- Audio CD (Oct 5 2010)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: EMI Music & Marketing
- ASIN: B003Y8YXH6
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. (Just Like) Starting Over |
| 2. Kiss Kiss Kiss |
| 3. Cleanup Time |
| 4. Give Me Something |
| 5. I'm Losing You |
| 6. I'm Moving On |
| 7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) |
| 8. Watching The Wheels |
| 9. Yes I'm Your Angel |
| 10. Woman |
| 11. Beautiful Boys |
| 12. Dear Yoko |
| 13. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him |
| 14. Hard Times Are Over |
Product Description
Album Description
YOKO ONO added: "Double Fantasy Stripped Down really allows us to focus our attention on John's amazing vocals. Technology has advanced so much that, conversely, I wanted to use new techniques to really frame these amazing songs and John's voice as simply as possible. By stripping down some of the instrumentation the power of the songs shines through with an enhanced clarity. Double Fantasy Stripped Down will be complemented by the original album in the 2CD format. It was whilst working on the new version of this album that I was hit hardest emotionally, as this was the last album John released before his passing."
- CD1: Double Fantasy - digitally remastered audio restored to John's original audio mix by George Marino (original studio engineer) - CD2: 'Stripped Down' - audio remixed by Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas (original album producer) - 2CD set packaged in 6 panel digisleeve - 16 page booklet
Album Description
2010 two CD release containing the digitally remastered version of the 1980 Double Fantasy album plus a never before released 'Stripped Down' version produced by Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas. Includes '(Just Like) Starting Over', 'Woman', 'Watching The Wheels', 'Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)' and more.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Revelation!,
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This review is from: Double Fantasy + Double Fantasy (Stripped) (Audio CD)
When "Double Fantasy" was released in October of 1980, there was much anticipation, but the reviews were mixed.After all, it had been 5 years since John's last album, and every second track was a Yoko song (and she's never been exactly "mainstream"!) In the aftermath of John's death, just about every one of his songs from Double Fantasy was turned into a single, and throughout the winter of 1980-81 the radio airplay of these singles was tremendous. Reviewers took another look.... perhaps they were a bit too quick to find fault with what had easily been John's best and most personal material since the Imagine album in 1971. Today, with 30 years of hindsight, rarely, if ever, does anyone (including some of these same critics) consider this music not to be brilliant and a landmark of John's solo career. But, let's be honest.... ironically, how many of us have actually sat down and listened to this album in the past 20 years? With 30 years of hindsight, it's obvious that the mix is way too cluttered, the sound overly slick, and the production reeks of the grating style typical of the early 80's. Therefore, Yoko's epiphany to release this "stripped down" version of Double Fantasy is absolutely brilliant, and I for one am eternally grateful. The overkill in the overdubbed female background vocals, the ham fisted 80's keyboards, the cheesy sound effects - ALL GONE!! We're left with John's brilliant and moving vocals (with new humourous diologue!), the basic lead and rhythm tracks, and warm production. The splendor and sheer genius of these brilliant songs can now truly be appreciated, and we can all finally sit down and listen to what is one of the most moving, personal, and brilliant albums ever, created by one of the most important musical artists of our time. I would easily rank the importance of this album as being comparable to Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, or The Clash's London Calling. Thank you Yoko.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very clear sound...,
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This review is from: Double Fantasy + Double Fantasy (Stripped) (Audio CD)
Despite this album has a strong personal meaning to me, I highly recommend this double CD to all Lennon fans.The stripped mix is quite interesting, it's more rock, more experimental too - I like the "inside the studio feeling" - and the audio quality is amazing! Lennon's voice is loud and clear in all songs... The package is also very nice, with a booklet we don't see nowadays, explaining how the album was produced and containing the lyrics, of course.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (83 customer reviews) 97 of 101 people found the following review helpful
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A Real(er) Fantasy,
By Steven Alter - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Double Fantasy + Double Fantasy (Stripped) (Audio CD)
It's been impossible to listen to this album separate from the context of Lennon's death for the past 30 years, and in many ways it still is. But if the "Stripped Down" version doesn't exactly reclaim the album (it is, after all, a collection of pop songs meant as a snapshot in time, not the valedictory artistic statement fate turned it into), the warmth and immediacy of the remix definitely unyokes it from the time and place of it's making and turns it into an album for the ages. For me, it's less about what's missing here, or what's been changed there, but that the whole overall feel of the album, and specifically the presence of Lennon's voice, is more direct and impactful. So, if it's not a revelatory rediscovery of the music, it's definitely the better version of the album, and the one I'll be listening to.
64 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Staring Over: Double Fantasy Reboot,
By Maclen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Double Fantasy + Double Fantasy (Stripped) (Audio CD)
For too many years to recall, Double Fantasy was a difficult listen, very problematic to separate the murder of John Lennon from the joyfulness of the music that John displays here in his half of the album. When I went back to the album years later with the release of Milk and Honey, I excluded the Yoko material. Yesterday, I played the entire record and I must say I'm quite surprised at how good Yoko's material is, the vocals are not up to professional standards, but the music is really quite vital and exciting in no small measure due to John's intuitive abilities. The new mix is the real deal for me, I never liked the Gospel singing girls on "Starting Over", they are completely wiped off the "Stripped Down" version to astonishing effect. The new mix features a crispness to the songs, with John's voice no longer being double tracked and background singers being wiped clean. JL's voice is also brought far up into the mix as is the drums. The guitars sparkle with clarity, and in fact all of the songs have a spaciousness and clarity not heard before with these tracks, also most importantly the whole affair has been flattened out, it doesn't sound like John's singing between two mountains, the echo of the vocals has vanished and that brings a lot of warmth to the proceedings. I'd give this album as a whole, 4 stars, but the Lennon songs are worth five, this collection represents some of his best solo material. The song "Woman" actually sounds like an alternate take to me, the others sound like the originals, some of the songs continue to run past the original length and offer some interesting differences. All in all this is a terrific buy as you get the Original CD and the new mix for the price of one, so really only a Blue Meanie would criticize something that's essentially given away with the original. Highly recommended.
40 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fresh take,
By beatles88 "Go Dolphins" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Double Fantasy + Double Fantasy (Stripped) (Audio CD)
First of all, some people don't like remasters/re-releases since they see it as just for money. You don't have to buy it though. However, one point for them besides improved sound that the big fans do want, is a way to introduce it to younger or newer fans. And it's also a good way to mark a certain occasion, like what would be his 70th Birthday week.As for the album, I went and got it today, and the original version sounds good and crisp. John's songs are all perfect, he was at the top of his game. As for Yoko's, it's not that bad. Her music is not very mainstream, but there are some songs that are worth listening to: "Kiss Kiss Kiss", "I'm Moving On"(Does go great with John's "I'm losing you"), "Give me something" and "Hard times are over." As for the stripped down version, you can definitely hear the vocals more. The differences aren't intense, but you can tell. To me, "Woman" is the biggest difference from the original, the acoustic guitar really stands out. The stripped version is like an added bonus, and was a good idea to make the music fresh and make the vocals stand out some more, without changing it too much. I think it's worth a buy, $12.99(price as of this writing) is a great deal for the two albums. |
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