Into the Sun (Sean Lennon album)

Into the Sun is the 1998 debut album by Sean Lennon. It was released during his time performing with Cibo Matto along with girlfriend Yuka Honda, who also produced and performs on the album. It was engineered and mixed by Tom Schick at Sear Sound. Into the Sun was released on May 19, 1998 on the Beastie Boys label Grand Royal (distributed by Capitol Records, a division of EMI which had been the longtime home of Sean's father John Lennon), Lennon has said the album was "inspired by my girlfriend". The album managed to peak to #153 on Billboard.

A voice on the final track, "Sean's Theme", which softly speaks "Goodnight, Sean", is sometimes mistakenly attributed to father John Lennon, however it is in fact Walter Sear, owner of Sear Sound. Lennon has said it is in tribute to his father, whose tribute to Sean, "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" closes with "Goodnight, Sean. See you in the morning, bright and early."

Track listing

(all songs written by Sean Lennon except where noted)

1. "Mystery Juice"
2. "Into the Sun"
3. "Home"
4. "Bathtub" (S. Lennon, Yuka Honda)
5. "One Night"
6. "Spaceship" (S. Lennon, Timo Ellis)
7. "Photosynthesis"
8. "Queue" (S. Lennon, Y. Honda)
9. "Two Fine Lovers"
10. "Part One of the Cowboy Trilogy"
11. "Wasted"
12. "Breeze"
13. "Sean's Theme"
14. "Intermission" (Japanese bonus track)
15. "5/8" (Japanese bonus track)

Singles

• "Home"
  1. "Home"
  2. "Intermission"
  3. "5/8"

Crew

• Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars, bass guitars, drums, keyboards, Omnichord, Jew's harp, harmonica, musical saw, percussion, Mellotron
• Yuka Honda – sequencing and sampling, guitars, vibes, keyboards, drum machines, glockenspiel and Mellotron, thumbtack piano, percussion and vocals
• Miho Hatori – vocals and percussion on "Into the Sun"
• Timo Ellis – drums on "Mystery Juice", "Home", "Spaceship"; electric guitar, bass guitar and backing vocal on "Spaceship"
• John Medeski – Hammond C-3 on "Queue"
• Dave Douglas – trumpet on "Photosynthesis" and "Sean's Theme"; horn arrangement on "Sean's Theme"
• Josh Roseman – trombone on "Photosynthesis"
• Greg Ribot – flute on "Photosynthesis"
• EJ Rodriguez – Latin percussion on "Photosynthesis"
• Brad Jones – upright bass on "Photosynthesis"
• Kenny Wollesen – drums and shaker on "Photosynthesis"; drums, marimba and timpani on "Queue"
• Little Eric Wood – Intergalactic-Tape-Machine on "Spaceship"
• Chaki – cymbal on "Bathtub"
• Walter Sear – vocal on "Sean's Theme"
• Fred Kevorkian – digital editing
• Artwork by Sean Lennon
• Produced by Yuka Honda
• Engineered by Tom Schick
• Assisted by John Reigart and Chaki
• Production by Yuka Honda and Sean Lennon at the Tree House
• Recorded at Sear Sound except "Queue" at the Magic Shop
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios by Bob Ludwig

References