ALL-TIME 100 ALBUMS PHOTO ESSAY
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By
Alan Light
Published: November 13, 2006
YEAR RELEASED:
1970
LABEL:
Apple/EMI
ARTIST:
Plastic Ono Band
TIME 100 ALBUMS PODCASTS
PODCAST:
Welcome to the All-TIME 100 Albums - the musical compilations of the last half-century that need no introduction. That said, listen in below as music critics Josh Tyrangiel and Alan Light introduce the list and talk about the top albums of the 1950s and '60s.
PODCAST:
We know. Twenty-nine of the 100 greatest albums of all time come in the 1970s, and Pink Floyd isn't there. Play this podcast to learn why we picked the titles we did, and if you have something to say, tell us about it using the talkback link below.
PODCAST:
Maybe it's a Sign O' The Times that you're listening to critics' audio recordings about great music, but this podcast about how we chose the best albums of the 1980s really is a Thriller. Give it a listen below.
PODCAST:
Here's music even the younger set will know by heart. Listen to selected clips from the 1990s through present day as music critic Josh Tyrangiel discusses his picks.
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Never before or since has an image been so quickly destroyed and rebuilt into something just as powerful. On the heels of the Beatles' break-up, John Lennon entered "primal scream" therapy, and channeled all of the resultant emotional turmoil and exposure into his first solo album. Plastic Ono Band, recorded with a bare-bones trio and majestically produced by Phil Spector, revealed feelings never expressed on a pop album. Lennon sang of his fears ("Isolation"), his personal losses ("Mother"), and his journey from disillusionment to independence ("God"). From the spare loveliness of "Look at Me" to the raging proto-punk of "Well Well Well," Lennon's writing was never sharper, and his still-underrated singing stands with rock's finest.
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