The EP was also released as a split cassette EP on Frontier Records, with Yellow No. 5 on side A and All Souls Alive by Australian rock band The Blackeyed Susans on side B (excluding the first four songs from All Souls Alive, which are also on side A).[1]
Yellow No. 5 was recorded in February 1994 at "C.A.M.M", except for "Wake", recorded in November 1992. It was produced by Heatmiser, with the production being assisted by Eric Hedford, then of The Dandy Warhols (Heatmiser band member Tony Lash would later produce several of their records).
Trouser Press opined that the EP had "more personality and varied approaches" than Dead Air.[3] Nitsuh Abebe of AllMusic called the EP the group's most accessible and "poppy" release.[2]
