John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band · After the break-up of the Beatles in April 1970, John Lennon underwent primal therapy with Yoko Ono under Arthur Janov, first for four weeks in London and then for four months in Los Angeles. In this therapy you relive old childhood pain. It gave him the material for this album. The recording took place in September and October 1970 at Abbey Road, with Ringo Starr on drums and Klaus Voormann on bass. Lennon, Ono and Phil Spector produced together.

The sound is raw and spare, the lyrics are deeply personal. Mother is about abandonment by his parents, Working Class Hero about the way young people are turned into soldiers. In God he lists, over a piano climax, things he does not believe in, from Jesus and Hitler to Beatles. On release the reactions were mixed. Later the album grew into one of his best solo records.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Mother5:35Apple Music ↗
2. 2Hold On1:52Apple Music ↗
3. 3I Found Out3:38Apple Music ↗
4. 4Working Class Hero3:48Apple Music ↗
5. 5Isolation2:52Apple Music ↗
6. 6Remember4:33Apple Music ↗
7. 7Love3:22Apple Music ↗
8. 8Well Well Well5:57Apple Music ↗
9. 9Look At Me2:54Apple Music ↗
10. 10God4:12Apple Music ↗
11. 11My Mummy's Dead0:50Apple Music ↗

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