Reviews for Lennon: The Albums

The average rating for Lennon: The Albums based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-07 00:00:00 Dirk Henne Veteran UK rock journalist Mick Wall is a better writer and critic than most of his peers. Focusing on unfashionable genres such as hard rock and metal, his work has an incisive intelligence unburdened by the high-minded pretensions that often hobble music writing. "Paranoid" is a memoir and industry expose that focuses dually on his heroin habit and experiences with artists such as Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Axl Rose and others; Wall's struggles with addiction often poetically mirror those of his musical subjects, some of whom are similarly adrift chemically and professionally. A cover blurb from the Guardian suggests that "Paranoid" "make(s) Irvine Welsh look like the Teletubbies," but the reality is less sensational; this is an intelligent and introspective memoir whose blunt insights only make it the more unsettling.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-08-08 00:00:00 Donald Bouldin Hmmm, What to say. This was a terribly misnamed book. You would expect to read lots of stories about Black Sabbath and other bands maybe. What you get is a miserable, junky music journalist who seems to hate the music business and most of the people in it, Including himself. It's a book of non stop moaning from somebody too stupid to realise how lucky he was and too weak to live it without a needle in his arm, joint in his mouth or drink in his hand. It's really hard to warm to Mick Wall. He seems to hate the business and those in it, because they are shallow tossers. Funny enough reading this book all you can think is, what a shallow tosser Mick Wall is. Should have renamed the book. A Miserable Junky Journalist Remembers Why He Hates The Music Business. Apathy for the Devil: A 1970s Memoir by Nick Kent is a far better read.