John Lennon - Imagine [Digipak]

Artist:

Lennon, John

UPC:

5099990650222

See Also:

Beatles (The) Mission: Impossible II (Blu-ray Disc) Mission: Impossible 2 (DVD)

Description:

Additional personnel: Plastic Ono Band, Flux Fiddlers.
Recording information: Ascot Sound Studios; Record Plant, New York, NY.
Photographers: Spud Murphy ; Peter Fordham; Yoko Ono.
Considered together, IMAGINE and its startling predecessor, PLASTIC ONO BAND, paint a vivid picture of the state of John Lennon immediately post-Beatles. If PLASTIC ONO BAND found John working out his hitherto repressed feelings about childhood and stardom, then the abiding impression of IMAGINE is John`s one certainty in this storm of doubts and recrimination: his love for Yoko. "Jealous Guy," with its peerless vocal and a spot-on arrangement for strings, is sublime. "Oh My Love" is all delicacy and melodiousness. "Oh Yoko!" is a celebratory finale with none of the cloying self-obsession of John and Yoko`s home movies.
On two other songs where Yoko is not the dominant theme, she is nevertheless invoked through the "oh no, oh no" refrain. That`s not to say that love songs predominate. Half of the material covers similar terrain to PLASTIC ONO BAND, but the themes are balanced by hope and even light-heartedness. "Crippled Inside" is leavened by its country stylings including Dobro, courtesy of George Harrison, who also spices up two of the album`s pivotal tracks, "Gimme Some Truth" and "How Do You Sleep?" (the latter is a vitriolic attack on Paul McCartney). Outside of PLASTIC ONO BAND, this may be Lennon`s finest solo album.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It`s So Hard
5. I Don`t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don`t Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!

Album Information

Release Date:

10/04/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

Capitol

Producer:

John Lennon; Yoko Ono; Phil Spector

Catalog Number:

9065022

Original Release Year:

1971

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

39 : 43

Guest Artist:

George Harrison; King Curtis; Ringo Starr

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