Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone magazine said he felt that songs on side two such as "#9 Dream" and "Surprise Surprise" make the album "diverse and spirited", but that side one's songs about Lennon's emotional loss were inconsistent. It's not what makes him feel good. Gone completely are Lennon's activist tendencies. It is not as dramatic as Plastic Ono Band, nor is it as popular as Imagine, nor as sad and tragic as the circumstances surrounding Double Fantasy. Lennon 's personal life was scattered, so it isn't surprising that Walls and Bridges is a mess itself, containing equal amounts of brilliance and nonsense. This "Back to Black" reissue of "Walls and Bridges" is excellent in my opinion!

There's just as much of him here as there was on "Plastic Ono Band". Walls and Bridges seems to be one album that often gets lost in the John Lennon collection. The remaster sounds great and the presentation is top notch, including the unique fold out jacket, printed inner sleeve and a booklet of lyrics and John's artwork. AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Walls and Bridges was recorded during John Lennon 's infamous "lost weekend," as he exiled himself in California during a separation from Yoko Ono . Buy Walls and Bridges. Walls and Bridges received a mixed response from contemporary music critics, although it still garnered Lennon his most favourable reviews since Imagine.

Read and write album reviews for Walls & Bridges - John Lennon on AllMusic Still, this fifth post-Beatles album by Lennon (which he self-produced) is unique in its production and arrangements with a decidedly “modern” sound which … In some respects, "Walls and Bridges" is John Lennon's most fascinating solo project. As far as I know this is an exact reproduction of the original besides the newly remastered audio, so unless you're looking for the original master you can't go … Walls and Bridges shows John Lennon to be as mercurial as ever. On this record, John is trying to figure his life out and where he is at the present time.