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ALBUM REVIEW
Plastic Ono Band
Released - December 11, 1970, Apple Records. Produced by John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Phil Spector
John Lennon - Vocals, Pianos, Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Additional Personnel:
Klas Voormann - Bass
Ringo Starr - Drums
Billy Preston - Organ
Allen White - Drums
All songs written by John Lennon
(Click on song for lyrics and song personnel)
| SONG | RATING |
| Mother | 10.0 |
| Hold On | 8.4 |
| I Found Out | 7.4 |
| Working Class Hero | 9.0 |
| Isolation | 7.0 |
| Remember | 6.4 |
| Love | 6.4 |
| Well Well Well | 7.2 |
| Look At Me | 6.2 |
| God | 10.0 |
| My Mummy's Dead | Unrated |
| Average | 7.8 |
REVIEW
A very simple album and recorded to be that way. John plays all the guitars on this album and most of the keyboards. "God" receives a ten rating more for the message he sends out to everyone - don't believe in everything that you are told to, don't believe that anything is more important to you than your own life, and don't be a follower in life, follow your own inner light! A very Zen like message, if anything! "Working Class Hero" is another song on here that sends out a similar message using a "in your face" way of delivering the message.
The best song on this one is "Mother," a haunting tune recorded about his parents, who both abandoned him as a child. Most of the other songs are very even and all flow together well. No, it may not be his greatest album, but no bad throwaway songs on this one either. A very good album to listen to if your in a mellow mood.
-Keno 1999
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