On October 5, Universal Music celebrates the apex of John Lennons solo career with a six-disc box set, Imagine The Ultimate Collection. Imagine The Ultimate Collection. We are here to help!
Guest ArtistGeorge Harrison, King Curtis, Ringo Starr
DistributionUniversal
Number of Tracks36
Country/Region of ManufactureEngland
Additional InformationEx-Beatle balances euphoric Yoko tributes with raw inner-demon-wrestling on this classic sophomore release.
ReviewsIncluded in Q's "The Best Male Angst Albums of All Time", 4 stars out of 5 - "...a strange, contrary record with touches of genius....extraordinarily beautiful....it is a signpost to one of the 20th Century's major figures....proof that genius is a series of fleeting moments...", "...On the evidence of IMAGINE, I don't think that John has resolved the manner in which a masterpiece and an artistic dead-end like POB can succesfully be followed....But then, great artists, of whom John is one, are nothing if not resourceful...", "...Contains both the best and worst of the man - the idealist and the ranter, the righteous and the vindictive anger....So you take your choice between the pantheistic songs or the pissed-off plodders...", Ranked #34 in Nme's List of the Greatest Albums of the '70s.
Great outakes and mixes from the Imagine album sessions.
The second cd of out-takes and 'elements mixes' was great to be able to hear the creative building toward the end form of the release tracks we are familiar with.
The first cd contained the original tracks from the Imagine album plus some additional enjoyed tracks produced around the same time.
The sound quality was very clean and clear.