Flag (Yello album)
Flag | ||||
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Studio album by Yello | ||||
Released | November 1, 1988 | |||
Genre | Synthpop | |||
Length | 49:01 | |||
Label |
Mercury (original US release) Fontana (original UK & European release) Vertigo (2005 CD reissue) | |||
Producer | Yello | |||
Yello chronology | ||||
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Singles from Flag | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Flag is Yello's sixth original album, released in 1988 and featuring the eight-minute tour-de-force, "The Race", the edited version of which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in August of that year. "The Race" was used as a trailer for Eurosport, and the opening theme to the US quiz show It's Academic.[2][3]
An early cut of the album was used as the soundtrack for the film Nuns on the Run.
Track listing
- All Songs Written By Dieter Meier & Boris Blank. (Datasound, in Association with Axxis Musikverlag GmbH, subpublished by Warner-Chappell Music)
- "Tied Up" 6:05
- "Of Course I'm Lying" 5:56
- "3rd Of June" 4:50
- "Blazing Saddles" 3:53
- "The Race" 8:08
- "Alhambra" 3:38
- "Otto Di Catania" 3:20
- "Tied Up In Red" (CD bonus track) 8:23
- "Tied Up In Gear" 3:58
- "The Race (Break Light Mix)" *
- "Wall Street Bongo" *
- "The Race (12" Mix)" *
(*) Bonus tracks on the 2005 remastered release
Chart performance
Country | Peak position [4][5][6] |
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Switzerland | 3 |
Austria | 12 |
Sweden | 24 |
New Zealand | 33 |
United Kingdom | 56 |
United States | 152 |
Singles - The Official UK Singles Chart / Millward Brown (United Kingdom)
Date | Single | Chart | Position |
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August 1988 | "The Race" | The Official UK Singles Chart | 7 |
December 1988 | "Tied Up" | The Official UK Singles Chart | 60 |
March 1989 | "Of Course I'm Lying" | The Official UK Singles Chart | 23 |
July 1989 | "Blazing Saddles" | The Official UK Singles Chart | 47 |
Personnel
- Dieter Meier, Boris Blank: Vocals
- Billy Mackenzie: Backing Vocals
- Leos Gerteis: Clarinet
- Chico Hablas: Guitars
- Beat Ash: Drums, Percussion
Production
- Arranged, Produced, Engineered & Mixed By Yello
- Mastered By Kevin Metcalfe
References
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