Double Fantasy
Studio album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Released	17 November 1980
Recorded	4 August 1980 – late September 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	45:05
Label	Geffen, Capitol
Producer	John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
John Lennon chronology
Shaved Fish (1975) Double Fantasy (1980) The John Lennon Collection (1982)
Yoko Ono chronology
A Story (1974) Double Fantasy (1980) Season of Glass (1981)

Double Fantasy is the comeback album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released in 1980 initially on the newly-formed Geffen Records, and now through EMI, the distributor of all of Lennon's output (including his Beatles material). It is notable for being John Lennon's last authorised release, coming out just three weeks before his sudden death. Cover of the John Lennon album Double Fantasy. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jack Douglas is an influential American record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Shaved Fish by John Lennon, was a greatest hits collection issued by Capitol Records. ... The John Lennon Collection is a retrospective compilation album of John Lennon music released in 1982 by Parlophone Records, through E.M.I. Records. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... A Story was recorded in 1974, during the lost weekend sessions in which Lennon produced Mind Games. ... Track listing Goodbye Sadness - 3:48 Mindweaver - 4:24 Even When Youre Far Away - 4:12 Nobody Sees Me Like You Do - 3:13 Turn Of The Wheel - 2:41 Dogtown - 3:32 Silver Horse - 3:03 I Dont Know Why - 4:18 Extension 33 - 2:45 No... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

Recording

With the birth of his son Sean in 1975, Lennon put his career on hold to raise the boy and rekindle his relationship with his older son Julian. In the summer of 1980, both Lennon and Ono felt ready to resume to work and began composing. Sean Taro Ono Lennon (aka Sean Ono Lennon, born October 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. ... John Charles Julian Lennon known universally as Julian Lennon, (born April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of his first wife Cynthia Lennon. ...

After five years of little musical activity, aside recording the occasional demo in his apartment at The Dakota, Lennon was absolutely bursting with creativity. He had fulfilled a lifelong ambition of learning how to sail in early 1980 and had been given fresh creative impetus in June of that year following his life-affirming experiences sailing a 43-foot sloop to Bermuda, accompanied by a small crew. Once in Bermuda he started writing songs for a new album, sometimes writing about new experiences and occasionally reworking the half finished demos that he had recorded in the Dakota building.^[1] Southeast view of the Dakota from Central Park West The Dakota in the 1880s The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884,[1] is an apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. ...

He was also, he claimed, the most content he had ever felt in all his years, even writing a song called "Life Begins at 40" to commemorate that milestone in his life. His assuredness and love for his family came through on the retro "(Just Like) Starting Over", as well as "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" and "Woman".

Yoko Ono approached Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas, with whom both Lennon and Ono had worked before, giving him John's demos to listen to. “My immediate impressions were that I was going to have a hard time making it better than the demos because there was such intimacy in the demos,” Douglas told Uncut's Chris Hunt in 2005.^[1] This article is about the band Aerosmith. ... Jack Douglas is an influential American record producer. ... Uncut special issue on Queen. ... World Cup Stories by Chris Hunt Chris Hunt is a magazine editor, journalist and author. ...

Lennon, Ono and Douglas produced dozens of songs beginning that August, enough to fill Double Fantasy and beyond. A projected second album, Milk and Honey, was well into the rehearsal phase when work was halted following Lennon's assassination that December. Milk And Honey is a posthumous album by John Lennon first released in 1984. ...

Ono was currently being regarded with fresh perspective after the onslaught of the late 1970's punk movement which bore similarities to her earlier work. As such, with renewed confidence, she produced many songs. Jack Douglas allegedly forced Ono to curtail her trademark shrieks and sing on pitch to give her songs a more commercial edge - reportedly to her chagrin. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

Lennon and Ono made the decision to release their impending songs together on the same album, the first time they had done so since 1972's controversial Some Time in New York City. Subtitled "A Heart Play", Double Fantasy would be a collection of songs whereby John and Yoko would be singing to each other. This article or section includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Signed by David Geffen, alongside Elton John and Donna Summer, for his new label, Geffen, Double Fantasy was preceded by Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over", which quickly became a US Top 5 hit. The album itself was received with much interest, coming after such an extended break. However, sales were not so much generous. The album debuted at #27 in the UK and the following week reached #14, but then it fell down very quickly to #25 and then #46, making the #14 its almost sure peak position. In the US situation was different. There the album debuted at #25 and then raise up to #12 and then #11. Also Double Fantasy was mildly criticized upon release for being slick, while Ono's songs were overlooked, but the musical community was glad to have Lennon back. David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is a record executive, film and theatrical producer, and philanthropist. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE [2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, on December 31, 1948) is a legendary American singer, songwriter, and artist, best known for a string of dance hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco and as one of the few disco-based artists to have longevity on...

Tragedy and aftermath

On the evening 8 December 1980, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon four times as he was walking into The Dakota with Ono; Lennon died approximately twenty minutes later. “The last time I saw John he had this incredible smile on his face,” Jack Douglas later told journalist Chris Hunt. “It was the evening we finished ‘Walking On Thin Ice’. He was just thrilled, and so was Yoko, because we all knew we had accomplished what John set out to do with that track. I walked him to the elevator and said goodnight. About 40 minutes later my girlfriend came to the studio, all white. ‘It’s just been on the radio,’ she said. ‘John was shot’.”^[1] is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is the American man who shot and killed musician John Lennon on December 8, 1980. ... World Cup Stories by Chris Hunt Chris Hunt is a magazine editor, journalist and author. ...

With worldwide grief for Lennon's death on an almost unparalleled scale, Double Fantasy rose to #1 in most countries making a #11-#1 move in the US and rising from #46 to #2 in the UK, spending there an impressive 7 weeks and then finally peaked at #1 for 2 weeks. "(Just Like) Starting Over" also immediately rose to #1 worldwide, selling several million copies, with many of Lennon's past solo and Beatles releases re-charting as well. Subsequent singles, "Woman" and "Watching the Wheels" were also big successes. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

To help her deal with her grief, Ono recorded and released Season of Glass in 1981 to positive critical and commercial reaction. Her dance single, "Walking on Thin Ice", which Lennon and Ono were mixing the night of his murder, also proved a hit. Track listing Goodbye Sadness - 3:48 Mindweaver - 4:24 Even When Youre Far Away - 4:12 Nobody Sees Me Like You Do - 3:13 Turn Of The Wheel - 2:41 Dogtown - 3:32 Silver Horse - 3:03 I Dont Know Why - 4:18 Extension 33 - 2:45 No... Walking On Thin Ice is a New Wave/dance song by Yoko Ono, released in 1981. ...

Track listing

1. "(Just Like) Starting Over" (John Lennon) – 3:56
2. "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Yoko Ono) – 2:41
3. "Cleanup Time" (John Lennon) – 2:58
4. "Give Me Something" (Ono) – 1:35
5. "I'm Losing You" (John Lennon) – 3:57
6. "I'm Moving On" (Ono) – 2:20
7. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" (John Lennon) – 4:02
8. "Watching the Wheels" (John Lennon) – 4:00
9. "Yes I'm Your Angel" (Ono) – 3:08
10. "Woman" (John Lennon) – 3:32
11. "Beautiful Boys" (Ono) – 2:55
12. "Dear Yoko" (John Lennon) – 2:34
13. "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" (Ono) – 4:02
14. "Hard Times Are Over" (Ono) – 3:20

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Bonus tracks on 2000 re-release

15. "Help Me to Help Myself" (John Lennon) – 2:37
16. "Walking on Thin Ice" (Ono) – 6:00
17. "Central Park Stroll" (dialogue) – 0:17

Walking On Thin Ice is a New Wave/dance song by Yoko Ono, released in 1981. ...

8-track release

Double Fantasy was released as an 8-track but with a slightly different track listing due to the technical limitations of the 8-track cartridge. Stereo 8, commonly known as the 8-track cartridge, is a magnetic tape technology for audio storage, popular from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. ...

Program one

1. "(Just Like) Starting Over" (John Lennon)
2. "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Yoko Ono)
3. "Cleanup Time" (Lennon)
4. "Give Me Something" (Ono)

(Just Like) Starting Over is a song written and performed by John Lennon for his Double Fantasy album. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Kiss Kiss Kiss is a song by Yoko Ono. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ...

Program two

1. "Watching the Wheels" (Lennon)
2. "Hard Times Are Over" (Ono)
3. "I'm Losing You" (Lennon)

The third and final single released from John Lennon and Yoko Onos Double Fantasy album. ...

Program three

1. "I'm Moving On" (Ono)
2. "Woman" (Lennon)
3. "Beautiful Boys" (Ono)
4. "Dear Yoko" (Lennon)

Woman is a song by John Lennon: it is an ode to his wife Yoko Ono, which is introduced by Lennon whispering, For the other half of the sky . ...

Program four

1. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" (Lennon)
2. "I'm Your Angel" (Ono)
3. "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" (Ono)

Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) is a song written by John Lennon. ... Yoko Onos song from Double Fantasy, this version strips away Yokos lead vocal and brings Lennons backing vocal up in the mix. ...

Singles

• "(Just Like) Starting Over" (John Lennon, 24 October 1980, #1 UK, #1 U.S.)
• "Woman" (John Lennon, 16 January 1981, #1 UK, #2 U.S.)
• "Walking on Thin Ice" (Yoko Ono, 20 February 1981, #35 UK, #58 U.S.)
• "Watching the Wheels" (John Lennon, 27 March 1981, #30 UK, #10 U.S.)

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Trivia

• In 1989, it was ranked #29 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.
• On 24 February 1982, Double Fantasy won the Grammy award for "Album of the Year", amid emotional scenes as Yoko Ono and six-year-old Sean accepted the award.
• In 1989, EMI acquired the rights to Double Fantasy from Geffen.
• In 2000, Yoko Ono supervised the remastering of Double Fantasy, adding three bonus tracks to its CD reissue, including "Walking on Thin Ice".
• In 2003 the copy autographed by Lennon for Mark Chapman was sold for $525,000, making it the most valuable record ever.^[2]

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Personnel

• John – vocals and guitar
• Yoko – voice
• Earl Slick – guitar
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Tony Levin – bass
• George Small – keyboards
• Andy Newmark – drums
• Arthur Jenkins Jr. – percussion
• Ed Walsh – oberheim, synthesizer
• Robert Greenidge – steel drum (on "Beautiful Boy")
• Matthew Cunningham – hammer dulcimer (on "Watching the Wheels")
• Randy Stein – English Concertina
• Howard Johnson – horns
• Grant Hungerford – horns
• John Parran – horns
• Seldon Powell – horns
• George "Young" Opalisky – horns
• Roger Rosenberg – horns
• David Tofani – horns
• Ronald Tooley – horns
• Tony Davillo – horn arrangements, musical associate
• Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks, Eric Troyer, Benny Cummings Singers, The Kings Temple Choir – backing vocals
• Toshihiro Hamaya – production assistant
• Julie Last – assistant engineer
• George Marino – original mastering, remastering
• Lee DeCarlo – engineer
• Jon Smith – assistant engineer
• Anthony Davilio – musical associate
• James A. Ball – assistant engineer
• Bob Gruen – photography
• Kishin Shinoyama – cover photo, photography
• Karla Merrifield – reissue art coordinator
• Nishi F Saimaru – photography
• David Spindel – photography
• Lilo Raymond – photography
• Christopher Whorf – artwork

Earl Slick is a guitarist born in 1952 and best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, though he has also worked with other artists (John Lennon : Double Fantasy, Milk and Honey, Anthology, Wonsaponatime, Yoko Ono, ...) and even released some solo recordings. ... Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an influential American bass player. ... Andy Newmark is an American musician, best known as the drummer for influential funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1973 to 1975. ... Oberheim Electronics is a company, founded in 1973 by Tom Oberheim (a former design engineer at Maestro), which manufactured audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments. ... Steelpan (also known as steeldrums or pans, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad and Tobago. ... A diatonic hammered dulcimer made by Masterworks The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. ... English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920 A concertina, like the various accordions, is a member of the free-reed family of instruments. ... Mr. ... J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvised music. ... Seldon Powell (15 November 1928–25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia, probably better known for his early work with musicians like Lucky Millinder, Neal Hefti or Louis Bellson. ... The Ritchie Family - photograph originally used for their Arabian Nights album in 1976 The Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group who achieved several hits during the 1970s disco era. ... The Ritchie Family - photograph originally used for their Arabian Nights album in 1976 The Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group who achieved several hits during the 1970s disco era. ... Bob Gruen (born 1946) is an American photographer known for his rock n roll photographs. ... Kishin Shinoyama , b. ...

References

World Cup Stories by Chris Hunt Chris Hunt is a magazine editor, journalist and author. ... Uncut special issue on Queen. ...

External links

• Double Fantasy at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages
• Just Like Starting Over The Recording Of Double Fantasy by Chris Hunt, published in Uncut John Lennon Special, 2005

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