New York Rock

Yoko Ono, New York Rock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TS5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,261 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It Happened - Jan Horvath

2. I'll Always Be With You - Sean Dooley/Jan Horvath

3. Speck Of Dust - Sean Dooley/Jan Horvath

4. Midsummer New York - Pat McRoberts

5. What A Bastard The World Is - Lynnette Perry

6. Loneliness - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry/Ensemble

7. Give Me Something - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim/ Walter O'Neil/Paul Mahos/Pete Herber

8. Light On The Other Side - Pat McRoberts/Ensemble

9. Tomorrow May Never Come - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry

10. Don't Be Scared - Jan Horvath/Sean Dooley/Ensemble

11. Growing Pain - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry

12. Warzone - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim/ Walter O'Neil/Paul Mahos/Pete Herber

13. Never Say Goodbye - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry

14. O'Sanity - Walter O'Neil

15. I Want My Love To Rest Tonight - Jan Horvath/Lynnette Perry

16. I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim

17. Now Or Never - Jan Horvath/Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry/Ensemble

18. We're All Water - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim/Walter O'Neil/Paul Mahos/Pete Herber

19. Yes, I'm Your Angel - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry

20. It Happened - Lynnette Perry

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The problem with covers of Yoko Ono songs is..., May 17, 2003

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crumbcake (Rhinebeck, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York Rock (Audio CD)

... the songs themselves are so honestly from Ono's heart, so specifically written for her voice, her sound, her range--endearing and breathtaking and to Western ears "imperfect"--that these trained singers fall short of the true heart of the music.

Listen if you're curious, but the true expression of these songs lie in the original Yoko Ono albums they came from: "Season of Glass," "a Story," "Approximately Infinite Universe," "Fly," "Feeling the Space," "It's Alright," and "Starpeace."

The clearest example I can think of is Ono's unbelievably beautiful song "Toy Boat" from "Season of Glass," which here is belted out in true musical style, but in the original is sung quietly, tentatively, hopefully...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh, you might as well. No one else is., May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: New York Rock (Audio CD)

Let's face it, no one's gonna know if you bought it or not, and you don't have to file it with the rest of your CD's, but come on, aren't you curious? Orchestrations and arrangements by PARADE's composer, Jason Robert Brown? Starring RAGTIME's Lynette Perry? I think it's out of print by now, so if you don't get it here, you may never be able to get it again, and you'll never hear Lynette sing those immortal lyrics: "You jerk, you pig, you bastard, you scum-of-the-Earth, you good for Nothing! Oh, don't go, don't go, please don't go, I didn't mean it, I'm just in pain." What the heck, guys? Buy it, listen to it once, enjoy the fact that the album probably cost twice as much as the latest Varese Sarabande silliness, and try to imagine the staging - better yet, do a revival in your own bedroom!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars it just doesn't work, October 7, 2005

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DSF (Amish country) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New York Rock (Audio CD)

Take away Yoko Ono's shaky, but honest singing and you're not left with much. When Ono sang "Warzone" and "No No No" on her own solo albums, the effect was downright chilling. The results here verge on comical. Yoko's stuff just wasn't meant to be performed and sung this way.