John Lennon - Double Fantasy [Japan CD]

Primary Artist
John Lennon
Album Title
Double Fantasy [Japan CD]
Release Date
September 20, 2000 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The most distinctive thing about Double Fantasy, the last album John Lennon released during his lifetime, is the very thing that keeps it from being a graceful return to form from the singer/songwriter, returning to active duty after five years of self-imposed exile. As legend has it, Lennon spent those years in domestic bliss, being a husband, raising a baby, and, of course, baking bread. Double Fantasy was designed as a window into that bliss and, to that extent, he decided to make it a joint album with Yoko Ono, to illustrate how complete their union was. Read More