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Feb 28, 2022Ocean Child may not move Yoko Ono’s songs into the mainstream, but if it only introduces a modest audience to her music, Ben Gibbard’s efforts will have been well worth it. This record gives plenty of much-needed exposure to the songs of one of our most misunderstood and unfairly ignored artists.
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MojoFeb 18, 2022Ocean Child achieves its aim - emphasising the vibrant depth of Yoko Ono's (approximately) infinite universe. [Apr 2022, p.83]
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Feb 18, 2022Ocean Child is a fitting tribute to an artist who's challenged herself and her audiences for the entirety of a lifelong career, and inspired entire sects of music in the process.
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Feb 18, 2022It’s impossible not to repeatedly turn Ocean Child off, and instead seek out the originality and uniqueness of the genuine article. Presumably, it’s what Gibbard would want.
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UncutFeb 23, 2022Even if it doesn't push the needle for Ono in terms of broader cultural awareness, it reinforces the crucial idea that those who know, know. [Apr 2022, p.24]
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Mar 7, 2022The song choices are smart, and all of the covers range from capable to very good, but all of them reinforce the idea that no one else could make her music.
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Classic Rock MagazineMar 7, 2022The majority of this all star tribute treads an inappropriately conformist path. [Apr 2022, p.83]
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Feb 18, 2022A decidedly strange record with flashes of beauty and brilliance, then. How utterly Yoko.