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John Lennon - imagine (expanded) (1971)

Track listing:
  1. Imagine 3:04
  2. Crippled Inside 3:47
  3. Jealous Guy 4:16
  4. It's So Hard 2:26
  5. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier 6:05
  6. Give Me Some Truth 3:15
  7. Oh My Love 2:43
  8. How Do You Sleep? 5:34
  9. How? 3:41
  10. Oh Yoko! 4:16
  11. Baby Please Don't Go 4:04
  12. San Francisco Bay Blues (Impromptu Studio Solo) 1:07
  13. Tuning Jam 0:37
  14. God Save Us 3:28
  15. Do The Oz 3:08
  16. Imagine (Take 1) 3:23
  17. Crippled Inside (Take 17) 3:44
  18. Jealous Guy 4:12
  19. It's So Hard 2:25
  20. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier 5:20
  21. Oh My Love 2:56
  22. How Do You Sleep 5:22

Notes

After the harrowing Plastic Ono Band, Lennon returned to calmer, more conventional territory with Imagine. While the album had a softer surface, it was only marginally less confessional than its predecessor. Underneath the sweet strings of "Jealous Guy" lies a broken and scared man, the jaunty "Crippled Inside" is a mocking assault at an acquaintance, and "Imagine" is a paean for peace in a world with no gods, possessions, or classes, where everyone is equal. And Lennon doesn't shy away from the hard rockers — "How Do You Sleep" is a scathing attack on Paul McCartney, "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" is a hypnotic anti-war song, and "Give Me Some Truth" is bitter hard rock. If Imagine doesn't have the thematic sweep of Plastic Ono Band, it is nevertheless a remarkable collection of songs that Lennon would never be able to better again.