Approximately Infinite Universe

by Yoko Ono

Approximately Infinite Universe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 January 1973
  • Label: Apple
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:29:50
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by the muscular funk-rock of Elephant's Memory, the avant-garde artist pivoted toward relatively conventional song structures to deliver a fierce, feminist manifesto. Spanning two dense records, its poignant exploration of gender roles and emotional vulnerability is widely cited as a pioneering blueprint for subsequent punk and alternative rock movements.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, protest, political, feminism, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Yang Yang (3:50)
  2. Death of Samantha (6:22)
  3. I Want My Love to Rest Tonight (5:11)
  4. What Did I Do! (4:12)
  5. Have You Seen a Horizon Lately (1:56)
  6. Approximately Infinite Universe (3:21)
  7. Peter the Dealer (4:46)
  8. Song for John (2:04)
  9. Catman (The Rosies Are Coming) (5:34)
  10. What a Bastard the World Is (4:35)
  11. Waiting for the Sunrise (2:33)
  12. I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window (4:09)
  13. Winter Song (3:39)
  14. Kite Song (3:17)
  15. What a Mess (2:41)
  16. Shiranakatta (I Didn鈥檛 Know) (3:11)
  17. Air Talk (3:21)
  18. I Have a Woman Inside My Soul (5:33)
  19. Move On Fast (3:43)
  20. Now or Never (4:59)
  21. Is Winter Here to Stay? (4:22)
  22. Looking Over From My Hotel Window (3:29)
  23. Dogtown (Bonus Track) (2:52)

Credits

  • Bettina Rossner - artwork
  • The Plastic Ono Band - backing band
  • Elephants Memory - backing band [with]
  • Gary Van Scyoc - bass, trumpet
  • Daria Price - castanets
  • Rick Frank - drums, percussion
  • Wayne "Tex" Gabriel - guitar
  • Joel Nohnn - guitar, backing vocals

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