Rising (Yoko Ono Album)
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''Rising'' is a 1995 album by
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artist
Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...
. Released on 7 November, on
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, it features the backing band IMA (Japanese for "Now"), which included Ono's son
Sean Lennon is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, The G ...
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Timo Ellis Timothy Kneeland "Timo" Ellis is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer from New York City, and is frontman vocalist for the band Netherlands. In 1997 Ellis and Sean Lennon joined Cibo Matto. As a quartet (Yuka Honda, Miho Hatori, Ellis, ...
, and Sam Koppelman. The album has sold 11,000 copies in the US to date.


Reception

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'' named the album "Pop CD of the week" in January 1996. In their review, the album was described as an "unexpected minor triumph". The reviewer, Dan Glaister, further noted that "underlying all the hurt and anger" was also "an overwhelming honesty and humanity" and that the album "succeeds in imparting enormous positivity". Glaister singled out the track "Kurushi" as a "haunting, gentle call to a loved one" and described "Goodbye, My Love" as a "mournful, jolly little ballad a la
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". Bruce Hainley of art magazine '' Artforum International'' felt that the album "affirms her amazing talents as a musician" and described it as "an uncompromising blend of Conceptual art and rock 'n' roll" with Yoko using a "wide range of vocals ..from the aggressive to the sultry to fusion". He also felt that it was "hard to imagine a better place to start for those unfamiliar with her work". Hainley also praised the remix album ''Rising Mixes'', which " howedthe continuing reach of Ono's influence on rock since the '70s". He described the bonus song "Franklin Summer" as "hypnotic".


Track listing

All songs written by Yoko Ono. #"Warzone" – 1:55 #" Wouldnit" – 3:02 #"Ask the Dragon" – 4:12 #"New York Woman" – 2:07 #" Talking to the Universe" – 3:31 #"Turned the Corner" – 2:58 #"I'm Dying" – 6:18 #"Where Do We Go from Here?" – 3:02 #"Kurushi" – 7:59 #"Will I" – 2:27 #"Rising" – 14:28 #"Goodbye My Love" – 2:22 #"Revelations" – 5:35 #"Ask the Dragon" (Ween Remix) – 4:49 (Japanese Edition Bonus Track) #"Talking to the Universe" (Cibo Matto Remix) – 4:21 (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)


''Rising Mixes'' (released 3 June 1996)

#"Talking to the Universe" (Cibo Matto Remix) (4.21) #"The Source" (ABA All Stars) (4.58) #"Ask the Dragon" (
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Remix) (4.49) #"Where Do We Go from Here?" ( Tricky Remix) (5.07) #"Rising" (
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Remix) (8.48) #"Franklin Summer" (Yoko Ono/IMA)* (30.02) The ABA All Stars remix is credited to Miho Hatori, Yuka Honda and
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(the members of
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), as well as Adam Yauch of
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are also credited as performers in
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's remix of "Rising". A vinyl promo version was released with the track listing:- #"Ask the Dragon" (
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Remix) (4.49) #"Talking to the Universe" (Cibo Matto Remix) (4.23) #"The Source" (ABA All Stars) (4.58) #"Where Do We Go from Here?" ( Tricky Remix) (5.04) #"Rising" (
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Remix) (8.48) #"Kurushi (Perry Farrell Mix)" (7.26)


Personnel

* Yoko Ono – vocals * Sean Ono Lennon – guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards * Timo Ellis – guitars, bass guitar, drums * Sam Koppelman – bass, drums, percussions


Production

* Yoko Ono, Rob Stevens – producers * Alfred Brand, Chris Habeck, Mike Anzelowitz, Wes Naprstek – engineers * David Ayers – A&R *
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– mastering * Rob Stevens, Yoko Ono – mixing * Recorded at Broome Street – Timo Ellis (track : 4) * Recorded at Quad Recording – Rob Stevens (tracks: 1–3,5–13)


Release history

''Rising'' ''Rising Mixes''


References

* Musicians, Production : https://www.discogs.com/fr/Yoko-Ono-Ima-Rising/release/486555 {{Authority control Yoko Ono albums 1995 albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Yoko Ono