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Yoko Ono: 'Yes I'm A Witch'

She drafts in indie pedigree for album...

November 16, 2006 by Scott Colothan
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Yoko Ono has drafted in the help of some of the finest artists in the indie scene for a covers album.

John Lennon’s widow has invited a host of acts to rework her own songs in some way for the fetchingly titled collection ‘Yes, I’m A Witch.’

Amongst the artists who have contributed are Cat Power, The Flaming Lips, The Polyphonic Spree and Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce.

The collection of remixes, covers and duets is due out in February Stateside through Astralworks. As Pitchfork reports the label hope to release a dance remix album of Yoko Ono songs a month later.

The track-listing is as follows:

1. Hank Shocklee: ‘Witch Shocktronica Intro’
2. Peaches: ‘Kiss Kiss Kiss’
3. Shitake Monkey: ‘O'Oh’
4. Blow Up: ‘Everyman...Everywoman’
5. Le Tigre: ‘Sisters O Sisters’
6. Porcupine Tree: ‘Death of Samantha’
7. DJ Spooky: ‘Rising’
8. Apples in Stereo: ‘No One Can See Me Like You Do’
9. The Brother Brothers: ‘Yes I'm a Witch’
10. Cat Power: ‘Revelations’
11. Polyphonic Spree: ‘You and I’
12. Jason Pierce (Spiritualized): ‘Walking on Thin Ice’
13. Antony and Hahn Rowe: ‘Toy Boat’
14. The Flaming Lips: ‘Cambridge 1969/2007’
15. The Sleepy Jackson: ‘I'm Moving On’
16. Hank Shocklee: ‘Witch Shocktronica Outro’
17. Craig Armstrong: ‘Shiranakatta (I Didn't Know)


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