Ranking All 72 John Lennon Solo Songs
John Lennon released a trio of experimental records before the dawn of the '70s, but his solo legacy really began after the Beatles split.
There would be just 10 short years before an assassin's bullets cut short his life and solo career. Fewer than 10 proper songs emerged after that awful day, first on 1984's gold-certified Milk and Honey and then on posthumous collections like 1986's Menlove Ave. and 1998's Anthology.
So, the balance of his 72-song solo career happened in an incredibly short amount of time. Lennon released six albums over five years through 1975, beginning with 1970's Plastic Ono Band, but 1975's Rock 'n' Roll didn't include any new songs. Double Fantasy arrived just weeks before Lennon was gunned down in 1980.
His best-selling album, 1971's multi-platinum Imagine, was followed by the gold-selling Mind Games in 1973 and Walls and Bridges in 1974. Only 1972's newsy, overtly political Some Time in New York City sold fewer than a half million copies in the U.S. – and it still nearly broke the Top 10 in Lennon's native U.K.
We surveyed it all in the following list, which ranks all 72 John Lennon solo songs. The only tracks that have been left aside are covers, meandering Frank Zappa jams, experimental sounds and the pointless "Nutopian International Anthem" – which is, after all, only a few moments of dead silence.
Source: ultimateclassicrock.com/Nick DeRisoNick
