Walls And Bridges John Lennon

• 1 Going Down On Love 03:56
• 2 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 03:28
• 3 Old Dirt Road 04:13
• 4 What You Got 03:09
• 5 Bless You 04:37
• 6 Scared 04:41
• 7 #9 Dream 04:47
• 8 Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) 02:57
• 9 Steel And Glass 04:40
• 10 Beef Jerky 03:31
• 11 Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) 05:13
• 12 Ya Ya 01:08
• Total Runtime 46:20

Info for Walls And Bridges

„Walls And Bridges“ was made during Lennon's marital separation, while carrying on a Yoko-approved dalliance with May Pang. Lennon addresses the awkward yet open triangle with songs to each of them. In 'Bless You,' he wistfully wonders how and where Yoko is during their time apart and proclaims an eternal love. 'Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)' finds him admitting to being jaded to the point of self-delusion only to find beauty, love and surprise in the form of a new lover right under his nose. 'What You Got' affirms 'You don't know what you got until you lose it'--clearly a man struggling with a personal situation through his art. 'Beef Jerky' sounds like an homage to that great '60s instrumental by The Barkays, 'Soul Finger.' 'Ya Ya' is a true oddity: Lennon and 11-year-old son Julian, future rock star in his own right, in a short, bluesy piano/drum duet. Of course there is also his duet with Elton John on the partying, fun-loving 'Whatever Gets You Through The Night.' The gem of the bunch, though, is '#9 Dream,' easily one of Lennon's best post-Beatles efforts, steering through myriad moods and grooves and adding up to a bona fide pop masterpiece.

John Lennon, vocals guitars, piano, percussion
Plastic Ono Nuclear Band:
Nicky Hopkins, piano
Ken Ascher, electric piano, clavinet, Mellotron
Jesse Ed Davis, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
Eddie Mottau, acoustic guitar
Bobby Keys, tenor saxophone
Ron Aprea, tenor saxophone
Klaus Voormann, bass
Jim Keltner, drums
Arthur Jenkins, percussion

Additional musicians: Elton John, piano, harmony vocals on 'Whatever Gets you thru the Night'
Elton John, Hammond organ and background vocals (on 'Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)'
Harry Nilsson, backing vocals (on 'Old Dirt Road“)

Recorded at Record Plant East, New York from July–August 1974
Engineered by Shelly Yakus
Produced by John Lennon

Digitally remastered