''Take Me to the Land of Hell'' is the 2013 album by

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 ...

's band

Plastic Ono Band The Plastic Ono Band was a rock band formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 for their collaborative and solo projects based on their 1968 Fluxus conceptual art project of the same name. Lennon and Ono began a personal and artistic relati ...

. It is her fifteenth solo album overall and Ono's third since reforming the Plastic Ono Band in 2009 with her 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 ...

. It features guests Yuka C Honda, Keigo " Cornelius" Oyamada, Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu, Yuko Araki,

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Mike D Michael Louis Diamond (born November 20, 1965), better known as Mike D, is an American rapper, musician, and music producer. He is best known as a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. Early life Diamond was born in New York City ...

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, Bill Dobrow, Jared Samuel, Shahzad Ismaily,

Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop and folk. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male Roc ...

, Andrew Wyatt,

Erik Friedlander Erik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City. A veteran of New York City's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with sax ...

, Lois Martin, Joyce Hammann, Thomas Bartlett, Douglas Wieselman, Julian Lage, Toyoaki Mishima, Toru Takayama, Christopher Sean Powell, Christopher Allen, Andre Kellman, Michael H. Brauer, Bob Ludwig, Kevin Harper, Mark Bengston, Geoff Thorpe and Greg Kadel.

Background

The album was produced by Sean Lennon. Throughout the fall of 2012 he posted on social media about recording the album with Cline, Lage, Cornelius, tUnE-yArDs and Kravitz. In early 2013 Lennon announced the album was ready to be mixed, and that it would be released that year to tie in with Ono's 80th birthday. In June 2013 the lead single "Moonbeams" was released as a free download for pre-order customers. Every Monday an additional new track was streamed for free starting in August, leading up to its 17 September 2013 release.

Reception

British newspaper ''

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'' gave a positive review of the album, stating that over her career Yoko has "ruthlessly ersuedher own vision" and on this album "no one outshines Yoko" from the guest list. The paper additionally noted the "stunning chorus" of "7th Floor" and felt that Yoko was a "pretty balladeer" on "There's No Goodbye Between Us".

Track listing

Personnel

* Yoko Ono – vocals (all tracks except 13) * Sean Ono Lennon – acoustic guitar (8), bass (1, 2, 6, 7, 14), conductor (11), drum machine (5), drum programming (1), electric guitar (2, 3), guitar (1, 9, 14),

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(5), keyboards (14), percussion (8, 12, 14), piano (3, 6, 9, 10), shakers (5), sound design (14), synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), vocals (6) *

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– additional beats, programming and "other curve balls" (4) * Andrew Wyatt – Rhodes (8) * Bill Dubrow – drums (11), percussion (1, 7, 11) * Christopher Sean Powell – percussion (1) *

– cello (9, 10), string arrangement (10) * Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu – electric guitar (1, 6, 7, 8, 12), guitars (14) * Jared Samuel – B3 (7, 8), percussion (8), synthesizer (7) * Joyce Hammann – violin (10) * Julian Lage – acoustic guitar (11) * Keigo Oyamada – bass (12), electric guitar (7, 12),

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(14), Kaoss synthesizer (1), synthesizer (12) * Kevin Harper – bottle (3) *

– drums (2),

Clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

(2) * Lois Martin –

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

(10) * Merrill Garbus – bottle (3), drums (3, 5), percussion (3, 5), Rhodes (5), voice (3, 5) * Michael Leonhart – Mellophones (6), percussion (8) *

– additional beats, programming and "other curve balls" (4) * Nate Brenner – bass (3, 5), bottle (3), percussion (3), voice (5) *

– electric guitar (1, 6, 7, 8), guitars (14), lap steel (8), loops (6), percussion (8) *

– drums (7) * Shahzad Ismaily – acoustic guitar (8), bass (8), guitar (14), percussion (8), sound design (14) * Thomas Bartlett – piano (11) * Toyoaki Mishima – manipulator (12) * Yuka C. Honda – BW piano loops (6), keyboards (8, 14), Rhodes (1, 6), sampler (1, 5), sound design (14), synthesizer (5, 6), additional drum programming (14) * Yuko Araki – drums (1, 6, 8, 12, 14), percussion (12, 14), synthesizer (3) * "Bad Dancer" remixed by Adam Horowitz and Mike D * "Shine, Shine" remixed by Cornelius ;Technical personnel * Recorded at Sear Sound by Christopher Allen * Mixed by Michael H. Brauer for MHB Prods * Mixed at

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* Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering * Kevin Harper – Assistant Engineer * Mark Bengston – ProTools Engineer and Assistant * Geoff Thorpe – Art Director * Greg Kadel – Cover Photography * Sean Ono Lennon – Studio Photos *

– Drawings * Andre Kellman – Mix Engineer at Oscilloscope Laboratories (4) * Toru Takayama – Additional Engineer (12)

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control Yoko Ono albums 2013 albums Plastic Ono Band albums