Motion Picture (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Motion Picture

| type = studio

| artist = Yello

| cover = Yello - Motion Picture CD cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1999|12|14}}

| recorded = 1999

| studio =

| genre = Electronica

| length = {{Duration|m=53|s=30}}

| label = Mercury

| producer = Yello

| prev_title = Pocket Universe

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = The Eye

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Motion Picture

| type = studio

| single1 = Squeeze Please

| single1date = 1 November 1999

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |title=Motion Picture - Yello {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/motion-picture-mw0000461487 |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}

}}

Motion Picture is the tenth studio album by Swiss electronic duo Yello. It was released on 14 December 1999 via Mercury Records. The album peaked at number 13 in Switzerland, number 21 in Norway and number 23 in Germany.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| title1 = Get On

| writer1 =

| length1 = 4:28

| title2 = Houdini

| writer2 =

| length2 = 4:12

| title3 = Prisoner of His Mind

| writer3 =

| length3 = 4:08

| title4 = Distant Mirror

| writer4 =

| length4 = 5:17

| title5 = Time Freeze

| writer5 =

| length5 = 5:06

| title6 = Croissant Bleu

| writer6 =

| length6 = 3:24

| title7 = Liquid Lies

| writer7 =

| length7 = 3:16

| title8 = Squeeze Please

| writer8 =

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = Shake and Shiver

| writer9 =

| length9 = 4:31

| title10 = Bubbling Under

| writer10 =

| length10 = 5:15

| title11 = Point Blank

| writer11 =

| length11 = 6:12

| title12 = Cyclops

| writer12 =

| length12 = 4:27

| total_length = 53:30

}}

Personnel

  • Boris Blank — producer, composer, arrangement, engineering
  • Dieter Meier — lyrics, vocals, producer
  • Gino Todesco — Rhodes electric piano (tracks: 5, 11)
  • Kevin Metcalfe — mastering
  • Martin Wanner — photography

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Chart (1999)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Germany4|23|artist=Yello|album=Motion Picture|id=3087|rowheader=true|access-date=21 September 2024}}
{{album chart|Norway|21|artist=Yello|album=Motion Picture|rowheader=true|access-date=21 September 2024}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|13|artist=Yello|album=Motion Picture|rowheader=true|access-date=21 September 2024}}

References

{{Reflist}}