Yellow & Green (Baroness album)

Yellow & Green
Yellow cover
Studio album by
Baroness
ReleasedJuly 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
RecordedNovember–December 2011
StudioWater Music
Hoboken, New Jersey
Elmwood Studio
Dallas, Texas
Genre
Length74:59
LabelRelapse
ProducerJohn Congleton
Baroness chronology
Blue Record
(2009) 		Yellow & Green
(2012) 		Live at Maida Vale
(2013)
Alternative cover
Green cover
Singles from Yellow & Green
  1. "Take My Bones Away"
    Released: May 14, 2012
  2. "March to the Sea"
    Released: June 12, 2012

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]

Background

Yellow & Green is the only album Baroness recorded as a trio, with frontman John Baizley playing all bass guitar parts following the departure of the band's original bassist, Summer Welch.[4] The album is the last full-length from Baroness to feature drummer Allen Blickle, a founding member of the group.[5]

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 song "Eula" debuted on Liquid Metal Sirius XM on June 18.[6]

Days before the Yellow & Green was released, the band performed songs from the record live in Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter.[7] This session resulted in an extended play titled Live at Maida Vale, which was released the following year.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The A.V. ClubB−[11]
BBCVery favorable[12]
Consequence of Sound[13]
NME[14]
Paste7.2/10[15]
Pitchfork8.5/10[16]
PopMatters[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
Spin[19]

Yellow & Green debuted at 30 on the US Billboard 200, selling 12,660 copies in its first week of release.[20] It was the highest charting debut in the history of Relapse Records.[21] The album debuted at number 75 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[22] By November 2015, Yellow & Green had sold 57,000 copies in the United States.[23]

"Take My Bones Away" and "March to the Sea" both appeared on the US Billboard Active Rock chart, peaking at 35 and 37, respectively. "Take My Bones Away" also reached 38 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.

Both Entertainment Weekly and Spin named Yellow & Green the top metal album of 2012.[24][25] Decibel named it 2nd on its list of top 40 albums of 2012[26] and it was ranked 18th on Stereogum's top 50 albums of 2012 list.[27]

Track listing

Disc 1 (Yellow)[28]
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)[28]
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

  • John Dyer Baizley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Pete Adams – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Allen Blickle – drums, keyboards

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] 124
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[32] 96
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[33] 52
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[34] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[35] 13
Italian Albums (FIMI)[36] 99
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 66
UK Albums (OCC)[38] 85
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[39] 9
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[40] 3
US Billboard 200[41] 30
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[42] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[43] 8

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