John Lennon: Walls And Bridges (Apple)
Wayne Robins, Creem, January 1975
WELCOME TO THE latest chapter in John Lennon's Identity Crisis. Fresh from troubles with the immigration authorites, the breakup with Yoko and public behavior reminiscent of Don Rickles on Thorazine and Madria Madria, John will be out shortly to perform twelve songs from his new album, Walls and Bridges.
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