When Lennon made the 'more popular' comment, I always assumed that he had intended it as irony. I still think so.

Lennon had enormous talent but often treated his fans, to whom he owed his success, contemptuously and was an anti-Semite to boot.

I just thought that it was interesting that the Vatican newspaper maintained a Top 10 albums list, and can't help wondering what their other nine favorites are. Does anyone know?