Imagine

The album has so many different kinds of music. I loved the bluesy feel of the second one. Although it has a sad tone overall it’s also so peaceful and calming

Classic album but it didn’t capture my attention the way I thought it would. Favorite song is Oh Yoko!

Ei tuota nimikkobiisiä oikein jaksa mutta suht ok levy. Mielummin kuuntelee ilman hittiä! : ) 3/5

Kivoja biisejä sellaisenaan, mutta tässä on vähän sellainen beatlesin b-puolikokoelman fiilis. Koheesio uupuu.

Tricky one. I liked this more than a lot of other albums I rated a 3 but also not as much as ones I rated a 4. I'm not a fan of the production.

Imagine is a nearly perfect song - a combination of beautiful melody and moving lyrics. I bought the album many moons ago only to be somewhat disappointed by the rest. It’s sad, really, that the album devolved from “Imagine” all the way down to a Paul McCartney diss track with “How Do You Sleep.” It just feels so petty by comparison.

Imagine, a timeless song will be played forever. Jealous guy, a good song, very honestly written. The rest of the album to me was not good so it averages out to me.

Good album - but not more :-) Glorification not necessary and not needed.

I thought there were like maybe 4 good songs, Imagine, the one thing u cant hide is when your crippled inside.

Was more diverse than Imagine as the song makes one expect, but imo didn't reach Beatles' prime.

Overated...

I enjoyed most songs (not the soldier one tho it was really bad and way too long). Crippled Inside was surprisingly good, banjo and all, and also Imagine obviously. The whole album was coherent and I don't know the storylines behind it but I still enjoyed it. I would give it higher but the soldier song exists so 3/5.

Kind of chill, this guy was definitely a Beatle. Not anything groundbreaking for me but I liked most of the songs. Obviously Imagine was the only song I had heard beforehand, and it remains my favourite song on the album after hearing the rest. Other favourites are Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Crippled Inside, and on a good day, Jealous Guy. I don't really have much to say about it other than it was nice to space out to and it's the type of album that I'll remember exists and then listen to some songs off of it every now and then in the future. While writing this I took a break to read some Wikipedia and turns out he hit his first wife, I guess that explains Jealous Guy. Also yeah the soldier song was actually agonizingly long like I got the message bro don't worry. 3, just average to me

kinda mid

In spite of having heard 'Imagine' about a 100 times over my lifetime, this is the first time I've actually listened to a Lennon album from beginning to end. At first, I felt that the rest of the album wouldn't compare to the titular first song. And that assumption was mostly correct. I was surprised by how blues-y the whole thing is, but it's a really nice blend for the ears.

Was one of my Dad's favourites. I love Imagine the track, but rest of the album is so-so for me.

All of the songs just felt okay, “Oh Yoko!” is the only song I see myself returning to.

Gentle and dreamy. Nice for a contemplative sunday or an early morning.

I didn't expect to hear songs in the style of Imagine. I always thought of JL's solo work to be Beatle-esq but I enjoyed the 50's inspired songs, along with the more somber sounding tracks

Take away "Imagine", and the rest of the album is pretty good. That song is bleak and meaningless.

Good album

Not too surprised that the only track I've heard hear is Imagine. Nothing else has jumped out so far. A bit of a rock-a-billy vibe.

Imagine is one of the worst, most saccharine and tone deaf songs ever written, the rest is mid Beatles B-side rejects.

Not bad. He works better in the confines of a group though…

I might be being too generous with 3. The first four songs are very good. The rest of the album is boring, and the final song almost killed me

My dad used to love this album. It is boring.

Eh

Un poco arriesgado, diferentes estilos y no se escucha como The Beatles. Pero hay estilos que no le van mucho. No me desagrada, pero no me impresionó como su primer album como solista.

As músicas que "se encaixam" no álbum são intercalados, deixando o álbum inconsistente, parecendo até que é só um amontoando de música sem conexão uma com a outra. até achei algumas musicas interessantes, mas do álbum em si, não

Not a bad album but I think I was expecting more from one of the frontmen from the Beatles. Imagine is a great song and I enjoyed a few of the other songs. This album didn't really feel like it was changing the game from what had been released at the time and felt closer to a Beatles album without Ringo, George and Paul

excepting the title track I'm not a huge fan. 3 stars

3.5, imagine big booty butts, big booty, boobies too, just imagine a big pair of boobs and a butt

Hit and miss with a couple of songs in particular could be done without (looking at you Mama and Yoko). I was surprised to see this was the remastered edition because the songs did not seem well balanced to my untrained ear. I was more interested to look at the many versions of this album including the raw recordings and alternate mixes available as I personally do not think the linked album is the definitive choice - this is based on a lack of familiarity with what the original recording and I’m sure aficionados may disagree with this statement. Worth noting his self admitted violence towards women is absolutely deplorable and I had no great desire to listen to his work but have not factored this into my score

I know its a legendary album but honestly lennon's solo work don't hit the same as the beatles.

kinda tuff especially 2nd half bro a real deal geeker

I had not listened to this for a long time. Although a Beatles fan, I never really got into Lennon's solo stuff. To me he came across as a bitter and angry at the world, and I think this album reflects that. I always expected more from his songs, but the lyrics feel forced and a bit naive.I'm sure I didn't feel that way as a younger man. A few good songs, but it's 3/5 for me.

Solid album by one of the greats. Several I recognized. Can tell why Lennon considered great.

Good. Other than imagine, not memorable. I did put it on while I was driving around this weekend and enjoyed it.

This one is hard because there is nothing bad about the album but it is somewhat generic. I know John Lennon is a big name but the music in this on is very standard for the style. It is somewhere between 2 and 3 stars

Not a bad album overall. Imagine was definitely the best song in here. 3/5

I did not enjoy it to much.

It was subpar

Some great songs.

Har inte så mycket att säga. Rätt okej, lite segt och tråkigt 3 / 5

Det var nästan lite country på sina ställen. Oförväntat. Imagine och Jealous guy är bangers. Resten gungar på i okej manér meni nget speciellt tycker jag inte. Hade nog inte lyssnat på hela albumet igen men det finns bågra bra låtar. John behöver en bättre kamera

1 classic song surrounded by ok songs

Like the song, was underwhelmed with full listen of album

Where Plastic Ono Band hit me hard, this album has never really done it for me.

Good album but what a POS

As a solo artist he could never quite find what made The Beatles so good.

6.5/10

Slight lennon but still lennon

Imagine is a good song, even if it has been ruined for me somewhat by those celebrities singing it at the start of the pandemic. The rest of the album is ok, but doesn’t measure up to the Beatles.

The album was alright, nothing special. Imagine is obviously a big tune. Good album length, wouldn't want any more. Probably won't listen again.

Finally I can answer the question: Paul or John? Paul, definitely Paul.

Ballads are good, iconic, but not loving the album as a complete work of art.

Have you ever thought about how weird the name 'Elvis' is? I mean, that's a really weird name if you've never heard of the singer. 'Madonna,' is also a weird name. How many friends do you know named Madonna, Yoko or Jesus (Jee-zuhs, not Hay Zeus)? Welp, John isn't very unique, but John is versatile! John can be the name of a place you can go pee and drop a deuce, and can also be a man who seeks services from a prostitute. And if you listen to this album, he doesn't believe in Jesus or Elvis (no word on Madonna), but he does believe in 'me,' Yoko and John (the person who wrote the song, not the other Johns) ... Anyway, I've heard some of these on a best of Lennon and they're all kinda boring and unremarkable. On a ranking scale, I'd score the following in most to least remarkable: Elivis - such a weird name! Yoko - the devil herself! Jesus - two pronunciations! John - Such a versitle word! Imagine (this album)

This album starts out like a rocket at its apogee about to return to earth. It’s out of this world but continually reduces from that peak. Imagine is great. Crippled Inside is pretty good. Then there is a run of songs that, while they are interesting, don’t quite standout to me.

Some great songs, some that unsurprisingly sounded like Beatles filler tracks

some classics

The more I listen to John on his own, the more overrated I find him to be. He's still very good, clearly, but there's just so little about his solo (& duo work with Yoko) that moves me at all. Favorite track: Gimme Some Truth

Solid album. Would listen again.

Enjoyed several songs. Others were just meh.

More of Paul guy I guess. A few interesting tracks but overall not much to get excited by.

Imagine, John Lennon No es uno de mis favoritos, me encanto la canción Oh My love

This might be heresy but take away the title track and this feels like an album of Beatles' b-sides and outtakes. I said what I said.

while i do recognize the irony of john singing 'imagine no possessions' from his grand piano in his giant mansion, he's undeniably really good at writing songs. fav tracks: gimme some truth, oh my love, how?

Plain Jane. Or Yoko.

It's fine. Nothing stands out quite as much as Imagine. Fine background music. I can imagine it being played in the background of smokey rooms. But maybe that's influenced by the cover image.

One great song, the rest of the album not so much

It was all right. Probably wouldn’t listen again. John Lennon is quiet.

Gentle rock, some folky influences

A few gems but otherwise I’m not sure what the hype is

I think we all know why we are here. Imagine. I will say, i do think Crippled Inside is a funny lil tune to add to my playlist titled "upbeat songs with really depressing lyrics" Other than that, the album in whole didnt leave too much of an impression on me. not bad though, i mean cmon- its john lennon!

3.5, zapravo solidno

Meh.

Commentary on the Vietnam War "Imagine" "Jealous Guy" "Oh My Love" "How Do You Sleep" (Attack of Paul McCartney)

Calming and I liked some while others were simple and weird

Not great Not bad. Just meh

as much as i love the beatles, this aint it

Those later echoey vocal acoustics. Favorite song was "Crippled Inside."

Best Songs: Imagine, Crippled Inside, Jealous Guy Listen Again: Maybe

High craft and the usual structural experimentation. Lacks the Macca counterweight. It’s nice, but that’s about it. Favorite track: I don’t want to be a soldier man.

3/5

First time listening to a solo Lennon album front to back. I liked quite a bit of it! Added 3 or 4 songs to my playlist. I definitely vibe with his more slow and low key songs compared with the more rock heavy tracks. Still hard to match his stuff with Paul McCartney.

Hate him or love him John Lennon brought people some of the best music ever made. Unfortunately most of that was with the Beatles and not on his own. This album is good, sure but it’s still heavily lennon trying to say he’s smarter and a better individual than many other people. I don’t dislike this album, but John Lennon did have less enjoyable solo albums than George and Paul. 6.5/10

Ja schon gute Bekannte Lieder dabei

Imagine is a great song.. the rest of it just seemed way too mellow to really enjoy.

He was definitely a gifted songwriter, but Christ was Lennon an awful person. This album especially shows off his faults and makes work like the title track sound hollow. The good stuff is quite good, but I could never get behind that song. C

Especially imagine is greag

Чёт мне не зашло. Есть прекрасная "Imagine", прикольный припев в "Power to the people", но в остальном змеиное шипение Леннона раздражает. Не хочется переслушивать.

I actually think there's some peaches on this album. Great airport too.

Imagine isn't good enough to carry the rest of this album, or make me forget that he was a bit of a creep. It's made worse by how good the Beatles were. I've rounded up 2.5.

i’ve actually enjoyed this album more in the past. felt a bit off and on. dude was definitely harboring a lot of negativity that he put into this.

It's alright. Bit overhyped

вот этот альбом я никогда не слушал целиком будет интересно.

So glad Gal Gadot gave this the popularity it clearly lacked. It'd be hard to say all the songs aren't well-made and executed, especially considered the bias most people would have going into it. But overall it is not music that excites or engages me very much; sometimes it felt like the songwriting was drawn out too long and I wasn't too crazy about the jamming that came with it in like half the songs. I did end up wondering if I'd like Paul's solo stuff more, but I did appreciate a wide-ish range of tones and styles in this record. 6/10

I knew Imagine and Jealous Guy. The rest was unfamiliar. It’s less gritty and more Beatles-like than Plastic Ono Band. I’d want to hear it again.

I liked this one considerably more than the previous Lennon album in this mix. Almost gave it a 4, as it felt more fully realized and had several songs I liked quite a bit.

Some great songs, some forgettable ones.

Well jeg er sgu lidt skuffet. Imagine er selvfølgelig vild, men havde forventet mere af Lennon! Min yndlingssanger i Beatles. Synes faktisk bare den var kedelig. Stripped down og uambitiøs

Est-ce que est-ce que c'est cet album qui est essentiel à écouter ou bien simplement la pièce Imagine? Disons que cette pièce, une incontournable chanson ne serait-ce que pour son impact culturel, fait une grande ombre sur cette œuvre qui oscille entre différents styles (country, rock, blues) sans atteindre les mêmes sommets. Outre Imagine, Jealous Guy est l'autre point marquant de cet album. Une belle pièce.

Good. Always makes me sad though, (especially Imagine) because of his death. Also the Beatles broken up.

Decent soundtrack to doing pot with a bunch of homeless dudes

Like his stuff with the Beatles more. Plus Yoko sucks.

3/5. Pretty mid.

Imagine... I'm not a fan of John Lennon... :,)

JL var helvíti frjór og flottur tónlistarmaður. Hefði mátt vera minni skíthæll. Platan er flott og góð vinnutónlist. Það er þó kaldhæðið að hlusta á mann predika imagine no possessions sem lifði hátt og var með elítu lífsstíl. 3.5

I want to like it more but it doesn’t stick with me much

Loved the first few songs but then the record faded for me.

Fav: Gimme Some Truth because it was used in Everyday Chemistry

good start tailed off, blues

Not a massive fan of JK solo but on reflection contains some decent songs. The title track sucks.

I liked it and imagine is a great song.

62/100

1971, хиппи-блюз-поп? Я хз жанры ахах вы такие смешные Я не знаю что сказать. Ну типа Imagnie это крутой трек, да, раз он до меня добрался. Альбом слушается легко, Леннон очень странно поёт, но при этом у него оригинальный голос, с первых нот узнаётся что это он. Но мне не вкатывает. Середина. Может, если я б в текст забурился...

Let's start by getting this out of way: Yes, John Lennon was not a great person. However, I am here to listen to and review these albums primarily by how good they are, with the cultural impact of the album being the only other thing that even remotely impacts the rating. With that said, this album is just kind of alright. First of all, it does kind of peak at the beginning with the title track. There are other good songs on here, but I do feel like the titular "Imagine" is probably the best one. John's singing is pretty decent as well. The songs topics range from simple declarations of love for Yoko to what is arguably one of the first popular diss tracks in "How Do You Sleep?". That's honestly kind of funny. The instrumentals are quite good at times, and I really like George Harrison's guitar work. Overall, not the best work from a Beatle that I've heard, but it still isn't bad. High 3/5.

After listening to it again, realizing that while its good its not very inventive or exciting, one of the things the Beatles did so well but John could not carry on his own.

Fun times. Imagine is that bitch. Verder niet heel fantastisch

Not the best solo album from any of the beatles, but it's still pretty good.

The album is good until John Lennon opens his mouth. 5/10

Pretty decent

Love John Lennon but the album wasn’t anything to write home about. It was good with nice songs.

I totally get why he's a legend, but this was just so easy on my ears its kinda boring.

It was all right, but he's just not as great on his own.

Just mid. I remember liking his solo stuff more, but now I realize only a few songs here and there are decent.

Good album, I feel like the production is patchy between songs. Obviously Imagine is the big single from this but its so overplayed. Jealous Guy is a highlight and How Can You Sleep being a great song albiet a lyrical attack on McCartney

This is an OK album, I am not anti John Lennon. I really love Jealous Guy, I just don't understand why "imagine" is lorded up as such a great song, it's really really basic. The kind song a teenager would write after learning two chords on a piano. John Lennon has some amazing songs, obviously. But Imagine is not one of them.

Meh, didn't really care for this that much. It's just a bit boring and uninspiring, and I don't think Lennon really held up musically without the rest of The Beatles, it seems. It was just okay, but the best and most popular song was at the beginning and nothing else really hooked me. Maybe I'll enjoy some of his other solo works more if/when they pop up, but I can't say I'll actively seek them out before then. Favourite: Imagine

It was good but didn’t love it

I liked some of the songs, but particularly didn't I don't wanna be a soldier mama. I really like the song Jealous Guy and Oh my love. 3/5 stars

Deeply personal yet sort of schmaltzy. An interesting album for 1971 mixing big overproduced string and synth sounds with hyper personal lyrics that could stand alone as poetry. Lennon expresses a tangle of emotions, political ideals, and musical styles.

I went in knowing only the title song, but the entire album ended up being solid

This album reminds me of a decent steak with just salt and pepper. Yeah, it tastes good and you can't think of anything 'bad' about it, but it leaves so much to be desired. It sounds bland and doesn't evoke most of the emotions that went into creating the music.

it was ok stand out tracks: imagine, crippled inside

Very calming relaxing album, great one to start my 1000 album journey on!

Bra album, några väldigt bra låtar men också en del som inte e så minnesvärda Bästa låtar: How do you sleep, Imagine

yeahhhhh

J'ai été surprise par la diversité des styles (piano et voix, rock plus américain...). Textes simples mais engagés et touchants.

johhhhhhn

Its like listening to the Beatles but not as good. Imagine is great if it wasnt tainted by fucking celebrities and covid. There were a few decent songs and some that i wished ended. Nothing from this album is going on any playlist of mine.

The album ends on an high note with the wonderfully twee “Oh Yoko!”.

Standout: Imagine (obviously) IDK a bit too dated maybe?

Being honest this is a tale of two halves. The first five songs are incredible before falling off of a cliff in the second five. Still Lennon sounds great and he’s a pop culture icon for a reason.

It was fine.

Kind of a downer album. Imagine is ok and the last song Oh Yoko was kind of fun. Not overtly impressed.

Fine.

J'ai préféré cela à bien des albums des Beatles que j'ai eu. C'était un peu plus focus et plus recherché musicalement. Quoiqu'un tantinet prévisible et très similaire d'une pièce à l'autre. 7/10

Some good tunes, and some, well, musical fiddling around in the style of John Lennon.

Oh Yoko! may be the best song written by any Beatle but Lennon should have been brought up on charges for the lyrics to Jealous Guy.

John Lennon with more singing about Yoko Ono

The title track is obviously a classic Jealous Guy and Oh Yoko also stand up brilliantly The rest is more than fine but not amazing. Misses the rest of The Beatles

There are large parts of this album that do nothing for me at all, but then there are some pretty high peaks for me as well. Putting the titular aside, It's So Hard and How Do You Sleep? moved me pretty greatly in particular. It is not a coincidence that those two are the ones that didn't try to recreate the Beatles feel. The other tracks clearly show talent, but it just didn't feel right without the whole cast.

3 stars.

The album was alright. I knew a couple of the songs. It was mainly unremarkable though. He at least got the message to keep the album short and edit the songs down appropriately. I don't see myself revisiting the entire album though.

This was quite hard for me to rate honestly. The music itself was good, but nothing spectacular for me personally. But since it's John Lennon you sort of feel inclined to give the benefit of the doubt. But I still think a strong 3 is appropriate for me when comparing with other albums. To get a 4, I'd at least want to feel some excitement about some songs and want to give it a listen again. Not so much with this. 'Imagine' is of course a very good song, and 'Oh Yoko!' was quite good as well, though very cheesy.

If the Lennon albums I've heard, I liked this one most.

Yeah, this is alright.

Ok album, wasn’t my favorite. Good chance to listen to a full John Lennon album!

So so. The drummer went on to join Yee.

Lots of great songs

Wow, he really did need the other beatles member to seem likeable enough to create an album that made any sense. One example is "Imagine" asking for world peace when "How do you sleep?" attacks Paul McCartney. Though there are a couple great tunes, John's personality and self indulgence sabotages this one and stops from being an essential, or even a great album.

"Jealous Guy" remains one of Lennon's finest songs.

Bit dull tbh. A few decent tunes. ‘Imagine’ the song is a bit of a dirge

3/5 for the album, but it's tempting to give 2/5 because of the person.

2 absoulte bangers in jealous guy and imagine. The rest slightly pedestrian only slightly better than wings

Just think what this guy could've achieved if he was part of a decent band...

Top tunes for narcissists.

John Lennon, after leaving the Beatles, had an interesting solo career. He did some weird shit with Yoko Ono for a while, but then he pivoted and did pretty normal singer/songwriter stuff that was way more up his alley. This brings is to Imagine. The title track has found enough acclaim for it's dreamy approach and vaguely anarchist lyrics, so I won't spend too much time on that. I think that solo Lennon is a lot different than Beatles Lennon, in that he's bearing his soul a bit more by diving headfirst into touchy political subjects. Was there ever any doubt that he had bought into the hippie counterculture? I feel that this acute sense of vulnerability brings a great new dimension to his music, complimenting his already-excellent songwriting talents. So it's pretty good.

John Lennon’s Imagine is sleepy. Really on the last four tracks bring anything of value, everything else being a snooze fest. It’s truly unfortunate, considering Oh Yoko! was really well put together, John’s vocals clicking together excellently with the instrumentals. It really is not anything worth nothing besides that, with lackluster vocal performances and bland songs. All in all, Imagine is a mid album. best Song: Oh Yoko! Worst Song: I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die

If it wasn't for Imagine, this album would not even be talked about. Whilst it's not bad, I found it kind of average overall. There are some ok songs throughout, but there are a couple that don't seem to quite fit in my opinion. Best: Imagine Worst: Oh Yoko!

p232. 1971. 3 stars. Further evidence the lack of quality control post-Beatles. On the plus side, there are some stone cold classics. On the downside, it suffers from early 70s wankage (How Do You Sleep, I Don't Want To Be A Soldier), and the production makes most of the songs sound as if they're coated in syrup. This hasn't aged well, a bit like John. Sorry mate.

Mid

Буквально 3 песни вытянули этот альбом. 6/10

This is the first time I have ever listened to this album all the way through, despite hearing the title track an infinite number of times. I enjoyed tracks as I got through the album, but it doesn't seem like a cohesive expression, and tends to jump from sound to sound in a slightly jarring manner. I liked the bluesy songs on this one a lot, and I had no idea the album behind Imagine included such a large shift in song structure. Overall the album feels unpolished, but still delivers powerful messages in classic Jon Lennon fashion. Worth the listen, but not a standout for me. Fave tracks: Imagine, It's So Hard, I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama

AJ: How Do You Sleep..? is my favorite track. Imagine is iconic, duh. Pretty cool. All Things Must Pass it is not. The walrus was Paul.

Nice one :-)

not bad…some bangers for sure but also a few duds. i suppose he did the best he could without paul to help.

Ik vind sommige liedjes echt geweldig, maar sommige ook erg saai. Dat helaas het nadeel van een album. Muziekaal is het wel een sterk album, maar ik zal het niet heel vaak opzetten.

🤜🏻🙍🏻‍♀️🤛🏻 3.5 out of 5 pretentious wife beaters. I don't wanna be a soldier mama? More like I don't wanna listen to this song mama. The rest of the songs I enjoyed. I love the Beatles but JL solo music doesn't hit the same plus he was a self important asshole who wasn't as talented as Paul.

John Lennon is great and this album is okay. In addition to the obvious Imagine, Give Me Some Truth is a highlight

I still have a hard time reconciling that on the same album we have "Imagine" and "how do you sleep". An unparalleled (and incredibly naive) song of peace of hope along with a weird angry dis track against Paul. I guess he's just a jealous guy

6/10 rien de spécial.

Imagine, Crippled Inside, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love 3/5

i liked it, but imagine was the best

Didn’t love it except for imagine of course.

John Lennon is great. And the majority of this album is great. Not a fan of don't wanna be a soldier, how do you sleep and oh yoko... those really dragged the album down.

Imagine and jealous Guy are beautiful of course, rest for musically and lyrically less interesting than e.g. early solo work like Instant Karma and Cold Turkey

John Lennon kind of sucks. Not interesting.

3/5. There are some good songs on here but it just feels empty really. Almost like John doesn’t care about what he’s singing. The hard hitting songs are quiet and the soft songs are the better part of the album. Maybe it’s the Brit fatigue but this was just okay. Best song: Imagine, Jealous Guy.

Already reviewed "Hard work. Sounds like it was recorded behind a mattress."

3.5

Byrjar þokkalega, miðjumoðast svo og endar á tveimur góðum. Þetta er allt í lagi. Blendnar tilfinningar.

I loaded this album up in Clone Hero and played bass to the whole thing. For someone who was basically the biggest musician in the world at the time, this album is surprisingly down-to-earth. John clearly wanted to play some old-fashioned rock n roll. There's some really insightful social commentary on here (the title track is vapid by comparison when you listen to "How?"). I wasn't expecting much from this album (I've found Lennon to generally by over-hyped), but I actually quite liked this. Three stars, but not a video game critic three stars-- a real three stars, where it means that the album has interesting and good stuff on it, and I'll play it again in the future.

I'll take Neil Young over John Lennon for my protest songs, thanks. Ignoring my bias, this album was fine. So it gets a 3.

Eh, not my piece of cake. 6/10

just because he was a beatle doesn’t mean everything he makes is good

Sounds cool. Not a fan of the politics. I probably should’ve listened to the Beatles first.

This was a tough one to get the rating right for me. Obviously, there's the opening track, but even that is victim to what I think is an incompleteness to this album. Laziness? It sounds like they slapped the same reverb on every song and let the tape roll. And there's a demo-like quality to many of the songs as well, as though not all these ideas are fleshed out. There are lots of great passages, and the looseness isn't always a detraction, but I couldn't help feeling like Lennon was only half interested in the whole affair. Pair that with lots of more-righteous-than-thou lyrics and an unnecessary diss of Paul McCartney, and I that ultimately pulled it down to a 3. Hard to give such a revered album a middling review, but that's how I was feeling about it.

My honest opinion that apart from a few songs that have become icons in themselves, most of the album is pedestrian. Great if you are a Beatles diehard or love the song Imagine and there are as I've said some inspired moments

A partial meal, you yearn for The Beatles and only end up with two of them on this album, some great songs but not as complete as you would hope for .

Some decent tracks in there, but I don't think John Lennon's a really good singer.

Always wondered why I'd not listened to this all the way through before. Same this time. Sort of lacking.

Ouais j'ai bien imaginé là

un peu bizarre à réécouter

Imagine how good this album would be if the title track was actually any good

He has a great voice and exceptional song writing ability, but knowing anything about his personal life makes it particularly hard to take the peace and love stuff seriously. The existence of the song Jealous Guy is wild. It is hard to separate someone so famously cruel to his first wife from his art, especially when he is doing that art with/about his second wife who he cheated on the first wife with.

Was ok.

Aardig plaatje, maar afgezien van een paar aardige nummers, toch weinig echt boeiends. Ik ben wel zwaar fan van Cold Turkey, maar die staat hier helaas niet op.

3.5

Ok.

Het titelnummer heeft zo'n beetje een generatie en nog meer gemarkeerd, en van de andere nummers hebben we nooit meer wat teruggehoord. Er zitten nog wel wat aardige dingen tussen, maar niet alles is even interessant, en in alle eerlijkheid weet ik niet of ik deze plaat vaak zou opzetten als ik hem in mijn collectie had. De slijmerige ode aan Yoko Ono had al helemaal niet gehoeven. Volgens mij was Lennon gek op haar, en verder vond niemand haar sympathiek.

Wat kan je muzikaal verwachten als 'vrede en liefde' het thema is van een album. Dan zullen de vonken er niet vanaf spatten. Een aantal nummers, waaronder de hit zijn dan ook dodelijk saai. John vindt intussen de blues. En als we dat geluid horen, is het gelijk wat prettiger. Maar echt onderscheidend wordt het nergens. Totdat hij zich afvraagt hoe zijn voormalige collega 's nachts nog kan slapen. Niet zo'n liefdevolle vraag. Dus dat nummer trekt wel de aandacht en is de uitschieter op dit album. 2,5 ster.

We kennen allemaal de wereldhit van rond de kerstperiode, waarin we een moment van bezinning en melancholie beleven. Maar verder mist John Lennon af en toe zijn muzikale maatje Paul wat mij betreft en klinken de opnames simpelweg gedateerd. Al staan er op kant B wel een paar pareltjes met het ingetogen Oh my Love en het bluesy How Do You Sleep.

It's hard to rate this album objectively because I absolutely love John Lennon, and this album also. And Imagine is a beautiful song which will no doubt stay relevant for the remainder of our time on this planet. Setting my emotions aside however, none of The Beatles produced a lot of great music after they disbanded, and this album taken as a whole is unfortunately no exception.

"Imagine" must be short for "Imagine this album being good" Mainly powered by the lead track, which itself is overplayed these days. .5 more because couple of tracks towards the end were alright 2.5

Half the songs amazing. Half the songs almost John Lennon parody. 3/5

Score: 50 Album Art: 60 The lyrics on here have so much weird hypocritical garbage it's unreal. Ignoring John Lennons actions is almost impossible because of how preachy this shit is. Wow John it is really hard to imagine the world as a better place, you're so deep bro. The music is good and he's a good singer but I cannot give a single shit about this, I just can't. When he's saying how sorry he is and that he's just a jealous guy it comes off as so insincere it actually sounds like he's bragging about it. Gimme some truth is really funny as well. Oh yoko is really funny with a dumb outro. No one wants to hear about your talentless wife who thinks she's the next Bjork. Glad it's over lol see you on the flip side

First track is over played garb but rest had its moments.

A couple of all time classic tunes, some weaker ones, but overall pretty good.

Medium.

I've ignored this album for a quite long time because of how boring i find the song Imagine. Surprisingly, there's quite a bit to enjoy here. If nothing else, the track "How do You Sleep" is a masterpiece.

Good enjoyable album. I am not a fan of John Lennon personally (he was a shit person). The Beatles had some really great album when they were together though.

Absolutely like porridge. Bland and yet I eat it up.

There’s some good stuff on this, but it just feels so one-note compared to the latter two thirds of the Beatles catalogue, it’s impossible not to compare really and it just falls short

We need a category/rating for ‘I appreciate this but wont be returning’. Enjoyed bits of it but other parts just passed me by and although I can see why this is rated so highly, its just not my cuppa tea. ‘Its so hard’ and ‘how do you sleep’ were the standouts for me

Imagine is a brilliant song, up there with the best of the Beatles. The rest of the album, like other Beatles stuff, varies between great and awful. Thought the second half of the album was far better than the first, particularly enjoyed how and Yoko. More evidence that supports the theory John and Paul are time travellers that nicked the best songs from loads of other bands and filled the rest of the albums with their own rubbish.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, he uses a lot of interesting styles of music. Think Imagine was his only song I had before but overall I was pleasantly surprised. Highlights: Imagine Crippled Inside It's So Hard

This was probably better than I thought it would be, but didn't have high expectations. No desire to go back and listen to any of it again. Imagine aside, I thought jealous guy was probably the best track, although it was probably more beatlesy than most of the rest of the album. Tbh the fact that this album just wasn't just more of the Beatles sound was unexpected to me.

Was fine, better than some beatles stuff but not going to listen again

Kind of average. A couple songs stood out.

It is okay, i get why it has the classic status. But I just think it sounds very dated. The soft rock sounds are just not done that well. Just a worse version of that John Martyn album.

Respect but mixed feelings.

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've always been of the opinion that the band was greater than the sum of its parts. This album hasn't changed that opinion. It's not bad, but there's something missing without the others to temper Lennon's sensibilities. "Jealous Guy" is my favorite song on the album, but unfortunately for Lennon, it took Donny Hathaway to really give it the oomph it needed; Lennon's version (especially when accompanied by the music video) is kinda dorky in comparison. The other Beatles are sorely missed here. That's no knock to Lennon—I'd say the same for any of their solo efforts.

I like McCartney's RAM a WAY more.

One of the best songs ever written - Jealous Guy - and then a load of dross. Sorry John.

3.5

It's an essential album with not so many remarkable songs besides "Imagine." I'll probably forget about it in some weeks (while still mentally singing "Imagine" tough), but I guess that every time I go back to it, it's an opportunity to remember how important it was (Lennon himself and also his songs)

Yep yep

Jahn

Meh

Ah yeah, this is pleasant enough. Imagine is a good track, Crippled Inside is a bit of a banger and Oh Yoko! is just funny.

Some pretty good tracks, but deducting a star for a wifebeater singing about being a "Jealous Guy". 😒 Fave track - "I Don't Want to be a Soldier Mama", but that's mainly due to the excellent version Mad Season did....

Imagine is fantastic, good to play on piano. Loved jealous guy as well. But the rest was sub-beatles.

Regular readers will know of my dislike of The Beatles, so it'll come of no surprise that I'm not a fan of their solo careers as well.

Listenable and partly nice

I feel like Lennon wrote Imagine and maybe jealous guy and just used filler for the rest. This record really struggles in the first half. sucks. And it feels like he blows the wad on that first track. It's get's okay by the end but this is not up to the level that I would expect from one of the two main Beatles.

Not bad, just kinda bland?

It's got some notable songs ("Imagine", "Jealous Guy") but otherwise it's a pretty nice but forgettable album.

Du très bon (Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh my love, Oh Yoko...) Du très pénible. Au final pas un album très agréable.

Didn't have much expectations for this, but the songwriting and vocals are pretty decent actually

I don't know if I've really paid attention to my thoughts on Lennon vs. McCartney as song writers. Good. Not great. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is better in my opinion.

Imagine is pretty good, I'm not a Beatles fan and the little I've heard of Lennon's solo stuff outside of the played-out Imagine isn't my thing, but this is well put together. Jealous Guy is really good, delicate but stoic, Oh My Love is nicely done as well. 3/5, it's good.

Not as good as his other post-Beatles album - although there are a couple of really good songs on here. Imagine I've heard so much to the point it hurts, so not really a net positive, but Jealous Guy and Gimme Some Truth are fantastic songs (but probably both better when covered by others), and the McCartney diss track is also decent. Not great aside of that, it merits a 3 but no more.

Doesn’t even have imagine

I've never really liked this album much, apart from Imagine. I'm really tired of hearing Jealous Guy, and it definitely has a different vibe now knowing how abusive Lennon was to his wife! The rest of the album is very middle of the road; a lot of throwaway songs with muddy production and several that run too long.

I have a grudge against the title song but I have to admit that it’s musically good. Most of this is a little too country for me but I love the 70s production style. Oh my love is good! How do you sleep too! Overall not my favorite but I like a few songs.

The temptation was to skip Imagine as the opening track. Great song, for sure. But how many times do you need to hear this? The message has long since been lost on me after every shitty commercial radio station plays it on rotation. They don't wake up the breakfast crew with Gimme Some Truth. Which is a shame, as there are bloody great rallying calls here beyond all the hippie bollocks. I'm always surprised when I see that this was recorded in 1971. It doesn't sound like a Beatles crossover album. I also had no idea that Phil Spector was involved. Jealous Guy is up there amongst some of the finest Beatles songs.

3.5 stars. Imagine us great but only really enjoyed a couple other songs

I just always feel solo Beatles albums are lacking.

This album is just ok

meh, 3/5

favourite tracks: jealous guy oh yoko!

Decent, John's solo work definitely doesn't compare to any of The Beatle's projects. I'm yet to hear any of Paul's solo work but i'm hoping it's better than this. My rating: 6.5/10 Need to be on this list: 9/10

I found it pretty decent. A little all over the place thematically and sonically, which keeps it from getting stale but also is a little weird at times. Lots of different influences and topics covered, all quite well tbf. 6/10

All my life I thought John was the best beatle. But after listening to this, I think it was actually Paul.

I tend to be disappointed by Lennon solo albums, and this one follows that. Imagine (the song) is amazing. I was surprised by how much I liked Oh Yoko! though...maybe the 2nd best on the album. 3/5

Surprising listening to this for the first time. Familiar with the singles but not the album.

6/10 - (Didn’t Finish) Overall good. I like the mastering sound, almost grungy or like it’s in a warehouse. Some blues influence on songs. Nice songwriting, not quite my tastes.

Good album but in no rush to listen again.

"Imagine" fin troppo bella e carica di significati. Rilassante

Its a sweet album and it may not be the most ground breaking album ever but itsnstill lovely

Political at parts, personal most of the time. While it can feel sappy, it delivers through catchy instrumentation and mostly interesting personal anecdotes.

3.8

6/10

Good album containing some all time classics. More background music for me.

This album has Imagine on it! And then some other songs

Surprisingly mediocre. It seems that old Johnny-boy sounds best when he's working alongside the rest of the Beatles, when he does songs that refer to them like How Do You Sleep?, or when he sings tracks like Jealous Guy - which sounds a lot like A Day in the Life. Otherwise, the record isn't very hard-hitting (heh).

Okay. This is not fair of me, I know… it’s a classic album, it’s without a doubt strong all the way through, it sounds like the fulcrum upon which music was shifting from the 60’s to the 70’s. But I just have trouble *enjoying* John Lennon’s solo music. Where people hear peace and love, I hear cynical, jaded, angry. In common parlance… he sounds butthurt! The McCartney “How Do You Sleep?” track doesn’t help adjust my perception. I think John Lennon’s writing has to contain some of the most widely misinterpreted lyrics in music. People wish to ascribe to him a mistaken sense of optimism and level-headedness that I see nowhere in sight. There’s nothing wrong with the album, the Phil Spector production feels nicely restrained, there are great sounds. He sings his heart out. But I’m not eager to return to John Lennon’s world.

“Imagine” beautiful piano, great on my AirPods. I can just imagine living in 1971 and having this come out on vinyl. How cool would that be? “Crippled Inside” great tune, great twangy banjo, never heard it before. I like the sax breakdown towards the end of “I don’t wanna be a soldier mama.” The band is tight and outshining Lennon’s voice for me. Wow, How Do You Sleep? was High Drama. I loved it! Jacob is right, John Lennon is butthurt and I’m eating it up. Man, put violins and drums together and it’s going to be a big yes from me. Really enjoyed the band in How? I agree with Dyl that Oh Yoko! is the best song on the album. The Rushmore soundtrack can’t go wrong! Overall, I enjoyed listening to this album, nothing ground breaking for me. The band shines so bright ☀️.

Lennon was a not-nice human being, and a hell of a musician. Landmark album you should listen to at least once.

Oh god. Imagine is a legitamately good and uplifting song that has been beaten to death by replays ever since it aired. Crippled Inside blows that away with a jangly, honky-tonk song about emotionally stunted. The feel of the first side is more of like a bluesy jam band kinda vibe, but without all the extra fluff. arrangment on I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier, Mamma is pretty open. Oh Yoko sucks ass.

Some good stuff. Imagine that. The guy was in pain, confused and lost after the break. Loss of balance. Simple tunes, a good deal of psycho babble and finger pointing with apologies. He was best when he had discipline forced on him but he rebelled and could get away with anything because of who he was. Sorry he's gone. A huge loss as he started really coming into his own a few years after this one. Cut down when he seemed to awaken.

It’s still good because Lennon, but in parts it just sounds like less good Beatles

Sure, everybody agrees Imagine is an all-time great song. I'd never listened to the rest of the album though. Not a collection of all-time great songs...

I was never a fan of the song "Imagine". I discovered it when I was in high school. During that time, I made slogans and reaction papers and essays about all those things about the environment, the society... you get the picture. That being said, I'm basically sick and tired of all these MAKE PEACE and SAVE THE EARTH and all those BLAH BLAH BLAH as if people would listen to fifteen year olds. Not that I don't care, it's just annoying. I feel like a clown writing all those slogans not because I genuinely care but because it's a school requirement. Everything feels synthetic when the school forces you to do it. So when I discovered "Imagine", it just passed as another MAKE PEACE blah blah blah. And listening to it now, it still is. The lyrics are frankly shallow and even naïve, and while the minimalist piano sound is a nice touch, it's not really a captivating tune. But that's the main appeal of this album. The simplicity and the straightforwardness of it. Personally, there's nothing really special about it overall, except perhaps that it's made by a former member of a popular rock band. The ballads have a pretty nice sound, they have better instrumentals then "Imagine". "Jealous Guy" might take a couple of relistens and a dozen articles about him apparently beating his wives for me to appreciate it though. I enjoyed the Beatles remants in the rock tracks. The bluesy "Crippled Inside" and the slightly psychedelic "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" are nice surprises, although they're still pretty weak. Overall, this album is decent, albeit cheap. It only suffers from the fact that it's overhyped AF and that it's rooted in John Lennon's personal musings, and John Lennon and his personal musings are too easy to hate.

Ihan kelpo albumi. Imagine oli näistä kappaleista tietysti tutuin, mutta suosikiksi tältä levyltä jäi Jealous Guy. Myös Oh My Love ja How? miellyttivät. Muut kappaleet jättivät hieman kylmäksi, joten kolmonen lienee sopiva arvosana.

It’s alright

Not as saccharine as I anticipated. Infused with good jangle.

jo war ok, paul is trotzdem besser :)

It's fine, but nothing special. Had never given it a fair listen and am happy I did now, but happy to move to other things, too.

Some awesome tracks, less interested in the blues style tracks

Some good songs, others pale copies of Beatles songs

it's not the plastic ono band necessarily. but im curious. It's a dated version of everything. Probably edgy in the 70s but boring now.

nice and mellow

Some classics, would listen again, favorites album as a whole, but no songs individually

Before I heard this album I was dreading it. I'm no fan of The Beatles, John Lennon, or the song "imagine" so I figured I'd not enjoy this album. The first couple of songs proved me right, then it picks up. I actually like the wide variety of sounds on this album from traditional beatles sounding stuff to move hippy/groovy vibes. The song "Oh my love" was my favorite, I actually really liked that one. 3/5 stars, nothing special one way or the other.

A 3 for imagine alone. Some of the other ones seemed weak tho.

3.4 - solid album. Always liked Oh Yoko and Imagine. Jealous Guy is solid, but recent covers show the potential missed in the original. Others like Gimme Some Truth just missed the mark.

good