Between My Head and the Sky is an album by Yoko Ono's band Plastic Ono Band released on Chimera Music in September 2009. It is her first studio album to be released as "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" since 1973's Feeling the Space. This Plastic Ono Band lineup featured Cornelius, Yuka Honda (of Cibo Matto fame), and Ono's son Sean Lennon as band leader and producer.
Reception
New Internationalist magazine described the album as "fresh and challenging as any of her early work" and having "a commitment to spontaneity".
Track listing All songs written by Yoko Ono. "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" – 4:19 "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" – 1:54
Japanese iTunes bonus video "Why" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, London 2009) – 5:08
Note Digital and streaming editions of the album omit the last two tracks, instead ending the album with the track "I'm Going Away Smiling".
Personnel Yoko Ono – vocals Sean Lennon – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion Keigo Oyamada – guitars, bass guitar, Tenorion, programming, percussion Hirotaka Shimizu – guitars, percussion Yuko Araki – drums, percussion Shahzad Ismaily – guitars, bass guitar, drums, percussion Yuka Honda – Pro-tools editing, sampler, e. piano, organ, percussion Michael Leonhart – trumpet, vibraphone, percussion Erik Friedlander – cello Daniel Carter – tenor saxophone, flute Indigo Street – guitar Technical Chief Engineer: Christopher Allen Assistant Engineer: Dave Schoenwetter Recorded & Mixed at Sear Sound Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound Mixer of "Waiting for the D Train": Joel Hamilton Cover and booklet design: Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl Photographs: Greg Kadel
Release history CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogRef.Japan16 September 2009CDChimera MusicPVCP-825922 September 20092xLP616892049760United States21 September 2009CD61689205636222 September 20092xLPCHIM01LP
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