Feeling the Space
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{{Infobox album
| name = Feeling the Space
| type = Album
| artist = Yoko Ono{{efn|name=Backing}}
| cover = Yoko-Ono-Feeling-The-Space-214175.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1973|11|2|df=yes}}{{cite AV media notes|others=Yoko Ono|title=Onobox|year=1992|type=liner notes|publisher=Rykodisc|id=RCD 10224/29}}
| recorded = 1972 – June 1973
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = {{duration|m=44|s=48}}
| label = Apple
| producer = Yoko Ono
| chronology = Yoko Ono
| prev_title = Approximately Infinite Universe
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Double Fantasy
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Feeling the Space
| type = studio
| single1 = Woman Power
| single1date = 24 September 1973 (US)
| single2 = Run, Run, Run
| single2date = 9 October 1973 (UK)
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r46035}}
|rev2 = Pitchfork
|rev3 = Rolling Stone
|rev3score = (not rated) {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/feeling-the-space-19731108|title = Feeling the Space|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = 8 November 1973}}
}}
Feeling the Space is the fourth solo album by Yoko Ono, released in 1973. It was her last one to be released on Apple Records.
History
The entire album adopts a feminist theme, focusing on issues affecting women in the 1970s. Its liner notes parody adult advertising, giving the telephone numbers, birthdates and vital statistics of the male band members. (John Lennon appears as "John O'Cean", with his number listed as "Not for Sale"). Lennon played guitar on the tracks "Woman Power" and "She Hits Back",{{cite book|last=Blaney|first=John|title=John Lennon: Listen to This Book|year=2005|publisher=Paper Jukebox|location=[S.l.]|isbn=9780954452810|edition=illustrated|page=127|chapter=1973 to 1975: The Lost Weekend Starts Here}} and sings a backing vocal line on "Men, Men, Men". Lennon's album, Mind Games, was released around the same time as Feeling the Space, in November 1973.{{cite book|title=The Words and Music of John Lennon|author1=Urish, B. |author2=Bielen, K. |page=47|year=2007|publisher=Praeger|isbn=978-0-275-99180-7}}
The album was originally planned to be a double until EMI/Apple demanded it be edited. The entire released album, plus the songs originally intended for the double release, is included as the "Run, Run, Run" disc on the Onobox set.[http://imaginepeace.com/archives/6364 ONOBOX by Yoko Ono] ImaginePeace.com The five extra songs included on Onobox were later added as bonus tracks to the 2017 reissue of Feeling the Space.
Track listing
All songs written by Yoko Ono.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Growing Pain
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Yellow Girl (Stand By for Life)
| length2 = 3:13
| title3 = Coffin Car
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = Woman of Salem
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = Run, Run, Run
| length5 = 5:07
| title6 = If Only
| length6 = 3:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title7 = A Thousand Times Yes
| length7 = 3:00
| title8 = Straight Talk
| length8 = 2:50
| title9 = Angry Young Woman
| length9 = 3:51
| title10 = She Hits Back
| length10 = 3:48
| title11 = Woman Power
| length11 = 4:50
| title12 = Men, Men, Men
| length12 = 4:01
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1997 reissue bonus tracks
| title13 = I Learned to Stutter/Coffin Car
| note13 = Live
| length13 = 6:51
| title14 = Mildred, Mildred
| note14 = Demo
| length14 = 3:36
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2017 reissue bonus tracks
| title13 = I Learned to Stutter/Coffin Car
| note13 = Live
| length13 = 6:53
| title14 = Potbelly Rocker
| length14 = 2:41
| title15 = It's Been Very Hard
| length15 = 6:01
| title16 = Warrior Woman
| length16 = 5:02
| title17 = Left Turn's the Right Turn
| length17 = 2:13
| title18 = Mildred, Mildred
| length18 = 2:58
| title19 = Mildred, Mildred
| note19 = Demo
| length19 = 3:42
}}
Personnel
- Yoko Ono – vocals, backing vocals
- David Spinozza – acoustic guitar
- Ken Ascher – piano, Hammond organ, mellotron on "Growing Pain"
- Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Michael Brecker – saxophone
- Arthur Jenkins Jr. – percussion
- David Friedman – vibraphone
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
- John O'Cean (John Lennon) – guitar on "She Hits Back" and "Woman Power"
- Don Frank Brooks – harmonica
- Jeremy Steig – flute
- Andrew Smith – drums on "Growing Pain"
- Robert "Bob Babbitt" Kreinar – bass guitar on "Growing Pain"
- Rick Marotta – drums on "If Only"
- Something Different Chorus on "Run, Run, Run", "Straight Talk", "Angry Young Woman", "She Hits Back" and "Women Power"
;Technical
- George Marino – mastering engineer
Release history
Notes
References
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Category:Albums produced by Yoko Ono