| Blueprint for a Sunrise | ||||
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| Released | 9 November 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Quad Recording, New York City | |||
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| Length | 46:59 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork | 5.6/10[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Blueprint for a Sunrise is a 2001 concept album of experimental feminist rock by Yoko Ono. It features live tracks, samples, and remixes of previous recordings. The album incorporates personal details from Ono's childhood in Japan alongside overarching themes of the suffering and frustration of women.[4] In the liner notes, Ono talks about the continuing relevance of feminism and "waking up in the middle of the night hearing thousands of women screaming".
On the cover of the album, Ono portrays herself as the Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi, collaging her face and an x-ray image onto a cropped and re-colored version of Hubert Vos's portrait of the Empress.[5]
As of September 2009, the album had sold around 3,000 copies in the USA.[6] On February 18, 2024, the album was released on digital platforms, such as Spotify.
- ^ Westergaard, Sean. Blueprint for a Sunrise at AllMusic
- ^ Leone, Dominique. (25 October 2001). "Yoko Ono: Blueprint for a Sunrise". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Leone, Dominique. (25 October 2001). "Yoko Ono: Blueprint for a Sunrise". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Leone, Dominique. (25 October 2001). "Yoko Ono: Blueprint for a Sunrise". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Ask Billboard: Madonna, Yoko Ono, Gospel | Billboard.com