Imagine (John Lennon album)
Imagine is John Lennon's second solo album. It was recorded and released in 1971 and has remained popular. In 2012, Imagine was voted 80th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[1]
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| Released | 9 September 1971 (US) 8 October 1971 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 23 June 1971 – 5 July 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios; July 1971 at Record Plant, New York | |||
| Genre | Rock, experimental, folk | |||
| Length | 39:29 | |||
| Label | Apple, EMI | |||
| Producer | John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector | |||
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This album had songs that were gentler, more commercial and less avant-garde than the ones he released on his previous album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.[2] In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine named Imagine #76 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[3]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by John Lennon, except "Oh My Love" co-written by Yoko Ono.
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Imagine" | 3:01 | |||||||
| 2. | "Crippled Inside" | 3:47 | |||||||
| 3. | "Jealous Guy" | 4:14 | |||||||
| 4. | "It's So Hard" | 2:25 | |||||||
| 5. | "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" | 6:05 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 6. | "Gimme Some Truth" | 3:16 | |||||||
| 7. | "Oh My Love" | 2:44 | |||||||
| 8. | "How Do You Sleep?" | 5:36 | |||||||
| 9. | "How?" | 3:43 | |||||||
| 10. | "Oh Yoko!" | 4:20 | |||||||
Imagine (John Lennon Album) Media
1971 Billboard ad for the album.
References
- ↑ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: John Lennon, 'Imagine'". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/john-lennon-imagine-19691231. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ Clayton, Marie (2003). John Lennon. Unseen Archives. Parragon Publishing Book. pp. 383. ISBN 0752585142.
- ↑ "The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time. Retrieved 25 February 2010.