Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

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Lennon Legend:
The Very Best of John Lennon
Lennon Legend:The Very Best of John Lennon cover
Compilation album by John Lennon
Released Flag of the United Kingdom October 27, 1997 (1997-10-27)
Flag of the United States February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24)
Recorded June 1969 - Late 1980
Genre Rock
Length 77:39
Label Parlophone/EMI
Producer John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector and Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
John Lennon chronology
Lennon
(1990)		 Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
(1997)		 John Lennon Anthology
(1998)
Alternative cover
iTunes release. Notice the coloration and 'Very Best' in lower case.
iTunes release. Notice the coloration and 'Very Best' in lower case.

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 peaked at #3 on the UK Albums Chart and certified 2x Platinum by the BPI in May 1998. The album has also certified Platinum in the U.S. and Canada as of December 2008. In the history of Japanese Oricon chart, Lennon Legend has been one of the longest charting albums that failed to reach top-40, selling more than 190,000 copies up to late 2006.

The album re-entered the UK Chart on 18 June 2007, almost 10 years after its release, at #30. The album also appeared in a commercial for Apple's iPod touch.

Same titled DVD was also released 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).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed 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, for the first time released on CD.
  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"1 – 4:52

1. Originally credited to Lennon/McCartney, the credit was revised in the 1990s to cite only Lennon as its composer.

[edit] Chart positions

Country Chart (1997-2008) Position Weeks
United Kingdom UK Albums Chart 3 45
Austria Austria Top 40 5 16 [1]
Switzerland Swiss Record Charts 13 8
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart (top 50) 21 7
Finland Finnish Albums Chart (top 40) 22 4
Sweden Swedish Albums Chart (top 60) 28 4
Australia ARIA Charts (top 50) 37 2 [1]
Norway VG-lista (top 40) 39 1 [1]
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 100) 46 49[2]
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 200) 99[2] 2
Original Confidence Weekly Albums Chart (top 300) 267[2] 2
Belgium Ultratop Albums Chart (top 50) 48 2
United States The Billboard 200 65 9
Netherlands Mega Albums Top 100 85 4

[edit] Certifications

Country Organization Level Shipments
United Kingdom BPI 2x Platinum[3] 600,000+
United States RIAA Platinum[4] 1,000,000+
Japan RIAJ Platinum 250,000
Canada CRIA Platinum 100,000+


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c swedishcharts.com - John Lennon - Lennon Legend - The Very Best Of John Lennon
  2. ^ a b c "John Lennon Japanese Album Chart listings". Original Confidence. http://homepage1.nifty.com/tuty/after_beatles_john_albumchartaction_japan.htm/. Retrieved on 2008-07-01. 
  3. ^ "Platinum Awards Content - LENNON, JOHN - LENNON LEGEND - THE VERY BEST OF". http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=27535. Retrieved on 2008-07-01. 
  4. ^ "RIAA — Gold & Platinum — Searchable Database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Lennon%20Legend&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved on 2008-12-16. 
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