It's Alright (I See Rainbows)

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It's Alright (I See Rainbows)
Studio album by Yoko Ono

Publication
(s)

December 16, 1982

Label (s) Polydor , Rykodisc Records

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

LP: 10 / CD: 12

running time

36 min 51s / CD: 43 min 41s

occupation
  • John Tropea: guitar
  • Paul Griffin: Synthesizer
  • Paul Schaffer: Synthesizer
  • Alan Schwartzberg: drums
  • Rubens Bassini: percussion
  • David A. Friedman: Percussion
  • Sammy Figeroa: percussion
  • Roger Squitero: percussion
  • Howard Johnson: tuba
  • Carlos Alomar: background vocals
  • Gordon Grody: backing vocals
  • Kurt Yahjian: background vocals

production

Yoko Ono

Studio (s)

The Hit Factory, New York City

chronology
Season of Glass
1981 		It's Alright (I See Rainbows) Heart Play - unfinished dialogue (with John Lennon)
1983

It's Alright (I See Rainbows) is the seventh solo studio album by Yoko Ono . At the same time, including the three avant-garde albums as well as Some Time in New York City and Double Fantasy with her husband John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band's live album, it is Yoko Ono's thirteenth album. It was released on December 16, 1982 in the UK and on November 29, 1982 in the US.

History of origin

The follow-up album to Season of Glass was recorded again in the "Hit Factory" studios, but this time Yoko Ono was the sole producer, and the musicians from the previous album were not hired again. The recordings were probably made in August / September 1982.

After disagreements with David Geffen , Yoko Ono switched to Polydor on October 3, 1982 , so It's Alright (I See Rainbows) and in 1984 Milk and Honey , as well as the Yoko Ono follow-up album Starpeace , were released on this label.

The album was musically commercially oriented and became Yoko Ono's second most successful album after the previous album Season of Glass . The songs My Man and Never Say Goodbye allude to John Lennon, while Lennon can be heard screaming the name Yoko on the latter. Loneliness and Tomorrow May Never Come were first recorded for the album A Story in 1974 and re-recorded here for the album.

In the booklet of the Onobox , Yoko Ono mentions that she found the making of the album It's Alright (I See Rainbows) difficult, as she was now trying to lead a normal life after the death of John Lennon and she continued to try a new sound during to develop the recordings.

The other recorded but unused song Forgive Me, My Love appeared on the Onobox in 1992 .

Cover

The cover design was done by Yoko Ono as well as Bill Levy and Bob Heimall. The cover photo is by Bob Gruen and Nishi F. Saimaru. On the back of the cover you can see Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon as well as John Lennon in Central Park in New York City , while the CD re-release does not show John Lennon on the back cover.

Track list

All tracks on the album were composed by Yoko Ono.

  • page 1
  1. My Man - 3:45
  2. Never Say Goodbye - 4:17
  3. Spec of Dust - 3:32
  4. Loneliness - 3:34
  5. Tomorrow May Never Come - 2:38
  • Page 2
  1. It's Alright - 4:34
  2. Wake Up - 3:40
  3. Let the Tears Dry - 3:26
  4. Dream Love - 4:43
  5. I See Rainbows - 2:34
  • CD bonus tracks
  1. Beautiful Boys - 2:00
  2. You're the One - 4:50

Republication

The first release of the full album in CD format was by Rykodisc Records on September 8, 1997 and includes two additional songs, both songs are not from the recording sessions. Beautiful Boys is a demo version in which Yoko Ono plays the piano and sings. The song was released in a studio version on the album Double Fantasy . You're the One is an alternate studio version, recorded in 1983, the original appeared on the album Milk and Honey . The album It's Alright (I See Rainbows) was remixed in 1997 by Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens and George Marino and Rob Stevens in the Sterling Sound Studios newly remastered .

Single releases

My Man

The first single My Man / Let the Tears Dry was released from the album on November 2, 1982 in the USA and on November 26, 1982 in Great Britain. The US promotional 12 ″ vinyl single contains the same songs.

Never say goodbye

In the US, the single Never Say Goodbye / Loneliness was released on January 25, 1983 . The single was not released in the UK and Germany. The US 12 ″ vinyl single contains remixes of the two songs.

Single B-sides

Two songs Never Say Goodbye and Loneliness from the album It's Alright (I See Rainbows) were used as B-sides from single releases from the album Milk and Honey :

  • On March 9, 1984, the UK released the 12 ″ vinyl maxi single: Borrowed Time / Your Hands / Never say Goodbye .
  • The following 12 ″ vinyl maxi single was also released in Great Britain on July 16, 1984: I'm Stepping Out / Sleepless Night / Loneliness .

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 98 (13 weeks) 13

Both singles mentioned above did not make it into the charts.

literature

  • Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970-2001 , ISBN 0-7119-8307-0
  • Katrin Berndt Yoko Ono - In Her Own Write. Your musical creation and the influence of John Lennon . Marburg 1999; ISBN 978-3-8288-8021-4
  • Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907080-92-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Back cover It's Alright (I See Rainbows) with John Lennon
  2. ↑ Back cover It's Alright (I See Rainbows) without John Lennon
  3. ↑ USA 7 "vinyl single: My Man
  4. ↑ Promotion 12 ″ vinyl single: My Man
  5. ↑ USA 7 "vinyl single: Never Say Goodbye
  6. ↑ 12 ″ vinyl single: Never Say Goodbye
  7. ↑ UK 12 ″ vinyl single: Borrowed Time
  8. ↑ UK 12 ″ vinyl single: I'm Stepping Out
  9. ↑ Chart sources: US