26.09.06. CD. The U.S. vs. John Lennon [SOUNDTRACK]

Audio CD (September 26, 2006)

Original Release Date: September 26, 2006

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Capitol

1. POWER TO THE PEOPLE - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

2. NOBODY TOLD ME - John Lennon

3. WORKING CLASS HERO - John Lennon

4. I FOUND OUT - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

5. BED PEACE - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

6. THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO - The Beatles

7. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - The Plastic Ono Band

8. LOVE - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

9. ATTICA STATE (Live from the John Sinclair Freedom Rally /Ann Arbor 1971 previously unreleased) - John & Yoko & Plastic Ono Band

10. HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) - John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir

11. I DON’T WANNA BE A SOLDIER MAMA - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)

12. IMAGINE - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)

13. HOW DO YOU SLEEP? (Instrumental) - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)

14. NEW YORK CITY - John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Invisible Strings

15. JOHN SINCLAIR (Live from the John Sinclair Freedom Rally /Ann Arbor 1971) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band

16. SCARED - John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band/Little Big Horns and the Philharmanic Orchestrange

17. GOD - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

18. HERE WE GO AGAIN - John Lennon

19. GIMME SOME TRUTH - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)

20. OH MY LOVE - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)

21. INSTANT KARMA! (We All Shine On) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band

The U.S. vs. John Lennon is neither a collection of outtakes like Acoustic nor a career-spanning retrospective like the Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack or one of his many greatest-hits collections. Instead, it's an album with a theme: Lennon the idealist, Lennon the peace activist, Lennon the leftist; but also Lennon the disillusioned and Lennon the harrassed--and, of course, Lennon the newly in love with Yoko Ono. (Her spirit is palpable on every track, even those without her voice.) No surprise, then, that most of the songs date from 1969 to 1972, drawing heavily from Plastic Ono Band and Imagine. Don't look here for primal tracks like "Cold Turkey" and "Mother," smash hits like "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," or comeback songs like "Watching the Wheels"--not fitting the themes of the documentary, they are rightly left off. And the only Beatles track present is, of course, "The Ballad of John and Yoko." There isn't much new here, either--only two of the tracks are unreleased, and one is just Imagine's "How Do You Sleep?" with the vocals removed. (It's nevertheless a highlight, as it focuses attention on George Harrison's delicious guest spot on slide guitar.) But if you're OK with that, this is a fine encapsulation--featuring classics like "Imagine" and "Instant Karma!" and less well known songs like "I Found Out" and "Scared"--of the period in Lennon's life when he was struggling to stay in the U.S. while also struggling to change it. --Benjamin Lukoff

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