Between My Head and the Sky

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Between My Head and the Sky
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Studio album by
Plastic Ono Band
Released21 September 2009 (2009-09-21) [1]
Genre
Length58:32
Label Chimera Music
Producer Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon
Plastic Ono Band chronology
Don't Stop Me! EP
(2009)		Between My Head and the Sky
(2009)		Onomix
(2012)

Between My Head and the Sky is an album by Yoko Ono's band Plastic Ono Band released on Chimera Music in September 2009. It is her first studio album to be released as "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" since 1973's Feeling the Space . This Plastic Ono Band lineup featured Cornelius, Yuka Honda (of Cibo Matto fame), and Ono's son Sean Lennon as band leader and producer.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [12]

New Internationalist magazine described the album as "fresh and challenging as any of her early work" and having "a commitment to spontaneity". [13]

Track listing

All songs written by Yoko Ono.

  1. "Waiting for the D Train" – 2:46
  2. "The Sun Is Down!" (Cornelius Mix) – 4:49
  3. "Ask the Elephant!" – 2:57
  4. "Memory of Footsteps" – 3:30
  5. "Moving Mountains" – 3:00
  6. "Calling" – 4:19
  7. "Healing" – 4:25
  8. "Hashire, Hashire" – 3:35
  9. "Between My Head and the Sky" – 5:33
  10. "Feel the Sand" – 6:02
  11. "Watching the Rain" – 5:30
  12. "Unun. To" – 3:16
  13. "I'm Going Away Smiling" – 2:53
  14. "Higa Noboru" – 5:44
  15. "I'm Alive" – 0:22

Japanese bonus track

  2. "Hanako" – 1:54

Japanese iTunes bonus video [14]

  2. "Why" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, London 2009) – 5:08
Note

Digital and streaming editions of the album omit the last two tracks, instead ending the album with the track "I'm Going Away Smiling". [15] [16] [17] [18]

Personnel

Technical

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
Japan16 September 2009CDChimera MusicPVCP-8259 [19]
22 September 20092xLP616892049760 [20]
United States21 September 2009CD616892056362 [21]
22 September 20092xLPCHIM01LP [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Between My Head And The Sky – 21 Sept '09". Imagine Peace. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 Walters, Barry (October 2009). "Reviews [Albums]". Spin. 25 (10): 82–84. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Reviews for Between My Head and the Sky by Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band". Metacritic . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Between My Head and the Sky at AllMusic
  5. ↑ Heller, Jason (22 September 2009). "Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Between My Head And The Sky". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Between My Head And The Sky is an intriuing record, crackling with an excitement that most new artists would struggle to generate. [Oct 2009, p.97]
  7. ↑ "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band: Between My Head and the Sky | CD review | Music | The Observer". Guardian. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Berman, Stuart (23 September 2009). "Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Between My Head and the Sky | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Lennon would be proud. [Oct 2009, p.114]
  10. ↑ Hermes, Will (22 September 2009). "Between My Head and the Sky | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Brown, Helen (16 September 2009). "Yoko Ono: Between My Head and the Sky, CD review". The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "UNCUT REVIEW: YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND - BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY". Uncut . 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Between My Head and the Sky". New Internationalist (427): 31. November 2009.
  14. ↑ "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band – Between My Head and the Sky". Apple Music Japan.
  15. ↑ "Yoko Ono – Between My Head and the Sky". Apple Music . 2 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Yoko Ono – Between My Head and the Sky". Amazon.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band – Between My Head and the Sky". Open.spotify.com.
  18. ↑ "Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band – Between My Head and the Sky". Deezer.com. January 2009.
  19. ↑ "Between My Head And The Sky Yoko Ono with Plastic Ono Band CD Album". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  20. ↑ "Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band – Between My Head And The Sky (2009, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band – Between My Head And The Sky (2009, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  22. ↑ "Yoko Ono Approximately Infinite Universe + Lyric inners French 2-LP vinyl record set (Double Album) (373737)". Eil.com.
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