Lennon's first proper solo album, stark and confessional, shaped by his primal-therapy sessions. Behind songs like 'Mother' and 'God' there is only guitar, bass and Ringo Starr's drums.
His most popular solo record, softer and more melodic, carried by the title track's utopian anthem. Tenderness sits next to the bitter 'How Do You Sleep?'.
A politically charged double album recorded with the band Elephant's Memory, tackling feminism, Ireland and prison. Its blunt topical songs drew a cool reception.
A return to mainstream rock after the political detour, self-produced and steadier in tone. The title track became its lasting single.
Recorded during his separation from Yoko Ono, it gave Lennon his first solo US number one with 'Whatever Gets You thru the Night'. Polished, restless and full of studio craft.
An album of covers of the 1950s songs he grew up on, produced in part with Phil Spector. A warm farewell before his five-year break from music.
His comeback after years spent raising his son, made with Yoko Ono and released weeks before his death. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year and holds 'Woman' and '(Just Like) Starting Over'.
A posthumous album assembled from the Double Fantasy sessions and released four years after his death. It carries the hit 'Nobody Told Me' and the ballad 'Grow Old with Me'.