''Baby'' is the seventh studio album by the band
Yello
Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983.
Their sound is often charac ...
, released in
1991
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under the label
Mercury
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* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
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. An early cut of the album was used as the incidental soundtrack for the film ''
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
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Track listing
All tracks by Blank/Meier except where noted.
# "Homage to the Mountain" – 0:35
# "Rubberbandman" – 3:37
# "Jungle Bill" – 6:12
# "Ocean Club" – 3:29
# "Who's Gone?" – 3:41
# "Capri Calling" (Blank, Mackenzie, Meier) – 3:02
# "Drive/Driven" – 4:16
# "On the Run" – 4:39
# "Blender" – 4:36
# "Sweet Thunder" – 5:27
Personnel
;Yello
*
Boris Blank – background vocals, arrangements, engineering, mixing
*
Dieter Meier
Dieter Meier (born 4 March 1945) is a Swiss industrialist, musician and conceptual artist. He is the frontman of the electronic music group Yello, which was co-founded (with ex-member Carlos Perón) by music producer Boris Blank. He is a vocali ...
– vocals
with:
*
Billy Mackenzie
William MacArthur Mackenzie (27 March 1957 – 22 January 1997) was a Scottish singer and songwriter, known for his distinctive high tenor voice. He was the co-founder and lead vocalist of post-punk and new wave band the Associates. He also h ...
- vocals, background vocals
* Marco Colombo – guitar
* Ernst Gamper – guitar, cover design
* Rolf Aschwander – accordion
* Beat Ash – percussion
* Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
* En Soie Zurich – wardrobe
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
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1991 albums
Yello albums
Mercury Records albums
Vertigo Records albums