The track “How Do You Sleep?” is a diatribe against Macca that underscores the album’s message of harmony and brotherhood. The LP also includes yet another strong ballad, “Jealous Guy” - a disarmingly honest love song. While Lennon’s 1970 album Plastic Ono Band explored introspective psychological insights, this release expands those concepts to more global themes like world peace. Produced by Phil Spector, Imagine’s title track is probably Lennon’s most famous song. The album alternates between songs written by Lennon and Yoko Ono but the hits are all Lennon tunes, including “(Just Like) Starting Over,” “Woman” and “Watching the Wheels” whose lyrics eloquently address the contentment he found outside of the limelight. (Total sales: Over 1 million units)Īlthough the album was released several weeks before Lennon’s murder, his untimely death brought an enormous amount of attention to this late work and pushed it up the charts until it became his biggest selling album. The album’s biggest hit was a remake of an obscure 1962 song called “Got My Mind Set on You.” Lynne’s George Martin-like production is evident, especially on a heartfelt reminiscence of the Beatles called “When We Was Fab” that features Ringo on drums. George’s second best-selling album, “Cloud Nine,” came out seventeen years later, and was produced by another studio master, Jeff Lynne, who pushed George to levels of inspiration higher than he’d been in years. Many of the lyrics - including the title track and “My Sweet Lord” - are influenced by Eastern religion while Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound production adds power and depth to the album’s second best-selling single, “What Is Life.” The third disc is made up of instrumental jams highlighting the virtuosity of the backing musicians such as Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon and Billy Preston.
Originally a three-disc vinyl box set, All Things Must Pass remains a watershed of George’s creativity which had been somewhat dormant while John and Paul were front and center. This was an artistic and commercial powerhouse and the one Beatle solo effort that matched the fanfare of the groups’ epic releases. George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass (1970) Here is an overview of each of the Beatles two best-selling releases proving that sometimes there are second acts (for those from Liverpool). For John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the new found freedom allowed them to explore more personal work for George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the change-up put their individual talents in the spotlight. Though nothing could quite live up to the influence and quality of their initial collective legacy, their vast solo catalogs include many artistic, critical, commercial successes.
None of the Beatles were older than 30 when they broke up and they all had loads of music left in them.
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