Imagine

This is a pretty nice album, I really liked "Oh My Love".

a classic.

John Lennon proves he can sound perfectly decent when away from the other mop-tops. This album just barely grabs a fourth star for the sheer pettiness found in the diss track here.

Yeah, John is an asshole, but he is a talented asshole. I will say the diss track was surprising, and the amount of layered vocals that almost mimic the Beatles sound was interesting.

High marks for the 3 hits - the timeless Imagine & a couple better remembered for their cover versions. Some of the other tracks would have been more to my liking with some rough around the edges production, but I suppose we were heading into the soft rock seventies. A couple of others I could have done without, for example Oh Yoko and Crippled Inside.

Saved Prior: Imagine Off Rip: Crippled Inside, How Do You Sleep?, How?, Oh Yoko! Cutting Edge: Jealous Guy Overall Notes: "Wow John, thank you for solving society. Now come back to bed and eat this PUSSY." - Yoko Ono after hearing this album for the first time

One of the best Beatles solo albums bearing a few of the best songs John Lennon would ever write. Production is kinda thin in a few places and some songs are lack lustre. Still a pleasant listen but WHY ISNT RAM ON THIS LIST WHAT THE HELL

What can even be said about the title track here. One of the greatest songs ever written. The rest of the album is no slouch either though. Certainly one of the best Beatles solo albums.

Pretty good, although besides how iconic the title track is the rest is really only ok in my opinion. I’m pretty sure if someone other than John Lennon had put this exact album out we wouldn’t be talking about this album.

Imagine and Jealous Guy carry in the beginning. Otherwise generally good album.

Fina John. Faktumet är att jag inte lyssnat så mycket på Johns solo-grejer mer än ett par låtar. "Imagine" och "Jealous guy" är nog de enda jag lyssnat flitigt på. En sak som stack ut i lyssningen av det här albumet var små saker jag hörde som är direkt kopplade till the beatles. Ett exempel på detta är i låten "How?" som i ett återkommande parti låter precis som "The long and winding road". Det gjorde mig ändå glad. Förutom det fanns det såklart en känsla av the beatles över i princip hela albumet, vilket är fullt rimligt och enligt min mening, mycket härligt. Bäst: "Oh Yoko!" ("Imagine" och "Jealous guy" är ju otroliga men i just denna lyssning var det "Oh Yoko!" som stod som vinnare.

Was great! He really needed Paul to keep him from being too dreamy. The music was good, anything Yoko is not good tho.

I wasn't expecting Bob Dylan, but that's what I got. Surprisingly enjoyable.

Dit is nu goede Jonnen muziek hoor.

4 Ja iconisch, maar toch niet zoveel dikke dikke hits. Imagine is natuurlijk wel goated. En ja het blijft echt een icoon. Dacht persoonlijk dat ik er al meer van zou kennen omdat het album me wel heel bekend was.

Wow they made an album around a Gal Gadot song?? John bro, this is fresh!

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Imagine, Crippled Inside, Gimme some truth

Lennon was probably my least favorite Beatle, but this one is pretty aight.

Imagine

Listening to the solo efforts from each of the Beatles it's not hard to appreciate the reason each is still so admired.

This is a great album. Imagine, Jealous Guy, Gimme Some Truth, Crippled Inside, How Do You Sleep... I mean, I may aswell list the whole album! Lennon is a great lyricist with a sharp tongue. I expect McCartney felt the sting of How Do You Sleep.

Un álbum interesante. Representa muy bien al Lennon roquero que todos conocemos, todo da vueltas respecto a lo que John sabe hacer y le gustaba "rockear", los arreglos de cuerdas de algunas canciones son simplemente hermosos, el trabajo de producción da ese sello distintivo a este trabajo (wall of sound from Phil Spector). Las canciones están combinadas en el estado de animo de Lennon y su perspectiva respecto al entorno que vivia.

У Dream Theatre был сборник с ироничным названием "Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)". Тут, на первый взгляд, ситуация отчасти схожая: "Эпохальная песня... и 9 треков, что можно прогнать между делом". Заглавный трек великолепен, там даже на верунов небольшой наезд, за что невольно 10/10 напрашивается, особенно с учётом того, что придётся ещё всяких христианских ламаров-хуемаров слушать. Но в остальных треках и той глубины особо не наблюдается. Jealous Guy и Oh My Love неплохи. Толи мне дженерик лирики не хватает в жизни. Oh Yoko! даже душевная вполне. А вот всяким блюзовым мотивам мне в моём бытии лишнего места обычно нема. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die душилово какое-то. Самый раздражающий трек, God Save Us, благо, вне основного альбома находится. На самом деле мог бы 5 поставить будь кроме заглавного хоть ещё один трек, в который можно было бы залипнуть, а позже - возвращаться. Но не завезли. Посему 4, но твёрдая, без скидок.

I thought this was just the album with "imagine" on it. It turns out that many of the other songs on the album are just as good. 4.3/5 stars

Surprisingly nothing on this annoyed me. All very enjoyable.

Yoko O Yes

Imagine slappin' Yoko upside the jaw

I liked the sick piano solo after he said 'crippled inside'

Surprisingly good after the overplayed first song.

Better than I thought it was going to be. Some voice

I really tried to listen to this objectively but Mum has always been a Lennon fan. His voice is so familiar, so comfortable. And, you know, she'd kill me if I rated him low, somehow she'd find out, Mum's do that. I can't be objective at all, I love it, even the not so great stuff.

“Imagine”, poetisk, politisk, smukt

First two tracks havent gripped me yet. Imagine is a classic but I felt luewarm hearing it today Jealous guy..controversially, ive always preferred the roxy music version Its so hard was surprisignly boring. Did nothing for me. Generally, im just not enjoying it. Gimme some truth really saves this album for me. Already familiar and like it a lot. Love the message as well as the melody and earnest vocals. Best song on there. Oh my love was a gentle contrast to the previous song. Sad and melancholy. Didn't mind it. There's an nice guitar riff on "How do you sleep?" but generally it was just an ok song. How? Was an emotional song, dipped with nihilism and desperation. On the better side, but mostly so-so Oh yoko - I love imagining how much this song will trigger the Yoko haters. The song is bright; a more positive one from the album. Almost sweet, but I can also see how it might be puke-inducing. Mostly, I'm just relieved it is over. There are mostly so-so songs in this; songs I'd skip over gladly. However, there were also standout tracks. It's just not an album I'd willingly listen to all the way through again. Also, I prefer Lennon's more snarky, cynical songs (like Gimme some truth, or everything he showed in Rubber Soul).

John Beatle... This is nice. It didn't grab me, though. That's all I have to say. Favs: Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love

So, obviously the song Imagine towers over everything else on this album. Great song, simple but effective, sure. The rest is kind of charming in showing just how much of a wife guy John Lennon was. I know that was like his whole thing (eventually) but it really all comes down to that. Simple music but not unpleasant.

>"Nothing to kill or die for" >Dies what did John Lennon mean by this

The title track might be one of the most overrated songs ever made. I just find the super dystopian lyrics of the song super corny in it's naïveté and they make even less sense if you consider John's behaviors, which stood against everything he is saying. So annoying that it became THE song that people associate with world peace and pacifism. It leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth as an opener, but most of the album is much better. Obviously Jealous Guy is great, I love the gentle, mellow instrumentation on that song which makes space for John's soft, full of regret vocals. It's a beautiful moment that has also aged really well. I also really enjoy Oh My Love, How Do You Sleep? And Oh Yoko. Sadly the rest of the album is really inconsistent. The country sound on Crippled Inside does the song no justice at all. On It's So Hard he is singing with this super annoying and tacky vocal impression that sounds terrible. Then the instrumentation on I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier sounds weirdly out of sync with itself, something is very off about it. The other songs are pretty okay, typical Lennon stuff. This is really not on the level of his Plastic Ono Band album, but has enough quality moments to get by.

Are the Beatles Lennon music? Or is Lennon Beatles music? Because they sound exactly the same. Whereas there is a distinct difference between Paul albums and Beatles albums, this just feels like a Beatles album. In that, there are some songs that are cool but nothing special. Highlight: Imagine

One half of a genius pairing in the decade before. And even if it’s overplayed, Imagine is a beautiful song in its simplicity. As is Jealous Guy. So top marks for those. The remainder here though are fairly forgettable.

Imagine is one of those iconic songs that deserves the love it gets. Jealous Guy is my favorite from the album. The rest is kind of all over the place for me. Without those two songs it’s probably a 2.5 but both of those songs rate solid 5’s. Going middle of the road because the album isn’t a masterpiece even if one of the songs is.

This album is nothing less than nice, but it's massively held up by several brilliant songs in Imagine and Jealous Guy. While the rest are pretty decent, they're not really the kind of thing I'll come back to or spend any time thinking about. Imagine is obviously a classic and kind of timeless. Jealous Guy is such a beautiful song. There's lovely production there, with the piano and strings, and even the whistling really bringing something different to it. Both songs are quite direct and open in their messaging, but it's so effective. 3.5 rounded down.

Боже… Джаст шат ап. Лириксы просто рофл и кринж. Чел ты… просто чел. Ты… почему-то в ласте стоит сердечко на песне oh yoko. Дошла до нее, и реально оказался бенгер! Но 4 слишком много для Джона Леннона.

творчество в его прошлой малоизвестной группе мне нравилось больше - 3 (и это несмотря на imagine, остальное скучно)

Some great songs here like Imagine and Jealous Guy. Lennon really explores topics that he is passionate about here. Even with the remastered version I found online, it still sounds muddy in a lot of places. I want this to be a 4 but I don't know that I can justify it in my mind.

Still think George came out of the Beatles swinging the hardest.

Fantastic album cover. The remastered 2010 version had quality sound, and captured John Lennon's voice pretty well. Not much to say about the album except its pretty predictable from him. This album is exactly as I imagined. Hahahaha!!!!! It is though. Best song: Imagine. Worst Song: How do you sleep?

Yeah, he’s a Beatle. John Lennon’s Imagine features premium vocals and glorious production. Lennon’s musical proficiency is at full display on this solo album; shown in excellent tracks, such as “Imagine,” “Jealous Guy,” and “How Do You Sleep” which make this an enjoyable listen. However, this project is not devoid of misses, including “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama,” and “Oh Yoko!” I feel that the issues with these songs, that being either poor vocals or uninspired composition, could be remedied with the judgement and advice of the other Beatles.

Sitähänse oli, lennujonnia.

Epäilyttävästihän se John Lennonilta kuulostaa. Mielenkiintoista, että ainakin kaks Beatlesia on soolouraansa alotellu jollain kantrintyngällä. Levyssä ei paljoa vikaa, Imagine ehkä kuultu kerran kaks liikaa, loppulevy aika kädenlämpöstä.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Lo debería volver a escuchar pq lo escuché en el auto así nomas con mi novio

mid

Begon sterk, eindigde zwak. Weinig variatie in de nummers zelf. Voor de rest prima 👍🏼

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Kinda expected more from this record, tbh.

5/10

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…)

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

ovo ono

Meh

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.

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

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.

One must imagine John Lennon imagining

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

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.

:(

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]

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

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

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

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

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?

Let's get the rambling about "Imagine" out of the way first, considering it's the opener. Much has been made of this song's 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, it kind of comes off as a naive challenge to the militant consumerism that had taken hold over Western society long before Lennon ever decided to write about it. Essentially, I find it tackles only a surface-level understanding of the problems rather than addressing the root cause of the rot. With that said, the rest of the album is actually fairly standard early 70s rock. I imagine that, if the Beatles kept going into the next decade, they would have made something between this and McCartney's Ram (actually, probably closer to that one considering Paul's control freak reputation...) Anyway, Lennon puts on a good performance here, going from gruff blues on "It's So Hard" to fervent anti-war passion on the next song "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier Mama." There's even a psychedelic piece in "How Do You Sleep" and even a loving tribute to everyone's favourite Beatle, Yoko Ono, in the closer. The title track isn't even the only piano ballad on this thing, but the others don't really measure up to it. A strong outing all things considered: it's eclectic without being scattershot, and the writing is evocative without being sappy. A nice happy medium. Key Tracks: I Don't Want to Be a Soldier Mama, How Do You Sleep, Oh Yoko!

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