Released in time for the Christmas 1986 market, Menlove Ave was the second posthumous long player of John Lennon’s unfinished recordings, following Milk And Honey two years earlier. It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 November 1986.
Menlove Ave sold poorly. Given little promotion, it failed to chart in the United Kingdom, and peaked at 127 in the United States following its release there on 27 October 1986. The lack of chart action made it Lennon’s least successful album at the time.
‘Rock And Roll People’ was issued as a promotional single to coincide with the release, but was given little airplay. No commercial singles were released from the album.
Page last updated: 22 September 2021
According to johnlennon.com the release was on 5 November in the UK.
I’m not sure that’s correct – 5 November was a Wednesday, which was an unusual day to release new music at that time. Happy to be corrected if there’s a definitive record of the date, in a contemporary advert or trade mag, for example.