Tracks
- Imagine
- Crippled Inside
- Jealous Guy
- It's So Hard
- I Don't Want to Be a Soldier
- Give Me Some Truth
- Oh My Love
- How Do You Sleep?
- How?
- Oh Yoko!
Imagine is a superb album. The music is rock. This album is much more subtle and quiet compared with his debut album. Instead of coming on strong, he uses a subtle acerbic wit to make his points.
I was a little hesitant about this album, at first. Before hearing the full album, it's hard to imagine this album being anything but lopsided with Imagine and nine other songs for filler. But it's not that at all. While I think Imagine has brilliant lyrics, the other nine songs pull more than their weight.
This is an enjoyable album. It's worth listening to and it deserves to be on the 1001 Albums list. A lot of artists to come model their albums on this one.
All the songs on this album are excellent, although How Do You Sleep? is pretty nasty. The stand outs are: Imagine, Crippled Inside, Jealous Guy, I Don't Want to Be a Soldier, Give Me Some Truth, Oh My Love and Oh Yoko!.
★★★★★★★★★★
Tracks
- Mother
- Hold On
- I Found Out
- Working Class Hero
- Isolation
- Remember
- Love
- Well Well Well
- Look at Me
- God
- My Mummy's Dead
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is a personal album. It is all about John Lennon. On the first half of the album he expresses his feelings. He is angry at his parents. He is disillusioned with the Beatles. He feels alone and betrayed. The second half of the album he gives up his past. Finally, he affirms his love for Yoko Ono and declares that the only faith he has is in himself and in Yoko.
This is a deeply sad album. It would appear otherwise since it seems to end on a hopeful note, but it really doesn't. At the end, there is only John and Yoko, alone, and he has abandoned or repudiated his past. Hopeful or not, it's an emotionally taxing album to listen to.
Of course, this album is certainly worth listening to. I also think it deserves to be on the 1001 Albums list. There have always been artists who pour their heart and soul into their music, but no one in rock has done it so honestly and personally as John Lennon has on this album.
All the songs are good, but the stand outs are: Mother, I Found Out, Working Class Hero, Isolation, Love and God.
★★★★★★★★★★
