Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has named John Lennon's 1970 solo debut, Plastic Ono Band, as one of the greatest rock albums ever made, praising producer Phil Spector for stripping the sound back rather than applying his usual dense production style. Buckingham has long looked to innovative studio techniques when shaping Fleetwood Mac's own records, and his admiration for Lennon's raw, minimalist approach highlights how the album's influence extended well beyond the Beatles' fanbase into how other major artists approached recording.

Buckingham described the record as "a masterstroke of raw minimalism", noting that Spector broke his own production rules to help Lennon create a psychologically intense work exploring family dynamics and their relationship to wider society. The album, made while Lennon was undergoing primal therapy, tackled themes such as class struggle on "Working Class Hero" and the end of the Beatles on "God", offering fans an unusually stripped-back and personal listen. Buckingham's own studio experimentation with Fleetwood Mac, including unconventional recording methods on albums like Tusk, reflects a similar willingness to prioritise raw expression over polish.