Imagine

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

It was okay. Not my style really

As a writing duo with McCartney he was brilliant, as a solo artist I feel he was missing something, and feel the same way about McCartney. Aside from the tracks that everyone knows there was nothing that really stood out in the album.

The song, Imagine, is probably John Lennon's most well known (post-Beatles) song he recorded and it might just be one of the most recognizable songs in the world. Imagine, the album, with the help of the popularity of the song is considered by many essential, but listening to the album as a whole, it isn't his best work. Apart from a couple of songs, the album is inconsistent and a little over-rated. There's nothing wrong with it, but he has other albums that deserve to be on this list more.

Thought I'd be nostalgia biased but no actually. And his voice really isn't that great. Still really like Oh Yoko though, what a ditty.

Fulgte ikkje så godt med, så mulig eg kunne gitt da 4. Men mistenke at eg like Beatles bedre

Aside from one or two tracks, the music doesn’t really interest me. The messages are powerful, none the less.

Imagine is a classic but besides that nothing stood out to me

Not amazing. Needs the rest of the Beatles. Just got a name from them and tried to go solo. Didn’t work out so well

I enjoyed this. If you're closing an album with "Oh Yoko!" then it's going to be hard for me to hate what you're laying down, and I had a pleasant time with "Gimme Some Truth" and "Crippled Inside" as well. I'd be fine to let "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" stay in 1971, but I get it. Activists gonna activist. And, of course, there's the title track which we don't even really need to talk about at this point. Most atheistic leaning song to ever connect with the wide mainstream? Maybe there's another I'm not thinking of... Going to go listen to some Stryper to counterbalance. See ya!

the song imagine is just unbeatable so having it start off the album set up really high expectations that proceeded to not be met throughout any part of the album. it was completely mediocre. #samebirthdaythough

OK, the title track may be simple and overplayed but it's an undeniable all-time classic. I just don't know about the rest of it. It's fine. I like the Beatles as much as the next person (that isn't a Beatles diehard) but I think John really missed Paul. :) Maybe not *literally* ("How Do You Sleep" is an early diss track haha) ok ok obviously it's not supposed to be the Beatles and it shouldn't be but there's a melodic and quirky element that's often missing from John's songs that is...nothing *bad* by any means, but a little more straightforward than I care for. And some of these songs just drag. Still, I'm nitpicking - it's a good listen, just not a great one. 5/10 3 stars.

kind of boring honestly. it had some funky little tunes but overall i don’t think i would listen to it again. john lennon and john legend are not the same person (both artist’s music is mediocre though, apparently)

Meh.

Pretty average album. Probably hovers between 2-3 stars for me. Most songs feel like Beatles leftovers or pretentious. Jealous Guy sounds like he is trying to excuse his abusive behaviour. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama feels lazy and uninspired, especially as a protest song. There are a few gems on this album, notably Imagine, but I do not think of it as an amazing album. Best Songs: Imagine, How? Worst Songs: I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama,

2.5 stars. It was fine, pleasant to listen to. Nothing really stood out. His voice could be annoying on occasion. Appreciated the melodic sound, various supporting instruments

Disappointingly mid. George had the better solo work.

Imagine es un clásico y Jealous Guy es una de mis favoritas. Nunca le encontré la gracia a How do you sleep, en todo caso.

Some of John Lennon's best solo works, and then there's the rest of the album. It was sure nice of George to lend his services to some bland music. Where's the life and vivacity? Why does it sound like John's phoning it in for half of these?

Imagine is a classic and timeless song easily 5/5. I am unfamiliar with the rest of the album. I enjoyed the second song. So far I'm feeling this album is a solid 3/5. Easy to listen to but not spectacular enough for me to give it any more than 3 stars. I'd listen again though to see if my opinion changes.

I never listened to this before, but I like it. It’s kinda Beatles, kinda new. There’s some passive aggressiveness towards Paul. I dig it.

It comes to me as no surprise that the title track has loads more plays on Spotify than anything else in this album; it's definitely a great (but not Earth-shatteringly good) song, even if one attempts to remove it from the lofty (and perhaps annoying) pedestal it's earned in pop culture. The other songs aren't really worth mentioning, I feel. Not terrible but not great, they really seem to suit the idea of a post-prime older artist experimenting with different sounds.

Barely

Musically a fine album, garbage human though.

Uninspiring outside of a few songs

Lennon was pretty good at writing piano ballads, even though I think the philosophy of the song "Imagine" eluded the man himself. The man had a knack for writing songs, and his sons aren't half bad at it either. I don't find these songs particularly captivating, especially when considering the Beatles discography. I don't understand why he put that effect on his voice for several of the songs because he had pretty good singing chops, but the effect just kind of butchers it. Highlights: 1, 3, and 8.

Five important Lennon solo song ; Jealous Guy, Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Solo, How, and his signature song, Imagine. A mixture of protest songs, primal scream truth-telling, and pop fancies. Straightforward production with a crack band, tastefully under-playing, and really lovely string arrangements. Thanks god Lennon vetoed the record company's desire to release Oh Yoko! as a single. Nothing against Yoko, but this song is noticeably more pop than the rest of the record, and a little out of place. The thing I really noticed about this record is how honest Lennon often is. listening to Jealous Guy, he is saying things in a a blunt, unvarnished way that I find hard to believe that the biggest pop star in the world would put on a record for all to hear. he is really laying himself open on this record. That said, is Imagine a slightly tone-deaf plea of a multi-millionaire eschewing material possessions? easy to say, if you're rolling in it, mate.

I only knew the 2 big songs from this album. It's decent enough. Still with the heavy Beatles vibe. Stand out tracks - I don't wanna be a soldier mama Jealous Guy Imagine

Iconisch album, maar viel me niet onmiddellijk in de smaak

Not particularly impressive - reminiscent of my least favourite tracks Let It Be.

Some of this was blah, 70s folky shit. But there were some decent tunes. Bit of a surprise

J'ai depuis toujours horreur des guerres et autres attentats terroristes pour la simple et bonne raison que pendant les jours qui suivent un tel évènement, un nombre incalculable de chorales de connards va s'en donner à cœur joie pour nous matraquer les oreilles à coup d'« Imagine all the people » emplis de niaiserie. Laissez-nous tranquille.

Cet album était absolument nul, John Lennon ne se présente même pas en tant que meilleur Lennon. On lui préfère en effet Aaron Lennon, l'ailier virevoltant des Tottenham Hotspurs, pourtant loin d'être une référence footballistique.

Comenzar a escuchar un disco hoy y encontrarse primero con Imagine complica demasiado las cosas. La barra queda muy arriba y muy probablemente el resto de las canciones no serán ni la mitad de conocidas ni tendrá la mitad de la importancia, así que la dejaremos por un lado. El disco comienza bien, Crippled y Jealous son buenas, el disco promete. Transcurren las canciones y se mantiene la calidad pero algo no cuadra. Las canciones se sienten inconexas, no que todas tengan que tratar los mismos temas o sonar igual pero le encuentro ni pies ni cabeza. 3.5 que bajo a 3. No me atrapó como para darle un 4.

Fav songs: - How Do You Sleep?

Not as great as its reputation might suggest. Controversial??! There are some fine tracks though.

I was surprised that I only enjoyed three or four tracks. I liked it, but I expected to not hear as many slow tracks.

Like imagine, everything else faded into itself

Enjoyed it when I was young, then wasn’t too keen on it, but now I like it again.

Pretty good

Aside from the obvious songs (Imagine, Jealous Guy) this album is pretty ho hum.

I have a problem with John Lennon's solo albums: on one hand, they include hugely potent material (say, Imagine - what a culture bomb!, Jealous Guy, or Watching the Wheels if we're allowed to increase the scope from this particular album). But on the other hand, these albums are also full of very forgettable material, too. Given we're looking at the albums rather than the individual songs here, I will therefore go with the harsher interpretation.

John Lennon was a star. With the Beatles he had much fame. Then, alone, also. In this album his better songs are "Imagine", "Jealous Guy" and "Oh Yoko!"

Trying to listen to Imagine as if you've never heard it before is pretty difficult. Not least when you have a tone deaf version by a renowned former Israeli squaddie/ murderer of Palestinians and their celeb friends still giving you the creeps. But in truth, it is one of two tracks (with Jealous Guy) on this album that reaches anything approaching the heights of what the Beatles did. It is, uncynically, beautiful. The rest of the album plods in the most boring, American way. One of the best things about the Beatles is that they competed so hard to get the best songs to ensure they made the album that you couldn't get the turgid plod rock of Its So Hard, the dull, Oasis style tribute of Gimme Some Truth or the bitter resent of How Do You Sleep. Without Paul, the sad, bitter, wife beating John Lennon wears his worst traits on his sleeve for all but two tracks. Those two tracks are, however, sublime.

3.3 - Bland and pretentious. An entitled baby boomer with a hugely inflated sense of self-righteousness. Besides “Imagine”, the song structures sound lazy and the lyrics simplistic (e.g. “My love will turn you on” and “All I want is the truth/Just give me some truth.”)

Some was okay, most was mid

An OK album. Quite bitter. Don't know if I'll be listening it to it all the way through again.

I went in with low expectations, considering that I don't particularly care for the title track. I do think that it's the weakest song on the album, which pleasantly surprised me. Right after the title track is Crippled Inside, a bouncy jugband tune. Followed by the standout Jealous Guy, a raw love ballad, and arguably the best song on the album. The second half of the album starts with the fiery, mad-at-the-world Gimme Some Truth, featuring some incredible guitar work from George Harrison. Side B continues with songs with more of the Beatles sound, including Oh My Love, ... How?, and How Do You Sleep? - another highlight of the album, and a very blatant diss track at Paul McCartney. The album ends with the tongue-in-cheek Oh Yoko! and it left me wanting more. My exposure to John's solo music has been the title track, and though I came in with low expectations (and part of me wanting to dislike this album because of John being an abuser), I was pleasantly surprised. I'd give this album a 7 out of 10. On the 5-star scale, it would be a very high 3. Enjoyed it, but not as much as some of my 4-star albums such as Blondie or Jerry Lee Lewis.

If this album was made by anybody not named John Lennon, you wouldn't think it was especially good. The title track is the highlight and the rest is immediately forgettable.

Well, I was curious if Lennon's solo career was more (of note) than just Imagine. After listening to this that really doesn't seem to be the case. Imagine is a fantastic song. Nothing else on here is in any way noteworthy though. It doesn't sound bad, just completely uninteresting. It's a 3.5 for me, but I'm rounding it down because I don't really remember any of the tracks a couple of minutes after I've finished listening.

Good album overall butJohn Lennon was better with the Beatles. Would give it a 3.5 if I could.

Pretty much what other people have said. Some nice songs, some songs that could’ve been left out. I like the drums on ”I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama”

It´s a nice album.

gg

Two excellent ballads cannot save a mediocre album of worse ballads and questionable choices in blues-rock flirtation. Besides, you can't handle the truth, John.

Good jams overall. A bit whiney and cliche, but when is John Lennon not? Definitely liking his Beatles work more at this moment in time.

Imagine, the song, is not only one of John Lennon’s most iconic tunes, it’s one of the most iconic tunes of the 20th century. The album however, doesn’t back it up. It’s good but not great. Some tracks remind me of Rolling Stones b-sides.

It very much sounds like what would happen if you were in the biggest band in the world then thought you could give it a go yourself. It's a good enough album but doesn't hit like the Beatles.

Una excelente voz y temas muy en la línea de los Beatles. Alguna canción se ha llegado a convertir en un icono. Canciones sencillas y melódicas. Le ha faltado algún hit más a destacar

It was ok. I prefer the Beatles.

+/-

Solid album

The first 3 songs were good but a lot of the album seemed like filler. Lennon is like "LOL, I beat my wife but I can’t help it because I'm just a jealous guy!"

Beautiful, but too simplistic

title track, obviously a well-known classic. jealous guy feels cheesy, jury’s still out on whether this is good or bad. i think i like it. it’s so hard kinda slaps. same with i don’t wanna be a soldier mama. gimme some truth , okay king, same. oh my love is sweet. how do you sleep is ahead of its time, gooood groove. how and oh yoko lost my interest

The songs I liked made this album great, but honestly there were some songs that I just couldn't stand.

Cool cool

Decent album but didn’t do a whole lot for me

Obviously hits some real high notes, but other parts are pretty bland

Never really got into the Beatle's Non-Beatles stuff, but I like most of this one

"Imagine" has to be one of the most overrated songs ever, but the rest of the album holds its own.

A decent album, but not hiting the best of what I had come to expect

Na da bin ich jetzt ja mal gespannt. Auch hier kenne ich natürlich wieder nur den Titelsong (und Jealous Guy). Gimme Some Truth ist "I am the Walrus" 2.0. Platte ist ok.

Like the sentiment of some of the songs but mostly just fine

Hard work. Sounds like it was recorded behind a mattress.

Nice

Imagine (song) is legendary, but the rest isn't all that great

3/5 folky, overhyped me thinks

Inspiring beautiful album of an artist that can tell the story he wants to tell.

Somehow not all that great.

A bit hit and miss for me.

2.5

Much of the music is lovely. I cannot personally stand the insipid, saccharine Imagine. The lyrics of Jealous Guy sounds like an apologia for a wife beater (hmmm I wonder why?). And for all the peace and love, the attack on Paul on How Can You Sleep? is pretty vile (but again, the music is lovely, especially George’s guitar work). The production is excellent - Phil Spector! What a bizarre choice - what strange company, in hindsight. It’s endlessly fascinating to me that the magic of The Beatles came from the four collaborating and whilst strong, this solo album doesn’t compare to the band but maybe comes closest.

The title song is iconic. The rest is meh

That one great song, and a lot of random mutterings that are significantly worse than that one song

Actually much more mediocre than I expected from a legend.

Good - Imagine and Jealous Guy. Meh - the rest.

I think I still hold the opinion that 70s John Lennon is a little bit overrated, but this record is pretty good.

The Beatles suck.

Odd mixing, strong lyrics and themes.

Plätschert vor sich hin

Probably about as close as you’re going to get to a 13th beatles studio album.

This was a beautiful rock album from John Lennon, with his very popular title track - Imagine - stealing the show.

Legendary opener Another short album, yay Favorites: Imagine (duh) Jealous Guy

I felt weirdly embarissed putting this on while cooking -dunno why maybe I have some negative association with John Lennon? I enjoyed it actually, more varied and upbeat than I was expecting

Decent listen

Some wonderful classic songs and some total filler

Classic tracks and some lazy efforts.

3/5 good one, some nice songs but ultimately no.

Some nice tracks, but others rather indifferent.

Derivative

Ok Imagine c’est bon, on la chante et on a tous le gout de brailler un peu. On voit aussi que c’est l'inspiration de plein d’artistes à venir dans les années 80-90. Sinon, je commence à me dire que j’aime pas mal plus que je pensais les chanteurs qui utilisent piano/base principalement. John Lennon en fait pas exception. Mention pour It’s So Hard!

todas son aceptables, me gustaron algunas y otras no tanto

How Do You Sleep is interesting for sure...

Two all time classics. The last song...

John Lennon slowly devolved into a very predictable song-writer from "Strawberry Fields Forever," on. He is super witty and politically powerful in lyrics. He continues some themes from "Plastic One Band," but this is much weaker. One or two hit songs.

yoko tres bonne pour ouvrir les rideaux ...point pour elle.lennon est un génie mais pas sur cet album

Lots of bops

better than i thought it would be

I've never really bought into solo John Lennon as being such a visionary etc. etc. But, a fine record.

Net so geil wie ich dachte aber schön war's schon

3

Classic but lots of songs i’m not fond of

Listen, I know John Lennon is one of the greatest names to do it, but I can't will myself to fully enjoy this project. It's full of nice sounding songs. That's the best compliment I can give it. Of course I've heard the title track Imagine and that's a truly beautiful song, but it's the only one of that ilk in my opinion. Imagine as an album sounds like the music of yesteryear and that feels a little antiquated to me. People don't make music like this anymore. That's a sentence that can be interpreted very differently depending on who says it. I think that says a lot about my taste and exactly what Imagine by John Lennon is.

Imagine if the other songs were as good as the first.

Decent album but for a legendary and hyped artist like Lennon, I can't help but to feel the album is underwhelming.

John’s kinda soured for me over the years tbh

All things considered, is a decent album. Starts off with the hit of all hits, and then kind of peters out.

Some great songs, but not the best of the Beatles.

Lyrics hold some power, but the music isn't fantastic. Maybe should have been released as poetry instead of an album?

Interesting experiments with different sounds but executed poorly. Half the tracks come off as beatles b-sides. Still worth giving a second listen in the future. Favorite tracks: Imagine, Crippled Inside

Not a big fan of many of the other tracks on the album. Imagine works fine on its own. Don't really need to have listened to the rest of the songs. Just ok. 3.5/10

Pre Listen: That's unbelievable, I got this album right after reviewing Abbey Road. What a leap that'll be. I used to have a few songs from this album on my playlist, but after having listened to them a couple of times, I found myself growing absolutely sick of them. From memory, this album is John making an ass of himself for 10 songs, while using half of them to throw a temper tantrum over the Beatles' split. Notable Tracks: Imagine - The most popular track of the album, for mixed reasons. The message it carries on a surface level is understandable, acceptable even, but coming from the mouth of John Lennon, it comes across as unbelievably hypocritical. I keep this song on my playlist, because the dopamine I get from skipping it every time is better than anything I got from listening to this album. Gimme Some Truth - Closest thing to a favorite track I have on here. It goes on for too long to the point it gets repetitive, but if it was shorter, I might've actually really enjoyed it. How Do You Sleep? - Embarrassing to listen to. My god John's such a fucking crybaby man. Oh Yoko! - Least favorite track. I really, really don't want to hear about how much John wants to turn Yoko on. He also clearly didn't even really love her all that much, because he cheated on her multiple times throughout their relationship! Post Listen: I don't know why John, and other UK rock musicians around this period, were all so obsessed with attempting to replicate American blues-and-bar style rock. It sucks. They really chose the worst of American music from that time to try and copy, and they don't even do it well. Piss poor sound aside, this album reeks of an insecure narcissist. Every song on here is filled to the brim with "I, Me, Mine" type statements. It's all about John, because John Lennon is the only thing John can imagine in his walnut-sized head. It's regrettable because I do think John was a musical genius, greater than the rest of his contemporaries in his heyday, but all the Heroine, LSD, Cocaine, and Pot completely melted his faculties. All of his work post-Beatles is just so boring, repetitive, lame or gross. The ramblings of a borderline schizophrenic man. Don't do drugs kids. 2/5

Don't have much to say except that I think I don't wanna be a soldier mama had elements of or partially inspired industrial music. Very generic Highlight - Imagine No honorable mentions 3/10 stars

Nothing stands out past the 2 famous tracks (Imagine, Jealous Guy). I find his voice is just too reedy on his own, tried to like him but just can’t do it - and ai can remember where I was when I heard he’d died as well!

favs: imagine jealous guy it’s so hard how do you sleep? rating 2/5

hands down, the worst lennon album, not only to put on this list, but of his solo career. the title track was always uncritical, rich person liberal garbage. no wonder my pre-teen self loved it so much. i’d realize as a young adult how much crap was in that song. there are some moments of good on this album, but give me any of the plastic ono stuff over this. _mind games_ and _walls and bridges_ are far superior to most of the mediocrity of _imagine_. i mean, when haven't we mostly been "living for today," john? that's the problem

Not great, much preferred John as part of the Beatles. Some of you guys are rabid with the reviews on this album though. ‘I don’t like his music so I’m happy he got murdered’ come on mate look yourself in the mirror.

Imagine (the song) really is very boring. A lot of this album is very boring run of the mill music. How Do You Sleep? is probably the first track that grabs me. 1.9/5

eh

imagine i jerked my dong

Imagine you wrote a song that is still globally recognized 55 years later. Imagine, the song is the stand-out song on this album.

It’s fine. Imagine is a good song but it does drag, and it’s a bit of a slow way to start an album. Other than that it’s fine - Lennon is a good songwriter and there’s a reason he’s in the Beatles. I didn’t love it; Beatles is much better than the sum of its parts.

excellent example of how not to write a love song (Oh, Yoko knocked this down to two stars). pretty basic rock otherwise with the divisive Imagine (that I dont mind as much but doesn't save the record).

remember when all those celebrities covered Imagine at the beginning of covid lol. diabolical scenes.

great but my taste has not advanced enough for this yet where is youngboy

All seems to be recorded in the same style, which includes the vocals sounding really distant and reverby compared to everything else. Not terrible, but also nothing special. Don't really see how this was particularly worth listening to aside from being from a member of the Beatles... Just a bit dull really.

Oh dear lord, not again. Imagine is the bane of my existence. To be clear, I am a huge Beatles fan, but I genuinely can’t stand this thing. You know how people make fun of Morrissey for singing “it takes strength to be gentle and kind” while being a famously petty/hateful person? Well that’s how I feel about the title track of this album. It’s not even that I really dislike John Lennon. I didn’t know the guy, and I don't care to dig into his lore. As an artistic symbol who’s inspired literally everyone, I have a lot of respect for him, and that’s where most of my thoughts about him as a person end. If the song had just been about peace and love, it would’ve been fine. But he has to add “no possessions.” The guy with a special room for his fur coats has to add “no possessions.” (He was also the only one of The Beatles who wasn’t vegetarian, so…) I know I just said I didn’t care about his personal life, but in this case it’s hard to ignore as it has a pretty direct tie-in to the music itself. I guess the difference is that “You Know It’s Over” is an excellent song with beautiful lyrics, whereas “Imagine” is just…kind of boring? It’s iconic, yes, but that’s the only stand-out thing about it. If any other person had written it, we’d all be slamming it for being too on-the-nose and overly-sentimental. I can respect it for its influence, but personally, I am not inspired in any way by hearing it. Not to mention that I absolutely hate the melody. It’s obnoxious. It makes me feel like I have a bug bite on my brain. The problem with me not liking this is that I’m pretty much alone on that. I try to consider how influential something is when giving a review, and this is as influential as it gets. “Imagine”...do I even need to explain how influential that song has been? It and “Wonderwall” are probably the two most covered songs of all time (don’t tell the Gallaghers I said that or they’ll get ideas again.) “Gimme Some Truth” was a defining political statement, and has become a favorite of alt-rock musicians, being covered by Billie Joe Armstrong, Generation X, Pearl Jam, and Militarie Gun—among many others. The influence of those two songs alone make me begrudgingly bump this up a star. And then there’s “How Do You Sleep?,” which is just obnoxious, and honestly kind of cruel—like bringing a gun to a knife fight, with the fight being the feud between Lennon and McCartney. It’s not even well-written. The lyrics are, for lack of better words, cringe. The only thing I can give it is that it’s raw, and it references the “Paul is dead” theory, which is perhaps the funniest thing ever. “Jealous Guy” is another instance of John Lennon making me think about his personal life when I don’t want to, given the, uh, controversies around the way he treated his first wife. Again, it’s raw, I suppose. But I don’t really want to listen to it. Especially given the god-awful whistling he includes. “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama” attempts to be some sort of political anthem, but it’s just Lennon repeating the same thing over and over again with awful production (thanks, Phil!) in a “we have ‘Fortunate Son’ at home! *The ‘Fortunate Son’ at home:*” moment. I wish he had gone full-on experimental. As talented of a pop/rock songwriter he is, the mental collapse he was experiencing around the time would have made a much more interesting album if he’d blown past pop/rock conventions. Instead, it’s just some ill-conceived, underwritten soft-rock that shows off his thin voice and obnoxious personality. Most of this just sounds like long-lost B-sides from the White Album, which is the highest insult I can think to give a Beatles solo project. You know what? Plenty of influential things suck. I’m giving myself permission to give this two stars.

okay

Very mid album I dont hate any of the songs however they just have no sustenance which makes it such a dull experience. 2 or 3 good songs from this album in my opinion.

ok

Heel saai en erg matig

This is really a tale of two albums - the John Lennon solo stuff is all whiny atmospheric stripped down singer + piano stuff. He also recruited George Harrison to play guitar on a number of songs such as How Do You Sleep (which has a great solo) and Crippled Inside. These are really good. It goes to show that John needed the Beatles more than they needed him. Imagine is a massive song that has a legacy that outweighs the rest of the album, but it’s honestly overrated. Hot take, I know. Out of touch millionaire talking about imagining no possessions. Well, he got French revolutioned in the end. Was it worth being such an insufferable person? ⭐️⭐️.5

Boring, uninteresting music, and very surface-level lyrics. The Beatles were the very definition of "greater than the sum of their parts."

imagine is a 5, everything else is a 1, average becomes a 3 but i'll still give it a 2, it's crazy how imagine opens up the album for then this nonsense background noise that I’m sure has amazing lyrics, but just mushes together and doesn't stand out in any way shape or form

Is it just me, or does this album sound like dogshit? Like just terrible production. 3 good songs, 3 interesting songs, and some other stuff. But I actively don't want to listen to it ever again because it sounds like it was recorded in a bucket.

This must be one of the most over rated albums I've heard yet. It's not quite a 1, but it's not far off.

I don't like the Beatles.

Pretty dull and uninspiring on the whole.

Meh … man I used to think Lennon was awesome. This isn’t even mid. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️. 👎

I gasped when I saw that this was the album of the day I can't listen without thinking of the celebrities singing it during covid I have never listened to the whole album unfortunately "imagine" is by far and away the best song on it

this is really not doing much for me. sorry mr lennon.

The songs here sound OK I guess but lyrically, a majority of this comes across as super insincere and I just couldn't get into most of these songs.

Franchement insipide, il est là parce que c’est John Lennon ?

I dont like it but at least I didn't hate it.

John Lennon is probably my favorite Beatle, or maybe he's just the Beatle who wrote my favorite songs. I wouldn't cut out a pair of his lips and kiss them or anything. One of the things I like the most about him was his tendency to get weird / edgy / experimental. Because of this, there are Lennon sounds I like and Lennon sounds I do not. Unfortunately, I find Lennon at his worst when he's up his ass politically and doing blues stuff, so a lot of this album was a nonstarter. The grit of the album before this (the exceptional Plastic Ono Band) is washed away, and so too is a lot of the honesty that made that album (and a lot of his Beatles stuff) so interesting. "Jealous Guy" doesn't say anything we don't already know, and neither does "Oh Yoko!" As most of the top reviews of this album point out, John Lennon could be bitter and abusive. I normally find simply repeating the atrocities an artist commits as a review weak medicine (depending on the atrocities, of course) but Imagine struggles the most when it feeds into the idea of Lennon as a self absorbed, faux-activist douche canoe. I do disagree with a lot of the 1 star reviews here because I believe the album has it's moments. "How Do You Sleep" (though a rather weak diss track... Paul loves his mom a lot apparently) is an interesting look at what happens when high school friends spend too much time around each other, and "Oh My Love" hits the spot for soft-spoken loverboy Lennon shit. I can go without everything else, though.

I see Lennon as a songwriter often "touched by brilliance" (something that seems like a gift or mystery rather than achievement through calculation or incremental effort). I expected to like this more than I did - I found mostly filler and zero thriller. Actually listening to the whole of Imagine was surprisingly unpleasant - I've heard it too many times, the slow repetition dragged - I used to somehow be open to the lyrics' simplicity, but I can't appreciate them now, too much irony. So I started reading to refresh my sense of context - the music was swiftly overshadowed by looming myth, legend and commerce of 'Lennon' (and the Beatles generally) - which includes clay feet of the actual man. Having some special gifts as a musician of course did not infuse his whole being with virtue. He had flashes of insight, wanting to take critical and even activist positions, but often misspoke embarassingly - eg statement on returning his MBE because of British imperialism but also because his latest album wasn't charting well?! Anyway, what about this particular album? Title track has undoubtedly been impactful, but now, in 2026, I find it to be a drag. Next few songs were unconvincing arrangements. I remember Jealous Guy, the lyrics are short, it could come from self-awareness that goes with real commitment to change or it could be too pat (going along with self-excusing), a short song might but shouldn't be expected to 'reveal' whole truth of a person. I expected I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama to be very powerful but my inaccurate memory of the song had invested something in it that I couldn't hear when I actually listened to it... How Do You Sleep? was mildly interesting musically, I'm no fan of diss tracks, this one seems like a 'normal' misjudgement. Oh Yoko! I didn't mind. Overall, once I put aside any idea that the album somehow invites a judgement of Lennon in general, and any sense of special occasion because this is "a Lennon album!", I realise there's very little here to hold my interest - it is insignificant as a phenomenon, relative to any of the Beatles albums I know relatively well. I'll say it's Not Good, 4/10.

Imagine is a fine song but I don't love it and then the rest of this album is just John being the third best beatle (musically; worst overall) for an hour. Nothing great, nothing life changing, some bad blues, some really rough like Rock n Roll attempts, just a weird collection of songs. Oh, Yoko is cute but a bad song. Jealous guy is also a standout I guess.

Ever wondered what happens when two human pieces of garbage get together to make an album (Spector and Lennon - not poor Yoko)? Well here it is - the audio version of a Birds Eye potato waffle - bland and makes you feel a bit gross. There are some highs - Jealous Guy is great (but the Roxy Music version infinitely better), Oh My Love and Oh Yoko! are nice enough. How anyone can listen to Imagine without have some kind of visceral reaction to either the Lennon hypocrisy or the vomit inducing celebrity COVID version is beyond me. Overall, a boring miss of an album I'm afraid

Basically two nice love songs (Oh my Love/Oh Yoko) and a load of tat. The chorus for ‘How do you sleep?’ Is a real earworm, but it’s one of the most embarrassing songs ever recorded and makes my physically cringe. Also, ‘Imagine’ is trash and I wont hear otherwise.

Sounds kinda like the Beatles, but even worse.

This album starts with Imagine. I’m not sure that Imagine is that good of a song. When I was a kid I thought it was better but as an old man I hear that song and think this guy was just writing some crap. Then I hear the blues song and a country song and I’m like oh god John Lennon is annoying. Then I hear I hear the Mama I don’t want to be a soldier song. It’s one the worst songs I have ever heard. I’m not sure what he’s going for anti-war protest anti-military but then he says I don’t want to be a lawyer because he doesn’t want to lie. But he lied to himself thinking he was important enough to write these songs. But there’s one song where I was like John Lennon is real petty and it’s Paul McCartney diss track. Where he said his music sounds like Muzak and surprised by Sgt Pepper’s. All I was waiting for was John to yell Mustaaaardddd. I thought rap artists had the market on dis tracks but John talked about Paul and his girl like they were his mortal enemies. I didn’t like this album but I’m glad I heard it.

I am running out of ways to say album could be ok but the genre is not my thing at all.

Не люблю Джона Леннона. Перший трек на альбомі Imagine чомусь не доступний через Apple Music в Україні, що з порогу вже створює негативне враження. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama трек не дуже, але з зрозумілих причин мушу його відзначити. Gimme Some Truth не погано, але загалом не чіпляє його творчість. Oh Yoko! - топовий трек. Звучить щиро і не пафосно.

Okay John

Aside from the title song, this is a wholly forgettable album for me. I have essentially no relation to it, so the newness is all I possess to be able to experience this album. I don't really like Lennon's voice or musical instincts enough to really care about this album. Even on Imagine, it's a fine song with great pedigree, but it really rings hollow to me at my present self iteration. I really don't enjoy the vocal filter applied on most of the songs. I think the songs would be much better suited with unfiltered voice vs. this slightly dirty, filtered version. It's an ok album, but far (read: FAR) from the best Lennon works.

526/1089 - Separating the art from the artist so I can hate John Lennon twice.

Nie mam cierpliwości ani ochoty na Lennona, dobrze, że go Yoko Ono zabila

Corny greier. Phil Spector gjenbruker ideer fra The Long and Winding Road på How? Kjedelig. Blues rock? Kjedelig. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier er inne på noe.

It's so dumb to me that Paul McCartney was seen as naff and rubbish after the Beatles split while John was the acclaimed one, cos so much of this is naff and rubbish, insincere sentimental claptrap! I like a lot of John Lennon's solo stuff, but it's mainly the stuff where he gives in to being the petty and problematic person he really is and is spikey and bristly. there's a bit of that here, but too much wishy washiness for me to really enjoy it. Oh Yoko is peak Wes Anderson core tho and I still like it.

Rating: 5/10 Imagine is a really annoying mixed bag. The title track and Jealous Guy are both undoubtedly really well made songs, but god the lyrics coming from this guy really give both a sour taste. I don't even like many of the songs after that very much. They're fine. Oh Yoko! is a pretty cute and fun one to end the album, I might just go with that as my favorite.

Imagine (the song) is a bit naff. You're going to lecture us all on materialism while.sitti g at the most expensive piano I have ever seen? Fuck off, John! Most of the rest of the album is just Lennon being a whiny baby. Grow up John! "Oh Yoko, my.love will turn you on!" -gross. This album is actually not bad to be fair to it, but I still hate it.

Nothing outright terrible but I never clicked with anything by The Beatles or any of it's members' solo projects. Just a bunch of ballads without any kind of hook to them whatsoever. 2/5

Damn, I expected better. Superficial and simple aside from the title track.

Underwhelming. I must say, I'm disappointed with this one. Maybe my expectations weren't appropriate, but I like the beatles and really didn't enjoy this as much as I was expecting to.

A word that gets overused in music and movie reviews is “pretentious.” In this case it absolutely deserves it.

What a miserable album

more like Yoko Oh No! ha ha ha you get what I've done here? anyways this is as bad as all the beatles stuff so 2 i guess

5/10 My style of music listening is to ignore the lyrics, so when applied to this album it's just boring

I'm totally indifferent on John Lennon the solo artist and the man. I don't even rate Imagine as a song, which is good because it must have been terrible to watch Gal Gadot and pals do that to a song I liked

Fuck John Lennon

imagine um hipócrita e chatorongo

Imagine if he didn't leave the Beatles and actually made a good album

Imagine is one of the worst songs ever made and the rest of this album is pretty mediocre imo. One of the most overrated albums. I cannot take this dude's lyrics seriously at all, and the songs suffer from mind numbing repetition and annoying hooks. Oh Yoko is kind of sweet, but knowing how he treated her just makes it feel hollow in it's sentiment. yeah idk I don't care for it at all really.

Listened Before? N So, i really WANTED to like this album. Imagine is a fantastic song. The rest of it was just.... boring. John Lennon is touted as a musical genius - but I think he needed the rest of the boys more than he wanted to admit. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Imagine

Fuck offffffffff

This has its moments but they are few and far between. In general, it just comes across as a bit lacking in variation. Like so many albums on this list, it's mildly interesting at times but a blanket of blandness nullifies any interest it might garner.

If I hear the words "uptight, short sided, narrow minded hypocrite, tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinist" I certainly imagine John. I'd rather not listen to him excusing that "I began to lose control" because "I didn't mean to hurt you," but hey, "my love will turn you on" so I guess it's all good? At least he admitted she'd written Imagine once he was on his deathbed.

I do no pray at the altar of Lennon

I wonder what lennon would thought about the celebrity rendition of "imagine" in the pandemic. I like the message of the song but it's now too pop to have any meaning. other than that, this is not my sound

Can’t listen to Imagine without having severe flashbacks to that COVID era video with Gal Gadot et al. Rest of album alright if a little boring

Everything on this album is a little same-y for me, and feels a bit like someone else's daydream. Imagine should be so much more beautiful than it is, but it's been ruined by social media - I still like it though!

4/10 John Lennon’s post-Beatles life feels incredibly performative to me. He comes across as a complete bastard deciding to spend every public facing moment of his life trying desperately to present himself as being the kind of person that he thinks people think is “a nice guy”. To me, it always felt like he should have spent less time trying to seem like a nice guy and more time trying to actually be one. That seems like a bit of an irrelevant way to start a review of Imagine, but it actually goes some way to explaining my thoughts about this record. We start with the ultimate cheese fest of a song that Lennon thinks represents the nice guy he wants us to see. Why can’t everyone be nice (like me)? Why can’t we forgo possessions (like Yoko’s 80 fur coats in a climate controlled cupboard)? Why can’t we all just get along (like me and Paul)? It’s performative nonsense, dragged through a sickly-sweet melodic pop-song composition. What follows is a fairly erratic selection of songs that, while having moments of quality, often feels like an assortment of demos, rather than a focused and intentional album. The production is all over the place, with Phil Spector doing an incredibly poor job of coaxing quality vocal performances out of John, recording tracks that clip and distort, washing stuff in too much reverb, or making incredibly odd choices about instrumental prominence, so that the record sounds wildly inconsistent. Of course, there are bits and pieces of superb quality scattered through the record. John was a great songwriter and, while not having the rest of the Beatles there (apart from George Harrison, who has some lovely moments of his own) seems to have impacted his song selection, development and editing process (a complaint one could also extend to his former band-mates’ solo projects), the underlying genius is still there. There are also some great instrumental performances, particularly some of the piano, rhodes and guitar work. Interestingly, the best cut on the record is the one where Lennon actually allows his mask to slip and he goes on attack against Paul McCartney. If he’d continued to mine that rich seam, there may have been a lot more grit and energy to this record. Unfortunately, what we end up with is a pretty scattergun effort, with a couple of excellent tunes and a lot of unmet potential. Imagine - A massively overplayed track that’s so saccharine and feels completely insincere to me. This feels a bit like the songwriting equivalent of the apology speech a truly awful person makes to prove how much they’ve changed, because they think it’s how “nice” people talk. The lyrics are those of a 15 year old self-proclaimed poet who tries to seem deep to impress girls. The piano is really poorly recorded, and the rest of the arrangement is completely predictable and obvious. I do like the bridge when he sings “you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”, but the rest of this can go straight in the bin, as far as I’m concerned. Crippled Inside - This is very twee and blues-country in style. I don’t really see what it does to elevate itself above a fairly decent song within that genre. I mean, it’s ok, there are some cool performances in there, particularly on the piano, and it’s got a nice blend of rhythms and a nice bit of swing to it, but it’s just a bit stylistically odd for me, especially as this isn’t a consistent musical theme across the record. Jealous Guy - Lennon’s vocals on this record so far have been pretty weak, and again this sounds more like a scratch vocal take rather than a finalised one. That viewpoint is only enhanced by the fact that he gives up on singing and whistles for some of it, like he hasn’t finished writing the lyrics yet. There’s some lovely piano work on here though, despite it again sounding quite muffled and poorly recorded. It’s kind of weird, because some parts of the track, like the string arrangements seem almost overwritten, but the rest of it sounds almost like a demo of a really good song that’s not been refined to that point just yet. I can hear the quality of the writing in here, but it’s just not executed particularly well. It's So Hard - This one drops back a bit to the bluesy swagger of Crippled Inside. The strings sound crap, and it’s an uneventful take-off of classic blues. I just don’t really understand what he’s trying to achieve with this apart from to shove in a bunch of double-entendres. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier - And now we get something that is absolutely drenched in reverb, and in places the vocal even clips. Tonally, this record is all over the place. The piano, hidden as deep as it in the mix, is pretty good, as is some of the guitar work. But sonically, this is a clashing mess of a track. I think there are cool aspects to this, but it’s presented in such a poor way that perhaps I’m trying too hard to find positives. I quite like the rhythm and cadence of the vocal delivery, but on the whole, this is a complete mess and drags on, rambling along in it’s cacophonous echo chamber for far too long. Give Me Some Truth - The vocal rhythm is pretty good and this definitely has echoes of some of the Beatles’ more experimental work. Again, the production is poor and the rest of the band apart from the vocal have a very stilted flow to the rhythm. It’s also quite repetitive and bland. Oh My Love - And suddenly we have something that’s incredibly crisply recorded and sounds super clean. This really is an odd sounding album. There’s some really nice modulations and bits of flair in the piano and it dances really nicely around the guitar. It’s quite sickly sweet, but the strength of the interwoven parts hold it up and, while it’s not necessarily the most melodically interesting, the strength of the playing and the tonal manoeuvring of the instrumental parts make it a pleasant listen. How Do You Sleep? - Now this is more like it. It’s got great swagger, dirt and groove with some cool 70s kung-fu movie-esque strings. This is the song in which Lennon’s mask slips and he forgets that he’s pretending to be the nice guy he wants the world wants to see, with a direct attack on Paul McCartney. But he’s way better when he’s being himself. The vocal has great bite, the George Harrison solo is excellent, and I’m a big fan of the rhodes piano. The vibe is so cool on this one and it almost leans into a funk sound, with so much groove and rhythmic layers across the instrumentation. It’s far and away the best track on the record. How? - This is very meandering and takes us back to the kind of aimless feel of much of the record. Not sure why the kick drum is so prominent, but the oddness of the production is pretty par for the course at this point. There’s no real flow to this, it keeps getting into a groove and then everything drops out apart from that over-loud kick. There are some decent melodic moments in here, it just feels lacking in momentum and flow. Oh Yoko! - This is a pretty good little pop song. It’s very twee, but it’s delivered in a bouncy, pleasant way. Lennon’s vocal performance is a tad patchy, but it kind of works with this style of quirky pop song. There’s some good piano playing here and while the rest of the band play things fairly straight, the general vibe and tightness of the performances hold things together really well. I do find Lennon’s overt and direct references to his own life quite odd, rather than the more standard musical approach of making things a bit more generic or metaphorical, but he was definitely a man with the most main character energy one can have. A quality closer.

I've always liked the song Imagine, but the rest of this album was surprisingly boring.

I think this album is overrated, conflicting, and not my thing. Not a John Lennon fan, less so not an imagine fan… Rating: 4/10 Favorite Song: How do you sleep?

Dull and vapid, not a fan of the lyrics

I like 'Imagine' and 'Jealous Guy'. But I knew that already. None of the other tracks really did much for me. Weird variety of vibes towards that odd Beatley Sgt Pepper nonsense to some more 'meloncholic' stuff like the two songs I already liked. I'm giving it a low score because there's nothing new on it I like. (I think it's only worth marking high stuff I want to revisit. Middle 3 score stuff should be stuff I'm really not sure about). 2/5

Ich habe das Album nie verstanden. Die Beatles haben sich nach viel Streit und Drama getrennt um endlich alleine Musik zu machen und John Lennon kann endlich politisch werden und dann bringt er so ein mid ass Album raus... Ich mein bro.. ach komm lass stecken

The best song on here is “Jealous Guy” and that’s totally undermined by John Lennon not having the self-awareness to understand that maybe he shouldn’t be writing songs about being a shitty, abusive partner when he was, in fact, a shitty abusive partner. The guy could write a melody, sure, but who gives a shit. Didn’t hate that last song about Yoko Ono though, sounds like an underachieving indie band. Nothing here is changing my mind about how The Beatles are massively overrated.

Meh. Lennon was a douche.

Better than regular Beatles, at least the first half of the album.

"Oooooh, si seulement le monde était plus en paix !" *Bruits de violence conjugale "Oooooh, si le monde n'avait pas de frontières !" *Bruits d'enfant négligé au point que Paul McCartney écrit une chanson là-dessus Breeeeef, j'ai une opinion très basse pour John Lennon. Il est connu pour ses violences conjugales envers les femmes avec qui il était en couple, pour avoir négligé ses enfants, bref, un personnage qui a une image publique bien éloignée du personnage assez odieux qu'il était. Donc avoir cet album à écouter m'a un petit peu emmerdé. Et je reste persuadé que si tu sors Imagine et Jealous Guy, tout le monde s'en fout de cet album. Parce que c'était pas foufou non plus. Imagine, ça sonne hyper hypocrite pour un gars aussi odieux et Jealous Guy... j'aimais beaucoup cette chanson à une époque, mais connaître ses histoires de violence conjugale et écouter les paroles en mode "oh non, je suis si triste de t'avoir fait pleurer :'(", c'est particulièrement déplaisant. Non, John, tu n'es pas "juste un mec jaloux", tu es un sac à merde. Le reste de l'album est franchement oubliable et j'aurais peut-être été plus tendre si John Lennon avait été à la hauteur de l'image qu'il voulait se donner. C'est pas le cas. Donc 2/5 et c'est cher payé. Autant je suis obligé de tolérer sa présence dans les Beatles pour profiter du talent des trois autres, autant en solo, c'est non !

you may saaaaay i‘m a dream-eer

RATING: 4/10 HIGHLIGHT: How Do You Sleep? LOWLIGHT: Gimme Some Truth

This has some good tracks on and is a good listen but isn’t an album that gets me going, or even paying too deep attention, like some. It’s fine, and I can see why many people like it. But for me it’s not something that I’d go out of my way to listen to.

Puedo encontrar tres canciones relevantes, pero no siento que sea algo excepcional, al contrario refleja o romantiza la forma real que fue john lennon

Everyone knows the title track. There were blues efforts on other tracks but nothing special. Felt condescending and self-absorbed to me.

Although no one could deny the quality of this album, Imagine as a song that unifies the world, John Lennon, and The Beatles in particular, this is not something I would put on and play in my leasure time, simply too depressing and slow for my taste :)

I don't know who was ultimately responsible for most of the production duties here between Lennon, Ono and Spector, but it just falls flat. "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama", the worst offender, sounds like it was recorded in a tin can, and not in any creative or endearing way. Phil Spector already makes my skin crawl knowing all the horrible shit he got up to in his private life, but if this is the product you'd get by letting him in your studio post-1960s (his limelight era), I'm not impressed. Lennon's songwriting is the only thing keeping this from being a total flop because there is some decent material underneath everything that would make a decent 7/10 album with a better producer. The title track is a funny staple of classic rock, also funny that he wrote an entire track getting mad at Paul McCartney. You know the arguments those two had would've been funny as fuck to listen in on back in the day. 4, maybe a 5/10.

Definitivamente hay mejores. How do you sleep esta bueno sinceramente, el cual esta dirigido a Paul, tension post-Beatles. Mucha influencia de Yoko Ono.

bro put the communist manifesto in a song and thought we wouldn't notice

The lyrics feel like they were written by a pretentious 12 year-old. Some nice sounds though...

imagine is a it song but the rest was pretty underwhelming. 3/5

It’s just so unbelievably not for me at all actually and I’m very surprised by that god I’m so bored?

Imagine one of the Beatles made a solo album, it's easy if you try, but with no talent and nothing to say, imagine all the songs, and just how shit they'd be, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, this albums really shit. Also makes me think of all those celebrities singing it and that annoys me

All you need to know is Imagine is the best song

John Lennon sounded like a really bitter person on this album. He definitely had a lot of unresolved mental issues. The only good track besides “Imagine” is “How Do You Sleep?”. Everything else was trash.

no es mi tipo de musica, algunas buenas pero me aburre un poco

This album is pretty annoying in my opinion. So slow and repetitive and not providing anything great. It's not THAT bad, but I would not choose to listen to a single song from this album again. When it's not annoying, it's just kind of boring.

Old crusty cliche now

Wholly dull. Another point of proof that Harrison had the better solo career and more talent.

bueno se puede decir que John fue honesto en la forma en la que ve el mundo sus creencias políticas y que golpeaba a su esposa

Imagine how many times I've heard that song in my life. CLASSIC/CHEESE/HIPPIE ADJACENT/KUMBAYA/THAT ONE GUY YOU HATE'S FAVOURITE ALBUM

Imagine is a nice song but the rest is just weird country by john lenon. Its actually suprisingly bad.and bad country at that

This is an album entirely consisting of popular songs that have better covers of them, or songs that weren't covered for a reason. Nothing bad with it, but not my type of music, and if it was I would listen to the other versions.

Second album proposé après 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' que j'avais détesté (noté 1/5, très ennuyeux et cris insupportables). Sur ce second album on a les tubes 'Imagine' et 'Jealous Guy' (je connaissais la version de Roxy Music, j'ignorais que le morceau original était de Lennon) qui lui évitent la note minimale. Les autres morceaux ne sont pas vraiment intéressants à mon gout, je me suis vite ennuyé. =>2/5

Not a fan. So much better with the Beatles.

Imagine is the best part and he didn't even write it. The rest is ehh. I still do not like Phil Spector's "what if we made it sound really shit" production style. Also he murdered a woman.

It's just not very good is it?

It's kind of crazy how much better the Beatles were than the sum of their parts.

There’s no need to be witty or philosophical. This album is just not very good. That opening track, though … that one’s got potential. Mark my words … watch the charts for that one. And that cover photo … it’s nice to see that singing wasn’t the only art form at which Yoko was terrible.

He’s a racist.

Imagine a world without any Beatles(like the movie "Yesterday"); it's easy if you try. It's also easy to imagine that, despite the fact he didn't deserve to be killed, John Lennon was not a good person. This album is so bland, and other than a few highlights, it's not worth listening to. Favorite Track: "How Do You Sleep?".

This is what we get when John Lennon is left to his own devices without the influences of other band mates. The overall posturing, preaching and bile quickly grow wearisome. If I never heard the song "Imagine" again I'd be perfectly fine with it. The song imagines an idealistic world which never once existed in the entire history of mankind and never will yet people are so moved and bow in reverence over Lennon"s "enlightenment" and "depth". Imagine this album without the feelings and reputation inspired by the Beatles and Lennon as a Beatle. Would I want to listen to this? In either case, not really. Lennon's post-Beatles worked paled in comparison to his prior work. 2.5/5

Lennon is not a nice bloke. That is an established fact. He's also spectacularly hypocritical. But is he a good musician? Well, he's not as talented as he wishes he was, and the success of the Beatles is a reflection of the output being greater than the sum of its parts. Lennon alone lacks the warmth, compassion and realisation that he's whiny. Imagine is a fine song, overplayed and then badly tarnished by COVID (not his fault but I'll still hold it against him). The others are a bit pathetic. How do you sleep particularly venomous.

Imagine really captures the entire issue with the hippie movement. Lennon sucked sometimes. "Glad he's dead" might be a bit far. That song really sucks though. But then Jealous Guy. But also the song God. But unfortunately, all the Yoko shit. Anyway, RIP, 3 stars.

Boring

just really annoying, man. and i like the title track! that's not even the one i mean! that song is smarmy coming specifically from Lennon but is, as a sentiment, pretty affecting to me. but so much of the rest of this is shitty, bland blues-rock with horribly whiny lyrics. no clue what anyone gets out of the inside-baseball of How Do You Sleep? or Lennon breaking into his angry rock 'n' roll guy voice to deliver some of the dumbest lyrics he's ever written on Gimme Some Truth. the final two cuts are my favorites here - sweet, vulnerable, genuine - and even those have a line each that make me want to take this guy's lunch money. whatever, man, was always more into George anyway

Without Ringo they're missing that magic