There’s no measure as to how much I love the Stella album by YELLO. Released in 1985, Stella is still one of the most original albums ever to come out, and still standing the test of time. Oh Yeah is probably one of the most recognized tracks ever since being featured in the soundtracks of two 1985 block-buster movies: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Secret Of My Success ….. and subsequently later being featured in countless other movies. But Oh Yeah is not my only favorite track on Stella album. My favorite tracks are all the other ones, such as Dessert Inn, Koladi-Ola, Domingo, Sometimes — practically all the tracks on that album. Stella must be listened to from start to finish. The tracks tell a story in their consecutive order. Boris Blank’s wizardry on the synths, drum machines and the Fairlight sampler is pure sound-design bliss. Every sound and element heard on each track is sublime. Engineered beautifully. Lyrical poetry from the vocals of Dieter Meier. Those two Swiss guys –Bros Blank and Dieter Meier– are masters of their own craft. They are always (as always have been) in total control over everything they do, including producing and directing all their music videos. They simply stand on their plateau through and through.
Play YELLO “Stella” Album…
YELLO- “Vicious Games” (12″ Mix)…
Artist: YELLO
Title: Vicious Games (12″ Mix)
Year: 1985
Label: Mercury Records
YELLO – “Vicious Games” (12″ Mix) (mp3)
YELLO- “Desire” (12″ Mix)…
Artist: YELLO
Title: Desire (12″ Mix)
Year: 1985
Label: Mercury Records
YELLO – “Desire” (12″ Mix) (mp3)
YELLO- “Oh Yeah” (Dance Mix)…
Artist: YELLO
Title: Oh Yeah (Dance Mix)
Year: 1985
Label: Mercury Records
YELLO – “Oh Yeah” (Dance Mix) (mp3)
YELLO- “Oh Yeah” (Indian Summer Version)…
Artist: YELLO
Title: Oh Yeah (Indian Summer Version)
Year: 1985
Label: Mercury Records
YELLO – “Oh Yeah” (Indian Summer Version) (mp3)
YELLO- “Let Me Cry” (Extended)…
Artist: YELLO
Title: Let Me Cry (Extended)
Year: 1985
Label: Mercury Records
YELLO – “Let Me Cry” (Extended) (mp3)
YELLO- “Blue Nabou” (Bonus Track)…
Artist: YELLO
Title: Blue Nabou (Bonus Track)
Year: 1984
Label: Mercury Records
YELLO – “Blue Nabou” (Bonus Track) (mp3)
Some of my YELLO collection…
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While the norm for most tracks go anywhere between 3:30 to 6:00 minutes in length, I prefer 15:00 minutes or longer, like the four seasons. Give me 4 long tracks to fill the hour, and I’ll be one very happy Iraqi. I love tracks that take me on long journeys through various movements. One of my all-time favorite synth-pop groups is PROPAGANDA from germany … who sound like twisted ABBA + Industrial + TechnoPop + Darkness. My favorite Proganda track is P:Machinery. I’ve taken two 12-inch vinyl versions of that track and conjoined them together as one … the way I want to listen to P:Machinery by:
Propaganda
Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny ( Man ) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut’n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like “Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop)” and “Boogie Down Bronx” were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys to Autechre and Andrea Parker — and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day.
Man Parrish
What made Trevor Horn’s productions stand out was his unique and genius production techniques and the heavy use of state-of-the-art pro-audio gear, which made him become the torch-bearer for the kind of technology-led pop music which was hip and incredibly disciplined. Trevor Horn’s 12-inch remixes were uniquely long (anywhere from 8 to 13 minutes in duration) and told stories which took the listeners through long instrumental journeys at the begenning of tracks until the climax is reached (around the 5/6 or 7 minute mark). After the climax, the original or alternate full vocal version of the track takes over from that point on to the end, lasting additional 3.5 to 5 minutes in length.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
The Buggles
Right now I’m listening to “Yello – Stella”, one of my top favourite albums of all times.
Buggles did release their second album, “Adventures in Modern Recording”, in 1981. I listened a lot to them at the time, and pick them up from time to time. They made a lot of good music.
Thanks for an awesome website!
Kind regards,
Bernt
The first two things I learned about Dieter Meier, after listening to his “You gotta say yes to another excess”, was when he tried to get people’s attention in New York. First, he had a stand, where people were asked to answer simply “yes” or “no” to his questions. They then aqcuired one dollar from Dieter. Next, he cut a truck load of paper into pieces, and spread the pieces all over New York. Afterwards, he tried to pick it all up…lol.
That, along with his special lyrics, making it possible to interpretate it in many ways, made me a huge fan of Yello. Of course, Boris Blank’s splended musical contributions and the special rhythms he produced, crowned the work.
Dieter and Boris always have included a lot of guest musicians and vocalists on their records, making their music “world music”, international and without borders. In fact, their way of making music was far beyond the rest of the world, with only a few exceptions.
I discovered Yello in 1995 while doing border duty during National Service.
Their music was unlike anything I had ever heard before, I even got the Afrikaans guys into it. Absolute brilliance. After the Army, I started to collect their CD’s, but ‘excess’ eluded me untill the Internet came along. I still listen to Yello a lot these days. Thanks for a great Site.
I first heard yello when i was a kid my dad played it a lot my favourite track is desert inn when are they going to do a remix of it they already done it to vicious games and some others which sounds good if any ones interested its called lemon popsicle vicious games and why can’t i find desert inn on you tube have they never heard of it.I will still listen to yello even when modern music sound like its going at a 100 miles an hour someone should dubsteps some of the track it would sound good for us younger generation for you older generation dubsteps sounds like a load of pots and pans being bashed about and a load of feed back from your aux cables but dose sound good i do have yello stella on tape but the tape is getting old the quality is’t as good any more so thanks for this site i can listen to it in good quality again thanks.