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Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins [Explicit Lyrics]

~ John Lennon & Ono Yoko, Yoko Ono, John Lennon
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  • Audio CD (9 Jun 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • ASIN: B0000009RE
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 104,348 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Two Virgins Side One
2. Two Virgins Side Two
3. Remember Love

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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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Subtitled UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 1, this was the first of a series of recordings that were released near the beginning ofthe couple's relationship. Yoko Ono, a member of the Fluxusart movement, was a respected artist and had been producingpieces in non-traditional media (sound, video, conceptual) throughout the '60s--in fact she met Lennon when he came to one of her gallery exhibitions. With The Beatles in often-fractious circumstances at that time, John Lennon poured his energies into collaborations with Yoko Ono.
The two long pieces which comprise the bulk of this CD were originally a side each of a vinyl record (the bonus track, a lovely song called "Remember Love", was the B-side to their "Give Peace AChance" single). They're both sound collages which incorporate found sounds, bits of other recordings, some keyboards and other instruments, as well as Lennon and Ono variously talking and vocalising. This was the public's first glimpse ofYoko's particular style of singing which included whoops, warbles and shrieks. The verbal exchanges between the couple is often quite charming and occasionally even funny.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The players, not the song, 1 April 2005
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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.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars over indulgent nonsense, 6 Oct 2000
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John Lennon the greatest songwriter of all time,here in his debut with Yoko away from the Beatles release a strange collage of sound loops and tape effects. Interesting concept, but I defy anyone to listen to it more than a couple of times. The most interesting thing about the album is the cover photograph.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Erm....., 15 Jan 2001
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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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