John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band [EMI Japan]

About John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band [EMI Japan]

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album by English musician John Lennon. It was released in December 1970, after Lennon had issued three experimental albums with wife Yoko Ono and Live Peace in Toronto 1969, a live performance in Toronto credited to the Plastic Ono Band. Co-produced by Lennon, Ono and Phil Spector, the album was recorded in September and October 1970 at Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios, simultaneously with Ono's debut avant-garde solo album, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. Both albums feature the same musicians (Lennon, Klaus Voormann, and Ringo Starr) and production team and nearly identical cover artwork. The album is noted for its largely raw production sound and its songs are heavily influenced by Lennon's then-recent primal scream therapy. Its lyrics reflect Lennon's personal issues and includes themes of child-parent abandonment and psychological suffering, creating a simple yet intense sound. On release, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was met with critical acclaim, with many praising the production, lyrics, and Lennon's performance. It also peaked at number eight in the UK and at number six in the US on the UK Albums Chart and Billboard 200, respectively. Today, it is generally regarded as one of Lennon's finest solo albums. In 1987, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it fourth in its list "The 100 Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years" and in 2012, ranked it number 23 in their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". It was voted number 244 in Colin Larkin 2000 book All Time Top 1000 Albums. The album was remastered in 2000 with two bonus tracks: Lennon's 1971 single "Power to the People" and "Do the Oz", which previously appeared on the 1998 box set John Lennon Anthology more »