- rock, pop rock, contemporary folk, singer-songwriter
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
- Apple Records
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the first solo album by English musician John Lennon after the break-up of the Beatles. Backed by the Plastic Ono Band, it was released by Apple Records on 11 December 1970 in tandem with the similarly titled album by his wife, Yoko Ono. At the time of its issue, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band received mixed reviews overall, but later came to be widely regarded as one of Lennon's best solo albums.
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Character
Character-led, spare, earnest and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Creem Magazine(positive)
- Mojo5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock5/5
- NME8/10
- Paste5/5 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Uncut5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Mother5:37
- A2Hold On1:53
- A3I Found Out3:38
- A4Working Class Hero3:51
- A5Isolation2:53
- B1Remember4:36
- B2Love3:24
- B3Well Well Well5:60
- B4Look at Me2:54
- B5God4:11
- B6My Mummy's Dead0:50
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band
- Label
- Apple Records
- Released
- December 11, 1970
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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