Yoko Ono

Approximately Infinite Universe

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There’s a fury at the core of Yoko Ono’s 1973 rock opus ‘Approximately Infinite Universe’ that was not apparent on previously recorded efforts. Ono has always been a master of turning pain and sadness into art but here there’s a clenched-fist intensity that sets it apart in her deep, unparalleled catalogue.

Ono is angry. She proved that one can carry a boundless love for humanity and still be furious - furious at male/female relationships, at war, at your partner. Meanwhile, on a sonic level, Ono ups the ante on the more centred rock & roll sounds she approached with 1971’s ‘Fly’.

The album is one of the most traditional-sounding rock chapters in Ono’s sprawling catalogue. There are moments here that absolutely rival Jersey legends the E Street Band, though of course Ono’s vision leads her band down darker, more mystical paths than the E Street Band ever dared tread.

‘Approximately Infinite Universe’ is an essential and progressive piece of Ono’s output, both in the advancements she made as a songwriter/conceptualist and as a solidified statement of her staunch feminist role within the very male-dominated mainstream rock ghetto of the mid-1970s.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: Taking a detour from the experimental preoccupations of her earlier avant garde work, Yoko utilised a more mainstream rock sound to express anger and frustration at the state of the world and the place of a woman within it.

TRACK LISTING

Yang Yang
Death Of Samantha
I Want My Love To Rest Tonight
What Did I Do!
Have You Seen A Horizon Lately
Approximately Infinite Universe
Peter The Dealer
Song For John
Catman (The Rosies Are Coming)
What A Bastard The World Is
Waiting For The Sunrise
I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window
Winter Song
Kite Song
What A Mess
Shiranakatta (I Didn’t Know)
Air Talk
I Have A Woman Inside My Soul
Move On Fast
Now Or Never
Is Winter Here To Stay?
Looking Over From My Hotel Window

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