John Lennon - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band

Decades later it's a little hard to appreciate just how shocking Plastic Ono Band was at the time of its release. Yes, John Lennon's first post-Beatles solo album is still a must-own for any rock fan, but decades of punk, metal, and grunge have desensitized our ears somewhat to the naked howls of despair that fill tracks like "Mother," "Isolation," and "I Found Out." In addition, "I don't believe in Beatles," the climactic line of "God," doesn't have nearly the resonance as it did around the time of the Fab Four's breakup, when such a sentiment practically bordered on heresy. And yet it's a testament to the high quality of Lennon's songs that Plastic Ono Band continues to be an incredibly moving listening experience. --Dan Epstein

     

• Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - MFSL 1-280 (US) LP
• Capitol Records - SW 3372 (US) LP
• Capitol Records - SW 3372 (Canada) LP
• Apple Records - SW 3372 (US) LP
• Apple Records - PCS 7124 (UK) LP
• Pathé Marconi EMI - 2C 066 - 04703 (France) LP
• AnTrop - П92 00261-2 (Russia) LP
• Apple Records - 1A 038-15 750 31 (Netherlands) LP
• Pathé Marconi EMI - 1047031 (France) LP
• Apple Records - 1 C062 04703 (Germany) LP
• Parlophone - PCS 7124 (Israel) LP
• Apple Records - 2C 062 04703 (France) LP
• Odeon - 056 10 4703 1 (Spain) LP
• Apple Records - 5C 062-04703 (Netherlands) LP
• Apple Records - PCSM 7124 (New Zealand) LP
• Pathé Marconi EMI - 2 CO 62 - 04703 (France) LP
• Fame - 1A 038-1575031 (Netherlands) LP
• Fame - 1A 038-1575031 (Netherlands) LP
• Fame - FA 41 31021 (UK) LP

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Tracks

• A1)   Mother
• A2)   Hold On
• A3)   I Found Out
• A4)   Working Class Hero
• A5)   Isolation
• A6)   Remember
• B1)   Love
• B2)   Well Well Well
• B3)   Look At Me
• B4)   God
• B5)   My Mummy;s Dead
• )   Bonus Tracks
• B6)   Power To The People
• B7)   Do The Oz

Track listing above is from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - MFSL 1-280 (US) LP

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