Fly Yellow Moon

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Fly Yellow Moon
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Released Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 18 January 2010
30 April 2010 [1]
RecordedDecember 2008 - 2009
Genre Alternative
Length40:18
Label Polydor
Producer Adam Noble, Bernard Butler [2]
Singles from Fly Yellow Moon
  1. "She Needs Me"
    Released: 11 January 2010
  2. "When You Walk in the Room"
    Released: 9 February 2010
  3. "Faster Than the Setting Sun"
    Released: 26 April 2010
  4. "She's Always a Woman"
    Released: 3 May 2010
  5. "Barricades"
    Released: 6 September 2010
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Fly Yellow Moon is the debut solo album from British artist Fyfe Dangerfield, known as the frontman of the band, Guillemots. It was released on 18 January 2010 in the United Kingdom on Polydor Records. "She Needs Me" was released as the lead single in the UK, [3] while "When You Walk in the Room" was released in the U.S. [4] (in the UK it was given away for free on Dangerfield's web site). "Faster Than the Setting Sun" was released as the second UK single.

Contents

A deluxe edition of the album was released on 17 May 2010 featuring the single version of "Faster Than the Setting Sun", "She's Always a Woman" and two further bonus tracks.

Track listing

Standard version
No.TitleLength
1."When You Walk in the Room"3:26
2."So Brand New"3:29
3."Barricades"4:03
4."High on the Tide"4:57
5."Faster Than the Setting Sun"3:40
6."Livewire"4:20
7."Firebird"3:48
8."She Needs Me"4:52
9."Don't Be Shy"3:59
10."Any Direction"3:44
Total length:40:18
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
11."She's Always a Woman"3:14
12."Awake, Asleep"4:17
13."Let's Start Again"3:57
14."Faster Than the Setting Sun" (Single version)3:11
Total length:54:57
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Arrows"2:53
2."Headache"4:31
3."Colour Me In"3:01
4."If I Was Lost"3:16
5."Don't Make Me Lose It"4:57
6."You Can Take That World Off Your Shoulder"3:51
7."Appreciating You"5:09
8."Computer Game"4:41
Total length:40:37

Personnel

The following people are credited on the album:

Production

Additional musicians

Artwork

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References

  1. "iTunes - Music - Fly Yellow Moon by Fyfe Dangerfield". Itunes.apple.com. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at Rough Trade Producers Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. She Needs Me Songfacts
  4. When You Walk In the Room - Single by Fyfe Dangerfield - Single on iTunes