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
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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.

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon was also released on DVD in 2003 as a series of remastered, remixed & new music videos with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio mixes (See Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon DVD).

[edit] CD 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

v • d • e    John Lennon
Discography
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
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