Yoko Ono-It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982)


 

Artist: Yoko Ono

Title: It's Alright (I See Rainbows)

Label: Polydor

Format: LP

Cat #: POLD 5073

Year of Release: 1982

Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1982

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 3/15/25

Sell Price: $4.82

Discogs Last Sold: 1/23/25 NM/VG+ $7.69

Low: $2.41

Media: $6.41

Average: $6.74

High: $19.22

Current low price: $5.13

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20

Have/Want: 214/57

Where Sold: Sarasota, FL

Time it took to sell: 9 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA That's Entertainment $2.99 used mid 80's

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

Yoko's follow-up to Seasons Of Glass, 1982's It's Alright (I See Rainbows) finds Yoko still in mourning.  John's image is superimposed on the back cover with Yoko and Sean.  We get psychological healing numbers like the state of the state title track.

At the time I first heard it I felt that it was maybe was not a great "statement" album the way Seasons of Glass appeared to be, and a bit too "pop" for a Yoko record, but this held up better over time.  It really isn't that "pop" at all compared to "Walking On Thin Ice" and the Double Fantasy tracks as far as Yoko goes.  My favorite track is "Never Say Goodbye" with has some feedback loop elements that seem right out of industrial music.  In a sense, Yoko's artistic renaissance was in sync with John's.  Milk and Honey was still unfinished when this was released and the music between that and Double Fantasy from the "Walking On Thin Ice" single that was being worked on the night of Lennon's murder, to Seasons of Glass to this album in less than a 2 year time period marked a significant period of music for Yoko.  Guns still echo in "Let The Tears Dry" but they seem more in the distance and buried as opposed to "No No No" kicking off Seasons of Glass.  She still sometimes doesn't want to get out of bed and who could blame her?

When I heard Sean as a child doing "It's Alright" as a b-side released in the mid 80's, I thought it was a bit much, but in some ways it was just as conceptual as Lennon's A-side doing "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him." and after listening to this album with Sean's childhood voice samples it make more sense.  As a public figure in a mourning situation caused by being in the public eye borne of a relationship that wouldn't have happened if that public dynamic never existed.  A "Spec of Dust" in some ways and a sick universal joke that creates narratives evolved from narratives.  Yoko claims she sees rainbows but the undercurrent of her voice chanting the mantra "Rainbow Love/Rainbow Thoughts" into fade out is that dark cloud is forever there.  Some mother may mug her but she's got to get Sean off to school anyway.  Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

"I know it's gonna be alright..."

FOR FURTHER REVIEW

John Lennon & Yoko Ono-Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968)

John Lennon "Mother" b/w Yoko Ono "Why" (1970)

John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band (1970)

John Lennon "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" b/w Sean Ono Lennon "It's Alright" (1984)

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