Milk and Honey | 
| Artist: John Lennon
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 69982
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724353595920
EAN: 0724353595920
ASIN: B00005Q66O
Release Date: October 8, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | I'm Stepping Out | | • | Sleepless Night | | • | Don't Wanna Face It | | • | Don't Be Scared | | • | Nobody Told Me | | • | O Sanity | | • | Borrowed Time | | • | Your Hands | | • | Forgive Me My Little Flower Princess | | • | Let Me Count The Ways | | • | Grow Old With Me | | • | You're The One | | • | Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him | | • | I'm Moving On | | • | I'm Stepping Out | | • | Interview |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Originally released in 1984, four years after Lennon's death, Milk And Honey is probably best thought of as a companion piece to the better-known Double Fantasy. Like Double Fantasy, Milk & Honey contains equal but separate contributions from Lennon and Ono: lashings of dreadful, self-indulgent arty noodling (mostly, but not exclusively, Ono's) interspersed by sharp, pugnacious songwriting (mostly, but not exclusively, Lennon's). The subject matter throughout is the one that preoccupies all Lennon and Ono's collaborations: themselves and each other (the album's sub-title is "A Heart Play"). This is, very occasionally, undeniably touching. It is much more often as cringe-inducing as overhearing cooing lovers on a bus--Lennon and Ono always believed that we could never have too much information. The best moments here are those infrequent ones when Lennon directs his gaze somewhere other than the adoring eyes of Ono--notably the exuberant "Nobody Told Me". The extra tracks on this new edition are three new paeans to themselves by Lennon and Ono, and an interview with the pair recorded shortly before Lennon's death, in which he reiterates his subscription to the philosophy of absurd, naïve utopianism that tends to make obvious sense to people rich enough to do as they please. --Andrew Mueller
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 Good in Patches But Disappointing October 26, 2009
K MClure (Edinburgh)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is as many have said in other reviews here, Double Fantasy #2 but that is my problem with it, because that album was the biggest disappointment I have ever had. John did write some great songs after the Beatles but never a decent coherent album, which ios ironic since his band really established the concept of the album as a singular body of work. Even Imagine, which many hold up as his post Beatles masterpiece, has it's slack moments and I suspect most people do not actually know the album but love the song so they assume that it is all of that quality, it is not.
John Lennon did die with a huge unfulfilled promise but I would argue that he was still becalmed with no sence of direction and severely lacking in any discipline to develop his songs into decent albums. He also fell into a rather lazy trap of relying on that oten rather grating vocals echo effect for all his recordings which he admitted he once refused to continue singing until the producer gave him that "John Lennon Sound"
I don't have any problem with the Yoko songs here if, as one reviewer has said they just want the John Lennon songs from this and Double Fantasy then they can easily achiev this with some manipulation on iTunes. I have separated out orignal albums for other artists e.g. the original UK albums for the Rolling Stone first two albums that are only availble in the US albums version on CD.
 'Double Fantasy' Mark Two! September 25, 2009
FAMOUS NAME (UNITED KINGDOM)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We had to wait four long years for the follow-up to John and Yoko's fabulous 'Double Fantasy' Album (which from here on will be referred to simply as 'DF') which was 'Milk And Honey' - thanks to Yoko, finally being released in 1984.
On this, (original release) there are thirteen Tracks - one less than DF. On the previous Album, Yoko had had one extra Song - having eight of the fourteen - here it is Lennon who gets the extra Track, being seven of thirteen.
There are two Masterpieces from Yoko here with 'O' Sanity' (which is so profound - and how I love Yoko to be) and 'Let Me Count The Ways'. Lennon's best has to be 'I'm Stepping Out' - followed closely by the final Track on the Album: 'Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him'.
It is surprising to note that out of all the Singles released for Lennon from this collection, only 'Nobody Told Me' - though a great Song, managed to chart well. It was staggering to see that the best two Songs (the aforementioned) from him did not make much impact - odd... It had been a similar story with the material released from DF, and with what had happened to 'Watchin' The Wheels' - only difference being of course, that both 'Starting Over' and 'Woman' were two great Songs and had deserved their high chart placings. 'Watchin' The Wheels' barely made the Top 40 back in 1981...
This re-issue also includes some great photos of 'The Lennons' - and what I believe the most handsome one of John ever seen on page four of the Inlay, pictured with Yoko in the white shirt (I did not always find Lennon that attractive in some shots) This CD re-issue also has two Bonus Tracks - along with what would be Lennon and Yoko's last Interview together. Here in this Interview, they speak of the dawning eighties, which took place, most poignantly, on December 8th 1980 - just hours before he would be murdered! Here, Lennon speaks of his 'collaborations' with Yoko as a Music Partner, and the making of DF - and in particular the naming of that Album and the reasons behind it which is quite in-depth.
It is clear from this Interview (and the Albums for those who still doubt it) that Yoko Ono had a great inspirational and 'positive' impact on Lennon, and was most certainly helping to bring his music into the 80s had he lived. The two 'collaborative' Albums are a distinct testament to that. He also talks of how he first met Yoko, and how she was not that 'easy' to get to know (despite Ono being blamed - even to this day of 'using' Lennon - which for the most intelligent, we know was utter rubbish...) He speaks of the inspiration she gave him at an Exhibition he visited, and how their minds 'fused'. It is clear from this in John's own words that Yoko Ono had 'rescued' him from becoming (had he lived) probably 'stuck' forever in 'The Beatles Era' - his music becoming far more 'creative' for the benefit of that 'meeting'. Plus the fact, that John Lennon would write some of his best Solo material after their union.
John says that he had only the two greatest choices of people to work with - Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono. He also explains how the Song 'Woman' (among other reasons) was written 'to' Yoko, and that he'd go back 'on the road' again if only they would be 'accepted' as 'John & Yoko'. This should set any record straight for those who doubted their relationship, and for those who are still 'hostile' towards Yoko after all these years; they should respect his feelings and memory by accepting these words at least, and finally drop the hatred. And if that isn't reason enough coming from the lips of their own Idol, then I ask them to consider that whenever John and Yoko were Interviewed, Yoko was always so reserved and said very little - if she'd been the 'controlling' woman the media has so hyped up, and that they believe, then she'd most certainly have taken those opportunities to 'attempt' at the very least to 'take over', which she did not.
A great final Album from the legendary 'Duo'!
What an uplifting album May 9, 2002
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
When I got this album I expected the songs to be poor quality rejects from the Double Fantasy sessions, but my my, I was in for a surprise.
Right from the start of the album there is a great feel in every song. My favourite Lennon song on this album is "I'm Stepping Out" because it just somes up a huge part of his life at that time (and I find the tune reeealy catcky). My favourite Ono song has to be "Don't be scared". I know lots of people easily criticise Yoko Ono for her avant garde style of singing, but I don't see anything wrong with her voice. This song is a real lifter, and to have written it shortly after your husband has been shot must have been really hard. The interview at the end, as another reviewer said, really does leave a "lump in your throught" at many points. It is so ironic.
For any true John/Yoko fan, this album is a must!
So much more to give.... October 12, 2001
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
John wasn't finished with us, not by a long shot, but a certain someone made that choice for him. This album was like a vol.2 of "Double Fantasy". But for Lennon fans both albums has one major flaw: YOKO. Her songs on the albums aren't the worst thing she's ever done, but coulden't they have made an album each, so you could seperate it, and just listen to John or Yoko. As for this album, I'll be concentrating on John only. 1."I'm Stepping Out" is a great rocker. It would have been an ekstra bonus if it had been the complete take with the second verse "called up the doctor...". That song is also represented by a home demo. 3."I don't wanna face it" is just as catchy. 5."Nobody Told Me" was a major hit at the time this album was first released in '84. 7."Borrowed Time" is a great reggae-like track.
9."(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princes" sounds a bit unfinished, but I woulden't have missed it for the world. 11."Grow Old With Me" the classic that never were. If only John had gotten the chance to make a studio recording of this fantastic song. The sound on this demo has been improved since the original release. Then we have the '84 mix of Yoko's "Every Man Has A Woman..."
with (almost) only John's vocals on it. Finally we get a 22 min. segment of his very last interview. I don't know about you but when he, just 5 hours before his death says "I always considered my work one piece, that won't be finished until I'm dead and buired, and I hope that's a long long time.." I get a lump in the throat!. So much more to give.
John AND Yoko at their absolute finest! October 9, 2001
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album is fantastic - both John AND Yoko's (with the odd slip-ups here and there) are some of the best songs in their career. Yoko's tracks especially have moved on and become more mainstream after the dissolution of the Plastic Ono Band. It's easy to say, with her past that her songs arn't good - but they really are beautiful and personally, many sound like the "Let's Dance" LP by David Bowie to me!
"I'm Stepping Out" is a funky, slightly moving story of John as a bored housewife in the Dakota, "Sleepless Night" is a brilliant Yoko track that's very catchy and has a great funk melody to it, "I Don't Wanna Face It" is an up-beat distortion-guitar fast track from John that really is a gem of this album, "Don't Be Scared" is a Yoko track of a little less quality than her others on the album, but very 1984 and sweet for the open ear! "Nobody Told Me" is a fast, jumpy John track and probably the best on the album - all about how the world had changed so dramatically around the 40-year old man! "O'Sanity" is a nice, slow and short little number by Yoko - little structure, but beautiful melody in Yoko's questioning of her sanity, "Borrowed Time" is an attempt by John at reggae after listening to Bob Marley tapes in Bermuda and is another standout track on the album! "Your Hands" is a lovely Yoko song combining Japanese with English - a great song, but could've been a little shorter, "(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess" is really quite a bad one from John (the Yoko tracks are better!) and I think that if John had been alive to make this album properly it would have been replaced with a newer song. Now onto the jewels in the crown of the album "Let Me Count the Ways" (Yoko) and "Grow Old with Me" (John) are absolutely beautiful home recordings inspired from poems by Robert and Elizabeth Browning (who JohnandYoko joked they were reincarnations of!)and are the best piano ballads I have EVER heard. There is a MUCH MUCH better version of John's "Grow Old with Me" on "Wonsaponatime" and the Lennon Anthology, after being mixed and orchestrated. "You're The One" is a sweet and funky Yoko track where she wonders how to tell John he's The One - a standout track. Bonus tracks: "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" is a good Yoko song, and this is John's version of it, "Stepping Out (home version)" is an acoustic home version of I'm Stepping Out, "I'm Moving On" is an okay Yoko song that I think was on Double Fantasy. The very long interview with JohnandYoko perfectly ends this fantastic album - recorded only five hours before John's death, it sees him reflecting over his life, philosophising and getting very excited about getting back to work! A top class album...makes you wonder why it's been out of print for a decade!
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