Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon

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Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
Compilation album by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

October 3, 2005 ( UK ) ,
October 4, 2005 ( US )

Label (s) EMI Group

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

38

running time

CD 1: 74 min 26 s
CD 2: 77 min 12 s

occupation
  • various musicians

production

Studio (s)

various

chronology
Peace, Love & Truth
2005 		Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon The US vs. John Lennon
2006

Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon is the fourth "Best Of" compilation album by John Lennon and the 15th posthumously released album after Lennon's death in 1980. It also includes eight solo studio albums, the three avant-garde albums with his Ms. Yoko Ono , the two live albums , the two interview albums and the compilation albums make up John Lennon's 27th album. It was released on October 3, 2005 in the UK and October 4, 2005 in the US .

History of origin

In October 2005, EMI released a compilation album for John Lennon's 65th birthday, after Shaved Fish , The John Lennon Collection and Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, it was the fourth and most extensive "Best Of" compilation album by John Lennon. The double CD contains 20 single A-pages that were released between 1969 and 1988. The only not included, internationally released single is Every Man Has a Woman . The album also contained the US promotional single I'm Losing You (version with Cheap Trick ), a live recording of the album Live in New York City ( Come Together ); two recordings were taken from the John Lennon Anthology and from Wonsaponatime ( Real Love and Grow Old with Me - version orchestrated by George Martin ); the remaining 14 songs are from the studio albums.

Only Yoko Ono is mentioned as the producer , which probably only applies to the production of the CD, since the respective producers are specified in the accompanying book for the music. All tracks are from the remixed and remastered re-releases that were released between 2000 and 2005. A 20-page booklet is enclosed with the CD.

There was no publication in LP format.

Cover design

The cover design was done by Karla Merrifield, Rob Owen and Drew Lorimer / The Red Room. The cover picture is from Ian Macmillan.

Track list

CD 1

  1. (Just Like) Starting Over - 3:56
  2. Imagine - 3:02
  3. Watching the Wheels - 3:30
  4. Jealous Guy - 4:14
  5. Instant karma! - 3:20
  6. Stand by Me (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:26
  7. Working Class Hero - 3:48
  8. Power to the People - 3:22
  9. Oh My Love (Lennon, Yoko Ono) - 2:44
  10. Oh yoko! - 4:18
  11. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) - 5:07
  12. Nobody Told Me - 3:34
  13. Bless You - 4:37
  14. Come Together (Live) ( Lennon / McCartney ) - 4:22
  15. New York City - 4:31
  16. I'm Stepping Out - 4:06
  17. You Are Here - 4:07
  18. Borrowed Time - 4:29
  19. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Lennon, Ono) - 3:37

CD 2

  1. Woman - 3:33
  2. Mind Games - 4:12
  3. Out the Blue - 3:22
  4. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - 3:27
  5. Love - 3:23
  6. Mother - 5:34
  7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - 4:01
  8. Woman Is the Nigger of the World (Lennon, Ono) - 5:16
  9. God - 4:09
  10. Scared - 4:36
  11. # 9 Dream - 4:46
  12. I'm Losing You - 3:55
  13. Isolation - 2:51
  14. Cold Turkey - 5:01
  15. Intuition - 3:08
  16. Gimme Some Truth - 3:15
  17. Give Peace a Chance - 4:50
  18. Real Love - 4:12
  19. Grow Old with Me - 3:20

Republication

In October 2008 a limited edition (deluxe version) was released, which still contains the DVD Lennon Legend - The Very Best of John Lennon .

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 44 (5 weeks) 5
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 22nd (8 weeks) 8th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 61 (6 weeks) 6th
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 11 (10 weeks) 10
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 135 (3 weeks) 3

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 40,000
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Gold record icon.svg gold 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg3 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg1 × platinum
 197,500

Main article: John Lennon / Music Sales Awards

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. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US