Blue Green Orange
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Blue Green Orange is the third album by the Canadian alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band I Mother Earth
I Mother Earth
I Mother Earth, or IME, was a Canadian alternative rock band. The band was at the peak of its popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s; its members have moved on to other projects.-Early years:...

, released by Universal on July 13, 1999. Featuring album covers in blue, green, or orange, the album went gold in Canada.

The album, while still in the vein of the prior jam-oriented albums, was mellower and offered several twists. These included tribal rhythms, computerized loops, instrumental elements similar to modern indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

, and the debut of Brian Byrne
Brian Byrne
Brian Byrne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, best recognized as the second vocalist for I Mother Earth.-Biography:...

 on lead vocals.

Personnel

  • Brian Byrne
    Brian Byrne
    Brian Byrne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, best recognized as the second vocalist for I Mother Earth.-Biography:...

     – vocals
  • Jagori Tanna
    Jagori Tanna
    Jagori Tanna is a Canadian musician. Together with his brother, Christian Tanna, he formed I Mother Earth around 1990. He wrote almost all of I Mother Earth's music, and produced much of it as well...

     – guitars, backing vocals
  • Bruce Gordon
    Bruce Gordon (musician)
    Bruce Gordon is a Canadian rock musician, best known as the bassist for I Mother Earth.He was born to parents of Scottish and German heritage. He immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of six...

     – bass
  • Christian Tanna
    Christian Tanna
    Christian Tanna is a Canadian musician. He began playing drums in high school, and with his brother, Jagori Tanna, formed I Mother Earth in 1990. Tanna played on 1993's Dig, 1996's Scenery and Fish, 1999's Blue Green Orange, and 2003's The Quicksilver Meat Dream...

     – drums

Additional musicians

  • Geddy Lee
    Geddy Lee
    Gary Lee Weinrib, OC, better known as Geddy Lee , is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush...

     – bass on "Good for Sule"
  • Daniel Mansilla – percussion
  • Armando Borg – percussion

Track listing

(All songs written by "I Mother Earth", later revealed to be Jagori and Christian Tanna, except "My Beautiful Deep End", by Jagori Tanna and Brian Byrne)
  1. "Love Your Starfish" – 5:56
  2. "All Awake" – 6:13
  3. "Gargantua" – 4:36
  4. "When Did You Get Back from Mars?" – 5:02
  5. "Summertime in the Void" – 7:03
  6. "Good for Sule" – 5:35
  7. "Cloud Pump" – 5:42
  8. "Blacksox" – 6:44
  9. "Autumn on Drugs" – 6:41
  10. "Infinity Machine" – 5:26
  11. "My Beautiful Deep End" – 4:42
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