High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walls and Bridges is the fifth album by John Lennon; it was issued on 26 September 1974 in the United States and on 4 October in the United Kingdom. Written, recorded and released during his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono (June 1973-January 1975), the album captures Lennon in the midst of The Lost Weekend. Walls and Bridges was an American Billboard #1 album and featured Lennon`s only #1 single as a solo artist during his lifetime, "Whatever Gets You thru the Night".