Pocket Universe

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Pocket Universe
Studio album by Yello
Released	February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Electronica
Length	1:13:33
Label	Mercury 534 353-2
Producer	Yello Carl Cox
Yello chronology
Zebra (1994) Pocket Universe (1997) Motion Picture (1999)
Singles from Pocket Universe
"To the Sea" Released: 3 February 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Uncut	[2]

Pocket Universe is the ninth studio album by the Swiss band Yello. It was released on 24 February 1997 through Mercury Records. Production was handled by Yello and Carl Cox, with Ian Tregoning and Leos Gerteis serving as vocal co-producers. It features a lone guest appearance from Stina Nordenstam.

The album peaked at number 7 in Switzerland, number 9 in Norway, number 17 in Germany, number 21 in Austria, number 29 in Sweden and number 71 in the Netherlands.

Its lead single, "To the Sea", made it to number 23 in Switzerland, number 48 in Sweden and number 83 in Germany. The song "On Track" reached number 16 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Solar Driftwood"	Boris Blank Dieter Meier	Yello	1:51
2.	"Celsius"	Blank Meier	Yello	5:59
3.	"More"	Blank Meier	Yello	6:39
4.	"On Track"	Blank Meier	Yello	5:33
5.	"Monolith"	Blank Meier	Yello	6:21
6.	"To the Sea"	Blank Kristina Ulrika Nordenstam	Yello	5:46
7.	"Magnetic"	Blank Meier	Boris Blank Carl Cox	5:53
8.	"Liquid Mountain"	Blank Meier	Yello	2:58
9.	"Pan Blue"	Blank Meier	Yello	5:31
10.	"Resistor"	Blank Meier	Yello	7:13
11.	"Beyond Mirrors"	Blank Meier	Yello	5:49
12.	"To the Sea (Remix by Steve B‐Zet)"	Blank Nordenstam		4:06
Total length:				1:13:33

Notes

• Track 12 is a bonus track not mentioned on track list.

Personnel

• Boris Blank — producer, composer, arrangement, engineering
• Dieter Meier — lyrics & vocals (tracks: 1–5, 7–11), producer (tracks: 1–6, 8–11)
• Kristina Ulrika "Stina" Nordenstam — lyrics & vocals (track 6)
• Carl Cox — producer (track 7)
• Ian Tregoning — vocal co-producer
• Leos Gerteis — vocal co-producer
• Steffen "Stevie B-Zet" Britzke — re-mixing (track 12)
• Kevin Metcalfe — mastering
• Martin Wanner — cover
• Peter Zumsteg — management

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3]	21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4]	71
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5]	17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [6]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7]	29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8]	7

References

1. "Pocket Universe - Yello | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2024.
2. Stubbs, David (June 1997). "Yello: Pocket Universe". Uncut . No. 1. p. 97.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Yello – Pocket Universe" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Yello – Pocket Universe" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Yello – Pocket Universe" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
6. "Norwegiancharts.com – Yello – Pocket Universe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Yello – Pocket Universe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Yello – Pocket Universe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

External links

• Yello – Pocket Universe at Discogs (list of releases)