Yello
Solid Pleasure
Label ©  Mercury
Release Year  1980
Length  40:57
Genre  Synth-Pop
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  Y-0022
Bitrate  ~227 Kbps
  Other  
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Bimbo  
       3:39  
      2.  
      		 Night Flanger  
       4:55  
      3.  
      		 Reverse Lion  
       1:21  
      4.  
      		 Downtown Samba  
       2:38  
      5.  
      		 Magneto  
       2:47  
      6.  
      		 Massage  
       1:27  
      7.  
      		 Assistant's Cry  
       1:49  
      8.  
      		 Bostich  
       2:14  
      9.  
      		 Rock Stop  
       2:33  
      10.  
      		 Coast To Polka  
       1:57  
      11.  
      		 Blue Green  
       5:28  
      12.  
      		 Eternal Legs  
       4:08  
      13.  
      		 Stanztrigger  
       2:56  
      14.  
      		 Bananas To The Beat  
       3:05  
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      This remastered album was originally recorded for the Resident's label Ralph Records in 1981 and contains the seminal singles 'Bostich' & 'Bimbo' and also contains 5 bonus tracks, 4 on CD for the first time including 'Thrill Wave' (from the soundtrack Jetzt und Alles), 'I.T. Splash' (single B-side), 'Gluehead' (single B-side) & 'Smirak's Train' (also from the soundtrack Jetzt und Alles) plus 'Bostich' (N'est-ce pas) from the Yello Essential CD. 19 total tracks. Universal. 2005.

      Review by John Bush

      The most varied and accomplished of any synth-pop debut, Yello's first album presents a few irresistible pop songs (the hit "Bostich," plus "Bimbo," and "Eternal Legs"), Boris Blank's synthesizer interpretations of several different forms of music ("Downtown Samba," "Bananas to the Beat," "Rock Stop," "Coast to Polka"), and even a three-song suite of atmospheric industrial music that functions as a miniature invisible soundtrack. The dark lyrical concerns and futurist electronics immediately lifted Yello above the rut of Kraftwerk imitators.
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