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''Mind Games'' is the seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, released in 1973. It is best known for the title track. The album mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticised at the time of its release for being direction-less.

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''Mind Games'' is the seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, released in 1973.1973 through Apple Records. It is best known for the title track. The album mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticised at the time of its release for being direction-less.










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* BilingualBonus: "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)". "Aisumasen" is a corrupted version of "aisumimasen" in Japanese, which means "I'm sorry".



* ForeignLanguageTitle: "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" takes its name from a Japanese form of apologizing, tying in with the song's nature as Lennon's olive branch to Yoko Ono during their temporary divorce. "Aisumasen" is specifically a corrupted version of "aisumimasen" in Japanese, which means "I'm sorry" (though it's actually a very casual way of apologizing to someone, akin to "excuse me").



* UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}: "Mind Games"
--> ''Chanting the mantra: peace on Earth (...) putting their soul power to the karmic wheel''

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* UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}: "Mind Games"
--> ''Chanting the mantra: peace on Earth (...) putting their soul power
GratuitousJapanese: In addition to the karmic wheel''ForeignLanguageTitle and title lyric, "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" features the line "When I'm down real sanpaku" at the start of verse three. "Sanpaku" refers to the lower sclerae, with the visibility of them being commonly associated with evilness in Japanese culture.



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'''''Mind Games''''' is the seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, released in 1973. It is best known for the title track. The album mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticised at the time of its release for being direction-less.

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'''''Mind Games''''' ''Mind Games'' is the seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, released in 1973. It is best known for the title track. The album mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticised at the time of its release for being direction-less.
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# "Mind Games"
# "Tight A$"
# "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
# "One Day (At A Time)"
# "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)"
# "Nutopian International Anthem"
# "Intuition"
# "Out The Blue"
# "Only People"
# "I Know (I Know)"
# "You Are Here"
# "Meat City"

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[[AC:Side One]]
# "Mind Games"
Games" (4:13)
# "Tight A$"
A$" (3:37)
# "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
Sorry)" (4:44)
# "One Day (At A Time)"
Time)" (3:09)
# "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)"
Peeple)" (4:12)
# "Nutopian International Anthem"
Anthem" (0:03)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Intuition"
"Intuition" (3:08)
# "Out The Blue"
Blue" (3:23)
# "Only People"
People" (3:23)
# "I Know (I Know)"
Know)" (3:49)
# "You Are Here"
Here" (4:08)
# "Meat City"
City" (2:45)




* AlbumTitleDrop:
--> ''We're playing those mind games together''.

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* TitleTrack:
--> ''We're playing those mind games together''.

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* BreakUpSong: "Out The Blue".

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* BreakUpSong: "Out The Blue".Blue" dealt with Lennon's temporary broken off relationshipwith Yoko.



--> ''Some call it magic the search for the grail''

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--> ''Some call it magic magic: the search for the grail''



* IJustWantToBeFree: "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)".
* MindGameShip: "Mind Games": the title track deals with mind games between people and says that "love is the answer".

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* IJustWantToBeFree: "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)".
* MindGameShip: "Mind Games":
Peeple)" is a global call to free the title track deals with mind games between people and says that "love is the answer". people.



* MusicIsPolitics: "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)", "Nutopian International Anthem".
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".

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* MusicIsPolitics: OneWordTitle: "Intuition".
* ProtestSong:
"Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)", "Nutopian International Anthem".
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International
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* PunBasedTitle: "Tight A$".

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* PunBasedTitle: PunBasedTitle:
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"Tight A$".A$".
** "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)", which turns "free the people" into a woman's name.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: "Mind Games".
--> ''You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas''
--> ''Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind''
--> ''Yeah we're playing those mind games together''
--> ''Projecting our images in space and in time''


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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: "Mind Games".
-->''You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas\\
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind\\
Yeah we're playing those mind games together\\
Projecting our images in space and in time''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Mind Games''.]]

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* BigAppleSauce and BigRottenApple: "Meat City" is about Lennon's mixed feelings about New York City, after he moved there.

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* BigAppleSauce and BigRottenApple: "Meat City" is about Lennon's mixed feelings about New York City, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, after he moved there.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Love is the answer and you know that for sure/Love is a flower, you got to let it grow..."'']]

'''Mind Games''' is a 1973 album by Music/JohnLennon, the fourth in his catalogue, best known for the title track. It mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticized at the time of its release for being directionless.

!!Mind Tropes:

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Love [[caption-width-right:300:''Mind Games''.]]

'''''Mind Games'''''
is the answer and you know that for sure/Love is a flower, you got to let it grow..."'']]

'''Mind Games''' is a 1973
seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, the fourth released in his catalogue, 1973. It is best known for the title track. It The album mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticized criticised at the time of its release for being directionless.direction-less.

!!Mind Tropes:----
!! Tracklist:

# "Mind Games"
# "Tight A$"
# "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
# "One Day (At A Time)"
# "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)"
# "Nutopian International Anthem"
# "Intuition"
# "Out The Blue"
# "Only People"
# "I Know (I Know)"
# "You Are Here"
# "Meat City"

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!! Mind Tropes:



* BreakUpSong: "Out the Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.

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* BreakUpSong: "Out the The Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.



* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".



** "Out the Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.

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** "Out the The Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.



** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out the Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.

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** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out the The Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.



* StudioChatter: "This is it boys. Over the hill." from "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)"
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".

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* StudioChatter: "This is it boys. Over the hill." from "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)"
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".

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[[caption-width-right:300:''Mind Games''.]]

'''''Mind Games''''' is the seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, released in 1973. it is best known for the title track. It mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticised at the time of its release for being direction-less.

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!! Tracklist:

# "Mind Games"
# "Tight A$"
# "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
# "One Day (At A Time)"
# "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)"
# "Nutopian International Anthem"
# "Intuition"
# "Out The Blue"
# "Only People"
# "I Know (I Know)"
# "You Are Here"
# "Meat City"

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!! Mind Tropes:

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[[caption-width-right:300:''Mind Games''.]]

'''''Mind Games'''''
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Love is the seventh studio answer and you know that for sure/Love is a flower, you got to let it grow..."'']]

'''Mind Games''' is a 1973
album by Music/JohnLennon, released the fourth in 1973. it is his catalogue, best known for the title track. It mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticised criticized at the time of its release for being direction-less.directionless.

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!! Tracklist:

# "Mind Games"
# "Tight A$"
# "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
# "One Day (At A Time)"
# "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)"
# "Nutopian International Anthem"
# "Intuition"
# "Out The Blue"
# "Only People"
# "I Know (I Know)"
# "You Are Here"
# "Meat City"

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!! Mind Tropes:
!!Mind Tropes:



* BreakUpSong: "Out The Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.

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* BreakUpSong: "Out The the Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.



* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".



** "Out The Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.

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** "Out The the Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.



** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out The Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.

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** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out The the Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.




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* StudioChatter: "This is it boys. Over the hill." from "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)"
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Love is the answer and you know that for sure/
Love is a flower, you got to let it grow..."'']]

'''Mind Games''' is a 1973 album by Music/JohnLennon, the fourth in his catalogue, best known for the title track. It mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticized at the time of its release for being directionless.

!!Mind Tropes:

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Love [[caption-width-right:300:''Mind Games''.]]

'''''Mind Games'''''
is the answer and you know that for sure/
Love is a flower, you got to let it grow..."'']]

'''Mind Games''' is a 1973
seventh studio album by Music/JohnLennon, the fourth released in his catalogue, 1973. it is best known for the title track. It mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticized criticised at the time of its release for being directionless.direction-less.

!!Mind Tropes:----
!! Tracklist:

# "Mind Games"
# "Tight A$"
# "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
# "One Day (At A Time)"
# "Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)"
# "Nutopian International Anthem"
# "Intuition"
# "Out The Blue"
# "Only People"
# "I Know (I Know)"
# "You Are Here"
# "Meat City"

----
!! Mind Tropes:



* BreakUpSong: "Out the Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.

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* BreakUpSong: "Out the The Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.



* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".



** "Out the Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.

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** "Out the The Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.



** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out the Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.

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** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out the The Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.



* StudioChatter: "This is it boys. Over the hill." from "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)"
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".

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* StudioChatter: "This is it boys. Over the hill." from "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)"
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".

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Love is a flower, you got to let it grow..."'']]



!! Mind Tropes:

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!! Mind !!Mind Tropes:
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.

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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.

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* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".


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* StudioChatter: "This is it boys. Over the hill." from "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)"
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".
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'''Mind Games''' is a 1973 album by Music/JohnLennon, the fourth in his catalogue, best known for the title track. It mostly deals with his temporary separation from Music/YokoOno and was criticized at the time of its release for being directionless.

!! Mind Tropes:
* AlbumTitleDrop:
--> ''We're playing those mind games together''.
* ApologyGift: Lennon apologizes to Music/YokoOno in the form of a song "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)"
* AlbumFiller: The common complaint about several of the songs. Even Lennon admitted that he wrote some of the songs without knowing what direction to send them in: "I Know (I Know)", "Tight A$" and "Only People". The track "Nutopian International Anthem" is even nothing but three seconds of silence.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: "Mind Games".
--> ''You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas''
--> ''Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind''
--> ''Yeah we're playing those mind games together''
--> ''Projecting our images in space and in time''
* BigAppleSauce and BigRottenApple: "Meat City" is about Lennon's mixed feelings about New York City, after he moved there.
* BilingualBonus: "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)". "Aisumasen" is a corrupted version of "aisumimasen" in Japanese, which means "I'm sorry".
* BreakUpSong: "Out the Blue".
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Lennon standing in a field, with Yoko's profile at the horizon, symbolizing their relationship.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Mind Games"
--> ''Some call it magic the search for the grail''
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: "Mind Games"
--> ''Faith in the future/ out of the now''.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Tight A$"" which managed to get the phrase "tight ass" past the censors.
* UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}: "Mind Games"
--> ''Chanting the mantra: peace on Earth (...) putting their soul power to the karmic wheel''
* InTheStyleOf: "Tight A$" is a {{Rockabilly}} song.
* IJustWantToBeFree: "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)".
* MindGameShip: "Mind Games": the title track deals with mind games between people and says that "love is the answer".
* MusicIsPolitics: "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)", "Nutopian International Anthem".
* {{Utopia}}: "Nutopian International Anthem".
* ThePowerOfLove:
** "Mind Games"
--> ''Love is the answer and you know that for sure.''
** "One Day (At A Time)"
** "Out the Blue": In which John sings about his love for Yoko after being separated for a while.
* ProtestSong: "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)", a protest song advocating freedom.
* PunBasedTitle: "Tight A$".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" and "Out the Blue" were both written with Music/YokoOno in mind, as they were separated for a while.
** "You Are Here" was inspired by a Lennon one-off art exhibition.
* ShoutOut: "Mind Games" is a shout-out to "Mind Games: The Guide To Inner Space" (1972) by Robert Masters and Jean Houston. The line "Yes is the answer" is a nod to the art piece by Yoko Ono that brought her and John together.
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