Yellow Submarine Songtrack
| Yellow Submarine Songtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album / compilation album by the Beatles | ||||
| Released | 13 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1968 at EMI, Olympic and De Lane Lea studios, London | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 45:38 | |||
| Label | Apple, Capitol, EMI | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Goldmine | |
| Mojo | (favourable) |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Wall of Sound | 95/100 |
Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a compilation/soundtrack album by the Beatles for the 1999 re-release of the 1968 film Yellow Submarine. The film was re-released on 13 September 1999 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. In sharp contrast with other Beatles remasters available, the songs were fully remixed from the original multitrack tapes, something not done for the original CD release of the Beatles catalogue in the late 1980s (except for Help! and Rubber Soul), nor the 2009 remastered albums.
This album contains only the Beatles songs used in the film, including tracks absent from the original Yellow Submarine album. The extra tracks replaced the George Martin film score from the original release, while the complete score was included as a DVD audio track in the CD/DVD package featuring the album and film.
The album debuted in the UK charts at number 8, selling 19,000 copies in its first week. It also peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200, with 68,000 copies sold in its opening week. In France the album debuted at number 13.
It was reissued on CD on 4 June 2012 (5 June in North America) along with the film restored for DVD and Blu-ray release. While the original 1999 release was in a jewel-case, the 2012 version was released in a card sleeve, with the booklet and catalogue numbers the same as the earlier version, with a 1999 copyright date on the disc, and a 2012 date on the card sleeve. The sleeve was in the same format as the 2009 remasters, being slightly rectangular with "The Beatles" logo in the left hand side of the cover.
The remixed tracks of the album feature many alterations and adjustments from the original stereo recordings. Almost all of The Beatles songs included in the film are on Yellow Submarine Songtrack. An exception is "A Day in the Life", which was not included because EMI did not want too many songs from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The title track, "Yellow Submarine", contains the line "a life of ease" from John Lennon that had been missing in prior stereo mixes of the song. The replies from Lennon to the main lyric are gradually panned and faded from the right side of the stereo field to the left. The sound effects in this version are also more pronounced.
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