- Audio CD (26 May 1987)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Emi
- ASIN: B000002UCE
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More. |
Product details |
Track Listings
| 1. Imagine |
| 2. Crippled Inside |
| 3. Jealous Guy |
| 4. It's So Hard |
| 5. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier |
| 6. Gimme Some Truth |
| 7. Oh My Love |
| 8. How Do You Sleep? |
| 9. How? |
| 10. Oh Yoko! |
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Imagine" may not have been as groundbreaking or as superb as "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," but it's certainly more listenable. There is not much that can really be said for the opening title track, except that it has probably had more effect on people as a whole than any other popular song of the 20th century. The way that the piano softly fluctuates as Lennon fantasises about a world with no religion, countries, war, bloodshed or possessions and invites us to do also, and then a lush string quartet - which never goes over the top and always stays in a tender and controlled mood - is introduced as John sings, "you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one, I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one" to convict us that it really would work, if only we would all let it be more than a dream - inspires awe. The other masterpiece of the album is "Jealous Guy," one of John's tenderest and sincerest odes to his wife in which he apologises for an un-named incident and acknowledges his own frailty: "I'm just a jealous guy." There's also the diatribe "How Do You Sleep?" aimed directly at Beatles collaborator and close friend Paul McCartney, with such cruel but irresistible lines as, "The only thing you done was 'Yesterday'." The album basically swings from the political to the confessional - in fact, "Imagine" is probably the most exemplary and typical demonstration of John Lennon's work as a whole - even if "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" is just a little bit better.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Those with sensitve ears and a love of fine detail may miss the original 33.3 rpm version, but its hard for Lennon's Misses (did n't she re-mix this?) or others to detract from this album's charm.
Its more 'commercial' than much of Lennon's Yoko-infulenced material, but its more lyrical, poignant, naive and real than most other music of the period or since.
Buy it and keep it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
: I can't imagine that not everyone has this in his or her collection in fact it is a must. I do think that you have to be in the mood for it though, it has always been put on in my house when you need to feel reassured. This classic album from the man himself really established him as a solo and all-time great songwriter and who can argue with that.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Imagine
Imagine is one of my favourite albums and my favourite John Lennon album.
Recorded in his home studio (Ascot Sound Studios in Tittenhurst Park)in 1971 it reached number one in... Read more
Recorded in his home studio (Ascot Sound Studios in Tittenhurst Park)in 1971 it reached number one in... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Raymond Porter
Cannot beat Plastic Ono Band efforts.
Although this album will be a classic for ever, I don't think it scratches the raw surface of emotions like the Plastic Ono Band album managed. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2000 by Sylvia Phipps
One of the best albums of all time
Lennon excelled himself in 1971 with the album, Imagine. Recorded at his home at Tittenhurst Park, it represents his first reconciling of his bare emotional statements to a more... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 1999
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
