Screaming Yellow Players (1999 album)

Screaming Yellow Players, also known as The Orange Album, is the self-titled debut album of the American dance-punk band Screaming Yellow Players, released on April 11, 1999. While not commercially successful in the United States, it was critically well-received. The album was produced by former member  and was recorded in, the  and.

The band's cover of the song "Go For It" from the Animalympics soundtrack was a minor hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and receiving a music video (directed, coincidentally, by former  member ) that had heavy rotation on MTV) and was used in an episode of the  series Mole Miner. The band performed "Go For It" on Top of the Pops Germany, ZDF-Hitparade, Die Harald Schmidt Show, and TV total; and "Pittsburgh Calling" and "Go For It" weeks apart on Top of the Pops USA. The album also attracted attention after Gabriel Haim sent a box full of  CDs along with a note saying "Here's a humane way to kill yourself" to a NME critic who gave a negative review to "Pittsburgh Calling". The band also broke into the mainstream with their performance on the Rock Day of the 1999 All of US Festival.

The album cracked the Top 40 in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and much of the band's touring to promote the album took place in the. They also opened for the in Ireland,  in the United Kingdom and Jetania, and  in the United States.

Tracklist
All tracks written by Derek De Vriendt and Polaris Browne with the exception of track 4 originally written by Graham Gouldman, track 7 originally written by Jeff Barry, track 8 written by Derek De Vriendt and Gabriel Haim, and track 11 originally written by Jani Lane.


 * 1) "Gonna Get Ya" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt; backing vocals: Samantha E. Aizer)
 * 2) "Otter" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne; backing vocals: Tommy Lionheart)
 * 3) "Yeah" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne; backing vocals: Tommy Lionheart, Samantha E. Aizer)
 * 4) "Go For It" (Graham Gouldman cover) (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne; backing vocals: Samantha E. Aizer, Vinny Espinola, Tommy Lionheart, Gabriel Haim)
 * 5) "That Girl" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne)
 * 6) "Opposed" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne)
 * 7) "Love Light" (The Archies cover) (lead vocals: Gabriel Haim; backing vocals: Tommy Lionheart, Polaris Browne)
 * 8) "Pittsburgh Calling" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne; backing vocals: Samantha E. Aizer, Vinny Espinola, Tommy Lionheart, Gabriel Haim)
 * 9) "Street Cat" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt)
 * 10) "Who'd Ya Wanna Be?" (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne; backing vocals: Tommy Lionheart, Samantha E. Aizer)
 * 11) "Cherry Pie" (Warrant cover) (lead vocals: Derek De Vriendt, Polaris Browne; backing vocals: Samantha E. Aizer, Vinny Espinola, Tommy Lionheart, Gabriel Haim)