John Lennon - Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon

Primary Artist
John Lennon
Album Title
Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
Release Date
October 4, 2005 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
There sure hasn't been a shortage of John Lennon compilations over the years, but there hasn't been a new collection since 1997's Lennon Legend and there haven't been any two-CD sets covering his entire career -- until 2005's Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon, that is. Released on October 4, 2005, this surely was intended as a tie-in to the Broadway show Lennon: The Musical, but it wound up appearing ten days after the musical concluded its disastrous run. Even if the show did tank, it provided the occasion for this strong collection. Read More