John Lennon Anthology | ||||
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Released | 2 November 1998 | |||
Recorded | June 1969 – November 1980 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 267:51 | |||
Label | Capitol/EMI | |||
Producer | Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens | |||
Compiler | Yoko Ono | |||
John Lennon chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Paste | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Wall of Sound | 72/100 [4] |
John Lennon Anthology is a four-CD box set of home demos, studio outtakes and other previously unreleased material recorded by John Lennon over the course of his solo career from "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969 up until the 1980 sessions for Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey .
The anthology was divided by its compiler and co-producer, Yoko Ono, into four discs representing four eras in Lennon's solo career: "Ascot", "New York City", "The Lost Weekend" and "Dakota". [5]
John Lennon Anthology reached number 62 in the United Kingdom and number 99 in the United States, where it went gold. [6]
A one-disc distillation of the highlights of the box set was released as Wonsaponatime . Many of the tracks were edited down from their versions on John Lennon Anthology. Wonsaponatime failed to reach the US charts but peaked at number 76 in the UK. [6]
All songs were written by John Lennon, except where noted.
No. | Title | Recording source | Length |
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1. | "Working Class Hero" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 4:19 |
2. | "God" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 3:32 |
3. | "I Found Out" | Home recording (1970) | 3:47 |
4. | "Hold On" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 0:43 |
5. | "Isolation" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 3:46 |
6. | "Love" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 2:43 |
7. | "Mother" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 3:49 |
8. | "Remember" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 2:44 |
9. | "Imagine (take 1)" | Imagine sessions (1971) | 3:21 |
10. | "'Fortunately'" | 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko excerpt | 0:19 |
11. | "Baby Please Don't Go" (Walter Ward) | Imagine sessions (1971) | 4:04 |
12. | "Oh My Love" (Lennon/Ono) | Imagine sessions (1971) | 2:53 |
13. | "Jealous Guy" | Imagine sessions (1971) | 4:10 |
14. | "Maggie Mae" (Trad. Arr. John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Richard Starkey) | Home recording (1979) | 0:52 |
15. | "How Do You Sleep?" | Imagine sessions (1971) | 5:20 |
16. | "God Save Oz (with Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band)" (Lennon/Ono) | Non-album single (1971) | 3:27 |
17. | "Do the Oz" (Lennon/Ono) | B-side of "God Save Oz" (1971) | 3:08 |
18. | "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" | Imagine sessions (1971) | 5:20 |
19. | "Give Peace a Chance" | 4-track rehearsal tapes prior to master recording (1969) | 1:52 |
20. | "Look at Me" | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 2:50 |
21. | "Long Lost John" (Trad Arr. John Lennon) | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970) | 2:14 |
No. | Title | Recording source | Length |
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1. | "New York City" | Home recording (1971) | 0:55 |
2. | "Attica State (Live)" (Lennon/Ono) | The Apollo live performance (1971) | 4:25 |
3. | "Imagine (Live)" | The Apollo live performance (1971) | 3:11 |
4. | "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)" | Mind Games sessions (1973) | 4:07 |
5. | "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (Lennon/Ono) | Home recording (1971) | 0:39 |
6. | "Geraldo Rivera – One to One Concert" | Live in New York City | 0:39 |
7. | "Woman Is the Nigger of the World (Live)" (Lennon/Ono) | Live in New York City | 5:14 |
8. | "It's So Hard (Live)" | Live in New York City | 3:09 |
9. | "Come Together (Live)" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) | Live in New York City | 4:19 |
10. | "Happy Xmas" (Ono/Lennon) | Non-album single (1971) | 3:32 |
11. | "The Luck of the Irish (Live)" (Lennon/Ono) | John Sinclair Freedom Rally | 3:42 |
12. | "John Sinclair (Live)" | John Sinclair Freedom Rally | 3:43 |
13. | "The David Frost Show" | TV audio (1971) | 0:52 |
14. | "Mind Games (I Promise)" | Home recording (1970) | 1:01 |
15. | "Mind Games (Make Love, Not War)" | Home recording (1970) | 1:14 |
16. | "One Day (At a Time)" | Mind Games sessions (1973) | 3:13 |
17. | "I Know (I Know)" | Home recording (1973) | 3:13 |
18. | "I'm the Greatest (Guide vocal)" | Demo, given to Ringo Starr (1973) | 3:37 |
19. | "Goodnight Vienna" | Demo, given to Ringo Starr (1974) | 2:42 |
20. | "Jerry Lewis Telethon" | TV audio (1972) | 1:59 |
21. | "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss" (Herman Hupfeld) | Home vignette (1976) | 0:11 |
22. | "Real Love" | Piano demo (1979) | 4:13 |
23. | "You Are Here" | Mind Games sessions (1973) | 4:55 |
No. | Title | Recording source | Length |
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1. | "What You Got" | Home recording (1974) | 1:14 |
2. | "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) (Alternate version)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 5:38 |
3. | "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" | Home recording (1974) | 0:38 |
4. | "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 3:33 |
5. | "Yesterday (parody)" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 0:33 |
6. | "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Gene Vincent/Tex Davis) | Rock 'n' Roll NYC sessions (1974) | 2:52 |
7. | "Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco) | Rock 'n' Roll NYC sessions (1971) | 2:32 |
8. | "Scared (Without overdubs)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 5:02 |
9. | "Steel and Glass (Take 8)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 4:46 |
10. | "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) (Early version)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 2:58 |
11. | "Bless You (Alternate version)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 4:15 |
12. | "Going Down on Love (Instructions only)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 0:54 |
13. | "Move Over Ms. L (Alternate version)" | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 3:10 |
14. | "Ain't She Sweet" (Yellen/Ager) | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 0:28 |
15. | "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman/Bocage/Collins/Smith) | Rock 'n' Roll NYC sessions (1974) | 2:28 |
16. | "Peggy Sue" (Jerry Allison/Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) | Rock 'n' Roll NYC sessions (1974) | 1:18 |
17. | "Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke)/(John Marascalco, Leo Price) | Rock 'n' Roll NYC sessions (1974) | 3:50 |
18. | "Phil and John 1" | Rock 'n' Roll LA sessions (1973) | 2:13 |
19. | "Phil and John 2" | Rock 'n' Roll LA sessions (1973) | 2:00 |
20. | "Phil and John 3" | Rock 'n' Roll LA sessions (1973) | 0:54 |
21. | "When in Doubt, Fuck It" | Rock 'n' Roll LA sessions (1973) | 0:09 |
22. | "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) | Rock 'n' Roll LA sessions (1973) | 4:32 |
23. | "Stranger's Room" | Home recording (1980) | 3:17 |
24. | "Old Dirt Road (Alternate version)" (John Lennon/Harry Nilsson) | Walls and Bridges sessions (1974) | 3:54 |
No. | Title | Recording source | Length |
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1. | "I'm Losing You" | Double Fantasy / Milk and Honey sessions (1980) | 4:06 |
2. | "Sean's 'Little Help'" | Home recording (1979) | 0:57 |
3. | "Serve Yourself" | Home recording (1980) | 3:47 |
4. | "My Life" | Home recording (1980) | 2:36 |
5. | "Nobody Told Me" | Double Fantasy/Milk and Honey sessions (1980) | 3:31 |
6. | "Life Begins at 40" | Home recording (1980) | 2:23 |
7. | "I Don't Wanna Face It" | Double Fantasy/Milk and Honey sessions (1980) | 3:31 |
8. | "Woman" | Home recording (1980) | 4:01 |
9. | "Dear Yoko" | Double Fantasy/Milk and Honey sessions (1980) | 2:33 |
10. | "Watching the Wheels" | Home recording (1980) | 3:04 |
11. | "I'm Stepping Out" | Double Fantasy/Milk and Honey sessions (1980) | 4:19 |
12. | "Borrowed Time" | Home recording (1980) | 3:57 |
13. | "The Rishi Kesh Song" | Home recording (1980) | 2:26 |
14. | "Sean's 'Loud'" | Home recording (1979) | 0:33 |
15. | "Beautiful Boy" | Double Fantasy/Milk and Honey sessions (1980) | 4:11 |
16. | "Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)" | Home recording (1980) | 2:41 |
17. | "Only You" (Ande Rand/Buck Ram) | Work-tape from Ringo Starr Goodnight Vienna sessions (1974) | 3:24 |
18. | "Grow Old with Me (with new orchestration by George Martin)" | Milk and Honey | 3:18 |
19. | "Dear John" | Home recording (1980) | 2:13 |
20. | "The Great Wok" | Home recording (1979) | 3:13 |
21. | "Mucho Mungo" | Home recording (1976) | 1:24 |
22. | "Satire 1" | Home recording (1979) | 2:20 |
23. | "Satire 2" | Home recording (1979) | 4:34 |
24. | "Satire 3" | Home recording (1979) | 0:45 |
25. | "Sean's "In the Sky"" | Home recording (1979) | 1:22 |
26. | "It's Real" | Home recording (1979) | 1:05 |
Wonsaponatime | ||||
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Compilation album by John Lennon | ||||
Released | 2 November 1998 | |||
Recorded | September 1970 – late 1980 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 69:45 | |||
Label | Capitol/EMI | |||
Producer | Yoko Ono, Rob Stevens | |||
John Lennon chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
All songs written by Lennon, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'm Losing You" | 4:06 |
2. | "Working Class Hero" | 4:19 |
3. | "God" | 3:32 |
4. | "How Do You Sleep?" | 5:20 |
5. | "Imagine" | 3:21 |
6. | "Baby Please Don't Go" | 4:04 |
7. | "Oh My Love" | 2:53 |
8. | "God Save Oz (with Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band)" | 3:27 |
9. | "I Found Out" | 3:47 |
10. | "Woman Is the Nigger of the World (Live)" | 5:14 |
11. | "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss" | 0:11 |
12. | "Be-Bop-A-Lula" | 2:52 |
13. | "Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" | 2:32 |
14. | "What You Got" | 1:14 |
15. | "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" | 5:38 |
16. | "I Don't Wanna Face It" | 3:31 |
17. | "Real Love" | 4:07 |
18. | "Only You" | 3:24 |
19. | "Grow Old with Me (with new orchestration by George Martin)" | 3:18 |
20. | "Sean's "In the Sky"" | 1:22 |
21. | "Serve Yourself" | 3:47 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [8] | Gold | 125,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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