Feeling the Space

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Feeling the Space
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Studio album by
Released2 November 1973 (1973-11-02) [1]
Recorded1972 – June 1973
Genre Pop rock
Length44:48
Label Apple
Producer Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono chronology
Approximately Infinite Universe
(1973)
Feeling the Space
(1973)
Double Fantasy
(1980)
Singles from Feeling the Space
  1. "Woman Power"
    Released: 24 September 1973 (US)
  2. "Run, Run, Run"
    Released: 9 October 1973 (UK) [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [3]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [4]

Feeling the Space is Yoko Ono's fourth solo album, her last one on Apple Records.

Contents

History

The entire album adopts a feminist theme, focusing on issues affecting women in the 1970s. Its liner notes parody adult advertising, giving the telephone numbers, birthdates and vital statistics of the male band members. (John Lennon appears as "John O'Cean", with his number listed as "Not for Sale"). Lennon played guitar on the tracks "Woman Power" and "She Hits Back", [5] [6] and sings a backing vocal line on "Men, Men, Men". [6] Lennon's album, Mind Games , was released around the same time as Feeling the Space, in November 1973. [6]

The album was originally planned to be a double until EMI/Apple demanded it be edited; two of the songs excised from the double were issued as singles in Japan. The entire released album, plus the songs originally intended for the double release, is included as the "Run, Run, Run" disc on the "Onobox" set. [7] The five extra songs included on Onobox were later added as bonus tracks to the 2017 Reissue of Feeling the Space.

Track listing

All songs written by Yoko Ono.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Growing Pain"3:50
2."Yellow Girl (Stand By for Life)"3:13
3."Coffin Car"3:29
4."Woman of Salem"3:09
5."Run, Run, Run"5:07
6."If Only"3:40
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."A Thousand Times Yes"3:00
8."Straight Talk"2:50
9."Angry Young Woman"3:51
10."She Hits Back"3:48
11."Woman Power"4:50
12."Men, Men, Men"4:01
1997 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."I Learned to Stutter/Coffin Car" (Live)6:51
14."Mildred, Mildred" (Demo)3:36
2017 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."I Learned to Stutter/Coffin Car" (Live)6:53
14."Potbelly Rocker"2:41
15."It's Been Very Hard"6:01
16."Warrior Woman"5:02
17."Left Turn's the Right Turn"2:13
18."Mildred, Mildred"2:58
19."Mildred, Mildred" (Demo)3:42

Personnel

Technical

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
United States2 November 1973 [1] LP Apple Records SW-3412 [8]
8-Track8XW 3412 [9]
United Kingdom16 November 1973 [1] LPSAPCOR 26 [10]
Japan1973EAP-80921 [11]
Germany1C062-94963 [12]
France2C064-96963 [13]
United States10 June 1997 [14] CD Rykodisc RCD 10419 [15]
United Kingdom [16] 1997
JapanVACK-5375/2 [17]
24 January 2007Rykodisc, Apple RecordsVACK-1311 [18]
United States & Europe14 July 2017LP [19] Secretly Canadian, Chimera MusicSC284/CHIM23 [20]
LP (White) [21]
CD
Japan2 August 2017CDSony Records InternationalSICX-88 [22]
9 August 2017LP (White)SIJP-53 [23]

Notes

  1. With Plastic Ono Band and Something Different as backing bands.

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