Recorded 1969–1980 | Length 44:00 Release date 1 November 2004 | |
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Released 1 November 2004 (2004-11-01) Similar John Lennon albums, Rock music albums | ||
Acoustic is a compilation album of John Lennon demos, studio and live performances that feature his acoustic guitar work and was released in 2004. Although it failed to chart in the United Kingdom, Acoustic reached number 31 in the United States, becoming John Lennon's best charting posthumous US release since 1988's Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack.
Contents
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on 20 November 2004 at number 31, with sales of 27,858 copies. It spent eight weeks on the chart.
In keeping with the overall theme of the album, the booklet contains the lyrics and guitar chords for each track, as well as a chord index on the last page.
Track listing
All tracks written by John Lennon, except where noted.
- "Working Class Hero" – 3:58
- "Love" – 2:30
- "Well Well Well" – 1:14
- "Look at Me" – 2:49
- "God" – 2:38
- "My Mummy's Dead" – 1:13
- "Cold Turkey" – 3:26
- "The Luck of the Irish" (Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:41
- "John Sinclair" – 3:22
- Tracks 8-9 recorded live on 10 December 1971 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (Lennon/Ono) – 0:39
- "What You Got" – 2:24
- "Watching the Wheels" – 3:04
- "Dear Yoko" – 4:05
- "Real Love" – 4:00
- "Imagine" – 3:08
- Recorded live on 17 December 1971 at the Apollo Theater, Manhattan, New York City, New York
- "It's Real" – 1:04
Reception
Its release was criticised by critics and fans, as nine of the sixteen recordings had previously been released on the 1998 John Lennon Anthology box set, while the remaining inclusions had been bootlegged for years.
Songs
1Working Class Hero3:59
2Love2:32
3Well Well Well1:18