Mind Games

Mind Games is John Lennon's fourth album, and was recorded at Record Plant Studios in summer 1973, and released in November of that year. The album was Lennon's first self-produced recording without help from Phil Spector. Like his previous album, the politically topical and somewhat abrasive Some Time in New York City, Mind Games was poorly received by music critics upon release, but its reputation has improved since release in some circles. It reached number 13 in the UK and number 9 in the US, where it went gold.

The album was recorded while Lennon was having difficulties with US immigration and at the beginning of his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono.^[1] The title track was released as a single at the same time as the album. The album itself was later reissued several times throughout the 1970s and 1980s.