Season of Glass
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| Studio album by Yoko Ono | ||||
| Released | 8 June 1981 (UK) 12 June 1981 (US) |
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| Recorded | The Hit Factory, New York City, 1981 | |||
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| Length | 51:05 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Yoko Ono, Phil Spector | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10) |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
Season of Glass is a 1981 album by Yoko Ono, her first solo recording after the murder of her husband John Lennon. The album was released less than six months after Lennon's death and deals with it directly in songs such as "Goodbye Sadness" and "I Don't Know Why". Season of Glass charted at number 49, making it Ono's highest-charting solo album to date.
The front cover features Lennon's bloodstained glasses positioned next to a half-filled glass of water, with a view of Central Park in the background. A young Sean Lennon features on the track "Even When You're Far Away", recounting a story his father used to tell him.
A music video was created for "Goodbye Sadness" featuring footage of John and Yoko together. The video was screened on the first episode of Saturday Night Live's seventh season.
The 1997 Rykodisc reissue added bonus tracks of the single "Walking on Thin Ice" and an a cappella demo of "I Don't Know Why", recorded the day after Lennon's death. Demos of Season of Glass songs recorded with Lennon in the 1970s were also released as bonus tracks with other Ono reissues, including an acoustic version of "Dogtown" on Approximately Infinite Universe. The unreleased 1974 album A Story also contained several songs that were later re-recorded for Season of Glass, such as "She Gets Down On Her Knees" and "Will You Touch Me". It was also released by Rykodisc in 1997.
Three songs from this recording were reworked by other artists on the remix tribute album Yes, I'm a Witch in 2007. Antony Hegarty reworked "Toyboat", The Apples in Stereo reworked "Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" and Jason Pierce from Spiritualized reworked "Walking on Thin Ice".
Season of Glass charted at number 49 on the Billboard 200, making it Ono's highest-charting solo album to date.
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