[quote by=Wayne_L. link=Blah.pl?b=lennon,m=1081459377,s=0 date=1081459377]I think Walls & Bridges released in 74 is one of John's weakest solo albums creatively, musically & artistically from this former Beatle because he seems to have lost focus as an artist & with his legend which had absolutely nothing to do with his breakup from Yoko at the time with only a few great tracks like Going Down On Love, Steel & Glass, Sweet Bird Of Paradise & the depressing downer ballad Nobody Loves You(When You're Down & Out) while I like the hit single Whatever Gets You Throught The Night now I have to admit I didn't like it too much when it was popular on the radio for some reason but I first listened to W&B for the first time back in 78 which wasn't too impressive. [/quote]
Wayne, just a piece of trivia: Walls and Bridges yielded John's only #1 single following the breakup of the Beatles (that is until Starting Over, after he died). The song of course is Whatever Gets You through the Night. Even his most famous song, Imagine, though a Top 10 hit, didn't chart to #1.
Two other interesting pieces of trivia is that album boasted some Beatle inspiration to it. First, the song Steel and Glass was Lennon scathing critique of Alan Klein -- one of those who you can safely agree ended The Beatles. Second, the song Scared was also rooted in Beatle folklore. When he sang "hatred and jealousy is going to be the death of me; I knew that right from the start," John was reaching out to Paul in a way to say, let bygones be bygones. An olive branch of sorts.