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Shaved Fish is a collection of singles, some of them hits, released during John Lennon's post-Beatles career. A typically mad collage of literal interpretations of the 11 tracks present an accurate overview of Lennon's confused career since leaving the Beatles. The best tracks are obsessed, as on Instant Karma, Cold Turkey, Mother, Give Peace a Chance and Power to the People. There is a cohesion of style present in these songs which dwindles in the later parts of the record: "Mind Games," "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" and "#9 Dream". This album is a convincing evidence, then, not only of John Lennon's genius but of his continuing career difficulty.