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Simple

Even if you're the type who
doesn't like to listen to lyrics, there
is so little going on musically that
you are forced to pay attention to
the words. The music is not bad;
it's just simple and not very
interesting and never more than
John singing and playing either
guitar or piano (on which he is
barely competent), backed by bass
and drums.

Once again, Phil Spector is listed
as producer, but Lennon seems to
have wisely restricted him to adding
echo and nothing else, giving the
whole album the sound of "Instant
Karma." All the songs are intensely
personal some of them resembling
the feeling of "Julia." (One cut,
"Look at Me," uses almost the
same melody.)