Isolation (John Lennon song) Isolation (John Lennon song) "Isolation" is a 1970 song appearing on John Lennon's first official solo album release, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". It ends side one of the album, and is the fifth track. In the Philippines Apple Records released "Isolation" as the b-side to "Mother", the single off "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", in contrast to most countries where the b-side was Yoko Ono's "Why." It was also released on an EP in Mexico along with "Mother," "Look at Me" and "My Mummy's Dead." At the time, Lennon began to feel disillusioned with fame and where his life was heading,
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's "Shaved Fish" and 1982's "The John Lennon Collection". Because neither collection spanned Lennon's releases up to and including 1984's "Milk and Honey", "Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon" – considered the definitive Lennon retrospective – was compiled to rectify the situation. It was released in the UK in 1997 through Parlophone and early 1998 in the US by EMI Records. "Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon"