Wonsaponatime

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Wonsaponatime
Compilation album by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

November 2, 1998 ( UK ) ,
November 3, 1998 ( US )

Label (s) EMI Group

Format (s)

LP , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

21st

running time

69 min 45 s

occupation
  • various musicians

production

Studio (s)

various

chronology
John Lennon Anthology
1998 		Wonsaponatime Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits
2001

Wonsaponatime is the title of a compilation album of John Lennon , the 21 tracks from the four-CD box John Lennon Anthology summarizes and it is the eleventh posthumous album of Lennon's death in 1980. published the same time, including eight solo studio albums, the three avant-garde albums with his wife Yoko Ono , the two live albums , the two interview albums and the compilation albums , John Lennon's 23rd album. It was released on November 2, 1998 in the UK and November 3, 1998 in the US .

History of origin

EMI released a single CD at the same time as the John Lennon Anthology , which included eleven edited (abridged) versions that were not published on the four-CD box. The CD contains a 15-page booklet that is glued in, which contains song texts, explanations of the individual tracks and an introduction by Yoko Ono.

It was released in CD format in November 1998; the double LP was released on January 18, 1999.

Cover design

The cover design was done by Roger Gorman / Reiner Design NYC and Yoko Ono. The colored cover drawing is by John Lennon.

Track list

  1. I'm Losing You - 3:56 (edited version)
  2. Working Class Hero - 3:58 (edited version)
  3. God - 3:16 (edited version)
  4. How do you sleep? - 5:00 (edited version)
  5. Imagine - 3:05 (edited version)
  6. Baby Please Don't Go (Walter Ward) - 4:04
  7. Oh My Love (John Lennon / Yoko Ono ) - 2:43 (edited version)
  8. God Save Oz (John Lennon / Yoko Ono) - 3:20 (edited version)
  9. I Found Out - 3:47
  10. Woman Is the Nigger of the World (live) - 5:14
  11. 'A Kiss Is Just a Kiss' (Herman Hupfield) - 0:11
  12. Be-Bop-A-Lula ( Gene Vincent / T. Davis) - 2:40 (edited version)
  13. Rip It Up / Ready Teddy (Blackwell / Marascalo) - 2:26 (edited version)
  14. What You Got - 1:14
  15. Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out - 5:02 (edited version)
  16. I Don't Wanna Face It - 3:31
  17. Real Love - 4:07 (edited version)
  18. Only You (Buck Ram / Ande Rand) - 3:24
  19. Grow Old with Me - 3:18
  20. Sean's “In the Sky” - 1:22
  21. Serve Yourself - 3:47

Republication

The CD has not yet been re- mastered .

Single releases

No single was released from the album. In the USA, two CD promotional singles Happy Xmas (Rough Mix '71) / Be-Bop-A-Lula   and I'm Losing You / Only You were   distributed to radio stations, but they did not appear as regular sales singles.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 76 (1 week) 1

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Promotion CD single: Happy Xmas
  2. ↑ Promotion CD single: I'm Losing You / Only You
  3. ↑ Chart sources: UK