Season of Glass
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| Studio album by Yoko Ono | |||||
| Released | June 8, 1981 (UK) June 12, 1981 (US) Reissued July 1997 |
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| Recorded | The Hit Factory, New York City, 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, rock | ||||
| Length | 51.05 | ||||
| Label | Geffen Reissued on Rykodisc |
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| Producer | Yoko Ono, Phil Spector | ||||
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Season of Glass is a 1981 album by Yoko Ono, her first solo recording after the murder of her husband John Lennon. The album was released less than six months after Lennon's death and deals with it directly in songs such as "Goodbye Sadness" and "I Don't Know Why".
The controversial front cover features Lennon's actual bloodstained glasses positioned next to a half-filled glass of water, with a view of Central Park in the background. Ono once explained that she chose this cover to "remind people that John didn't just die... he had been murdered".[citation needed] A young Sean Lennon features on the track "Mindweaver", recounting a story his father used to tell him. Season of Glass charted at #49, making it Ono's highest-charting solo album to date.
The 1997 Rykodisc reissue added the single "Walking on Thin Ice" and an a'cappella demo of "I Don't Know Why", recorded the day after Lennon's death. Two songs from this recording were reworked by other artists on the remix tribute album Yes, I'm a Witch. Antony Hegarty reworked "Toyboat" and Jason Pierce from Spiritualized reworked "Walking on Thin Ice".
[edit] Track listing
- "Goodbye Sadness" – 3:48
- "Mindweaver" – 4:24
- "Even When You're Far Away" – 4:12
- "Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" – 3:13
- "Turn of the Wheel" – 2:41
- "Dogtown" – 3:32
- "Silver Horse" – 3:03
- "I Don't Know Why" – 4:18
- "Extension 33" – 2:45
- "No, No, No" – 2:43
- "Will You Touch Me" – 2:37
- "She Gets Down on Her Knees" – 4:13
- "Toyboat" – 3:31
- "Mother of the Universe" – 4:26
- "Walking on Thin Ice" [Bonus Track] – 6:00
- "I Don't Know Why (Demo)" [Bonus Track] – 2:48
[edit] Personnel
- Guitars - Hugh McCracken, Earl Slick, Anthony Davilio
- Keyboards - George Small, Anthony Davilio
- Bass - Tony Levin, John Siegler
- Drums - Andrew Newmark
- Percussion - Arthur Jenkins, Jr., David Friedman
- Vibraphone - David Friedman
- Soprano/Alto Saxophone - George "Young" Opalisky
- Tenor Saxophone - Michael Brecker
- Baritone Saxophone - Ronnie Cuber
- Tuba - Howard Johnson
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