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Approximately Infinite Universe |  | Artist: Yoko Ono
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 60121
Format: Double CD, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 10417-18
UPC: 014431041723
EAN: 0014431041723
ASIN: B0000009RJ
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Death Of Samantha | | • | What Did I Do | | • | Winter Song | | • | Air Talk | | • | Song For John | | • | Waiting For The Sunrise | | • | I Have A Woman In My Soul | | • | Move On Fast | | • | Age 39 | | • | Dogtown | | • | She Gets Down On Her Knees |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Yoko Rocks! October 18, 2000
yokoboy@hotmail.com (Northern California, USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Approximately Infinite Universe, originally released in 1973 marks the transition of Yoko the Avant-Garde Artist to Yoko the Rocker. The album includes the 2 singles Now or Never and Death of Samantha, as well as the classics Move On Fast, Yang Yang, and Kite Song. These songs have only now been given their rightful place in music history as many contemporary artists have sighted this album as being a major influence.pMany artists such as The B-52's, L7, Cyndi Lauper, Nina Hagen, Laurie Anderson, Lene Lovich, Diamanda Galas, Gillian Gaar, the Tater Totz, even REM have much to thank Yoko for. pIt has recently been said that Yoko, whose music was once dismissed as worthless babble, was definitely ahead of her time. One need look no further than this album for proof of that. pKey songs to listen to are the beautiful ballads Death of Samantha, I Have a Woman Inside My Soul, Winter Song, and I Want My Love to Rest Tonight; the full-tilt rockers Peter the Dealer, Yang Yang, Kite Song, and Move On Fast; the interesting vocal acrobatics of Is Winter Here to Stay?; and the powerful feminist statement of What a Bastard the World is. This is an album for anyone searching for the roots of what we now call modern music and showcases Yoko at her best.
Yoko's Double Album Masterpiece! September 21, 2009
FAMOUS NAME (UNITED KINGDOM)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
br /This was the very first Album I ever purchased by Yoko Ono, and it was a bit of a surprise - even to me, since I don't normally go for 'Double Albums', (too long) but I think at the time, it was her best known work, and has a striking Album cover that I seemed to be seeing everywhere, and so I went for it. When you're really in the mood for Yoko style, this is not over-long.
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br /There are a lot of Songs on this (two discs) plus a couple of Bonus Tracks also. The cover of this always appealed to me more than most of Yoko's Albums - its a good photo of her, and the design of the vinyl cover was very reminiscent of that time.
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br /There's a mixture of styles on this, of which I think Disc One is the better of the two perhaps. There a few 'fun/zany' Songs here too, such as; 'Yang Yang', 'What Did I Do', (where Yoko looks all over the world for her head!) 'I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window' and 'Kite Song', but there are also some superb classic tracks, including the: 'Death Of Samantha' - which for me is probably the best Song, (Yoko sings of being a 'cool chick' - and she certainly is!) though the following track 'I Want My Love To Rest Tonight' comes as such a close second - it probably equals it in my opinion!
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br /There are two masterpieces on this - from an 'artistic' point of view; 'Now Or Never' - which has some very good words and is the essence of Yoko and what she's stood for ever since, and 'What A Bastard The World Is' where Yoko does what she does best, which is a great story of how we all feel at some time or other in our lives. (it never ceases to amaze me how well Yoko can get inside out heads and relate her writing to us all so well!) There are just a couple of tracks where unusually, the lyrics/words are not as clear and audible - a strange phenomenon, as Yoko is noted for her clear diction in her music-making - even today.
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br /There are also a couple of tracks here which emphasises how much influence Yoko Ono had on future Pop Stars; 'What A Mess' could have been 'What A Waste that was later done by Ian Dury just six years later in 1978, and just another year later, saw the emergence of the Singer 'Lene Lovich', whose voice is uncannily like that of Yoko's featured here on the track: 'Move On Fast'.
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br /The Album climaxes and closes, and ends on a poignant note with 'Looking Over From My Hotel Window' as Yoko reaches thirty-nine years' of age and is 'reflective'.
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br /No Yoko Fan should be without this classic bumper collection!
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br /Highlights are: 'Death Of Samantha', 'I Want My Love To Rest Tonight', 'What Did I Do', 'Have You Seen A Horizon Lately', 'Catman - The Rosies Are Coming', (being possibly the coolest track of all!) 'What A Bastard The World Is', 'Winter Song' and 'Looking Over From My Hotel Window'.
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 oko August 5, 2006
Dorothy Plumb (In the arms of a beast)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
good things here, what did i do, have you seen a horizon lately, i felt like smashing my face in a clear glass window and the sadly seemingly timeless now or never. modern stuff.marvellous.
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