Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

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Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
Compilation album by John Lennon
Released	27 October 1997 (UK) 24 February 1998 (U.S.)
Recorded	June 1969 - Late 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	77:39
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer(s)	John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector and Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
John Lennon chronology
Lennon (1990)	Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (1997)	John Lennon Anthology (1998)

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's Shaved Fish and 1982's The John Lennon Collection. Because neither collection spanned Lennon's releases up to and including 1984's Milk And Honey, Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon - considered the definitive Lennon retrospective - was compiled to rectify the situation. It was released in the UK in 1997 and early 1998 in the United States.

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon reached #3 in the UK and #65 in the U.S. where it went gold.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by John Lennon, except where noted.

1. "Imagine" – 3:02
2. "Instant Karma!" – 3:20
3. "Mother" (single edit) – 3:53
   • US single version, issued in December 1970
4. "Jealous Guy" – 4:14
5. "Power to the People" – 3:17
6. "Cold Turkey" – 5:01
7. "Love" – 3:23
8. "Mind Games" – 4:11
9. "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" – 3:19
10. "#9 Dream" – 4:46
11. "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) – 3:27
12. "(Just Like) Starting Over" – 3:55
13. "Woman" – 3:26
14. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" – 4:00
15. "Watching the Wheels" – 3:31
16. "Nobody Told Me" – 3:33
17. "Borrowed Time" – 4:30
18. "Working Class Hero" – 3:49
19. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:33
20. "Give Peace a Chance" – 4:52
    • Originally credited to Lennon-McCartney, the credit was revised in the 1990s to cite only John Lennon as its composer

John Lennon
Studio Albums
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | Imagine | Mind Games | Walls and Bridges | Rock 'n' Roll
With Yoko Ono
Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins | Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions | Wedding Album | Some Time in New York City | Double Fantasy | Milk and Honey
Live Albums
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 | Live in New York City |
Compilations
Shaved Fish | The John Lennon Collection | Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon | Peace, Love & Truth | Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
Posthumous Albums
Menlove Ave. | Acoustic | Wonsaponatime
Soundtracks
Imagine: John Lennon | The U.S. Versus John Lennon
Box sets
Lennon | John Lennon Anthology
Books
In His Own Write | A Spaniard in the Works
Related Articles
The Beatles | Lennon-McCartney
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