Pocket Universe

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Pocket Universe
Yello - Pocket Universe CD cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released24 February 1997
Recorded1996
Genre Electronica
Length73:33
Label Mercury 534 353-2
Producer Yello
Leos Gerteis
Ian Tregoning
Boris Blank
Carl Cox
Yello chronology
Hands on Yello
(1995)
Pocket Universe
(1997)
Eccentrix Remixes
(1999)
Singles from Pocket Universe
  1. "To the Sea"
    Released: 3 February 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pocket Universe is the ninth studio album by the Swiss band Yello, released on 24 February 1997 through Mercury label. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Blank/Meier unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Solar Driftwood" – 1:51
  2. "Celsius" – 5:59
  3. "More" – 6:39
  4. "On Track" – 5:33
  5. "Monolith" – 6:21
  6. "To the Sea" (Blank, Nordenstam) – 5:46
  7. "Magnetic" – 5:53
  8. "Liquid Mountain" – 2:58
  9. "Pan Blue" – 5:31
  10. "Resistor" – 7:13
  11. "Beyond Mirrors" – 5:49

CD Bonus Track

12. "To the Sea (Steve B-Zet Remix)" – 3:52

Personnel

Charts

SinglesBillboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1997"On Track"Hot Dance Music/Club Play16[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Pocket Universe at AllMusic
  2. "Yello -- Pocket Universe". discogs.com . Retrieved 2015-09-22.