Power to the People (box set)


Power to the People is a box set by John Lennon and Yoko Ono released on 10 October 2025 through Mercury Records. The box showcases Lennon and Ono's historic 1972 One to One concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
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.
The album is also available in one and two disc CD editions, containing just the concerts.

Critical reception

The project received generally favorable reviews by critics. On review aggregator Metacritic, Power to the People received a score of 75 out of 100 based on 5 reviews.
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". 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".
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."

Track listing

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CD1: The One to One Concert・Hybrid 'Best Of' Show
  1. "Power to the People / Intro"
  2. "New York City"
  3. "It's So Hard"
  4. "Move on Fast"
  5. "Well Well Well"
  6. "Born in a Prison"
  7. "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)"
  8. "Mother"
  9. "We're All Water"
  10. "Come Together"
  11. "Imagine"
  12. "Open Your Box"
  13. "Cold Turkey"
  14. "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)"
  15. "Hound Dog"
  16. "Law and Order"
  17. "Give Peace a Chance"
CD2: The One to One Concert・Afternoon Show
  1. "Power to the People / Intro"
  2. "New York City"
  3. "It's So Hard"
  4. "Move on Fast"
  5. "Well Well Well"
  6. "Born in a Prison"
  7. "Instant Karma! "
  8. "Mother"
  9. "We're All Water"
  10. "Come Together"
  11. "Imagine"
  12. "Open Your Box"
  13. "Cold Turkey"
  14. "Don't Worry Kyoko "
  15. "Hound Dog"
CD3: The One to One Concert・Evening Show
  1. "Power to the People"
  2. "New York City"
  3. "It's So Hard"
  4. "Move on Fast"
  5. "Well Well Well"
  6. "Instant Karma! "
  7. "Mother"
  8. "We're All Water"
  9. "Born in a Prison"
  10. "Come Together"
  11. "Imagine"
  12. "Open Your Box"
  13. "Cold Turkey"
  14. "Hound Dog"
  15. "Law and Order"
  16. "Give Peace a Chance"
CD4: New York City
  1. "New York City"
  2. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  3. "Attica State"
  4. "Born in a Prison"
  5. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  6. "The Luck of the Irish"
  7. "John Sinclair"
  8. "Angela"
  9. "We're All Water"
CD5: New York City
  1. "New York City"
  2. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  3. "Attica State"
  4. "Born in a Prison"
  5. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  6. "The Luck of the Irish"
  7. "John Sinclair"
  8. "Angela"
  9. "We're All Water"
CD6: New York City 1–16 & 17–20
  1. "Jazz Freakout"
  2. "You Can't Sit Down"
  3. "Roll Over Beethoven"
  4. "Honey, Don't!"
  5. "Ain't That a Shame"
  6. "My Babe"
  7. "Send Me Some Lovin'"
  8. "Fools Like Me"
  9. "Down in the Caribbean"
  10. "Happy Birthday Yoko Ono"
  11. "That's Right"
  12. "Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog"
  13. "Yoko's Rhythm"
  14. "Whole Lotta Shakin' / It'll Be Me"
  15. "Yakety Yak"
  16. "Road Runner"
  17. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  18. "Born in a Prison"
  19. "The Luck of the Irish"
  20. "Angela"
CD7: Live Jam 1
Peace and Love for Christmas, in aid of UNICEF, Live at the Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London, 15 December 1969
  1. "Cold Turkey"
  2. "Don't Worry Kyoko "
Fillmore East, New York, 6 June 1971
  1. "Well "
  2. "Jamrag"
  3. "Scumbag"
  4. "Aü"
CD8: Live Jam 2
Live at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971
  1. "Attica State"
  2. "The Luck of the Irish"
  3. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  4. "John Sinclair"
Live at the Benefit for the families of the victims of the riot at Attica State Correctional Facility, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC, 17 December 1971
  1. "Attica State"
  2. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  3. "Imagine"
Live on the David Frost TV Show, The Little Theatre, 240 West 44th Street, NYC, 16 December 1971
  1. "Attica State"
  2. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  3. "John Sinclair"
Live at the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Americana Hotel, NYC, 4 September 1972
  1. "Imagine"
  2. "Now or Never"
  3. "Give Peace a Chance"
CD9: 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"
  6. "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
  7. "Joe Hill"
  8. "Chords of Fame"
  9. "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.