I've been living with this album for over 1 & 1/2 years. There is so much music there for me to take in, that only recently have I begun to listen to the entire album in one sitting. If the album was on vinyl, it's long enough that it would need to be a double album, so that's how I experienced it at first, as if I would choose record one or record two.
Now when I listen to the whole cd, it's like immersing myself into an ocean of many different kinds of sound, with Yoko's voice and songs acting as my lighthouse.

My first favorite was "O'Oh" with Shitake Mushroom. The guitar solo, borrowed from some old song I can't recall, still makes me smile, as does the brief sample from the crescendo of "A Day In the Life".

My first well-I-don't-know-if-this-works-for-me song was Jason Pierce's version of "Walking On Thin Ice", beginning with only harmonium and a thumping beat backing Yoko. Then I associated the harmonium sound with another favorite musician of mine, the late Nico. Eventually I was won over.

I still have an issue with DJ Spooky's mix of "Rising". For me it just fades away too soon. Spooky drapes aural strands of Yoko vocals from her song "Air Male" from the album FLY, and a bit of "Mindtrain", also from FLY. It all contributes to a very atmospheric track that I think could be extended at least another two or three minutes.

I could comment on every track, but I'll just add that "Cambridge 1969/2007", with the Flaming Lips, is great fun and a real gift to fans of Yoko and John's early experimental days.

In this video Yoko mentions the "unfinished" aspect to much of her art. The wonderful, multi-faceted YES, I'M A WITCH album can be considered "A" finishing of the various songs, but by no means "THE" finishing of any of them. There are approximately infinite finishes possible. i ii iii