His best-selling album, 1971's multi-platinum Imagine, was followed by the gold-selling Mind Games in 1973 and Walls and Bridges in 1974. Only 1972's newsy, overtly political Some Time in New York ...

We count on musicians to hold a mirror up to us. We want songs to reflect our inner-most thoughts–the ones we’re too afraid to say out loud. Not every musician is up to the task. Many skim the surface ...

John Lennon only issued seven solo albums in the 10 years after the Beatles broke up. The posthumously released Milk and Honey and Menlove Ave. made for a total of nine. With such a small sample size, ...