Yellow No. 5 (EP)

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Yellow No. 5
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ReleasedApril 26, 1994
RecordedNovember 1992; February 1994 at C.A.M.M
Genre Indie rock, alternative rock
Length11:54
Label Frontier
Producer Heatmiser
Heatmiser chronology
Dead Air
(1993)
Yellow No. 5
(1994)
Cop and Speeder
(1994)

Yellow No. 5 is an EP by American alternative rock band Heatmiser, released in 1994 by record label Frontier between the albums Dead Air (1993) and Cop and Speeder (1994).

Contents

The EP was also released as a split cassette EP on Frontier Records, with Yellow No. 5 on side A and All Souls Alive by Australian rock band The Blackeyed Susans on side B (excluding the first four songs from All Souls Alive, which are also on side A). [1]

Recording

Yellow No. 5 was recorded in February 1994 at The Center for Applied Music and Media (C.A.M.M), except for "Wake", recorded in November 1992. (Another version of "Wake" appeared on the "Stray" single.) It was produced by Heatmiser, with the production being assisted by Eric Hedford, then of The Dandy Warhols (Heatmiser band member Tony Lash would later produce several of their records).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Trouser Press opined that the EP had "more personality and varied approaches" than Dead Air . [3] Nitsuh Abebe of AllMusic called the EP the group's most accessible and "poppy" release. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wake" Elliott Smith 1:24
2."Fortune 500" Neil Gust 2:00
3."The Corner Seat"Smith2:35
4."Idler"Smith3:23
5."Junior Mint"Gust2:32

Personnel

Heatmiser
Technical

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References

  1. "Heatmiser / The Blackeyed Susans* – Yellow Number 5 / All Souls Alive". Discogs. Zink Media. 1994. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Abebe, Nitsuh. "Yellow No. 5 – Heatmiser | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . AllRovi . Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  3. Azerrad, Michael; Robbins, Ira. "trouserpress.com :: Heatmiser". Trouser Press . Retrieved April 26, 2013.