{"product_id":"iconic-album-john-lennon-the-double-fantasy-era-1980-a-track-by-track-journey-through-love-rebirth-and-return-9798248945061","title":"Iconic Album John Lennon The Double Fantasy Era (1980): A Track-by-Track Journey through Love, Rebirth and Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Ward\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1980, John Lennon returned from five years of silence with \u003ci\u003eDouble Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e - an album that sounded nothing like a farewell and everything like a beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut was it contentment... or the start of another reinvention?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIconic Albums: John Lennon - The Double Fantasy Era (1980)\u003c\/b\u003e is a deep, chapter-by-chapter exploration of Lennon's final creative resurgence - from the Dakota years and fatherhood to the Hit Factory sessions, the media buildup, and the global shock that followed December 8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book goes beyond nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five-year retreat and the transformation into househusband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bermuda songwriting spark that reignited Lennon's ambition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe partnership dynamic between Lennon and Yoko Ono\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe clean 1980 production under Jack Douglas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack-by-track analysis of \u003ci\u003eDouble Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe continuation in \u003ci\u003eMilk and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe commercial explosion and critical reappraisal after tragedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe myth of the \"peaceful ending\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether Lennon had truly finished evolving - or was only just beginning again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas \u003ci\u003eDouble Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e a mature domestic record?\u003cbr\u003eA radical statement of equality?\u003cbr\u003eA misunderstood comeback?\u003cbr\u003eOr the foundation of a second creative peak that never had time to unfold?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in immersive prose and grounded in musical, cultural, and emotional analysis, this volume reframes Lennon's final era not as an ending - but as a turning point interrupted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of music history, Beatles scholarship, and serious album studies, this is the definitive exploration of the 1980 Lennon comeback - the calm before the rupture, and the unfinished chapter that still resonates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause \u003ci\u003eDouble Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e was never meant to be the last word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47569308582039,"sku":"9798248945061","price":1468.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798248945061.webp?v=1774874563","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/iconic-album-john-lennon-the-double-fantasy-era-1980-a-track-by-track-journey-through-love-rebirth-and-return-9798248945061","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}