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 throught Mercury Records.^[1] The box showcase Lennon and Ono’s historic 1972 One to One concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York City.^[2][3]

Power to the People
Box set by John Lennon and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and various artists
Released	10 October 2025
Recorded	One to One Concert: 30 August 1972 New York City: December 1971 – 20 March 1972
Venue	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Genre	Rock
Label	Mercury
Producer	Sean Ono Lennon

The project received general favorable reviews, although it was criticized for the absence of the song "Woman Is the Nigger of the World",contained in the original live album Some Time in New York City. Commercially the box charted in severals internationals charts, including top-ten debout on German Album Chart.

Description

The box set included 9 CDs, 3 Blu-rays and 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, and featuring 92 bonus tracks.^[4][5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Loudersound	[7]
Mojo	[8]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[9]
Rockol	9.0/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Uncut	[12]

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 artefacts, 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 Lenon and Ono reinvented themselves as radicals".^[9]

In a mixed review by David Quantick of Loudersound wrote that "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

source:^[13]

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! (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 a Hand in the Snow)"
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! (We All Shine On)"
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 (The Ultimate Mixes)

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 (The Evolution Documentary)

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 (Studio Jam) 1–16 & (Elements Mixes) 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 (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"

Fillmore East, New York, 6 June 1971

1. "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)"
2. "Jamrag" (aka "Say Please"/"King Kong"/"Aaawk")
3. "Scumbag"
4. "Aü" (aka "A Small Eternity with Yoko Ono")

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"

Charts

Chart performance for Power to the People

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	27
French Albums (SNEP)[18]	138
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[19]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	9
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21]	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22]	28
Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan)[23]	91
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon)[24]	5
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)[25]	19
Norwegian Physical Albums (IFPI Norge)[26]	4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27]	7
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29]	30
UK Albums (OCC)[30]	72
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[31]	23

See also

• Live in New York City (John Lennon album) - First Live and Video album of the concert released in 1986
• One to One: John & Yoko - 2024 Documentary film centering around the concert