Plastic Ono Band

a.k.a. the “primal scream” album, referring to the painful therapy that gave rise to its songs, Plastic

Ono Band is John Lennon’s first proper solo LP and a frighteningly profound, self-revelatory recording. Lennon attacks and denies idols and icons, including his former band, to hit a raw core of confession that, in its echo-drenched, garage-rock crudity, is years ahead of punk.