Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
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Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins is the first of three experimental albums released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Apple Records. It was the result of an all-night session of musical experimentation with Yoko in John's home studio at Kenwood, while his wife, Cynthia Lennon, was on holiday in Greece. Their debut recording is known not only for its avant-garde content, but also for its cover which features the couple naked: This made the album controversial to both the public and the parent record company EMI, which refused to distribute it. In an attempt to avoid controversy, the LP record was sold in a brown paper bag, and distributed by Track and Tetragrammaton in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. Two Virgins, while failing to chart in the UK, reached number 124 in the US. The album was followed six months later by Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions. - Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
2016 - Two Virgins is fascinating.
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All Music
The recording, too, can be described as naked, in that it contains no music that would interfere with one's ability to hear the normal sounds of life.
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Spill Magazine
I like it for its experimentation and noise.
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Sputnik Music
2010 - Brilliant, innovative, wild, weird, and bold. Yoko and John redefine musical art with their debut.
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Uncut
2016 - Two Virgins isn’t a great record, but it was central to building the mythology of John’n’Yoko
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Ultimate Classic Rock
2015 - Two Virgins – one of the most challenging and personal recordings ever made – would prove to be a lasting influence on experimental rock bands like Sonic Youth.
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TV Tropes
Basically a recording of John and Yoko experimenting with all kinds of sounds and noises, while Yoko feels the urge to wail a lot from time to time.
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Treble
Extremely difficult, borderline unlistenable record with Yoko Ono.
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Outer Blue Records
2011 - The music is definitely avant garde and if as a Beatles fan you expected melody and a form of coherence then the result was far far from this and possibly shocked those who were mop top fans.
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2017 - Two Virgins is the sound of two avant-garde artists falling in love, noodling around with tape loops and wordless vocals, experiencing a rebirth…on acid.
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Music MXDWN
These records are truly challenging pieces, but well worth the listen.
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