The Beatles: 10 Perfect Solo Albums

10. Rock n Roll - John Lennon

After years of going on different political tirades with his wife Yoko Ono, it looked like John Lennon's extreme life was starting to catch up with him. Not only did he have to worry about keeping up with his former writing partners having hit singles, but there was also the legal battle that was still hung around his neck to fight deportation from the US. So Rock n Roll should have just been a nice way to blow off some steam, only for everything to turn to hell once Lennon landed in LA.

In what has now become known as his Lost Weekend, most of these sessions were born out of extreme pain, as Lennon started drinking heavily and getting too drunk to even get through a decent performance of some of his favorite songs. Even when we got a decent version of the album, producer Phil Spector ended up disappearing with the tapes, which put the record on the shelf for a few years.

Though this was originally meant to clear up any type of legal trouble he had with lifting the melody of Come Together from a Chuck Berry song, a lot of what turns up on here are some pretty fun versions of rock classics, from John getting a hiccup in his voice to do justice to Buddy Holly's Peggy Sue or going for broke on Slippin and Slidin, with an amazing horn section behind him. These sessions might not have been all that easy to play, but the final product feels like you're right there in the Cavern Club listening to the young rock and roller in his prime.