Track Listing
1. Witch Shocktronica Intro - (with Hank Shocklee)
2. Kiss Kiss Kiss - (with Peaches)
3. O'oh - (with Shitake Monkey)
4. Everyman Everywoman - (with Blow-Up)
5. Sisters O Sisters - (with Le Tigre)
6. Death of Samantha - (with Porcupine Tree)
7. Rising - (with DJ Spooky)
8. Nobody Sees Me Like You Do - (with The Apples In Stereo)
9. Yes I'm a Witch - (with The Brother Brothers)
10. Revelations - (with Cat Power)
11. You & I - (with The Polyphonic Spree)
12. Walking on Thin Ice - (with Jason Pierce)
13. Toyboat - (with Antony)
14. Cambridge 1969/2007 - (with The Flaming Lips)
15. I'm Moving On - (with The Sleepy Jackson)
16. Witch Shocktronica (Outro) - (with Hank Shocklee)
17. Shirankatta (I Didn't Know) - (French, Japanese, with Craig Armstrong)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Cat Power, Craig Armstrong, DJ Spooky, Peaches | | Producer: | Blow-Up, Craig Armstrong | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel include: Yoko Ono (vocals); DJ Spooky, Peaches, The Flaming Lips, Craig Armstrong, Cat Power.
Yoko Ono is one of pop music's most divisive figures, both because of her controversial (to some) relationship with John Lennon and her uncompromising and often difficult artistic and musical vision. To reduce Ono's musical output to the shrieks and shouts she's most often associated with, however, is to overlook some truly excellent music. YES, I'M A WITCH seeks to correct these oversights and misunderstandings by recruiting a host of indie-rock and electronica heavyweights to rework key Ono tracks. Most artists chose to recast the songs in the glitches and sputters of contemporary electronic music (something of a digital equivalent to Ono's melisma), with Le Tigre's triumphant electro-clash reworking of "Sisters O Sisters" a particular standout. Yet the most poignant moments--Antony and Hahn Rowe's shimmering take on "Toyboat," Cat Power's simple piano-driven duet on "Revelations"--occur when Ono's subtleties are placed front and center, allowing the hidden beauty in her work to emerge.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- What YES, I'M A WITCH proves, above all else, is that the world is at last catching up with Ono....[The album] offers a widescreen version of the Yoko Ono story.
Mojo
[With] some highlights showing off Ono's on-the-verge voice from various novel angles....Jason Pierce's lovely drone distortion on 'Walking On Thin Ice' complements Ono's voice perfectly.
The Wire
[T]he results should be required listening for anyone who doubts her continuing relevance to cutting-edge culture. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]he collection manages to achieve formal freedom, hit-record verve, and one woman's personal supernatural.
Spin
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [Ono's] long-underrated talent for simple, direct melodies makes it easy for these disciples to rescore Ono's songwriting in their own lingo.
Rolling Stone
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