Mind Games (John Lennon album) Mind Games (John Lennon album) Mind Games is the third studio album by John Lennon. It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York in summer 1973. The album was released in the US 29 October 1973 and the UK 16 November 1973. 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" received mixed reviews upon release. It reached number 13 in the UK and number 9 in the US, where it was certified gold. The album was
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band repressed childhood traumas rather than analytical discussion. In July 1970, Lennon started to record demos of songs he wrote that would show up on "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", and on one particular day, the 26th, Lennon recorded numerous demos of his song "God", which includes the line "I don't believe in Beatles". Lennon's therapy was never completed due to the expiry of his US visa. With the experience he received from the therapy, he was able to channel his emotions into an album's worth of self-revelatory material. Having exhausted the extensions of their American visas, Lennon and Ono returned from