- Audio CD (25 Oct 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: TOSHIBA
- ASIN: B00005HN2Z
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,224,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the only compilation John Lennon ever released while he was alive. It has a lot of the bigger hits, not the best songs, but biggest hits of his solo career. The artwork is quite stunning, with full lyrics. It could be a good place to start if you don't have any of his other albums, but if do have all the other albums, as always with compilations, there's nothing new here. For a more complete overview of Lennons music I suggest the John Lennon Anthology box set. It has 4 disks with most of his solo carreer covered, and has a lot of live and rare studio stuff.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I first got to hear all o John Lennon's works, when I got into the Beatles, and I decided to delve into the magical treaure chest that is John's career.
I am quite young, so I wouldn't really know what's behind it, or even to judge if it were a classic, but I have to say that it is impeccable.
It is like a 'best of' collection, some of his most famous work, and certainly the songs of his I like the most. It ranges from the rock and energy of 'Whatever Gets you Through the Night', to the preaching and almost a meditation of a song, 'Imagine'.
Everyones favourite Christmas song is included, and the gospel like 'Power to the People'. After listening I began to feel the past, and the thoughts and ways. In my mind, this will always be classic, and I can't stop listening...
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It is very rarely that I would review a compilation album, having an immense preference album for original albums because they and they alone display the continuity that a compilation can virtually never offer. And this indeed is a compilation album and so in my opinion is vastly inferior to virtually all of Lennon's solo albums, the possible exception being 'Some Time In New York City' (1972). But compared to the countless compilations we have seen since Lennon's tragic death in 1980, at least this album has something none of those albums have.
It was put together by Lennon himself. Not by some record company. Not even by Yoko, who on balance has done a decent job of keeping the Lennon flame alive. And it does a pretty good job of summarizing Lennon's work from 1970-1975. Which is Not Easy. For example, 'Mother' from the first album sounds hopelessly out of place on Any Compilation. It is too God Damn personal for that. Or to quote Lennon in his historic Playboy interview in September 1980: 'I hate that phrase, please replace God Damn with 'F***ing', more appropriate to the magazine we're dealing with!'
But this album is important at least for the singles 'Cold Turkey' (1969), 'Instant Karma' (1970), and 'Power To The People' (1971) which were previously unavailable on an album. And they flow pretty well with the other classics we all know and love.
But being a compilation from a man who produced several stunning solo albums, I can bring myself to give this album no more than 4 stars. If you Must purchase a compilation then this is the one my friends. And yes, the front cover artwork is admittedly superb, not that you can see it too well on a CD!
It was put together by Lennon himself. Not by some record company. Not even by Yoko, who on balance has done a decent job of keeping the Lennon flame alive. And it does a pretty good job of summarizing Lennon's work from 1970-1975. Which is Not Easy. For example, 'Mother' from the first album sounds hopelessly out of place on Any Compilation. It is too God Damn personal for that. Or to quote Lennon in his historic Playboy interview in September 1980: 'I hate that phrase, please replace God Damn with 'F***ing', more appropriate to the magazine we're dealing with!'
But this album is important at least for the singles 'Cold Turkey' (1969), 'Instant Karma' (1970), and 'Power To The People' (1971) which were previously unavailable on an album. And they flow pretty well with the other classics we all know and love.
But being a compilation from a man who produced several stunning solo albums, I can bring myself to give this album no more than 4 stars. If you Must purchase a compilation then this is the one my friends. And yes, the front cover artwork is admittedly superb, not that you can see it too well on a CD!
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