Editing Shaved Fish (section)

===Critical===
[[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' called the album "eleven shots in the dark from the weirdest major rock and roller of the early '70s" and said "not counting the two available on must-own albums, the only great cuts are 'Instant Karma' (Lennon's best political song) and '#9 Dream.'"<ref name="christgau">{{cite web| title=John Lennon: Shaved Fish| url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=684 | publisher=[[Robert Christgau]] |access-date=2009-11-20}}</ref> [[Dave Marsh]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' praised the inclusion of non-album songs like "Instant Karma!", calling it "Lennon's best solo track", but deemed the compilation "so diffuse that it probably does present an accurate overview of Lennon's confused career since leaving the Beatles." He concluded that the album was evidence "not only of John Lennon's genius but of his continuing career difficulty."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Marsh |first=Dave |title=Shaved Fish |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/shaved-fish-92296 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=18 December 1975 |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> [[Charles Shaar Murray]] of the ''[[NME]]'' called ''Shaved Fish'' "as nifty a Greatest Hits album as you could expect from anybody who hasn't already put one out" and deemed the performances "stunning throughout". However, he felt the track selection was "a little off whack", particularly the inclusion of "Mother", which he found to be "such an integral part of the initial ''Plastic Ono Band'' album that I feel it's manifestly unfair to both artist and public to include it on an album of this nature."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Murray |first1=Charles Shaar |author-link1=Charles Shaar Murray |date=October 2003 |orig-date=1 November 1975 |editor-last=Sutherland |editor-first=Steve |title=John Lennon: 'Shaved Fish' |magazine=John Lennon |series=NME Originals |location=London |publisher=IPC IGNITE! |volume=1 |issue=10 |page=126}}</ref>

A ''[[Creem]]'' magazine reader's poll in 1975 included the album among the top five "Best Reissues" of 1975, placing fourth, behind two [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] compilations, ''[[Made in the Shade]]'' and ''[[Metamorphosis (The Rolling Stones album)|Metamorphosis]]'', and [[Bob Dylan]]'s ''[[The Basement Tapes]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=CREEM Magazine 1975 Reader Poll Results | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/creem_lists.htm#1975 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110130743/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/creem_lists.htm#1975 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=10 January 2007 | publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk | work=[[Creem]] | access-date=2009-11-20}}</ref>