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Essential Yello¤1

Released: 1992
Overall rating: ¤381.1%¤1
Number of songs: 16
Best songs:  ¤5Jungle Bill      97%
             ¤5The Race         95%
             ¤5Vicious Games    94%
             ¤5Of Course I'm... 91%¤1
Singles
released   
(so far):  ¤5Jungle Bill (Remix)¤1

This   is  Yello's  second  collection
album,  which  covers  seven  previous
albums,  Solid  Pleasure (1980), Claro
Que Si  (1981),  You Gotta  Say Yes To
Another excess (1983),  Stella (1985),
One  Second  (1987), Flag (1988), Baby
(1991).   All the singles released are
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included.   Plus  two  remixes, Jungle
Bill and The Rythm Divine.
  The  singles  from  the album before
Stella   don't   sound  very  advanced
because  the guys in Yello didn't have
todays  high technology synthezeisers.
But they are good nevertheless.
  One  thing  is  special about Yello.
Either  you  love  their music, or you
just hate it.

¤51. Oh Yeah (Stella)  3:05          75%¤1 

This  first track is like the ordinary
Yello  song,  not too much lyrics, but
the  music  is  good.  Not maybe their
best but still very hearable. 

¤52. The Race (Flag)  3:15           95%¤1

One   of   Yello's   best  ever.   The
combination  between the music and the
speech  samples is very well arranged.
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The   best   from  the  album  Stella,
closely  followed by Vicious Games.

¤53. Drive/Driven (Baby)  4:11       89%¤1

A  very  calm  song  from  the  latest
album.   Unlike most Yello tracks this
one's  got a lot of lyrics.  Of course
they  are  not  understandable at all.
All they do is confuse. 

¤54. Rubberbandman (Baby)  3:35      90%¤1

This  is  some  sort  of  rap.  Dieter
Meier's  voice  sounds  as  strange as
always.  The song doesn't include very
much  music,  instead  there  are some
vocalists.

¤55. Vicious Games (Stella)  4:19    94%¤1

This  song  parts  from  the  ordinary
Yello  tunes.   The lead singer is not
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D.   Meier,  but  a  woman called Rush
Winters.  I like this one a lot.

¤56. Tied Up (Flag)  3:32            75%¤1

This  is  definitly  not  one of their
best.  It's not bad, but it's a little
monotone and boring.

¤57. Lost Again (You gotta..)  4:19  82%¤1

Boris  Blank  did  an excellent job on
that  one.  It's the best track on You
Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess. 

¤58. I Love You (You gotta..)  4:05  55%¤1

Very  bad  samples  and lyrics.  Well,
that  wouldn't  have  meant so much if
the song had been good, but it wasn't.

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¤59. Of Course I'm Lying (Flag) 3:50 91%¤1

A   nice  calm  song  that  makes  you
sleepy.   Like some of the other songs
Billy   Mackenzie  sings  the  backing
vocals.

¤510. Pinball Cha Cha (Claro..) 3:33 79%¤1

A  fun Mexican style song.  The lyrics
are  quite  strange.   The percussions
are a little annoying though.

¤511. Bostich (Solid Pleasure) 4:35 61%¤1

This   is   from  Yello's  very  first
record.   It  is not very good.  There
isn't any particular melody.  The only
thing which saves it is the bass.

¤512. Desire (Stella)  3:40          85%¤1

Another   slow   paced   track   which
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includes  an  electric guitar.  A real
sleeping pill.

¤513. Jungle Bill (Baby)  3:35       97%¤1

Absoulutely  the  best song Yello ever
made.   The  samples  are  as funny as
always.   One thing is strange though.
The  video  released  is  remixed with
different sets of instruments, but the
track on the album is exactly the same
as  the  track  on  Baby.  Even if the
included    book    says   that   it's
"retouched".

¤514. Call it love (One Second) 4:05 70%¤1

This  is  the  kind  if song which you
can't remember the melody from even if
you've listened to it dozens of times.

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¤515. Gold Rush (One Second)  4:20   84%¤1

The  best  track  on ¤2One Second¤1.  Once
again   Billy   Mackenzie   sings  the
backing  vocals.  The lyrics are maybe
not  so  good.   Some  of the word are
repeated too many times so they become
monotone.

¤516. The Rythm Divine (One..) 4:20  75%¤1

This  song  is also different from the
others.   It's  more  like  a ballade.
All vocals are sung by Shirley Bassey.
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