Walking on Thin Ice (album)
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Walking on Thin Ice is a greatest-hits compilation of Yoko Ono
's work from 1971 to 1985. It was released by Rykodisc
in 1992, along with the more comprehensive 6-disc Onobox
set. The booklet includes an essay by Yoko, pieces from her book Grapefruit
, and quotes about Ono from artists such as David Bowie
, Eric Clapton
and Cyndi Lauper
.
Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
's work from 1971 to 1985. It was released by Rykodisc
Rykodisc
Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...
in 1992, along with the more comprehensive 6-disc Onobox
Onobox
Onobox is a 1992 comprehensive 6-disc collection of Yoko Ono's work from 1968 to 1985. The discs are grouped by era and theme. Disc six is the previously unreleased 1974 album A Story, which was later reissued separately along with the rest of Ono's back catalogue. There was also an accompanying...
set. The booklet includes an essay by Yoko, pieces from her book Grapefruit
Grapefruit (book)
Grapefruit is an artist's book written by Yoko Ono, originally published in 1964. It has become famous as an early example of conceptual art, containing a series of "event scores" that replace the physical work of art – the traditional stock-in-trade of artists – with instructions that an...
, and quotes about Ono from artists such as David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
and Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
.
Track listing
- "Walking on Thin IceWalking on Thin Ice"Walking on Thin Ice" is a New Wave/dance song by Yoko Ono, released in 1981. She and John Lennon concluded the recording of the song on December 8, 1980. It was upon their return from the recording studio to The Dakota that Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman...
" – 6:00 - "Even When You're Far Away" – 4:12
- "Kiss Kiss Kiss" – 2:40
- "Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" – 3:33
- "Yang YangYang Yang (song)"Yang Yang" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1972 on the album Approximately Infinite Universe, and on the B-side to "Death of Samantha". The song was later included on Ono's compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox...
" – 3:48 - "No, No, NoNo, No, No (Yoko Ono song)"No, No, No" is a song by Yoko Ono from her controversial 1981 album Season of Glass. The song's opening contains the sound of four gunshots and Ono screaming. The B-side was "Will You Touch Me"...
" – 2:41 - "Death of Samantha" – 5:05
- "Mindweaver" – 3:27
- "You’re the OneYou're the One (Yoko Ono song)"You're the One" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1984 on Ono's and John Lennon's duet album Milk and Honey. The song was also on the compilation albums Onobox and Walking on Thin Ice.-Composition:...
" – 4:26 - "Spec of Dust" – 3:32
- "Midsummer New York" – 2:15
- "Don't Be Scared" – 3:51
- "Sleepless Night" – 3:52
- "Kite Song" – 2:48
- "She Gets Down On Her Knees" – 4:10
- "Give Me SomethingGive Me Something"Give Me Something" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1980 on John Lennon and Ono's duet album Double Fantasy. The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical New York Rock and her compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox...
" – 1:34 - "Hell in ParadiseHell in Paradise"Hell in Paradise" is a song by Yoko Ono from the 1985 album "Starpeace". The lyrics are about mankind's perceived idea of hell, despite living in the paradise that Ono considers to be planet Earth. After "Walking On Thin Ice", it was her biggest hit of the 1980s, charting at #16 on the US dance...
" – 3:38 - "Woman Power" – 5:36
- "O'Oh" – 4:01