Motion Picture (album)

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Motion Picture
Yello - Motion Picture CD cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released14 December 1999 [1]
Recorded1999
Genre Electronica
Length53:46
Label Mercury
Producer Yello
Yello chronology
Eccentrix Remixes
(1999)
Motion Picture
(1999)
The Eye
(2003)
Singles from Motion Picture
  1. "Squeeze Please"
    Released: 1 November 1999
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Motion Picture is the tenth studio album by Swiss electronic duo Yello. The record was released on 14 December 1999 via Mercury Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Get On" – 4:27
  2. "Houdini" – 4:15
  3. "Prisoner Of His Mind" – 4:06
  4. "Distant Mirror" – 5:17
  5. "Time Freeze" – 5:05
  6. "Croissant Bleu" – 3:24
  7. "Liquid Lies" – 3:15
  8. "Squeeze Please" – 3:14
  9. "Shake And Shiver" – 4:50
  10. "Bubbling Under" – 5:13
  11. "Point Blank" – 6:13
  12. "Cyclops" – 4:27

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Motion Picture at AllMusic
  2. "Yello -- Motion Picture". discogs.com . Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  3. booklet of CD release