Imagine
by John Lennon
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Imagine is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by John Lennon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Lennon is John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band which is ranked number 152 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,820.
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Imagine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Imagine rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 38 Music Albums of 1971 | 20/38 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 36 Music Albums of 1971 | 8/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 12 Europe British Isles | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Lieblingslieder - Favorite Songs | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 67 Music Albums of 1971 | 15/67 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 57 Music Albums of 1971 | 26/57 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 20/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 13 Music Albums of 1971 | 7/13 | 3 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 401-500 Greatest Albums Of All Time | 30/100 | - |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 38 Music Albums of 1971 | 11/38 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 849 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,612 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago |  greatson | 1,916 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 00:53 | AngelBecerra | 1,185 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2026 17:34 |  Leonard | 6,624 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Imagine forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 45 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5449): By junodog4Imagine comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/29/2019 06:08 | #238609 | TOP COMMENT
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Such an important album for so many reasons
Firstly its by John Lennon , enough said
Secondly it contains "Imagine" one of the most significant songs in recorded history
And thirdly it's only 10 tracks long but there is so much packed into these 10 gems. There is the heavy weight icons in "Imagine" and "Jealous Guy" , the Lennon soul barring tracks in "Crippled Inside" , "It's So Hard" and "How?" , the Lennon love letters to Yoko in "Oh My Love" and "Oh Yoko!" , strong political commentary in "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier" and "Gimme Some Truth" and of course the unforgettably blistering attack on McCartney on "How Do You Sleep?" . Every word every note has meaning
The 'Imagine' rabbit hole is deep and dark , how ever here's my recommendation:
(1) Listen to the standard album and become familiar
(2) Check out 'Imagine (The Ultimate Collection)' a 61 track 4.5 hour behemoth covering demos and unused tracks from the Imagine sessions
(3) Watch the documentary "Above Us Only Sky" about these sessions
(4) Watch the documentary "Gimme Some Truth" which further expands on the making of Imagine
(5) And if your feeling really motivated check out the 1971 Lennon/Yoko produced "Imagine" which is more like a home movie than actual movie and is very weird ( wanna see Lennon eating Chess Pieces ? You got it here )
An absolutely essential album
Nowhereman1965 09/14/2018 18:04 | #221045 | TOP COMMENT
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John Lennon’s most accessible and successful album. Has some wonderful songs on it and it’s well produced. It’s not perfect. The title track is problematic coming from a millionaire but it’s sentiments are honourable and I think genuine. We could have done without the nasty and vitriolic How do you sleep. Despite the superb slide guitar from George Harrison ! Overall a top class album that I’d recommend.
With Plastic Ono, All things Must Pass, and Band on the Run this is one of the best Beatle solo albums. Lennon's vast songwriting talent runs the gamut of emotions on Imagine. Wispy philosophical tracks like the title song, How, Oh My Love are combined with vitriolic rockers like Gimme Some Truth, How do you Sleep, Crippled Inside. Oh yeah it's also got Jealous Guy. A Lennon classic with some great piano by session wizard Nicky Hopkins.
revolver94 08/03/2011 15:41 | #25623 | TOP COMMENT
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Lennon's second best album. Doesn't compare to "Plastic Ono Band", but with tracks like "Imagine" and "Jealous Guy" it's hard to just pass aside this album.
Political without being overbearing. The middle section has gotten a bit dull to me but its probably just from overplay.
Now it is my 2nd favorite lennon album and 5th favorite solo beatle record.
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