I ordered Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band's Between My Head and the Sky from Amazon.com a few days before the release date but it would still take a week after the release date to get it. I'm not sure why. Shouldn't a new release ship at least the day of release and even if it's sent Media Mail, it should arrive within a week. But this was sent first class(?).
Anyone familiar with the Plastic Ono Band might expect the album to rock and it does. Although there is only one original member, the POB was never meant to be a band with the same members with each release. It's first releases were two albums, one with lead singer Yoko Ono, the other with lead singer John Lennon. The next release was John and Yoko, alternating tracks with an entirely different band (Elephants Memory). They were billed as the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band (Poem Band).
Yoko is probably best known in music as the maker of the disco punk beat classic "Walking on Thin Ice". Several remixes have been released and they always go straight to the top of the dance charts. It's the only "bar song" I know of that actually has puking in it. (Oh yeah, and some people think she is responsible for breaking up the Beatles.)
The album is a little trippier than I expected. It's not quite as hard core grunge rock as Ima, another pairing of Yoko and John's and her son Sean Lennon. One song evokes that album with almost a sequel, "Ask the Elephant" is like 'son of "Ask the Dragon"' from the Ima Album. Yes, this whole album is more like an Ima album than a Plastic Ono album.
"I'm Going Away Smiling" sounds more like one of the later John and Yoko albums. Was there a song "Mrs Lennon"? I don't seem to have it, maybe on video.
Between My Head and the Sky is a sonically pleasing album. This is not generally what I'm looking for in an album, but it might just rock enough to keep me interested. And hey, it's me too. I'm alive.
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