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, &

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album by English musician . It was released in 1970, after Lennon had issued three experimental albums with and , a live performance in credited to the . The album was recorded simultaneously with Ono's debut avant garde solo album, , 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 .

 

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MusicHound

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was received with high critical praise upon release. Critic 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 , knocking 's blockbuster 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, 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 . In 2006, the album was placed by at number 60 of its Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. In 2006, the album was chosen by as one of the 100 best albums of all time.

Track listing

All songs written by John Lennon, except where noted.

Side one

"" – 5:34 "" – 1:52 "" – 3:37 "" – 3:48 "" – 2:51

Side two

"" – 4:33 "" – 3:21 "" – 5:59 "" – 2:53 "" – 4:09 "" – 0:49

2000 reissue bonus tracks

"" – 3:22 "" – 3:07 (Lennon/Ono) Personnel – and , /, / – – – on "Love" – piano on "God" – "" – " and " Charts Chart positions

Chart (1970/71)

Position

3

Canadian

2

1

5

Albums Chart

4

8

US

6

39

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)

Position

Dutch Albums Chart

2

22

US

84

Certifications

Region

United States ()

Gold