Take Me to the Land of Hell

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Take Me to the Land of Hell
Yoko Ono Take Me to the Land of Hell.jpg
Studio album by
Plastic Ono Band
Released17 September 2013 (2013-9-17)
Recorded2012–2013
Genre
Length42:47
Label Chimera Music
Producer
Plastic Ono Band chronology
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(2012)		Take Me to the Land of Hell
(2013)		 Yes, I'm a Witch Too
(2016)

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 second since reforming the Plastic Ono Band in 2009 with her son Sean Lennon. It features guests Yuka C Honda, Keigo "Cornelius" Oyamada, Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu, Yuko Araki, Nels Cline, Tune-Yards, Questlove, Ad-Rock & Mike D, Michael Leonhart, Bill Dobrow, Jared Samuel, Shahzad Ismaily, Lenny Kravitz, Andrew Wyatt, Erik Friedlander, 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.

Contents

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. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)A− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork Media 7/10 [7]
PopMatters 7/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Sunday Times Positive [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Wire Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

British newspaper The Sunday Times gave a positive review of the album, stating that over her career Yoko has "ruthlessly [pursued] her own vision" and on this album "no one outshines Yoko" from the guest list. [11] 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". [11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yoko Ono

No.TitleLength
1."Moonbeams"5:48
2."Cheshire Cat Cry"4:58
3."Tabetai"2:45
4."Bad Dancer"3:11
5."Little Boy Blue Your Daddy's Gone"3:47
6."There's No Goodbye Between Us"2:42
7."7th Floor"3:06
8."N.Y. Noodle Town"3:15
9."Take Me to the Land of Hell"3:24
10."Watching the Dawn"2:48
11."Leaving Tim"2:49
12."Shine, Shine"4:01
13."Hawk's Call"0:15
Japan Bonus Track [14] [15]
No.TitleLength
14."Story of an Oak Tree"4:33
Japan Bonus Disc [14] (CD edition only)
No.TitleLength
1."Ai"2:56

Personnel

Technical personnel

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
Japan12 September 20132xCDChimera MusicXQJQ-1010 [16]
United States17 September 2013CD [17]
2xLP [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Preview New Iggy Pop Plastic Ono Split 7"; Ono Songs with tUnE-yArDs, Lenny Kravitz". The Future Heart. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Reviews for Take Me to the Land of Hell by Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band". Metacritic . Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF HELL reviewed on AllMusic". AllMusic .
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (31 October 2014). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint . Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Costa, Maddy (2013). "Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me to the Land of Hell – review". The Guardian . No. 19 September. London. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Mojo . No. October. London. 2013. p. 96.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF HELL reviewed on Pitchfork Media". Pitchfork .
  8. ↑ Garratt, John (7 November 2013). "Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me to the Land of Hell". PopMatters . Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Q . No. October. London. 2013. p. 109.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ Hermes, Will (2013). "Take Me To The Land Of Hell Album Review". Rolling Stone . No. 3 December. New York. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND". The Sunday Times. London. 15 September 2013. p. 26.
  12. ↑ Uncut . No. October. London. 2013. p. 72.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ The Wire . No. October. London. 2013. p. 51.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 1 2 "Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band – Take Me to the Land of Hell". Discogs.
  15. ↑ "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band - Take Me to the Land of Hell". Apple Music Japan. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "Take Me To The Land Of Hell [Blu-spec CD2+CD] Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band* – Take Me To The Land Of Hell". Discogs. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band* – Take Me To The Land Of Hell". Discogs. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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