Yoko Ono - Fly

Part of the Yoko Ono reissue project from Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music

Remastered from the original tapes

Painstakingly reproduced vinyl packaging and remastered audio

The second batch of Yoko Ono reissues from Secretly Canadian, in partnership with Chimera Music, includes 1971's Fly, 1973's Approximately Infinite Universe, and 1973's Feeling The Space.

What you hear on Fly is Ono's disarming combination of opacity and visceral, personal transparency in full bloom. It's also one of the most unbridled, most captivating soul albums ever made. And that's right where she wants you: Vulnerable, wide open to any-and-everything, ready to have your world tipped onto its head.

AllMusic calls Fly "that rarest of all beasts, a '70s double album that rewards repeated listening, but Fly also shows the work of a creative artist working with a sympathetic set of backing players to create inspired, varied songs.

"Compositions such as 'Midsummer New York' are easygoing rock chugs that won't surprise many, but it's her take on high-pitched soul and quivering delivery that transforms them into something else. The screwy blues yowl of 'Don't Worry Kyoko' is something else again, suggesting something off Led Zeppelin III gone utterly berserk. Meanwhile, check the fragile, pretty acoustic guitar of 'Mind Holes,' her singing swooping in the background like a lost ghost, while the reflective 'Mrs. Lennon,' as wry but heartfelt a portrait of her position in the public eye as any, ended up being used by Alex Chilton for 'Holocaust,' which gives a good sense of the sad tug of the melody." — AllMusic

Side 1

01 Midsummer New York

02 Mind Train

Side 2

01 Mind Holes

02 Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow)

03 Mrs. Lennon

04 Hirake

05 Toilet Piece / Unknown

06 O'Wind (Body Is The Scar Of Your Mind)

Side 3

01 Airmale

02 Don't Count The Waves

03 You

Side 4

01 Fly

02 Telephone Piece

03 Between The Takes

04 Will You Touch Me

05 The Path

06 Head Play (Medley: You/Airmale/Fly)

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