Starpeace

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Starpeace
Studio album by Yoko Ono

Publication
(s)

November 22, 1985

Label (s) Polydor , Rykodisc Records

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

LP: 12 / CD: 13

running time

40 min 26s / CD: 45 min 10s

occupation
  • Jeff Bova: Keyboard
  • Tony Williams: drums
  • Aiyb Dieng: percussion
  • Daniel Ponce: Percussion
  • Anton Fier: percussion
  • Bernard Fowler: background vocals
  • Yolanda Lee Lewis: backing vocals
  • Nona Hendryx: Background vocals for Hell in Paradies and Starpeace

production

Bill Laswell , Yoko Ono

Studio (s)

Right Track Recording Studio, New York City

chronology
Milk and Honey (with John Lennon)
1984 		Starpeace John & Yoko: The Interview (with John Lennon)
1990

Starpeace is Yoko Ono's eighth solo studio album . At the same time, including the three avant-garde albums as well as Some Time in New York City , Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey with her husband John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band's live album, it is the sixteenth album Yoko Ono. It was released on November 22, 1985 in the UK and on November 18, 1985 in the US.

History of origin

Starpeace was Yoko Ono's third album after the death of John Lennon. The title of the album Starpeace stands in contrast to the plans of the then President of the USA Ronald Reagan , who promoted a strategic defense initiative , the Strategic Defense Initiative , which was colloquially called Star Wars . So Yoko Ono took up the peace theme that she began with John Lennon in 1969.

According to the accompanying text of the Onobox , Yoko Ono writes that some people advised her against making this album because the time was not right for it. Ono was of the opinion that the time was just right, although there had been an anti-peace mood in the USA and Europe.

Due to the engagement of the producer Bill Laswell the album should sound musically more contemporary, so prominent studio musicians of the time were hired and Yoko Ono's vocals were often significantly enhanced by background singers. Overall, despite the issues raised, the album has a positive mood. The recordings were made in 1985, probably in the summer, a more precise dating has not been documented.

On February 27, 1986, Yoko Ono appeared on the German television program Mensch Meier and interpreted the songs Hell in Paradise and Give Peace a Chance with her accompanying band .

Since the album and the subsequent tour were commercially unsuccessful, Yoko Ono decided to withdraw from the music business and not to extend the record deal with Polydor . Her next new studio album, Rising , was only released in December 1995 (USA) / January 1996 (Europe). Only in 1990 a compilation CD- EP was released in Japan with the title Happy Birthday, John , on which three versions of a reinterpretation by Yoko Ono of the John Lennon song Love '90 are.

Cover

The cover design was done by Yoko Ono as well as Bill Levy and George Corsillo. The cover photo is by Francesco Scavullo. The computer graphics are from Maureen Nappi / VCA Teletronics.

Track list

All tracks on the album were composed by Yoko Ono.

  • page 1
  1. Hell in Paradise - 3:27
  2. I Love All of Me - 3:53
  3. Children Power - 2:15
  4. Rainbow Revelation - 3:21
  5. The King of the Zoo - 3:01
  6. Remember Raven - 2:49
  • Page 2
  1. Cape Clear - 5:08
  2. Sky People - 3:37
  3. You and I - 2:50
  4. It's Gonna Rain (Living on Tiptoe) - 4:00
  5. Starpeace - 3:14
  6. I Love You, Earth - 2:45
  • CD bonus tracks
  1. Imagine (John Lennon) - 4:44

Republication

It was first released in CD format by Rykodisc Records on September 8, 1997 and includes an additional song, a live recording of the John Lennon track Imagine , which was recorded during the Yoko Ono tour on March 14, 1986 in Budapest. The album Starpeace 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

Hell in Paradise

The first single Hell in Paradise / Hell in Paradise (instrumental) was released from the album in the USA on October 13, 1985. The US 12 ″ vinyl single contains the following songs: Hell in Paradise (Club Version) / Hell in Paradise (Dub Version) / Hell in Paradise (Single Version) . The single was not released in Germany and Great Britain.

Cape Clear

In December 1985 the 12 "vinyl single Cape Clear (Vocal Remix) / Cape Clear (Instrumental Remix) / Walking on Thin Ice (Re-Edit) was released in the USA . The new mix of Walking on Thin Ice (re-edit) was done by Joseph Watt. The single was not released in the UK and Germany.

Chart placements

The album, like the two single releases, could not place in the official charts.

tour

Yoko Ono and John Lennon originally planned to go on tour in 1981, five years later Yoko Ono realized the tour alone. The backing band consisted of: Phil Ashley ( keyboards ), Bernie Gramm ( drums ), Leigh Foxx ( bass ), Mark Rivers ( guitar ) and Jimmy Rip (guitar). Overall, the tour was unsuccessful because many concerts were poorly attended.

European tour

North America tour

The set list was as follows:

  1. Midsummer New York
  2. Give me something
  3. Kiss kiss kiss
  4. It happened
  5. Walking on Thin Ice
  6. Death of Samantha
  7. Goodbye sadness
  8. Never say goodbye
  9. Hell in Paradise
  10. Sky People
  11. Starpeace
  12. I love all of me
  13. I See Rainbows
  14. Dream love
  15. Now or Never
  16. Imagine (encore)
  17. Give Peace a Chance (encore)

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CD single: Happy Birthday, John
  2. ↑ USA 7 ″ vinyl single: Hell in Paradise
  3. ↑ USA 12 ″ vinyl single: Hell in Paradise
  4. ↑ USA 12 ″ vinyl single: Cape Clear