Audio CD review:
Yoko Ono - Blueprint for a Sunrise

Yoko Ono - Blueprint for a Sunrise

Band: Yoko Ono Title: Blueprint for a Sunrise Rating: Release Date: 09 October, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: I Want You To Remember Me 'A' 2: I Want You To Remember Me 'B' 3: 'Is This What We Do' 4: Wouldnit 'Swing' 5: Soul Got Out Of The Box 6: Rising II 7: It's Time For Action! 8: I'm Not Getting Enough 9: Mulberry 10: 'I Remember Everything' 11: Are You Looking For Me?

Editoral Review Indeed, 30 years of history be damned, the Ono of Blueprint still seems consumed by agit- prop feminism and instinctive angst. Consider Yoko Ono's historical plight: is she a pioneering musical avant-gardist or a pretentious opportunist? But if Ono is concerned about that disparate legacy, there's little evidence on this 2001 release. The pulsing two-part soundscape "I Want You to Remember Me" descends from threatening dialog in its first act to harrowing violence in the second. If there are frequent bowings to more traditional song forms (the playful, star-struck pop of "Wouldnit 'Swing'," "Is This What We Do"'s Spanish-inflected boomer rock, the Caribbean rhythms of "I'm Not Getting Enough"), their rhetoric generally leaves little doubt that woman is still the nigger of Ono's world. While her late husband's influence can be felt on the spare "Soul Got out of the Box" and the anthemic "I Remember Everything," the epic live improvisatory workouts "Rising II" and "Mulberry" that consume nearly half the album pay ample tribute to Ono's own provocative musical impulses. And while her id-clearing screeches and tortuous throat-warbling are trademarks claimed as inspiration by the B-52's and others, they won't do much to dissuade cynics convinced the artist owes at least some small debt to the Looney Tunes sound effects department. Let the debate begin. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Yoko Ono discography, or go back to the Yoko Ono tabs