''The Yellow'' is the name of the second EP released by English electronic music duo

Lemon Jelly Lemon Jelly are a British electronic music duo from London that formed in 1998 and went on hiatus starting in 2008. Since its inception, the band members have always been Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen. Lemon Jelly has been nominated for awards ...

, according to the insert of ''Lemonjelly.ky'', on 6 September 1999. It was limited to 1,000 10" copies, the first 240 of which featured hand screen-printed sleeves. The tracks from the EP were later incorporated for more accessible listening into the critically acclaimed '' Lemonjelly.ky'' album. When the inner sleeve was pulled out, the Lemon Jelly logo appears briefly through a series of die-cut holes in the outer sleeve creating a piece of real world animation.

History

From 1998 to 2000, Franglen and Deakin released three limited-circulation

EPs An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

(''The Bath'' (1998), ''The Yellow'' (1999), and ''

The Midnight (Lemon Jelly EP) ''The Midnight'' is the third EP released by electronica duo Lemon Jelly, according to the insert of ''Lemonjelly.ky'', on 17 July 2000. It was limited to 1,000 copies, the first 200 of which featured hand screen-printed sleeves. The tracks fr ...

'' (2000)), on their own label Impotent Fury. The EPs were a critical success, and led to the duo being signed to

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Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from the Album’s Liner Notes * "His Majesty King Raam" contains elements from "

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", " Two for the Road", "Softly As I Leave You" and "The Greatest Gift" performed by

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and his Orchestra.

Personnel

Nick Franglen Nick Franglen (born 1965) is a British musician, record producer and installation artist. He is best known as a founding member of the electronic music duo Lemon Jelly. Music composition and production A classically trained musician and multi-in ...

- band member, production *

Fred Deakin Lemon Jelly are a British electronic music duo from London that formed in 1998 and went on hiatus starting in 2008. Since its inception, the band members have always been Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen. Lemon Jelly has been nominated for awards ...

- band member, design, illustration, art direction * David Ashford - additional vocals (1) * Steve "Barney" Chase - audio mixing *

Guy Pratt Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British bassist. He has worked with artists including Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Gary Moore, Madonna, Peter Cetera, Michael Jackson, the Smiths, Robert Palmer (singer), Robert Palmer, Echo & the Bunnymen, T ...

- additional bass played by (2) * Earl Robinson - additional vocals (3) *

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- flugelhorn (2) *

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- additional guitar (2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yellow 1999 EPs Lemon Jelly albums Albums produced by Nick Franglen

History

Track listing

Personnel

See also

References