John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band - Original Vinyl Record Album
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Description
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band - Original Vinyl Record Album
Catalog Number: Apple SW 3372
Conditions
Vinyl
- Side 1: VG+
- Side 2: VG+
Labels
- Side 1: VG+
- Side 2: VG+
Covers
- Front Cover: VG+
- Back Cover: VG+
Spine: VG+
Seems
- Top: VG+
- Bottom: VG+
Inner Sleeve: VG+
Additional Items: Very Nice copy of this classic album.
Released: 11 December 1970
Recorded: 26 September – 23 October 1970, Abbey Road Studios & Ascot Sound Studios
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album by English rock musician John Lennon. It was released in 1970, after Lennon had issued three experimental albums with Yoko Ono and Live Peace in Toronto 1969, a live performance in Toronto credited to the Plastic Ono Band. The album was recorded simultaneously with Ono's debut avant garde solo album, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, at Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios using the same musicians and production team, and featured nearly identical cover artwork. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is generally considered one of Lennon's finest solo albums, documenting with honesty and artistic integrity his emotional and mental state at that point in his career. In 1987, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it fourth on "The 100 Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years." In 2012, the magazine ranked it number 23 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau
A
MusicHound
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was received with high critical praise upon release. Critic Greil Marcus remarked, "John's singing in the last verse of 'God' may be the finest in all of rock." In early 1971, the album reached number eight on the UK and went to number six in the US, spending eighteen weeks in the Top 100. The album was particularly successful in the Netherlands, knocking George Harrison's blockbuster All Things Must Pass from the top of the chart and remaining at number one for seven consecutive weeks.
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is generally considered one of Lennon's finest solo albums. In 2000, Q placed John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band at number 62 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 1987, the album was ranked fourth on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 best albums of the period 1967–87, and in 2003, it was placed at number 22 in the magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2006, the album was placed by Pitchfork Media at number 60 of its Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. In 2006, the album was chosen by Time as one of the 100 best albums of all time.
Track listing
All songs written by John Lennon, except where noted.
Side one
- "Mother" – 5:34
- "Hold On" – 1:52
- "I Found Out" – 3:37
- "Working Class Hero" – 3:48
- "Isolation" – 2:51
Side two
- "Remember" – 4:33
- "Love" – 3:21
- "Well Well Well" – 5:59
- "Look at Me" – 2:53
- "God" – 4:09
- "My Mummy's Dead" – 0:49
2000 reissue bonus tracks
- "Power to the People" – 3:22
- "Do the Oz" – 3:07 (Lennon/Ono)
Personnel
- John Lennon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic/electric guitars, piano/organ
- Ringo Starr – drums
- Klaus Voormann – bass
- Phil Spector – piano on "Love"
- Billy Preston – piano on "God"
- Yoko Ono – "wind"
- Mal Evans – "tea and sympathy"
Charts
Chart positions
Chart (1970/71)
Position
Australian Kent Music Report Chart
3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart
2
Dutch Mega Albums Chart
1
Japanese Oricon LPs Chart
5
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart
4
UK Albums Chart
8
US Billboard 200
6
West German Media Control Albums Chart
39
Year-end charts
Chart (1971)
Position
Dutch Albums Chart
2
Australian Albums Chart
22
US Billboard Year-End
84
Certifications
Region
Certification
United States (RIAA)
Gold
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