Acoustic (John Lennon album)
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| Compilation album by John Lennon | ||||
| Released | 1 November 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:00 | |||
| Label | Capitol/EMI | |||
| Producer | Yoko Ono | |||
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Acoustic is a compilation album of John Lennon demos, studio and live performances that feature his acoustic guitar work and was released in 2004. Although it failed to chart in the United Kingdom, Acoustic reached number 31 in the United States, becoming John Lennon's best charting posthumous US release since 1988's Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on 20 November 2004 at number 31, with sales of 27,858 copies. It spent eight weeks on the chart.
Track listing
- "Working Class Hero" – 3:58
- "Love" – 2:30
- "Well Well Well" – 1:14
- "Look at Me" – 2:49
- "God" – 2:38
- "My Mummy's Dead" – 1:13
- "Cold Turkey" – 3:26
- "The Luck of the Irish" (Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:41
- "John Sinclair" – 3:22
- Tracks 8-9 recorded live on 10 December 1971 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (Lennon/Ono) – 0:39
- "What You Got" – 2:24
- "Watching the Wheels" – 3:04
- "Dear Yoko" – 4:05
- "Real Love" – 4:00
- "Imagine" – 3:08
- Recorded live on 17 December 1971 at the Apollo Theater, Manhattan, New York City, New York
- "It's Real" – 1:04
Reception
Its release was criticised by critics and fans, as nine of the sixteen recordings had previously been released on the 1998 John Lennon Anthology box set, while the remaining inclusions had been bootlegged for years.
Recording notes
- Tracks 1-2, 4, 8-10, 12 & 15-16 first released on John Lennon Anthology Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Tracks 1-6 taken from 8-track John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Track 7 taken from home demo September 1969 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Tracks 8 & 9 taken from John Sinclair benefit concert (1971) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Track 10 taken from home recording (1972)
- Track 11 taken from June 1974 work-outs Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Tracks 12-14 taken from home recordings (1980) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Track 15 taken from live performance at the Apollo (1971) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Track 16 taken from home recordings (1979)
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Boston Phoenix | [2] |
| The Music Box | [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.1/10[4] |
