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John Lennon: Imagine

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Label: Apple Records
Released: 1971.09.09
Time:
 39:29
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.johnlennon.com
Appears with: The Beatles
Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Imagine (Lennon) - 3:01
[2] Crippled Inside (Lennon) - 3:47
[3] Jealous Guy (Lennon) - 4:14
[4] It's So Hard (Lennon) - 2:25
[5] I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Lennon) - 6:05
[6] Gimme Some Truth (Lennon) - 3:16
[7] Oh My Love (Lennon/Ono) - 2:50
[8] How Do You Sleep? (Lennon) - 5:36
[9] How? (Lennon) - 3:43
[10] Oh Yoko! (Lennon) - 4:20

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John Lennon - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Whistling on [3], Harmonica on [10]
George Harrison - Electric & Slide Guitar on [5-8], Dobro on [2]
Nicky Hopkins - Piano, Electric Piano on [3,7,8]
Klaus Voormann - Bass, Upright Bass
Alan White - Drums on [1,6,7-10], Tibetan Cymbals on [7], Vibraphone on [3]
Jim Keltner - Drums on [2,3,5]
Jim Gordon - Drums on [4]
King Curtis - Saxophone on [4,5]
John Barham - Harmonium on [3], Vibraphone on [9]
John Tout - Acoustic Guitars on [2]
Ted Turner - Acoustic Guitars on [2]
Rod Linton - Acoustic Guitars on [2]
Joey Molland - Acoustic Guitars on [5]
Tom Evans - Acoustic Guitars on [5]
Rod Linton
Andy Davis - Acoustic Guitars on [6,10]
The Flux Fiddlers - Orchestral Strings
Phil Spector - Backing Vocals on [10]
Michael Pinder - Tambourine on [5]
Steve Brendell - Upright Bass on [2], Maracas on [5]

Phil Spector - Producer
Yoko Ono - Arranger, Cover Design, Cover Photo, Photography, Producer, Remix Supervision, Supervisor, Whip
Phil McDonald - Engineer
Eddie Offord - Engineer
Eddie Veal - Engineer
Eddie Beer - Engineer
Eddie Klein - Engineer
Roy Sicala - Engineer
Roy Cicala - Engineer, Overdub Engineer
Shelly Yakus - Engineer, Overdub Engineer
Jack Douglas - Engineer, Overdub Engineer
Chris Clark - Assistant Engineer
Mirek Stiles - Assistant Engineer
Steve Rooke - Mastering, Mastering Engineer
Peter Cobbin - Remixing
Mal Evans - Assistant
Peter Fordham - Photography
George Maciunas - Typography
Dan Richter - Assistant, Personal Assistant
Alan Rouse - Project Coordinator
Torrie Zito - Orchestration

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Imagine is the second album by John Lennon. Recorded and released in 1971, the album is more heavily produced in contrast to the basic, raw arrangements of his previous album, the critically acclaimed John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The album is considered the most popular of his works. The title track is considered one of Lennon's finest songs. In 2012, Imagine was voted 80th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".



The enduring legacy of John Lennon's best album has overshadowed a glaring historical irony: the Beatles' original architect was also responsible for some of the Fab Four's most erratic solo albums. His recording projects all too often held hostage to polemics both personal and political, Lennon's conflicting artistic sensibilities arguably reached perfect balance just once. Coproduced with an uncharacteristically subtle touch by Phil Spector (a stark contrast to his dense aural constructions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass from the same period), this is Lennon as whole man. Here he exhibits childlike utopian optimism (the title track), extends romantic paeans to the love of his life ("Oh Yoko!" "Oh My Love," and "Jealous Guy," the latter two begun as White Album demos) and spews bitter, petty acrimony toward his former songwriting partner ("How Do You Sleep?"). Set against such expressions, Lennon's fervent antiestablishment tirades ("I Don't Want to Be a Soldier," "Gimme Some Truth") took on some real weight and perspective, while his dollops of introspection ("How?" "Crippled Inside") have an air of resignation missing from the vitriol of his personal exorcism, Plastic Ono Band. This digitally remixed/remastered redux of the album may invoke the ire of the historically retentive, but it was accomplished under the aegis of Yoko Ono with an ear for clarity and a little more of John Lennon's complex, but always gratifying, soul.

Jerry McCulley - Amazon.com



After the harrowing Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon returned to calmer, more conventional territory with Imagine. While the album had a softer surface, it was only marginally less confessional than its predecessor. Underneath the sweet strings of "Jealous Guy" lies a broken and scared man, the jaunty "Crippled Inside" is a mocking assault at an acquaintance, and "Imagine" is a paean for peace in a world with no gods, possessions, or classes, where everyone is equal. And Lennon doesn't shy away from the hard rockers - "How Do You Sleep" is a scathing attack on Paul McCartney, "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" is a hypnotic antiwar song, and "Give Me Some Truth" is bitter hard rock. If Imagine doesn't have the thematic sweep of Plastic Ono Band, it is nevertheless a remarkable collection of songs that Lennon would never be able to better again.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide
 

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