John Lennon discography

John Lennon discography

Lennon rehearsing "Give Peace a Chance" in Montreal, Canada in 1969
Studio albums 11
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 14
Singles 21
Box sets 4

John Lennon was an English singer-songwriter and was one of four principal members of the band The Beatles. His studio album discography begins with Plastic Ono Band from 1970, his first album release after the break-up of the Beatles, three previous albums done in collaboration with Yoko Ono issued in the 1960s designated as experimental.

Albums


Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
ITA
[6]
JPN
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
US
[10]
1968 Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 29 November 1968
124
1969 Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Zapple
  • Released: 9 May 1969
174
Wedding Album
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 7 November 1969
178
1970 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 11 December 1970
8 3 2 39 8 5 1 4
[11]
6
1971 Imagine
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 9 September 1971 (US)
    8 October 1971 (UK)
1 1 2 5 10 1 1 1 1 1
1972 Some Time in New York City
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 12 June 1972 (US)
    15 September 1972 (UK)
11 10 6 15 2 48
1973 Mind Games
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 16 November 1973
13 8 28 14 6 7 7 9
1974 Walls and Bridges
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 4 October 1974
6 4 1 41 11 14 16 3 1
1975 Rock 'n' Roll
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 21 February 1975
6 5 5 3 37 12 15 9 6
1980 Double Fantasy
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Geffen
  • Released: 17 November 1980
1 1 1 2 2 6 2 4 1 1
1984 Milk and Honey
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Polydor
  • Released: 9 January 1984
3 4 15 10 20 16 3 4 7 11

Live albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
JPN
[7]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[17]
US
[10]
1969 Live Peace in Toronto 1969
(with The Plastic Ono Band)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 12 December 1969
7 29 19 10
1986 Live in New York City 55 66 33 33 13 12 41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certification
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[19]
CAN
[3]
GER
[5]
JPN
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[17]
US
[10]
1975 Shaved Fish
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 24 October 1975
8 8 5 70 37 22 5 9 28 12
1982 The John Lennon Collection 1 1 29 62 8 32 1 4 33
1986 Menlove Ave.
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 3 November 1986
92 32 127
1988 Imagine: John Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 10 October 1988
64 14 14 31
1997 Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 27 October 1997 (UK), 24 February 1998 (US)
4 37 5 86 11 46 85 39 28 65
1998 Wonsaponatime
  • Label: Capitol/EMI
  • Released: 2 November 1998
76 83 57
2001 Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Label: Timeless/Traditions Alive Music
  • Released: 1 February 2002
2004 Acoustic
  • Label: Capitol/EMI
  • Released: 1 November 2004
133 23 31
2005 Peace, Love & Truth
  • Label: EMI
  • Released: 4 August 2005
Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone/Capitol/EMI
  • Released: 3 October 2005
11 22 44 39 52 13 17 135
2006 The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone/EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 25 September 2006
Remember
(Starbucks-released compilation)
  • Label: EMI/Starbucks
  • Released: 2006
44
2010 Power to the People: The Hits
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 5 October 2010
15 10 16 7 33 25 64 33 24
2014 Icon
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 9 September 2014
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Year Album Peak chart positions Certification
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[19]
CAN
[3]
GER
[5]
JPN
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[17]
US
[10]
1990 Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 30 October 1990
39 53
1998 John Lennon Anthology 64 86 30 99
2010 Gimme Some Truth
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 5 October 2010
71 196
John Lennon Signature Box
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 5 October 2010
30 21 88 23 40 148
2015 Lennon
  • Label: UMC
  • Released: 8 June 2015
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[19]
CAN
[26]
GER
[27]
JPN
[28]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWI
[29]
US
[10]
1969 "Give Peace a Chance"
(Plastic Ono Band)
2 6 2 8 4 81 1 11 14 non-album singles
"Cold Turkey"
(Plastic Ono Band)
12 25 30 91 30
1970 "Instant Karma!"
(Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band)
5 6 4 2 7 58 7 9 31 3
"Mother" 57 9 12 26 30 10 3 43 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1971 "Power to the People"
(John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band)
6 21 11 4 7 66 4 3 5 11 non-album single
"Imagine" 1 1 7 14 5 6 5 3 Imagine
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
(John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)
2 9 49 43 40 30 7 3 57 non-album single
1972 "Woman Is the Nigger of the World"
(John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Invisible Strings)
73 38 57 Some Time in New York City
1973 "Mind Games" 26 16 11 37 46 16 18 Mind Games
1974 "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"
(John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band))
36 34 2 42 72 21 1 Walls and Bridges
"#9 Dream" 23 35 97 9
1975 "Stand by Me" 30 61 19 13 22 74 20 Rock 'n' Roll
"Ya Ya" 47
"Imagine" 6 Shaved Fish
1980 "(Just Like) Starting Over" 1 1 1 1 4 37 14 2 1 1 Double Fantasy
1981 "Woman" 1 4 3 1 4 11 5 2 2
"Imagine" 1 43 4 5 3 2 Imagine
"Watching the Wheels" 30 45 12 3 46 6 10 Double Fantasy
"I Saw Her Standing There"
(Elton John Band feat. John Lennon and the Muscle Shoals Horns)
40 81 8 28th November 1974 (Elton John EP)
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
(John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)
28 77 2 non album-single
1982 "Love" 41 94 The John Lennon Collection
1984 "Nobody Told Me" 6 6 4 55 13 7 5 Milk and Honey
"Borrowed Time" 32 108
"I'm Stepping Out" 88 55
"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" Every Man Has a Woman
1985 "Jealous Guy" 65 80 Imagine
1988 "Imagine" 45 21 Imagine: John Lennon
1997 "(Just Like) Starting Over" 40 Lennon Legend
"Love" 58
1999 "Imagine" 3 56 Imagine
2003 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
(John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)
33 78 non album-single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year Title Director
1969 "Give Peace a Chance"
"Cold Turkey"
1970 "Working Class Hero"
"Mother"
1971 "Imagine"
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
1973 "Mind Games"
1975 "Stand by Me"
1980 "(Just Like) Starting Over"
1981 "Watching the Wheels"
"Woman"
1982 "Love"

Collaborations and other appearances

Year Album/single Collaborator Comment
1962 B-side: "I've Just Fallen for Someone" Johnny Gentle uncredited co-writer (middle eight)[32]
1965 "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" The Silkie producer
1967 "We Love You" The Rolling Stones backing vocals, tambourine, handclaps
Their Satanic Majesties Request The Rolling Stones backing vocals and percussion on "Sing This All Together"
1970 "Down in the Alley" Ronnie Hawkins spoken introduction
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band Yoko Ono producer, guitar
1971 "God Save Oz" / "Do the Oz" Bill Elliot and the Elastic Oz Band writer of both songs, vocals on "Do the Oz"
Fly Yoko Ono producer, guitar, piano, organ
1972 The Pope Smokes Dope David Peel and The Lower East Side producer
Elephant's Memory Elephant's Memory producer, guitar, backing vocals
1973 Approximately Infinite Universe Yoko Ono producer, guitar, backing vocals
Ringo Ringo Starr writer, piano and harmony vocals on "I'm the Greatest"
Feeling the Space Yoko Ono producer, guitar on "She Hits Back" and "Woman Power"
"Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)" Mick Jagger producer[33]
1974 A Toot and a Snore in '74 various artists (bootleg) Lennon jams with Paul McCartney and others
Pussy Cats Harry Nillson producer, co-writer of "Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga"
Caribou Elton John Tambourine on "The Bitch Is Back"[34]
Goodnight Vienna Ringo Starr writer/vocals/piano on title song, guitar on "All by Myself" and "Only You (And You Alone)"
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" / "One Day (At a Time)" Elton John guitar, backing vocals
John Dawson Winter III Johnny Winter writer of "Rock and Roll People"
1975 Two Sides of the Moon Keith Moon writer of "Move Over Ms. L"
Young Americans David Bowie vocals, guitar, backing vocals on "Across the Universe" and "Fame" (also co-writer)
1976 Ringo's Rotogravure Ringo Starr writer/piano on "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)"
1980 John Lennon for President David Peel and the Lower East Side producer[35]
1980 Outtakes of "I'm Losing You" and "I'm Moving On" Cheap Trick writer, vocals ("I'm Losing You" released on John Lennon Anthology)
1981 "Walking on Thin Ice" Yoko Ono producer, guitar

See also

References

Footnotes
    Citations
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    2. 1 2 3 4 5 Peak chart positions for albums and singles in Australia:
    3. 1 2 3 4 Peak positions for albums in Canada.
    4. 1 2 "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
    5. 1 2 3 "charts.de: Suche nach "John Lennon"" (ASP). charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
    6. "Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Album" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
    7. 1 2 3 4 Peak chart positions for albums in Japan:
    8. 1 2 3 4 "dutchcharts.nl John Lennon discography" (in Dutch). MegaCharts/Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
    9. 1 2 3 4 5 "norwegiancharts.com John Lennon discography". VG-lista. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
    10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Allmusic: John Lennon: Chart and Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
    11. "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian harts portal". VG-lista. Retrieved 2011-09-17.NOTE: Reference mistakenly indicates "Some Time in New York City" was placed at number-four on the chart, but it was not recorded as of 1971
    12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "BPI – Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    14. 1 2 "French albums certifications". InfoDisc. Retrieved 19 November 2010. Note: See "LENNON J." and "LENNON J. & Ono Y."
    15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Retrieved 18 November 2010.
    16. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gold Platinum Database: John Lennon". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
    17. 1 2 3 "swedishcharts.com - Discography John Lennon" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
    18. "RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    19. 1 2 3 "Discographie John Lennon - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
    20. 1 2 "IFPI Austria" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2011-09-16. Note: User needs to enter "John Lennon" in the "Interpret" field and click the "Suchen" button.
    21. "IFPI Norsk platebransje". Retrieved 14 November 2010.
    22. 1 2 "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
    23. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
    24. "RIAJ > The Record > February 1999 > Certified Awards (December 1998)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2013.
    25. "Japanese album certifications – ジョン・レノン – LENNON" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1991年12月 on the drop-down menu
    26. Peak positions for albums in Canada:
    27. "charts.de: Suche nach "John Lennon"" (ASP). charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
    28. Okamoto, Satoshi (2011). Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968-2010 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-088-4.
    29. "Swiss Chart > John Lennon". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
    30. "RIAJ > The Record > September 1997 > Certified Awards (July 1997)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    31. "RIAJ > The Record > January 1999 > Certified Awards (November 1998)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
    32. Goldman, Albert (1988). The Lives of John Lennon. William Morrow & Co. p. 97. ISBN 9780688047214.
    33. Aeppli, Felix (2003). The Rolling Stones 1962-2002: The Ultimate Guide to the First Forty Years. Paul Pelletier Publishing. ISBN 978-0907872306.
    34. Blaney, John (2005). "1973 to 1975: The Lost Weekend Starts Here". John Lennon: Listen to This Book (illustrated ed.). [S.l.]: Paper Jukebox. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-9544528-1-0.
    35. http://www.allmusic.com/album/john-lennon-for-president-mw0000496824/credits
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