Yoko (album)

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Yoko
Yoko cover
Studio album by Beulah
Released September 9, 2003
Recorded February, 2003
Genre Indie rock
Length 44:55
Label Velocette Records
943-010-2
Producer Roger Moutenot, Miles Kurosky
Professional reviews
Beulah chronology
The Coast Is Never Clear
(2001)		 Yoko
(2003)
Alternate cover
The album cover for Demo
The album cover for Demo

Yoko is Beulah's final album, released on Velocette Records in 2003. For the album, the band toned down the happy melodic horn tones of their last album, The Coast Is Never Clear, in favor of a darker approach. Given that the band announced their break up before the album's release, the sound seems to be intentionally bittersweet.

Before its release in September, the album appeared on the internet on July 4, 2003, due to an advance copy being leaked. To counteract this, the band, along with Velocette and Insound, offered a limited edition EP burned onto CD-R, which included demos and alternate versions of songs from Yoko. This EP was limited to 200 copies and was called Rarities, Demos & Besides.

Also released after the initial release of Yoko was a new version only sold on the Yoko tour and at independent record stores called Demo. It was an unmastered, unmixed copy of Yoko as recorded in the homes of band members Miles Kurosky and Bill Swan. The album was produced in limited numbers by Velocette.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Man Like Me" – 4:29
  2. "Landslide Baby" – 4:58
  3. "You're Only King Once" – 3:10
  4. "My Side of the City" – 3:27
  5. "Hovering" – 5:01
  6. "Me and Jesus Don't Talk Anymore" – 4:51
  7. "Fooled with the Wrong Guy" – 4:23
  8. "Your Mother Loves You Son" – 3:05
  9. "Don't Forget to Breathe" – 3:56
  10. "Wipe Those Prints and Run" – 7:35