John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (Ultimate Mixes)Plastic Ono Band was the debut solo album by John Lennon. Released on December 11th 1970, John and Yoko had started writing and demoing at Abbey Road (EMI Studios) in the summer, with recording sessions during September October After the break up of The Beatles that year, John and Yoko embarked on a period of self reflection and experimentation, with the results that the songs and sessions for Plastic Ono Band were heavily influenced by his immersion

credited to Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band

It includes a booklet with various documents

without sounding forced and trite like some sort of mash-up attempt

for its 21st-century reissue on vinyl

The lyrics are noted for their over-the-top depictions of violence and heavy use of profanity

To mark the album’s ten year anniversary

water all around you

just as well as it can celebrate teenage angst

All in all

with ingredients plucked assiduously from pop’s coolest outposts: 50’s lounge

In these songs I like the contrast between the dark lows and the glittering highs

his single «  Man’s world « originally interpreted by James Brown