IMAGINE: THE ULTIMATE EDITION
It’s easy if you try.” That profound statement set the table for the visceral round of revelations John Lennon had in store for us on his second proper solo album following his departure from The Beatles, September 1971’s . Whereas “God,” the critical denouement on Lennon’s galvanizing December 1970 solo debut , served as a gasp-inducing, barrier-breaking declarative manifesto, “Imagine” proffered more of a “what if” scenario that embodied an inclusively universal yet concurrently subversive scope. (The song’s lyrics were actually inspired by what were known as “event scores” in, and she was rightly credited as its co-writer in June 2017.)
