It's Alright (I See Rainbows)

In Secretly Canadian’s ongoing Yoko Ono reissue series, It’s Alright (I See Rainbows) returns in an expanded CD edition and on vinyl for the first time in more than forty years, complete with expanded and enhanced artwork.

Originally released in 1982, the album brings together 1960s girl group warmth and 1980s synth experimentation. Rolling Stone called it “adventurous… lush… committed and convincing avant-gardism,” and it still lands with real clarity and emotional force.

As Ono reflected in her 1992 Onobox liner notes, “It was ’82 and it seemed as though I was finally in sync with the world.” Songs including Loneliness, Spec of Dust, Let the Tears Dry and It’s Alright trace grief, resilience and renewal, with Sean Lennon at the heart of that awakening.

More than forty years on, it remains a deeply personal and forward-looking record from Yoko Ono.