Imagine

Some of the best of all time on this. And some duds. So just like a Beatles album! The boogie-woogie rock and roll songs are by far the worst part of John Lennon’s oeuvre. But the piano ballads are some of the best!

Terrible album, didn't make it all the way through

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).

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I can't say this holds up to most other singer/songwriter albums, but it does have a few obvious standouts. The fact that you can listen to an album with so many unusual production calls and out-of-sight songwriting decisions and only muster disdain is truly baffling to me, though. Not unwarranted, but just baffling.

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

This is fine, but I suppose my Beatles fandom likely derives more from the other members' contributions in general. Not much stands out. Imagine is alright, but overplayed and tainted by odd performances and lyrical controversies. How Do You Sleep? is pretty solid too I guess.

Is there Beatles beef I don't know or care about? 2-3

I feel like if this wasn't Lennon, it wouldn't be on the list. But also has some absolutely beautiful songs, so...

3 1/2 Stars: Perfectly fine record with a couple of standout hits. The production is the standout here. Love button twiddling on this one.

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

Seems like every solo John Lennon album is pretty emotional. This one even more so following the tension between him and Paul McCartney at the time. Big sound here too, with Phil Spector on production. Whether the content itself seems convincing is up to the listener I guess, as I know Lennon was a pretty polarizing figure in music. The middle of this album is admittedly...not that great. The rest is good, however, and "How Do You Sleep?" cuts pretty deep.

Album #75 is 55 years old + 2 days, so almost on its birthday and on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Actually, everyone should have gotten The Rising today for that case. "Imagine" is probably one of the most profound and well-known solo albums of John Lennon, with timeless classics "Imagine" and "Jealous Guy", which are still very strong songs. "Gimme Some Truth" I mainly know from the cover by the Dutch rock band The Fatal Flowers (check them out, although they are not in the book). This song is still utterly relevant, unfortunately. I don't think that I listened to this album before from beginning to end, although I did check out quite some of his music last year due to the John Lennon documentary we ran in our local movie theatre, and except for a few, most songs I was more or less familiar with. Overall, the album is really strong and is still quite in line with the sound of the Beatles. Great compositions and musical arrangements make it a great listen. Except for the Yoko love song, which is (like other Yoko-related songs) a bit too cheesy for my taste.

Outside of the overplayed title track, not bad. I mean it's no "All Things Must Pass" or some of Lennon's other solo work, but some good songs on here.

Man, idk. I don’t really jive with solo John. If this album were by ANYONE else it would be an automatic 3. But because it’s him, I find myself feeling like I am required to give it a 4. But… I don’t want to. I don’t enjoy listening to this. 3 Boolean: True

I actually liked this more than I expected. Sort of Beatles adjacent. The song Jealous Guy sucked, but overall it was pretty good.

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.

I think a lot of these solo artists that spring up from massive bands are probably quite egotistical and don't realise the reason the band was so successful was because of the combination of minds at work. Phil Spector definitely came through though and made this album sound really good tho Without Phil this might be a 1 but it goes up to a 3...

Some great songs and some honky tonk. Averages out at 2.85. Nothing on Plastic Ono Band.

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.

John was never my favourite so grain of salt. Saying Paul wrote Grandma music, then opening with sleepers How and Jealous Guy was a choice. Maybe the beauty is in the lyrics? Points for whistling; no longer a given in today's music. It's so hard synthesizer on a blues tune. I don't get it. If this were some Joe nobody off the streets and you got a tape would it be the sensation people make it out to be? But that it was John. Check out the video of John, Yoko, and Chuck Berry together on stage. John was led astray. The things we do.. Imagine could have been released as a single standalone beauty of a song. That gets 5 on it's own. The rest of this album is why some artists work better in a group, and not as solo acts. This album does not give me Wings. Crippled inside a slice of happiness and joy. The TSN turning point was Imagine into this. Let's see how it plays out. Side B could be the saving grace. He loved Yoko, you gotta give him that - Paul M paraphrased. The amount of history shaped by men desiring booty. I didn't grow up with the breakup or the assassination. It meant a lot to people at the time. I wonder if decades more will change my view. I wonder if future generations remember John outside of the Beatles.

Three for three for already listened-played it to death years ago.

okay

Somehow better and worse than I'd expected at the same time.

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.

Trash.

Solo Beatles is always hot and miss for me. Most of this one hit but there's still a few songs that I say, "This could've benefitted from the rest of the guys."

ok

Love the first song imagine, the other songs were either bearable/okay (2-3 stars each).

It's good. The production is undoubtedly great, and I also admire the commentary and overall romanticism in Lennon's lyrics. It's a more softer and personal album, so it wasn't as hard-hitting or as entertaining as I maybe expected. Still, it's pleasant to the ears and soothing to the soul.

Not as good as I was expecting. A star for each good song essentially, because the good ones are THAT good. Aside from Imagine, Jealous Guy and Oh Yoko! it’s a pretty underwhelming collection.

i understand why it is loved but still a bit boring.

A very good album even if john (and Paul) never reached the same heights they did previously in their post Beatles careers this has some wonderful songs and performances. I’ve always liked oh Yoko. Contains one of the top three versions of Jealous Guy.

John's best post Beatles album? Maybe. He really dug into his personal philosophy to write these lyrics. John was a complicated man and not a particularly nice one, but produced unparalleled artwork through his music.

I’ve never really liked his songs. The rhyme schemes are always nursery rhyme simple and repetitive. It feels like one of those “you had to be there” artists and yet I was raised in a home that loved this man and his work. I wasn’t looking forward to this at all but it was a good listen. More than just imagine, thankfully. The bluesier numbers felt flat but on the rock n roll numbers, it won.

This album isn’t perfect but it’s one of the stronger post-Beatles efforts overall. Jealous Guy is an incredible song

The love songs hit me harder than the bitter songs on this one.

John Melon overrated ahh - this album is fine but I f*****g hate Imagine

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Another classic, packed with great songs and plenty of quality

mid

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Ох ты, мой essential альбом, прямиком из 2015. Сколько-ж сотен минут прослушано, сколько воспоминаний, моментов с ним создано, хех. Вообще, после значительно обстоятельного знакомства с дискографией четвёрки, первого кого я начал копать - был, конечно же, Джон. Как тот, кто нравился (да и нравится) мне больше всех. Не скажу что я особенный поклонник конкретно этого альбома, намного больше мне нравится Walls & Bridges (вообще топ-1 пожалуй) Double Fantasy и Plastic Ono Band. Но Imagine — это не только та, пластинка которую вы должны послушать в обязательном порядке, как битломан, наравне с RAM, All Things Must Pass и т.д., но и то, что я рекомендовал бы вам как человеку интересующемуся музыкой в целом. Помимо гимнового Imagine здесь есть мои любимые "Cripple Inside" и "How Do You Sleep?" - два главных гема этого альбома, которые, в моем понимании, наиболее хорошо характеризуют настоящего Джона. Не просто чувственного поэта-гения, призывающего к миру, которого представляют люди, зная его по одной песне, а скорее, как весьма ранимого, уязвимого парня с колкими, ироничными и весьма остроумными текстами. Если подумать, работа крайне разнообразна, ведь здесь есть и рефлексия "How?" и политико-социальные вещи "gimme some truth" и нежные оды любви Йоко "oh my love" "oh yoko!", последнюю - я даже пытался играть на губной гармонике в детстве. ех, чёто прям ностальгия накатила. какой же отличный альбом.

8.5/10

Of course everyone know the title track but I hadn't listened to the rest of the album before. Interesting to hear like folk, blues and, dare i say it, country tinged songs. Lennon and Harrison are better outside of the Beatles and McCartney is better in. 3.5

Imagine being so stubborn that you can't just listen to this and hear it for what it is. There is some nostalgia with this album but also some others I had never fully dove into that are actually kinda good, except the last track.

This is a solid album. Easy to listen to and some really great songs.

John Lennon is a perfect example of how mastery manifests itself in collaboration. While he was balanced by the other members of The Beatles, he wrote quite pleasant lyrics. As soon as he went solo, the lyrics became strange to write when you're already in your thirties. At the same time, the album is generally good, relaxed, and melodic. Phil Spector, with his "Wall of Sound," for once didn't interfere too much with the production, and George Harrison contributed guitar parts to half the songs. But the lyrics literally fall into three categories: "I want world peace, five-minute lessons, and half-hour breaks," "Yoko, you're great, thanks for breaking up my band," and "Paul McCartney is a talentless creature." There are especially many of the former, so at seventeen, you could truly believe this is a brilliant album. With age, you realize that this is not true, and it’s okay - some works don't need to be brilliant, just good is enough.

This album starts off strong but then tails off quickly. Imagine is a beautiful song, but by the time you get to 'I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama' the album becomes more of a slog to listen to. 'Oh Yoko!' is awful and I will stand on that.

Good album

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

Very decent, a couple iconic songs on here but the rest are meh. I prefer the band.

Imagine is one of the top 3 or 4 Beatles' solo albums and shows Lennon in all emotional facets. The title track, while overplayed and overused, is still a beautiful composition in its simplicity and naiveté. "Give Me Some Truth" is John at his social consciousness best and angriest. And he has plenty of leftover anger to throw Paul's way in "How Do You Sleep". Lennon's depression and anguish are on full display in "How?". To round out the emotional gamut, there is the horny "It's So Hard" and the sweet ode "Oh, Yoko!", which, along with "Crippled Inside" is John Lennon at his poppiest and catchiest. This is one to own.

Best solo Beatle album?

Imagine is the song they will be playing for future civilizations in distant galaxies in hundreds of years.

Pretty catchy in some songs, "Imagine" itself is of course a classic, even if I don't fully agree with all of it necessarily. Gotta separate art from artist to some extent here, but it's a good album.

An emotional album, I needed 2 listening to fully appreciate it. In my opinion not as good as a Beatles album tho Fav songs - Imagine, I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama, Oh My Love 4/5

Good solo record

Should've imagined not being shot in the face but he would've been a hypocrite then too

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

Something in the combo of an overcast day, a moody mind, and this album made it so I literally could not turn this off. John and George had a similar thirst to explore music, but in different ways — [it seems like] george in creation and stylistic expansion, John in expression at the highest level, both of his art and his voice. It’s right there — Imagine. I did a small project on that song in high school, but I don’t think I’ve listened to the full album, and I know that song didnt fully set in on me at 15, but studying it made me never forget it. That search for expression is so heavy in this album that it creates an almost mystic effect of pulling you in and revealing a little more each time around. I didn’t know he originally penned jealous guy, I love Donny Hathaways version, but theres something unique with lennons delivery.The only one that didn’t hit was Oh Yoko. Of all people, John Lennon can write a better love song than that. Otherwise, there is so much depth, emotion, expression, commentary, and effort laced through this album. It’s beautiful. As many times as I listened through, I was just as curious and enchanted on each new play as the last. Feels like an entire world to explore laid within just ten songs. Nearly perfect, a need on vinyl, and I believe itll get a five.

This album certainly doesn't change my impression that John Lennon was a prick but I'm not gonna rate it down just for that. Parts of the album work more than others.

I’m torn. On one hand I approve of his anti-Paul McCartney platform. On the other hand, this is really bad

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

Like 2 good songs

Much of this felt like lesser Beatles to me - the dynamite was missing from the equation. Of course “Imagine” is his opus, the song all remember John Lennon - slain at just 40 years old - by. “Jealous Guy” also is an enduring song of this album. The rest felt like it was missing a crucial piece.

Very enjoyable, nice and soothing. One song reminded me of a game I used to play

I'm more of a Plastic Ono Band myself, but this album has bangers. The titletrack is naively optimistic at this point, and the celebrity video hurt it more. I don't like Phil Spector's production style, that wall of sound thing is drowns the music with pretty boring orchestrations, but John's songwriting shines beyond it. Jealous Guy and Gimmie Some Truth are my favorite Lennon solo songs and the album flows pretty well. Top tear solo work from the four, but not as good as POB

Decent album, couple big ones, the rest okay. Probably his best solo work.

Would I listen to this over the Beatles? I don't think so... But some are fun, it's solid

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 is #day739 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… it's been a while since I last heard this record front to back, but I remember liking it back when I was on a classic rock binge sometime in the 2010s. "Oh My Love" is one of my favorite pieces here. I also love Martin Gore's interpretation of it. Otherwise, there's little to add about Imagine. This is a 4 out of 5. I might bump it up to a 5 somewhere down the road. Looking forward to #day740.

It’s complicated with Lennon for me, my least favourite Beatle, I think he was a prick and a poser but he did write my favourite song (Strawberry Fields) Two good songs a couple of OK ones but for a guy who was supposed to be a driving force of a band that revolutionised pop music it’s nothing special although to be fair, it’s not terrible either 2.6

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.

Mostly boring with a couple of good songs.

This was good. I agree with the subject matter. His voice is great, but the music is so-so.

It's John Lennon bro what do you want me to say honestly. Pretty straight forward record compared to some of the crazier sounds the Beatles had experimented with, but there's some great songs in here. like the Imagine, Crippled Inside, and How Do You Sleep. How Do You Sleep in particular was interesting for the obvious drama behind the scenes of the Beatles breakup and for how unique it feels in this track list. Good, but nowhere near the Beatles for me. I think all of their ideas and musicianship together really came together into an incredible run, but John by himself is just missing a large piece of the pie.

I don't like the Beatles.

Surprisingly just fine at best

Although I wouldn’t consider this a monumental or defining record in any way, I still enjoy it. There are some really lovely musical moments.

Boring shit from an abuser

One of the best solo Beatle albums, but the narcissistic and bitter lyrics show how John needed the rest of the Beatles to keep his ego in check. Nice to hear George contributing his excellent guitar playing to several tracks at least. The over-the-top vitriol against Paul in How Do You Sleep is a little hard to swallow. Highlights to me are Gimme Some Truth, Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh Yoko.

Good solid album from John I quite like his solo work , I knew quite a few songs already from this album and the ones I hadn't were a pleasure to listen to overall a very good album

This is one of those records where I knew the three songs everyone else knows, but not the rest of it; and the rest of it was better than I expected.

This is probably a two star album overall, but I’m having trouble giving only two stars to the album that has “Imagine” on it. Haha I just realized, “How do you sleep” is clearly about Paul. All I can say is Paul’s post-Beatles career should have the last laugh in response to that one. Between that song and “Jealous Guy” he comes off as a bit of a d-bag on this album.

Pretty dull and uninspiring on the whole.

As great as the Beatles were, their solo careers were pretty uneven, showing that they were clearly better than the sum of their parts. No coincidence that my favorite song on here is Jealous Guy which was an outtake from the Beatles' White album sessions. How Do You Sleep? is a clear dis track against Paul McCartney, and Oh Yoko is Lennon at his most playful.

It feels pretty wild that this is my first Beatles’s solo project. I was impressed with most of what Lennon does here, building off and varying from the title track in interesting directions. 2 listens Favorite Tracks: Title Track, Jealous Guy, How Do You Sleep?, How?

After just one play through, I'm going 4. Imagine, the song, is iconic. I wasn't expecting to like much else here but It's actually pretty good.

every song just works.

the title track is a tough listen in 2026. some great songs here, and some not so great. when lennon sets aside the tough guy persona and gets introspective, there are some true highlights. but the album unfortunately does not hold up for modern audiences.

Maybe 3.5? Some good bits but the bad bits are more cringe than Paul’s granny music. It’s a shame the best song is also such a sassy diss track lyrically.

Loved loved loved

Phenomenal, should definitely own

I don't really want to like Lennon but like I can't deny this is pretty good. 3.5/5

Rate: 8/10.

3 stars

John is my second least favourite Beatle despite being quite aligned politically. I think he was just rather... on the nose and not subtle. As this album is evidence of. I find most of it fine. Musically "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" is probably up there, even if the lyrics demonstrate my previous point. Oddly, I came away with "Oh Yoko!" stuck in my head despite the fact I really should have hated it.

i really did not enjoy this. i’m tempted to give this a two but that seems blasphemous.

Imagine is incredible, jealous guy is great, I enjoy soldier regardless of it's repetitiveness, I love oh Yoko. The rest is a bit of rock and roll with some lame angst thrown in. John Lennon comes across as someone who is very confident in their own opinions which when pointed at self deprecation, love and peaceful intention is great but I'm not generally bothered about his attacks stuff. Overall I like it. I think it is very up and down though. Overall for those hits I'm giving it a 4.

It must have been awful as a Beatles fan in the early 70s. The dream is over and each member is putting out ordinary albums with brilliant singles. This must have come as a bit of a relief for Lennon fans because Plastic Ono Band was traumatic. At least tis has tunes and hope.

not my favorite lennon album (it’s bested by “walls and bridges” and “plastic ono band” for me) but a damn good one. obviously some iconic songs but some good deeper cuts as well!!

1971. Second solo studio album. Written and recorded during a period of particularly bad feeling between Lennon and former bandmate Paul McCartney, following the Beatles' break-up. "How Do You Sleep?" – a song written in retaliation against McCartney's alleged personal attacks on Lennon and Ono. The lyrics reflect peace, love, politics, Lennon's experience with primal scream therapy.

Trash music by a trash human

Kinda expected more from this record, tbh.

10/10 vocals

Imagine and jealous guy are great songs. The rest is cool, good but not great.

Jealous guy is a great song. I really liked the drums and overall production and sound. His lyrics dont really do it for me a lot of the time. Oh yoko was terrible i hated the harmonica at the end and the song just didnt feel like it fit with the vibe of the rest of the album.

It was fine. Hadn’t heard jealous guy in a while and love that song

5/10

Magnum opus

Never was a John Lennon fan. Great songwriter, also a dumb dickhead. Although my favorite picture of him is the one of him walking all fucking weird with a cig in one hand and Yoko's in the other. Anyway. Imagine is a pretty beautiful song, even if the cynical side of me just makes me roll my eyes. There are some good songs here, of course the blues guitar of Its So Hard was a favorite for me, despite the lyrics being oddly simplistic for someone like John. Overall the whole album is a good listen and if you're a fan of the Beatles you'll most likely find a song or two that has some of the same magic that speaks to you.

Pretty enjoyable album and no screaming from John Lennon the douchebag! Jealous guy is such a funny song because it sounds like such a sweet tune and then the lyrics are just about the shittiest dude ever. How’s Do You Sleep is so petty and funny for that. Oh Yoko is a bop and Imagine will give you diabetes but it’s still a solid song. Paul McCartney is still the best Beatle and everyone can eat my dick

How out of touch with humanity do you have to be to write lyrics THIS hypocritical? The music isn’t even that noteworthy it’s literally just the evil lyrics that put this album on the list (and the fact that he’s John Lennon… but hopefully you get what I mean. From a member of one of the most famous and successful bands of all time, you would expect a little bit more…)

Haven’t revisited this in a while and I have to say it’s surprisingly memorable and much closer in spirit to late Beatles than I used to give it credit for. There’s a darkness to it that makes it a little more bitter than its somewhat clowned-on title track seems like.

I knew a lot of the songs but had never listened all the way through. It's a great album and I get why it is so highly regarded. I don't think every song is perfect but no doubt the first few are classics and as a whole it's really an excellent listen. Top Songs: Imagine, Crippled Inside, Jealous Guy, How Do You Sleep?, Oh Yoko!

Really cool sound, I listened to this one a long time ago when I was getting into the Beatles. Debatably Johns best solo album. Love every track except for the last one lol Frick you yoko. But upon this second listen it was harder to get into. And for that I have to give it a 4. However this album deals with big real dark thoughts that are controversial in a lot of ways. It’s really strong and I love it for that. Love you John ❤️❤️

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

Very good album - I like every song.

Very good, but very boring compared to Paul and George’s solo careers… 6 or 7….?

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Not quite as good as "All Things Must Past," George Harrison first post-Beatles sole endeavor, but significantly better than Lennon's "Plastic Ono," and way better than Paul McCartney's "McCartney."

Gimme Some TRUTH!

Meh

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

I obviously knew the title track of this one, but I wasn't familiar with any of the other songs. I'll start by saying that I've never been a huge fan of the Beatles - either as a group or of any of them individually as solo artists. What I will say is that I do think that generally, the magic they had as a band never completed got replicated as solo artists. If I listened to this album without knowing who it was, I would say it was a mediocre album with one really amazing song (the title track). The rest of it was just ok for me. In fact, there were a couple of songs that I didn't think were really very good at all. So yes, it's John Lennon. I don't know his solo stuff well enough to say whether this is one of his best albums or not. I think "Imagine" is an amazing song and I will listen to it every time, but I wasn't terribly impressed with the rest of the album.

Pretty confidently his second best album but that's not saying much.

I liked it. Didn’t love it. John Lennon was stronger with the Beatles. Imagine

Begynner veldig ujevent og føles mer som assorterte låter enn et album, men tar seg opp på B-siden. En litt merkelig skive, men en som var mye mer enn tittelsporet (som forøvrig er utrolig overrated). Gimme Some Truth var art punk før vi engang hadde funnet opp punken.

Noen av låtene er veldig bra, slik som "Gimme Some Truth" og "Jealous Guy" (selv om den er toxic). "How Do You Sleep?" er musikalsk rå, men teksten virker barnslig. Låtene bærer egentlig litt preg av å være umodne og at de egentlig savner McCartney. "I Don't Wanna Be Soldier" går ingen steder, men McCartney hadde nok hadde en bridge eller et vers fra en uferdig sang som på magisk vis hadde løst opp.

John Lennon at his most vulnerable? But also at his best. Enough said.

This isn't the most groundbreaking thing i've ever heard, but it's nothing short of great. It's just lush 70s pop by one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Of course all the Beatles shine the most when they're together, but John has some beautiful personal work.

One must imagine John Lennon imagining

Great album! I loved "I don't wanna be a soldier mama" the most. It's interesting how the vocals are mixed quieter than other albums would, as if the instruments are more important here

Klassikkokamaa vaikka kyl tänne pari heikompaa biisiä mahtuu sekaan. Ratsasteleeko jopa nimikkobiisillä?

Aika pitkälti tää levy ratsastaa Imagine-kappaleella, muuten oli suht peruskauraa.

Ujee

En oo itse niin suuri Lennon-fani. Tämäkin on tosi kaksijakoinen levy, toisaalta löytyy yksi kaikkien aikojen hienoimpia biisejä (Imagine), mutta sitten toisaalta ihan älytöntä ruotsinlaivahuttua (How?). Muutenkin tuntuu vähän siltä että tässä on kourallinen erinomaisia biisejä ja sitten on loppunut vaan materiaali kesken, ja levylle on lyöty ties mitä vanhoja pöytälaatikkolöydöksiä. Imagine, Jealous Guy, How Do You Sleep ja Oh Yoko kuitenkin nostavat tämän ehkä jopa sinne ihan neljän tähden porteille kolkuttelemaan, eikä noista huonommistakaan biiseistä mikään nyt ihan suoranaista roskaa ole. 3,75 joka pyöristyy neloseen.

Most of these songs are very forgettable

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 features one of Phil Spector’s more restrained and tasteful productions. The sound is warm and spacious without being smothered by his usual excess, particularly on 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 and 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝘆. To my ears, both songs even anticipate some of the soft, hazy qualities we would now associate with dream pop. The title track could easily have belonged on a late Beatles album — under the customary Lennon–McCartney credit, naturally. Unfortunately, the rest of the record never feels quite as timeless. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽? is the clearest low point: a musically effective song weighed down by an attack on Paul McCartney that feels bitter and unnecessary. There is enough beauty here to understand the album’s reputation, but not enough consistency for me to share its highest praise.

I haven't listened to this album in probably 35 years. Although it's a required album to have in someone's album collection, I always liked the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album so much more and easily dismissed this one in comparison. However, listening to it now, my view has changed that it's a good album. Just so hard not to skip over the song Imagine since although a great song, gets played everywhere to infinity. I've also not been a huge fan of Spector's production, always preferred the singles versions than those that ended up on Let It Be, plus way too much wall of sound on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. With that said, Imagine seems to be a bit restrained in comparison to Spector's other works.

Ok, much more enjoyable than his previous album (Plastic Ono Band)! Less experimental maybe (although I guess nothing else he ever produced quite sound like "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama" which is my favorite, love the jazzy feel and Black Sabbathish delivery) but every song has something interesting in it: from the blues elements of "It's so Hard" to the classical ensemble on "How do You Sleep". I went in this album thinking it would be a slog and ended up positively surprised!

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

Any album that contains a song as powerful as Imagine would be a classic. However, the album is full of songs that come close. Imagine a world that still had John Lennon in it. The music that he could have made. The lives that he could have touched

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.

خیلی قشنگ بود و ازش لذت بردم. nothing can full me like the first time I heard a song and nothing can make feel a thing like hearing a masterpiece

One of the best songs of all time as well as probably the most influential. Imagine no war. Would be a great life, huh?

A bit disappointing overall, but imagine, jealous guy and how do you sleep drag it up to a 4

Got some great stuff on it. Way more hate than it deserves

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

:(

While Lennon was clearly a musical genius, he profited from the Beatles to make more focused records, whereas in his solo career he went more experimental, with some major duds along the way. In this one, however, I do still feel the highlights make the album remain interesting. 8/10 [KEEP]

Two amazing songs and some filler. Good filler, and the two songs are classics. So 4*.

love this song

Får inte ge stjärnor

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

Schön produziertes, gefühlvolles Album

Really liked it, especially how do you sleep. Hate Lennon tho

Oh myGOD shut up shut up shut up shutup

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.

So here’s the Lennon I know and adore. This album in its way is so much more confident and put together than the one before it which we reviewed a couple of days ago. The production values are back, the focus, the bravado, all the things that make him great. In addition to the super hit and still magical title track, there are a number of the songs I most immediately associate with John’s post-Beatle greatness.

Lennon’s first and best solo work, but still an uneven album.

Really good, chill album. And if course has Lennon's most recognizable song away from the Beatles.

oh the BLUES of it all! This is incredible, obviously. I Don't Wanna be a Soldier Mama is a banger of a song. Gimme Some Truth's guitar and Lennon's vocals are so rad. How Do You Sleep is so groovy and kind of sexy??? 10/10

Enjoyed it all the way through.

Better than I anticipated as a whole. Title track steals the show of course, but also enjoyed Gimme Some Truth.

This was just lovely.

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.

One classic song and a few mediocre ones. This is not what I was expecting from such a legend.

najlepszy zuk

Najgorszy żuk

Kyllä tuon kaverin kynästä on irronnut aika hienoa tavaraa.

Imagine on kyllä 5 ⭐️ biisi mutta levy jää ⭐️⭐️⭐️.

Legendary title track, but I can think of a couple of better solo Beatles albums

Idk. Some of it was good? But Imagine is so sickly and idealistic I can’t even.

Funny to listen to this right after Band on the Run he and Paul are really each half of a genius. Paul is an incredibly sophisticated and ambitious musician who has no access to his deeper emotions and John is a raw nerve who can barely get out of bed in the morning let alone strum a guitar. But it's kinda fun listening to him bitching emo-ly. How do you sleep is just an awful lazy blues ripoff with incredibly petty lyrics but you believe he really feels wronged and righteous. Imagine is him being a naive baby who thinks he can fix everything. Jealous Guy is a beautiful song about presumably him hitting a woman?

прісний, скучний, дратівливий альбом

i was kinda dreading this one given my distaste for the title track but honestly its. not that bad....? i guess.......?? i just find it kinda hit and miss really. some of it is kinda whatever, but then there's a few tracks that got this very hazy feel with delay used to weird effect, like "it's so hard", "i don't wanna be a soldier mama" and "gimme some truth", and i think that's where it really shines brightest. although, having said that, "oh yoko!" might be my favourite track despite being nothing like what i just described. maybe i'm just biased towards liking it as a fellow wife guy. or wife girl?? i guess??? wife person????? whatever. tbh im not really sure what i feel about it but it's definitely an interesting album at least. weird that the title track, which is also the one that popped the fuck off as a single, is like, the worst track on the album. maybe i should just be glad it wasn't the best track.... that would've suuuuucked......

Imagine intemporel. Mieux que le premier album qu'on a eu mais c'est quand même moins bien qu'un bon vieux album des Beatles.

Pretty good pretty good

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.

Mostly enjoyed this, until the last track which felt goofy and insincere. Imagine my fave.

The title tracked is kinda ruined.

Genius.

Like the album. Gotta go 3.8

¿cómo podría ser un mundo distinto? lennon alterna entre el idealismo, la confesión y el resentimiento sin intentar ocultarlo. retrata a un hombre que se atrevió a pensar en voz alta.

The Beatles disbanded for this? But really it's an alright album. Imagine is a great song, but I don't think I'll be revisiting this one anytime soon.

I get now why they say John Lennon so good…It’s John Lennon don’t underestimate him rs

✅imagine ✅how do you sleep?

Decent album. I wasn’t familiar with a lot of the tracks, but other than a couple misses early in the album I thought most were good and worth another listen.

a lot of mid-tempo pop and rock numbers that draw from ballads, rockabilly, psychedelica, arena rock, and other components to form a relatively wide ranging yet enjoyable tracklist.

Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: Raw, intimate, and beautifully understated. After the emotional intensity of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine feels more melodic and accessible, but it still carries Lennon’s honesty, idealism, and occasional bite. Favorite Track: “Jealous Guy.” Tender, regretful, and one of Lennon’s finest vocal performances.

*sigh* 'let's all be kind to each other and don't go to war and ...' 'also, I'm a jealous bastard that's abusive'

I'd only really heard Imagine and Jealous Guy before, which never had me rushing to hear the full album, though I like the Beatles a lot. I enjoyed this most when it leaned away from piano ballads. How Do You Sleep? is a good time if you ignore the lyrics, which make Lennon sound like a seething mad weenie. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier is a groovily hypnotic standout for me, though it doesn't do much lyrically. Oh Yoko! is wonderful – sweet, catchy, and probably my favourite.

Now we're talking - at last another 5 star album! What a total contrast in sound, sentiment and sensibility to yesterday's hip-hop/rap abomination. Probably Lennon's most accessible album and on a par with Mind Games in my view. Not one bad song on it. So an excuse to get out my original 1971 vinyl with lyrics on the inner sleeve, complete with wall-sized poster of Lennon at his white piano + a photo post-card of him holding a pig which I'd forgotten! This inclusion apparentIy mocked Paul McCartney holding a ram on the cover of his album that was released in the same year. This was at the point when there was no love lost between the two of them - q.v. How Do You Sleep. Listening to this album was not all good news though as the age of my LP is showing. One track was sticking and giving an annoying repeat loop of a chord or two...argghhh! Time to get another CD I think...

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.

thought I was gonna like it a lot more than I did. Disappointing. Review: 5.7/10

leider ziemlich gut und iconic natürlich

Sounds kinda like the Beatles, but even worse.

Сара 4 Марко 4

Great title track, but the rest were fun listens as well. Can’t say I’d be seeking this album out, but glad this project brought me here. 4/5

Ok, starting to understand why Imagine is the only song I know off this album. And I've never been huge on Imagine anyways. Not that the album is bad, its perfectly fine, but its not blowing me away either. Bluesy rock that I'm burnt out on mainly.

After the breakup of The Beatles, each member created good albums in their own right. I would consider Lennon's "Imagine" as a nice effort, but something that is still too close to his former band. Paul McCartney got shafted for "Ram", but that one was indeed different. On "Imagine" I hear much that Lennon could've used with the Fab Four. Nonetheless, it's good enough and next to an overplayed but still great title track I think "It's So hard" stands out as well.

This is what I have to drive to tomorrow? I don’t wanna be a soldier is really really fucking good. The drums are insane. How do you sleep!!!! Wow. Oh this is just a straight up Paul diss, kind of silly but man it sounds good. Didn't blow me away but I had an unexpectedly pleasant time with it. Lyrics were a little silly at times, but the songs sounded cool Favorite: How Do You Sleep?, I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama Least: How? Shoutout: Oh Yoko!, It's So Hard

Sorry, I find this album just kinda mediocre. "Imagine" is fine, but quite overplayed in my opinion. The song I enjoy the most from this is "How Do You Sleep", which musically is awesome, even if I don't agree with the sentiment in the lyrics. The rest of this album is just muzak to me.

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.

Lame

It’s not quite the magic of the Beatles, but it’s a solid solo album. I do like John Lennon’s voice and there’s a good amount of variety between tracks

Great album- is missing that spark that the Lennon-McCartney tension brought to the table.

The music is great, cuz…John Lennon. But the lyrics? I’m glad that John thinks Yoko rescued him from his destiny as a horrible man, but I don’t need to hear his apologias, nor do I want to hear him airing grievances he has with McCartney. It gets old. I gave it a 3.5, so rounded up to 4

unexpectedly enjoyed this I'm really wavering between a 3 and a 4 but I don't know if I would realistically listen to this through again so a 3 it is

not as great as I'd hoped. Obviously Imagine is the heavy hitter but the rest are kind meh

Pop, Rock, 1971 -> 4

Some songs are amazing and some are not for me

Elaborate sound How Jealous guy

Weirdly for someone who regularly gets mistaken for Lennon by drunk men, I have never actually listened to all of one of his albums before. It's OK. I've been over exposed to the famous tracks to the point where it's hard to listen to them properly. The mixture of slightly mawkish sincerity with angry arseholeness is weird.

erm ik vind punk wel leuk maar deze was echt mid..

imagine is de eyp anthem daarom -1 ster omdat ik het tegen mijn wil in te vaak gehoord heb.

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

Overall really solid. Imagine is still one of the most overrated songs ever

The only nice thing I have to say about John Lennon’s solo career is that he didn’t write “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime”.

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.

And so, I spent this Sunday as I do so many - thinking about John Lennon. And actually, not everything about this album is positive. A lot of it is, but perhaps we'll focus on the buts first. There are a few songs on here that veer between self-pity and plain mean. How is the former - have your feelings been denied John? Or have they perhaps been indulged beyond all comprehension? And then How Do You Sleep is plain mean. The older I get, the more I come to love Paul, and his work ethic, and his vibe, and his genius. I used to find How Do You Sleep funny and pointed and 'arch' from John. But I think I've grown up and it's a shame that he didn't reconsider it. But anyway, that's a little detour into the fallibility of John, who is - of course! - probably the most significant person in my life that I've never met. There's plenty on here to outline his genius. Jealous Guy, needless to say, is beautiful, Gimme Some Truth is John at his soapbox best and Oh Yoko is a great example of his most unique skill - combining the totally personal and intimate into something supremely universal and relatable. It's a really simple but affecting song. And then there's the title track, which gets a bad rep, but is - y'know - Imagine by John Lennon. Side note: I've probably seen this album cover in the 1000s of times, and this is the first time that I've noticed that it's really, really good.

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

A strange album, full of oddness and contradictions. And the occasional tune, and echoes of The Beatles (particularly with George on guitar). Interesting and flawed, let's go with 3.5*

Fav song: Jealous Guy

Essential. Sort of. Not the full on essential a lot of people suggest it merits. Essential - adjacent.

4.6

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.

Phil Spector bærer denne plata skuldrene sine.

4.5

Mange klassikere fra Lennon her, men også en del seige tracks. McCartney-dissen er kjip og trist. Men sånt hører med.

Great first song, boring cd

A couple of ridiculously good standouts, but the rest is just alright. Favorite Songs: “Imagine”, “Gimme Some Truth”, “Oh My Love” Least Favorite Song: “Oh Yoko!” Low 4.

Pretty good might want another listen. 3 or 4

The title track is great. I understand if you think he's being hypocritical, but I still think the message and sentiment are good and correct. The rest of the album is pretty much forgettable, but I think a lot of the 1-star reviews are reviewing the artist and not the art. I listened to Paul McCartney's post-Beatles offering Paul McCartney (1970) immediately before this. I would say Paul McCartney was overall better.

I was expecting more. Much to my own distain, I think I do think John Lennon is the best Beatle - MUSICALLY- but.. this one not so much. Short and sweet, imagine is a good song but it's been so meme-ified that it's hard to take it on its own merit and at the end of the day - we should be imagining all that shit. The vibes were correct. But ultimately the album hasn't got the same edge as some of his other stuff idk sue me.

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.

Heard this whole thing a few months ago at a bar and now listened to it for real. Its very good and the sound and production is very well done.

John lennon :)

Decent but not really a standout album for me.

i don't really like the main song because i am a bastard who hates world peace. i feel like the album sits on a stylistic bedrock of that same cadence and delivery that for some reason annoys me. when it gets less lyrically focused and more playful with the instrumentation, just showing off a capable performer that loves music, it kinda rules. imo high highs and low lows. favorite song is How Do You Sleep? or Oh Yoko! soft 3

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.

Pretty nice - this guy knows how to make decent music. I'm not about to be looping this in the daily, but it was interesting enough and pleasant enough and I wouldn't mind another listen if I was forced to do so 6.6/10

Beautiful

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.

All hit and miss with the Beatles post breakup. This one was probably Lennon's finest overall.

No grand concept or bigger ideas, just a collection of great song after great song. Sometimes that's really all you need, something simple and straightforward, and Lennon here is a master at that. The title track is, of course, overplayed and honestly a bit corny, but I can't help but love it, still. Key tracks: Imagine Jealous Guy Give Me Some Truth Oh My Love

i was gonna make a joke about kill john lennon, but this was really beautiful so i won't

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

The first song is just flat out amazing. The rest while still quite good does feel like the Beatles but off balance

A real classic and some great songs besides the titular song on the record.

Great álbum

John Lennon, a hero to many, but to me a good singer and a remarkable person. I’m giving this album 3 stars...

I have very mixed feelings about the title track. Lennon himself called it 'sugar-coated' and I guess there is an art to writing a song with contentious lyrics but a tone that invites everyone to sing along. The warm, sleepy melody has lulled generations into using it as a unifying hymn to peace, love and understanding but it is quite unsuited to that role. For one thing, it is nothing like as tolerant as it sounds. 'I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one': in other words, we could all live in harmony if only everybody else agreed with me

Oh This guy really can't sing, he sounds like a duck with a cold.

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

So good

The song Imagine is fantastic! The rest of the songs are pretty damn good too.

Oh man I really enjoyed this one. I favorited 2 of the tracks that were somewhat new to me. Is "How Do You Sleep" the first and best diss track?

Oddly my first playthrough of this was an instrumental only version. Having listened to it with vocals as well now, I feel I can appreciate both the music and the lyrics.

yes, its good

Nada que ver al otro de Lennon que había tocado. No es experimental ni nada raro, arranca con un temón (Imagine) y después mantiene un estilo y un nivel muy alto. Lo escucharía nuevamente, aunque todavía no encontré algún disco de un ex beatle que esté a la altura de la banda, espero que George o Paul me hagan cambiar de opinión.

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.

Finally all caught up. I liked Imagine and Oh My Love the best. 3 stars.

Not the best JL album. Mind Games is still the one to go. But it has good elaborate and intricate song arrangements.

Don’t tell my mom that I’m not giving this a 5…

4 sterne

I think Plastic Ono Band is a more authentic and enjoyable version of Lennon solo. This album, a few standout tracks aside, leans into more musical clichés of the time and feels less timeless as a result.

would have been a 4 without the last song lol

"Imagine" - 2.31 I lowkey hate this song but apart from the associations with it its alright "Crippled Inside" - 3.55 nice lil country song, pretty catchy. Nice change of feel there at the end. "Jealous Guy" - 4.01 beautiful piano and violins. great bass tone. Love the touch of marimba. Vocals are alright pretty good "It's So Hard" - 3.22 Bluesy shuffle. sax. its alright kinda forgetable "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" - 3.79 Nice vocals and background pianos. Very saloon like. Sax solo section where it opens up is nice, would be nice if it had a greater contrast and lasted longer. "Gimme Some Truth" - 2.73 Songs kinda boring and whiny Not a big fan !!! just kinda boring and doesn't do anything, just constant throughout "Oh My Love" - 3.80 I Liked this one. Very nice piano and guitar. Nice riff under the main vocal melody "How Do You Sleep?" - 4.30 Nice chorus riff with a long contrasted vocal melody. Very nice guitar solo. Very catchy, probably my favorite on the album. "How?" - 4.20 Like the chord hits with the violins "Oh Yoko!" - 3.35 Nice vocals pretty catchy. nice guitar and pianos Pretty good album, the beginning was mid but the ending had some great songs Overall: 3.526 rating

honestly dissapointed

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

What a miserable album

Never been the biggest Lennon fan. There are a few good songs on this one, along with a lot of filler.

Much like yesterday's album. One really great all time classic song ... then the rest of the album just sits there.

3.5/5 Favorite Songs: Imagine Jealous Guy Its So Hard Oh My Love How Do You Sleep? Oh Yoko!

A few good songs

I enjoyed the album but not my fav from a Beatle.

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

There’s something so satisfying about his voice. Songs and lyrics are cute, Imagine the song is fantastic and everything else lies somewhere in between so overall digged this Lennon album.

ikke kom med no jeaulous guy til meg john wth how do you sleep er kul

nao sabia que Lennon conseguia ser tão consistente em um álbum solo, não atoa ele é um Beatle

A bit too mean-spirited at times, but a great record nonetheless.

A John Lennon album. Personally, I don't listen to him nor The Beatles much, but the sound here are pretty much got my attention going. It's clearly not a linear album, with variety of sound styles incorporated. But all throughout, it never ceased to sound iconic enough for me to expect differently. Maybe that's both a pro and a con, a double-edged sword. Not bad, but again I haven't found my path within The Beatles-verse yet, maybe the rating will change? Who knows.

Heard the title track enough for one lifetime. The rest is pretty solid!

Imagine

3.3

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

Outstanding

Jealous Guy's pretty cool. Oh My Love is a criminally underrated track. The album, mostly but not wholly feels very soothing, Gimme Some Truth is the outlier here but it's not a bad track by any means. How Do You Sleep? aka Fuck You Paul is interesting to listen to. It's so full of anger and jealously and sounds funny in an album that features Imagine. Speaking of which, no words necessary. Hard to rate the album featuring one of the greatest songs of all time lover than 4.

Call me a hater but this is the most performative, hypocritical, and vacuous album on this list so far, maybe ever. Pure appropriation of several genres with no respect to their progenitors. Never want to listen to this again.