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Power to the People is a box set by John Lennon and Yoko Ono released on 10 October 2025 through Mercury Records.[1] The box showcases Lennon and Ono's historic 1972 One to One concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York City.[2][3]

Released10 October 2025
RecordedOne to One Concert: 30 August 1972 New York City: December 1971 – 20 March 1972
VenuesMadison Square Garden, New York City
GenreRock
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Power to the People
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and various artists
Released10 October 2025
RecordedOne to One Concert: 30 August 1972 New York City: December 1971 – 20 March 1972
VenuesMadison Square Garden, New York City
GenreRock
LabelMercury
ProducerSean Ono Lennon
John Lennon chronology
Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes
(2020)		 Power to the People
(2025)
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The project received generally favorable reviews, although it was criticized for the absence of the song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" contained in the original album Some Time in New York City. Commercially, the box charted in several international charts including a top-ten debut on the German Album Chart.

Description

The box set includes 9 CDs, 3 Blu-rays, a 204-page book, and 31 live tracks from Lennon and Ono's two sets at the One to One Concert backed by the Plastic Ono Band, Elephant's Memory and special guests at Madison Square Garden, New York City, on 30 August 1972. It features 92 bonus tracks.[4][5]

The album is also available in one and two disc CD editions, containing just the concerts.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
LoudersoundStarStar[7]
MojoStarStarStarStar[8]
Pitchfork6.0/10[9]
Rockol9.0/10[10]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[11]
UncutStarStarStarStar[12]
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The project received generally favorable reviews by critics. On review aggregator Metacritic, Power to the People (box set) received a score of 75 out of 100 based on 5 reviews.[6]

In a positive review Tom Doyle of Mojo reported that "the reworkings of the original studio tracks that are the main draw here, and a great example of what these box sets do best: rescuing cultural artifacts, carefully restoring them and illuminating them from new and fascinating angles".[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Pitchfork described the box as a "a vivid document of that brief period when Lennon and Ono reinvented themselves as radicals".[9]

In a mixed review by David Quantick of Loudersound : "once you strip away the flim and the flam, you are left with some reasonably good live music, some intriguing demos arguably the best material" and Some Time in New York City, "an album that suffers from being terrible and the omission of its one great song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", whose title means it has been excised from the album."[7]

Track listing

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Disc one: The One to One Concert • Hybrid 'Best of' Show
No.TitleWriter(s)ShowLength
1."Power to the People (Intro)"John LennonEvening 
2."New York City"LennonAfternoon 
3."It's So Hard"LennonAfternoon 
4."Move on Fast"Yoko OnoAfternoon 
5."Well Well Well"LennonEvening 
6."Born in a Prison"OnoAfternoon 
7."Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)"LennonAfternoon 
8."Mother"LennonAfternoon 
9."We're All Water"OnoEvening 
10."Come Together"Lennon–McCartneyEvening 
11."Imagine"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
Afternoon 
12."Open Your Box"OnoAfternoon 
13."Cold Turkey"LennonAfternoon 
14."Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"OnoAfternoon 
15."Hound Dog"
Evening 
16."Law and Order"LennonEvening 
17."Give Peace a Chance"LennonEvening 
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Disc two: The One to One Concert • Afternoon Show
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Power to the People (Intro)"Lennon0:35
2."New York City"Lennon4:23
3."It's So Hard"Lennon3:10
4."Move On Fast"Ono4:01
5."Well Well Well"Lennon5:42
6."Born in a Prison"Ono5:11
7."Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)"Lennon3:36
8."Mother"Lennon5:30
9."We're All Water"Ono6:00
10."Come Together"Lennon–McCartney4:40
11."Imagine"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:32
12."Open Your Box"Ono4:19
13."Cold Turkey"Lennon6:01
14."Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"Ono4:37
15."Hound Dog"
  • Leiber
  • Stoller
3:57
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Disc three: The One to One Concert • Evening Show
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Power to the People (Intro)"Lennon1:01
2."New York City"Lennon4:30
3."It's So Hard"Lennon3:16
4."Move On Fast"Ono4:12
5."Well Well Well"Lennon6:08
6."Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)"Lennon3:48
7."Mother"Lennon5:47
8."We're All Water"Ono6:13
9."Born in a Prison"Ono4:55
10."Come Together"Lennon–McCartney4:45
11."Imagine"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:56
12."Open Your Box"Ono5:27
13."Cold Turkey"Lennon6:38
14."Hound Dog"
  • Leiber
  • Stoller
3:04
15."Law and Order"Lennon2:17
16."Give Peace a Chance"Lennon10:38
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Disc four: New York City (The Ultimate Mixes)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New York City"Lennon4:40
2."Sisters, O Sisters"Ono3:45
3."Attica State"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
2:54
4."Born in a Prison"Ono4:04
5."Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
6:47
6."The Luck of the Irish"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:03
7."John Sinclair"Lennon5:12
8."Angela"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
4:04
9."We're All Water"Ono7:12
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Disc five: New York City (The Evolution Documentary)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New York City"Lennon5:49
2."Sisters, O Sisters"Ono7:58
3."Attica State"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
8:10
4."Born in a Prison"Ono6:29
5."Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
8:26
6."The Luck of the Irish"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
8:33
7."John Sinclair"Lennon6:57
8."Angela"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
7:49
9."We're All Water"Ono2:29
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Disc six
New York City (Studio Jam)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jazz Freakout"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
  • Jim Keltner
  • Stan Bronstein
  • Wayne "Tex" Gabriel
  • Adam Ippolito
  • Gary Van Syoc
  • Richard Frank Jr.
1:40
2."You Can't Sit Down"
1:58
3."Roll Over Beethoven"Chuck Berry3:06
4."Honey, Don't!"Carl Perkins3:03
5."Ain't That a Shame"
2:31
6."My Babe"Willie Dixon2:40
7."Send Me Some Lovin'"
2:39
8."Fools Like Me"
0:41
9."Down in the Caribbean"Mitchell Torok3:15
10."Happy Birthday Yoko Ono"
  • Bronstein
  • Gabriel
  • Ippolito
  • Scyoc
  • Frank Jr.
2:51
11."That's Right"
0:45
12."Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog"
4:30
13."Yoko's Rhythm"Ono2:21
14."Whole Lotta Shakin' / It'll Be Me"Dave "Curlee" Williams / Clement5:34
15."Yakety Yak"
  • Leiber
  • Stoller
2:10
16."Road Runner"Bo Diddley0:38
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New York City (The Elements Mixes)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."Sisters, O Sisters"Ono3:01
18."Born in a Prison"Ono4:43
19."The Luck of the Irish"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
2:37
20."Angela"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
4:03
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Disc seven: Live Jam
John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band and a Star Studded Cast of Thousands – Peace and Love for Christmas, in aid of UNICEF (Live at the Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London, 15 December 1969)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cold Turkey"Lennon8:29
2."Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"Ono14:59
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John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with Frank Zappa and The Mothers (Fillmore East, New York, 6 June 1971)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
3."Well (Baby Please Don't Go)"Walter Ward7:23
4."Jamrag (Say Please / King Kong / Aawk)"
5:47
5."Scumbag"
4:26
6."Aü" (aka "A Small Eternity with Yoko Ono")
  • Lennon
  • Ono
7:36
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Disc eight: Live Jam 2
John Sinclair Freedom Rally (Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Attica State"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:12
2."The Luck of the Irish"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:27
3."Sisters, O Sisters"Ono3:50
4."John Sinclair"Lennon3:59
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Benefit for the families of the victims of the riot at Attica State Correctional Facility (Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC, 17 December 1971)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Attica State"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
4:15
6."Sisters, O Sisters"Ono3:54
7."Imagine"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:37
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David Frost TV Show (The Little Theatre, 240 West 44th Street, NYC, 16 December 1971)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Attica State"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:09
9."Sisters, O Sisters"Ono3:01
10."John Sinclair"Lennon2:38
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Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (Americana Hotel, NYC, 4 September 1972)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Imagine"
  • Lennon
  • Ono
3:50
12."Now or Never"Ono4:20
13."Give Peace a Chance"Lennon7:21
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Disc 9: Home Jam

Home Recordings at the St. Regis Hotel, New York, 10 September 1971

  1. "Shazam"
  2. "Honey, Don't!"
  3. "Glad All Over"
  4. "Lend Me Your Comb"
  5. "Wake Up Little Susie"
  6. "New York City"
  7. "Wake Up Little Susie"
  8. "'Hey, que pasa?'"
  9. "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"
  10. "Vacation Time"
  11. "Heartbeat"
  12. "Peggy Sue Got Married"
  13. "Peggy Sue"
  14. "'Phone Call from Henry Gotsello'"
  15. "Peggy Sue"
  16. "'Now we'd like to change the mood a little...'"
  17. "Maybe Baby"
  18. "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"
  19. "Rave On!"
  20. "Twelve Bar Blues"

Home Recordings at the St. Regis Hotel, New York, 27 October 1971

  1. "I Got You"
  2. "Hi-Heel Sneakers"
  3. "Slippin' and Slidin'"
  4. "Gone from This Place"

Home Recordings at Campus Inn, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971

  1. "Send Me Some Lovin'"
  2. "He Got the Blues"
  3. "When the Teacher"
  4. "Pill"
  5. "It's Real"

John Lennon with Phil Ochs

  1. "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
  2. "Joe Hill"
  3. "Chords of Fame"
  4. "Ringing of Revolution"

Blu-rays

The three Blu-rays repeat all the content on the nine CDs. Some of the content is presented in two different stereo formats: 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos. There is no visual content on them.[13][14]

Charts

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Chart performance for Power to the People
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15]16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17]99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18]27
French Albums (SNEP)[19]138
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[20] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21]9
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23]28
Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan)[24] 91
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon)[25] 5
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)[26] 19
Norwegian Physical Albums (IFPI Norge)[27] 4
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[28]7
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30]30
UK Albums (Official Charts)[31]72
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[32]23
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