Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
"Mind Games" – 4:13
"Tight A$" – 3:37
"Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" – 4:44
"One Day (At a Time)" – 3:09
"Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" – 4:12
"Nutopian International Anthem" – 0:03
Side two
"Intuition" – 3:08
"Out the Blue" – 3:23
"Only People" – 3:23
"I Know (I Know)" – 3:49
"You Are Here" – 4:08
"Meat City" – 2:45
"Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" (home version) – 3:35
"Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" (home version) – 1:02
"Meat City" (home version) – 2:36
John Lennon Band Members / Musicians
John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, clavinet, percussion
Ken Ascher – piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron
David Spinozza – lead guitar
Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
Jim Keltner – drums
Rick Marotta – drums on "Bring on the Lucie" and "Meat City" (with Keltner)
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
Something Different – backing vocals
Roy Cicala, Dan Barbiero – engineers
Tom Rabstanek – mastering
Mind Games is the 4th studio album by English musician John Lennon. It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York in summer 1973. The album was released in the US on 29 October 1973 and in the UK on 16 November 1973. It 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 recorded while Lennon was having difficulties with US immigration and at the beginning of his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono. 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.
