Between My Head and the Sky

Between My Head and the Sky is an album by Yoko Ono's band Plastic Ono Band released on Chimera Music in September 2009. It is her first studio album to be released as "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" since 1973's Feeling the Space. This Plastic Ono Band lineup featured Cornelius, Yuka Honda (of Cibo Matto fame), and Ono's son Sean Lennon as band leader and producer.

Reception
New Internationalist magazine described the album as "fresh and challenging as any of her early work" and having "a commitment to spontaneity".

Track listing
All songs written by Yoko Ono.
 * 1) "Waiting for the D Train" – 2:46
 * 2) "The Sun Is Down! (Cornelius Mix)" – 4:49
 * 3) "Ask the Elephant!" – 2:57
 * 4) "Memory of Footsteps" – 3:30
 * 5) "Moving Mountains" – 3:00
 * 6) "CALLING" – 4:19
 * 7) "Healing" – 4:25
 * 8) "Hashire, Hashire" – 3:35
 * 9) "BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY" – 5:33
 * 10) "Feel the Sand" – 6:02
 * 11) "Watching the Rain" – 5:30
 * 12) "Unun. To" – 3:16
 * 13) "I'm Going Away Smiling" – 2:53
 * 14) "Higa Noboru" – 5:44
 * 15) "I'm Alive" – 0:22


 * Japanese Bonus Track
 * 1) "Hanako" – 1:54


 * Japanese iTunes Bonus Video
 * 1) "Why" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, London 2009) – 5:08

Digital and Streaming editions of the album omit the last 2 tracks, instead ending the album with the track "I'm Going Away Smiling."
 * Note

Personnel

 * Yoko Ono – vocals
 * Sean Lennon – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion
 * Keigo Oyamada – guitars, bass guitar, Tenorion, programming, percussion
 * Hirotaka Shimizu – guitars, percussion
 * Yuko Araki – drums, percussion
 * Shahzad Ismaily – guitars, bass guitar, drums, percussion
 * Yuka Honda – Pro-tools editing, sampler, e. piano, organ, percussion
 * Michael Leonhart – trumpet, vibraphone, percussion
 * Erik Friedlander – cello
 * Daniel Carter – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Indigo Street – guitar
 * Technical
 * Chief Engineer: Christopher Allen
 * Assistant Engineer: Dave Schoenwetter
 * Recorded & Mixed at Sear Sound
 * Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
 * Mixer of "Waiting for the D Train": Joel Hamilton
 * Cover and booklet design: Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl
 * Photographs: Greg Kadel