Into the Sun (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Into the Sun
Type = Album
Artist = Sean Lennon


Released = May 19, 1998
Recorded = Sear Sound, New York
Genre = Rock
Experimental rock
Length = 48:50
Label = Grand Royal
Producer = Yuka Honda
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3u61mpeg9f6o~T1 link]
* Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/l/lennon_sean/into-the-sun.shtml link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/133359/seanlennon?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1&rnd=1102982646900&has-player=unknown link]

| Last album =
This album = "Into the Sun"
(1998)
Next album = "Half Horse, Half Musician" (1999)

"Into the Sun" is the 1998 debut album by Sean Lennon. It was released during his time performing with Cibo Matto along with girlfriend Yuka Honda, who also produced and performs on the album. It was engineered and mixed by Tom Schick at Sear Sound. Into the Sun was released on May 19, 1998 on the Beastie Boys label Grand Royal, Lennon has said the album was "inspired by my girlfriend". The album managed to peak to #153 on Billboard.

A voice on the final track, "Sean's Theme", which softly speaks "Goodnight, Sean", is sometimes mistakenly attributed to father John Lennon, however it is in fact Walter Sear, owner of Sear Sound. Lennon has said it is in tribute to his father, whose tribute to Sean, "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" closes with "Goodnight, Sean. See you in the morning, bright and early."

Track listing

#"Mystery Juice"
#"Into the Sun"
#"Home"
#"Bathtub"
#"One Night"
#"Spaceship"
#"Photosynthesis"
#"Queue"
#"Two Fine Lovers"
#"Part One of the Cowboy Trilogy"
#"Wasted"
#"Breeze"
#"Sean's Theme"
#"Intermission" ("Japanese bonus track")
#"5/8" ("Japanese bonus track")

ingles

* "Home"
*# "Home"
*# "Intermission"
*# "5/8"

Trivia

* The album's release date was almost the same as his half-brother's, Julian Lennon, 1998 album "Photograph Smile". Many believed that Yoko Ono was behind this.