Milk and Honey
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| Studio album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono | ||
| Released | 27 January 1984 | |
| Recorded | August – Late 1980 & 1983 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 36:49 | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Producer(s) | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| John Lennon chronology | ||
| The John Lennon Collection (1982) |
Milk and Honey (1984) |
Live in New York City (1986) |
| Yoko Ono chronology | ||
| It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982) |
Milk and Honey (1984) |
Starpeace (1985) |
Milk and Honey is an album of music by John Lennon and Yoko Ono released in 1984. It is notable for being Lennon's first posthumous release of music, having been recorded in the last months of his life during and following the sessions for Double Fantasy.
Milk and Honey was the duo's projected follow-up to Double Fantasy, though Lennon's death caused a temporary shelving of the project, until Ono was capable of returning to complete it. Thus, Ono's material is largely comprised of new recordings, which she undertook during the album's preparation in 1983, to give her songs a more commercial and contemporary edge. Conversely, Lennon's material, being the rehearsal recordings, has a more casual feel.
"Nobody Told Me", a song Lennon had intended for Ringo Starr's upcoming album Stop and Smell the Roses, became a worldwide Top 10 hit, and was followed by the minor successes "I'm Stepping Out" and "Borrowed Time".
Milk and Honey's title is a reference to John and Yoko's relationship, "milk and honey" being an expression for an asian/caucasian mixed-race couple. Its cover shot is a color outtake from the same photo session that produced the front cover of Double Fantasy.
Predictably, the reaction to Milk and Honey was less fanatical than the one that greeted Double Fantasy, but it was still well-received, peaking at #3 in the UK and #11 in the U.S. where it went gold.
After a falling out with David Geffen, whose Geffen Records had initially released Double Fantasy, Ono moved future projects to Polydor Records, which initially released Milk and Honey. EMI, home of Lennon's entire recorded output — including that with The Beatles — finally acquired Milk and Honey in the late 1990's.
Jack Douglas, who had co-produced Double Fantasy with Lennon and Ono, also had input into the initial sessions for Milk and Honey, though Ono declined to credit him after their professional relationship soured following Lennon's death.
In 2001, Yoko Ono supervised the remastering of Milk and Honey for its CD reissue, adding three bonus tracks, including a 22-minute excerpt from John Lennon's last interview in the late afternoon of 8 December 1980.
[edit] Track listing
- "I'm Stepping Out" (John Lennon) – 4:06
- "Sleepless Night" (Yoko Ono) – 2:34
- "I Don't Wanna Face It" (John Lennon) – 3:22
- "Don't Be Scared" (Yoko Ono) – 2:45
- "Nobody Told Me" (John Lennon) – 3:34
- "O'Sanity" (Yoko Ono) – 1:04
- "Borrowed Time" (John Lennon) – 4:29
- "Your Hands" (Yoko Ono) – 3:04
- "(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess" (John Lennon) – 2:28
- "Let Me Count the Ways" (Yoko Ono) – 2:17
- "Grow Old with Me" (John Lennon) – 3:07
- The above two songs were written by John and Yoko to each other using inspiration from poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. They are presented in their demo form.
- "You're the One" (Yoko Ono) – 3:56
| John Lennon |
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Studio albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band • Imagine • Mind Games • Walls and Bridges • Rock 'n' Roll With Yoko Ono: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins • Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions • Wedding Album • Some Time in New York City • Double Fantasy • Milk and Honey Live albums: Live Peace in Toronto 1969 • Live in New York City Compilations: Shaved Fish • The John Lennon Collection • Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon • Peace, Love & Truth • Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon Posthumous albums: Menlove Ave. • Acoustic • Wonsaponatime Soundtracks: Imagine: John Lennon • The U.S. Versus John Lennon Box sets: Lennon • John Lennon Anthology Books: In His Own Write • A Spaniard in the Works Related articles
Discography • The Beatles • Lennon/McCartney • Julia Lennon • Freddie Lennon • Mimi Smith • 251 Menlove Avenue • Cynthia Lennon • Julian Lennon • Yoko Ono • Sean Lennon • David Peel • John Sinclair • The Plastic Ono Band • Bagism • Albert Goldman |
| Yoko Ono |
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| Studio albums |
| Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | Fly Approximately Infinite Universe | Feeling the Space | A Story Season of Glass | It's Alright (I See Rainbows) | Starpeace Rising | Blueprint for a Sunrise |
| With John Lennon |
| Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins | Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions Wedding Album | Live Peace in Toronto 1969 | Some Time in New York City Double Fantasy | Milk and Honey |
| Compilations |
| Walking on Thin Ice | Onobox |
| Other Albums |
| New York Rock | Every Man Has a Woman | Yes, I'm a Witch | Open Your Box |
