Lennon's sole solo number one in the US during his lifetime, Whatever Gets You Thru the Night, is a barrelling funk number which benefits from the input of a certain Elton John. Cuts from the same album, Jealous Guy and Gimme Some Truth, are equally brilliant (what, no How Do You Sleep?) - the former excellently understated, the latter wonderfully rollicking. Would the lyrics seem as affecting without the piano accompaniment? Could the song work as a rocker? Possibly not, but it doesn't matter - as it is, Imagine is perfect. Imagine will never not feel relevant to the modern world - it offers such a simple message, but one that still cuts deep and should resonate throughout any audience. But if you are without access to the 'net (although if that's the case, just how are you reading this?) then no doubt this bonus content will be appealing.Īs for the songs, well - surely anything (fresh) yet to be written about Lennon's most famous hits isn't fit to print. ![]() Of course, one could just watch these clips on the internet. ![]() What this offers that its predecessors did not is an accompanying DVD featuring videos for all of the 15 featured tracks. Newcomers to Lennon (if such a person exists), then, should investigate one of his singles compilations - and Power to the People is the latest in a long line of similar packages, following the likes of 2005's Working Class Hero, 1997's Lennon Legend and 1982's John Lennon Collection. But Lennon wouldn't produce another collection of comparable quality until 1980's muddled, but sporadically magical, Double Fantasy - a set forever associated with his murder, just three weeks after its release. Two of his long-players, 1970's Plastic Ono Band and the following year's Imagine, are genuinely magnificent, as shimmering today as they were while blessed by the shine of the time, by the artist's seemingly innate pop genius. ![]() Only the most passionate, or blinkered, Lennon fan could argue that the former Beatle never released a duff solo record.
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