Yoko Ono- 'Between My Head and the Sky' Era
Oct 19, 2009 13:14:27 GMT -5
Post by sunpeach on Oct 19, 2009 13:14:27 GMT -5
Between My Head and the Sky is the new album by Yoko Ono released on Chimera Music in September 2009. This is her first studio album to be released as "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" since 1973's Feeling the Space. The new Plastic Ono Band lineup features Cornelius, Yuka Honda (of Cibo Matto fame) and Ono's son Sean Lennon as band leader and producer.
Track listing
"Waiting For The D Train" - (2:46)
"The Sun Is Down! (Cornelius Mix)" - (4:49)
"Ask The Elephant!" - (2:57)
"Memory of Footsteps" - (3:30)
"Moving Mountains" - (3:00)
"CALLING" - (8:15)
"Healing" - (4:25)
"Hashire, Hashire" - (3:35)
"BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY" - (5:33)
"Feel The Sand" - (6:02)
"Watching The Rain" - (5:30)
"Unun. To" - (3:16)
"I’m Going Away Smiling" - (2:53)
"Higa Noboru" - (5:44)
"I’m Alive" - (0:22)
Japanese Bonus Track:
"Hanako"
Here are Yoko and Sean in a recent live performance on "The View" performing a song from the new album
On Metacritic, it has received an 83 (Universal Acclaim) rating
www.metacritic.com/music/artists/yokoonoplasticeonoband/betweenmyheadandthesky
Some of what they said:
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Uncut
This is an excellent album that manages to be both a mature summary of an artist’s career and something completely fresh and new.
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
The good news: Ono, as usual, doesn’t need our approval--not just because she’s rich and famous and fuck you, but because her music stands on its own.
80
Q Magazine
Lennon would be proud. [Oct 2009, p.114]
80
Mojo
Between My Head And The Sky is an intriuing record, crackling with an excitement that most new artists would struggle to generate. [Oct 2009, p.97]
80
All Music Guide
This is a deeply focused, wonderfully colorful, and deeply expressive work that showcases a collaboration between mother and son and displays depth, strength, creativity in spades, and intense beauty.
80
Dusted Magazine
With this revised version of the band, that role has evolved. There are more reflective pieces characterized by subdued piano accompaniment, and occasional touches that make the rock music distinctive.
80
Observer Music Monthly
Still challenging preconceptions (with son Sean and Cornelius joining the band), and tender with it, too. Easily the best LP to be released by a 76-year-old this month.
80
Rolling Stone
At 76, her music remains truly vital: unsettling, touching, funny, undeniable.
80
Spin
Lightest Ono album ever? Probably. Heaviest avant-pop from a 76-year-old mainstream pariah/underground innovator? Hell, yeah!
73
Pitchfork
Between My Head and the Sky becomes a bit of a muddle in the middle, with Plastic Ono Band's free-form approach yielding less satisfying results. [...But it] simmers down considerably in its closing third, shifting away from boisterous band jams toward meditative tone poems and piano pieces.
60
Urb
Love her or hate her, Between My Head And The Sky isn't terrible. Yoko Ono is still in the game, and if it's possible to find a deeper meaning to lyrics like "Why is [the elephant] so big/ He says because you're small honey," then more power to her.
This is a great album- don't miss out.
Track listing
"Waiting For The D Train" - (2:46)
"The Sun Is Down! (Cornelius Mix)" - (4:49)
"Ask The Elephant!" - (2:57)
"Memory of Footsteps" - (3:30)
"Moving Mountains" - (3:00)
"CALLING" - (8:15)
"Healing" - (4:25)
"Hashire, Hashire" - (3:35)
"BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY" - (5:33)
"Feel The Sand" - (6:02)
"Watching The Rain" - (5:30)
"Unun. To" - (3:16)
"I’m Going Away Smiling" - (2:53)
"Higa Noboru" - (5:44)
"I’m Alive" - (0:22)
Japanese Bonus Track:
"Hanako"
Here are Yoko and Sean in a recent live performance on "The View" performing a song from the new album
On Metacritic, it has received an 83 (Universal Acclaim) rating
www.metacritic.com/music/artists/yokoonoplasticeonoband/betweenmyheadandthesky
Some of what they said:
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Uncut
This is an excellent album that manages to be both a mature summary of an artist’s career and something completely fresh and new.
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
The good news: Ono, as usual, doesn’t need our approval--not just because she’s rich and famous and fuck you, but because her music stands on its own.
80
Q Magazine
Lennon would be proud. [Oct 2009, p.114]
80
Mojo
Between My Head And The Sky is an intriuing record, crackling with an excitement that most new artists would struggle to generate. [Oct 2009, p.97]
80
All Music Guide
This is a deeply focused, wonderfully colorful, and deeply expressive work that showcases a collaboration between mother and son and displays depth, strength, creativity in spades, and intense beauty.
80
Dusted Magazine
With this revised version of the band, that role has evolved. There are more reflective pieces characterized by subdued piano accompaniment, and occasional touches that make the rock music distinctive.
80
Observer Music Monthly
Still challenging preconceptions (with son Sean and Cornelius joining the band), and tender with it, too. Easily the best LP to be released by a 76-year-old this month.
80
Rolling Stone
At 76, her music remains truly vital: unsettling, touching, funny, undeniable.
80
Spin
Lightest Ono album ever? Probably. Heaviest avant-pop from a 76-year-old mainstream pariah/underground innovator? Hell, yeah!
73
Pitchfork
Between My Head and the Sky becomes a bit of a muddle in the middle, with Plastic Ono Band's free-form approach yielding less satisfying results. [...But it] simmers down considerably in its closing third, shifting away from boisterous band jams toward meditative tone poems and piano pieces.
60
Urb
Love her or hate her, Between My Head And The Sky isn't terrible. Yoko Ono is still in the game, and if it's possible to find a deeper meaning to lyrics like "Why is [the elephant] so big/ He says because you're small honey," then more power to her.
This is a great album- don't miss out.
