YELLO – STELLA LP – Nr MINT 1985 DANCE ELECTRONICA

Yello – Stella
(Elektra Records  1985  EKT1)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Yello is a Swiss electronic band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their singles “The Race” and “Oh Yeah”, which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals, as does most of their music.

Stella is the fourth studio album by the Swiss electronic band Yello, first released in Germany, Switzerland and Austria on 29 January 1985, and in the UK and US in March 1985. It was the first album made by the band without founder member Carlos Perón, and with his departure the remaining duo of Boris Blank and Dieter Meier began to move away from experimental electronic sounds towards a more commercial synthpop and cinematic soundtrack style. As well as becoming the first album ever by a Swiss group to top the Swiss album chart, it was the band’s breakthrough album internationally, helped by the success of the song “Oh Yeah”, which gained the band worldwide attention the following year after it was prominently featured in the 1985 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and then two years later in The Secret of My Success.

Track listing

All songs music composed by Boris Blank, lyrics by Dieter Meier except “Koladi-ola” lyrics by Boris Blank.

1. “Desire” – 3:42
2. “Vicious Games” – 4:20
3. “Oh Yeah” – 3:05
4. “Desert Inn” – 3:30
5. “Stalakdrama” – 3:02
6. “Koladi-ola” – 2:55
7. “Domingo” – 4:30
8. “Sometimes (Dr. Hirsch)” – 3:33
9. “Let Me Cry” – 3:34
10. “Ciel Ouvert” – 5:20
11. “Angel No” – 3:06

Personnel

• Boris Blank – keyboards, programming, lead vocals on “Koladi-ola”, background vocals on “Desire”, “Oh Yeah”, “Domingo”, “Sometimes (Dr. Hirsch)” and “Let Me Cry”
• Dieter Meier – lead and background vocals

Additional personnel:

• Beat Ash – hi-hat on “Desire” and “Angel No”
• Chico Hablas – guitar on “Desire”, “Vicious Games”, “Desert Inn”, “Koladi-ola” and “Domingo”
• Annie Hogan – piano on “Blue Nabou”
• Rush Winters – vocals on “Vicious Games” and “Angel No”
• Petia Kaufman – glass harp^†

^†Although Petia Kaufman is credited as playing glass harp on the album, her contribution was not used on the final mix.

Production

• Produced By Boris Blank & Yello
• Recorded & Engineered By Tom Thiel & Yello
• Mixed By Ian Tregoning