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| 1. Side One - John Lennon, Yoko Ono |
| 2. Side Two - John Lennon, Yoko Ono |
| 3. Remember Love - John Lennon, Yoko Ono |
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Decades later, Two Virgins is still best known for bearing the most notorious album cover in rock history: John and Yoko naked and unashamed in their filthy boudoir, staring out the camera with glassy heroin eyes. It is remembered also as a historical artefact: it was recorded overnight, high on love and drugs in Lennon's mansion, before the couple first consummated their relationship. But few have heard the record, and fewer still have played it twice. It's as unlike The Beatles as is humanly possible--this was, of course, partly the point--taking the random sound collage of the White Album's "Revolution 9" and stretching the principle to a whole album of white noise, tape effects, discord and screaming. The follow-up, Life With The Lions was more interesting musically, but Two Virgins, now tastefully reissued along with the pair's other early albums, is the sound that first made the world say: "whaaaat???" --Taylor Parkes
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The players, not the song,
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This review is from: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (Audio CD)
John Lennon's infamous first non-Beatles recording, the first of 3 experimental collaborations with Yoko Ono, is still challenging listening today, and god only knows what the Beatles fans at the time made of it. Two Virgins consists of two 14 minute sound collages - 'Side One' starting with birdsong and whistles that amusingly make this sound not unlike the soundtrack from cult children's TV programme The Clangers at times, giving way to random bursts of guitar, Yoko's wailing vocals, a jaunty pub-style piano and snippets of random dialogue (Yoko: "Who's there?", "It's me Hilda, I'm just home for tea" replies John in a cod northern accent.)Side Two is more of the same, though with a gospel organ giving proceedings the air of a demented church service (complete with John's psalm singing and amen-ing at the end). Throughout Yoko wails, while a huge farting bass feedback gives way to a sort of early sampling as bursts of an old gramophone record interrupt the proceedings. In the end, ones ability to enjoy actually listening to this record depends on ones enjoyment of experimental avant-garde noise. The 'White Albums' Revolution Number 9 was a genuinely stunning sound collage, put together with the assistance of some of the best sound engineers in the world at Abbey Road. In contrast Two Virgins, while always busy, is very much a home recording, and with its basic sound design lacks the aural excitement of Revolution Number 9, while Yoko's wailing vocals soon become tiresome. Alternately amusing, intriguing, and downright embarrassing, Two Virgins is ultimately more interesting for the people who are making the noise, rather than the noise itself. The CD re-issue bonus track is the only melodic offering on this CD, Remember Love, the B-Side of Give Peace a Chance, is a simple but beautiful song, with Yoko singing normally for a change, and John plucking on the acoustic guitar, this track is musically very reminiscent of the 'White Album's Julia. A hidden gem.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
What a shambles!,
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This review is from: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (Audio CD)
What was John on..okay he loved Yoko,but this is a complete and utter mess..with the nude cover front and rear veiws of them both..and making a noise that was like hearing birds and a cat being strangled!..mmmm
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Erm.....,
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This review is from: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (Audio CD)
Well what can one say about a recording of John and Yoko screaming, yelling, breaking wind (Yoko's early example of "girl power") and general stoned ramblings?Not a lot really. But it is a cool album to leave lying about when you have guests around..."Oh that? Yeah it's Two Virgins - very rare that..." This is really an album for completists and for that reason (it is made by a Beatle after all) it deserves at least one star. At least by releasing this album and getting it out of his system, Lennon kept such material off Abbey Road!
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