| Yellow Submarine Songtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album / compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 13 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 21 October 1965 – 11 February 1968 | |||
| Studio | EMI, Olympic and De Lane Lea studios, London | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 45:31 | |||
| Label | Apple, Capitol, EMI | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| The Beatles chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| Goldmine | [5] |
| Mojo | (favourable)[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone |  [8] |
| Wall of Sound | 95/100[9] |
Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a compilation/soundtrack album by the English rock band the Beatles, released in 1999 to coincide with a re-release of the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine that same year. The film was re-released on 13 September 1999 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. In contrast with other Beatles remasters available, the songs were fully remixed by Peter Cobbin at Abbey Road Studios from the original multitrack tapes, something not done for the original CD release of the Beatles catalogue in the late 1980s (except for Help! and Rubber Soul), nor the 2009 remastered albums.
Yellow Submarine Songtrack removes the seven songs composed and orchestrated by George Martin that were included on the original 1969 Yellow Submarine and replaces them with all but one of the Beatles songs featured in the film that were not included on the original album—EMI chose to exclude "A Day in the Life" from the Songtrack in order to limit the number of songs featured from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, while Martin's complete score was included as a DVD audio track on the CD/DVD package featuring the album and film.
The album debuted in the UK charts at number 8, selling 19,000 copies in its first week. It also peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200, with 68,000 copies sold in its opening week. In France the album debuted at number 13.
Yellow Submarine Songtrack was reissued on CD on 4 June 2012 (5 June in North America) along with the film restored for DVD and Blu-ray release. While the original 1999 release was in a jewel-case, the 2012 version was released in a card sleeve, with the booklet and catalog numbers the same as the earlier version, with a 1999 copyright date on the disc, and a 2012 date on the card sleeve. The sleeve was in the same format as the Beatles 2009 remasters, being slightly rectangular with "The Beatles" logo in the left hand side of the cover.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Du Noyer, Paul. "Yellow Submarine Songtrack". Blender. Alpha Media Group. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Schinder, Scott (17 September 1999), "Music Review: 'Yellow Submarine Songtrack'", Entertainment Weekly, p. 81
- ^ Gaar, Gillian S. (12 February 2013). "Soundtrack, Blue-ray review of the Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine'". Goldmine.
- ^ Du Noyer, Paul (November 1999). "The Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack". Mojo. p. 125.
- ^ "The Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack". Q. November 1999. p. 142.
- ^ DeCurtis, Anthony (28 October 1999). "The Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Durchholz, Daniel (March 2001). "Wall of Sound Review: Yellow Submarine Soundtrack (Remastered)". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 30 March 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2016.