NewCC0085: John Lennon
Submitted by lbangs on Wed, 05/16/2001 - 11:10
Tags:
- John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (70): *****
- Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (97): **** 1/2
- Imagine (71): **** 1/2
- The John Lennon Collection (82): **** 1/2
- Lennon (90): **** 1/2
- Shaved Fish (75): ****
- Double Fantasy (80): ****
- Imagine: John Lennon [Original Soundtrack] (88): ****
- Rock 'n' Roll (75): *** 1/2
- Mind Games (73): *** 1/2
- Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (69): ***
- Walls and Bridges (74): ***
- Live in New York City (86): ***
- Menlove Ave. (86): ***
- Anthology (98): ***
- Sometime in New York City / Live Jam (72): ** 1/2
- Milk & Honey (84): ** 1/2
- Wedding Album (69): *
- Life with the Lions: Unfinished Music #2 (69): *
- Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins (68): *
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever