Best john lennon solo songs

John Lennon didn't have the big-bang decade-opening album like his former bandmate George Harrison.

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Instead, he simply bared his soul on 's Plastic Ono Band. The LP became a Top 10 international hit and went gold. But more importantly, Plastic Ono Band set a template of frank honesty and sharp introspection that would guide Lennon throughout the '70s. He'd reach a commercial peak with Imagine , a more radio-friendly update of the Plastic Ono Band approach that became an international No.

The Top 5 single "Instant Karma" gave Lennon an opportunity to look outward. But gold-selling Top 10 U. In fact, as echoed in the following list of Top 25 John Lennon '70s Songs, the only time he really stumbled was when he focused solely on current events and politics. Also absent are tracks from 's Rock 'n' Roll , but that's only because the album was devoted to cover songs from Lennon's youth.

That's where things ended musically in the '70s, as he memorably sat out the decade's last years to help raise a child.

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But Lennon had already fashioned an impressive resume, especially when he avoided Voice of a Generation-style pretense in favor of simply speaking from the heart. Angry outbursts like "I Found Out" and "Gimme Some Truth" were tempered with an orphan's visceral dread of dishonesty and rejection. Flights of lyrical fancy like "Mind Games" and " 9 Dream" remained very much rooted in Lennon's personal time and place.

Even "Imagine," his often-misunderstood paean to a utopian peace, has a decidedly personal admission of doubt buried in its platitudes: " You may say I'm a dreamer. That kind of frank, even brutal honesty about his hopes, his fears and his heart gave lasting resonance to music from the first decade after the Beatles split.

Here's a look back at the Top 25 John Lennon '70s Songs:.