''Warzone'' is an album by

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released on 24 October 2018, her 50th anniversary as a musician. It consists of 13 songs she picked up and reconstructed from her past albums released from 1970 to 2009. It also includes the newest version of the 1971 song "

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" by

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. Since ''

Take Me to the Land of Hell ''Take Me to the Land of Hell'' is the 2013 album by Yoko Ono's band Plastic Ono Band. It is her fifteenth solo album overall and Ono's third since reforming the Plastic Ono Band in 2009 with her son Sean Lennon. It features guests Yuka C Honda, ...

'' in 2013, this is the Ono's first in five years and 20th original album in total (including collaborations with John Lennon). This includes a bonus track only for Japan. An

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-born singer, Anohni listed ''Warzone'' as her favorite album of the 2010s.

Interview

The version of "

" included in the album gained attention for adding Ono into the credit as well as

. Regarding the release, Yoko said, "I was afraid of renewing this song. Tom ( Thomas Bartlett, a producer) was also a little bit afraid, I think. People all over the world know this song. However, I decided to carry out because it matches the theme of the album. The world is far too confused. For anyone, things have been so difficult. We are living in the war zone now... I like creation with the new way, because things are changing every day."

Track listing

All songs written by Yoko Ono, except "Imagine" written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The Japanese edition includes an alternate recording of "Midsummer New York", recorded during the original ''

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'' sessions in 1971.

Personnel

*Yoko Ono – vocals (all tracks) *Caleb Burhans – violin (2, 5, 9) *Courtney Orlando – violin (2, 5, 9) *Doug Wieselman – bass clarinet (4, 10) * Erik Friedlander – cello (4, 10) *Laura Lutzke – violin (2, 5, 9) * Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (3, 8) *

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– string arrangements (2, 5, 9) *Patti Kilroy – violin (2, 5, 9) *

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– drums (3, 5, 8) * Thomas Bartlett – bass (5), electronics (1–8, 13), keyboards (1-10, 13), piano (1, 6, 9–10, 12–13) Animals *Baboon (2) *Crows (1, 7, 8) *Elephant (1, 2, 7) *Monkeys (8) *Panther (2) *Whale (8) *Wolf (1, 7, 8) Technical *Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett *Recorded by Thomas Bartlett, Chris Allen and Patrick Dillett *Assistant engineers: James Yost, Owen Mulholland and Grant Valentine *Recorded at Reservoir Studios and Sear Sound *Mixed by Chris Allen at Sear Sound *Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering *Album art concept and drawings by Yoko Ono Credits for "Midsummer New York" *Recorded August 23, 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios and Record Plant, NYC. *

– voice *

– guitar * Klaus Voormann – bass * Jim Keltner – drums

References

External links

Yoko Ono at Sony Music Japan
{{Authority control 2018 albums Yoko Ono albums