Milk and Honey [Bonus Tracks]

1	I'm Stepping Out / Yoko Ono 4:06
2	Sleepless Night / Yoko Ono 2:33
3	I Don't Wanna Face It / Yoko Ono 3:21
4	Don't Be Scared / Yoko Ono 2:44
5	Nobody Told Me / Yoko Ono 3:34
6	O' Sanity / Yoko Ono 1:06
7	Borrowed Time / Yoko Ono 4:28
8	Your Hands / Yoko Ono 3:04
9	(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess / Yoko Ono 2:28
10	Let Me Count the Ways / Yoko Ono 2:16
11	Grow Old With Me / Yoko Ono 3:09
12	You're the One / Yoko Ono 3:55
13	Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him / Yoko Ono Bonus Track 3:19
14	Stepping Out / Yoko Ono Bonus Track / Home Version 2:57
15	I'm Moving On / Yoko Ono Bonus Track 1:20
16	Interview with J & Y, December 8th 1980 / Yoko Ono Bonus Track 21:55

Barnes & Noble

The long-awaited reissue of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1984 album Milk and Honey -- out of print for more than a decade -- has been expanded and digitally remastered. The album, which includes songs by Lennon and Ono individually as well as some collaborations, is the only original album released after Lennon's death that contains songs he worked on during 1980, his last year. The original track listing, including the hit "Nobody Told Me," is preserved, with three bonus tracks appearing at the end: "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him," Lennon's vocal version of Ono's song from their celebrated 1980 release Double Fantasy; "I'm Stepping Out," a previously unreleased home recording of the album's opening track by Lennon; and "I'm Moving On," a previously unreleased home recording sung by Ono. The reissue is fleshed out with audio excerpts from the final interview given by Lennon and a CD booklet featuring song lyrics and 14 rare, previously unpublished photographs.

All Music Guide

The sessions for 1980's Double Fantasy were supposed to yield two albums, the second to be released at a future time, but Lennon's assassination tragically halted the project in its tracks. A bit over three years later, Yoko Ono issued tapes of many of the songs planned for that album under the title Milk and Honey, laid out in the same John-Yoko-John-Yoko dialogue fashion as its predecessor. Not unexpectedly, it's a rougher, less polished product, lacking the finishing touches and additional takes that Lennon most likely would have called for. Nevertheless, Lennon's songs at this point in their development were often quite strong, tougher than those on Double Fantasy in general, and the ad libs and studio chatter that might not have made the final cut give us more of a glimpse of Lennon's delightfully quirky personality. "Nobody Told Me," the advance single off the album, is a rollicking, quizzical piece of work, maybe the best thing to come out of John's 1980 sessions, despite the unfinished-sounding transition to the chorus. "Borrowed Time," another single, is a thoughtful, sparely-worded meditation on growing older attached to a Caribbean beat. Yoko's contributions, while not as strong as John's, are surprisingly listenable -- the reggae-based "Don't Be Scared," in particular -- and more current in texture, and her lyrics do tend to answer John's songs. As the album comes toward the close, the tone turns sentimental, culminating with one of John's loveliest tunes, "Grow Old With Me," as presented on a home-recorded cassette in lieu of a studio recording. The ironies of this song and some of the other Lennon material are obviously poignant in the light of the cruel events of December 8, 1980; that and the fact that these songs haven't been as exposed as much as those on Double Fantasy lead some to prefer this sequel. Richard S. Ginell