History Music / YellowSubmarine

''Yellow Submarine'' is the eleventh studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1969. It's the CultSoundtrack to the film of the same name, ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' (1968).

* TheSomethingSong: "Only A Northern Song".

* {{Tagline}}: "Nothing is real". It appears on the cover just underneath the album title.

* ThisIsASong: "Only A Northern Song".

* OddballInTheSeries: The only (UK) Beatles album in which their compositions only take up half of the album, with the rest being [[AlbumFiller filled up with George Martin-composed film scores.]] It's also the only Beatles studio album to recycle songs from [[Music/RevolverBeatlesAlbum previous]] [[Music/MagicalMysteryTour albums]].[[note]]"All You Need is Love" kind of gets away with it, as it was only released as a non-album single in its native United Kingdom at that point.[[/note]]
* RepurposedPopSong: The original album had "Yellow Submarine", which appeared earlier on ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'' (1966) and "All You Need Is Love" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' (1967). The 1999 re-release has "Think For Yourself", "Nowhere Man" (from ''Music/RubberSoul''), "Eleanor Rigby", "Love You To" (from ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'') and "Sgt. Peppers", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "With A Little Help From My Friends", and "When I'm Sixty-Four" (from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'').

* StylisticSuck: George Harrison's "Only A Northern Song" is intentionally dissonant, as it is a protest song against being contractually obligated to write songs for which he received few royalties.
* TakeThat: George Harrison's "Only A Northern Song" is a swipe at Lennon and [=McCartney's=] publishing company, Northern Songs Ltd. Harrison wrote it to express his dissatisfaction over being screwed over on royalties from his own compositions. (The following year George would found his own publishing company, Harrisongs Ltd.)

It is generally considered to be one of the band's weakest releases, as it contains just four (albeit up to their usual high standard) original Beatles songs. The title track had originally appeared on ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'' and also gotten released as a single, while "All You Need Is Love" had also been a single for quite some time, as well as appearing on the then US-exclusive ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' LP. Finally, the rest of the album is essentially a George Martin album, consisting of his orchestral score for the film.

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It is generally considered to be one of the weakest releases by the Beatles, as it contains just four (albeit up to their usual high standard) original Beatles songs. The title track originally came from ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'' and had also been released as a single, while "All You Need Is Love" had also been a single for quite some time, as well as appearing on the then US-exclusive ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' LP. Finally, the rest of the album is essentially a George Martin album, consisting of his orchestral score for the film.

In 1999, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_Songtrack a compilation album]] was released that removed the George Martin orchestrations and replaced them with the Beatles songs included in the film that weren't on the original album: "Eleanor Rigby", "Love You To", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Think For Yourself", "Sgt. Peppers", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Nowhere Man". "A Day In The Life" was not included in this release.

# "Only A Northern Song" (3:24)

# "Sea Of Time" (3:00)
# "Sea Of Holes" (2:17)
# "Sea Of Monsters" (3:37)
# "March Of The Meanies" (2:22)

# "Yellow Submarine In Pepperland" (2:13)

* Music/GeorgeHarrison - lead vocals, guitar, tambourine, organ, maracas, violin
* Music/JohnLennon - lead vocals, guitar, piano, glockenspiel, ukulele, harmonica, tambourine, harpsichord, banjo
* Music/PaulMcCartney - bass, backing and co-lead vocals, trumpet, tambourine, cowbell, double bass
* Music/RingoStarr - drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals, finger cymbals

* OddballInTheSeries: The only (UK) Beatles album in which their compositions only take up half of the album, with the rest being [[AlbumFiller filled up with George Martin-composed film scores.]] It's also the only Beatles studio album to recycle songs from [[Music/RevolverBeatles Albums previous]] [[Music/MagicalMysteryTour albums]].[[note]]"All You Need is Love" kind of gets away with it, as it was only released as a non-album single in its native United Kingdom at that point.[[/note]]

* OddballInTheSeries: The only (UK) Beatles album in which their compositions only take up half of the album, with the rest being [[AlbumFiller filled up with George Martin-composed film scores.]] It's also the only Beatles studio album to recycle songs from [[Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Albums}} previous]] [[Music/MagicalMysteryTour albums]].[[note]]"All You Need is Love" kind of gets away with it, as it was only released as a non-album single in its native United Kingdom at that point.[[/note]]

* OddballInTheSeries: The only (UK) Beatles album in which their compositions only take up half of the album, with the rest being [[AlbumFiller filled up with George Martin-composed film scores.]] It's also the only Beatles studio album to recycle songs from [[Music/{{Revolver}} previous]] [[Music/MagicalMysteryTour albums]].[[note]]"All You Need is Love" kind of gets away with it, as it was only released as a non-album single in its native United Kingdom at that point.[[/note]]

''Yellow Submarine'' is the eleventh studio album by Music/TheBeatles, released in 1969. Its the CultSoundtrack to the film of the same name, ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' (1968).

* OddballInTheSeries: The only (UK) Beatles album in which their compositions only take up half of the album, with the rest being [[AlbumFiller filled up with George Martin-composed film scores.]]

* OddballInTheSeries: The only Beatles album in which their compositions only take up half of the album, with the rest being [[AlbumFiller filled up with George Martin-composed film scores.]]

* AlbumFiller: This was a general criticism at the time. The album only has four new Beatles songs. The other two ("Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love") were already available on older albums, and the rest is Music/GeorgeMartin's orchestrations.

It is generally considered to be one of the weakest releases by the Beatles, as it contains just four (albeit up to their usual high standard) original Beatles songs. The title track originally came from ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and had also been released as a single, while "All You Need Is Love" had also been a single for quite some time, as well as appearing on the then US-exclusive ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' LP. Finally, the rest of the album is essentially a George Martin album, consisting of his orchestral score for the film.

* RepurposedPopSong: The original album had "Yellow Submarine", which appeared earlier on ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' (1966) and "All You Need Is Love" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' (1967). The 1999 re-release has "Think For Yourself", "Nowhere Man" (from ''Music/RubberSoul''), "Eleanor Rigby", "Love You To" (from ''Music/{{Revolver}}'') and "Sgt. Peppers", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "With A Little Help From My Friends", and "When I'm Sixty-Four" (from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'').

* EpicRocking: "It's All Too Much".

* ShoutOut: The line "With your long, blonde hair and your eyes of blue" from "It's All Too Much" is a quote from "Sorrow", originally recorded by American band the [=McCoys=], then CoveredUp by the Merseys, though Music/DavidBowie's 1973 cover on ''Pin Ups'' is probably the best-known version today.

It is generally considered to be one of the weakest releases by the Beatles, as it contains just four (albeit up to their usual high standard) original Beatles songs. The title track originally came from ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' as well as long since being released a s a single, while "All You Need Is Love" had also been a single for quite some time, as well as appearing on the then US-exclusive ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' LP. Finally, the rest of the album is essentially a George Martin album, consisting of his orchestral score for the film.

It is generally considered to be one of the weakest releases by the Beatles, as it contains just four (albeit up to their usual high standard) original Beatles songs. The title track originally came from ''Music/{{Revolver}} as well as long since being released a s a single, while "All You Need Is Love" had also been a single for quite some time, as well as appearing on the then US-exclusive ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' LP. Finally, the rest of the album is essentially a George Martin album, consisting of his orchestral score for the film.

It is generally considered to be one of the weakest releases by the Beatles, as it contains just four (albeit up to their usual high standard) original Beatles songs. The title track and "All You Need Is Love" originally come from ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' respectively. Finally, the rest of the album is essentially a George Martin album, consisting of his orchestral score for the film.

!!Tracklisting (1999 Re-release/Yellow Submarine Songtrack