I'm sure that everyone is well aware of John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band album but I just want to take a second to reflect on the Walrus and this album.
John Lennon is a fucking genius and the Plastic Ono Band album is a work of art!!! I've had this album for quite sometime and I always appreciated it but never really got a chance to dig in to it and let it sink in. Over the last couple days I've listened to this album maybe 13 times and I personally feel that it is some of the best post Beatles work ever produced (and just to be clear that's not a slight on any other solo album released by the Beatles members).
Lennon had a hit or miss career towards the end and after his split with the Beatles (due to his experimental works and relationship with Yoko) but the Plastic Ono Band album solidified Lennon as a solo artist that could produce introspective and imaginative material that was raw, emotional, deeply personal, painful and palatable with Yoko and without the help of Paul McCartney.
I easily would put this album in my top 10 albums of all time only to be proceded by the complete Beatles catalog and some of rock music's foundational albums.
Check out more information on this album @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon/Plastic_Ono_Band
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