourth album decided wanted record new album liked studio musicians assistant production coordinator assembled album shortly asked book sessions wanting produce album accepted previous politically charged commercial flop time new_york_city began writing songs mind games apartment began composing period year writing material amid frequent court appearances battling stay united_states stressed situation worsened constant surveillance fbi political activism said couldn function know paranoid phone combined begin feel emotionally withdrawn suffering aside write songs mind games writing songs week moniker plastic band engaged services session drummer guitarist bass percussion saxophone piano organ vocal backing group called different difficulties noticeable time sessions way june new_york john separated urging companion lover month relationship later renowned lost weekend recording content mind games recorded july august characteristic quick fashion mixed week period produced album following previous year partnership album remixed audio hidden original mixing uncovered rough mixes appear album continued previous attempts chronicle life songs tone displays range mixed feelings melodic songs directed sorry originally titled song offering comfort final version sees asking forgiveness day time sings devotion blue reflects devotion wife reflects author self doubt result separation blue incorporates musical genres starting gentle melancholy acoustic guitar moving gospel country choral music portions love song took title art exhibition robert gallery time mind games sessions composition gone different themes settled theme love peace original master featured extra verse japan england songs album light hearted optimistic marking return humour wit doctrine espoused time new_york_city tracks include relates life experience instincts good gotten song piano early lyrics incomplete added lines previously released tracks imagine god john_lennon plastic band people reflects personal philosophy later said failed song interview remarked good couldn words sense appearing mind games songs affinity pure rock roll tight title pun expressions tight tight ass track style 1950s sound lines songs inspired youth rock track meat city contains lyrics keeping earlier penchant obscure imagery personal song piece late began final form improvised lyrics late rewritten words finished developing melody song mind games love answer refrain love war recalls work beatles started writing track band sessions early title love war finished reading book mind games guide inner space recorded demos retitled mind games december home studio bring dated late having started little chorus acquired national guitar worked lyrics song went simple political slogan blown statement hints earlier work imagine power people people second silent political tracks album referred country peace conceptual country announced press conference new_york_city april fool day know know features lyrics discusses causes rough mixes available time consuming song apparent gradually refined arrangement final track mind games meat city contains curse fuck pig sped backwards mix mind games single gave treatment phrase check album rock roll people recorded album sessions given album version remained unreleased posthumous album release promotion vice president los_angeles time convinced promote mind games arranging interviews billboard persuaded television commercial king dressed queen england commercial session seen film imagine john_lennon king reprised role queen radio spots promoting album created mind games album cover hand cutting photos covers similar sleeve foreground representing symbolic walking away apparent mountainous influence mind games released october america november britain time feeling space issued title track single release dates matching album single reached number peaked number billboard hot album charted number peaked number billboard listings sold better time new_york_city release came went barely according beatles biographer author similarly writes album alter status commercially successful reception rolling_stone_magazine assessed songs mind games worst writing considered trying impose ego audience waiting hopefully chart new course finding music identified album lyrics audience intelligence added preaching mind game album title impressed found raw nerves battered america curious logic sheer hard spurred write concluded mind games musically stand album warm voice like regard true came old group like new album enjoyable important mixed review robert_christgau described album step right direction step complimented mind games songs day time criticised falling ideas lost writing book beatles illustrated record nme journalists opined mind games bears definite objective mind time new_york_city noting singer attempts create melodic continued reason total album effective laid door personal situation tendency react events instead initiating beatles apart considered aside excellent title track bring mind games consisted songs hardly lodged memory best album exceptionally produced recent review allmusic critic stephen_thomas_erlewine writes confusion lies heart album doesn know way tries adds best numbers finest handful remainder record simply pleasant album reissued budget reissue album reissued emi budget label november featuring different album cover death december album seven albums reissued emi box set released june issued august time label months later march capitol label mind games remastered reissue containing previously unreleased demo recordings overseen released october month later november reissued mobile fidelity sound lab original mix remastered release entire catalogue album available separately john signature box track listing songs written john_lennon mind games tight sorry day time bring international anthem blue people know know meat city bonus tracks personnel personnel album sleeve john_lennon lead harmony backing vocals rhythm slide acoustic guitars percussion piano hammond organ david lead guitar bass drums drums bring meat city saxophone pedal steel guitar different backing vocals engineers mastering charts
Mind Games (John Lennon album)