John Lennon actually might think about all of the individuals within the latter a part of 1971, as a result of so a lot of them have been shopping for his Think about album with the Plastic Ono Band. In late October, it could obtain the notable feat of turning into a simultaneous, transatlantic No.1, however on the US chart of September 18, it made a surprisingly modest begin.
The album was launched in America absolutely a month earlier than it hit the outlets within the UK, and debuted on that survey at a low-profile No.163. It went straight to No.1 in Lennon’s residence nation on October 30, the day it additionally hit the highest in its seventh chart look within the States. That was fuelled by the recognition of its title monitor single, which raced 20-6 that very same week.
As a interval reminder, it’s amusing to notice that the Think about lengthy participant additionally moved to the highest of that week’s Tape Cartridges chart, pulling forward (because it did on the primary album survey) of Rod Stewart’s Each Image Tells A Story. That was additionally the LP that it unseated to assert the UK crown.
“Lennon has emerged as the real British Dylan,” Billboard had mentioned in its enthusiastic evaluate of the Think about album, including “Move over Sgt. Pepper.” Alan Smith, writing in regards to the LP for NME, was much more effusive: “The album is superb,” he wrote. “Beautiful. One step away from the chill of his recent total self-revelation, and yet a giant leap towards commerciality without compromise. The songs have structure, direction and melody; guts, sensitivity and class.”
As a measure of the love and respect that the American record-buying public held for Lennon, Think about was licensed gold there lower than a month after launch. When Capitol entered the album for up to date certification in November 1991, it then went each platinum and double platinum on the identical day.
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