| Gold and Green | ||||
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| Released | September 6, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Neo-psychedelia, trip hop | |||
| Length | 53:20 | |||
| Label | Shock City/Trattoria, Ape Sounds, Thrill Jockey | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Stylus Magazine | B [3] |
Gold and Green is the third album by the Japanese band OOIOO, a side-project of Boredoms member Yoshimi P-We.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "moss trumpeter" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "てくてくtune" | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Grow Sound Tree" | 6:51 |
| 4. | "mountain book" | 7:04 |
| 5. | "I’m a song" | 7:45 |
| 6. | "fossil" | 3:48 |
| 7. | "ina吹くの森" | 3:24 |
| 8. | "unu" | 0:51 |
| 9. | "idbi" | 0:37 |
| 10. | "木6列車" | 5:13 |
| 11. | "emeraldragonfly" | 7:21 |
| 12. | "return to NOW!!!" | 4:30 |
Gold and Green contains many guest artists, most notably Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda. [4]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | September 6, 2000 | Shock City [5] | CD | 007 PSCR-5912 |
| December 12, 2001 | Ape Sounds | LP | ASVL-005 | |
| United States | September 2004 | Thrill Jockey [6] | CD | 160 |
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