A distillation of Onobox to a single-disc effort, Walking on Thin Ice isn't quite a greatest-hits offering, but it's more than a random sampler. If anything, it's perhaps the easiest way for someone to convert a skeptic to what Ono had going for her throughout much of the '70s and the first half of the '80s. With retrospect, so much of what Ono did -- whether it was in the sense of a strong, confident female performer in general, or more specific realizations such as Bj÷rk's fusions of swoopi   [ read more ]

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Yoko Ono has inspired an entire generation of musicians who themselves are currently challenging the status quo and pushing the boundaries of sounds and ideas. On the new album, Yes, I'm A Witch, some of these groundbreaking artists have come together to create a startling new type of collaboration with Ono. Each artist selected an Ono song and were provided with the multi-track masters to work with. Most of them chose to use her vocal, and create an entirely new musical track themselves. The result   [ read more ]

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A scant two months after her brilliant collaborative project Yes, I'm a Witch, comes Open Your Box. Yoko Ono is one hip septuagenarian. This collection of remixes takes Ono's vocal tracks from her (in)famous recorded catalog right to the dancefloor. The result is as close to spectacular as it gets. Some of the contributors here include Basement Jaxx, the Pet Shop Boys, DJ Dan, Felix da Housecat, Orange Factory, and Superchumbo, just to name-drop a few. That said, there are no less than three r   [ read more ]

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Recorded concurrently with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album, Yoko's features the same musicians, namely John, Ringo Starr, and Klaus Voormann along with the Ornette Coleman Quartet on one cut. Unlike John's record, however, Yoko's is much more a "jam"-sounding record. And while there are definite songs, lyrics are mainly vocal improvisations. Still, if avant-garde is your cup of tea, then check this one out. It's good, if only to hear John Lennon really get the gu   [ read more ]

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Written and recorded in New York City with Elephant's Memory, Approximately Infinite Universe displayed Yoko Ono finally coming into her own right. Showing off her rock capabilities, she finds the hard spot with such cuts as "Yang Yang" and "I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window." But she shows gentle sentiment in cuts such as "Song for John" and the wonderful "Looking Over from My Hotel Window." Although this record, another double on vinyl, could have used some editi   [ read more ]

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By the time Fly emerged, the battle lines had long been drawn, and those who preferred to place Ono's domestic situation rather than her music in the foreground were never going to give it a fair shake. Very much their loss -- not only is it that rarest of all beasts, a '70s double album that rewards repeated listening, but Fly also shows the work of a creative artist working with a sympathetic set of backing players to create inspired, varied songs. At points, the appeal lies simply in Ono's im   [ read more ]

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On Feeling the Space, Yoko Ono took complete control of her product for the first time. John Lennon only played as a side musician on one cut, with the rest of the songs ably abetted by some of New York's finest studio cats. This is a feminine record dedicated to "the sisters who died in pain and sorrow for being unable to survive in a male society." The best term to describe the music here is "angry." Ono finds no love or sweetness where the male population is concerned, and it shows. Shortly a   [ read more ]

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After John Lennon's murder, Yoko took her anguish into the recording studio and emerged with this raw collection of songs. From the gunshots before the cut "No, No, No" to John's bloody glasses on the cover, this is harrowing stuff indeed. But it's surprisingly good, if only for the fact that the whole world was feeling similarly at the time. One of the most essential Yoko Ono releases, it's powerful and chilling. The CD reissue adds two bonus cuts: the single "Walking on Thin Ice" and a p   [ read more ]

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Although still mourning the death of John Lennon, Yoko found herself looking toward the future with It's Alright. With a more upbeat pop approach, Yoko found herself played on some radio stations with the cut "Never Say Goodbye," even if it contained soundbites from John calling out her name. She'd gone through hell and now was finding her own place in the world of rock music. The CD reissue has two previously unreleased bonus tracks: a vocal/piano version of "Beautiful Boys" and a version   [ read more ]

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Recorded in 1974, but unreleased at the time, this 1997 disc marks the first time A Story has been available as a proper album, although the material had already seen the light of day as part of the Onobox. In keeping with the general trend of her early-'70s albums, it marked a drift from the screeching avant-gardisms of her earliest Apple work to something that increasingly approached mainstream singer-songwriter accessibility; the Brecker Brothers even play on a couple of tracks. That's not to sa   [ read more ]

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Blueprint for Sunrise is something of a companion piece (almost 30 years down the road) to 1973's Feeling the Space, both being Ono's ruminations on the position and persistence of women in the world. There's still some anger present, but this time it's tempered with acceptance, but not resignation. Although she's made some concessions toward the pop world, Yoko is still firmly entrenched in the avant-garde fringes of rock. Most songs feature some of Yoko's trademark vocalizing, and    [ read more ]

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