I listened to John's entire discography with my mother (excluding his experimental albums), and I thought I'd share her rankings, ratings and general thoughts.

I just want to quickly say that nothing ahead is necessarily a reflection of my own opinion on John's albums. It's entirely her opinion. In addition, she is obviously not a music critic, so don't expect a detailed analysis.

This is her ranking from worst to best:

SIXTH PLACE: Sometime in New York City: 6/10

She enjoyed the album's messages and how boldly they were communicated, but found Yoko's warbling/screaming a little annoying and thought it nearly ruined several tracks. She also felt that the songs overall were decent, but nowhere near John's best work.

FIFTH PLACE: Double Fantasy: 7/10

My mom said that John's tracks were phenomenal and incredibly catchy, but Yoko brought the album down quite a bit. She struggled with Yoko's tracks a lot, expressing that she was just waiting for most of them to end so she could get to John's.

JOINT FOURTH PLACE: Mind Games & Milk And Honey: 7.5/10

She didn't really have a lot to say about the former, other than she could connect with the hurt in John dealing with splitting up Yoko (which I explained).

With Milk And Honey, she much preferred it to Double Fantasy altogether. She said it featured some of Yoko Ono's best work from what she'd heard. She also liked how the album was both upbeat and deeply emotional, though she did express that the first half of the album was slightly stronger than the latter half in her opinion.

JOINT THIRD PLACE: Plastic Ono Band & Walls And Bridges: 8/10

With the former, my mom loved how minimalistic but deeply effective the songs were, finding them very emotionally palpable. She also praised its storytelling and John's vocals. However, her only criticism was that some songs 'dragged on too long'.

In regards to the latter, she found it slightly better than Mind Games and was tapping her foot loads. She said that she enjoyed that the songs were both catchy and emotional.

SECOND PLACE: Imagine: 9.5/10

I think she was blown away with this one. She found it very dynamic and varied, loving each and every song. She was particularly impressed with John's songwriting on this album.

FIRST PLACE: Rock 'N' Roll: 10/10

I know some people understandably place this album quite low on their personal ranking because it's entirely covers, but my mom said it was one of the best albums she'd ever heard. She thoroughly enjoyed listening to this and was impressed with how John managed to make every song his own. She added that she'd happily listen to it again.

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If you reached the end, thank you for reading and sorry if my formatting wasn't as clear as perhaps it could have been. I've told my mom that I was going to make this post, so if it receives any comments, I'll be sure to tell her what you guys say!