So, take this with a grain of salt - I'm not going to bother going through the song list of the information behind the creation of the album... If you are into progressive artistic statements and black tie martini parties with the intellectual elite, you may very well love what Yoko Ono is up to these days. If you are looking for an album you can listen to over an over at home or that you can crank up and really rock out to, or even that you can turn on to go to sleep to, this isn't the one.
On the other side, I do want to pay my deep respect to Yoko Ono as an artist - still going strong at 76 years old, which is no small feat and is really what the world needs today. As an artist who has sustained through so many different times, an who can still come out with a fresh perspective, you should at least give it a listen, which you can do right now on iTunes with the track "The Sun is Down" (Cornelius Remix), and if you like it the LP will be out September 22nd on Chimera Music.
Article comments
1 - zingzing
sigh. don't even get the slightest hint that you listened to this more than once, if that. it's not a perfect album, but there are some really great moments on it. how someone can listen to "the sun is down" without comment is beyond me. or "hashire, hashire." and if you weren't surprised at a 76-year-old doing "waiting for the d train," then i don't think you made it past the first track. and the final track...
2 - SeasonOfGlass
This isn't a review so much as a projected inferiority complex.
So modern art goes over your head? You feel insecure around martini-drinkers? How does that relate to this album at all?
How you can listen to the lyrics of this album and say it's too much in the head and not enough in the heart is beyond me. Yoko is full of love for the world.
Yoko is a wonderful artist, still gaining new fans (myself included) and creating beautiful music.
I just hope that one day the mainstream catches up with her, and appreciates the incredible musical legacy she continues to develop