It's Alright (I See Rainbows) [Limited Release] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]

YOKO ONO REISSUE PROJECT restarted. The fifth installment in the project reappraising artist Yoko Ono. This is a newly packaged expanded edition of "It's Alright (I See Rainbows)," her sixth original album, released in 1982. Newly remastered from the original tapes, it includes two bonus tracks. The CD comes in cardboard sleeve packaging that recreates the original package design, with a new booklet featuring unreleased photos. Following her previous album "Season of Glass," which depicted the deep grief of losing John Lennon, this work entrusts a sense of hope and the will to be reborn, the feeling of "still going on living," to a lighter sound incorporating New Wave and dance music. Yoko's experimental spirit is still alive here, including the use of Sean's toy ray gun as part of the rhythm. The album's signature song "Never Say Goodbye" uses John's voice in the intro, followed by a moving structure in which Sean seems to call Yoko back to reality. "My Man" fuses New Wave with a calypso flavor. "Let the Tears Dry," a song of rebirth symbolizing the album's theme, carries the message of drying one's tears. "Dream Love," with its beautiful melody, is also regarded by many fans as one of Yoko's hidden gems from the 1980s. The bonus track "Forgive Me My Love" is an outtake from this album. On the back cover, John is depicted in a transparent form, as if watching over them. With the clock in her heart still stopped in 1980, this pop yet deeply moving work captures Yoko as she begins to walk toward the future while carrying that sense of loss. Includes a bonus poster. Includes newly written liner notes, lyrics, and Japanese translations.

再始動! 芸術家ヨーコ・オノ再評価プロジェクトの第5弾。1982年発表、通算6作目のオリジナル・アルバムの新装拡張版。オリジナル・テープからの最新リマスター+ボーナストラック2曲収録。CDはオリジナルのパッケージ・デザインを再現した紙ジャケ仕様、未発表写真収録の新規ブックレット付。ジョン・レノンを失った深い悲しみを描いた前作『シーズン・オブ・グラス』を経て、本作では「それでも生きていく」という希望と再生への意志を、New Waveやダンス・ミュージックを取り入れた軽やかなサウンドに託した。ショーンのおもちゃの光線銃をリズムに用いるなど、ヨーコらしい実験精神も健在。アルバムの代表曲「Never Say Goodbye」はイントロでジョンの声が使われ、そのあとショーンがヨーコを現実へ呼び戻すような感動的な構成。ニューウェーブとカリプソ風味を融合した「My Man」。アルバムのテーマを象徴する「涙を乾かそう」という再生の歌「Let the Tears Dry」。美しいメロディで80年代ヨーコの隠れた名曲として評価するファンも多い「Dream Love」。ボーナストラックの「Forgive Me My Love」は今作のアウトテイク。裏ジャケットにはジョンが"見守っている"ように透明な姿で描かれており、心の時計は1980年で止まったまま――そんな喪失感を抱えながら未来へ歩み始めた彼女の姿が、ポップでありながら胸を打つ作品である。■特典ポスター封入 / 新規解説・歌詞・対訳付