Yellow Submarine

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Yellow Submarine belongs to the 1968 animated film and was released in January 1969. For the band it was mainly a contractual obligation: United Artists wanted four new songs for the film, and the group, just finished with Sgt. Pepper, showed little enthusiasm. Some songs were recorded specially, others had been left over from earlier.

Only the first side contains songs by The Beatles themselves: four new ones, plus the previously released Yellow Submarine and All You Need Is Love. George Harrison's Only a Northern Song is about his dissatisfaction with the group's music publisher. John Lennon's Hey Bulldog ends with a jam that stayed in the final mix. The second side consists of orchestral music by George Martin, recorded with an orchestra of 41 musicians at Abbey Road. Critics reacted mixed: some felt that the album fell below the group's usual level.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Yellow Submarine2:39Apple Music ↗
2. 2Only a Northern Song3:24Apple Music ↗
3. 3All Together Now2:11Apple Music ↗
4. 4Hey Bulldog3:11Apple Music ↗
5. 5It's All Too Much6:25Apple Music ↗
6. 6All You Need Is Love3:51Apple Music ↗
7. 7Pepperland2:21Apple Music ↗
8. 8Sea of Time3:00Apple Music ↗
9. 9Sea of Holes2:17Apple Music ↗
10. 10Sea of Monsters3:37Apple Music ↗
11. 11March of the Meanies2:19Apple Music ↗
12. 12Pepperland Laid Waste2:13Apple Music ↗
13. 13Yellow Submarine In Pepperland2:12Apple Music ↗
14. 14Yellow Submarine3:25Apple Music ↗

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