Yellow & Green (Baroness album)

Yellow & Green

Yellow cover
Studio album by Baroness
Released July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
Genre Sludge metal, progressive metal
Length 39:50 (Disc 1)
35:19 (Disc 2)
75:09 (Total)
Label Relapse
Producer John Congleton
Baroness chronology
Blue Record
(2009)		 Yellow & Green
(2012)		 ' Purple'
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB-[3]
BBCVery favorable[4]
Consequence of Sound[5]
NME[6]
Paste7.2/10[7]
Pitchfork8.5/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin[11]

Yellow & Green is the third studio album by the American sludge metal band Baroness. The double album was released on July 17, 2012 through Relapse Records.[12][13] On May 14, 2012, the first single "Take My Bones Away" was revealed on Baroness' official YouTube channel. The second single "March to the Sea" was released on June 13, 2012. The third single "Eula" was debuted on Liquid Metal Sirius XM on June 18, 2012.

Reception

The album debuted at number seventy five on the Canadian Albums Chart[14] and at number thirty on the Billboard 200,[15] selling over 12,000 copies its first week. The album has sold 57,000 copies in the United States as of November 2015.[16]

The album was listed 18th on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012.[17]

Track listing

Disc 1 (Yellow)[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Yellow Theme"1:45
2."Take My Bones Away"4:59
3."March to the Sea"3:12
4."Little Things"5:03
5."Twinkler"3:17
6."Cocainium"5:09
7."Back Where I Belong"6:16
8."Sea Lungs"3:21
9."Eula"6:48
Disc 2 (Green)[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Green Theme"4:23
2."Board Up the House"4:33
3."Mtns. (The Crown & Anchor)"4:17
4."Foolsong"2:58
5."Collapse"3:52
6."Psalms Alive"4:09
7."Stretchmarker"3:23
8."The Line Between"5:02
9."If I Forget Thee, Lowcountry"2:42

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 124
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] 96
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[23] 52
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[24] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 13
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 99
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 66
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 85
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[29] 9
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[30] 3
US Billboard 200[31] 30
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[32] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[33] 8

References

  1. ↑ "Yellow & Green – Baroness". Metacritic. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo (July 16, 2012). "Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ Reed, Ryan (July 17, 2012). "Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ Rauf, Razik (July 12, 2012). "Baroness Yellow & Green Review". Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hadusek, Jon (July 13, 2012). "Album Review: Baroness – Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ Gardner, Noel (July 16, 2012). "Baroness – 'Yellow And Green'". Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Labate, Steve (July 18, 2012). "Baroness: Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (July 18, 2012). "Baroness: Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ Brown, Dean (July 16, 2012). "Baroness: Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  10. ↑ Keyes, J. Edward (July 17, 2012). "Yellow & Green". Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  11. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 17, 2012). "Baroness , ‘Yellow & Green’". Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ Zaleski, Annie (March 30, 2012). "Interview: Baroness' John Baizley discusses the 'unexpected' tone of their third album". Alternative Press. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  13. ↑ Ramirez, Carlos (April 11, 2012). "Baroness, 'Yellow & Green': Georgia Sludgesters Announce Third Album". Noisecreep. AOL. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070305232145/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/280692/baroness/chart
  16. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015.
  17. ↑ "LISTOMANIA: Stereogum’s Top 50 Albums Of 2012". Stereogum. December 5, 2012.
  18. 1 2 "Baroness: 'Yellow & Green' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. April 25, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Baroness – Yellow & Green" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Baroness – Yellow & Green" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Baroness – Yellow & Green" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Baroness – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Baroness. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Baroness – Yellow & Green" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Baroness: Yellow & Green" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Baroness – Yellow & Green". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Baroness – Yellow & Green". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Baroness – Yellow & Green". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Baroness | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Baroness – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Baroness. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Baroness – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Baroness. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  33. ↑ "Baroness – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Baroness. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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