Imagine

Cassette Kids Uprising Reviews

Author

jason-cobb

The temptation was to skip Imagine as the opening track. Great song, for sure. But how many times do you need to hear this? The message has long since been lost on me after every shitty commercial radio station plays it on rotation. They don't wake up the breakfast crew with Gimme Some Truth. Which is a shame, as there are bloody great rallying calls here beyond all the hippie bollocks. I'm always surprised when I see that this was recorded in 1971. It doesn't sound like a Beatles crossover album. I also had no idea that Phil Spector was involved. Jealous Guy is up there amongst some of the finest Beatles songs.

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Author

boombox-generation

Judging by this, The Beatles were definitely greater than the sum of their parts. I found this pretty bland, the songs largely plodding inoffensively. Generally, the covers of these songs that I have heard are much more developed than these originals - Roxy’s Jealous Guy and Shockabilly’s Oh Yoko!. I knew of How Do You Sleep? but had never really heard it, and for me this is the standout track here. Focused and impassioned, it may not be the best song here but is definitely the most convincing. Overall, not the quality that I would expect from one half of The Beatles’ main songwriters.

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