The Simpsons: The Yellow Album [SOUNDTRACK]

Julie Kavner, The Simpsons (Related Recordings), Dan Castellaneta, Various Artists - Soundtracks - Television, Yeardley Smith

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: December 17, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B00000FEOB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #131,764 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The much-anticipated follow-up to their classic The Simpsons Sing the Blues and Songs in the Key of Springfield, The Yellow Album brings Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Marge, and Homer Simpson to a whole 'nother level of the game. Accompanied by a diverse selection of backup musicians (including George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars), the Simpsons take aim at a number of genres, from Bart's affection for rap ("Love?" and "The Ten Commandments of Bart"), Lisa's AOR duet with Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart for the Eurythmics cover "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" to Homer's sensitive cover of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" with Linda Ronstadt. Homer's range is limited. Bart's diction is spotty. But Apu (the Kwik-E-Mart proprietor) and the Squishees are the big surprise. Their cut, "Twenty-Four Hours a Day," is an embittered piece of working-class electro-funk that rivals the best in modern protest music (Springsteen, eat your heart out.) --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unredeemed junk, March 15, 2002

By	David Pearlman "sound fanatic" (Arlington, MA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I'm as big a Simpsons fan as anyone, but this is hideous.
There are four Simpons-derived albums on the market.
Two are comprised of excerpts from the TV show. Those are
both terrific 4-5 star albums. There is another album of
all original (not from the TV show) material, The Simpsons Sing
The Blues. That album was weak and a major disappointment, but
it did feature a few (and only a few) amusing moments.

This? The best moments on this CD are the bands of silence
that separate the tracks. How anyone thought this was worth
recording is beyond me. Why anyone spent money to release
and promote it is WAY beyond me. It isn't funny and the music
[stinks].

Even if you are a completist, you don't need this. Trust me:
I am a completist. I bought it and wish I hadn't. There is
NOTHING on this album that merits your time or money.

dap

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing at best..., June 21, 1999

By A Customer

As with many of these reviewers, I am a Simpsons fan... Some even call me obsessed, what with my collection of episodes on tape and all... Unfortunately, when I picked up the ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE CD, I was excited... Little did I know what PAIN I was in for... there are maybe two good songs on the CD... PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE A HUGE FAN OF THE SHOW!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Three, March 15, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews

I bought "Sing the Blues" when I was in 5th grrade and I loved it. I was so happy when I saw a second album came out that I bought it immediately. I thought it was going to be like the first one, but I was very disappointed. I didn't like all the short, snippy songs from the show. I thought it was going to have nice full length songs like the first one. When I saw this one on a shelf in a local store and saw that it had only ten tracks, I knew it had to be like the first one and therefore had to be better that "Songs in the Key." I was right and I like this one even more than "Sing the Blues." It is a great compositiona nd I want to see another one just like this come out and soon. It's the best way to listen to the Simpsons!