John Lennon rarely shied away from a strong statement. By the time he launched his solo career, Lennon was an activist and a change-maker. Most famously, his calling card, “Imagine,” sees him dream of ...

For a few of the albums that came before The White Album, the Beatles relied on heavy concepts. From loose themes to concept records, these albums saw the group leave their blues-inspired early years ...

John Lennon wrote "Don't Let Me Down" for Yoko Ono during the creation of their last album, which was hailed by critics as a ...

Yoko Ono and John Lennon (holding their marriage certificate) on their wedding day in Gibraltar, March 20, 1969 (photo by David Nutter, ©Yoko Ono) By the time John Lennon and Yoko Ono released their ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

John Lennon began working on the 1975 album Rock ‘n’ Roll in 1975. During the recording process, Lennon spent late, drunken nights in the studio with producer Phil Spector. During more than one ...

Mind Games was meant to be a return to form for John Lennon, after an instantly dated protest album that felt didactic and cold. He seemed to be back on track with its opening Top 20 hit title song.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No one sets out to make a bad album, but they happen. Perhaps the artists' intentions aren't clear on the track, or the band's ...

Despite broadly standing the tallest in critical stature of the solo Beatles, John Lennon never nabbed quite as many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. John Lennon lands another posthumous success in the U.K. as the ...

There are few albums in the history of music, let alone The Beatles’ discography, that hold as much cultural significance as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was the beginning of the band’s ...