CURIOUS (YELLOW)

Curious (Yellow) also released material (in one case) under the alias . Both names are derived from the titles of films by Swedish director Vilgot Sjöman.

I AM CURIOUS (1988)

Tracks

Side A:

1. Transparent Garden (3:50) – 
2. Pretty Girl (5:48)

Side B:

1. Song With No Name (3:42)
2. Tinsel Heart (4:20)
3. If I Reach You (3:48)

» Lyrics «

Credits

Les White - Bass Guitar
Filthy (aka Philthy) [Phil Hall] - Electric Guitar
Snapper - Drums
Karin Jansson - Vocals/Guitar
Phil Maher - Electric Guitar on "If I Reach You" [from ]

Produced by Steve Kilbey
Engineered by Russell Pilling
  except "If I Reach You" produced by Mårten Jansson
Mixed by Mark Simmons
  except "Song With No Name" mixed by Kilbey/Pilling

Photography: Kim Sandeman (front), Effie (back)
Art Direction: John Foy

Releases

• 12" - Red Eye RED EP1 (Australia) - March 1988 - Yellow Vinyl

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side A: LOOK AT YOUR WATCH.
  Side B: WE ARE TALKING IN SPACE NOT IN TIME

Notes

Back cover photo by Effie of the band members:

Promo poster for the EP:

Reviews & Comments

CHARMS & BLUES (1990)

Tracks

1. Silvia (3:47)
2. Taken By Surprise (3:21) – 
3. Love Itself (4:15)
4. Charms And Blues (4:24)
5. Insomnia (4:45) – 
6. Celestial (3:59)
7. Serendipity (3:42)
8. Down The Wishingwell (5:07) *
9. Colossus (2:58)
10. Empress (4:59)
11. New Moon (3:15)

* Bonus Track On CD

» Lyrics «

Credits

Silvia (Jansson/Bowman)
  Programming and all other instruments by Jim Bowman
  Additional hi-hat by Mark Dawson
Taken By Surprise (Jansson/Kilbey)
  Drum programming by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
  All other instruments by Steven Kilbey
Love Itself (Jansson)
  Drum programming and all other instruments by Mike Caen
Charms And Blues (Jansson/Kilbey)
  Drum programming by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
  All other instruments by Steven Kilbey
Insomnia (Jansson/Surplice/Kilbey)
  Programming by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
  Guitar by Steven Kilbey
Celestial (Jansson/Bowman)
  Programming and all other instruments by Jim Bowman
  Brushes by Mark Dawson
Serendipity (Jansson/Surplice)
  Programming by Pryce Surplice
  Electric guitar by Steven Kilbey
  Acoustic guitar by Karin Jansson
Down The Wishingwell (Jansson)
  Programming and all other instruments by Steven Kilbey
  Recorded in New York November 1988
Colossus (Jansson)
  Guitars by Jeremy Butterworth
  Keyboard by Steven Kilbey
Empress (Jansson/Kilbey)
  Drum programs by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
  Violin by Violinda
  All other instruments by Steven Kilbey
New Moon (Jansson/Caen)
  Programming by Mike Caen
  Violin by Violinda

Recorded in Sydney January 1990 at Stanlee Music
Engineered by Spencer Lee
Produced by Curious (yellow) and Steven Kilbey
"Love Itself" mixed at Electric Avenue
"Down the Wishingwell" recorded in New York November 1988, mixed at Trackdown Studios

All vocals by Karin Jansson
All words by Karin Jansson
except "Insomnia" & "Empress" Jansson/Kilbey
Executive producer Steven Kilbey

Releases

• LP - Red Eye RED LP 13 / Polydor 843 962-1 (Australia) - September 1990 - Blue Vinyl
• LP - Red Eye RED LP 13 / Polydor 843 962-1 (Australia) - September 1990 - Black Vinyl
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 13 / Polydor 843 962-2 (Australia) - September 1990
• CD - Polydor 843 962-2 (Sweden)

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side 1: DRUNKEN DREAMS AND FURTURE MEMORIES.....
  Side 2: ....FROM AN OCCULT DIARY.

Reviews & Comments

CHARMS & BLUES PROMO CASSETTE (1990)

Tracks

1. Silvia
2. Taken By Surprise
3. Love Itself
4. Charms And Blues
5. Insomnia
6. Celestial
7. Serendipity
8. Colossus
9. Empress
10. New Moon

Releases

• CASS - Red Eye/Polydor (Australia) - unlabeled promo cassette with custom cover

TAKEN BY SURPRISE (1990)

Taken By Surprise (3:22)
Let Go (3:41)

Credits

Recorded in Sydney, January 1990 at StanLee Music
Engineered by Spencer Lee
Produced by Steven Kilbey
Photography by Kim Sandeman

Releases

• 7" - Red Eye/Polydor 877 718-7 (Australia) - August 1990
• CASS - Red Eye/Polydor 877 718-4 (Australia) - August 1990
• CD - Red Eye/Polydor 877 718-2 (Australia) - August 1990

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side A: FAT "f-n" SURPRISE THAT WAS!
  Side B: ADULTERY ANONYMOUS

LOVE ITSELF (1991)

Love Itself
Love, Love, Love Itself
Down

Credits

Karin Jansson wrote and sang the songs
Love Itself
  Mike Caen played & arranged all instruments
  Produced by Mike Caen
  Remixed by Guy Gray
Love, Love, Love Itself
  Edit by Jim Bowman
Down
  Mark Dawson played drums
  Jim Bowman played and arranged all other instruments
  Produced by Jim Bowman
Photography: Kim Sandeman
Cover: Jim Paton & Karin Jansson

Releases

• 7" - Red Eye/Polydor 879 866-7 (Australia) - November 1990
• CASS - Red Eye/Polydor 879 866-4 (Australia) - November 1990

 

COMPILATIONS FEATURING TRACKS BY CURIOUS (YELLOW)

ASIDES & BESIDES: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS (1990)

Tracks

1. I Can't Control Myself (2:54) - James Baker Experience
2. Two Lines (2:29) - Ya Ya Choral
3. Drop In The Ocean (3:29) - The Crystal Set
4. Psycho (3:56) - The Beasts Of Bourbon
5. King Street (4:01) - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
6. Benefit Of The Doubt (4:26) - The Crystal Set
7. This Asphalt Eden (3:57) - Steve Kilbey
8. Transparent Garden (3:53) - Curious (Yellow)
9. Just To Be Sure (3:49) - The Bhagavad Guitars
10. You Can't Run (2:52) - Mexican Spitfires
11. Down Below (3:14) - The Cruel Sea
12. Like A Ghost - Steve Kilbey *
13. Don't Be Surprised (3:30) - The Crystal Set
14. Awakening Earth (4:18) - The Bhagavad Guitars
15. Shell (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
16. Run Rudolph Run (3:26) - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
17. Isabella (5:23) - Curious (Blue)
18. Hubble Bubble (3:23) - The Crystal Set
19. Sydney Town (2:58) - Mexican Spitfires
20. Thought We'd Agreed - The Bhagavad Guitars *
21. The Big Sleep - The Beasts of Bourbon *
22. Elvis Impersonator Blues - The Beasts of Bourbon *
23. New Neighbour (2:45) - The Tall Shirts
24. Born To Be Punched (3:34) - James Baker Experience

* on lp release only

Releases

• 2LP - Red Eye RED LP 7 / 847 028-1 (Australia)
• CASS - Red Eye/Polydor 847 028-4 (Australia)
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 7 / Polydor 847 028-2 (Australia)
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 7 (Germany) - Manufactured and marketed by NORMAL Records

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side 1: HOW DO YOU KEEP A MOSSY FAN BUSY?.....(OVER)
  Side 2: HOW DO YOU KEEP A MOSSY FAN BUSY?.....(OVER)
  Side 3: LIVE STOCK!
  Side 4: BYE BYE B SIDES.....

Notes

Includes this photo of Karin Jansson:

UP FROM DOWN BELOW (1990)

Tracks

1. A Furious Mess (3:55) - Crystal Set
2. Charlatan (4:28) - Crystal Set
3. Sylvia (3:46) - Curious (Yellow)
4. Taken by Surprise (3:21) - Curious (Yellow)
5. Down Below (3:13) - The Cruel Sea
6. Margarita (2:43) - The Cruel Sea
7. We Haven't Arrived (3:39) - The Bhagavad Guitars
8. Until You Came (4:11) - The Bhagavad Guitars
9. Bad Revisited (4:00) - The Beasts of Bourbon
10. The Hate Inside (3:31) - The Beasts of Bourbon

Releases

• CD - Red Eye PRO SAMP (Australia) - gatefold cardboard sleeve

Notes

Includes this write-up on Curious (Yellow):

KARMIC HIT PREVIEWS & RARITIES (2002)

Tracks

1. Trilemma (5:03) - Steve Kilbey
2. Bad For You (2:45) - Jack Frost
3. We All Fall (4:22) - Us
4. We Need a New Leader (3:17) - JLK
5. Citizens (5:31) - Snog
6. Transmigration (3:51) - Isidore
7. Ghost Train (3:52) - Russell and John Kilbey
8. Save Me (3:42) - Curious (Yellow)
9. Bossa (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
10. Dion (3:24) - Bhagavad Guitars
11. The Winged Measurer (4:09) - SOMA
12. Time Gentlemen Time (3:27) - Warp Factor 9
13. God is Big Business (4:34) - Sex Industrie
14. Aquanaut (3:25) - Steve Kilbey
15. Travelling Karma (4:26) - JLK
16. No Contact (3:23) - Us
17. Persuasion (4:12) - Jack Frost
18. Back of My Mind (remix) (5:25) - Fake
19. Tricka Tricka Boom Boom Song (2:49) - The Twillies
20. Jack's Dream (2:22) - Jack Frost

Releases

• CD - Karmic Hit KH010 (Australia) - January 2002

Notes

Comes in a digipak with an embossed cover and an (containing "A Chronology of Karmic Hit" and a paragraph about each track).