I am not a great fan of Beatles solo albums either. McCartney was a big disappointment. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band I think is very good. I was also impressed by All Things Must Pass the first times I listened to it. There are many good songs there. But the last time I listened to it I thought that many songs were produced to death. I would have preferred a "naked" version. Since I bought these albums my musical interest went in another direction, and I haven't listened to any of it until a few years back. Since then I have listened to most of Lennon and Harrison's albums, but I don't find much gold. Imagine is produced to death also, and the title song is played to death. The rest of Lennon's solo albums are so so. Harrison's albums I think are mostly light weight pop albums with just a few memorable songs. I haven't listened to all of McCartney's albums yet. I always thought that his solo songs was mostly too easy listening for my taste, judging from the songs I heard on the radio. Ram has several good songs though. But none of them could reproduce The Beatles magic alone. They needed each other, plus George Martin.
But Wonderwall Music is an album that I can return to. It is an instrumental album, so it doesn't compare to any of the pop albums the ex Beatles made later on. Harrison was still in The Beatles when he made it. The Inner Light, the B-side to Lady Madonna, was recorded in the same session as the Indian pieces on this album, and is also a very good Indian sounding song. And the album contains the first released sound collage from a Beatle, preceding Number 9. A very good piece also.
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