Imagine

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.

The title tracked is kinda ruined.

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.

✅imagine ✅how do you sleep?

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.

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

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.

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.

Lame

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

Some songs are amazing and some are not for me

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.

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

Phil Spector bærer denne plata skuldrene sine.

Great first song, boring cd

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.

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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!

3.3

Yeah. It's pretty good. I wasn't too excited about this one because I just don't like the song Imagine. It's just a bit too preachy, plodding hokiness to me, but there's some decent tunes on here.

The first 3 songs are fantastic, and then I feel the album kind of stutters along until the end where it ends pretty strongly. I am not sure how I feel about it, I am not a big fan of Lennon as a person, I think he was troubled and had some contentious beliefs. He was clearly besotted with Yoko Ono. Outside of Jealous Guy, the standout track is probably Crippled Inside or How. 3.5 stars

Better than I expected

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Might actually listen again someday! "Oh Yoko" isn't abysmal!

Hippy

It's alright. Imagine is obviously a classic but nothing else on this album stood out to me. Whiny at times, which I hate. (3)

It was ok, I didn’t think it was that good though very middle of the road well a bit weaker it’s a low 3

Really shouldn’t have put Imagine on first, nothing is ever living up to that (the yoko song, not to just pile on her for the sake of it, is garbage). The rest is perfectly fine.

Solo conocía la canción Imagine pero me gustó un par de este album.

Ok, listen so the Beatles and the whole story of Yoko Ono aside lets talk about the reason why this could be on this list: John Lennon's skill set. The fact is, his best work (and Paul's best work) were with one another. It's simply a fact, except for "Imagine". This is a mediocre album that has a supernova as an opening song. It really is one the greatest songs ever written. Take that song off this album and...well.... John Lennon is clowned for leaving Paul. There are other decent John Lennon songs without Paul or the other Beatles, they just aren't on this album. If he was alive today, and this album was considered- they would never ever put the album out. It would be a digital single, with maybe a digital EP of some of the better moments on here (which no one would listen to). It gets 3 starts strictly because Imagine is one of the greatest songs ever written. Without it, it's two stars at best. Even then if John Lennon's name wasn't on this album, and Imagine wasn't on it, it's not on this list and would get a 1 star for even being suggested. Now, you put all of John's best solo work together... that is probably a 5 star album. But that could be said about George and Paul. TL:DR this album is on here for the first song, totally MEH after.

Couple good songs. Imagine is not one of them

I prefer the Covid celebrity version of Imagine, but whatever.

Oh Yoko! is such an amazing song

Dobré, ale Beatles mám radšej...

Not his best work, but not horrible. 3

Cruising to four-star status until "Oh Yoko!". Cringy. Even more cringy that Phil Sector's singing as well.

está bueno, tiene temas mucho mejores que otros pero lenon y yo lo sé me hacen gente muy rara y no me deja como disfruta tanto el álbum, igual estuvo bueno

Pues ojo que me lo esperaba bastante mejor

I'm a big Beatles fan but I just have never felt a connection to John Lennon's solo music.

Aside from the obvious classic single: a delightfully-entertaining blend of both contemporary & classic/throwback Beatles, fronted by John.

Hiked up to church in Cesky Kumlov and this playlist finished at the exact time I reached church. Imagine, a premonition from God itself? Album was ight

Very nice

I love imagine and I guess I thought the rest would be more powerful and meaningful. He felt more indifferent and annoyed. He seemed really unsure if everything except really really loving Yoko (that alone is something though, stand by your woman that the world turned against so completely for just existing!).

I was hoping to love this, and it was good, but I wasn't wowed. Imagine is the quintessential peace and love song of the era and a timeless classic. I liked the beats of Crippled Inside, and Oh My Love is a really sweet love song. The couple other hits on here are fine, not great, and overall, it was just a bit too quiet and reserved. It was missing a "powerful" feeling for me.

Paul was always my guy but i get the hype now

i found out the other day that i share the same birthday as the guys that killed Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon

There's quite a mix of songs, but the quiet piano and string heavy songs really shine here. Standouts: Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love, How Do You Sleep, How

Not that great. Maybe it was an off day but I felt it just didn't hit me like some of his other stuff.

B Imagine 5 Crippled Inside 3 Jealous Guy 4 It's So Hard 3 I Don't Want To Be A Soldier 3 Give Me Some Truth 3 Oh My Love 4 How Do You Sleep? 3 How? 3 Oh Yoko! 4 This is a good album, but it’s not amazing.

Imagine as pessoas tudo

Cool, it has 1 famous song. The rest is kinda mid

It’s not the worst album I’ve heard, but c’mon! Your John fucking Lennon! Get yer shit together!

For an album that's so iconic, Imagine feels very underwhelming. Favourite Songs: Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love. Least Favourite Songs: It's So Hard, I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die.

Some classic tunes here but also shows what a petulant git Lennon was.

Kinda weird an annoying at a point. It’s either you’re already into it or you let it grow on you. Bot bad tbh

British guys from this era would just cut people out of their lives and internalize anything falling out so they could "keep calm and carry on" . This album came shortly after the beatles breakup and you can hear yoko coming through johns voice in alot of the songs. Imagine is a great song though.

"Oh John"... "Oh Yoko"... "Oh John"... "Oh Yoko"

Admittedly, for as familiar with The Beatles as I am, much of the band member's solo work has long alluded me. Looking at the track list, "Imagine" is the only one that stood out as recognizable to me. Working through the album, nothing really stood out as strong as the opening track. I don't think any track was bad by any means, just a lot of okay. Dig the Blues-rocky vibes on "How Do You Sleep?" as that felt something a little more distinctly different from the rest of the body of his work. Overall, the album kind of just washed over me. The lyrics have some meat to them, and it's probably the best part about the album. The production is solid as well. But there really isn't anything that's blowing me away here. I guess I was just expecting more? Doubt I'll revisit this album, I'd rather just go listen to the full band. Favorite Track: "Imagine"

I honestly thought this was charming. I hadn’t really listened to anything by John Lennon apart from learning imagine in school. But I enjoyed this a lot. Some of the songs I could have done without like I don’t wanna be a solider mama as I just felt it was a peace love and yoko but some of the songs are very touching. I particularly liked how do you sleep? Just beautifully done.

Imagine all the people, but not Paul. Paul can do one

Pretty ordinary

2.5

The title song is really his anthem, isn't it? The rest, meh. His talent was overwhelmed by Yoko, wasn't it? Hard to imagine (?!) he thought many of these were his best work for the time.

'How do you sleep?' Was really good. I like the honkey tonk guitar throughout, but the lyrics of these songs sound like they were written by a 19 yr old college freshman that took their first joint hit after sitting through Poli Sci 101. The Yoko love song sounded like it was a jingle for an antidepressant.

Alright album, sounds like the White album but

I love the song Imagine! The rest of the songs are okay/pretty good

Decent album with one stand-out track that got a little overplayed. I was surprised to see how many negative reviews this album has mostly from people complaining about Lennon as a person, but I am here to see how the music holds up itself. Besides the obvious, I really enjoyed I Don't Wanna Be A Solider Mama which I felt came the closest to his work with The Beatles. Overall, this album is not nearly as strong as The Beatle's discography, but not a bad album by any means. Favorite Track - Imagine Least Favorite Track - Oh My Love ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Album 185. Imagine (https://open.spotify.com/album/0xzaemKucrJpYhyl7TltAk?si=Hafrpdp4T4a_d4hpgGz-rA) — John Lennon (1971) aaaahhh, it's a hard one to review. I've been repeating the word "enjoyable" a lot recently. So, that's very enjoyable, but not great. Sometimes it's actually pretty bad. The songwriting is easy and simple, but good. However, the lyrics are sometimes awful, I don't understand why. This album confuses me, I don't really like it, I don't really hate it and I'm not neutral toward it either. I already have 3 liked songs from the album, nothing new I want to add. 3/5 Liked: — Imagine — Jealous Guy — How Do You Sleep?

1 - Imagine (at least we're getting this one out of the way immediately. Much has been made of this song' apparently hypocritical messages - Lennon himself had loads of possessions, renting out entire apartments in the Dakota for his coats, for instance. While the message itself is a genuine wish for peace and benevolence, it kind of comes off as a naive challenge to the militant consumerism that had taken hold over Western society long before this song; essentially, I find it tackles only a surface-level understanding of the problems rather than addressing the root cause of the rot. Instrumentally, it's a moody and most reflective piece and kind of serves as a spiritual successor to the Let It Be-era recordings) 3.5/5 2 - Crippled Inside (one part music hall, one part old-time country, this song is a welcome change from the brooding activism of the opener. It's so light hearted and cutesy it actually puts a smile on my face! Not a bad song at all and it's got an interesting blend of genres to boot) 4/5 3 - Jealous Guy (feather light piano and strings introduce us to this heartfelt love ballad. This one is about a breakup, naturally, where the protagonist is overly protective and ends up hurting his partner unintentionally. It's fine enough if a little sappy, and doesn't feel out of place on this album. Lennon's voice just doesn't quite reach those emotional highs to fully sell it for me) 3.5/5 4 - It's So Hard (stomping blues and a gruff performance from Lennon makes it known who his true influences were. The lighter shades of his voice on the verses make it slightly sentimental rather than the macho posturing so much of this type of blues can be. A song that clearly wears its influences on its sleeve but it actually works in this song's favour. The slinging violins towards the end are a very welcome addition and add so much flavour with their appearance) 4/5 5 - I Don't Want to Be a Soldier Mama (cavernous production that sounds way ahead of its time. The lonesome sliding guitar songs like it's coming out of the cave behind the studio, and Lennon's phased-out voice lends a psychedelic unease to this whole song. The rhythm sections simply grooves along before erupting into the occasional horn-laden solo. Lennon was DEFINITELY taking cues from Yoko's long form blues jams; she herself would do one for her Fly album that came out that same year. So far this is my favourite song on this album) 4.5/5 6 - Gimme Some Truth (this song, with its instruments and recordings, sounds like it itself wants the truth and is only using Lennon to voice this wish. The guitars sound so determined and are anchored well by the thumping beat. It honestly sounds like something Gabriel-era Genesis would do to end off one of their epics (it brings to mind the end of Firth of Fifth to me for some reason...)) 3.5/5 7 - Oh My Love (a morose piano ballad accompanied only by Lennon himself and some chimes and maybe a couple of guitar notes. It genuinely feels like sadness had wrapped 100-pound weights around every instrument and even on Lennon's voice itself. A fine interlude that gets its message across in less than 3 minutes without meandering) 3.5/5 8 - How Do You Sleep (this, I imagine, is the other wonky psychedelic piece on this album. It's replete with strings, fiery guitars and a gradual build across its 5 and 1/2 minute runtime. Not a note is wasted on this, and this is easily one of my favourites on this alongside I Don't Wanna Be...) 4/5 9 - How? (yet another piano ballad with a little more energy than the previous one. Lennon questions who he can be if he cannot himself determine who he is, love being the framing device here. This one is fine too I guess but this one came too soon after the last ballad. I have a theory that this was in contention with the title track to see which would stick with listeners. There was already a song like this on this album, so Imagine won that contest) 3/5 10 - Oh Yoko! (lots of punctuation in these song titles. This one has a bouncy pop sound for the first time since that 2nd track. Lennon sings about everyone' favourite Beatle, Yoko Ono, on this one. It's easy to forget that he fell in love with her for her evocative minimalist art, and that Ono herself was a well-respected artist years before she was ever associated with the Beatles. The harmonies on the chorus and post-chorus are either delivered in Lennon's falsetto; is it meant to sounds like Ono herself? Extra points for that blistering harmonica solo, was not expecting such a last minute addition to be the major highlight of this song. All in all a great way to end this one off) 4/5 OVERALL - 7.5/10

It’s better than I thought it would be.

An album I own, respect… and rarely feel the urge to play. Imagine is one of those records whose legend eclipses the listening experience. There’s craft and sincerity here, but too much of it drifts by in a soft-focus haze. “Jealous Guy” is genuinely beautiful—fragile, human, and timeless. “Gimme Some Truth” brings much-needed bite, reminding you how sharp Lennon could be when he really dug in. The rest? Polite, well-produced, and largely forgettable. And the title track—important, overplayed, and now so over-familiar it feels more like a slogan than a song. Few people actually want to put it on at home anymore. Not a bad album. Just nowhere near as great as its reputation insists. Plastic Ono Band still tells you far more about Lennon—with far less padding.

I think it's a sweet record, that might be insincere a bit. Overall I heard the Beatles sound but watered-down, not harmonizing within a full album, and I missed that a bit. In my opinion, had Lennon been able to really develop is soloist catalogue is music would have been great, but here it feels a bit dry

Jeg tror, jeg skal høre den her igen. Frataget åbningsnummeret, der er blevet ødelagt af gentagelser. Der kunne godt gemme sig et par fine numre, men emhætten spolerede lytningen.

Honestly, solid album, but it didn’t really move me the way I thought it would. I’m having a hard time finding words for this album, it was completely fine but not as great as I expected.

buen disco, con imagen como gran hit, algunos temas medios aburridos igual

Meh.

para alguien tan fan de los beatles como yo, he escuchado demasiado poco john lennon como solista. creo que hasta ahora escucho un disco de él completo. jealous guy imo es la mejor canción del disco. me recuerda un toque al white album la verdad. 3.5 estrellas que creo que bajo a 3, me gustaron como tres canciones, con las otras no vibee tanto.

The title track of the album might well be my least favourite song ever. In the end I enjoyed this quite a bit more than I expected. Did anyone else hear "A day in the life* during Jealous Guy?

Slightly better than Plastic Ono Band, some truly fantastic songwriting, and some absolutely fucking pathetic crap on here too. "Imagine" is obviously solid, but it's hard to overlook the blatant hypocrisy; "Jealous Guy" is gross to listen to knowing this dude was jealous enough to crack 'em in the mouth; "Gimme Some Truth" is banal; and "How Do You Sleep" (although a cool sounding song) is a wimpy, childish jab at my dear sweet Paul. John Lennon could write great lyrics and write great music, but how the fuck did he get so far up his own ass? You sir, are not saving the world -- in fact, you never even came close. Fave tracks: - Imagine (duh) - Crippled Inside - I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama - Oh My Love - How? - Oh Yoko!

Who knew an album with a lame song like "Imagine" could mostly be fun to listen to. There's some blues, soul, punk and rock and roll. Then there's "Imagine." Gag.

Oh My Love and Oh Yoko! are quite sweet. The title track and Jealous Guy are classics.

Once we were past the title track, this was a fairly enjoyable album! Not on the level of Plastic Ono Band, which was a truly complete work that really captured that raw grief and rage after the Beatles broke up, but still solid. I hope I never have to hear the title track again though. Pure schlock.

The global rating on this might be inflated due to the album being made by John Lennon. It was fine. Solid overall. Nothing I’d listen to again other than the title track, which wasn’t really like the rest of it.

I've listened four times to this album trying to find something to say about it, and I keep coming up blank. I enjoy his ballads. I like the rare happy John song to close the album. His songwriting overall is really good, as expected. I guess as a complete project there's just not a lot calling to me. Standouts: Imagine • Jealous Guy • Oh My Love • How Do You Sleep? • Oh Yoko!

Beyond the title track, I don't really have anything of note for this album. It's fine Favorite Song: Imagine

Generous 3 because it’s a rung above what I’ve been getting recently. RYM Saved a song: N

Sorry but Imagine is a corny song and I don’t like it. As for the rest, it was fine. Gimme Some Truth and Oh Yoko were the standouts. A little too lush for my taste but if you’re a Lennon fan I’m sure it’s a good listen. High 3.

Good

Ya conocía algunas canciones. Me gustó.

I want to like this more than I actually do. Its no surprise that the piano ballads are the biggest hits. That's where John is at his best, showing heartbreaking emotion. But when he does his "American" thing (country and blues) it just doesn't work.

Would not buy

Imagine - 3.5/5 Crippled Inside - 3/5 Jealous Guy - 3.5/5 It's So Hard - 3/5 I Don't Want to Be a Soldier Mama - 3/5 Give Me Some Truth - 3/5 Oh My Love - 2.5/5 How Do You Sleep? - 4/5 How? - 3/5 Oh Yoko! - 3.5/5 What do you get when you separate the Beatles and just put in the guy with the unchecked ego in charge of an album? Well a whole load of meh that's what. A whole lot of filler and not much killer is what John is left with after the Beatles. Imagine has been tainted by whatever happened during COVID, and scores lower as a result. Pretty "eh" all-around. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: How Do You Sleep?

Good but not his best solo Imagine the track is now overfamiliar.

Pretty mellow, nothing really stands out except of course the title track, which is beautiful and powerful.

Not a lot from this stood out, but it's still an album from a Beatle, so I still like the way it sounds.

As much as I’d like to give it 5 stars, ‘Jealous Guy’ is kinda messed up knowing what I know about John Lennon, and ‘Oh Yoko!’ is a big miss for me.

Better than I expected, not a Lennon fan, but not bad at all. Nothing massively groundbreaking, but clearly influential as an album.

Composition is nice, the lyrics read fine but they really feel hollow now.

6/10 The lyrics really are the only thing going for this album.

Only slightly interesting.

Good album, with the classic “Imagine”, some other good tunes, with a couple of duds, John taken so young, wtf…🙏🏼

there really was something about the Beatles together that they could never quite replicate in their solo careers.

just dropped my whole fuckin dinner on the fuckin floor stupid fuckin imagine john lennon fuckin ass

I kind of expected more. It's fine. I don't know, something just isn't hitting. I love the Beatles, but their solo albums just don't do it for me. They suffer from not having the input and criticism from the other Beatles, and this album is no different. Title track is a classic. The next few songs are fine, a bit bland but fine. I like Gimme some truth. How do you sleep is kind of offputting. It's a very mean spirited and bitter song and way longer than it needs to be without developing further to warrant it's length. A lot of these songs sound like first drafts, notes put to music that the record company accepted because of who wrote them. Very underwhelmed.

Enjoyed a good bit of this. Only knew two songs on it

Good… but the hype department has been working overtime since 1971 (3.5)

You know, this just not a great record. A few hits but very flat in general

Não sou fã de Beatles muito menos do John Lennon E ele era uma pessoa péssima

Overall this is stronger than his previous solo effort. Stand outs are Imagine (though very overplayed), Crippled inside, Jealous Guy, Gimme some truth and How do you sleep?

Imagine is iconic

Ultimately just kind of boring? Expected a lot more from such a well-known album.

I have been listening to the Beatles since before I could speak, know less about their solo careers, really really wanted to enjoy this. I did enjoy some of it— mostly the blues rock tracks, even I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama. How Do You Sleep? is honestly a banger, amazing diss track, can't believe I've never heard it before — it's SO petty. But overall this felt kind of disjointed as an album. Doesn't help that the title track is truly bad. Also minus points for not crediting Yoko for her writing.

Whatever people might think about Lennon as a person, he was a creative force. Imagine is overplayed of course, but overall this album is pretty good. My favourite is the McCartney dis track How do you Sleep - just for the riff, not that I have anything against Paul either

Imagine a world where this album was as good as its reputation.

There are a couple good songs here, but the rest of the album is a letdown.

I have always been very much against the Beatles, found the whole thing a little overrated. This i suppose always extended to the indvidual projects. Thus i had always avoided this album. I really enjoyed the album though. Feels a lot closer instyle and feel to Pink Floyd than a Beatles record and that was something i can get behind.

Germs of good songs ruined by being drenched in reverb, terrible drum sounds, and the like.

Faves were Imagine (of course), Oh My Love, and How Do You Sleep? Everything else was meh.

I’m not sure the rest of the album measures up after the title cut.

So this was pretty ok. I think John was a decent solo artist and I liked the overall sound of this album. I’ve only ever listened to compilations of his so this is the first time hearing most of these songs for me and some of them were really good. While I don’t think that John Lennon has a spectacular voice, I do like it, because it’s tied to so many awesome Beatles songs. A couple on here though…so grating. I’m looking at you I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama and How Do You Sleep. And the way he sings in a kind of screaming voice at times drives me crazy, but not in a good way. I’m stuck between a 3 and 4, but I think I’m going to give it a 3. Jealous Guy was my favorite on here and it’s one of my favorite solo Lennon songs overall.

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Not bad, not my thing, as it's a little too 'light' but some well written stuff

Of course it’s great, just isn’t THAT great.

this album was pretty chill to me there was js some songs that sounded repettitve idk if that was js me or john lennon himself being lazy but the songs that werent repettitive were good. jealous guy was my favourite from this albumn

Overall Rating - 3.35/5 (6.70/10). Not as good as I would have expected of Lennon's solo work.

Imagine is a fantastic song, but I remain kinda lukewarm on Lennon as a whole. This is the first time I've listened to one on his albums and it was shockingly repetitive? The songs are catchy, but the lyrics kinda throw me off.

If you had asked me prior to this project, I would have said I love John Lennon’s music…he’s a bit of a douchebag…but I really like a lot of his songs. After listening to now the second album of his on here, I’m still not hearing any of those songs I love. What album are they on?!? Lennon is sounding more self absorbed and hypocritical on these songs than ever. I’m also one of the rare few that think Imagine is overrated and overplayed. I’m still giving it a 3, though, because there’s good music on here overall.

Imagine, the song. Great and inspirational. Imagine, the album. Meh

It’s fine. Imagine is a nice song, but apparently he didn’t really live by those values. I like the Beatles stuff better!

How can you not love Imagine? Other than 2-3 songs this is a little meh for me. It is of its time and uniqueness of the artist. I would listen again.

It was OK. Aside from the songs I knew, it felt mostly like Beatles-lite, which is probably to be expected. Fine, but not something I'd be returning to in a hurry.

It took me a long time to start liking the Beatles. They were groundbreaking and incredibly creative in their day. I didn't like John Lennon's liaison with the vastly overrated Yoko Ono and the resulting solo career. It felt too much like self-promotion. I quite like listening to the song Imagine on the album from time to time. I find the rest meaningless. I won't be listening to the album again anytime soon. 3/5

Easy listening. Lyrics still too relevant (in a bad way) especially Gimme Some Truth, How do you Sleep & Mamma I don't want to go to war. Besides Imagine, no song was gripping. Can 1 song propel an album to top 1001?

john. lennon.

Wiederhole mich: Wenn es die Beatles nicht gäbe, wäre das sehr eindrucksvoll.

3.5

3.0

Decent album, some nice songs on there. Of course it has the iconic title track, but there were some nice other songs as well. Just not enough sticking out for me to warrant a higher rating. 3/5

The eponymous track is one of the songs I've known for the longest given I remember elementary school taught it; these days one of those polarizing songs I personally don't feel strongly about either way. The album itself was nice

Decent. John continuing to record his psychotherapy sessions, and coming up with some stand-up good songs in the process.

Ok

Never been that voted bothered about solo Lennon.

Fine. Nothing really struck with me (besides Imagine, but I've heard that song so many times I just skipped it).

Album No. 0168 on my list. Personally, John Lennon was always my least favorite Beatle, but you can't deny that the guy did have a lot of talent and may really have been the most influential musician of the 20st century. I was not at all familiar with his solo work (except for the obvious "Imagine" in the sense of the title track of this album) so I was curious how the album would hold up. And well, "Imagine" (in the sense of the whole album) was... okay! It was the first time I've listened to any full Beatles member's solo album, and it certainly is not remotely as good as any of the Beatles' work, but maybe that is an unfair comparison. The greatest band of all time really was better than the sum of their individual contributions. But still, "Imagine" is a solid folk-pop-rock album. The title track is obviously one of the greatest songs ever. The rest of the album doesn't quite reach the level of that one, but there are many solid tracks on this nevertheless, so I'll add "Jealous Guy", and "How Do You Sleep" to my playlist as well. 3/5 stars.

And what if I said I thought this is overrated

Clásica imagine Del resto nada nuevo destacable

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ It's a decent album. Liked the more laid-back songs like "How Can You Sleep?", but that's just me. Didn't think it was extraordinary, though.

better than plastic ono band

Well, this is it. Another milestone on my journey to the end of the list. I’ve finally listened to at least 1 solo album for all 3 of the Beatles on here (Sorry Ringo, I’m sure your solo career is great), as well as an actual Beatles album with Revolver. I have enjoyed every one of them so far, and ranking them would maybe be a bit unfair to John, as he didn’t get to evolve his music past 1980 like everyone else did. However, I think that out of what I have heard so far, Paul is my favorite without a shadow of a doubt, George surprised the hell out of me with how much I enjoyed his music, and John of course is legendary in his own right. However, I don’t think this album starts getting truly great until the middle, and there are a few songs I’d skip here on my way to the gold on another listen. This is going to be one of many acts of musical blasphemy I’ve committed so far, but I’ll say it anyway. I don’t love “Imagine”. I respect the HELL out of it, I love the message, I admire it for how great it is. It’s a beautiful song, and a great song at that, an absolute classic. That’s the important thing. But, and this is a big but, I’m so tired of listening to it. I’ve heard that song constantly throughout the highs and lows of my life, and I’d never call it bad or overrated, but man am I tired of it. Additionally, hearing that song with its jovial messaging and positive attitude on the same album as “How Do You Sleep?”, a very old fashioned diss track against Paul, is actually hilarious. One big thing I’ll give this album is that it’s not all just soft rock classics. A slight one up on Harrison’s album, this has an incredible mix of softer and harder songs, adding some much appreciated variety to John’s usual sound. “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama”, and “How Do You Sleep?” add some great, edgier bangers to the mix, the ladder being my favorite song on the album. And again, the fact that it’s a diss track against Paul is just crazy to me. A fascinating song all around. These are songs that were, in my opinion, clear signs at an attempt to branch out from his usual Beatley music into a darker, more raw sound that really, REALLY worked out great. I wasn’t even aware he could make songs that cool admittedly. All of the Beatles have songs and albums like this that surprise me every single time I hear them and just absolutely rock. I have a rather warped sense of what I expected the Beatles to sound like. At least, I did before this project. Now I seriously love them. There’s a valid reason they’re generally considered to be the best. Overall, this was a pretty solid album. Some skips, some total bangers, and one all time classic, it’s pretty good!!

It's mostly fine.

overall a very beately kinda geeza first half didn’t really hit for me tbh, after listening to jealous guy it made me really appreciate the genius of Donny Hathaway a whole lot more couple of bangers tho, gimmie some truth and how do you sleep give me that funk vibe that i’ve got from Sly etc, but just a bit less funky still i think this guy should keep going, he’s got potential

1/3 peak music 1/3 trash 1/3 songs that are interesting only because they are written by JL

17# Prelude: Hmm interesting pull. I I've never seen this as an album but mostly as a single. Let's see if it holds up to the mainstream hit which i love. Listening:

Kinda mediocre tbh. imagine is good but i dont love the other stuff

"How do you sleep?" is the best song. Nice to hear George Harrison play the guitar on so much of the album. Otherwise, a bit bland. My least favorite of the early post-Beatles solo albums (compared to McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo). Lennon was not a bad lyricist or musician by any means, but he needed the others to really shine.

Good album. Kind of eclectic. Different types of songs, even a bit country...

Alguém ainda aguenta ouvir "Imagine"? Apenas um disco mediano com duas ou três faixas muito boas: "Jealous Guy" e "How Do You Sleep?", esta muito bem arranjada, contrapondo cordas e guitarras com maestria.

Gotta be honest, not a good as I remember. Sure there's a couple of great songs, but they can't carry an average album to greatness.

Imagine there’s no pee pee.. it’s easy if you poo

Imagine cool, zadnja pisma Oh Yoko! ili kako vec isto dobra, ostalo sve ok. 6/10 Najbolja pisma: Imagine

Two big hits. The rest was ok but it didn't reach the level of spectacularity of his old band.

I like the Blues-y "It's So Hard". Ah yes, the Paul McCartney diss track.

It’s good but truly missing his bandmates to be great

coo

Some damn fine tunes here. He was a great songwriter.

Obviously the title song is a classic, but the rest of this is a bit plodding

pretty okay

good Album

3.5 enjoyable sans the title track

Would have given this a 4, but then I remembered that video that came out by celebrities during the pandemic in which they all sang "Imagine" in order to say "Hey, we're in this together." Now whenever I hear that song, it reminds me of that. Doesn't sound like the best reason, but dont care.

Overall solid bluesy album

I really thought, and maybe wanted, to like this record. Or at least to like it more. But it feels like an excuse to release Imagine in a format that would sell actual records... the melodies are simple and cute, but I found the lyrics just plain stupid in some cases.

Enough has been written about the irony of a millionaire singing about having no possessions, but a bigger issue is a violent bully (by his own admission) writing a song about being “just a jealous guy”. In the entry for this album Robert Dimery describes that track as being one of the greatest love songs written from a man to a woman, which I think is completely missing the point. Even the way it is sung sounds like the feeble self justification of an abusive man. After some fun, bouncy rock and blues tracks we then get to “How Do You Sleep” which is another bitter and spiteful attack on Paul McCartney, showing that he had still not forgiven him for the breakup of the Beatles. The primal scream therapy obviously hadn’t worked. To be positive for a second, with the problematic tracks aside, George Harrison’s guitar adds a lot to the Beatles vibe on this album, compared to his previous solo release. It’s still not on the same level as it used to be though, which makes listening a bitter sweet experience, with the bitter definitely outweighing the sweet. 50%-of-the-Beatles-tastic!

basically a big ol’ commentary about the world, still applies today. liked some of the songs. didn’t like some of the songs. about a 50/50 split. i’m not sure if i will ever be in the mood to play this album cover to cover again, but def a good listen!

It was alright, but the rating is Carrier by imagine. Aside from it and jealous boy, this album doesnt really have much to offer. Kinda disappointing honestly, but instrumentals are on point.

Better than I remember - Interesting vibes

Aside from the Imagine song, I really thought this album was forgettable. The inclusion of Imagine bumped this rating to a 3.

The second LP from Lennon after the Beatles, this sounds like an extension of what they were doing at the end. Blues and Rock songs, but for some reason Lennon's vocals are often muffled and way down in the mix even in the 2010 remaster. The music is decent, there are some hooks and some excellent guitar work from George Harrison. The main attraction is of course the single Imagine, a plea for peace. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama is a blues jam that maybe meanders a bit too long - heavy on the reverb as if it were recorded in a huge empty hall. How Do You Sleep is a diss track in the ongoing animosity between Lennon and McCartney in the wake of the Beatles breakup - it's a good arrangement with great riffs and a sweet slide guitar solo from George. The hypocrisy he loves to rant about arrives when Lennon disparages McCartney's solo stuff as simple and fluffy when this record is pretty straightforward without anything particularly groundbreaking.

3/5. A solid solo effort from John. That being said I am personally more partial to his rawer and more emotional solo album “Plastic Ono Band”. Favorite song is definitely “how do you sleep”, which is basically a diss track about Paul McCartney and he gets some solid jabs in.

***

La vuelta de Lennon al pop, con un tema en respuesta a Too Many People de Paul. No es mi estilo la verdad.

Couple of great songs. Never my favourite beatle

Full disclosure - I expected to thoroughly hate this when it came up. I’m very surprised that I didn’t. “Imagine” has always been a beautiful song - the transition into “you may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one” has always been one of my favourites. I liked “I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama”, and the politically on the nose track “Gimme Some Truth” and, especially, “How Do You Sleep?” - having learned from this project that it’s really only Beatles songs which are George Harrison compositions that I like, I should’ve known the same would apply here. Some of the album was a bit boring, and give me Roxy Music’s version of “Jealous Guy” any day of the week over the original dirge. But, in general, this exceeded the little expectations I had for it.

I thought I'd like this, given how much I like The Beatles but I definitely like them more together than as solo artists. Imagine is an iconic song and definitely a stand out. Following it with the honky-tonk piano of Crippled Inside is an interesting choice - it's a bit of a whiplash change of direction. And then we get to Jealous Guy. Knowing how much of an utter bastard Lennon was to the people he was supposed to love means Jealous Guy leaves a very sour taste in my mouth. I don't have the patience for all his "woe is me, it'll be different next time" bollocks. Good whistling though. And then I sort of stopped really listening. The album was happening, but I was struggling to pay attention to it. On a second quick pass through the album, How Do You Sleep? might be one of the most mean spirited, bitter tracks a Beatle ever wrote, though it is a pretty good song - I particularly liked the strings. This was a very mixed bag for me. On balance, I think it's getting: 3/5 (because I can't give it 2.5)

Vibe / Gefühl Chillig Highlights "Imagine" eine der besten Songs überhaupt "Jealous Guy" & "How?" auch sehr stark Rest Okay. Läuft gut durch. Kurzfazit Einige Songs kann man immer wieder hören, ganzes Album leider nicht spannend genug.

Ok

Good, just not The Beatles.

This was fine. I haven't really found any solo Beatles stuff I've loved yet. I kinda liked how much more focused this felt compared to Plastic Ono Band. Maybe the most interesting part of this was the songwriting, but instrumentally I found this kinda plain. Special recognition goes to that extremely pointed diss track. Rip Paul.

sweet i liked "how do you sleep"

"Imagine" and "How Do You Sleep?" are really good songs, and I wish I liked this album, but I'm not a fan of John

Fun, there was a lot more in this than I expected

Enjoyed it, iconic album. But probably won’t listen to it on my own.

Oh Yoko!

I quite enjoyed this, Lennon has so much more variety here than I knew he had

Meh.

Happy Songs, kann man nochmal hören. Sehr gut auch nebenher

imagine - jeff buckley esq, crippled is groovy and country twangy could definately 2 step to it lol, don't wanna be a soldier has some sick jazzy/blues influence and a really raspy rock vocal performance that i liked, how do you sleep feels like "loosing you", liked the begining of oh yoko but got real sick of it

Jealous Guy is a great song, and a good look at the underbelly of this guy

cute

I don’t think John has the right vocal sound for the blues songs. Other songs are fine.

Imagine als nummer is wel ok, er zitten wat blues nummers hier en daar die wel leuk zijn. Maar al met al vind ik het een beetje saai en qua inhoud nogal zuur. 5/10

strong first half and the second was just meh, starts too early into every song, range!!! second half kinda meh

I love the Beatles but this album just feels like it is nothing. There’s a few amazing tracks but most of it is just uninteresting.

This one is fine. 3 stars.

Hmm. More than anything, this album feels like Lennon is trying his best to go "see! I'm a good guy! I love peace!" without much of an actual, impactful message. I'm happy the guy's found the love of his life, but... This is a self-aggrandizing album all right.

I find it hard to rate this album. The opinions of many people around me dictate that the work of any beatle should be of an exceptional quality. But having now listened to Harrison and Lennon's solo work I don't find myself agreeing. Imagine can be described as "baby's first protest song", its sentimentalities undermined by the scathing takedown of Paul McCartney in how do you sleep, detracting from the music with personal gossip. If you are invested in the Beatles and their story this might be considered a plus. Like the album, Lennon is a mixed bag, preaching peace and having conquered his past, but picking petty fights. Political but also shallow in its analysis. The blues songs are servicable and perhaps the most consistent contributions. I will keep preferring the Mad Season version of I don't wanna be a soldier mama.

What a lovely song about peace and understanding, I bet the fella who wrote it wasn't violent towards women, hold up

Okay, getting quite a different image of Lennon than I had reading some of these reviews. Getting wife beater, hypocrite vibes? News to me. Felt a kind of “meh”. Fairly good songs, with a steady gait, but nothing that blew me away, or felt particularly impactful. Even ‘How do you sleep?’ which could be hard hitting and raw, lacks any real punch, like most the album. So done by the end

If I could only listen to this record as if it were the first time... Perhaps it caught me in a bad mood, but the tracks beyond 'Imagine', 'Jealous Guy', 'How do you sleep?', and 'Oh my love' didn't quite blow my mind. Maybe it’s because the Beatles’ songwriting set the benchmark to such a high standard. Regardless, it remains a distinct, intimate album by one of the most influential pop songwriters of the 20th century.

La mitad de las canciones son buenas aunque ya estén muy quemadas para mí, el resto no me gustan.

No need to listen to this one. Heard it many times. Eh. 3 stars.

Man cant hear this album without thinking of forrest gump

Imagine is a pretty decent tune at the start, but the rest didn’t really excite me. It was thoroughly listenable though.

Besides Imagine it's pretty whatever. Nothing captured me.

It’s alright, imagine carried this album

Deprimente pensar que esse foi um dos últimos, justamente com sua mensagem tão positivamente utópica, admito que talvez seja um pouco mais fraquinho, mas não é ruim. Apenas imagine todas as pessoas.

millie bobby brown

3.5+

I haven't listened to this one in years. Not as great as I remember. 3/5

Hard to be negative about John Lennon, but this album doesn't grab me like one would if he were part of the Beatles. Sure, Imagine is a meaningful, classic song, but the rest of the album just doesn't give me anything but partial vibes, fuzzy musical landscapes, and OK lyrics. I may be off the mark--haven't read what everyone else posted here, just my take.

Imagine - 8/10: I like the instruments/beat (whatever you call it) a lot and the lyrics. Crippled Inside - 5/10: I don't really like the country undertones to this song. Jealous Guy - 6/10: I like the piano. It's So Hard - 6/10: I like the intro and drums. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier (Mama) - 5/10: It's really repetitive and kind of weird vibes. Gimme Some Truth - 6/10: I like the instruments/beat, but I'm not a huge fan of the vocals. Oh My Love - 6/10: I like the vocals, I'm just not a huge fan of slower songs. How Do You Sleep? - 6/10: I like the instruments/beat, especially the drums and guitar. I also liked the outro. How? - 7/10: I like the instruments/music a lot. Oh Yoko! - 6/10: I like the upbeat-ness of the song. Overall Score: 61/100 Overall Rating: 7/10 - It's not a terrible album, it just didn't wow me. The only song that I really, really liked was "Imagine". This is more my genre, but it just isn't my favorite. It's not bad though.

Makes me want to listen to 'Silly Love Songs' immediately ...

I hadn't listened to this album ever before, and I wish it stayed that way. The Beatles were legendary, but part of why that was is because the four of them together created something special - magic, as you can call it - but on their own, it didn't always go that way, especially for John Lennon. People rave about him like he's the best songwriter ever.. but honestly? I think he's quite overrated after listening to Imagine. The titular track is beautiful - albeit quite hypocritical coming from Lennon - and I did very much like Crippled Inside (even though it's a bit odd) and Jealous Guy. After those tracks, though, the album takes a nosedive and it becomes quite bland and generic, especially for one who is regarded as one of the best songwriters of all time. I even had to skip "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier, Mama", as it was just six minutes of the same lyric being repeated over and over again. Quite disappointed, and I don't understand why this album is on the "1001 albums you must hear before you die" list. 6 / 10, and that's me being generous.

1. Imagine - 10/10 2. Crippled Inside - 5/10 3. Jealous Guy - 7/10 4. It's So Hard - 7/10 5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama - 5/10 6. Gimme Some Truth - 6/10 7. Oh My Love - 8/10 8. How Do You Sleep? - 8/10 9. How? - 7/10 10. Oh Yoko! - 7/10

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Imagine (the track) is the draw - the rest of it is so-so. Just not my cup of tea

A few great tracks. But like the McCartney solo stuff it’s just missing some of the magic. Is this the start of the diss track?

The digs at McCartney on this are ridiculous… “the only thing you done was Yesterday” Wo John, lad…don’t disrespect the frog song like that.

Meh

Honestly, kind of disappointing. You start off on the namesake megahit, then the tracks that follow are largely protest songs with some blues vibes here and there. I know that the Beatles and most of the British invasion artists were influenced by blues, but try to pep and spice this a little bit too you know?

Reminds me a little of the “party’s over” vibe of There’s a Riot Going On, released just two months after this: The door has been shut on the mad rush of The Beatles and the 60s are over, and there are recriminations and regrets; Lennon is older, wiser and more cynical, heroin has entered (and exited?) the picture, geopolitics are on his mind, and he’s got a marriage and a mortgage to pay, and it’s all so damn tiring. Lennon clearly has no interest in cashing in on his fame or aiming for the charts, so then what, exactly? I'm not sure this album really answers that. For all its surface idealism, the song “Imagine” conveys a kind of world-weary exasperation that feels especially pertinent today. “How Do You Sleep?” is a fascinating diss track, followed by a song in which he asks “How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing?” The album is interesting and has its moments, but it has a decidedly downcast feel that telegraphs Lennon’s mid-70s malaise pretty perfectly.

I understand the importance of the Beatles, but was never a "fan". My feeling about the beatles is like Dickens; I understand why Charles Dickens is important for the birth of the modern novel, but I dont wanna read Dickens now. So this Lennon record, I knew the title track and jealous guy. The rest did not stick. As a contrast, I listened to McCartneys RAM right after, since it was released the same year and was the second solo lp for each. Hate to say it but I thought Paul's was the better rexord.

حلو يمكن اعطيه فرصه ثانيه مستقبلا

(3) better than I thought before i listened to it!

oh lennon sweet lemon

ok

Has Imagine and Jealous guy on it Best tracks

Abgesehen vom Titeltrack hat mich das Album überraschend wenig überzeugt. Aber "Imagine" zieht das Album noch auf 3 Sterne hoch.

Ich war überrascht, wie kalt mich das Album gelassen hat. Einige by the numbers Rock 'n' Roll-Songs, eine ganz komisch-hallige Produktion auf "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama" und der Paul-Diss-Track "How Do You Sleep?"... musikalisch in Ordnung, textlich aber ziemlich peinlich. In der zweiten Hälfte gefällt mir die Platte aber deutlich besser, die zurückhaltenden Songs stehen ihm besser. Und der Titeltrack ist natürlich ein Klassiker.

Hat ir nicht ganz so gut gefallen wie das Album von George Harrison, aber war grundsolide und hat halt mit dem Titeltrack den Song überhaupt und allein dafür gibts einen Stern

I’ve never been a fan of John Lennon’s solo output save for a handful of songs and this is more of that feeling. Couple of good tracks but a lot of weak bluesy tracks that just don’t do it for me.

I don't quite know what to make of this album. Part of the challenge is separating the artist from the art. Certainly, earlier in his life John Lennon was a pretty poor human being. Does that invalidate the beauty of his poetry? Does the fact that he seems to have largely repented and tried to make amends makes his music more acceptable. In the end I think this is a middling work of art. I like the honesty of Jealous Guy but don't have much time for Imagine or Dear Yoko.

Liked Songs added to my 2025 playlist Imagine - imagine all of the people.... living for today

I love the 70s sound, and it’s another welcome glimpse into a great artist that was taken too soon. There are some great tracks here but also a few forgettable ones, that have a bit too much of a cynical edge to them. You can really feel him missing the levity of Paul’s additions to these songs. The perfect ying to his downbeat yang. An enjoyable listen but not an all-timer.

Eh. Lennon as a solo act has never done all that much for me, more of the same from this

Jealous Guy is a great song .. but I like the Roxy Music version more. Imagine is also a great song … but I feel like I’ve heard it too often. The album was fine, but I thought I’d like it more.

Another album from a titan of music. Another album that I found myself underwhelmed by

Pretty good! Imagine is amazing, but none of the other blew me away.

I hadn't heard the rest of this album but I always like Imagine. Some of the songs are too bluesy for me though. Some are good though.

aj Lenon lenon

Some sad and pretty songs - especially Oh Yoko - that remind me of Elliott Smith.

On balance …

2.5 rounded up i guess. not sure how often i would relisten to this but i see how it's here in terms of influence (though obviously can't hold a candle to the beatles' work as a whole). the paul diss track is surprisingly a favorite. i listen to this version of imagine less than the glee cast or the infamous pandemic video

Most everyone would recognize this artist and opening track, but can’t say I was familiar with a single other song on the album. Imagine is the obvious stand out, but I found How Do You Sleep and the drama behind it interesting to learn about.

One great song and som ok songs

3/5 Imagine is an all time track but the rest of the album was good too. I could definitely relisten to this one and bump it up but I enjoyed it for what it is.

I still like "Imagine" and its message despite it being played to death, and even realizing that John didn't live the ideals he espoused. I still think it takes balls to sing "no religion" and "no countries". The rest of the album is coffeeshop worthy - nice for background but not really gripping or mould-breaking.

Only a couple of days after getting Paul's solo album, we now get to explore John's. The titular opening track has been commercialized and memed to death so it's honestly lost a lot of luster. I'm sure when this album released, it's messaging felt very profound. However, we now know a lot about Lennon's abuse towards women, which makes a lot of the peace and love messaging lose its meaning. A song like Jealous Guy was probably intended to be a reflection of personal flaws, but it now comes across as a lazy excuse for poor behavior. From a musical perspective, it is nice to hear Lennon explore the blues and country that inspired a younger John. Some of the later songs feel very contemporary in their sound and production. You could place them in the modern age and some would maybe mistaken it for a Tame Impala track. So far, I think I'm giving the edge to McCartney. 3.5 Stars

It's fine. I am okay with this as background music.

I liked it more than I expected. It was competently made. I still really don't like John Lennon. The title track was pretty good.

Imagine är en så uttjatad låt att det inte går att tycka nåt om den längre, varken bra eller dåligt. Jag vet inte om det är så längre men i en herrans massa år var det världens mest spelade låt (det här var innan streamingens era så hur man mäter det idag känns oklart). Att recensera Imagine skulle vara som att recensera ljudsignalerna vid ett övergångsställe. Så vi tar det andra istället. Hela b-sidan tycker jag är bra utan att vara fantastisk, spretig kanske men överlag bra. A-sidan har större problem, men där finns å andra sidan Jealous guy, tveklöst skivans bästa spår. Det är bara det att när du hört Roxy Musics version vill du aldrig höra någon annan än den (köpte faktiskt den singeln idag). Lennon blandar och ger men alldeles för stabilt bra för att ge i från sig ett hafsverk, trean är klar

Så sönderspelad som Imagine är, är det lätt glömma att det faktiskt är en bra låt. Så även Jealous guy. På plussidan tycker jag även I dont want to be soldier mama, How can you sleep? och Oh Yoko! hamnar. Medan en del annat här är mer att betrakta som dussinlåtar i Lennon-katalogen.

I had to take a long hard look at myself and ask, if this hadn’t been made by a Beatle, would I think all that highly of it? And the answer is, no, not really. This is John approaching his most self-righteous and pretentious state (to be fully realized in Some Time in New York City), and the sound is too sappy and overproduced for my taste. The title track has always been wildly overrated. The melody’s nice, but there’s nothing too special about it and the lyrics scream of John’s self-importance more than they relate any deep message. (But maybe I’ve been poisoned by the Gal Gadot video back in 2020.) The album’s best moment happens when John abandons his delusions of being some kind of people’s poet and attacks his former best friend in a mean, nasty diss track. Probably more revealing than any of the peace-on-Earth stuff, which John was never the best at, no matter how much he wanted to be. His specialty was always mining negative emotions, providing the darkness to Paul’s light, so it’s only fitting that he fails by straying from the grim intimacy of Plastic Ono Band but strikes gold by mocking his old foil. So yeah, not John’s finest. It’s not bad, there’s good songs here, but it’s red meat for the haters in some ways. Best song: How Do You Sleep

3/5 - would give 3.5 if I could. I enjoyed the album overall, just not something I'd probably go back to listen to again. First couple of songs I really enjoyed, the rest were solid but not stuff I'd listen to.

Some guy and a guitar who did pretty well. Strongest first song ever? It's gotta be up there. The rest is solid and polite. How Do You Sleep was great for something I hadn't heard before.

Pretty good, though inconsistent in my opinion considering who it's coming from. Contains one of the best diss tracks in history. Favorite track: Imagine

Quite enjoyed it, obviously Imagine is a fantastic song, but the others in the album I rather liked except Jealous guy.

Think he's in love with himself a little too much.

Curiously uneven but still a classic.

Some classic tunes

There's too much history about Lennon to review this unpassionately so focusing on the lesser known tracks I was a bit underwhelmed. That said its high points are high.

Lots of blues influence which was unexpected just knowing the hit single 'Imagine'. Second half seemed more like a vendetta tour when he was with The Beatles.

its aight

Great Songs: Jealous Guy Good Songs: Imagine, Crippled Inside, It’s So Hard, Oh My Love, How?, Oh Yoko! Mid Songs: I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama, How Do You Sleep? Bad Songs:

I know imagine more as a meme than a song. It's fine. A bit dull and a bit offensive for what it encourages in others compared to how it's author was living. As an album it's got some kind of message, but the tracks vary in quality. Gimmie some truth is pretty good even if the politics are very on the nose. Ultimately a 3 or 4.

A couple of hits and the rest missed

I’ve heard many of the songs through the years. And actually a song I hadn’t heard which was the Yoko song at the end. I thought that was sweet and kind of weird all at the same time. The mix on the album was very treble heavy, and I almost found it painful at times to listen. All right album. Didn’t change my life.