''Blue Green Orange'' is the third album by the Canadian rock band

I Mother Earth I Mother Earth, or IME, is a Canadian rock band. The band formed in 1990, reaching its peak popularity in the latter half of the 1990s. After an eight-year hiatus, it reunited in 2012. Between 1996 and 2016, it was among the top 150 best-selling ...

, released by

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on July 13, 1999. It was the band's first album with new lead singer

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. The album sparked 3 singles, "Summertime in the Void", "All Awake", and "When Did You Get Back from Mars?". The album featured covers in blue, green, or orange. The album was certified gold in Canada. The album, while still in the vein of the prior jam-oriented albums, was mellower and offered several twists. These included

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, computerized loops (most notable on "Infinity Machine") and instrumental elements similar to modern

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Recording

The album was again produced by Jag Tanna and Paul Northfield. Bassist Bruce Gordon posted small updates for the fans to read on the bands former website from October 1998-April 1999, from the time the band began writing and pre-production for the album, all the way up to when the last song was mixed. Pictures of the band in the studio in early 1999 were also posted and some are still accessible via the

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, as well as all the update blogs. Recording began at

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for all the drum tracks, and the rest of recording was done at the bands (at the time) new studio, Stigsound. The band did however return to Morin Heights to mix the entire album.

Track listing

All songs written by "I Mother Earth", later revealed to be Jagori and Christian Tanna, 'I Mother's rebirth' – JAM Music Archive except "My Beautiful Deep End", by Jagori Tanna and Brian Byrne.

Personnel

– vocals *

Jagori Tanna Jagori Tanna (born ''Jagori Andrew Koshowski'', in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian musician. Together with his brother, Christian Tanna, he formed I Mother Earth around 1990. He wrote all of I Mother Earth's music, and produced most of it as w ...

– guitars, backing vocals * Bruce Gordon – bass *

Christian Tanna Christian Tanna is a Canadian drummer and music event organizer based in Peterborough, Ontario. He is best known for being a co-founding member and drummer for the band I Mother Earth. Early life Tanna was born Christian Koshowski in Hamilton, ...

– drums

Additional musicians

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– bass on "Good for Sule" * Daniel Mansilla – percussion * Armando Borg – percussion

References

{{Authority control 1999 albums I Mother Earth albums Albums recorded at Le Studio