Baby (Yello album)

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Baby
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Studio album by
Yello
Released17 June 1991
Recorded1990–1991
Genre Electronica
Length38:54
Label
Producer Yello
Yello chronology
Flag
(1988)		Baby
(1991)		 Essential Yello
(1992)
Singles from Baby
  1. "Rubberbandman"
    Released: 13 May 1991
  2. "Who's Gone?"
    Released: 2 September 1991
  3. "Jungle Bill"
    Released: 24 August 1992
  4. "Drive/Driven"
    Released: 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Baby is the seventh studio album by the band Yello, released in 1991 under the label Mercury. An early cut of the album was used as the incidental soundtrack for the film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane .

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Blank/Meier except where noted.

  1. "Homage to the Mountain" – 0:35
  2. "Rubberbandman" – 3:37
  3. "Jungle Bill" – 6:12
  4. "Ocean Club" – 3:29
  5. "Who's Gone?" – 3:41
  6. "Capri Calling" (Blank, Mackenzie, Meier) – 3:02
  7. "Drive/Driven" – 4:16
  8. "On the Run" – 4:39
  9. "Blender" – 4:36
  10. "Sweet Thunder" – 5:27

Personnel

Yello

with:

Charts

Singles

SingleChart (1993)Peak
position
"Jungle Bill"US Hot Dance Music/Club Play[ citation needed ]40

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