Yellow & Green (Baroness album)

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Yellow & Green
Baroness - Yellow.jpg
Yellow cover
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
RecordedNovember–December 2011
StudioWater Music
Hoboken, New Jersey
Elmwood Studio
Dallas, Texas
Genre
Length74:59
Label Relapse
Producer John Congleton
Baroness chronology
Blue Record
(2009)
Yellow & Green
(2012)
Purple
(2015)
Alternative cover
Baroness - Green.jpg
Green cover

Yellow & Green is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Baroness. The double album was released on July 17, 2012, through Relapse Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

Yellow & Green is the last Baroness album to feature founding drummer Allen Blickle, and their only album recorded as a trio.

On May 14, 2012, "Take My Bones Away" was revealed as the first single on Baroness' official YouTube channel. The second single, "March to the Sea," was released on June 13. The third single, "Eula," debuted on Liquid Metal Sirius XM on June 18.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B− [6]
BBC Very favorable [7]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Paste 7.2/10 [10]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [11]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Yellow & Green debuted at number 75 on the Canadian Albums Chart [15] and at number 30 on the Billboard 200, [16] selling over 12,000 copies its first week. The album has sold 57,000 copies in the United States as of November 2015. [17]

The album was listed 18th on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012. [18]

Track listing

Disc 1 (Yellow) [19]
No.TitleLength
1."Yellow Theme"1:44
2."Take My Bones Away"4:59
3."March to the Sea"3:11
4."Little Things"5:03
5."Twinkler"3:16
6."Cocainium"5:08
7."Back Where I Belong"6:15
8."Sea Lungs"3:21
9."Eula"6:47
Total length:39:44
Disc 2 (Green) [19]
No.TitleLength
1."Green Theme"4:22
2."Board Up the House"4:33
3."Mtns. (The Crown & Anchor)"4:17
4."Foolsong"2:57
5."Collapse"3:51
6."Psalms Alive"4:08
7."Stretchmarker"3:23
8."The Line Between"5:02
9."If I Forget Thee, Lowcountry"2:42
Total length:35:15

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [20] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [22] 124
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [23] 96
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 52
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [25] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 13
Italian Albums (FIMI) [27] 99
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 66
UK Albums (OCC) [29] 85
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [30] 9
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [31] 3
US Billboard 200 [32] 30
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [33] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [34] 8

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