Acoustic (John Lennon album)
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| Released | 1 November 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:00 | |||
| Label | Capitol/EMI | |||
| Producer | Yoko Ono | |||
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Acoustic is a compilation album of John Lennon demos, studio and live performances that feature his acoustic guitar work and was released in 2004.
The compilation consist of the 9 tracks previously released on John Lennon Anthology box set and 7 previously unreleased tracks.
In keeping with the overall theme of the album, the booklet contains the lyrics and guitar chords for each track, as well as a chord index on the last page.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Boston Phoenix | [2] |
| The Music Box | [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.1/10[4] |
The album received much criticism from both critics and fans, as due to the most of the album had previously been released on the 1998 John Lennon Anthology box set, while the remaining recordings had been available on several different bootleg CDs for years.
Although it failed to chart in the United Kingdom, Acoustic reached number 31 in the United States with sales of 27,858 copies, becoming John Lennon's best charting posthumous US release since 1988's Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack. It spent eight weeks on the chart.
